Err, sorry. But very much in his style, don't you think?
Anyway, every cloud has a silver lining. Anything that upsets Carol Vorderman can't be all bad. I'm just sorry that it wasn't her.
Update: I've just been having a Carol Vorderman rant at work. I seems that some people in the office weren't aware that she's an anti-MMR campaigner, and since she seems to have some utterly spurious scientific credibility for some reason that I utterly fail to fathom, people listen to her, causing a diminution of the herd immunity to Measles, and thereby risking an epidemic, which would cause the deaths of many very young children. Well, they are now.
I've not yet touched on her advertisements for dodgy loan sharks, or that anti cholesterol margarine, which they fail to mention is as bad for some people as it is good for others, instead irresponsibly selling it as generally healthy. Bloody woman.
Bizarre - no hits for "I hate Carol Vorderman". Well, I'll be the first.
Posted to The Big Room by Simon Brunning at June 27, 2005 01:14 PMA bit harsh, although I was trying not to succumb to the former pun myself. What you have to be afraid of now is that Carol will end up presenting it. She seems to have some sort of bizarre following that I just cannot understand.
Posted by: Tom on June 27, 2005 02:43 PMSadly the 'Carol Bloody Vorderman...' link on the archive page you're sending us to is no more.
Posted by: Stephen Newton on June 27, 2005 03:25 PMA little harsh don't you think Simon? She may not be your favourite person but there's no need to wish her deceased.
You need to save the *real* anger for the Home Office and their lovely ID Card scheme [1]. The latest idiot minister spouting a load of old rubbish appears to be called Tony McNulty [2]. Here's hoping he'll lose his seat at the next general election for being a sad new labour apologist.
[1] http://www.no2id.net/
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4577087.stm
Bizarrely enough I heard Carol Vorderman on Irish radio last week, plugging her Sudoku book and talking about how Richard was in hospital and in need of amusement and so on. She came across as perfectly nice and personable. Then I come back to the UK and see a ridiculously salacious advert for Carol Vorderman's Sudoku Live show (in the backwaters of some cable station) and I dislike her again. She is an odd mix. Can't work her out at all.
Posted by: Katherine on June 28, 2005 11:39 AMA bit out of character wishing people dead just for being stupid Simon!
Posted by: Steve on June 28, 2005 02:22 PMAh, I was wondering what your irrational hatred of Carol V (surprise surprise, another Woman) was, and now it's revealed.
Get some counseling mate.
Andy is right - get that anger channeled - hating the government for the biggets affront to our civil liberties, such as are left, there has been in living memeory.
Posted by: Mark Matthews on June 30, 2005 02:24 PMbiggets > biggest, btw... my dodgy typing...
Posted by: Mark Matthews on June 30, 2005 02:25 PMSimon,
If you don't stop bitching about me you won't be getting any again tonight *again*, so leave it.
BTW, what do you want for you dinner tonight.
Love,
Carol V.
Posted by: Carol V. on June 30, 2005 02:34 PMI am an anti-Carol Vorderman person in all my glory! I am so sick of her preening and fake laughs. She is using Countdown as a pathetic fashion show for her ludicrious outfits! She ought to dress according to her age, not as some youngster that she desires to be. What the heck is she doing, introducking who's in Dictionary Corner?? Surely that's Des's job? And as for her sitting there, surely for us, out of sight out of mind and let us enjoy the Countdown that we know and love!
Posted by: Graham on April 28, 2006 05:41 PM