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Make sure you are politically correct
8:48pm Thursday 5th January 2012
I'm sure everyone is aware of the term “politically correct” which was coined in the 1980's.
Only yesterday the issue of being “PC” came up on the comments left on my last blog.
Let me make this clear, I am the last person who would intentionally look to cause trouble by saying something to offend someone however in today’s society the politically correct police are everywhere just waiting to pounce if you should mistakenly or inadvertently say the slightest thing that could be deemed offensive.
Surely the whole concept of being PC is now out of control?
Even if you refer to the person who delivers the mail as a postman you can be in trouble.
As it happens, a man does deliver my mail so my use of the word postman is correct. If a lady did the job then I would refer to them as a post lady.
Sadly the generic term “post person” has entered the language for us to use to avoid calling a lady a postman by mistake.
Only the other day I was reading an article on the web site of a national news paper (see link below) about a Council who put up signs on pedestrian crossings saying “Only cross with green figure” rather than saying “with green man”.
Recently the pedestrian crossings in Wycombe were renewed and they still have a figure of a man on them (see picture accompanying this blog).
According to some the use of a man on our new pedestrian crossings is not PC so surely the powers that be should spring into action and put up notices on all the new crossings in Wycombe?
Over the years the national press has reported stories about the madness of political correctness indeed one was about a school who renamed the nursery rhyme “Baa baa black sheep” to “Baa baa rainbow sheep”.
This renaming of the well know nursery rhyme was widely reported. In actual fact the story was a hoax however due to some of the daft things brought in under the guise of PC people believed it.
Back in the 1970's being PC was unheard of but nowadays the concept has spawned a whole new culture with some employers creating special jobs such as Equality Officers and Diversity Leaders just to make sure their organisations comply with the rules of being PC.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for people being equal and for encouraging diversity but now people are living in fear of saying something wrong and they are actually being pulled up if they step out of line just once.
Even in some of our schools the children are being taught to behave in a PC manner rather than using words and phrases spoken by the general population.
I fear the whole concept is getting out of control and its costing the employers millions having to employ people to make sure they comply with the undefined rules of being PC.
As far as I am concerned I shall stick to the old terms, my mail is delivered by a postman, the milk is delivered by the milkman and schoolchildren have their meals served by a dinner lady.
What do you think?
*Don't forget to read my regular column in this Friday's edition of the printed version of the Bucks Free Press!
*”Green figure' replaces 'green man' on pedestrian signs” : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/road-safety/8984298/Green-figure-replaces-green-man-on-pedestrian-signs.html
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Comments(118)
Lawrence Linehan
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11:29pm Thu 5 Jan 12
‘… in today’s society the politically correct police are everywhere just waiting to pounce’.
‘… if you refer to the person who delivers the mail as a postman you can be in trouble’.
‘Sadly the generic term “post person” has entered the language for us to use to avoid calling a lady a postman by mistake’.
‘… people are living in fear of saying something wrong and they are actually being pulled up if they step out of line just once’.
‘…its (sic) costing the employers millions having to employ people to make sure they comply with the undefined rules of being PC’.
ivor
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11:32pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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So what exactly is wrong with this blog?
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I thought it was a good and sound overview of the situation....
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On second thought maybe you are on my side and that fact you think I am “nuts” is a reflection of your views on the daft example I gave of political correctness?
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Of course implying that someone is “nuts” is not very politically correct in itself is it?
ivor
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11:32pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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But I am right. Aren’t I?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:41pm Thu 5 Jan 12
ivor wrote:No.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 11:29pm
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But I am right. Aren’t I?
ivor
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11:43pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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So do you think the Council that put up the “green figure” signs on the crossings is right then?
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Will you be calling for tax payers money to be used to put similar signs on the pedestrians crossings in Wycombe too?
ivor
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11:43pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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So do you think the Council that put up the “green figure” signs on the crossings is right then?
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Will you be calling for tax payers money to be used to put similar signs on the pedestrians crossings in Wycombe too?
Lawrence Linehan
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11:45pm Thu 5 Jan 12
ivor wrote:'So what exactly is wrong with this blog?'It is the product of a man who has spent too long in the sun of bigunland without his hat on.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 11:18pm
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So what exactly is wrong with this blog?
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I thought it was a good and sound overview of the situation....
