tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post116538093525709493..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Santa claustrophobiaTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165624824630099282006-12-09T00:40:00.000+00:002006-12-09T00:40:00.000+00:00I have a website that tries to be accessible to al...I have a website that tries to be accessible to all ages between "high school student" and senior citizen. My policy is "assume no prior knowledge". I'd rather risk insulting the intelligence of the few while educating the many. Luckily that's been a fairly successful approach (judging by feedback) as it gets used as an educational resource and is used by many people whose native language is not English.<BR/><BR/>And thanks for the linky :)llewtrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056744147599140057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165485530014954332006-12-07T09:58:00.000+00:002006-12-07T09:58:00.000+00:00I'm delighted to be surrounded by so many frustrat...I'm delighted to be surrounded by so many frustrated intellectuals. Our patron saint must be Tony Hancock, struggling through Bertrand Russell while Sid James offers tips on the 2.15 at Doncaster. Or maybe Peter Glaze, his lectures inevitably sabotaged by Don Maclean (and <I>d'oh</I>ing 20 years before Homer Simpson made it fashionable.<BR/><BR/>Well, OK, maybe Murph isn't such a brainbox, but he's pretty sharp for a Labrador.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165484073053209892006-12-07T09:34:00.000+00:002006-12-07T09:34:00.000+00:00Mind you, those Hetty Wainthropp cases can be quit...Mind you, those Hetty Wainthropp cases can be quite complicated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165483516967870622006-12-07T09:25:00.000+00:002006-12-07T09:25:00.000+00:00Tell me about it - I too managed to commandeer the...Tell me about it - I too managed to commandeer the television for ONE HOUR to watch a BBC4 documentary about Orwell vs Huxley (accompanied by tutting, sighing and eventually snoring from my mum) and now it's back to wall-to-wall <I>Cash in the Attic</I> and <I>Hetty Wainthropp Investigates</I>.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165482200670080942006-12-07T09:03:00.000+00:002006-12-07T09:03:00.000+00:00Oh, BBC4 - they don't like that sort of thing roun...Oh, BBC4 - they don't like that sort of thing round Spinster Towers.<BR/><BR/>I have to suffer stony resentful silences through the ONE hour of tv I like to watch each week.<BR/><BR/>(Which is only David Starkey's bloody Monarchy - it's not exactly demanding.)Spinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165479773246768392006-12-07T08:22:00.000+00:002006-12-07T08:22:00.000+00:00I prefer it when political correctness "runs amok"...I prefer it when political correctness "runs amok", it is a much more amusing image in my mind.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165468337258479002006-12-07T05:12:00.000+00:002006-12-07T05:12:00.000+00:00i knew i was right to take a firm stand with my bl...i knew i was right to take a firm stand with my bloodshot eyeball christmas lights! thank you for making me feel even more cutting edge, my darling. wonderful article!FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165454014683904362006-12-07T01:13:00.000+00:002006-12-07T01:13:00.000+00:00Murph: I'm equally amused by the people on suppose...Murph: I'm equally amused by the people on supposedly more erudite shows who exhibit bizarre gaps. Like the guy on <I>Brain of Britain</I> who thought Bette Midler was a pioneering feminist author.<BR/><BR/>Doc: Don't worry, I couldn't do a tracheotomy with a biro. But now we know you're not a Fenian.<BR/><BR/>Spin: Not quite true. I watched that Jonathan Miller thing on atheism, on BBC4. That was quite a brainstretch. Then I watched Torchwood and leched over Tosh.<BR/><BR/>Patroclus: Yeah, right, how cool was getting the Latin prize at school?<BR/><BR/>dh: No I haven't, but it sounds cool. This one was about people stuck in the jungle. Well I presume it was, I left them to it, moving their lips as they read their map.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165443618215680132006-12-06T22:20:00.000+00:002006-12-06T22:20:00.000+00:00I guess you've been following the story of 'Turist...I guess you've been following the story of 'Turistas' a film set in Brazil about backpackers who get their organs (internal type) stolen? That one seems to be pitched at the gallery.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165439911629421172006-12-06T21:18:00.000+00:002006-12-06T21:18:00.000+00:00La Paz - 'peace' in SpanishPacem in Terris - 'peac...La Paz - 'peace' in Spanish<BR/><BR/>Pacem in Terris - 'peace on earth' in Latin.<BR/><BR/>Is there a prize?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165437933340651512006-12-06T20:45:00.000+00:002006-12-06T20:45:00.000+00:00Oh Tim, don't you ever despair of the appalling gr...Oh Tim, don't you ever despair of the appalling grammar, spelling and random apsotrophe's of your commentators on CiF?<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, back to the point of cultural relativism, I think it's fair to say that if it's on television it's probably not going to go over your head or mine. Or over the head of anyone who can actually read and count beyond five...Spinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165436160921509272006-12-06T20:16:00.000+00:002006-12-06T20:16:00.000+00:00The Pacem in Terris comment went over my head, I'm...The Pacem in Terris comment went over my head, I'm not proud. Does it mean feet on the ground in Latin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-1165423329189884212006-12-06T16:42:00.000+00:002006-12-06T16:42:00.000+00:00Reminded me of Private Eye's "Dumb Britain" column...Reminded me of Private Eye's "Dumb Britain" column where they print examples of spectacular ignorance on the part of contestants in TV & Radio quiz shows (but you already knew that!). A year or so ago people complained that the answers weren't so blindingly obvious, and for a few weeks PE started printing the correct answers to each question which somewhat undermined the biting satire. Hang on...that could have been a double bluff of irony which had gone straight over my head....bastards!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com