tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post1183865742835259665..comments2023-11-05T07:37:16.624+00:00Comments on The Drayton Bird Blog: Tonight’s News, as delivered by patronising twats who think we’re as thick as they areDrayton Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-75992658311423000762008-02-26T23:48:00.000+00:002008-02-26T23:48:00.000+00:00Very funny. The thought of Bliar running Europe fi...Very funny. The thought of Bliar running Europe fills one with mingled alarm, terror and disgust ... within weeks the whole continent will be buried under a huge new mountain of bullshit to add to the wine lake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-56643664273634291102008-02-26T14:17:00.000+00:002008-02-26T14:17:00.000+00:00Poor old Doug Kelly. If Bush and Bliar made an hon...Poor old Doug Kelly. If Bush and Bliar made an honest mistake with Iraq, why haven't they done anything to correct it in the last few years? Clearly, as Bush is dyslexic, he thought that they were going for Iran whilst Bliar thought that sucking up to the Americans would be more successful than his attempts with the EU.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-44174883969029142472008-02-15T23:50:00.000+00:002008-02-15T23:50:00.000+00:00Well, I'm sorry anonymous, who would appear to be ...Well, I'm sorry anonymous, who would appear to be masquerading as Doug Kelly, has given up on the old goat.<BR/><BR/>But I'm also a little taken aback that anyone alive who follows the news or reads history is unaware that the phrase "honest politician" is an oxymoron.<BR/><BR/>And I certainly cannot believe that anyone who follows these matters even vaguely is unaware that our Tony is a shocking liar. Maybe not of Clintonesque proportions, but he has an enviable track record in that department. Ask just about anyone you happen to run into over here.<BR/> <BR/>Mr. Bush is his problem, I guess, in theory, though our troops seem to be paying for the Iraqi and Afghan adventures.<BR/><BR/>Enough politics!Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-1622232726031349652008-02-15T00:36:00.000+00:002008-02-15T00:36:00.000+00:00You are without doubt, one of the foremost authori...You are without doubt, one of the foremost authorities on direct selling. David Ogilvy was a hero of mine all the 35 odd years I've been in this strange business.<BR/><BR/>But your email today, February 14, crossed the line. How dare you say that Bush and Blair lied. I don't give a damn about your politics, but I resent the hell out of your arrogant pronouncement of a politically motivated piece of rubbish. A lie itself. <BR/><BR/>Bush and Blair are honorable men. They were going on what was the consensus of world opinion, even that of the UN. Intelligence at the time was such that more than 70 countries agreed than Saddam was hiding weapons. All but Germany and France decided to take action. And we have come to learn why they did not. Money. <BR/><BR/>Bush and Blair did not lie you old goat. They did what they thought was the correct thing at the time. <BR/><BR/>It's old news now, but you're the one who brought it up. And I might add, you brought it up for the reason that you could still get in another sucker-punch lie. Your point could have been made in any one of a number of ways. You chose a dishonorable one. That' is to your everlasting shame. <BR/><BR/>I have canceled my subscription to your emails although they were interesting and informative. I don't want or need advice from a half-baked political sop with an axe to grind. If I really want to know about convincing people to change attitudes through advertising from some political dupe, I suppose that could as well study the propaganda work of the Third Reich. They were masters of it. <BR/><BR/>But I won't do that either. <BR/><BR/>I don't abide liars and falsehoods. Indeed, as Ogilvy said, why should I believe what some copywriter says. You,sir, are a copywriter that is full of shit. <BR/><BR/>And the record of the events you bring up say more about you than about Bush and Blair. They made an honest mistake. You did not.