Comments on: Say what you mean, and mean what you say http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete Guither http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5374 Pete Guither Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:22:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5374 I'm not sure why you say this will only be of interest to those in UK politics... Many of us in the US are tired of the constant references to liberal Democrat Kennedy as being a drunk... ... Oh, sorry. You said "Charles," not "Edward." I’m not sure why you say this will only be of interest to those in UK politics… Many of us in the US are tired of the constant references to liberal Democrat Kennedy as being a drunk… … Oh, sorry. You said “Charles,” not “Edward.”

]]> By: Nabakov http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5373 Nabakov Tue, 07 Oct 2003 03:50:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5373 Oi Z, I rarely impair in a posted state. And I bet many of the people behind the Kennedy innuendos would be among the first to nominate Churchill as the all time Greatest Brit - a man whos political career was well lubricated by anyone's standards. Oi Z, I rarely impair in a posted state. And I bet many of the people behind the Kennedy innuendos would be among the first to nominate Churchill as the all time Greatest Brit – a man whos political career was well lubricated by anyone’s standards.

]]> By: Frank Wilhoit http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5372 Frank Wilhoit Tue, 07 Oct 2003 03:47:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5372 Just think what they'd do to Asquith, if he were still around! Just think what they’d do to Asquith, if he were still around!

]]> By: Bungo http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5371 Bungo Tue, 07 Oct 2003 00:59:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5371 But takeaway gossip, innuendo from the British Press and what are you left with? Perceptive critique of sporting tactics? Careful analysis of balance sheets in the city pages? Cool anlysis of the differences on pension policy between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair? Give them Posh & Becks, flung football boots, Gordon & Tony, star fund managers, Richard Branson, Eddie the Eagle any day. Most of the British Press aspires to a smiley face on Popbitch. FACT But takeaway gossip, innuendo from the British Press and what are you left with? Perceptive critique of sporting tactics? Careful analysis of balance sheets in the city pages? Cool anlysis of the differences on pension policy between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair? Give them Posh & Becks, flung football boots, Gordon & Tony, star fund managers, Richard Branson, Eddie the Eagle any day. Most of the British Press aspires to a smiley face on Popbitch. FACT

]]> By: serial catowner http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5370 serial catowner Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:09:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5370 The British press without pictures of people holding drinks? What are you thinking! It takes a tall stiff one to wrap yourself around the concept of the LibDems as the successors to the Tories. All part of the fun.... The British press without pictures of people holding drinks? What are you thinking! It takes a tall stiff one to wrap yourself around the concept of the LibDems as the successors to the Tories. All part of the fun….

]]> By: tverny http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5369 tverny Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:07:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5369 it was the tories what did it this time, though the allegation was an old one that did the rounds a long while back, mainly in diary columns and the likes of Private Eye, and on Have I got news for you. it was the tories what did it this time, though the allegation was an old one that did the rounds a long while back, mainly in diary columns and the likes of Private Eye, and on Have I got news for you.

]]> By: Zizka http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5368 Zizka Mon, 06 Oct 2003 19:15:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5368 People should also stop spreading the rumor that I sometimes post in an impaired state. It's Nabakov you're thinking of. People should also stop spreading the rumor that I sometimes post in an impaired state. It’s Nabakov you’re thinking of.

]]> By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5367 Maria Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:46:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5367 eerily fast and accurate guess Nasi. more like used to know though, and I'm not dishing the story in question - it involved another, rather more litigous, person and it's my job to know far more than is healthy about the potential extraterritorial reach of slander awards regarding online content. sorry! good story though... eerily fast and accurate guess Nasi. more like used to know though, and I’m not dishing the story in question – it involved another, rather more litigous, person and it’s my job to know far more than is healthy about the potential extraterritorial reach of slander awards regarding online content. sorry! good story though…

]]> By: Matthew http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5366 Matthew Mon, 06 Oct 2003 13:28:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5366 Given what Colin Farrell freely tells the Radio Times, "I ended up on a shrink's couch and he told me to write down how much I did in a week. "Twenty E's, four grams of coke, six of speed, half an ounce of hash, three bottles of JACK DANIELS, 12 bottles of red wine, 60 pints and 280 fags. He looked at me and said: 'No wonder you're depressed.'" I doubt one needs to make much up about him... Given what Colin Farrell freely tells the Radio Times, “I ended up on a shrink’s couch and he told me to write down how much I did in a week. “Twenty E’s, four grams of coke, six of speed, half an ounce of hash, three bottles of JACK DANIELS, 12 bottles of red wine, 60 pints and 280 fags. He looked at me and said: ‘No wonder you’re depressed.’” I doubt one needs to make much up about him…

]]> By: Nasi Lemak http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5365 Nasi Lemak Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:54:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5365 Colin Farrell! Colin Farrell!

]]> By: dsquared http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5364 dsquared Mon, 06 Oct 2003 09:06:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5364 Crooked Timber blind item of the week: Which famous person does Maria know, and what was the popbitch rumour that they twisted and got wrong? Crooked Timber blind item of the week: Which famous person does Maria know, and what was the popbitch rumour that they twisted and got wrong?

]]> By: Maria http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5363 Maria Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:40:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5363 Hear hear! It's curious that these innuendos seem to wax and wane in inverse relation to the fortunes of the lib dems. Directly following a by-election win (against the government) and a successful party conference, the stream of 'wink wink nudge nudge' is in full flow again. And as to popbitch, read it religiously every week, but the one time they wrote about someone and something I knew, it was so badly twisted for nasty effect that they got it completely wrong. Lesson, anyone? Hear hear! It’s curious that these innuendos seem to wax and wane in inverse relation to the fortunes of the lib dems. Directly following a by-election win (against the government) and a successful party conference, the stream of ‘wink wink nudge nudge’ is in full flow again. And as to popbitch, read it religiously every week, but the one time they wrote about someone and something I knew, it was so badly twisted for nasty effect that they got it completely wrong. Lesson, anyone?

]]> By: James Russell http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5362 James Russell Mon, 06 Oct 2003 07:36:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5362 There's a difference between the mainstream British media (or at least elements thereof) and Popbitch? There’s a difference between the mainstream British media (or at least elements thereof) and Popbitch?

]]> By: Conrad Barwa http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5361 Conrad Barwa Mon, 06 Oct 2003 03:28:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5361 I can't figure out why this is doing the rounds as well; though it seems to be fairly low key and hasn't registered much on my (limited) radar. He enjoys a tipple and likes to get tipsy - big deal; we have seen sober politicians and the dumb-ass antics they get up to, so he is doing remakrably well. It is not as if he has done an Alan Clark right in the House or something. I can’t figure out why this is doing the rounds as well; though it seems to be fairly low key and hasn’t registered much on my (limited) radar. He enjoys a tipple and likes to get tipsy – big deal; we have seen sober politicians and the dumb-ass antics they get up to, so he is doing remakrably well. It is not as if he has done an Alan Clark right in the House or something.

]]> By: Chun the Unavoidable http://crookedtimber.org/2003/10/05/say-what-you-mean-and-mean-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-5360 Chun the Unavoidable Sun, 05 Oct 2003 23:43:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=389#comment-5360 <p>You can say what you want to about the Melniboneans, at least they don't have these insane libel laws.

You can say what you want to about the Melniboneans, at least they don’t have these insane libel laws.

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