tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6377404613969886046..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Bells! The Bells!Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-49244613151652744622013-01-21T08:52:39.716+00:002013-01-21T08:52:39.716+00:00At least they haven't resorted to childhood ob...At least they haven't resorted to <a href="http://metro.co.uk/2012/09/25/bad-weather-and-war-on-obesity-drives-ice-cream-vans-off-the-road-585080/" rel="nofollow">childhood obesity</a> as a reason for banning them. Unlike some less enlightened countries...P JHhttp://profiles.google.com/pauljherringnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-37881940238567572942013-01-21T01:10:15.227+00:002013-01-21T01:10:15.227+00:00Keep taking the pills. You will be OK...honestKeep taking the pills. You will be OK...honestIvan Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-52389019765506550602013-01-20T17:42:19.866+00:002013-01-20T17:42:19.866+00:00I've had the same thought myself on occasion. ...I've had the same thought myself on occasion. One wonders how <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20930680" rel="nofollow">Shane Warne would fit in</a> if he were to emerge these days.Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-53671654206099422482013-01-20T14:26:33.126+00:002013-01-20T14:26:33.126+00:00Sad isn't it?
There used to be the understand...Sad isn't it?<br /><br />There used to be the understanding that the Aussies were 'mid-Atlantic' in approaching life. They had the genial, laissez-faire (with added tolerance of queuing) of the British, with the anti-establishment view of the Americans. the best of both worlds.<br /><br />Now? They have the blind, quiet subservience to authority of the British and the hide-bound (almost Germanic) enforcement of petty rules and regulations of the Americans.<br /><br />So they seem to indicate where both sides are heading. It doesn't bode well! I wonder, as in both other countries whether away from the media selected urban elites the average Aussie actually do like this any more than we do.Ablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18109723804885979128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-89443164262473650892013-01-20T14:09:21.004+00:002013-01-20T14:09:21.004+00:00You've only to look at the Aussie cricket team...You've only to look at the Aussie cricket team, its fortunes and members to see it.<br /><br /><br />Sledging today probably means not saying Good morning. What a bunch they've become.Frank Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11902684708831696552013-01-20T11:20:34.395+00:002013-01-20T11:20:34.395+00:00Sadly, the USA is going the same way.... although ...Sadly, the USA is going the same way.... although to be fair they always had a localised fondness for the rules and regulations that dictated what colour you painted your picket fence.John Pickworthhttp://www.johnpickworth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-69200476981186809912013-01-19T22:14:50.373+00:002013-01-19T22:14:50.373+00:00I'm all for ice cream vans playing music but t...I'm all for ice cream vans playing music but the fucker round our way calls round at 6-15 to 6-30 every fucking day betwixt February 1st and November 31st come rain, hail, snow, fog, light, dark, thunderstorm or even sun. <br />My good lady wants to go and shoot the bastards loudspeaker and who knows one day...JohnDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-24319030709889242692013-01-19T20:52:50.379+00:002013-01-19T20:52:50.379+00:00I think the psychological term is "institutio...<i>I think the psychological term is "institutionalised".</i><br /><br /><br />I think you're right DP. Institutionalised just about sums it up. <br /><br /><br /><br />The rather scary thing is how fast it's happened. I lived there for most of the 70s, and it was a country of individuals. A place where you were <b>expected</b> to do your own thing. At least among the people I knew and worked with. It was a "go for it or you're a fuckin' poofter" approach to life. <br /><br /><br /><br />What went so terribly wrong? And how did it happen so quickly? Was it down to a sudden rise of the urban metrosexual?<br /><br /><br /><br />And they really are a nation of institutionalised fuckin' poofters now. I could weep. I thought Aus would naturally resist all this authoritarian control crap, and stick with the love of freedom and can-do individual meme. Instead, they've not only embraced the crap, they've become world leaders in it. They're even exporting the poison to those countries' politicians dumb enough to listen.<br /><br /><br />It's a bizarre turnaround for a country I knew and loved. What a shame.nisakimannoreply@blogger.com