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May 8, 2002

Doug vs lefty journo bastards

After reading the Yorkie article on the Guardian’s website, Doug was annoyed enough to put finger to keyboard:

Dear Julia,

I have just read your ‘banana skin’ article on MediaGuardian.co.uk featuring the Nestle ‘For Men Only’ Yorkie ad and I find it highly amusing. A ‘rabid Bernard Manning without the jokes’? What?

I know its your job to highlight this sort of issue, but for God’s sake, stop taking it so seriously! Have you noticed how many adverts tear it out of men? Loads! Do we moan about it? No!

For once, some advertising people have got off there arses and turned against the usual PC rubbish we’re forced to watch, by actually making an advert that makes an impact! If you find it offensive, go and make a cup of tea or something! Its that simple! I hope you read this e-mail, and I’d just like you to know I’m no woman-bashing MCP; I just wish that people would chill-out about this sort of thing!

Yours sincerely,

Simon Dawson

And in shock of shocks, she actually replied to him:

Oh, now she thinks she’s down wid the kids:

simon, thanks for your mail.
i think the thing you’re missing here is that top banana is for fun. er, like, not serious. i thank you. julia

My arse.

It just goes to show that these lefty journo types are far too post-modern for their own good…

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Posted 1:30 pm by matthew —

12 Comments

1. I can’t believe she just blew me off with the old ‘but of course it was only a joke’ routine…

   Comment by Doug — May 8, 2002 @ 3:11 pm

2. It’s the only thing you *can* say with your post-modern lefty journo head up your arse.

   Comment by Matthew — May 8, 2002 @ 3:13 pm

3. Argh! Attack of the staunch righty Daily Mail readers…

   Comment by Wrighty — May 8, 2002 @ 4:49 pm

4. “I can’t believe she just blew me off with the old ‘but of course it was only a joke’ routine…”

   …Story of your life Doug :)

   Comment by Jamie — May 9, 2002 @ 9:55 am

5. Ouch.

   Comment by Paul — May 9, 2002 @ 12:09 pm

6. At least I get blown off by women, Jamie. Tee-hee! ;)

   Comment by Doug — May 9, 2002 @ 1:05 pm

7. haha

   Comment by Scoot — May 10, 2002 @ 12:18 am

8. Ok… i probably deserved that

   Comment by Jamie — May 10, 2002 @ 1:47 pm

9. Just like to say that this thread *really* made me chuckle…

   really took me back a few years…

   them were the days

   Comment by Ricky — May 16, 2002 @ 9:33 pm

10. The days of ironing-board chests, duuuuuuuuuuuglas and pukka gold perchance?

    Comment by Jamie — May 16, 2002 @ 10:52 pm

11. Ironing-board chests? Err…okaaayyyyyy…
    Not quite what I was referring to, but I guess it takes all sorts ;)

    Yeah, mate, dem days were puk-diddly gold. Wonder where the likes of Seymour and Si Williams are now…

    can you say ‘job centre’? i know you can…

    Comment by Ricky — May 17, 2002 @ 5:33 pm

12. From what I hear, Seymour has a gambling addiction, Walshy is now has a cocaine problem, and Si Williams is now has a drinking problem at university.

    Utterly unsurprising.

    Comment by Matthew — May 20, 2002 @ 2:36 pm

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