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a loveable purulence of anti-icons
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— 13 Jan 2006 mark sinker Comment

apawboy has been ventin his ire recently at the collapse into total useless blah of the words “icon” and “iconic” (see all over his blog for absurd examples): while time-killin in soho on tue afternoon, i gazed for a while int[…]

My Reactions In Order To A Story About Murray Lachlan Young On BBC News
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— 13 Jan 2006 Tom 1 comment

– OMG it’s Murray Lachlan Young
– how the FUCK has he got a full-length story on BBC News?
– WTF he is married to ZOE???
– “Tea With The Taleban”, yes that sounds like him all right
– god, weren’t[…]

BBC Talking Point
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— 13 Jan 2006 Tom Comment

BBC Talking Point, long your #1 destination for knee-jerking and button-pushing, has recently redesigned and now has a ‘recommendations’ system on replies, whereby you can click on “most recommended” and see the viewer comment[…]

Small Helmet
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— 13 Jan 2006 Tom Comment

Fawlty England fans risk jail – on the front page of Ananova this story was trailed as “England football fans could be jailed if they do the Basil Fawlty goosestep during the World Cup Finals in Germany” – erm, yes, B.F. not a[…]

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