tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post7465840532433489945..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: You’re An EmbarrassmentStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-68129253805329564212008-08-26T21:08:00.000+02:002008-08-26T21:08:00.000+02:00Oh my God. Sting. Do you really think it might be ...Oh my God. Sting. Do you really think it might be <I>that</I> bad?!?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-84443961061116533882008-08-26T20:48:00.000+02:002008-08-26T20:48:00.000+02:00I fear that the London efforts will make a virtue ...I fear that the London efforts will make a virtue out of mediocrity.<BR/>Our stars will be X factor or Pop idol and our designers will be GNVQ students from London FE colleges.<BR/>It almost makes you hope for Sting to show up.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-47960946263620409002008-08-26T18:46:00.000+02:002008-08-26T18:46:00.000+02:00When you put it like that Emma... suddenly Gordon ...When you put it like that Emma... suddenly Gordon Brown seems quite competent.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-54565766754001909622008-08-26T18:39:00.000+02:002008-08-26T18:39:00.000+02:00I don't know, I'd rather have a scruffy leader wit...I don't know, I'd rather have a scruffy leader with brains (Boris) rather than a slick operator without so much as a baked bean between his ears (Bush)...;)MommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-42761198194761126002008-08-26T16:17:00.000+02:002008-08-26T16:17:00.000+02:00Now there's a thought, Laura - 12 inches of Boris ...Now there's a thought, Laura - 12 inches of Boris Johnson! Or should that just be 12 inches of Johnson?<BR/><BR/>Sorry to hear you're having import problems. Not sure how I can give you the address without the pocketropolis bit as the web address is simply http://www.pocketropolis.co.uk/blog/blogger.html and I don't think it can be accessed any other way.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-12512476829766754412008-08-26T15:56:00.000+02:002008-08-26T15:56:00.000+02:00Boris is deffo our Sir Les Patterson!By the by Ste...Boris is deffo our Sir Les Patterson!<BR/><BR/>By the by Steve, cannot import your blog address onto my new blogmate blidget as it won't accept it. What's your blogger site address (without the Pocketropolis bit) so I can try that? cheers L.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-56527465705683601612008-08-26T08:18:00.000+02:002008-08-26T08:18:00.000+02:00That's my fear Amanda... I know we're justly proud...That's my fear Amanda... I know we're justly proud of our British sense of humour but it's nothing to be proud of when people are laughing at us as opposed to with us!<BR/><BR/>True TimeWarden, but on the world stage Boris should be more than "that funny MP bloke from Have I Got News For You" - he's representing the country, all our athletes and their coaches and the UK Olympic organizers for 2012, all of whom have put in a tremendous amount of work and effort; it just looked like Boris had put in hardly any work at all. If he couldn't be bothered to buy a properly fitting suit he could have at least startched the collars and done the jacket up. My biggest disappointment however wasn't Boris but our bus presentation which was appalling. It looked hastily cobbled together and amateurish.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-32416297167041305192008-08-26T05:39:00.000+02:002008-08-26T05:39:00.000+02:00I don't swing to the left or right anymore. The on...I don't swing to the left or right anymore. The only time I voted was in 1979, by post from Uni, for Michael Foot. I've been humiliated by the Tories, over the poll tax, but the Labour MP for our city is useless. You should read the poorly written letter he sent out promoting education! I thought about correcting his missive and returning it to him, if only I could be bothered, but he's the one earning the fat salary!!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I didn't see the closing ceremony but isn't Boris's lack of sartorial elegance who he is? To persuade the Mayor to, literally, change would've been like asking Sir Bob Geldof to present Live Aid in a suit, to convince the public he's a decent sort despite over-enthusiastically encouraging them to part with their hard-earned! Now, if the Olympians had hired King of cool Mister Bryan Ferry...TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-11842484185673908382008-08-26T01:16:00.000+02:002008-08-26T01:16:00.000+02:00I know he's not "ours" but I did feel embarrassed ...I know he's not "ours" but I did feel embarrassed for you. I only saw the speech bit with "wiff-waff" and I initially thought it was a send up...The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-36583847452621892242008-08-25T18:23:00.000+02:002008-08-25T18:23:00.000+02:00Eve, you missed some fabulous fireworks and an Eng...Eve, you missed some fabulous fireworks and an English buffoon in a comedy de-mob suit! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-3090006424181584452008-08-25T18:20:00.000+02:002008-08-25T18:20:00.000+02:00I'm honoured by your punchline ;-) Didn't watch th...I'm honoured by your punchline ;-) <BR/>Didn't watch the closing ceremony; the hostel TV was hogged by a bunch of locals watching one of their local concerts ;-)-eve-https://www.blogger.com/profile/01051512896652327719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-37221794520639369132008-08-25T13:39:00.000+02:002008-08-25T13:39:00.000+02:00That's a valid respone Matthew and I admit I enjoy...That's a valid respone Matthew and I admit I enjoyed his speech about "wiff-waff" and his obvious enthusiasm for the cause... but would it hurt him to buy a suit that fits and then press it occasionally?<BR/><BR/>Hi Brother T, yeah Boris makes me smile and grimace in equal measure... I kind of like him but yesterday just thought his appearance let us down a little. Mostly though I thought our "presentation" with the bus was highly risible, lazy and aesthetically cheap.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-73948019438174486352008-08-25T13:03:00.000+02:002008-08-25T13:03:00.000+02:00'Like a tramp on a stick' wins my newly created be...'Like a tramp on a stick' wins my newly created best simile award! I've had a sort of regard for Boris's obvious reluctance to be influenced by image consultants, although since his single-minded campaign for a new east-of-London airport in Kent, I'm looking for a chance to shove a brolly in his spokes.Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-52091089896505022612008-08-25T12:40:00.000+02:002008-08-25T12:40:00.000+02:00I think you're entirely wrong. I think the fact th...I think you're entirely wrong. I think the fact that Boris doesn't represent a stuffed-suit mentality is exactly why he's popular and why his Olympic moment was a triumph.Matthew Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842392964784000029noreply@blogger.com