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Do unis do a degree in how to waste money or is it a talent they're born with I wonder?
Roy.
Do unis do a degree in how to waste money or is it a talent they're born with I wonder?
Roy.
Surely it should be "Dear Head Persibling..."?Digit":2x1okk3y said:Any letters of complaint should be addressd to 'Dear Head Person of no Specified Gender.'
And leave the stamp off! :twisted:
Roy.
Jacob":s9ghyoio said:If you trawl through pineapple papers you will find pineapple stories. It's their bread and butter - they know people will buy this sort of dull stuff. The supply is endless.
Lowlife":3j134to5 said:It's a newspaper story, doesn't matter what newspaper as they all put their own spin on things to suit their readership, take it all with a pinch of salt.
Yes but the world is full of un-interesting daft stories of people doing silly things, and always will be. Why do they attract so much interest?RogerS":3hc0ifi6 said:Lowlife":3hc0ifi6 said:It's a newspaper story, doesn't matter what newspaper as they all put their own spin on things to suit their readership, take it all with a pinch of salt.
I agree that most newspapers will put a spin on things or report things that support their particular editorial policy. That does not detract from the fact that this is totally barmy and a waste of money. Surely you agree?
Jacob":35otlym5 said:Yes but the world is full of un-interesting daft stories of people doing silly things, and always will be. Why do they attract so much interest?RogerS":35otlym5 said:Lowlife":35otlym5 said:It's a newspaper story, doesn't matter what newspaper as they all put their own spin on things to suit their readership, take it all with a pinch of salt.
I agree that most newspapers will put a spin on things or report things that support their particular editorial policy. That does not detract from the fact that this is totally barmy and a waste of money. Surely you agree?
Yes, but as a story it is completely uninteresting with no bearing on anything much.RogerS":n6573flb said:Jacob":n6573flb said:Yes but the world is full of un-interesting daft stories of people doing silly things, and always will be. Why do they attract so much interest?RogerS":n6573flb said:I agree that most newspapers will put a spin on things or report things that support their particular editorial policy. That does not detract from the fact that this is totally barmy and a waste of money. Surely you agree?
Please, Jacob. Just for once answer the question.
Do you think that changing Green Man to Green Person is daft?
Lowlife":ygoape2j said:They attract so much interest because some people live for this stuff, if you dig a little deeper than the headlines you often find these stories have been totally exaggerated or completely made up.
Remember the classic story about "racist" black bin bags years ago? Made up by the press.
Renaming manhole covers? Made up by the press.
I could go on and on...
This story has more than a passing similarity to those and hundreds of other similar stories, all designed to provoke a knee-jerk reaction amongst newspaper readerships, who apparently can't get enough of these stories that affirm their view of the world, and never fail to rise to the bait.
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