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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2008, 01:14:59 PM »
Having read the full transcript I still consider the whole episode overblown and hyped up by the media. Personally if I was in Andrew Sachs' position I would have just deleted the answerphone messages and ignored the little twerps.

The granddaughter is old enough to fight her own battles.

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2008, 01:15:38 PM »
So why drag him in?
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2008, 01:17:09 PM »
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Miss Baillie lists her marital status as 'swinger' on MySpace and includes 'pretty men with tattoos' among her interests.

Thank goodness for that. I was worried the poor girl would turn out to be a real slapper.
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2008, 01:19:36 PM »
So why drag him in?

They were ringing him up because he was scheduled to be on the show but didn't turn up. Obviously Brand and Ross had been talking about him and family and Brand told Ross he had slept with the granddaughter. Ross blurted this out when they were leaving a message on the answerphone.

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2008, 01:22:41 PM »
Still out of order
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2008, 01:28:47 PM »
True  ~  but not worth all the 'self-righteous cant that's been bandied about'

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2008, 01:30:56 PM »
The self righteous stuff is somewhat ridiculous. But then I am less interested in what was said and who said it and more interested in the editorial board that allowed it to pass.

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #23 on: October 28, 2008, 01:35:57 PM »
Wait for a junior little head to roll
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #24 on: October 28, 2008, 01:52:21 PM »
Wait for a junior little head to roll

Yes, they do all have quite small crania don't they?

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #25 on: October 28, 2008, 03:20:22 PM »
The self righteous stuff is somewhat ridiculous. But then I am less interested in what was said and who said it and more interested in the editorial board that allowed it to pass.

Ross should get a slappiing for his excuse though. He said that they 'forget that they are broadcasting'. Now I'm sorry but if you are being paid £18million to do a job then you concentrate on what you are doing.
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #26 on: October 28, 2008, 03:24:55 PM »
Which is stupid yes. However, it was a recorded show! Surely when they listened back to it they realised!?!?!

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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #27 on: October 28, 2008, 03:25:12 PM »
And Brand should realise that his time is up.He is just not funny.
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #28 on: October 28, 2008, 03:36:42 PM »
Which is stupid yes. However, it was a recorded show! Surely when they listened back to it they realised!?!?!

Thats assuming there was a procedure in place to listen to the shows prior to broadcast.
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Re: So this is what we pay the licence fee for?
« Reply #29 on: October 28, 2008, 03:41:31 PM »
There was!
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