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  1. Posted

    Give me a pint of Tennent's Velvet or a Buckfast any day.

     

    When Fred West met St Peter and was told he would be going to Hell, he was offered a final request.

     

    He replied "I could  murder some Tennents..."

    :lol:

     

    I love Tennents Velvet, but have yet to taste Buckie, does this make me abnormal as I am from the West of Scotland Dr.?

    Buckfast - it grew on me when I was in Dunoon.

     

    Mainly because it was the only thing in stock.

     

    As for the distillery at Oban - how can a place force you to drink single malt at 9.15am.

     

    Not that I was moaning, mind.

     

    But anyway, you really should try Buckfast - once you start, you won't stop!

  2. Posted

    Gerald Ford was released from the hospital earlier today after a 12 stay for pneumonia. His spokesperson says that he is doing well. For more info visit CNN.com/ALLPOLITICS.

    Poor old Gerald.

     

    He's more of a rusty Fiesta than a Cosworth now, isn't he. :lol:

  7. Posted

    Haven't seen any comments on the rock? Was it one of our's, or was it really a plant?

    The view among my "contacts" is that the rock story was a British plant to cover-up another, more shocking espionage programme that we are working on in Russia.

     

    As for spies - David Shayler for a living one.

     

    Christopher Marlowe was thought to be a spy, too.

  8. Posted

    Norman Wisdom is still very much alive.

     

    Sid Little is unwell? Finally! There is a God!!!

     

    If only.. just only someone might hear my prayers and one of the Krankies might get struck down by some illness

    If Sid Little was to pop off soon it would be an interesting example of the thin going before the fat.

     

    Because, as far as diet-gurus tell us, Eddie Large should die first, Ball should go before cannon, and Pavarotti should go before the other two tenors.

     

    It normally happens - look at Morcambe and Wise - Morcambe went years before.

     

    And Arthur Lowe went before John Le Mesurier - who would have thought it!

  10. Posted

    Al Lewis seemed alright to me when he appeared in 'Gremlins 2'.

    This may have been in excess of ten years back though

    Quality!!!

     

    Wow, I can't believe he died. He was looking absolutely great in 1990!

     

    It's what everybody always says when they hear someone has died "oh, but he looked fine when I last saw him."

     

    Nice avatar, btw.

  12. Posted

    We still haven't addressed the BIG issue although a trawl through previous deathlists seems to have sorted it for me. As of now Al Lewis is the only unidexter - ie he's lost a leg - to appear in our top 50. A remarkable achievement and a fitting finale to a remarkable life. In fact, most of the top 50 in every year are notable for having fully intact bodies. Though several have lost their minds by the time they hit our lists.

    No, the big issue is that when Tony Blair steps down we're going to have a Prime Minister - Gordon Brown - who has only got one eye!!

     

    How can a man run a country when he has no depth perception?

     

    We're all doomed.

  14. Posted

     

    How many Dr Who's are still alive?

    The only correct answer to that question is,

     

    Too many.

     

    Doctor Who is to SciFi what The Sun is to informed opinion.

    Actually, your avatar made me think about how similar The Doctor is to the Pope.

     

    1) They often regenerate

    2) People either love them or hate them

    3) They always surround themselves with attractive, women but aren't allowed to sleep with them.

    4) The Pope is chosen by cardinals, Doc Who is chosen by BBC executives - who commit cardinal sins.

    5) They are alwys compared to their predecessors

    5) Lots of people think this one should be the last one!

  15. Posted

     

    For example, if The Sun ran a story saying I was cheating on my missus with, say, Billie Piper, I would issue a writ.

    No you wouldn't, you'd keep silent and hope that everybody thought it was true. :lol:

    You seem to know me too well.

     

    Very tasty, is young Miss Piper - but sadly too young for me.

     

    How many Dr Who's are still alive?

     

    Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Chris Ecclestone, Dave Tennant, Peter Davidson, Syvester McCoy, Paul McGann (if you count him). Thinks that's it.

  16. Posted

    There seem to be a lot of journos in there,

     

    The PCC is a toothless watchdog, even if a Newspaper is forced to print a retraction, that retraction is usually only tiny in comparison to the original article.

     

    To be fair any retraction or apology should have to be on the exact page and be the exact same size as the original article.

