tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post1272116222360655708..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Precedent? What Precedent?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-64569075393355507662012-01-18T14:40:38.806+00:002012-01-18T14:40:38.806+00:00“For example,I can’t imagine her allowing the elde...“For example,I can’t imagine her allowing the elderly and infirm to be made to stand outside to smoke for a second, unlike our current PM who doesn’t seem to have noticed.”<br /><br />During her tenure, she relied heavily on the support and advice of her husband, He was not only an intelligent and successful businessman<br /><br />The politicians we are saddled with today are intellectual pygmies by comparison. They care not one whit about the people they govern, onlydicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-45281023222427274992012-01-18T14:38:39.370+00:002012-01-18T14:38:39.370+00:00“For example,I can’t imagine her allowing the elde...“For example,I can’t imagine her allowing the elderly and infirm to be made to stand outside to smoke for a second, unlike our current PM who doesn’t seem to have noticed.”<br /><br />During her tenure, she relied heavily on the support and advice of her husband, He was not only an intelligent and successful businessman, but also a warm and humorous human being. Even had Mrs T not noticed, Denis would have done, and most certainly have brought it to her attention.<br /><br />The politicians we are saddled with today are intellectual pygmies by comparison. They care not one whit about the people they govern, only about how the next soundbite or photo-op will advance their progress up the greasy pole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-56905200700686062032012-01-18T14:36:10.422+00:002012-01-18T14:36:10.422+00:00We found a man in a canoe going from Santa Maria t...We found a man in a canoe going from Santa Maria to Fernandia. He had with him some dried leaves which are in high <br />Then again, even more than this, I'd like a journalist to actually put that question to them<br /><br />probably from German glitzern, to glitter, from Middle High German glitzen, to shine, from Old High German glzan; see ghel-2 in Indo-Europeanmr anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-26219695638396750862012-01-18T11:41:45.215+00:002012-01-18T11:41:45.215+00:00According to Tobacco Timeline; "1492-10-15: C...According to Tobacco Timeline; "1492-10-15: Columbus Mentions Tobacco. "We found a man in a canoe going from Santa Maria to Fernandia. He had with him some dried leaves which are in high value among them, for a quantity of it was brought to me at San Salvador" -- Christopher Columbus' Journal "<br />...<br />So, someone who had never smoked, didn't know what tobacco was and would not have noticed it otherwise ...was attracted to it BY THE PRICE.<br />...<br />Kids today don't want to wear cheap trainers or use cheap mobile phones.<br />...<br />There's a lesson in there, somewhere :)Tattyfalarrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-52462635144229045322012-01-18T09:42:35.136+00:002012-01-18T09:42:35.136+00:00"glitzy"
Thats a word I haven't he..."glitzy" <br /><br />Thats a word I haven't heard used in general conversation since the days of Dynasty and shoulder pads, and rarely even then.<br /><br /><br />"glitzy packaging" + cigarettes<br />1,870 results<br /><br />"A British Heart Foundation survey shows that 'glitzy' packaging can dupe smokers (particularly young ones) into thinking cigarettes are 'healthy'".<br />http://www.ash.org.uk/media-room/news/ash-daily-news/:ash-daily-news-for-03-january-2012<br /><br />"glitzy packets"<br />519 results<br /><br />"glitzy packaging"<br />18,100 <br /><br />"glitzy"<br />10,600,000 results <br /><br />[Back-formation from glitzy, flashy, showy, probably from German glitzern, to glitter, from Middle High German glitzen, to shine, from Old High German glzan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]<br />glitzi·ness n.<br />glitzy adj.<br />http://www.thefreedictionary.com/glitzy<br /><br />I don't know, perhaps it's just me.<br /><br />* glances at dull brown tobacco pouch with large Smoking Kills on the front and picture of a body lying in a mortuary on the back.<br /><br />Funny word to use.<br /><br />Perhaps they haven't seen a real life packet of cigarettes since the 80's. <br /><br />Or maybe they just have peculiarly Gothic tastes.<br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22454249643734674832012-01-18T01:51:48.088+00:002012-01-18T01:51:48.088+00:00I notice they are also pushing a new drug called T...I notice they are also pushing a new drug called Tabex, guaranteed to re-wire the smokers' brains so they start thinking the same as government tells them to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-42158257040991895322012-01-18T01:39:06.645+00:002012-01-18T01:39:06.645+00:00So Lansley says, "The evidence is clear....&q...So Lansley says, "The evidence is clear...."<br /><br />Once, just once, I would love these bozos to name the study. Cite it, you know, like real scientists do.<br /><br />Of course, we all know that it doesn't exist.<br /><br />Then again, even more than this, I'd like a journalist to actually put that question to them.<br /><br />Oh well, I can dream....Mr Anoreply@blogger.com