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On second thought maybe you are on my side and that fact you think I am “nuts” is a reflection of your views on the daft example I gave of political correctness?
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Of course implying that someone is “nuts” is not very politically correct in itself is it?
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'On second thought maybe you are on my side and that fact you think I am “nuts” is a reflection of your views on the daft example I gave of political correctness?' No I just think you're nuts.
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'Of course implying that someone is “nuts” is not very politically correct in itself is it?' I have never claimed to be PC - there is no such thing - it is an invention of right wing journals.
Lawrence Linehan
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11:46pm Thu 5 Jan 12
ivor
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11:51pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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So you don't think that political correctness exists and that it is a fabrication of “right wing journalists”.
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In which case why do so many organisations have departments devoted to diversity and equal opportunity? And why did the “green figure” signs appear?
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I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I am not nuts.... I also wear a flat cap when I go outside so the sun very rarely shines on my head either....
ivor
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11:51pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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Oh, so you are off to bed even though the evening is still young.
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Could this be an admission that I am right and that this is such a dangerous topic (after all you could get caught out yourself by saying something not PC) that its best to go to bed rather than continue the discussion?
Lawrence Linehan
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2:28am Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:No - I was just tired - now I'm going back again.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 11:46pm
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Oh, so you are off to bed even though the evening is still young.
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Could this be an admission that I am right and that this is such a dangerous topic (after all you could get caught out yourself by saying something not PC) that its best to go to bed rather than continue the discussion?
'Discussion!' (That suggests a rational exchange of views - when have you ever particpated in one of those?)
Lawrence Linehan
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2:33am Fri 6 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan
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2:36am Fri 6 Jan 12
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The Bucks Record Society has published the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks – this is a list of able bodied males in the county between the ages of 15 and 60 capable of acting in a military capacity. The names are listed by parish and occupation within it. Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
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Tell us about your 'purity' - not just more vague adjectives like 'decency'. Do other men possess this 'purity' and 'decency', or is it a uniquely igorian quality, with other veterans of the 1970's being impure and indecent in comparison?
Lawrence Linehan
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2:39am Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor
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2:42am Fri 6 Jan 12
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Yes, I have participated in many “rational exchanges of views” however sadly the replies coming from those responding have been anything but rational! Touché!
ivor
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2:42am Fri 6 Jan 12
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Blame the spelling checker....
ivor
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2:42am Fri 6 Jan 12
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I shall be consulting the register when an opportunity arises....
brachyura
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6:39am Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Yes it is a fabrication of journalists or more to the point people who can not be bothered to research the details.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 11:45pm ~ So you don't think that political correctness exists and that it is a fabrication of “right wing journalists”. ~ In which case why do so many organisations have departments devoted to diversity and equal opportunity? And why did the “green figure” signs appear? ~ I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I am not nuts.... I also wear a flat cap when I go outside so the sun very rarely shines on my head either....
If you look at the council in questions leaflet regarding crossings they call it a green man, however on their toucan crossings it is a man with a bike, and on their pegasus crossings it is a rider on a horse.
By having a sign which says "green figure crossing" they can use the same plated instructions on all three crossing types (possibly saving the tax payer money).
http://www.lincolnsh
ire.gov.uk/upload/pu
blic/attachments/741
/PedestrianCrossingl
eaflet.pdf
gotanybiscuits?
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6:47am Fri 6 Jan 12
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ROFL
Mama36
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9:25am Fri 6 Jan 12
crissy
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9:57am Fri 6 Jan 12
Really, isn't it time to find something original to talk about? It's long been apparent that "PC" is just another phrase for "intolerance" and everyone has the option to NOT be offended by a situation they experience.
gotanybiscuits?
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1:43pm Fri 6 Jan 12
Mama36 wrote:Is that the Wycombe Marsh branch, or the Slough one?
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
Alberto The Great
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4:00pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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Ivor,
If you truly "never intended to cause offence", then why do you consistently tell lies in your blogs? Why do you constantly fabricate wild stories about both your home life, and events? Why do you then not answer truthfully the challenges put before you? Why do you insist on treating the readership of the BFP as idiotic, retarded imbeciles?
This is why you are a figure of hatred, and garner the negative responses to your blogs of trite.
So, if you truly "never intended to cause offence”, isn’t it about time you owned-up to, and apologise for, fabricating the majority of these blogs?
