Miscellaneous Prats and Retired Colonels15 May 2008 04:02 pm

Bumper Crop #6

By Nelson

More from the complaints log. I must thank my anonymous donor once again. This stuff is great.

NEWS

Time. 12:15: “In an item about Boris Johnson’s first day at the office I felt that the BBC unfairly reinforced the stereotype some have, as seeing him as a bit of a fool by showing that he apparently could not turn on a computer. To reflect balance you should have transmitted the more serious side of the man and his intentions as Mayor. Londoners didn’t just vote for him because he is amusing.”

I might phone up and complain that the BBC are making Jeremy Paxman look like an over-educated twit who thinks that “balance” means creating the same pointless shouty pantomime, no matter who you’re interviewing.

13 Responses to “Bumper Crop #6”

  1. on 15 May 2008 at 6:14 pm   mike

    I’m pretty sure that’s the one reason a lot of people did vote for him actually.

  2. on 15 May 2008 at 6:33 pm   James

    I feel the BBC is using reality to criticise Boris. He is predictable and of poor quality.

  3. on 15 May 2008 at 6:55 pm   The Gnome Secretary

    Anyone seen this, from the Amazon rainforest thread:

    STOP CUTTING DOWN THE RAINFOREST!!!
    It is a VITAL part of the Earth and any more damage to it will see the Earth filling up with more CO2 (as plants and trees transform this into oxygen), resulting in faster melting of the Polar ice caps, resulting in DEATH TO ALL HUMANS!!!!

    Stop it, STOP IT NOW!!!!

    badger fruit, resistance hq, United Kingdom

    Wow, I bet all the loggers will stop as a DIRECT RESULT of this person’s heartfelt SHOUTING on Have Your Say.

    Wonder what their acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize will be like.

    Why didn’t you run for Mayor of London Nelson? I would have voted for you (if I lived there that is).

    DEATH TO ALL HUMANS. TAKE OFF EVERY ZIG.

    Much Love,
    The Gnome Secretary.
    Legislating for Gnome Welfare: across the Commonwealth.

  4. on 16 May 2008 at 9:15 am   sir jon dangerous

    It would be easy enough to put in a bit of balance. Just put a disclaimer on saying “Other floppy-haired restaurant-trashing incompetent buffoon arsewipes are available”.

  5. on 16 May 2008 at 9:57 am   fucko the clown

    anyone fancy a logging holiday in brazil?

  6. on 16 May 2008 at 11:30 am   BoJo got the mojo

    I truly beleive that those cockerneys voted for Boris for the amusement factor. I truly believe that they will not be let down.

    As for the rainforests, they need culling. Using up all our oxygen with their putrid rotting. So, I am up for a logging holiday.

  7. on 16 May 2008 at 11:42 am   bigruss

    logging holidays are rubbish.

    i prefer the more traditional ’slash and burn’ holidays.

  8. on 16 May 2008 at 11:47 am   Jake the Rat

    I went on a ‘logging’ holiday once, those Thai hookers really have no shame.

  9. on 16 May 2008 at 3:13 pm   James

    My own logging holiday was far less exciting. I spent a fortnight in the back of a web server noting down every error.

  10. on 16 May 2008 at 3:41 pm   Nelson

    I was thinking of advertising for someone to do repetitive tasks for me.

    “WANTED: Native speaker of crontab. Must have own watch”.

  11. on 16 May 2008 at 4:51 pm   smeg puppet

    didn’t i read somewhere that the rainforests actually only account for a pretty small percentage of the planet’s CO2 to O2 conversion … most of it comes from the plankton in the ocean

    Still, a certain kind of log does have a bit of an adverse affect on the oceans too … so logging is still bad

    i think

    maybe

  12. on 17 May 2008 at 11:34 am   Slartibartfast

    Jeremy Paxman is less over-educated than he lets on. As Have I Got News For You pointed out, he likes those idiotic reality shows and tried to hide his face during I’d Do Anything (Andrew Lloyd Webber Talent Show #3 for those fortunately unaquainted with these programmes)

  13. on 22 May 2008 at 11:38 am   Deggars

    I converted O2 to Orange and save £8 per month on my tarrif.

    happy days.