I think Google should have a 'spot the party line algorithm' . I'm sure it's possible as it seems quite obvious what the politicians have been briefed to say - but it would be interesting to get their interviews analysed and broken down to 'the message'. We had the Raab 'anonymous and unsubstantiated' bit, then Boris was so 'upset' about that video that it caused Sajid to catch that upsetedness from Boris (obviously a very virulent strain - or they were in very close proximity for too long) as he called off interviews where he was weeping so much over it.
I love my grandkids to bits, but the last two weeks I've picked up from one of them, a vomiting bug which went on for 3 days and now this week from the other I've spent the last two days in bed with what feels like a flu type virus. These nursery's are just breeding grounds for every virus or bug going. Add to that my daughter is a primary school Teacher and the odds are not in Grandad and Granny's favourÂ
Thankfully no sign of the dreaded covid. Have a box of Lateral flow testing kits and test once a week to reassure myself and er indoors.
Stay safe and well everyone.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
Good on you for testing, @Kili - according to the Zoe COVID Study, they think about one in every three 'colds' is actually COVID. That certainly seems to be borne out anecdotally among my acquaintances. Hope you feel better soon, and that the grandkids don't bring any more Christmas presents home.
That 'party line algorithm' would be in overdrive with this lot, @steveTu. They don't even have the imagination to vary their phrasing. The Curmudgeon's Corner is a bit mild for what they inspire in me. Perhaps I should start an 'Incandescent Island' or a 'Slough of Despond', but probably not very helpful.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Maybe, instead of getting angry, we should turn it into a socially distanced, over the internet, party - sorry, 'gathering'Â - game?
I'll start - spot the theme here. I'll give you rough dates and initials, you have to say who made the comment - and who they were talking about:
'....When I read the story I was convinced there would be an explanation
from ******, because I know he is a man of honour and integrity...' - May 2020, MG
'...I know *********. He is a friend of mine. I know him to be a man of honour and integrity....' - Dec 2021, ME
A clue - one of them is about someone who was judged as doing something 'unlawful' and that implied that he'd been lying to the Queen.
Edited to add a third quote:
'...Friends, ******, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury ******, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with ******. The noble ******
Hath told you ****** was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath ****** answer’d it.
Here, under leave of ***** and the rest–
For ****** is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men–
Come I to speak in ******’s funeral....' - March 44 BC, MA
Good on you for testing, @Kili - according to the Zoe COVID Study, they think about one in every three 'colds' is actually COVID. That certainly seems to be borne out anecdotally among my acquaintances. Hope you feel better soon, and that the grandkids don't bring any more Christmas presents home.
That 'party line algorithm' would be in overdrive with this lot, @steveTu. They don't even have the imagination to vary their phrasing. The Curmudgeon's Corner is a bit mild for what they inspire in me. Perhaps I should start an 'Incandescent Island' or a 'Slough of Despond', but probably not very helpful.
My grumpiness stems from paying £85 for a new battery on Weds to losing everything at 7am on a freezing cold, pitch black country lane the waiting an hour in a freezing cold car for the lovely Nathan from the AA to come to my rescue. I was about 3/4 mile from the Home and he fitted a new battery ( it's the alternator that's duff ) and followed me to the Home, waited for me to spend half an hour with Husband then followed me the 32 miles home again.
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Thankfully no sign of the dreaded covid. Have a box of Lateral flow testing kits and test once a week to reassure myself and er indoors.
Stay safe and well everyone.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
That 'party line algorithm' would be in overdrive with this lot, @steveTu. They don't even have the imagination to vary their phrasing. The Curmudgeon's Corner is a bit mild for what they inspire in me. Perhaps I should start an 'Incandescent Island' or a 'Slough of Despond', but probably not very helpful.
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LG_Thanks for the kind words  much appreciated.
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
I was about 3/4 mile from the Home and he fitted a new battery ( it's the alternator that's duff ) and followed me to the Home, waited for me to spend half an hour with Husband then followed me the 32 miles home again.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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