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Post by jean on Nov 2, 2010 15:07:16 GMT
... i havent read the original interview, so maybe there is more to it, but to me it looks as if Fry realises he's said something a bit silly and is trying to make excuses and blame the journos for it. And you won't read it, unless you can get your hands on a copy (hard of course). But he should have known what he was doing, because he's done it before, I find: He doesn't look as though he's joking there, does he? |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 15:48:22 GMT
And you won't read it, unless you can get your hands on a copy (hard of course). I'll see if I can retrieve it from the recycling pile and scan it in, but I might have used it to light the fire, or wrap some vegetable peelings*, in which case the bin-men got it this morning. Don't hold your breaths. ____________ * Maybe I should have a guinea pig again. Flossie used to eat most peelings with extreme relish, especially cucumber. And expressed her enjoyment with a most melodic singing ..er.. squeak. Though "squeak" is not the right word. Help. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 16:24:30 GMT
cheers for the clip Jean.. as i suspected it wasnt a 'joke' after all. i've never liked the bloke.. too smug, n smarmy and lacking in somethink or other, ive always felt.. i dont buy his public persona one bit.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 17:09:19 GMT
cheers for the clip Jean.. as i suspected it wasnt a 'joke' after all. i've never liked the bloke.. too smug, n smarmy and lacking in somethink or other, ive always felt.. i dont buy his public persona one bit. I'm with you, me old mate, and Jean. He is without a doubt a clever shyte, but too clever by half, as the saying goes. Mind you, he was matchlessly brilliant as General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett in Blackadder. Maybe he should stick to comedy. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 17:19:36 GMT
true, he was good in Blackadder,. and i enjoyed his sketchshow with hugh laurie ' a bit of fry and laurie' ( which i believe is due to be repeated on the Dave channel shortly, if i recall correctly) but he seems to have become everyones favourite cuddly clever gay uncle, which i find a bit kurious, and he is very simpering and full of faux modesty on QI ( althou on occassion he snaps irritably as his true colours come out) also i dont like the way he pretends as if all the facts he reels out on QI are spouted out of the top of his head, as if he is a wealth of information, when in fact, the information he spouts is majoritively provided by researchers, and is often incorrect.
point in case being a recent QI repeat where i saw Fry claim Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once played in goal for Portsmouth FC. not true, Conan Doyle did play in goal for a team way back when that were based in Portsmouth, and may have had Portsmouth in the team name ( i forget the actual team name) but the team he turned out for betwixt the sticks bore no relation or affinity to the football league team Portsmouth football Club. A common misconception, and was suprised to see Fry spreading it as fact.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 17:35:51 GMT
the information he spouts is majoritively provided by researchers, and is often incorrect. point in case being a recent QI repeat where i saw Fry claim Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once played in goal for Portsmouth FC. not true I know why he has a weakness for Sir Arthur (who was very fond of fairies, and often used to enjoy an evening in, studying his extensive collection of fairy photographs*). But I'm not saying. ___________ * When he wasn't "playing in goal" for North Harbour Athletic. |
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Post by jean on Nov 2, 2010 17:41:49 GMT
Stephen Fry was a vewry good Oscar Wilde, though perhaps after the film he thought he was Wilde.
It's the same with any quizmaster, isn't it? University Challenge, Mastermind, even The Weakest Link - they all acquire a totally spurious air of omniscience.
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Post by jean on Nov 2, 2010 17:42:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 17:59:20 GMT
Stephen Fry was a vewry good Oscar Wilde, though perhaps after the film he thought he was Wilde. It's the same with any quizmaster, isn't it? University Challenge, Mastermind, even The Weakest Link - they all acquire a totally spurious air of omniscience. possibly, no, definetely, although Anne Robinson never convinces due to her inability top pronounce key words qwuite often, meaning her teacherly condescending schtick looks a tad foolish qwuite often, but i take your point. nice spelling of 'vewry' by the way, was that a costalesqwue affectation or a typo? ;D  |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 18:07:00 GMT
nice spelling of 'vewry' by the way, was that a costalesqwue affectation or a typo? I've a feeling that it was either the kosher spelling, or the best you could expect a Scouser to manage. Even a Patrician Scouser such as our Jean.  (The correct spelling is, of course, vair.) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 18:12:47 GMT
'vair' yessssssss, i've adopted that one meself, likes it  bless our Everso, she has a way about her, don't she? |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 18:17:06 GMT
'vair' yessssssss, i've adopted that one meself, likes it bless our Everso, she has a way about her, don't she? Who? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2010 18:19:58 GMT
~Tsk!~
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 18:28:31 GMT
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Post by everso on Nov 2, 2010 19:28:38 GMT
 Did Mr. E. give you that photo? Honestly, I don't know what I'm going to do with him.
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Post by everso on Nov 2, 2010 19:32:23 GMT
'vair' yessssssss, i've adopted that one meself, likes it bless our Everso, she has a way about her, don't she? "Vair", meaning very, I got from "Billy Liar", as used by Mr. Shadrack, his employer the funeral director. Love that book. |
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Post by Weyland on Nov 2, 2010 22:41:09 GMT
Did Mr. E. give you that photo? No, Ev, it was Dave Davies, the cad. As if you didn't know. I did promise not to tell, but I feel I owe it to Ray, who had the awful truth sprung on him by Eric Burdon in an unguarded moment (in other words, when he was sober -- one day in 1998, I think it was). How could you?! |
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Post by swl on Nov 3, 2010 22:16:31 GMT
In my experience, most women have a low sex drive.
Which seems to get lower after I've met them, for some strange reason.
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Post by Weyland on Nov 3, 2010 23:21:06 GMT
In my experience, most women have a low sex drive. You're meeting the wrong women, s. Unless it's something to do with being in Scotland. But that cannot be, given some of the writings of Robert Burns . . . Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs
Were twisted gracefu' round her brows,
I took her for some Scottish Muse,
By that same token,
An' come to stop those reckless vows,
Would soon be broken.
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But to see her was to love her,
Love but her,
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Post by Weyland on Nov 4, 2010 11:46:25 GMT
I'll see if I can retrieve it from the recycling pile and scan it in Doh! It's the Attitude article that's wanted, of course, not the Observer's (which is already online). I blame the Dutch cocoa I was drinking at the time. |
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bless our Everso, she has a way about her, don't she? 
