Bizarrely James Hutchings' (who is a cunt) book has now garnered 2 reviews
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Death-others-ebook/dp/B005Q8Q8DY/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1

But the review slagging off the bad review only gives it one star, which would seem to me to be a strange thing to do if you're reviewing your own product.

Not that I'm suggesting that James Hutchings (who is a cunt) would review his own product to slag off another reviewer.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:39, 86 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

That's brilliance on the part of the 'reviewer'.
I assume they think they've reviewed the review.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Although he is insufferable, and his work awful
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with us giving his stuff a bad review purely to slag him off. It's messing with a guy's attempt to make a living doing what he enjoys.

Even though I don't like him, I don't begrudge him that.

Or am I being a pussy?
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Pussy.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Also,
if I wanted to make a living and the people I was advertising to assured me that they found my advert really, really irritating, I wouldn't start berating them for being cunts, I would probably remove my advert and think about other ways of promoting my product.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Yeah, I won't disagree with you there.
He is an arrogant cunt.
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)

If you post stuff here you open yourself up to abuse

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Yeah, abuse on here.
Following him around the internet, though?
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:47, Reply)

I think it is in the small print in the t&c on b3ta that other users can and will follow you around the internet

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:51, Reply)

personally, I consider it bad form

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Hi Truthbert
There seems to be a new bert on here somewhere, so I'm going to call him New Bert so I don't get confused.
Anyway, Chompy seems pretty convinced that you are a girl now, so he may stalk you across the internet to find out your true identity.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:58, Reply)

THE WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM IS OUT OF ORDER

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

I NO RITE!

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:00, Reply)

I should say
that I have been convinced for some time now that you are not bert, but I am still going to pretend that you are.

So Hi Bert Kwouk.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:02, Reply)

The truth is not relevant here
Ironically.
The InBertweeners.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Best of all the Berts

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:05, Reply)

I don't know who you are
and I don't care
(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:05, Reply)

Ouch.
And there was me thinking we had something special going on. We could have built a berter world together too.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:07, Reply)

I don't think you're taking the internet seriously enough.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Should I be more outraged, do you think?

( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I think it's fair to say he should be killed for posting on here without first getting written permission from all of us.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

needs moar outrage

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I'm not talking to you
because every time I do you immediately go home.
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

:(
I'm not due to go home for another six hours.

next time go to a decent bash and I'll stay longer
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Ironically, I'm not due to go to work for the foreseeable future.
How mad is that???
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:07, Reply)

It's pretty mad
but I'm almost certain it is not in any way ironic.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:10, Reply)

Possibly not.
However, I am now filling in application form for a job, so my smugness may be short lived. Hopefully.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:11, Reply)

Here's hoping you barely get through your first croissant.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:13, Reply)

You say the nicest things.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Is this the same application form that you left the internet two hours ago to fill in?
I too am working very hard today.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:17, Reply)

I'm multi-tasking.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Looking at the internet and wanking at the same time doesn't count

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Not even if you are at work?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Only if you're in an open plan office

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:27, Reply)

I've even had a cup of coffee at the same time.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:33, Reply)

Thanks to Al's post down there, I read this as
Mool'i taskin'
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

As well you should.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

There's at least ten thousand spoons worth of irony

( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:11, Reply)

The irony is
that I don't really understand how irony works. Or something.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:15, Reply)

I agree

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:50, Reply)

There's a thread on /talk that's right up your street at the moment.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:50, Reply)

I don't know any fish

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:51, Reply)

:(((((

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:52, Reply)

I did the best that I could

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:52, Reply)

People are only loosely following the pun rules anyway.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:54, Reply)

They are loose cannons over there

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:57, Reply)

You are in the wrong plaice

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:53, Reply)

I couldn't even mackereal pun

(Quinton had to abandon other account as i broke it, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:58, Reply)

This is excellent when spoken out loud in a North East accent

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:01, Reply)

I felt the same
until I read the full thread. I think he set himself up for it really. I wouldn't write a review myself, but I wouldn't hold it againts anyone that he was an obnoxious twat to if they wanted to.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Who is this man?
Why the obsession with him? Can't be arsed to Google it.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:46, Reply)

he posts tedious puns on QOTW
and links to his tedious short stories here on OT, even though everyone has said how shit they are. then he put up a massive picture of his new book and when asked politely to remove it 9we don't like pictures here) he got all arsey.

It's also possible that he is a nonce
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:49, Reply)

Probably.
I don't really care, I'm still a bit pissed from yesterday. I shot the the TUC demo in Manc, and really had my cynicism dented. People really do give a shit.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:03, Reply)

Zealots.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Pretty nice people generally.
Although over dependent on the welfare state.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:23, Reply)

That's the problem when so much employment is created by central and local government.
When the money's gone, some poor bastard pays with their job.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Nice mouseover, al.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:51, Reply)

Thanks, I'm glad someone noticed.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:54, Reply)

Strangely if you google "James Hutchings is a cunt" you get a link to Birmingham City Council.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I think IRL he is a teacher
I seem to remember he knobbed a young student once
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Ha really? So for once someone I claim is a nonce is actually a nonce?

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Quite possibly...it was a long time ago
But i think he was teacher English in greece and slipped one to his 16 year old student
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:58, Reply)

Sexlies on /qotw I expect.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Are we talking about apeloverage here?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Yes

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:03, Reply)

yeah

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:04, Reply)

The one who lives in Melbourne and hasn't been to Greece?

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Maybe it wasn't Greece, maybe it was a greek girl, maybe it never happend

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:08, Reply)

All I know is James Hutchings looks like a paedophile, and that's all the internet evidence I need.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:13, Reply)

I just wanted clarity as to whether you were referring to him
or someone else called James Hutchings.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Theres a guy that works here called James Hutchings.
True fact.
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:07, Reply)

is he an arrogant cunt?
Do you work for Birmmingham city council?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Nope!
It's just a really spooky coincidence. Wooooo.
( Kroney, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:09, Reply)

I used to work with someone who had the same name as me.
And we both did the same job - new claims. I was surnames A-L, and he was M-Z. Oh the confusion and hilarity that would ensue when we answered the telephone.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Oh man I can totally imagine that:
DG1: Haway man pet, this is DG I divven nar if I can help yous like, boot I'll try me best man pet fella like.
Customer: Oh hail good sir, I spoke to you last week regarding my claim, my moniker is James Monkton.
DG1: I divven nar wat yer tarkin aboot like man pet fella like!
Customer: Now listen here! This just won't do, I pay your wages, now stop talking like *click* *dial tone*
DG1: Why aye man, wat a cunt!
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:17, Reply)

This post made my brain hurt

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

Bloody Southerners

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:29, Reply)

That's exactly what it was like!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:20, Reply)

ha!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I did the other review when I was a bit pissed last week.
Bill Oddies Pants sounded like a bit of a helmet.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:12, Reply)

You still only gave it 1 star though, which I think is the best thing about it.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:24, Reply)

See, I'm hovering over all your posts now, looking for mouseovers

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:25, Reply)

That sentence doesn't even look like English.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:26, Reply)

You can't do mouseover text
in the title bar
(Bazongaloid, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:27, Reply)

Well that should save me some time then

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Yeah, well it is STILL a shit book.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:25, Reply)

I see there's another review been added.
Somehow I don't really think it was the author himself, though...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 12:45, Reply)