tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post6773479951904013472..comments2023-11-05T08:01:10.010+00:00Comments on Think of England: There is too much internet 2: Swineshead revisitedBrithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-79232292294151116952009-10-22T22:22:12.230+01:002009-10-22T22:22:12.230+01:00LOL! Well done on the grudging tweet - I think we ...LOL! Well done on the grudging tweet - I think we can say Turdgate is officially resolved.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-29105510356706330812009-10-22T21:46:58.846+01:002009-10-22T21:46:58.846+01:00Well - that was worthwhile...
A response to my co...Well - that was worthwhile...<br /><br />A response to my courtesy tweet...<br /><br />@Swineshead I'm not so sure. The comments on the post you (rightly) criticised make for uncomfortable reading. Borderline, I think.Swinesheadhttp://watchwithmothers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-84939837669483806912009-10-22T20:19:17.766+01:002009-10-22T20:19:17.766+01:00Context is all, I guess!Context is all, I guess!Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-63866500926715918732009-10-22T20:06:08.592+01:002009-10-22T20:06:08.592+01:00I am named after a sleepy town near Boston, Lincol...I am named after a sleepy town near Boston, Lincolnshire. I think the connection you make is a bit too tenuous for me to consider contacting deed poll.<br /><br />http://twitter.com/Swineshead/status/5076681615Swinesheadhttp://watchwithmothers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-59768050197745391662009-10-22T17:16:00.529+01:002009-10-22T17:16:00.529+01:00By the way Swineshead, you may want to reconsider ...By the way Swineshead, you may want to reconsider your handle. Whilst not implying that this had anything to do with your choice, it does have <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1038845.html" rel="nofollow">bad connotations</a> and may be deemed insensitive or in bad taste in certain venues.<br /><br />I know my Jewish nan, for instance, would be a bit shocked if I introduced her to Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-69605902245272870392009-10-22T16:47:30.896+01:002009-10-22T16:47:30.896+01:00And besides, it's not irrelevant to me, the tu...And besides, it's not irrelevant to me, the turdee.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-61828004362125087132009-10-22T16:46:42.752+01:002009-10-22T16:46:42.752+01:00You can do it in an ironic way if you want. With a...You can do it in an ironic way if you want. With a bit of good humour, you know.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-77898748956176378882009-10-22T16:43:45.930+01:002009-10-22T16:43:45.930+01:00That's a bit lame. Why couldn't you just d...That's a bit lame. Why couldn't you just do it?Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-56567241857632962102009-10-22T16:41:10.509+01:002009-10-22T16:41:10.509+01:00Do you know how Twitter works? That tweet is lost ...Do you know how Twitter works? That tweet is lost in the ether now. It's even less relevant than it was in the first place.<br /><br />Besides, I think you've more than had your revenge, mocking me in the headlines of a couple of extra blog posts despite my having a reasonable point in the first place.<br /><br />Don't make me call you a turd again.Swinesheadhttp://watchwithmothers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-33861801178303503052009-10-22T16:27:58.638+01:002009-10-22T16:27:58.638+01:00I forgave your comments about a worldview the size...I forgave your comments about a worldview the size of a petit pois etc in the original post almost instantly, but then I got all the turd people. If you Twit that Brit is not a turd but a most interesting blogger, then we're quits.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-51488538101475096132009-10-22T16:19:52.882+01:002009-10-22T16:19:52.882+01:00I can't help being so bloody influential.
