???? Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 http://gu.com/p/4v6xxOoops sorry just noticed it's the Guardian, silly me...easy mistake Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
numbers Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 did someone actually pay for that 'article'? Is it a daily mash spoof? someone actually spent time writing that crap. I can't believe I spent time skim reading it.Who buys this rubbish? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768093 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Ha - that's the best rubbish article since they commissioned someone to write 500 words on how Compare the Meerkats was a shocking piece of racism.ETA:I found the Meerkat article. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/22/advertising-racism-meerkats Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768098 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsaboy Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 What a load of bollox. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalamityKel Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Hadn't this pathetic "issue" been raised before in the media? Seems a bit out dated... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jctg Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 See also this news story on Thomas:http://www.theonion.com/articles/thomas-the-tank-engine-a-little-uneasy-with-his-br,28298/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ha ha!Quids actually reads The Guardian Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ha ha, brilliant!!It is awful stuff mainly because it's boring and the moral messages aren't so much anachronisitc as a bit weird.Always go with the wonderfully subversive ben and holly's little kingdom!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ATlS8OAdc Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgrant Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Lazy derivative shit- The Thomas the Imperialist tank engine meme has been about for 5 or 6 years now.if them guardian editors paid for that sloppy crap, they should file a claim with paypal for good not recieved. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 isn't the CIF part of the site where people like us fancy having a go and writing the sort of nonsense we write here, scrub it up and ask them to stick it online? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryb Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Ha Classic.However considering it has 1700 comments and is being shared around social media sites - I think the Editors probably knew what they were doing. Do the Guardian even pay for Comment is Free submissions? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think I remember reading somewhere that one contributor got about ?90 for their article. I suspect the payment depends on the author. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 It's a really stupid article. Who ever heard of a "lady train"? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
miga Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryb Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 The endless moralising in Thomas does wear thin after a while. I am going out on dangerous limb here - but in my opinion Chuggingtons is way superior. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Whoa there, henryb. Chuggingtons? That's fighting talk around here. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768268 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Having suffered both for a couple of years, I prefer Chuggington. If I had to choose. But both are godawful Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr? Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Chuggington, chugga chugga chugga chugga Chuggington!The annoying tune in your head for today, you'e welcome. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 "The endless moralising in Thomas" in fairness it was written by a vicar, what were you expecting?!?!?!But yeah, pride before a fall as a plot device wears thin very quickly Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 TTTE was never the same after Ringo bowed out - you lost the sex, drugs and rock n roll(ing stock) aspect. Michael Angelis brought a Bleak Bleasdaleian tone to the series but when he left it went down hill (gradient 1:3). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 To be fair, the comments are quite funny (although they may be the work of Right wing trolls).And as Strafer says this isn't the Guardian propa..the author(ess)- I presume that's sexist? - is apparently a lecturer in some media studies type degree in a 2nd rate ex-poly, which is encouraging..... that not that bright 19 year olds, getting into debt they'll never pay to be 'taught' by this academic excellence...*gone to the dogs, etc* Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Seabag Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Ha ha!> > Quids actually reads The GuardianI think Loz and I qualify as its most loyal readers Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Made me think of the attached. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Seabag Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Ha ha!> > > > Quids actually reads The Guardian> > > I think Loz and I qualify as its most loyal> readers:)And Lady ????'s likes it too Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 We could really have a "Stupid Comment Pieces in the Guardian" thread. This one last week was a classic...http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/20/is-it-ok-to-buy-coffee-from-an-independentAs someone in the comments said, "I think we have now reached peak Guardian." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/47230-and-this-weeks-classic-from-the-mail-online/#findComment-768508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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