tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1913747505533010189..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: When Your Mind Goes BlankIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5203634966125137132010-08-21T17:26:16.487+01:002010-08-21T17:26:16.487+01:00@ Hamish.
I'm so very glad you have been able...@ Hamish.<br /><br />I'm so very glad you have been able to tell me where to place my apostrophes. It must've taken you ages to decide how best to approach the problem. Congratulations on your resounding success.<br /><br />Have you much else to do with your time?<br /><br />And one has to recognise that Shaw was a puffed-up, obsessive, pretentious, Irish prig - but I'm sure you knew that already. He was no Grammarian - as his 'writings' clearly demonstrate.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18036580592719321942010-08-21T00:54:25.522+01:002010-08-21T00:54:25.522+01:00unsworth:
"rather than to make even more of ...unsworth:<br /><br />"rather than to make even more of a prat of ones' self".<br /><br />as bernard shaw pointed out, apostrophes are redundant since they have no correlate in spoken language (like capital letters).<br /><br />you may have meant:<br />make a prat of oneself<br />make a prat of ones self<br />make a prat of ones elf. <br /><br />but if you have to use apostrophes, please put them in the right place.Hamishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401451754373118599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3603632923070555172010-08-20T19:26:04.188+01:002010-08-20T19:26:04.188+01:00Next time your mind goes blank, why don't you ...Next time your mind goes blank, why don't you ask the person sitting opposite you about their sexuality. You seem to do that whenever you interview someone who is gay.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839800736373195356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-74777212569506302412010-08-20T17:06:20.082+01:002010-08-20T17:06:20.082+01:00Iain- have to admit I loved listening to your show...Iain- have to admit I loved listening to your show and I have given LBC a go over the last month. I do love Jimmy the Whale and Nick Ferrari.<br /><br />I was listening daytime to Gaunty on Suntalk, I thought the station would be a big hit, but alas it never took off.<br /><br />LBC i must say really does feel like you are talking direct to the listener and it means a lot to listeners to have that bond.<br /><br />Well done and I will miss you after finding your show when I was caught on the M25 en-route to GATWICK A NIGHTMARE JOURNEY made bearable by your dulcet tones.The Purplelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824474829595685623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6144555002273616092010-08-20T16:29:31.257+01:002010-08-20T16:29:31.257+01:00A few years ago the Chairman of my council asked m...A few years ago the Chairman of my council asked my to say a prayer at his annual formal dinner. The prayer went fine right up to the point where I asked those present to remember "our Chairman, Councillor ..." and then I just couldn't remember his name.<br /><br />There was a deathly hush as I strained my feeble brain until a someone nearby "whispered" it to me. As I fervently added "Amen" and opened my eyes I was very relieved to see the Chairman was smiling.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234085314662011091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40150128747738178972010-08-20T15:43:45.139+01:002010-08-20T15:43:45.139+01:00Excellent listening when time permitted BUT I was ...Excellent listening when time permitted BUT I was amazed at how impartial you sounded at times. Impartiality is a BBC fixation even though the bulk of their presenters are without doubt left wing.<br /><br />A clearly partizan style of radio (and TV) presentation would provide interesting listneing and is definitely missed.Osama the Nazarenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627668308711758602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21671477681760206002010-08-20T15:17:01.304+01:002010-08-20T15:17:01.304+01:00Please get your new Executive Assistant to get you...Please get your new Executive Assistant to get you to you stand in for that chap who is married to Jackie Ashley. Sunday mornings starting at 9 am needs a bit of livening up.<br /><br />Or does one have to be a card carrying BBC apparatchik to host a BBC TV show these days?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107845101737790640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16546531295698262022010-08-20T14:18:21.095+01:002010-08-20T14:18:21.095+01:00Fortunately what passes for my 'mind' is b...Fortunately what passes for my 'mind' is blank for most of the time. Let's face it reality is grim enough - having some sort of connection with it is even worse....<br /><br />But in my experience it's always better simply to admit and ask for indulgence, rather than to make even more of a prat of ones' self.Unsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.com