Lawrence Linehan
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4:02pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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The Bucks Record Society has published the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks – this is a list of able bodied males in the county between the ages of 15 and 60 capable of acting in a military capacity. The names are listed by parish and occupation within it. Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
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Tell us about your 'purity' - not just more vague adjectives like 'decency'. Do other men possess this 'purity' and 'decency', or is it a uniquely igorian quality, with other veterans of the 1970's being impure and indecent in comparison?”
A VOTER
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4:05pm Fri 6 Jan 12
Mama36 wrote:PC World is awfull... You can buy most of what they sell, far cheaper on the internet.
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
:-)
Wendoverman
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6:23pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor
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7:31pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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If it is a fabrication of journalists I ask again why do companies have diversity officers? Surely they would not be needed?
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All these men, bikes and horses is so confusing, indeed why does the human figure have to be there at all? Surely they should have a green tick or a red cross? That would stop an awful lot of confusion....
ivor
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7:31pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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Sadly the symbols had to be removed from the conserve jars due to political correctness. Its a tricky one as symbols like that were all part of our cultural heritage however sadly the politically correct world of today seems, in the case you gave, to ignore our heritage and all that went before....
ivor
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7:31pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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So are you saying that political correctness is a manifestation of the intolerance of others and they are using it to suppress out cultures, sayings and traditions?
ivor
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7:32pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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It took me a while to get that one but I got it in the end....
ivor
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7:32pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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I can assure you the events described on my blog are factual and actually happened as they are based on reality. I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I have the highest of respect for those who read my blog and I would never treat them as imbeciles.
ivor
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7:32pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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I thought I had already answered those questions?
ivor
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7:32pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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I too prefer to buy from the internet when the need arises to look for computer supplies. Sadly I can not afford to buy a new computers so I have to make do with second hand equipment.
ivor
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7:33pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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But you said “green person” when in actual fact it is a green man! I care if you don't call it a man after all it is most definitely not a woman.
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But why are golliwogs seen as offensive today? Surely it is the politically correct brigade who have made them that way?
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My hat may be old but the head that's wearing the hat is still young....
Alberto The Great
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7:46pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:And so the farce continues....
Re the comments of Alberto The Great at 4:00pm
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I can assure you the events described on my blog are factual and actually happened as they are based on reality. I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I have the highest of respect for those who read my blog and I would never treat them as imbeciles.
You will continue on this quest to "assure" us that biggun hall exists, despite a total lack of evidence. You will continue with a raft of fabricated stories, and you will continue to obfuscate when challenged, instead of giving clear answers.
Why won’t you give clear answers to questions Ivor?
Awaits yet more obfuscation in response….
A VOTER
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8:24pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:No you haven't...
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 4:02pm
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I thought I had already answered those questions?
You've done your usual obfuscation....
littlelaura
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8:50pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor
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9:48pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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Hmm, I think I have answered indeed I said that I would look at the Muster Roll next time I am passing the library.
ivor
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9:48pm Fri 6 Jan 12
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Maybe we should have “Cross” and “Don't Cross”? Or the green tick and red cross?
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This political correctness thing does make for an awful lot of confusion and uncertainty....
Lawrence Linehan
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10:13pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:It seems to have learnt nothing, for a young brain, since about 1975 and in any case it’s about 60% wooden.
Re the comments of Wendoverman at 6:23pm
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But you said “green person” when in actual fact it is a green man! I care if you don't call it a man after all it is most definitely not a woman.
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But why are golliwogs seen as offensive today? Surely it is the politically correct brigade who have made them that way?
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My hat may be old but the head that's wearing the hat is still young....
Lawrence Linehan
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10:19pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:That is an evasion and there must be many people waiting with baited breath to hear about your chastity – sorry ‘purity’ - and ‘decency’
Re the comments of A VOTER at 8:24pm
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Hmm, I think I have answered indeed I said that I would look at the Muster Roll next time I am passing the library.
Lawrence Linehan
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10:27pm Fri 6 Jan 12
ivor wrote:‘In which case why do so many organisations have departments devoted to diversity and equal opportunity?’
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 11:45pm
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So you don't think that political correctness exists and that it is a fabrication of “right wing journalists”.
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In which case why do so many organisations have departments devoted to diversity and equal opportunity? And why did the “green figure” signs appear?
