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Raff 
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 Posted: February 01 2009 at 07:58 |
Yes, that reminds me of those people who post on the forums of an Italian newspaper, ranting and raving against immigration while mangling the Italian language beyond recognition  ...
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 08:33 |
we have a similar institution in the UK, Raff - and a lower order of intelligence called "Sun readers" 
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Raff
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 08:39 |
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Oh, I know The Sun quite well, with its Page 3 girls and awful comments on very serious matters (such as the "Wallop!" when the Belgrano was sunk way back in 1982). I remember a comment by one of the teachers I had when attending a language course in London in the early Eighties... He said The Sun was "a blend of pornography and fascism", and I think he was quite right.
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Jared
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 11:02 |
 Raff wrote:
Oh, I know The Sun quite well, with its Page 3 girls and awful comments on very serious matters (such as the "Wallop!" when the Belgrano was sunk way back in 1982). I remember a comment by one of the teachers I had when attending a language course in London in the early Eighties... He said The Sun was "a blend of pornography and fascism", and I think he was quite right. |
erm...the expression was 'Gotcha!'... please do your research, Raff...
there was another, more recent corker... "Our Page 3 stunner Stacey says she's really pleased they've finally got Saddam" (or words to that effect...   )
just makes you soooo proud to be British...
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 14:37 |
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It's funnier when a Page 3 "stunner" gives "their" opinion on the Chancellor's latest economic policy, or the current situation in Gaza.
Like they'd know.
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Jared
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:39 |
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It's funnier when a Page 3 "stunner" gives "their" opinion on the Chancellor's latest economic policy.
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maybe our Alistair's given tax breaks to any company at the forefront of the battle against unsightly body hair, or enabling our beauties to push back the cuticles of time...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Raff
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:43 |
Jared wrote:
Raff wrote:
Oh, I know The Sun quite well, with its Page 3 girls and awful comments on very serious matters (such as the "Wallop!" when the Belgrano was sunk way back in 1982). I remember a comment by one of the teachers I had when attending a language course in London in the early Eighties... He said The Sun was "a blend of pornography and fascism", and I think he was quite right. |
erm...the expression was 'Gotcha!'... please do your research, Raff...
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I was told by another of my teachers, so I assumed it was 'wallop' and not something else. He also told us about the notorious headline, "Up Yours, Galtieri"  ...
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Jared
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:49 |
Raff wrote:
I was told by another of my teachers, so I assumed it was 'wallop' and not something else. He also told us about the notorious headline, "Up Yours, Galtieri"...
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now, is it a case that Britain has more knuckle draggers per head of population than anywhere else in Europe, or do we just have a media engine which is overly prepared to pander to them?? 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Raff
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 16:03 |
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Well, in Italy the press have been making a big deal about the so-called 'anti-Italian strike' in Grimsby (or wherever it was), but today the main headline was about an Indian homeless man being beaten up, doused with petrol, and then set alight by youngsters looking for 'strong emotions'... He is in hospital now, and I am not sure what will happen to the perpetrators. The saddest thing is that, on that online forum I mentioned earlier on, there were people excusing such an act because of the alleged 'exasperation' of the locals against immigration.
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Neil
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 16:05 |
Raff wrote:
Jared wrote:
Raff wrote:
Oh, I know The Sun quite well, with its Page 3 girls and awful comments on very serious matters (such as the "Wallop!" when the Belgrano was sunk way back in 1982). I remember a comment by one of the teachers I had when attending a language course in London in the early Eighties... He said The Sun was "a blend of pornography and fascism", and I think he was quite right. |
erm...the expression was 'Gotcha!'... please do your research, Raff...
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I was told by another of my teachers, so I assumed it was 'wallop' and not something else. He also told us about the notorious headline, "Up Yours, Galtieri"...
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Wasn't it "Up Yours Delours"? about some EU business. The Sun really is an embarrassment to anyone in the UK with an IQ above 50. 
Edited by Neil - February 01 2009 at 16:06
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Dean
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 16:06 |
What better way to brainwash the unwashed than with pornographic propaganda, but as one of their captions stated: ''Those who sneer at Page 3 lack intelligence." ...
On a brighter note - Saturday's Indie gave away a free Sigur Rós 'We Play Endlessly' album. 
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Neil
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 16:09 |
Just watched a documentary about Neil Young on BBC 4. It made me want to listen to all his albums again. The man really is a great talent and even his early 80s electronic stuff was interesting. 
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 16:42 |
Neil wrote:
Just watched a documentary about Neil Young on BBC 4. It made me want to listen to all his albums again. The man really is a great talent and even his early 80s electronic stuff was interesting.
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Agreed - the version of Transformer Man on Unplugged left me wishing that he'd revisit some more of that stuff. I've been listening more to his sometime colleagues Crosby and Nash recently - their first two albums are well worth checking out, especially if you're a sucker for good vocal harmonies.
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mystic fred
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 01:21 |
^^wish i'd seen that Neil - i was busy watching the "Darwin " documentary with David Attenborough..
having a bit of a neil young revival at the moment, though i do listen to the first few albums from time to time.
sitting in my office atm watching the snow get deeper and deeper....this is crazy
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Neil
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 01:44 |
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Yes, we've got a dusting of snow here in Gloucestershire this morning but the met office website currently shows sub zero temperatures and possible snow every day this week. Must be global warming.
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Neil
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 01:48 |
mystic fred wrote:
having a bit of a neil young revival at the moment, though i do listen to the first few albums from time to time.
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Although all his stuff is good I must agree that the first few albums contained the stuff that had the real emotion in it. For me when I hear the intro of "Cowgirl in the Sand" or "Cinnamon Girl" it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 02:41 |
I WANT PROPER SNOW! This 2mm of sprinkling just is rubbish! 
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Dean
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 02:50 |
it's 5" here and still falling - how can 50 miles further north be so different?
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 02:52 |
Neil wrote:
and even his early 80s electronic stuff was interesting.
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Neil Young's "Trans" album has always been one of my favorites - I had a VHS of him playing in Berlin on that tour (with Nils Lofgren on guitar) & the blend of electronica & gutsy guitar work was superb; the problem is that video is not available on DVD - for that matter, neither is the "Weld" video - one of the best live films of Neil Young you'll ever see.
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Wilcey
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 02:58 |
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it's 5" here and still falling - how can 50 miles further north be so different? |
I don't know, EVERYONE seems to have loads, I have a friend just 1/2 an hour down the road who has too much snow to get the car out..........  and here we are with virtually none. PANTS!
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