tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post7978892500874640078..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: Not a Promising Start.....Idlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-83433851302794191722008-08-27T06:01:00.000+01:002008-08-27T06:01:00.000+01:00"Aging rock star + a representative of our inner c..."Aging rock star + a representative of our inner city ethnic "minorities" + fading sporting icon worth millions = what exactly?<BR/>"<BR/><BR/>Lakes has summed it up well Idlers! I had an argument with Mrs S, (luckily we had just opened another bottle of something or other, so it was a 'friendly'), about why David Beckham was there.<BR/><BR/>She won on points, because she mentioned that he was an example of an "East End boy done good, an' doin' good in the place 'e wanned to 'elp" (Mrs S doesn't actually talk like that at all, I hasten to add)!<BR/><BR/>To which I countered that it was only a political stunt, as he had been spotted in Downing Street after seeing Gordon Brown...<BR/><BR/>I think I'd prefer the thought of anyone but 'Pouter McBroon, the worst PM ever'.Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-13787830468175098352008-08-26T22:17:00.000+01:002008-08-26T22:17:00.000+01:00PS, I was in the City of London Police Tug of War ...PS, I was in the City of London Police Tug of War team.<BR/><BR/>Only I didn't pull in the Olympics but got to pull two young girls out of a giant christmans cracker on Jim'll Fix It. (I gave out a medal on TV)Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-39981142569667319612008-08-26T22:16:00.000+01:002008-08-26T22:16:00.000+01:00They got the Londoners throwing their newspapers o...They got the Londoners throwing their newspapers on the pavement bit right though.<BR/><BR/>Yes. How did FOOTBALL get the center stage ? <BR/><BR/>What a travesty.Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-52471573929501400712008-08-25T18:12:00.000+01:002008-08-25T18:12:00.000+01:00Play your cards right, beast, and you could be bom...Play your cards right, beast, and you could be bombarded with/by a pair of ethnic carnival baps.<BR/><BR/>One love, yeah man. Free love, yeah man.<BR/><BR/>Try to avoid the Wm Hague look, though.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-73944971927900210232008-08-25T17:22:00.000+01:002008-08-25T17:22:00.000+01:00Aging rock star + a representative of our inner ci...Aging rock star + a representative of our inner city ethnic "minorities" + fading sporting icon worth millions = what exactly?<BR/><BR/>I would say that it's like Tony Blair planned the whole thing from start to finish.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised the cringeworthy bastard wasn't up there with Jimmy and Leona, strumming away on his Stratocaster.<BR/><BR/>Good speech from Boris, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-1523587900495688612008-08-25T16:24:00.000+01:002008-08-25T16:24:00.000+01:00Dear Mr IdleThe Lady with the generously proportio...Dear Mr Idle<BR/>The Lady with the generously proportioned legs is the sort of saucey minx that our chum TT would refer to as a "big unit"<BR/>I shall now get back to being bombarded with ethnic Carnival music.drevetailiminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020768683115841350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-88141062124260214172008-08-25T08:47:00.000+01:002008-08-25T08:47:00.000+01:00My ears bled, lil.The reason they left out the Win...My ears bled, lil.<BR/><BR/>The reason they left out the Windrush, Tuscan, was to avoid admitting that without them, our medal tally halves.<BR/><BR/>Welcome, tom c. Maybe you are right. Whenever one hears an IOC delegate droning on: "it's all about the athletes themselves", I can't help thinking about his month-long stay in 5 Star bliss, every night a different slavic whore. It's a racket.<BR/><BR/>Scrobs, Boris certainly improved my sense of humour. That ping pong was invented on the dining tables of England, and called wiff-waff - this is crucial info. Ping pong is, indeed, coming home.idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-41602873811097417162008-08-25T08:38:00.000+01:002008-08-25T08:38:00.000+01:00If people want to run races there's a perfectly go...If people want to run races there's a perfectly good recreation ground around the corner. No need for all this expense and frivoloityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-70220731880061094302008-08-25T07:40:00.000+01:002008-08-25T07:40:00.000+01:00Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis????!!!Musical gymnastic...Jimmy Page and Leona Lewis????!!!<BR/><BR/>Musical gymnastics then. Did your ears bleed Idle?lilithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011676751221508167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-44967827952553956192008-08-25T07:04:00.000+01:002008-08-25T07:04:00.000+01:00You are a kindly fellow, idle, allowing a disconne...You are a kindly fellow, idle, allowing a disconnected expat a glimpse of the allegedly representative revels put together in our name, though I fear I am no richer in mind or spirit after receiving the information.<BR/><BR/>A glaring omission (or absence) was noted from the melange, however: The good ship Windrush, a cardboard cutpout of which would have seemed to the Tuscan to be de rigeur in a cretinfest of this sort.Tuscan Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196343713837375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-71464043168561690432008-08-25T07:03:00.000+01:002008-08-25T07:03:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tuscan Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196343713837375340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-70682746828000951672008-08-25T07:00:00.000+01:002008-08-25T07:00:00.000+01:00Yes, I thought the girl singing with Robert Plant ...Yes, I thought the girl singing with Robert Plant was a bit bizarre too Iders!<BR/><BR/>They had to cram every politically correct statement in the book into that eight minutes! I bet everyone on the ODA will be writing loads of reports, employing lots of consultants, spending millions on more jobs in the affected London Boroughs and flooding Stratford with comfortably pensioned anxious young faces...<BR/><BR/>I liked Boris's statement that the 'Tug of War' was won by City of London Police!<BR/><BR/>BTW, I wonder if they had room on that bus for an 'Edgebaston' - qv...Sen. C.R.O'Blenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482646859547203051noreply@blogger.com