*ah...I can't help being so bloody influential.<br /><br />*ahem*<br /><br />Anyhow, let's leave it shall we? I made an assumption, which I shouldn't have, and you slapped my wrist, rightly. <br /><br />Aside from that, I'm sure there's lots we'd like about one another's sites.Swinesheadhttp://watchwithmothers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-3503735093463776202009-10-22T16:18:51.616+01:002009-10-22T16:18:51.616+01:00"somthing that had ended" ..."Just ..."somthing that had ended" ..."Just a courtesy thing". <br /><br />I'm still getting visitors from a Twitter which calls me a "turd" and implies that I'm a racist.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-65991304645389638712009-10-22T16:02:28.912+01:002009-10-22T16:02:28.912+01:00Hmmm. Continuing something that had ended... I'...Hmmm. Continuing something that had ended... I'd rather you gave up the ghost on that one - and be good if you'd stop using my handle in the posts... just a courtesy thing.Swinesheadhttp://watchwithmothers.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-38603888284278018702009-10-21T11:50:23.043+01:002009-10-21T11:50:23.043+01:00Well that's a different argument, to which the...Well that's a different argument, to which the answer is so bland and obvious that it's not really postworthy.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-63438623400869106312009-10-21T11:42:09.463+01:002009-10-21T11:42:09.463+01:00You might have been generally: but there was defin...You might have been generally: but there was definitely a "Britain isn't particularly racist" versus "yes it bloody is" dynamic going on there as well.martpolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508497057736355841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-17524545014842079012009-10-21T08:58:20.224+01:002009-10-21T08:58:20.224+01:00It's not possible to stand "somewhere bet...It's not possible to stand "somewhere between" me and Swineshead, Martpol, since we were at cross-purposes.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-70038779119765456182009-10-21T08:08:38.563+01:002009-10-21T08:08:38.563+01:00Brit:
It works this way throughout the political ...Brit:<br /><br />It works this way throughout the political spectrum, of course. I got wise to the 'drop-in commenter' problem when I attempted to have a sensible, logical discussion with some anti-immigration folk upset about asylum seekers. It couldn't be done because each time I engaged one person in a reasonably interesting, blow-by-blow argument, four others would come along and martpolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508497057736355841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-867533172915201142009-10-21T06:35:24.668+01:002009-10-21T06:35:24.668+01:00Since when did "stumbling" become such a...Since when did "stumbling" become such a worthwhile activity? It's surely largely people's own fault if they stumble across things they don't like.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-46372576076574497992009-10-20T17:58:15.851+01:002009-10-20T17:58:15.851+01:00It is amazing how many people have such a tenuous ...It is amazing how many people have such a tenuous grasp on the blindingly obvious, then blame others for that handicap.Hey Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798930502187234974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-45492122576837817742009-10-20T16:22:21.952+01:002009-10-20T16:22:21.952+01:00Sophie, or the bloke who says, "'ere, you...Sophie, or the bloke who says, "'ere, you staring at my turd!)maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-81793104718169975772009-10-20T16:11:28.810+01:002009-10-20T16:11:28.810+01:00I agree that drive-by commentating is a bad thing-...I agree that drive-by commentating is a bad thing-- turds raining down from nowhere. On the other hand, my dentist recently told me that having a bad tooth doesn't make me a bad person, so I've have to find a new way to misbehave...MattFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575754086517238690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-79712357855558069622009-10-20T15:58:24.226+01:002009-10-20T15:58:24.226+01:00OB: the correct reaction, then, would have been an...OB: the correct reaction, then, would have been an immediate twitter saying: "Look at this turd having a go at poor old Derek Akorah".Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-53438919475894044852009-10-20T15:57:00.848+01:002009-10-20T15:57:00.848+01:00Sophie - a little from column A, a little from col...Sophie - a little from column A, a little from column B. I'm the Keith Floyd of the pub.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-80956561673253907442009-10-20T15:55:43.246+01:002009-10-20T15:55:43.246+01:00Its always odd when non-local people come bundling...Its always odd when non-local people come bundling like a bird down the chimney into our dusty nook of the web, and proceed to poo on the furniturewormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802335627720182532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9501938.post-18381794138998146362009-10-20T15:53:32.398+01:002009-10-20T15:53:32.398+01:00If this is a pub, are you the bloke pulling the pi...If this is a pub, are you the bloke pulling the pints or the slightly pissed one sitting at the end of the bar accosting passers by?Sophie Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05212037697701712380noreply@blogger.com