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[challenge entry] we all know he's a space cadet

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(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:35, archived)
# *Unlurks* This compo ROCKS.
Boris is teh best thing about UK politics at the mo'. And that's me speaking as a soggy pinko left leaning guardian reader.



*Relurks*
(redthing, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:38, archived)
# Why is The Guardian always associated with left wingers,
when its purpose is to remain politically neutral?

*strokes beard, lights pipe, drinks real ale, opens guardian*
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:41, archived)
# Actually
its purpose is to make money. Easy to forget that.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:42, archived)
# The Guardian doesn't make money.
It's a trust, administered by trustees.

Apparently...
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:44, archived)
# They pay salaries.
They make profits. They're not a charity.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:46, archived)
# Both the National Trust
and the NSPCC turn profits. They're still charities.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:47, archived)
# Yes
but the Guardian isn't.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:48, archived)
# I never said it was!
Anyway, shh! I'm not supposed to be here.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:50, archived)
# Come back
and bicker like a man!
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:51, archived)
# The Guardian is like the BBC,
it is a public service and has no other remit than to spread the truth to the masses, with no political spin.
I might be deluding myself, but it would be nice if it were true (as I get all my news from BBC radio and hardly ever buy papers).
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:54, archived)
# Cos it's mostly us that reads it
Plus, the tenor of the editorial is generally left of centre, if not actually marxist.

/Just realised that my username might give people the impression that I'm a lefty political activist. I'm not. It's just a combination of bits of the names of bands I used to be in.
(redthing, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:43, archived)
# Does that mean that we (left of centre thinkers)
are right about everything?
Meh, politics schmolitics...
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:46, archived)
# Prolly not
Think we're taking up valuable Boris spong/Spack/bukkake space here...
(redthing, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:47, archived)
# Good point.
*gets back to the talk board, where he belongs*

Byeeeeeeeeeee.....
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:48, archived)
# Simply Red
and The Real Thing?
Come on, gissa tune!
(I helped save b3ta! Flowerpot No longer has the vapours thanks to DTH, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:47, archived)
# I wish -
I'd have made some money out of those 12 long years then...
(redthing, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 14:48, archived)
[challenge entry] inspired by the space cadet...


a bit too literal, eh? I'll get it right eventually.
(fear_and_loathing, Wed 29 Sep 2004, 10:51, archived)