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I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I am not nuts.... I also wear a flat cap when I go outside so the sun very rarely shines on my head either....
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I have never heard of commercial or public organisations with departments actually ‘devoted to diversity and equal opportunity – most companies have a personnel department which will advise on people following the law in regard to treatment of people in their organisations – or do you think we should have a return to the days of signs saying ‘No Blacks or Jews need apply? ’
Lawrence Linehan
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10:55pm Fri 6 Jan 12
It didn’t ‘come up’ nor was it ‘left’ – it was unnaturally forced in by igor the Bloghamster when he made the senseless comment to me,
‘I am afraid your comment was not politically correct, making fun about blind horses is not very funny these days. What about deaf horses?’
Nobody has mentioned PC until then (horse lovers – how many of you think my comment showed disrespect to horses?) – if you search the same page for the word ‘correct’ Windows finds the word used 53 times, some in quotes, or multiple postings of the same comment, but 21 of them are in posts from igor. This wasn’t a genuine 'issue' that ‘came up’ spontaneously – this was a load of obsessional dross you forced in as an issue. How long has this fearlessly commonsense load of rubbish been written?
Clyde the Retired Police Horse
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11:42pm Fri 6 Jan 12
press.co.uk/news/944
5107.Long_serving_po
lice_horse_bows_out_
of_crime_fighting/) I would like to say that I do not find Lawrence Linehan’s comments about blind horses at all disrespectful to other horses who happen to have lost their eyesight. I also wish to express my agreement with the robust commonsense contained in the comments of Mr Linehan and my disagreement with the absurdity of igor the Evil Blogmaster’s comments about blind horses and so-called ‘political correctness’. I would also thank Mr Linehan for his helpful suggestion, elsewhere on this site, that I write my memoirs in a similar fashion to the late Eliot Ness, who though he was not a horse and was American is a good example to consider. Once again thank you Mr Linehan.
ivor
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1:50am Sat 7 Jan 12
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But nothing that important has happened since 1975....
ivor
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1:51am Sat 7 Jan 12
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I may well write a blog on the topic of decency indeed it is something that all too often seems to be lacking on modern society....
ivor
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1:51am Sat 7 Jan 12
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I may well write a blog on the topic of decency indeed it is something that all too often seems to be lacking on modern society....
ivor
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1:51am Sat 7 Jan 12
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But most organisations have a person whose specific role it is to police the organisation to make sure everyone adheres to the rules of politically correctness....
ivor
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1:51am Sat 7 Jan 12
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But political correctness was mentioned on my last blog wasn't it....
ivor
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1:52am Sat 7 Jan 12
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I am pleased to hear that you are fully supportive of Mr Linehan, from what you say he appears to be in perfect tune with your thinking and spot on the money when it comes to understanding the feelings and needs of horses.
Alberto The Great
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11:05am Sat 7 Jan 12
In line with your usual blogs, why don't you tell us about the time you were abducted by aliens?
Procopius!
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11:18am Sat 7 Jan 12
(Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.)
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Once upon a time there was a handsome, intelligent young man called Lawrence. He was very articulate and able to converse on a wide range of subjects. However, after he became redundant he became a little bored. Despite volunteering for good works and helping out local charities he yearned for good company and lively conversation.
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One day he decided to visit a local pub to meet up with his old mates Albert and Roger. His only problem was choosing which one to go to.
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One was called the Banter House and they could always rely on bumping into someone friendly and sociable there who would be up for an interesting chat.
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The other was called the Bigun Arms. However, there was hardly ever anyone in there, apart from the fat bloke who was always propping up the bar. This bloke wasn’t clever and attractive like Lawrence, nor was he so articulate. He was a bit unsavoury and was always holding forth with a stream of tall stories which all the locals had heard many times before. Few people believed a word he said and many gave him a wide berth.
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So. What do YOU think happened next? Did Lawrence (and his mates) go to the Banter House, where they were welcomed with open arms and made lots of new friends? Did he live happily ever after? Or did he go to the Bigun Arms, where he couldn’t avoid the fat bloke? Did he keep returning day after day to hear the same old stories, asking the same old questions and repeating the same old arguments, so that he became an even bigger bore than the one he despised?
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Let us hear YOUR point of view.
