[Johnny 1989]

Firstly: Mr Pummelon, please for the love of humanity remove that image. Just because you happened to stumble upon it, did you really have to inflict it on us?

Johnny 1989, you QUOTED THE * IMAGE! That means we have to see it twice. I despair.

I've deleted it, don't worry I forgot that I had quoted the whole thing

Please fellas, in all seriousness - some people view this place at work.

Fair enough, I'll see if anyone's bought in a copy of The Sun or Star so that I can clean my eyes with some nice female pictures.

[Lactating Man Nips]

Johnny 1989, you QUOTED THE * IMAGE! That means we have to see it twice. I despair.

Well there's the pair of tits you were after.

[Ed Pummelon]

okay sorry what I meant was:

"GOING OUT OF YOUR WAY TO FIND SOMETHING THAT ANNOYS YOU BUT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU"
(Cont'd page 2)

I know there's fun in pointing at the those planks outside your own demographic but it's a bit mean. We're all wonderful and stupid - it's just relative. I have to say this because my sister gets the mail. She gets it for the celebrity gossip, tv, horoscope crap, and her boyfriend reads the sport. Strip all that away and there's a headline, page 2 main story, pages of ads, and...err..that's it. She herself laughs at all the Littlejohn stuff as if he's Alf Garnett. And Piers Morgan is just a parody isn't he? That's an easy job.

Vive le difference!!

Sorry Sam, but the fact that one of your relatives buys the Daily Mail doesn't stop it from being a homophobic, racist and bigoted rag pandering to the blinkered, outdated and frankly dangerous prejudices held by a frightening number of people. As such it is a target of ridicule, which in my view is fair and completely justified - if some of its readers get caught up in the flak, too bad. If they're buying the paper, they're funding the paper.

I'm quite sure many of those readers would equally have a go at the Guardian, which happens to be my paper of choice. As such I will no doubt end up being categorised as a beardy-weirdy sandal-wearing lentil-guzzling waster from time to time. Once again - too bad. That's life.

Anyway, back to Piers Morgan. What a twat.

[Lactating Man Nips]

I'm quite sure many of those readers would equally have a go at the Guardian, which happens to be my paper of choice. As such I will no doubt end up being categorised as a beardy-weirdy sandal-wearing lentil-guzzling waster from time to time. Once again - too bad. That's life.

My problem is that the mail is an easy target - you're stating the bleeeeding obvious to the already converted. Who's minds are you hoping to change?

If we're getting kicks by pointing and laughing at the less enlightened than us then ...umm...that's giving the right even more reason to lash against the left/centre. Not productive is it.

It would be interesting to find out if mail readers actually buy it for information or entertainment.

BTW, do you actually have a beard and wear vegetarian sandals? I'll take waster as a given. Joke. I actually dip into the guardian myself but there are much better blogs with the similar voice of reason...and I wear a hoody.

[Ed Pummelon]

My problem is that the mail is an easy target - you're stating the bleeeeding obvious to the already converted. Who's minds are you hoping to change?

If we're getting kicks by pointing and laughing at the less enlightened than us then ...umm...that's giving the right even more reason to lash against the left/centre. Not productive is it.

It would be interesting to find out if mail readers actually buy it for information or entertainment.

BTW, do you actually have a beard and wear vegetarian sandals? I'll take waster as a given. Joke. I actually dip into the guardian myself but there are much better blogs with the similar voice of reason...and I wear a hoody.

Personally speaking, when I give the Mail a kicking it's aimed much more at the journos and editors than the readers, although anyone reading who does subscribe to their particular dogma deserves to be pilloried as well in my view. When I do that on here, I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, and I know it's not necessarily productive - I'm simply airing my feelings in an arena where I happen to know there are a few like-minded folk. This tends to happen quite a lot in here - it's more about letting off steam than trying to change the world.

I don't buy the idea that people buy it either for information or entertainment exclusively. I like a bit of celebrity gossip as much as the next person, but I wouldn't dream of buying the Mail in order to get it, as I know that the "serious" articles would be too annoying, and I'm not prepared to put money in their pocket. There are millions of other ways to get the gossip - if you choose to get it from the Mail, then you have to be in someway sympathetic to what they write, otherwise you would go elsewhere and not put up with it.

As for me - beard down to my toes, and edible vegetarian pants. Irresistible to all herbivores.

[jocky85]

My mum read the Mail - but its not particularly because she follows their views. I just like the 'tea-break' puzzles, passes the time on the train!

[Yudster]

.......... - you're stating the bleeeeding obvious to the already converted. Who's minds are you hoping to change?

Why does a chat have to have the agenda of changing anyone's mind? Calm down, you're taking it all far too seriously. In your own way, even more seriously than Ed.

I absolutely loathe your username by the way!

[Ed Pummelon]

Oi!

[Lactating Man Nips]

.......... - you're stating the bleeeeding obvious to the already converted. Who's minds are you hoping to change?

Why does a chat have to have the agenda of changing anyone's mind? Calm down, you're taking it all far too seriously. In your own way, even more seriously than Ed.

I absolutely loathe your username by the way!

