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Gabrielle d’Estrées
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I thought this was a scream. Posted by LeTombeauDeCooperman and now removed by the moderators. I thought that might happen, so I saved it:
Radio 3 to Scrap Proms Messages 1 - 5 of 5
Message 1 - posted by LeTombeauDeCooperman (U3378995) , 34 Minutes Ago
Radio 3 Supremo Roger Wright has today put the finishing touches to his schedule changes with the shock announcement that the Proms are to be axed. “I’m giving the Proms a break”, he said, “and I’ve no plans to bring them back.”Mr Wright justified his decision, saying that “live broadcasts of complete works have no place in my carefully-calibrated, multi-media friendly schedules, where being downcast is the name of the game. But the final straw was when I found that that the Proms had been a vehicle for commissioning and playing new music.”In an attempt to mollify listeners Mr Wright said: ”I recognise the historic environment around the venue where the Proms are held, which is why the replacement chat programme will be called ‘Kensington Gardens’. Every evening Alan Titchmarsh will talk about matters horticultural and musical with a celebrity as they stroll around the herbaceous borders.”Commenting on his new programme Alan said: “After Mellow Dregs for You on Radio 2 I’m delighted to be joining Radio 3. What could be more cutting hedge than a gardening show? It’ll be a great chance to play horticulturally-themed short pieces and extracts such as ‘Green Bushes’ by Percy Thrower, or whatever he’s called.”Alan’s first guest will be David Mellor, who said: “I’m delighted to have the chance of an evening stroll with Alan. Many people may be daunted by Alan’s encyclopaedic knowledge of gardening, but given my chequered romantic past I’m used to spending evenings holding my own….. Alan may be able to give me a couple of tips about plants but I can tell him a thing or two about beds!”
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« Reply #1 on: 15:39:51, 13-02-2007 » |
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Well saved!!!  |
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« Reply #2 on: 15:42:02, 13-02-2007 » |
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I read it before it was modded. Fairly obviously a JOKE, BBC. Why remove it?
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« Reply #3 on: 15:45:24, 13-02-2007 » |
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Looks like R3 has gone into "bunker" mentality if they are deleting stuff like that? Perhaps it was closer to the truth than anyone guessed?  |
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They say travel broadens the mind - but in many cases travel has made the mind not exactly broader, but thicker.
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John W
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« Reply #4 on: 15:58:44, 13-02-2007 » |
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That was a classic posting! Thank you Gabrielle. The sort of thing outlawed at CMoR3 from now on, makes me quite angry.
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« Reply #5 on: 15:59:41, 13-02-2007 » |
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Fear affects the actions of mere minions.
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Ho! I may be old yet I am still lusty
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Anna
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« Reply #6 on: 16:58:52, 13-02-2007 » |
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It now seems that the link Gaby posted over there has been zapped!!  |
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« Reply #7 on: 19:49:25, 13-02-2007 » |
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It was a joke ? Ahhhhh........picking myself up from the floor have a grade 7 heart - attack  Phew...  MK message to brain : lighten-up, relax, these are only words... |
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« Reply #8 on: 22:31:42, 13-02-2007 » |
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Joke..... but could it be 'Never a truer word spoken in jest'?
Certainly a brill post from Cooperman. I bow to him/her. Is (s)he here yet?
Tom(b)o
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Made by Thompson & son, at the Violin & c. the West end of St. Paul's Churchyard, LONDON
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« Reply #9 on: 11:53:19, 14-02-2007 » |
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As other have already said........many a true word spoken in jest.
Brilliant post though
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Whenever a New Leader emerges, weigh him down with more stones.
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Jonathan
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« Reply #10 on: 12:47:08, 14-02-2007 » |
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Thanks for preserving that one for us all here |
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Best regards,
Jonathan
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"as the housefly of destiny collides with the windscreen of fate..."
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« Reply #11 on: 13:38:24, 14-02-2007 » |
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Classic fm have bid £700,000 to broadcast the proms
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Morticia
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« Reply #12 on: 17:23:01, 14-02-2007 » |
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I read that post before it was pulled. It`s an absolute hoot and I`m glad it`s been `saved`. It was so obviously a spoof I can`t believe the Mod Drones disappeared it. Actually, I can. Which is deeply depressing. British Broadcasting Corporation by name, but in reality now British Broadcasting Dictatorship. Wonder what kind of gong RW will get for this bit of fancy footwork?
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Soundwave
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« Reply #13 on: 17:53:37, 14-02-2007 » |
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Ho MorticiaaaAAA. Have we the right, do you think, to assume that Mods understand our language? Should we not be kind and, perhaps, acknowledge that in moments of stress or coffee drinking or flirting with each other, the hard pressed Mods, unfamiliar with the language, humour, wit and irony that are part of this nations heritage, fall short of the absolute perfection the Beeb expects and which we deserve? Am I being cruel? Too hard? Unfeeling? I would appreciate your judgement of my remarks Cheers  |
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Ho! I may be old yet I am still lusty
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Morticia
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« Reply #14 on: 18:40:22, 14-02-2007 » |
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Am I being cruel? Too hard? Unfeeling? I would appreciate your judgement of my remarks HO S`waAAAAAVE! It`s taken me a while to get to grips with my octave leaps! However - drinking coffee? Flirting? When they should be studying The BBC Book of Irony and Sarcasm As Used By Licence Payers? This is an outrage and flogging is too good for `em.  I trust you understand my oblique expressions on this matter. (fan fluttering emoticon) I must now fly before the carriage arrives to transport me to the Wetherington-Fortescue residence for a very pleasant evening of    Ah, so like the home life of dear Victoria. Borage! Loose the hounds on Portland Place! |
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