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On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful
wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. |
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"Mrcheerful" wrote in message news http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 Ha ha ha, good. |
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On Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:01:42 UTC+1, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. what are, the yobs? |
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On 19/09/2013 18:01, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. I also seem to remember Doug agreeing with activists doing the same with the idea of knocking police horse riders off their horses. |
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On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:29:43 +0100, Tony Dragon
wrote: On 19/09/2013 18:01, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. I also seem to remember Doug agreeing with activists doing the same with the idea of knocking police horse riders off their horses. 1. How many people do you think read what Doug wrote and took him seriously? 2. How many people do you think read what MP wrote and took him seriously? |
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On 19/09/2013 10:01, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. Don't be stupid. Or at least, don't be more stupid than you have to be. That "trick" has been known of for decades (at least). |
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On 19/09/2013 12:33, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:29:43 +0100, Tony Dragon wrote: On 19/09/2013 18:01, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:23:16 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote: http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 I seem to recall that the former MP Matthew Parris wrote in The Times one Christmas encouraging members of the public to do this. I wonder if the yobs responsible for this latest outrage got their idea from him. I also seem to remember Doug agreeing with activists doing the same with the idea of knocking police horse riders off their horses. 1. How many people do you think read what Doug wrote and took him seriously? Two different numbers. The answer to the second one is "none". 2. How many people do you think read what MP wrote and took him seriously? Everyone who reads him takes him seriously. He is a formidable writer with serious intellectual skills. It is absolutely clear that anyone with an ounce of perception (as is, in any event, required for Times readers) knew immediately what his purpose was and took *that* seriously. The usual yobs and chavs were "outraged", of course. But it was a faux outrage because even they could not be stupid enough to have misunderstood Parris and what he was getting at. Could they? |
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On 19/09/2013 10:10, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote in message news http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 Ha ha ha, good. I wouldn't go as far as that. OTOH: QUOTE: The first incident happened at 5.30am on September 5, when the 51-year-old victim was making his usual cycle trip to work. As he cycled along a temporary footpath... ENDQUOTE What? A temporary *what*? All sympathy I had for him has suddenly evaporated. All sorts of conjecture is now possible about the trap-layer's motivation. QUOTE: Around an hour later a 41-year-old man was cycling along the *same* stretch... ENDQUOTE As I was saying... |
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On 20/09/2013 08:05, jnugent wrote:
On 19/09/2013 10:10, Mentalguy2k8 wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote in message news http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local...ists-1-6063552 Ha ha ha, good. I wouldn't go as far as that. OTOH: QUOTE: The first incident happened at 5.30am on September 5, when the 51-year-old victim was making his usual cycle trip to work. As he cycled along a temporary footpath... ENDQUOTE What? A temporary *what*? All sympathy I had for him has suddenly evaporated. All sorts of conjecture is now possible about the trap-layer's motivation. QUOTE: Around an hour later a 41-year-old man was cycling along the *same* stretch... ENDQUOTE As I was saying... The truly hilarious aspect of your comments is the unspoken assumption that you motor-thugs never break the law and that you would never ride on footpaths if you could find a bike strong enough to carry your wheezing flab. |
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