tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6809294851431526233..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Err, Where Are The Staff?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5200136114525748382012-01-23T10:51:44.774+00:002012-01-23T10:51:44.774+00:00Surely it's a hotel? They are in residence.Surely it's a hotel? They are in residence.JonathanBagleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79117732954423008592012-01-23T02:09:00.922+00:002012-01-23T02:09:00.922+00:00'So, who's volunteering to audition? :)...'So, who's volunteering to audition? :)'<br /><br />Dick brought it up...perhaps the gorgeous cow would join him.<br /><br />How about Dick, Leggy, Harleyrider and Frank banged up with Debby, Stanton, the Welsh git and Dickie Doubleday?<br /><br />Now that would make good viewing....Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-53591428946477254312012-01-23T00:23:22.344+00:002012-01-23T00:23:22.344+00:00Here is my personal opinion about what happened, a...Here is my personal opinion about what happened, and a few thoughts about why nothing was said on air.<br /><br />I do not think that the local council even thought about it. I think that a member of the public, a viewer, who was a typical anti smoking busybody, saw them sitting in a comfortable, obviously heated smoking lounge, protected from the elements, and phoned the council. This prompted the council to inspect the houses layout. They saw that the smoking lounge did not comply with the 2006 Health Act, and informed Channel 5.<br /><br />As is typical with smoking ban activity, very little was said publicly. 'Big Brother' would have informed the celebrities that they could no longer use the desiganted smoking lounge. Now how this was done only they know. It may even have been veiled as some kind of BB punishment, a usual occurence in the house. I don't know. What I do know is this, it had to be done in such a way as to avoid confrontation. Having heard Denise Welch on Loose Women when they discuss things like banning smoking in parks and cars, she is very outspoken.<br />If they had known the facts, I would not have put it past Denise to say, "fuck you, take the £2500 fine out of my £150,000 fee."tim.bonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-30089205281163296832012-01-22T19:56:29.424+00:002012-01-22T19:56:29.424+00:00Great points, Junican. Just further emphasising th...Great points, Junican. Just further emphasising the crock of shit theory. :)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46158370360855736402012-01-22T17:56:37.623+00:002012-01-22T17:56:37.623+00:00Wouldn't it be great if one of the smokers DID...Wouldn't it be great if one of the smokers DID know about the SHS scam and explained it to the thousands who tune in.<br /><br />So, who's volunteering to audition? :)<br /><br />JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-35396555446443004482012-01-22T16:22:36.072+00:002012-01-22T16:22:36.072+00:00A 'workplace', I suppose. But wait...is it...A 'workplace', I suppose. But wait...is it not also the set of a 'theatre'....a stage?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-23095778355662280382012-01-22T16:01:36.994+00:002012-01-22T16:01:36.994+00:00Clearly, there is no objective other than persecut...Clearly, there is no objective other than persecution.<br /><br />It is very odd, though, isn't it? It the BB house a public place? How so, I wonder? <br /><br />Typical of this organisation not to fight against the bullying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-12625041130489440702012-01-22T11:50:47.321+00:002012-01-22T11:50:47.321+00:00The council will have been leaned on. Maybe becaus...The council will have been leaned on. Maybe because all contestants are paid and therefore qualify as staff. But it'll be more 'we can't let young people see smokers enjoying themselves in comfort'.<br /><br />But the fact is that this dreadful place is their temporary home. Pity that none of smokers (probably) have the slightest inkling about the SHS myth. <br /><br />Perhaps the bridesmaid could could you posted re the smokers' reactions?davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-46818308935540615832012-01-22T11:48:29.706+00:002012-01-22T11:48:29.706+00:00I wondered how long it would take for this to happ...I wondered how long it would take for this to happen. You see, for all its faults, CBB shows up what we all know about the smoking ban.<br /><br />1) Smokers are more interesting generally. And if not, it's where the smokers are which is where the fun and action is.<br /><br />2) Non-smokers can sit with smokers without waving their arms, coughing and being in the slightest bit bothered by smoke.<br /><br />and 3) It highlights the fact that ASH's figures about the number of smokers is generally wrong. We can say Eurostat says that 28% of the UK population smoke, plus a third of baccy is imported or illegal, plus a certain percentage, when asked don't admit to smoking, plus around 25% have a fag when socialising but don't count themseleves as smoking, so the number of smokers is far higher than the 21% that ASH routinely claim until we're blue in the face. But CBB shows up the lie every series. The only non-smokers in the house this year are the twins, Gareth and maybe someone else. Everyone else smokes. <br /><br />You see, they don't like the fact that smoking is shown to be a social lubricant rather than an "anti-social addiction." And they don't like the fact that it shows that so many people, young folks too, still smoke, despite their haranguing.<br /><br />It was only a matter of time....Mr Anoreply@blogger.com