The "strikers" weren't at the picket line as they were too busy shopping. Yesterday was the busiest day we've had this year!

 

The strikes actually caused me a little inconvenience yesterday. They ruined my morning break while they were marching, blowing their whistles etc. The shop was full of little s***s as they weren't at school and I had to get up earlier to get to work as the Metro was off. That said, it saved me a walk and I actually got to work sooner than normal....not sure that is a positive.

But, back on topic, before long there will be no humour left. Even if he isn't to everybodys taste, that isn't important. What is, is that people take things like a joke (funny or not) so seriously, they complain and down the line nobody will ever be able to make a joke or be a little close to the bone for fear of offending/threat of the sack etc. It's the same with comedy. Pathetic, and I agree with DYK, some people want to get a life.

 

You have a point.

Merry Hell (big shopping centre not too far away) by all accounts was rammed with shoppers. Car parks and roads around it were grid locked everywhere.

I didn't experience this first hand though...I was at work

 

What he said was obviously a joke. He'd just been saying how fantastic he thought the strike was, then he said that, in the spirit of balanced BBC reporting, he ought to present the alternative viewpoint. He was just exercising his ironic humour, and surprise surprise, the retards didn't get it.

 

And may I point out my faux pax.

I meant my mum's partner's Daughter.

I know what some of you lot are like...and somebody will notice it sooner or later

 

Yup!

The BBC had the president of the GMB union on this morning who made a fool of himself, played the race card - comparing Clarksons comments to racist comments from the 70's and how they are not acceptable. When this humourless leftie was asked who he was speaking on behalf of (in response) to a text from a striker who said he thought the comments where hilarious. he changed the subject. Says it all really.

 

Hey - I wonder if you were out striking too

 

Well I think he was completely wrong to say the strikers should be shot


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(Hanging is far more British)

 

http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/lates..._clarkson.aspx

 

Look, people like Clarkson say these controversial things to wind people up! He wasn't being dead serious, even my cats could understand that. More people get wound up, more publicity Clarkson gets. He is in a win-win situation, he has nothing to lose. He obviously joked, but the whingers were just too sensitive. "We wipe people's bums, we collect bins........." and they were going on and on and on, crying over it. That woman threatening with legal action will fall off her pew if I am put as the judge on the day of verdict.

 

Why isn't the media posting the full clip?

Oh, because maybe people would see the context and then it wouldn't have been an issue

Full version (ish - they still missed out half of it ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HJP0WXyeaA

 

Are the media ever going to understand the Leveson enquiry and that they are not entitled to stir up **** for the sake of their sales figures at the cost of others jobs or lives? As we can all see it was a joke but the press are going out hell for leather once again to make a mountain out of something that isn't even a molehill.

So there are the rumours of Gary Speed and the Sun about to run a story on him (which if true they should be shut down) and now this all in the same week all whilst the Leveson enquiry is in full swing. The press in this country are the biggest pile of scum going who quite clearly think they are beyond the law.

 

Not only that, but the Beeb have pulled that night's edition of the One Show from the iPlayer website entirely. A shameful climbdown, in the face of the most unrealistic threat of legal action imaginable

 

You forgot about the George Michael/Aids story waiting to be printed

dl

Self regulation - f,ucking joke

 

No because the only conclusion of the Leveson Enquiry will be the usual 'lessons will be learned' which translates as 'pockets have been lined'.

The press will be allowed to carry on doing exactly as they want under the pretence of freedom of the press... as in freedom to wreck people's lives in the name of newspaper sales.

 

Unfortunately you are almost certainly right!

Les

 

I havent read the 3 pages of comments on this but im a public sector, local authority worker myself and i thought it was bloody funny what clakson said- wheather he was joking or not .!

That one show is so politically correct that there scared stiff of anyone mentioning anything not "pc".

Fair play to clarkson and may he continue to wind-up all the arseholes out there.

I have a public sector pension and so i have to pay more- oh diddums- but im not exactly starving so ill pay the extra and get less back- but hell, if i make it to 65,67,70 or whatever ill be grateful for that!!

 

The saddest part is the removal of the show from iplayer, so that those of us with a brain cannot make up our own minds.

All I can find are the contoversial comments which, to be honest, are quite obviously just Clarkson being Clarkson. It is equally obvious that his comments have been taken out of context and that his balancing opinions (if any) have been effectively censored.

Whatever happened to freedom of speech? And what a load of crap about nothing. Good luck with the DVD sales Jeremy

 

they full well understand, but they dont give a fck about it, the ONLY thing that matters is selling papers. and the easiest way to do that is sensationailse it. make it sound as bad as they possibly can with an lies they can make up, and thats for everythig.
the sad state of affairs is many people like to read it and will buy a paper with the most outlandish front page.
if people stopped buying them and believing them then it would probably die out.
will never ever happen, and people will continue to take news papers stories as the actual truth.
only way is to make fixed wage and have companies that are non profit, justa maintenance set up. that kind of company is not encouraged here, and no doubt any paper that printed true stories as they happened would soon die out because people arent getting there dailty dose of sensationalised bullsh*t.

 

i feel a bit sorry for the bloke who jokingly tweeted blowing an airport "sky high"

convicted, large fine and lost his job

he must be a bit bemused

 

In a day and age when generally we are so rude,so up ourselves,so selfish i can't believe how thin skinned the nation is

Just makes me smile how people even slightly take these comments as anything other than a joke