Clyde the Retired Police Horse
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12:50pm Sat 7 Jan 12
Clyde the Retired Police Horse
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12:53pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:igor - why don't you try and do the same thing with real people in the modern world?
Re the comments of Clyde the Retired Police Horse at 11:42pm
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I am pleased to hear that you are fully supportive of Mr Linehan, from what you say he appears to be in perfect tune with your thinking and spot on the money when it comes to understanding the feelings and needs of horses.
Lawrence Linehan
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1:03pm Sat 7 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan
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1:14pm Sat 7 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan
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1:23pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:I have never heard of a ‘diversity officer’ in a company – I say again see the comments above about PERSONNEL officers. ‘Diversity officers ’ are not needed and so do not exist.
Re the comments of brachyura at 6:39am
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If it is a fabrication of journalists I ask again why do companies have diversity officers? Surely they would not be needed?
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All these men, bikes and horses is so confusing, indeed why does the human figure have to be there at all? Surely they should have a green tick or a red cross? That would stop an awful lot of confusion....
I have always managed to cross the road without being confused by illuminated men, bikes and horses and a quick straw poll here at the Diversity Arms amongst the patrons, human and equine, has produced an identical response on the part of all respondents.
Lawrence Linehan
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1:30pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Did it require a surgical operation?
Re the comments of gotanybiscuits? at 1:43pm
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It took me a while to get that one but I got it in the end....
Lawrence Linehan
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1:35pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:It's absurd to claim your blogs are based - even loosely - on reality most of the time.
Re the comments of Alberto The Great at 4:00pm
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I can assure you the events described on my blog are factual and actually happened as they are based on reality. I can assure you, and all the other readers, that I have the highest of respect for those who read my blog and I would never treat them as imbeciles.
Lawrence Linehan
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1:38pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:No they don't.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 10:27pm
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But most organisations have a person whose specific role it is to police the organisation to make sure everyone adheres to the rules of politically correctness....
Lawrence Linehan
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1:39pm Sat 7 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Yes and no - YOU mentioned it and then plugged it.
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 10:55pm
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But political correctness was mentioned on my last blog wasn't it....
Lawrence Linehan
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2:16pm Sat 7 Jan 12
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The Bucks Record Society has published the 1798 Muster Roll for the County of Bucks – this is a list of able bodied males in the county between the ages of 15 and 60 capable of acting in a military capacity. The names are listed by parish and occupation within it. Which page and which parish shows the existence of Biguns?
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Tell us about your 'purity' - not just more vague adjectives like 'decency'. Do other men possess this 'purity' and 'decency', or is it a uniquely igorian quality, with other veterans of the 1970's being impure and indecent in comparison?
Mama36
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5:03pm Sat 7 Jan 12
gotanybiscuits? wrote:Obviously the Wycombe Marsh branch of pc world was in a more superior area to give birth in. Then rested in furniture village with a cappaccino and warm cookie. Lol!!!
Mama36 wrote:Is that the Wycombe Marsh branch, or the Slough one?
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
Alberto The Great
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9:53pm Sat 7 Jan 12
Mama36 wrote:LIKE :-D
gotanybiscuits? wrote:Obviously the Wycombe Marsh branch of pc world was in a more superior area to give birth in. Then rested in furniture village with a cappaccino and warm cookie. Lol!!!
Mama36 wrote:Is that the Wycombe Marsh branch, or the Slough one?
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
greavsey
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9:29am Sun 8 Jan 12
Procopius!
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12:19pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Lawrence Linehan wrote:Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that. I thought the Banter House was the place to meet and strike up lively conversations about your many varied interests, not just somewhere to vent your anger at your imaginary enemy. Maybe that is why it failed?
The Banter House was only established as a reaction to the stale trash at the Bigun Arms and is now silent and cold, as infuriation at the Bigun Arms bore is not enough to provide a reliable and consistent source of friendly sociable and interesting chat'
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If you can't stop yourself from having another go at this imaginary character even in the middle of the night when you get up to go to the loo, maybe it's time to seek help? Just intended as some friendly advice.
sugar40
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3:03pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Mama36 wrote:Mama36 - did you really THINK before your wrote that? Do you really want the return of a character which was invented in a time of overt racism and which represented a demeaning image of black people as being thieves and incompetants??
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
Don't believe it?
