Goodbye to all that: The Pub

> > That's a bit rich coming from someone who got so baffled he was
> > cutting and pasting bits of his own posts and arguing against them.
> > Know what I mean?- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> No, I don't. The length of that debate was very long and running to
> many hundreds of words posted over different days. It was an easy
> mistake to make. Whereas you were writing one par about pubs and it
> didn't make sense because of poor grammar. It's OK, higher education
> has been dumbed down so I don't expect you to make sense, nor do I
> expect you have a grain of humility when it's pointed out to you. You
> give it the big one about clarity - as well you might: you're an
> Orwell fan after all - but I wonder if you're really that interested.- Hide quoted text -
-

Breathtaking. You really are capable of being a staggering prick
sometimes.

">> It's own output reveals it's agenda.


> Now it's an agenda? I thought it was a manifesto. Watch those
> apostrophes.


I never sub news group posts, it's a sign of weak arguments."

Not my words Rob, yours (I know you sometimes get confused between the
two)

The full thread is here:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.media.radio.bbc-r4/browse_thread/t...ad/3185

Now you'll doubtless accuse me of stalking you, or of taking this too
seriosuly or SOMETHING. God knows you won't admit that you're wrong,
or that makes you look a hypocrite at best. But it does. Caught and
bowled old bean.
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On 29 Apr, 10:02, "P.S.Burton" <dlb... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That's a bit rich coming from someone who got so baffled he was
> > > cutting and pasting bits of his own posts and arguing against them.
> > > Know what I mean?- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > No, I don't. The length of that debate was very long and running to
> > many hundreds of words posted over different days. It was an easy
> > mistake to make. Whereas you were writing one par about pubs and it
> > didn't make sense because of poor grammar. It's OK, higher education
> > has been dumbed down so I don't expect you to make sense, nor do I
> > expect you have a grain of humility when it's pointed out to you. You
> > give it the big one about clarity - as well you might: you're an
> > Orwell fan after all - but I wonder if you're really that interested.- Hide quoted text -
>
>  -
>
> Breathtaking. You really are capable of being a staggering prick
> sometimes.
>
> ">> It's own output reveals it's agenda.
>
> > Now it's an agenda?  I thought it was a manifesto.  Watch those
> > apostrophes.
>
> I never sub news group posts, it's a sign of weak arguments."
>
> Not my words Rob, yours (I know you sometimes get confused between the
> two)
>
> The full thread is here:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.media.radio.bbc-r4/browse_thread/...
>
> Now you'll doubtless accuse me of stalking you, or of taking this too
> seriosuly or SOMETHING. God knows you won't admit that you're wrong,
> or that makes you look a hypocrite at best. But it does. Caught and
> bowled old bean.

Copy-subbing apostrophes and spelling mistakes is VERY different from
mentioning to a strident and even rather pompous critic of prose that
a peice of his own writing MAKES NO SENSE.

Get yourself a copy of Eric Partridge and stop trying to get one over
on me. You're supposed to Mr Grown Up Sensible Legal Schmegal I've Got
Kids, a Big Heart and a First Class Critical Faculty.


Bowled and out? As PG Wodehouse said: One simply shakes one's head and
passes on.
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On 29 Apr, 10:02, "P.S.Burton" <dlb....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > That's a bit rich coming from someone who got so baffled he was
> > > cutting and pasting bits of his own posts and arguing against them.
> > > Know what I mean?- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > No, I don't. The length of that debate was very long and running to
> > many hundreds of words posted over different days. It was an easy
> > mistake to make. Whereas you were writing one par about pubs and it
> > didn't make sense because of poor grammar. It's OK, higher education
> > has been dumbed down so I don't expect you to make sense, nor do I
> > expect you have a grain of humility when it's pointed out to you. You
> > give it the big one about clarity - as well you might: you're an
> > Orwell fan after all - but I wonder if you're really that interested.- Hide quoted text -
>
>  -
>
> Breathtaking. You really are capable of being a staggering prick
> sometimes.
>
> ">> It's own output reveals it's agenda.
>
> > Now it's an agenda?  I thought it was a manifesto.  Watch those
> > apostrophes.
>
> I never sub news group posts, it's a sign of weak arguments."
>
> Not my words Rob, yours (I know you sometimes get confused between the
> two)
>
> The full thread is here:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.media.radio.bbc-r4/browse_thread/...
>
> Now you'll doubtless accuse me of stalking you, or of taking this too
> seriosuly or SOMETHING. God knows you won't admit that you're wrong,
> or that makes you look a hypocrite at best. But it does. Caught and
> bowled old bean.

PS: I am perfectly happy to admit I was wrong about many things:

Tony Blair
The Invasion of Iraq
Ken Livingstone
Thinking that you can give up smoking at 30 with ease
Marijuana
Cocaine
Tartan trousers (maybe I was right about them, undecided)
Believing you can't get a bad glass of wine in Paris (happened on my
last visit)
Writing satire in a world that has passed beyond it
And many, many more. BUT I was right about Pete Doherty and his
spastic skiffle...
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On 29 Apr, 22:38, generalcony....RemoveThis@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 29 Apr, 10:02, "P.S.Burton" <dlb....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > > > That's a bit rich coming from someone who got so baffled he was
> > > > cutting and pasting bits of his own posts and arguing against them.
> > > > Know what I mean?- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > > No, I don't. The length of that debate was very long and running to
> > > many hundreds of words posted over different days. It was an easy
> > > mistake to make. Whereas you were writing one par about pubs and it
> > > didn't make sense because of poor grammar. It's OK, higher education
> > > has been dumbed down so I don't expect you to make sense, nor do I
> > > expect you have a grain of humility when it's pointed out to you. You
> > > give it the big one about clarity - as well you might: you're an
> > > Orwell fan after all - but I wonder if you're really that interested.- Hide quoted text -
>
> >  -
>
> > Breathtaking. You really are capable of being a staggering prick
> > sometimes.
>
> > ">> It's own output reveals it's agenda.
>
> > > Now it's an agenda?  I thought it was a manifesto.  Watch those
> > > apostrophes.
>
> > I never sub news group posts, it's a sign of weak arguments."
>
> > Not my words Rob, yours (I know you sometimes get confused between the
> > two)
>
> > The full thread is here:
>
> >http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.media.radio.bbc-r4/browse_thread/...
>
> > Now you'll doubtless accuse me of stalking you, or of taking this too
> > seriosuly or SOMETHING. God knows you won't admit that you're wrong,
> > or that makes you look a hypocrite at best. But it does. Caught and
> > bowled old bean.
>
> PS: I am perfectly happy to admit I was wrong about many things:
>
> Tony Blair
> The Invasion of Iraq
> Ken Livingstone
> Thinking that you can give up smoking at 30 with ease
> Marijuana
> Cocaine
> Tartan trousers (maybe I was right about them, undecided)
> Believing you can't get a bad glass of wine in Paris (happened on my
> last visit)
> Writing satire in a world that has passed beyond it
> And many, many more. BUT I was right about Pete Doherty and his
> spastic skiffle...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

fair cop - it was a very bad sentence. You'll have to take my word for
it that it would never have survived a second reading
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