Posts by Don Christie
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As a boy I was not overly familiar with Blyton's works. I do profess a passing acquaintance with Noddy jokes (Q. Why did the elephant have big ears? A. Because Noddy wouldn't pay the ransom).
Times change. I am now fighting for access to "In the Fifth at Malory Towers".
It's educational.
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ruth <3 john key?
Silly me, I always thought <3 was the emo for flatulance
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Can we run a competition to name your child?
Ronaldinho/a
Oh, you were asking for permission.
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3. boring
ROTFLMFAO
Oh, and you know that look on folks' faces when Superman flies in to save the world? You get to be Superman, for a short while.
4. Goes wrong too easily
Yes. Lap up the good times.
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would surely produce a newborn that's more appealing than your standard infant.
To whom?
The parents get some sort chemical reaction happening that makes this screaming ball of screwed up skin seem like the 1st Wonder of the World.
Non-parents don't get the same reaction, nor did nature intend them to.
Trust me on this one.
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James you are a card. So those drugs the evil Chavez is funneling to Europe come from your comparative paradise...Columbia.
Paul, try and keep up will ya. "**Some**" of the folk who criticise Chavez's actions are and were big fans of Thatcher. These same people accuse others of "double standards" because their response to Chavez's TV shut down is not knee jerk anguish.
See the comment above about good vs evil approach to news (c****ometer). The comments from Angus, James and possibly yourself are just too simplistic and one sided. There are all sorts of factors in play here, not least the Munroe doctrine.
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Evidence please
Thames bid on two channels. The first was competitive (ie there were other bidders) and they lost. For the 2nd channel (Channel 3, I believe) they were the only bidder. Somehow, they still lost.
What does it have to do with Chavez? Just pointing out that some who criticise his actions today are of the same ilk that tried to prevent Death on the Rock being screened. When that failed they set up a system that could remove the license of an independent station to broadcast.
Both actions are of very dubious merit and spiteful but I would have thought that Thames was far less of a threat to UK democracy than some of Venezuela's TV operators.
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The licensing process was in the hands of the Independent Broadcasting Authority, not the Government. This story is a media myth with no evidence to support it.
Crap. The Government first tried to suppress the program and failed. Then they changed the rules for bidding for licenses and put in a closed system for bids in which the criteria for "wining were obtuse to say the least. Thames didn't stand a chance.
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This is not to defend Chavez, but there is a precedent in democracies for such behaviour. Mrs. Thatcher effectively shut down the independent Thames TV by refusing to renew there license. The move came as a result of a documentary, Death on a Rock, about the SAS shooting of a number of IRA suspects in Gibraltar.
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I never knew. There are so many pearls.
I planned to visit the fleshpots of Piopio, there to sup ale.
Thanks Simon, in anticipation.