Thank Thande

[Redem]

Now thank to his newly created article about British newspaper I'm no longer handicap by confusion each time people refer to them :D

(No seriously it was a painful subject for many years for me)

[alt_historian]

Now thank to his newly created article about British newspaper I'm no longer handicap by confusion each time people refer to them :D

(No seriously it was a painful subject for many years for me)

What article's that? I wish to ensure it is "fair and balanced". Except actually so.

[Redem]

http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/british_newspapers

here you go

[alt_historian]

http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/offtopic/british_newspapers

here you go

He he... thanks. :D
That's... pretty much it, although a little out of date (the Morning Star one specifically).

[Thande]

He he... thanks. :D
That's... pretty much it, although a little out of date (the Morning Star one specifically).

How is that out of date for the Morning Star? :confused:

I added info for the Indy as you created the link.

[the_lyniezian]

How is that out of date for the Morning Star? :confused:

I added info for the Indy as you created the link.

No Soviets anymore, reducing the potential for 'another country'.

Morning Star's still going strong tho', if you go to the right newsagent...

Only read it once tho' out of curiosity. Didn't think it would have TV listings...

[alt_historian]

No Soviets anymore, reducing the potential for 'another country'.

Morning Star's still going strong tho', if you go to the right newsagent...

Only read it once tho' out of curiosity. Didn't think it would have TV listings...

What he said.

[MrP]

I'm guessing Thande's response will be: "Oh! That's what you meant!" Because that was what I thought, too. :D

[the_lyniezian]

1. Anyone here actually read the Morning Star?
2. What papers are read by you guys?

(Me: the Indy or Times mainly, due to ease of size, the Guardian ocasionally, and the Telegraph on odd ocasions for a 'balanced view'- but hampered due to my lack of really right-wing tendencies (old leftie habits that won't die), size and lack of a decent supplement. Also the Northern Echo, our regional paper.)

Yes, Thande is thanked for the fact that ignorant foreigners can be properly educated:rolleyes: and to Redem for pointing out the fact.

We'll have to stop blaming him now.

[MrP]

1. Anyone here actually read the Morning Star?
2. What papers are read by you guys?

(Me: the Indy or Times mainly, due to ease of size, the Guardian ocasionally, and the Telegraph on odd ocasions for a 'balanced view'- but hampered due to my lack of really right-wing tendencies (old leftie habits that won't die), size and lack of a decent supplement. Also the Northern Echo, our regional paper.)

Yes, Thande is thanked for the fact that ignorant foreigners can be properly educated:rolleyes: and to Redem for pointing out the fact.

We'll have to stop blaming him now.

I read The Torygraph, and get my balance from Private Eye and Auntie's website. I've tried The Grauniad and Indie, but couldn't stand either. The FT is dull as dishwater. The tabloids* are in a word, execrable, and the only one I can stand is The Daily Sport - which is a perv's comic, not a newspaper.

* I've tried The Sun, Mirror and Mail at various points to acquire a rounded view. It just confirmed the prior contempt I held them in. :rolleyes:

[Thande]

No Soviets anymore, reducing the potential for 'another country'.

Ah yes, but I can't alter that, because 'tis the sacred quote from Yes, Minister ;)

[Redem]

Yes, Thande is thanked for the fact that ignorant foreigners can be properly educated:rolleyes: and to Redem for pointing out the fact.



Well it just happen we prefer to talk about what is going on in their country than what is going on in their newspaper

[The Sicilian]

Isn't 'Morning Star' one of Satan's monikers?

[Archangel Michael]

Isn't 'Morning Star' one of Satan's monikers?

Sort of. "Lucifer" is Latin for Light Bringer, a nickname for Venus, which is also known as the Morning Star.

[The Sicilian]

Sort of. "Lucifer" is Latin for Light Bringer, a nickname for Venus, which is also known as the Morning Star.
The only reason I have a vague recollection of the whole Morning Star bit was Bartleby's rant.

[Thande]

Isn't 'Morning Star' one of Satan's monikers?

That sounds about right :rolleyes:

Although it's just a coincidence - the Star which is delivered in the morning, as opposed to the Evening Standard for instance.

Hmm, I should add the Evening Standard...

[fortyseven]

Morning/Day Star is also a figurative name for Jesus

[Thande]

Morning/Day Star is also a figurative name for Jesus

I don't think either Satan or Jesus are all that bothered about the Socialist Workers' Party.

[Redem]

Damn me you try to be Grateful that you get British Culture explain only to realize you might have open a can of worms!

[fortyseven]

I don't think either Satan or Jesus are all that bothered about the Socialist Workers' Party.

Well I'm not but I'm no angel.

[alt_historian]

1. Anyone here actually read the Morning Star?
I have done. Seemed OK.
2. What papers are read by you guys?

(Me: the Indy or Times mainly, due to ease of size, the Guardian ocasionally, and the Telegraph on odd ocasions for a 'balanced view'- but hampered due to my lack of really right-wing tendencies (old leftie habits that won't die), size and lack of a decent supplement. Also the Northern Echo, our regional paper.)
...
Basically, the above, with more emphasis on the Guardian and none on the Telegraph. Also, I read Private Eye a lot, in order to find out where the normal papers are falling short...

[Temujin]

Did he actually write all of the articles in there?

Because I was looking on ARRSEpedia and found this. Very similar to The Sun article.

http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/The_Sun

[Thande]

Did he actually write all of the articles in there?

Yes I did. :rolleyes:

[Temujin]

Yes I did. :rolleyes:

Does that mean you wrote the ARRSEpedia article as well?

The Sun is read by people who don’t care who runs the country, as long as she’s got big tits.

[MrP]

Does that mean you wrote the ARRSEpedia article as well?

Well, Thande was quoting Yes, Minister, so one assumes they were, too, old boy.

[Jasen777]

Sorry about the "it's."