tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post3797365742120215098..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Looking Through Ian Gilmore's Eyes*Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-34036690901817451922009-08-19T23:16:52.648+01:002009-08-19T23:16:52.648+01:00Some great comments on here.
Michael, hmm crystal ...Some great comments on here.<br />Michael, hmm crystal ball sounds about right.<br />Is this crap all about religion? Am I turning into a conspiracy nut errghh.<br /><br />Although, good ham (not processed) has not been mentioned yet or pork chops, let's wait a week or two and see if that one creeps in as well lol. Then I am going to explode with anger, along with many others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36927835007959856062009-08-19T20:07:45.157+01:002009-08-19T20:07:45.157+01:00Just a late, but interesting note here:
Taranis s...Just a late, but interesting note here:<br /><br />Taranis said... "Denormalisation of smoking, then alcohol: will the eating of pork be the next denormalisation?"<br /><br />Hey Taranis! Your crystal ball seems to be working quite well! Mind if I borrow it for the lottery?<br /><br />See:<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinkadvice/6038473/Children-should-not-get-ham-sandwiches-in-packed-lunch-charity-says.html<br /><br /><br />Michael J. McFadden<br />Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains"Michael J. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181949578184965482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-13397406906391920682009-07-24T16:30:44.603+01:002009-07-24T16:30:44.603+01:00Yeah great record by the Adverts Dick, it makes me...Yeah great record by the Adverts Dick, it makes me weep when i read this stuff,why oh why cant thes puritanical clueless bastards just keep the fuck out of our lives?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-36054558407043589642009-07-24T14:22:14.400+01:002009-07-24T14:22:14.400+01:00I'm just perusing the Think B4U Drink leaflet ...I'm just perusing the Think B4U Drink leaflet that landed through my door this morning. It's full of gems such as "Watching mum and dad relaxing with a drink or two can influence a child into considering this behaviour as 'normal'..."!!!<br /><br />Does anyone remember the days when a couple might have a drink before, a bottle of wine with, and a drink after, dinner...followed by a nightcap (or two)? The leaflet, however, is evidently not aimed at 'civilised' people who have 'dinner' since its front page shows a man and his son supposedly sitting in front of the telly with a pizza and TWO small bottles of lager!!!<br /><br />Here's one of the tips for cutting back on drinking: "If your partner is at home....Try doing a puzzle...or why not light some candles and try having a proper conversation."!!!!<br /><br />The entire leaflet is written in the same patronising tone and designed to make light to moderate drinkers feel ashamed and guilty (not that it's any of their business if people are getting rat-arsed every evening).<br /><br />The leaflet is snappily entitled, "Never Underestimate the Influence of Alcohol in the Home". How long before this lot joins forces with the fag fascists? <br /><br />If you can't wait for yours to land on the mat you can go to www.alcohol-influence.com <br /><br />Jay<br /><br />PS Once upon a time, beofre I started reading online, I might have ben taken in by this kind of crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-59711487246434158152009-07-24T13:13:20.770+01:002009-07-24T13:13:20.770+01:00Mummy x, didn’t you know that Peanuts can be very ...Mummy x, didn’t you know that Peanuts can be very very dangerous to Squids with allergies? ;-)Abonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-45802138927971724292009-07-24T12:54:04.278+01:002009-07-24T12:54:04.278+01:00"Can you smell the faint whiff of future proh..."Can you smell the faint whiff of future prohibition with regard to uncorking a Pinot Grigio in front of the kiddies yet?"<br /><br />Why doesn't the Government actually ask the kids what they want. I dare them to knock on my door and ask my Squids if Mum should give up the peanut greegeo.<br /><br />A friends (very obnoxious) 10 year daughter once told me that smoking was disgusting and that I should give up. I refrained from bitch slapping her and instead I asked her why?. She replied, for your health and your chiiiiildren (WTF!!!). I then told her to go and ask my Squids if they wanted me to give up smoking, which she did. Their reply<br /><br />"Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!, Mum's really horrible and shouts a lot when she's not smoking, she must not stop, not ever".<br /><br />Mouths of babes and all that.<br /><br />Mummy xMummy xhttp://andtherewasmethinking.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-89463450238216252662009-07-24T12:10:33.038+01:002009-07-24T12:10:33.038+01:00A world without tobacco, a world
without Alcohol, ...A world without tobacco, a world<br />without Alcohol, without laughter,<br />without joy , without hope , oh<br />happy days.<br />Do I care , am I bothered, when that<br />grey day arrives ? At my age, I <br />wont be around, so my little ditty<br />to all the under 65s, get your<br />Doc Martins on and start kicking<br />ass or just carry on filling the<br />cosmos with low voltage tears.<br /><br />50 a day Larry the LambAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-30979610308642621792009-07-24T08:19:23.001+01:002009-07-24T08:19:23.001+01:00Well, my eldest step son who is 19 now, has always...Well, my eldest step son who is 19 now, has always had alcohol available and moderate drinking of beer and wine is part of our family life, especially at meals.<br /><br />He will get drunk occasionally when out with his mates, but on the whole its very rare to see him anything other than tipsy after a night out.<br /><br />So our open approach to alcohol has clearly worked....as soon as you start hiding something away it becomes interesting to teenagers.