Ah well okay then, you didn't call Ed's previous post 'too serious' until the newbie stepped over your line. Yep blowing off steam is good, like shouting at the telly I suppose.We all do it.

My username is our pub quiz team name. What does Yudster mean?

[Ed Pummelon]

Ah well okay then, you didn't call Ed's previous post 'too serious' until the newbie stepped over your line.

Trust me, it's only because she didn't get to it quick enough.

[Yudster]

Ah well okay then, you didn't call Ed's previous post 'too serious' until the newbie stepped over your line.

Trust me, it's only because she didn't get to it quick enough.

Or because I've done it so often before............!

My username is our pub quiz team name. What does Yudster mean?

Well that's a long story (those of you who already know it can go now).
When my now grown up son was about 12 he set up a website with a forum for him and his Final Fantasy playing friends. For some reason I have never been able to fathom he really wanted me to join so i did, but I thought that it wouldn't be too great if all his mates knew I was the admin's mum, so my username was Youdontwannaknow. This got shortened in conversation to YDWK, and them people began writing YDWK phonetically - ie "Yudwuk" (some people on here call me that occasionally). From there, came Yuddy, Yudster, Yuddylicious, Yuddles, and all the usernames I ever use anywhere now.

And yes, they worked out who I was within a month, and some of my son's friends from that original forum are still people I chat to now, and I have met a couple of them too, they came to visit just last year. One of them is going to be representing his university on University Challenge in the next series - can't wait to see him on telly.

[foot-loose]

.......... - you're stating the bleeeeding obvious to the already converted. Who's minds are you hoping to change?

Why does a chat have to have the agenda of changing anyone's mind? Calm down, you're taking it all far too seriously. In your own way, even more seriously than Ed.

I absolutely loathe your username by the way!

Ah well okay then, you didn't call Ed's previous post 'too serious' until the newbie stepped over your line. Yep blowing off steam is good, like shouting at the telly I suppose.We all do it.

My username is our pub quiz team name. What does Yudster mean?

Goodbye Mr Nips...

He's waving!!!



I like the name. You can stay. "Yudster" means "one who smells of wee".

[jocky85]

Ah well okay then, you didn't call Ed's previous post 'too serious' until the newbie stepped over your line.

Trust me, it's only because she didn't get to it quick enough.

Or because I've done it so often before............!

My username is our pub quiz team name. What does Yudster mean?

Well that's a long story (those of you who already know it can go now).
When my now grown up son was about 12 he set up a website with a forum for him and his Final Fantasy playing friends. For some reason I have never been able to fathom he really wanted me to join so i did, but I thought that it wouldn't be too great if all his mates knew I was the admin's mum, so my username was Youdontwannaknow. This got shortened in conversation to YDWK, and them people began writing YDWK phonetically - ie "Yudwuk" (some people on here call me that occasionally). From there, came Yuddy, Yudster, Yuddylicious, Yuddles, and all the usernames I ever use anywhere now.

And yes, they worked out who I was within a month, and some of my son's friends from that original forum are still people I chat to now, and I have met a couple of them too, they came to visit just last year. One of them is going to be representing his university on University Challenge in the next series - can't wait to see him on telly.

Sounds about as complicated as my username!

[Lactating Man Nips]

I can assure everyone here that I am a man who indeed is in possession of two fantastic but totally unmilky nipples. That's right I said nipples on the internet - get over it, I'm sticking it to the man!! Raarrr!

<tap on shoulder>

[foot-loose]

Gie us a swatch then...

[Yudster]

Oh - you need to watch out for Foot Loose. He'll take you by surprise. And from behind.

[foot-loose]

Oh - you need to watch out for Foot Loose. He'll take you by surprise. And from behind.

Sad, but true.

[foot-loose]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8101718.stm

On BBCs Hard Talk to the interviewer:

"Susans fine, I can return the favour here, a little bit of fire with fire: What I find more hypocritical, the broadcast media, the broadsheet media as well, they want to cover this story and the best way of covering it and to get the acers of publicity you want for ratings cos you know its good for ratings is to somehow turn it into something more sinister than it was."

Hypocritical? Turning something into something more sinister??

I * hate that man. He should be in JAIL! *.

[Ed Pummelon]

Oh - you need to watch out for Foot Loose. He'll take you by surprise. And from behind.

Don't be so sure. I've been trying to get him to turn me for weeks but he's not biting. Some men just need it spelling out for them. Unfortunately what I had in mind involves words I can't find in the dictionary.

[MK Chris]

If he thinks you're gay, he won't fancy you. He's a homophobic homosexual.

[Ed Pummelon]

How about if I act straight but make it look as though I'm trying to pretend I'm not gay?

[foot-loose]

If he thinks you're gay, he won't fancy you. He's a homophobic homosexual.

Oi. That's my line!

How about if I act straight but make it look as though I'm trying to pretend I'm not gay?

Nuh uh - i've been filling that role for years now. Find your own stereotype! Plus, whoever heard of a gay ninja?

[English Bob]

Someone wanted boobs to counteract the vomit-inducing Piers image?

[Ed Pummelon]

Plus, whoever heard of a gay ninja?

<waggles sword>

[foot-loose]

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