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From: James Jolley on 9 Jun 2010 13:05 On 2010-06-09 17:20:26 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > On 2010-06-09 17:14:50 +0100, James Jolley said: > >> On 2010-06-09 16:53:19 +0100, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> said: >> >>> No, no, not you lot, honest! >>> >>> A new strip in Private Eye. It remains to be seen whether it is a >>> one-off. >> >> Never had access to that mag, what's it actually like? Deep? Meaningful? what? > > I think "libellous" would be an accurate description :-) > > Are iBores the dull Apple haters who seem to be more interested in > Apple et al than iPhone/Mac owners themselves? Sounds like an accurate assessment to me.
From: James Jolley on 9 Jun 2010 13:05 On 2010-06-09 17:23:38 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> said: > On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 17:14:50 +0100, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> > wrote: > >> On 2010-06-09 16:53:19 +0100, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> said: >> >>> No, no, not you lot, honest! >>> >>> A new strip in Private Eye. It remains to be seen whether it is a >>> one-off. >> >> Never had access to that mag, what's it actually like? Deep? Meaningful? what? > > Educational, and depressing. It's purpose is to spot the powers that > be or the great and the good, going about their squalid nasty corrupt > business, and throwing a bright light on it. > > If you've watched Ian Hislop on Have I Got News For You, it's all like > that, but not as funny. He's the editor. > > Cheers - Jaimie Right, can just imagine actually. You either love it or think it's utter shite, simples really.
From: Peter Ceresole on 9 Jun 2010 13:46 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > Sounds like it might be alright then. I've never actually seen any > accessible versions, probably because there are many pictures in > perhaps? There are pictures, yes, but Private Eye is mostly text, especially the tough bits. -- Peter
From: James Jolley on 9 Jun 2010 14:04 On 2010-06-09 18:46:45 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) said: > James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > >> Sounds like it might be alright then. I've never actually seen any >> accessible versions, probably because there are many pictures in >> perhaps? > > There are pictures, yes, but Private Eye is mostly text, especially the > tough bits. Anyone got any links to an example article?
From: Chris Ridd on 9 Jun 2010 14:36
On 2010-06-09 19:04:20 +0100, James Jolley said: > On 2010-06-09 18:46:45 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) said: > >> James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like it might be alright then. I've never actually seen any >>> accessible versions, probably because there are many pictures in >>> perhaps? >> >> There are pictures, yes, but Private Eye is mostly text, especially the >> tough bits. > > Anyone got any links to an example article? An investigative article: <http://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=in_the_back&> A silly one: <http://www.private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=headmasters_message&> -- Chris |