Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 591

zelda_pinwheel · 10-22-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Yup, that'll work -and rioja's fine!

you do know i'll actually be showing up on your doorstep tomorrow, after that post. i hope you don't mind having chili twice in a row.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-22-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

Please tell me you're not planning on watching that idiot Nick Griffin on QT?

I won't watch it as I'm pretty sure my TV wouldn't survive the night.

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

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Hmmm. I remember the "No Platform" debates when I was at Uni. I didn't think there was a reason for it then, and much as I despise that person and the party he is connected with, I don't think we have the right to refuse them the airtime. I guess I agree with the quote mis-attributed to Voltaire.

I would like to think that the result will be exposure of their real views, and an un-biased reporting of where they are found lacking, but I fear I am an optimist.

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Originally Posted by Patricia

My partner has strictly forbidden me from watching it because he knows that I will just get too annoyed, and he hates to see me upset. He may also fear for the television.

(For those outside the UK, the BBC has invited a known racist and leader of a far-right party to appear on its Question time programme.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8321157.stm

I am planning on watching it - quite how far through I'll last before stomping off in disgust is another matter entirely...

badgoodDeb · 10-22-2009, 05:33 PM

Rioja and chili at 8:00 am ??? wow.....

( well, you didn't *say* ...... )

Bilbo1967 · 10-22-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I am planning on watching it - quite how far through I'll last before stomping off in disgust is another matter entirely...

I think you have a stronger stomach than me - I just can't bring myself to watch it.

I tend to agree with LazyScot and (the mis-attributed) Voltaire, but that doesn't mean I have to watch it. I think that he's probably too clever to make his real feelings clear on national TV (and when I say 'clever', I mean it in the same way that a rat can be clever when cornered).

Greg Anos · 10-22-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Rioja and chili at 8:00 am ??? wow.....

( well, you didn't *say* ...... )

Breakfast of Champions.....If it's a good batch of chili.

(Might try a Guiness Double Stout if it's a hot batch...)

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-22-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967

I think you have a stronger stomach than me - I just can't bring myself to watch it.

I tend to agree with LazyScot and (the mis-attributed) Voltaire, but that doesn't mean I have to watch it. I think that he's probably too clever to make his real feelings clear on national TV (and when I say 'clever', I mean it in the same way that a rat can be clever when cornered).

After watching that (and I made it all the way through without once hitting anything - well, apart from the send and refresh button on twitter - I was being sad and tweeting about and following some of the twitter commentary as well as watching it), I'd say you can safely watch it on iPlayer (UK only - I can provide a link if anyone wants to see what the Beeb are calling extended highlights). I thought (OK - I was scared stiff) he was going to put a PR spin on everything that passed his lips. In the end, he didn't. It helped a lot that one of the guests was playwright Bonnie Greer who was running circles around him. There were a couple of moments where he did do a bit of spin, but they came out very wooden compared to the rest of it.

The only vaguely clever thing he tried to do was refusing to be drawn on exactly what he meant by indigenous Britons, but he mostly managed to make himself look a bit of a fool in doing so.

He did also say that he was no longer a holocaust denier, but again did so in such a way that it rang more than a little false, and sounded like a prepared statement.

The main possible problem is that the rest of the panel were against him, so it might have looked like he was being ganged up on and bullied. Fortunately he never played up to that, and also fortunately the lib-lab-con lot were also happily attacking each other, too, which diffused it a little.

And after all that, I have a recipe to post

Bilbo1967 · 10-22-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

After watching that (and I made it all the way through without once hitting anything - well, apart from the send and refresh button on twitter - I was being sad and tweeting about and following some of the twitter commentary as well as watching it), I'd say you can safely watch it on iPlayer (UK only - I can provide a link if anyone wants to see what the Beeb are calling extended highlights).

...snip....

And after all that, I have a recipe to post

Thanks Am - maybe I'll risk it on iPlayer!

PGP_Protector · 10-23-2009, 01:25 AM

Right now ?
Just playing with Win 7

geneven · 10-23-2009, 01:45 AM

Twitter doesn't work very well when it's used the way you're supposed to use it

It's great for asking for or getting snippets of information or linsk, though.

The most important thing in Twitter is NOT the what are you doing now field.

The most important thing in Twitter is the SEARCH field.

Put in something starting with a # and you will probably find a bunch of people discussing that topic. #kindle, for example, or #china.

Put in something without a # and you get people casually mentioning, say, Jane Austen.

If you have a trivia question, try just putting in your what are you doing field. Example, who was the greatest general in the civil war? You will probably get a few answers.

kindlekitten · 10-23-2009, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by geneven

Twitter doesn't work very well when it's used the way you're supposed to use it

It's great for asking for or getting snippets of information or linsk, though.

The most important thing in Twitter is NOT the what are you doing now field.

The most important thing in Twitter is the SEARCH field.

Put in something starting with a # and you will probably find a bunch of people discussing that topic. #kindle, for example, or #china.

Put in something without a # and you get people casually mentioning, say, Jane Austen.

If you have a trivia question, try just putting in your what are you doing field. Example, who was the greatest general in the civil war? You will probably get a few answers.

wow! just when you thought you didn't understand what folks were talking about, you discover you REALLY don't know what folks are talking about

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-23-2009, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

wow! just when you thought you didn't understand what folks were talking about, you discover you REALLY don't know what folks are talking about

You should try my job - many of the people I work with don't know what they're talking about either...

ShortNCuddlyAm · 10-23-2009, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

And after all that, I have a recipe to post

Which I have posted in the recipes thread

Sparrow · 10-23-2009, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Yup, that'll work -and rioja's fine!

White rioja is gorgeous!

pilotbob · 10-23-2009, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

You should try my job - many of the people I work with don't know what they're talking about either...

... the bad part about that is they think they know everything.

BOb

FlorenceArt · 10-23-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

You should try my job - many of the people I work with don't know what they're talking about either...

Yes, well... if knowing what you're talking about was a prerequisite, the world would be a much more silent place, wouldn't it? I know I wouldn't talk half as often as I do

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badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Rioja and chili at 8:00 am ??? wow..... ( well, you didn't say ...... )

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10-23-2009, 01:45 AM	#8859
geneven Member Retired Posts: 124 Karma: 340 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: Nokia N800, N810, Kindle 2	Twitter doesn't work very well when it's used the way you're supposed to use it It's great for asking for or getting snippets of information or linsk, though. The most important thing in Twitter is NOT the what are you doing now field. The most important thing in Twitter is the SEARCH field. Put in something starting with a # and you will probably find a bunch of people discussing that topic. #kindle, for example, or #china. Put in something without a # and you get people casually mentioning, say, Jane Austen. If you have a trivia question, try just putting in your what are you doing field. Example, who was the greatest general in the civil war? You will probably get a few answers.