<br /><br />And why dont these cunts just keep the fuck out of our lives? Fuck OffMan with Many Chinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248880738395410731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-69887656083337123352009-07-24T08:17:55.537+01:002009-07-24T08:17:55.537+01:00A great big Brownie star to you, Snowolf. :-)A great big Brownie star to you, Snowolf. :-)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15809363489681152762009-07-24T08:00:55.354+01:002009-07-24T08:00:55.354+01:00Sheesh! I can see not absolutely grounding a kid i...Sheesh! I can see not absolutely grounding a kid if you found out they snuck a beer at 16 or so, but THIRTEEN??? And more than half the parents say they DON'T MIND???<br /><br />Michael, we're not talking getting shit-faced here. They could just be referring to having a half glass of wine with Sunday dinner which the parents don't mind.<br /><br />The French give their kids wine regularly, yet it's not <strong>their</strong> young people shanting it up and causing a right nuisance on Greek islands. On that evidence, it would appear that irresponsible drinking in adulthood isn't necessarily linked to letting kids have a few drops every now and then.<br /><br />Despite its latent bias, this report came to the very same conclusion. Yet Gilmore uses it to argue for <strong>adults</strong> not drinking in front of their kids at all.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35161945500554658942009-07-24T07:26:15.552+01:002009-07-24T07:26:15.552+01:00Ian don't need his eyes to see, Ian and his ey...Ian don't need his eyes to see, Ian and his eyes have parted company.<br /><br />Brownie points, please Dick.<br /><br />Anyhow. The future.<br /><br />Alcohol is dangerous, and so should be kept domestically, under licence, in a locked steel cabinet bolted to the wall.<br /><br />Then somebody who is drunk will kill someone, and it will all be banned. So no-one will have alcohol. Except the army, police and criminal gangs. The British Olympic drinking team will be forced to train on Jersey, and it will be dropped as an Olympic Sport in 2012.Snowolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945365872261323520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-76396867379662177902009-07-24T07:09:41.825+01:002009-07-24T07:09:41.825+01:00Must be from Gilmore that the puppet from Newcastl...Must be from Gilmore that the puppet from Newcastle University who was interviewed yesterday by Eddie Smooth on PM got his 'facts'. He quite blatantly stated that irresponsible drinking must be viewed like smoking and that smokers are now lepers. When 'respected' academics have so lost their integrity that they're prepared to spout shite, you worry.<br />And, of course, Steady Eddie just fed him the right lines. Why would we expect any more from Al Beeb?<br /><br />BTW, Mandy, very apt quotes.<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-31244488446450923592009-07-24T06:00:31.781+01:002009-07-24T06:00:31.781+01:00For Gilmores information my parents were less than...For Gilmores information my parents were less than moderate drinkers, sherry for Sunday Lunch and at Xmas.<br />Didn't stop me and my mates regularly getting pissed up in our mid-teens. The cunt has obviously forgotten that at that age you don't want to copy your parents you want to do the exact fucking opposite.<br />Why did we do it ? Coz it was fun, it was a bit illegal, because it felt good and made chatting up girls easier.<br /><br />Good fisking Dick, as you say, his own report spells out that there really is not much to worry about; those very few parents that "don't mind" thier young children getting drunk will probably beat them to death in any case.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5294137298936945622009-07-24T05:26:38.704+01:002009-07-24T05:26:38.704+01:00Denormalisation of smoking, then alcohol: will the...Denormalisation of smoking, then alcohol: will the eating of pork be the next denormalisation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-27203758803968442172009-07-24T02:06:13.888+01:002009-07-24T02:06:13.888+01:00Of particular note, about halfway down, the graph ...Of particular note, about halfway down, the graph 3.12 showing that the majority of Brit parents don't mind their kids drinking, as long as they don't overdo it, and as long as the kids are at least THIRTEEN years old while they're getting drunk!<br /> <br />Sheesh! I can see not absolutely grounding a kid if you found out they snuck a beer at 16 or so, but THIRTEEN??? And more than half the parents say they DON'T MIND???<br /> <br />Amazing. You guys live in a very different world over there!<br /> <br />Great column Dick!<br /><br /> :)<br />Michael J. McFadden<br />Author of "Dissecting Antismokers' Brains"Michael J. McFaddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12181949578184965482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-71656203984520297982009-07-24T01:38:17.440+01:002009-07-24T01:38:17.440+01:00Dick - Nothing would surprise me anymore, along wi...Dick - Nothing would surprise me anymore, along with many of the unbrainwashed people. For those who whinged about the smokers, but like the alcohol,the warning signs where there to be seen.<br /><br />http://www.democracyinstitute.org/pdfs/DI%20Denormalisation%20Study.pdf<br />snip~<br />In practise, denormalisation means that the<br />government attempts to shame adults into<br />changing their behaviour. For the<br />government’s denormalisation campaign to<br />succeed these adults must be stigmatised,II<br />that is, they will be placed apart from the<br />rest of civilised society until and unless they<br />learn to behave in the approved manner.1<br />Denormalisation pushes gamblers, drinkers,<br />smokers, and the obese from being a health<br />hazard to being a moral hazard, nothing less<br />than blots on the nation’s moral landscape.<br /><br /><br />http://www.democracyinstitute.org/pdfs/DI%20Denormalisation%20Study.pdf<br />snip~page 25<br />Would we find nothing morally objectionable about such government<br />activity? The answer is that, whatever our views about AIDS or sexuality, we would<br />find such actions to be morally objectionable. For a government in a liberal<br />democracy, the tool for censuring either its citizens or its corporations is not<br />denormalisation but the criminal law. To<br />forget this is to forget that the twentiethcentury’s<br />experiments in denormalisation<br />ended with the gulag and the concentration camp.<br />Denormalisation also runs afoul of legitimacy because it represents a vast and<br />unacceptable instance of social engineering"<br /><br />mandyv<br />freedom2choose.infovincent1https://www.blogger.com/profile/03591077762608116836noreply@blogger.com