Read then "The Three Golliwogs" by Enid Blyton in which the author refers to her characters as follows "...So off went Woogie and ****, arm-in-arm, singing merrily their favourite song which, as you may guess, was Ten Little **** Boys".
Quick History Lesson: "Ten Little ****" is the name of a childrens' poem which celebrated the deaths of ten black children, one-by-one.
Come on now, Mama36. Don't you agree that it's better to bring our children into a politically correct world free of this nonsense than to cling onto old traditions which unwittingly cause offense to so many?
ivor
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6:36pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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But I have never been abducted by aliens....
ivor
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6:36pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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All I can say is that the Bigun Arms are always open for anyone who wished to visit....
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The Bunkum House to which you refer must be pretty quiet if you are trying to drum up guests....
ivor
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6:37pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Well said!
ivor
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6:38pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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I thought I was in tune with the people of the modern world....
ivor
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6:38pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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I can assure you there is nothing stale at the Bigun Arms....
ivor
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6:38pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Its as dead as that is it....
ivor
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6:38pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Well, you may cross the road when the green man lit up but what about the women?
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Do you think they like being told what to do by a man? Maybe they do? Maybe that's why they also cross the road when the man lights up?
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I still think to be fully politically correct the powers that be in Wycombe should install some “green figure” notices on out crossings....
ivor
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6:39pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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No, not at all....
ivor
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6:39pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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But my blogs are based on reality!
ivor
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6:39pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Your comment kept me chucking for ages!
ivor
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6:39pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Precisely, so why not stop the politically correct nonsense and free up the workers who are employed in making sure we are all PC to do other things. It would save the tax payer an awful lot of money....
ivor
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6:40pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave.
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I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
ivor
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6:41pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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What has a story got to do with a symbol that became part of British life?
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Just because someone write a story about something it does not mean that everything to do with anything related to it must be banished from society. You can not re-write history indeed that is one of the failings of political correctness....
Alberto The Great
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6:41pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:I'd like to discuss the time that you were abducted by aliens and taken back to the 18th century.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm
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You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave.
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I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
ivor
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6:45pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Maybe you would like to discuss that but sadly it never happened and as my blogs are based on reality I am unable to enter into your discussions....
Alberto The Great
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6:55pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Your non building blogs may be based along very thin references to some form of reality, but they contain mostly fictional places, fictional people, and fictional events.
Re the comments of Alberto The Great at 6:41pm
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Maybe you would like to discuss that but sadly it never happened and as my blogs are based on reality I am unable to enter into your discussions....
By trying to palm these off as truth, you fall into the realms of being a liar, which has been proven many times, by many different people.
ivor
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6:57pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Not at all, indeed all my blogs are based on realily.
Alberto The Great
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7:00pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Lies, lies, and more lies.
Re the comments of Alberto The Great at 6:55pm
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Not at all, indeed all my blogs are based on realily.
This is why you are the figure of hatred that you have become.
ivor
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7:01pm Sun 8 Jan 12
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Surely you also experience such things as you go about your daily life in Wycombe?
Procopius!
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7:51pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Where did I say that I was trying to drum up guests? I don't visit the Banter House myself. Please re-read my comment.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 11:18am on Sat 7 Jan 12 ~ All I can say is that the Bigun Arms are always open for anyone who wished to visit.... ~ The Bunkum House to which you refer must be pretty quiet if you are trying to drum up guests....
Procopius!
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7:54pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Yes I am desperate. You don't seem to understand at all though. I actually enjoy visiting the Bigun Arms.... even if the fat bore is a bit dense at times.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm ~ You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave. ~ I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
Sanders the Telephone Butler
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8:17pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Procopius! wrote:I like doing it but thank you for your friendly advice procrappius.
Lawrence Linehan wrote:Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that. I thought the Banter House was the place to meet and strike up lively conversations about your many varied interests, not just somewhere to vent your anger at your imaginary enemy. Maybe that is why it failed?
The Banter House was only established as a reaction to the stale trash at the Bigun Arms and is now silent and cold, as infuriation at the Bigun Arms bore is not enough to provide a reliable and consistent source of friendly sociable and interesting chat'
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If you can't stop yourself from having another go at this imaginary character even in the middle of the night when you get up to go to the loo, maybe it's time to seek help? Just intended as some friendly advice.
