On 5 Mar, 10:04, Paul Boyd <usenet.dont.work@plusnet> wrote:
> spindrift said the following on 05/03/2007 09:10:
>
> > A pointless exercise, rather.
>
> Yup.
>
> > What's the point?
>
> Point?
>
> > Is it helpful to have silly polls like this?
>
> Nope.
>
> > Why bother?
>
> Because it fills in a slot in a quiet news week on the JV show
>
> --
> Paul Boydhttp://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/
SEND US YOUR NOMINATIONS
Which vehicle do you want to be voted off the road?
Cars
Why have you nominated this particular vehicle?
Because they kill colour-blind ginger children.
Your Name: curtis interruptus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/vine/vehiclevote.shtml#nominations
It's the broadcasting equivelent of those nutjob local newspaper
letters droning on about cyclists on pavements, dog poo or all them
darkies coming over here.
Or media tarts like Kate Hoey who wrote some lycra-nazi drivel for the
Daily Mail a few years ago, or convicted drunk driver Nigel "charisma
vacuum" Havers claiming that cyclists are the main danger on the
roads.
Difficult to know how to respond to unmitigated bum gravy of this
nature although the London Messengers cyclist chap did a good job on
the radio after that convicted clocker with the twisted mouth
(Quentin?) off Top Gear began a cyclist slagfest.
It's weird and a bit depressing that despite the huge increase in
cycling in London the level of debate hasn't moved beyond the same
tired old cliches and hackneyed hate-filled harangues from Hoey and
Havers. Get the alliteration...