    True, I suppose.

     

    The main problems with issuing libel actions is that everything about your private life is made public.

     

    For example, if The Sun ran a story saying I was cheating on my missus with, say, Billie Piper, I would issue a writ.

     

    But The Sun would claim they have not slurred my character because I have cheated on the missus many times before, and people know about it.

     

    So The Sun would win.

     

    Ms Piper might not be too happy, though, and she'd have a good chance of winning her own action, if she took it.

  17. Posted

    I refer the honourable gentleman to the question I posed earlier.

     

    In my opinion, Keef has never seen Deathlist, has never been on The Deathlist and has never expressed an opinion on Deathlist, either one way or the other. This story is naught but a tissue of fabrication from beginning to end and, as such, is indicative of the level of intellectual rigour that Sun journalists aspire to.

     

    My Lord, the prosecution rests.

    I broadly agree with that.

     

    It was obviously mentioned to him at some stage, perhaps even during the interview, about the existence of DL and his position in it.

  18. Posted

    Now who runs the impartial PCC,

     

    Oh yes members of the press. ;)

    Not true.

     

     

     

    COMMISSION MEMBERS

     

    Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG

    Chairman

     

    Matti Alderson

    Member of the Better Regulation task Force 1998-

    Director General of the Advertising Standards Authority 1990 - 2000

     

    Roger Alton

    Editor, The Observer

     

    Professor The Lord Chan

    Visiting Professor in Ethnic Health, University of Liverpool

    Former member, Commission for Racial Equality

     

     

    Edmund Curran

    Editor-in-chief, Independent News and Media NI

     

    Paul Dacre

    Editor-in-Chief, Daily Mail

     

    Jane Ennis

    Editor, NOW Magazine

     

    Mary Francis CBE

    Director General of the Association of British Insurers 1999-2005

     

    Vivien Hepworth

    Former Chairman of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

     

    Peter Hill

    Editor, Daily Express

     

    Paul Horrocks

    Editor, Manchester Evening News

     

     

    Adam Phillips

    Chairman, ESOMAR Professional Standards Committee

     

    Eve Salomon

    Solicitor

    Former Director of Legal Services, Radio Authority

     

    Dianne Thompson CBE

    Chief Executive, Camelot Group plc

     

    Derek Tucker

    Editor, Aberdeen Press & Journal

     

    The Rt Rev John Waine KCVO

    Chairman of the University of Essex Foundation

    Bishop of Chelmsford, 1986 - 96

    Clerk of the Closet to The Queen 1989-1996

     

     

    Rear Admiral Nick Wilkinson CB

    Secretary of the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee 1999-2004

    Principal of the Joint Service Defence College at Greenwich 1994-1997

  19. Posted

    It's virtually impossible for an ordinary person to take out a libel action in this country. The costs are totally prohibitive.

    True, I'll give you that one.

     

    So I assume the matter was taken up with the Press Complaints Commission, free of charge.

  21. Posted

    I've spoken to Emily Cox (writer of said feature) a number of times due to my job. I don't recall ever mentioning this place to her before but certainly will next time I speak to her  ;)

    Does The Sun actually employ writers :flame:

     

    Fiction writers I suppose, as it certainly contains no journalism.

    I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm not putting up with the contunued slagging-off of Sun journalists.

     

    I have never worked for them myself, although I have spent several years with the Mirror Group, but I have to say that the Sun's writers are among the most talented journos in the world.

     

    It isn't easy for intelligent people to write stories in a way that the, erm, less educated will understand.

     

    Look at the people who work at the Sun - why do you think they have people from all around the world there?

     

    Working for the Sun is considered to be the highest level a print journalist can reach - and all they get is the same pseudo-intellectual bollocks for Guardian-reading tw*ts to praise them for it.

     

    Thanks for the ranting space.

  22. Posted

    I would love to know how the show was cancelled in 1984 as most of the cast were dead by then...

     

    It ran from 1968-1977.

    I think you'll find mpfc was referring to this show.

    Grandad, fair enough.

     

    Thinking about it...an man pretending to be a grandad figure when he is actually younger.

     

    Then that man disappears abroad for years and is hardly ever heard from.

     

    Perhaps Dunny should re-realease Grandad as a duet with Gary Glitter.

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