Lawrence Linehan
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8:23pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Procopius! wrote:As you're so concerned maybe you need to take a look at yourself.
Lawrence Linehan wrote:Oh dear, I am sorry to hear that. I thought the Banter House was the place to meet and strike up lively conversations about your many varied interests, not just somewhere to vent your anger at your imaginary enemy. Maybe that is why it failed?
The Banter House was only established as a reaction to the stale trash at the Bigun Arms and is now silent and cold, as infuriation at the Bigun Arms bore is not enough to provide a reliable and consistent source of friendly sociable and interesting chat'
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If you can't stop yourself from having another go at this imaginary character even in the middle of the night when you get up to go to the loo, maybe it's time to seek help? Just intended as some friendly advice.
Lawrence Linehan
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8:30pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Procopius! wrote:Me too. He makes me feel superior - or rather - more superior.
ivor wrote:Yes I am desperate. You don't seem to understand at all though. I actually enjoy visiting the Bigun Arms.... even if the fat bore is a bit dense at times.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm ~ You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave. ~ I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:32pm Sun 8 Jan 12
Alberto The Great wrote:Why did they return you igor?
ivor wrote:I'd like to discuss the time that you were abducted by aliens and taken back to the 18th century.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm
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You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave.
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I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:41pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:She doesn't ask me to leave - merely to seek help.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm
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You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave.
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I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:41pm Sun 8 Jan 12
ivor wrote:She doesn't ask me to leave - merely to seek help.
Re the comments of Procopius! at 12:19pm
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You must be desperate if you are still trying to persuade Lawrence to leave.
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I can assure everyone that if you want to discuss any topic on my blog then just let me know and I will write about it....
ivor
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1:41am Mon 9 Jan 12
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Well from reading your comment at first sight you appear to be encouraging my loyal and respected readers to leave....
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My apologies if that is not the case....
ivor
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1:41am Mon 9 Jan 12
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I am pleased to hear that you enjoy visiting the Bigun Arms....
ivor
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1:41am Mon 9 Jan 12
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I am pleased to hear that my blogs impart some kind of feeling in you....
ivor
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1:41am Mon 9 Jan 12
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If I were to be invited to step in to a time machine I would go back to 23.59pm on the 31st December 1969 and not to some unspecified date in the 18th Century. That way I could enjoy the 1970's all over again....
ivor
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1:42am Mon 9 Jan 12
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Well, I don't think you need any help and if you did then you are my patient....
sugar40
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8:56am Mon 9 Jan 12
stonemanfamily
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10:39am Mon 9 Jan 12
This is not entirely true:
One overslept...
One stayed in Devon...
One was stung by a bee...
One became a lawyer...
You can find the full text at "http://www.htl-stey
r.ac.at/~morg/privat
/misc/tenlittle.html
"
It is the "N" word which makes the rhyme offensive not the fate of the boys which is no worse than Humpty Dumpty suffered.
Procopius!
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11:23am Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:I most certainly am not encouraging any loyal and respected readers to leave....
Re the comments of Procopius! at 7:51pm ~ Well from reading your comment at first sight you appear to be encouraging my loyal and respected readers to leave.... ~ My apologies if that is not the case....
sai-diva
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12:42pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Some things are 'of their time' and should be consigned to history.
I'm afraid your views belong to a past era.
J B Blackett
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3:12pm Mon 9 Jan 12
stonemanfamily wrote:Oh no. Yet More Ovaphobic comments that led to a fatal accident and in actual fact (according to records) a blatant case of Ovicide - but with not a single arrest in spite of hundreds of witnesses.
Sugar40 (Sunday 3:03pm) says: "Quick History Lesson: "Ten Little ****" is the name of a childrens' poem which celebrated the deaths of ten black children, one-by-one."
This is not entirely true:
One overslept...
One stayed in Devon...
One was stung by a bee...
One became a lawyer...
You can find the full text at "http://www.htl-stey
r.ac.at/~morg/privat
/misc/tenlittle.html
"
It is the "N" word which makes the rhyme offensive not the fate of the boys which is no worse than Humpty Dumpty suffered.
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What are those fat cats on the Egg Marketing Board up to ? - They are useless and ovapaid.