<BR/><BR/>May you have a fine time in your stodgy little world. And know that you are perpetrating lies. Who would trust you, now a well-known liar, to do a project? I hope that your insult to the integrity of more than half the world was worth it. <BR/><BR/>Doug Kelly<BR/>Douglas Kelly & Associates, Inc. <BR/>U.S.A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-51402692705499387772008-02-14T18:03:00.000+00:002008-02-14T18:03:00.000+00:00The last line is indeed my own - even if a poor th...The last line is indeed my own - even if a poor thing. I know the story about twats. I always suspected Browning was one, to be honest.Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-35970439922572066052008-02-14T17:00:00.000+00:002008-02-14T17:00:00.000+00:00Like the punch line. Is it yours?I allways thought...Like the punch line. Is it yours?<BR/><BR/>I allways thought 'Twat' was a harmless derogation. I just looked it up to learn how offensive it might be. <BR/><BR/>I did find this amusing tidbit:<BR/>twat <BR/><BR/>1656, of unknown origin. A general term of abuse since 1920s.<BR/>The T-word occupies a special niche in literary history, however, thanks to a horrible mistake by Robert Browning, who included it in 'Pippa Passes' (1841) without knowing its true meaning. 'The owls and bats,/Cowls and twats,/Monks and nuns,/In a cloister's moods.' Poor Robert! He had been misled into thinking the word meant 'hat' by its appearance in 'Vanity of Vanities,' a poem of 1660, containing the treacherous lines: 'They'd talk't of his having a Cardinalls Hat,/They'd send him as soon an Old Nuns Twat.' (There is a lesson here about not using words unless one is very sure of their meaning.) [Hugh Rawson, "Wicked Words," 1989]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13986873783113954787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-27914571125774263152008-02-14T07:31:00.000+00:002008-02-14T07:31:00.000+00:00Ah! Proof that a depressing number of things that ...Ah! Proof that a depressing number of things that travel across the Atlantic in either direction are bad ideas, taken up enthusiastically. We got Macdonalds, violent teenagers wearing caps back to front, spitting on the pavement and shooting each other over drug turf; they got Simon Cowell,the Beckhams and the Blairs, who unfortunately keep coming back. Would Sharia Law be popular?Drayton Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871107998046212949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-43284328603209146142008-02-13T20:56:00.000+00:002008-02-13T20:56:00.000+00:00In America, there was a similar half-witted notion...In America, there was a similar half-witted notion attempted some years back. The idea was that the newsreader (called anchorman, then anchorperson, then anchor...and not a drop to drink) would stand up while reading the news rather than sitting at his-her-its desk. Dynamic! Dramatic! No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-7686008990825897522008-02-13T15:58:00.000+00:002008-02-13T15:58:00.000+00:00Condensed news while 99% crap does have occasional...Condensed news while 99% crap does have occasional compensations. The SUN had a brilliant headline last week: "BASH THE BISHOP" (explain that one to your overseas readers ;-))Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869309866445112682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421913838337434.post-45556146477990897812008-02-12T21:47:00.000+00:002008-02-12T21:47:00.000+00:00I love visiting this blog and miss it when there's...I love visiting this blog and miss it when there's a gap.<BR/><BR/>I've heard of More4, but feel compelled to watch it now.<BR/><BR/>How does that work?<BR/><BR/>Is it a new form of indirect marketing?<BR/><BR/>Tonight I was reading an article on creating disagreement on a blog because people get bored of inane back-slapping. They want debate.<BR/><BR/>And then I came here. Hmmm. Debate and disagreement? Yes you have that in spades.<BR/><BR/>Many of the posts are built on a good old rant. So the disagreement is in the subject matter rather than the comments.<BR/><BR/>But your subject matter would make us look like twats too if we disagreed with you!<BR/><BR/>While I was reading I was laughing out loud. To such an extent that my wonderful better half interupted her viewing of the TV show she's been waiting a week to watch after the cliffhanger to ask what I was laughing about.<BR/><BR/>Now put yourself in my shoes. How do I explain that one in the 3.7 seconds I had to satisfy her curiosity and get her back to the gogglebox?<BR/><BR/>I hasten to add that she wasn't watching More4...Ian Dennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15619426596543760739noreply@blogger.com