Personally it's reminding me of that one Coupling episode which maybe you've seen, with the gay guy who against all expectations sides with the Tory in the political discussion, shocks everybody with "I cried when Portillo lost his seat!" and then points out to the lefties that "You're in power now, you're the Evil Empire!"
Obviously not all of this is joking, and your point that the Conservatives should be given a chance is definitely valid, I don't disagree with you, but I actually thought that Stephen Fry's comments on the election that were posted here as well were more exaggerating and deserving of a wake-up call (at least the part of his comments that was about the prospect of a Tory government, most of the article was about the voting system obviously) than the two humourous articles in this thread.
Obviously not all of this is joking, and your point that the Conservatives should be given a chance is definitely valid, I don't disagree with you, but I actually thought that Stephen Fry's comments on the election that were posted here as well were more exaggerating and deserving of a wake-up call (at least the part of his comments that was about the prospect of a Tory government, most of the article was about the voting system obviously) than the two humourous articles in this thread.
I was going to reply with something similar in the Fry thread, but I was a little grumpy and it wasn't going to end well.
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
How to live with the Tories
13/05/2010 12:33:49 PM
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Her 101 reasons to love our Tory government was even better.
13/05/2010 12:42:39 PM
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What an even-handed, stereotype-free, and balanced piece of journalism. *NM*
13/05/2010 02:07:35 PM
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Your partisanship is getting annoying, actually.
13/05/2010 06:55:28 PM
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I'm sorry I care about politics.
13/05/2010 08:45:26 PM
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It's easy to complain. Actually doing something is rather more difficult. *NM*
13/05/2010 10:17:47 PM
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What do you suggest I do, pray tell? *NM*
13/05/2010 10:19:30 PM
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Learn how to live with people who disagree with you.
13/05/2010 10:21:08 PM
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Oh, come on.
13/05/2010 10:29:38 PM
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Do you really spell it "superiour" in Britain? That's wonderful.
13/05/2010 10:37:21 PM
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Pretty please with sugar on top
13/05/2010 10:50:48 PM
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Meh. That wasn't meant to be condescending. I never expected the ou to enter that word, is all.
13/05/2010 11:02:11 PM
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Re: Meh. That wasn't meant to be condescending. I never expected the ou to enter that word, is all.
13/05/2010 11:03:42 PM
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Yeah, um, that wasn't me.
13/05/2010 11:08:48 PM
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Re: Yeah, um, that wasn't me.
13/05/2010 11:11:04 PM
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I don't mind transference of anger, but let's keep my quotes accurate at least.
13/05/2010 11:15:37 PM
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See, this is what I find offensive
13/05/2010 11:21:28 PM
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Fair enough. It was unfair of me to use "learn."
13/05/2010 11:30:34 PM
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Two posts in three days about a new Government in the country?
13/05/2010 11:18:06 PM
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This is so true
13/05/2010 11:29:30 PM
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Re: This is so true
13/05/2010 11:36:44 PM
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Sorry. But I can't bring myself to vote for 'that bloody party'
13/05/2010 11:48:26 PM
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Re: Sorry. But I can't bring myself to vote for 'that bloody party'
13/05/2010 11:54:10 PM
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I certainly wouldn't go that far. Nowhere near. *NM*
13/05/2010 11:43:20 PM
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On the comparison or on you people's spelling? *NM*
14/05/2010 12:13:42 AM
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They were not delivered condescendingly. I am sorry you took it as such.
13/05/2010 11:50:23 PM
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Re: They were not delivered condescendingly. I am sorry you took it as such.
13/05/2010 11:53:08 PM
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Eh, another time then.
13/05/2010 11:56:21 PM
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I was gonna make a post with precisely the same title as Camilla's. So: Oh, come on.
13/05/2010 10:43:12 PM
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Re: I was gonna make a post with precisely the same title as Camilla's. So: Oh, come on.
13/05/2010 10:59:28 PM
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Re: I was gonna make a post with precisely the same title as Camilla's. So: Oh, come on.
13/05/2010 11:16:07 PM
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I dunno. It looks to me that's what Balwer was saying with his flogged horse comment.
13/05/2010 11:18:30 PM
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I'm sorry you care more about your own political agenda than about trying to see a party in power
13/05/2010 11:44:32 PM
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You think Tories won't go proto-Orwellian on you?
13/05/2010 11:46:45 PM
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If both, theoretically, will abuse power, then
13/05/2010 11:54:53 PM
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Re: If both, theoretically, will abuse power, then
13/05/2010 11:58:17 PM
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Thing is,
13/05/2010 11:55:17 PM
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Re: Thing is,
13/05/2010 11:59:58 PM
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A date "in a year's time" will be easy to remember. We have Scottish elections on 5 May 2011.
14/05/2010 12:12:26 PM
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Surely a good part of that is just humour, though?
14/05/2010 12:25:21 AM
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Part of it, yes.
14/05/2010 08:43:12 AM
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People are saying it because those with a good knowledge of the party are telling them that.
14/05/2010 11:40:25 AM
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Re: People are saying it because those with a good knowledge of the party are telling them that.
14/05/2010 01:05:44 PM
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Re: People are saying it because those with a good knowledge of the party are telling them that.
14/05/2010 01:28:38 PM
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