Wendoverman
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5:18pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Now if someone finds something offensive are you sensitive to their feelings or do you demand they put up with it because YOU are not offended. If I decided to refer to all women as b****es, should I be allowed to even if it offends? Or are the people who ask me to stop being PC?
Morag
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7:04pm Mon 9 Jan 12
J B Blackett wrote:When you have sticky paws walking on egg shells, what do you expect? It's no yolk. I've a feline they will never catch the culprit. It's a catastrophe.
stonemanfamily wrote: Sugar40 (Sunday 3:03pm) says: "Quick History Lesson: "Ten Little ****" is the name of a childrens' poem which celebrated the deaths of ten black children, one-by-one." This is not entirely true: One overslept... One stayed in Devon... One was stung by a bee... One became a lawyer... You can find the full text at "http://www.htl-stey r.ac.at/~morg/privat /misc/tenlittle.html " It is the "N" word which makes the rhyme offensive not the fate of the boys which is no worse than Humpty Dumpty suffered.Oh no. Yet More Ovaphobic comments that led to a fatal accident and in actual fact (according to records) a blatant case of Ovicide - but with not a single arrest in spite of hundreds of witnesses. . What are those fat cats on the Egg Marketing Board up to ? - They are useless and ovapaid.
Lawrence Linehan
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8:54pm Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Which ones on gere are loyal and respectful to you?
Re the comments of Procopius! at 7:51pm
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Well from reading your comment at first sight you appear to be encouraging my loyal and respected readers to leave....
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My apologies if that is not the case....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:55pm Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Which ones on here are loyal and respectful to you?
Re the comments of Procopius! at 7:51pm
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Well from reading your comment at first sight you appear to be encouraging my loyal and respected readers to leave....
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My apologies if that is not the case....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:56pm Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:Yes - feelings of superiority to the son and heir of the Biguns!
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 8:30pm
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I am pleased to hear that my blogs impart some kind of feeling in you....
Lawrence Linehan
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8:59pm Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:But you say nothing significant happened afther the mid-1970s eleswhere - anyway what did you do in the 70s and maintaining your 'purity' and 'decency'?
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 8:32pm
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If I were to be invited to step in to a time machine I would go back to 23.59pm on the 31st December 1969 and not to some unspecified date in the 18th Century. That way I could enjoy the 1970's all over again....
Lawrence Linehan
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9:13pm Mon 9 Jan 12
ivor wrote:What does that MEAN?
Re the comments of Lawrence Linehan at 8:41pm
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Well, I don't think you need any help and if you did then you are my patient....
Dr John Dinosaur
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11:55pm Mon 9 Jan 12
Dr John Dinosaur
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12:00am Tue 10 Jan 12
littlelaura
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10:19am Wed 11 Jan 12
Alberto The Great wrote:hehehehehe... had a chuckle to this one :) x
Mama36 wrote:LIKE :-D
gotanybiscuits? wrote:Obviously the Wycombe Marsh branch of pc world was in a more superior area to give birth in. Then rested in furniture village with a cappaccino and warm cookie. Lol!!!
Mama36 wrote:Is that the Wycombe Marsh branch, or the Slough one?
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
Lawrence Linehan
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11:01am Fri 13 Jan 12
littlelaura wrote:You're easily satisfied then laura.
Alberto The Great wrote:hehehehehe... had a chuckle to this one :) x
Mama36 wrote:LIKE :-D
gotanybiscuits? wrote:Obviously the Wycombe Marsh branch of pc world was in a more superior area to give birth in. Then rested in furniture village with a cappaccino and warm cookie. Lol!!!
Mama36 wrote:Is that the Wycombe Marsh branch, or the Slough one?
I hate the pc world in which I bring my children into. People are so pathetic. I still think they should put the gollywog back on the marmalade jars, nothing wrong with that.
Lawrence Linehan
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12:23am Mon 16 Jan 12
Procopius! wrote:I object to being called loyal (or respected) in connection with this blog!
ivor wrote:I most certainly am not encouraging any loyal and respected readers to leave....
Re the comments of Procopius! at 7:51pm ~ Well from reading your comment at first sight you appear to be encouraging my loyal and respected readers to leave.... ~ My apologies if that is not the case....
Lawrence Linehan
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12:24am Mon 16 Jan 12
One of the new pedestrian crossing in Wycombe.
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Lawrence Linehan says...
11:18pm Thu 5 Jan 12
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