tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post7422316003943762353..comments2024-03-28T10:14:23.792+00:00Comments on call me ishmael: Paid Advocacy?call me ishmaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14369028864168461729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-35964241702543704242021-11-24T15:35:58.443+00:002021-11-24T15:35:58.443+00:00Having very little personal interest in watching p...Having very little personal interest in watching people running around chasing balls, tripping each other up and performing the victory knee slide, all this wokery, tearfulness and public abasement has actually made sport rather more interesting to me, mr mike. But not much.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-74937078983280619452021-11-24T06:02:28.763+00:002021-11-24T06:02:28.763+00:00Yes, Mr mongoose, its embarrassing. But its the ne...Yes, Mr mongoose, its embarrassing. But its the new normal, I'm afraid. I'm starting to lose interest in sport, what with taking the knee etc.. I have to say, Australia is not what it was when I came here 26 years ago. It is with the older people, and the everyday people, but not the people that project the image of Australia. Fuck them.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-67858820235610578832021-11-24T01:27:52.293+00:002021-11-24T01:27:52.293+00:00As a digression, mr mike, I have now watched three...As a digression, mr mike, I have now watched three Oz cricket captains weeping on the telly. What is going on over there? And it's raining in Queensland! Excellent.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-11360860854816409002021-11-23T23:04:11.338+00:002021-11-23T23:04:11.338+00:00Poor old John Major - just a typo away from a 21 y...Poor old John Major - just a typo away from a 21 year headstart on BLM.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-4406440763284351202021-11-23T22:46:30.527+00:002021-11-23T22:46:30.527+00:00Mr mongoose: I can't think of another country...Mr mongoose: I can't think of another country that would have a cones hotline. Uniquely British.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-68081958764757979902021-11-23T22:37:33.500+00:002021-11-23T22:37:33.500+00:00I think that it all started to go worng with the C...I think that it all started to go worng with the Cones Hotline.mongoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-39171340519801035102021-11-23T21:58:24.999+00:002021-11-23T21:58:24.999+00:00Time for a new Cromwell. It won't happen, so ...Time for a new Cromwell. It won't happen, so no chance of reform; the UK will continue its downward spiral.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-42105711193433687202021-11-23T16:05:44.691+00:002021-11-23T16:05:44.691+00:00Thank you, mr verge. Boudoir = sulking room. The t...Thank you, mr verge. Boudoir = sulking room. The term derives from the French verb bouder (to sulk or pout) or adjective boudeur (sulking)— the room was originally a space for sulking in. I'd be bloody sulking, too, if he was my Daddy Pig.mrs ishmaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065998731267025499.post-82186643576221870472021-11-23T14:39:22.987+00:002021-11-23T14:39:22.987+00:00Do you think he likes to be called Daddy Pig in th...Do you think he likes to be called Daddy Pig in the boudoir? (His wife, after all, is known for her interest in animal rights.)<br /><br />v./Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com