tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post5020790400211001995..comments2024-01-26T20:41:02.065+13:00Comments on Quote Unquote: Felicity FerretStephen Stratfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-69170278325445544542010-05-13T13:01:31.376+12:002010-05-13T13:01:31.376+12:00Stephen, I'll try to break it to you gently - ...Stephen, I'll try to break it to you gently - I'm fairly sure that isn't actually CK herself in that photo. Sorry.Good Charlottenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-77694496240816637182010-05-09T13:48:41.987+12:002010-05-09T13:48:41.987+12:00"which prates about people who do not matter,..."which prates about people who do not matter, other than to each other."<br /><br />True, but to be fair that's what people complained about in the old Ferret. All I want is for it to be funny, whomever it is about.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-20234488109933545252010-05-07T23:03:32.911+12:002010-05-07T23:03:32.911+12:00"... almost anyone in the political beltway j..."... almost anyone in the political beltway just knows exactly who I described." Yet nobody cares. The pretence that we have a beltway, the copying of the word from the Americans, the name-calling and the self-importance of the name-callers are all really rather sad.<br /><br />The same is true of the current FF column, which prates about people who do not matter, other than to each other. They should not have brought her back from the dead.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08024440694895271805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-56060024878658427242010-05-06T20:15:31.387+12:002010-05-06T20:15:31.387+12:00Blowhole said:
"Nicknames have to match the...Blowhole said:<br /><br /><br />"Nicknames have to match the person, a trait or their personality. The best are truly evil and stick."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-13778506990587277972010-05-06T18:08:52.164+12:002010-05-06T18:08:52.164+12:00I haven't read Metro for years. Looked at this...I haven't read Metro for years. Looked at this in Whitcoulls at lunchtime, God its awful. Laboured, unfunny, oldfashioned - and all those tedious 'jokes' about people's names. John 'Don' Key - what's funny about that?<br /><br />You're right - whoever is doing this must be at least in their 50s and think they're sooo cool.A friend of Dorothynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-66587631636932079702010-05-06T15:31:22.228+12:002010-05-06T15:31:22.228+12:00Helena, I cannot imagine that Gordon McLauchlan wo...Helena, I cannot imagine that Gordon McLauchlan would ever write under a pseudonym. <br /><br />Mind you, he used to have a column in Metro reviewing beer so perhaps this is his return.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-34723609516940334082010-05-06T14:35:30.693+12:002010-05-06T14:35:30.693+12:00'I say it isn’t Paul Little writing this, it’s...'I say it isn’t Paul Little writing this, it’s Garth George, moonlighting from the Herald.'<br /><br />It could be Gordon McLauchlan. He is elderly too and no longer has a Herald column.Helena Handcartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-48371116941368530782010-05-05T23:26:09.001+12:002010-05-05T23:26:09.001+12:00"and almost anyone in the political beltway j..."and almost anyone in the political beltway just knows exactly who I described."<br /><br />I so don't, Whaleoil, being a long way outside the beltway. But I do have a friend at ACT Party central - I'll ask him.Stephen Stratfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426799380228308536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-75623644779000339142010-05-05T22:37:59.621+12:002010-05-05T22:37:59.621+12:00Their attempt at nicknames are pathetic and are us...Their attempt at nicknames are pathetic and are usually just rhymes or a play on words.<br /><br />Nicknames have to match the person, a trait or their personality. The best are truly evil and stick.<br /><br />Tigerpig, Mangrove, Plughead, Wes Craven's Dental Assistant...see, and almost anyone in the political beltway just knows exactly who I described.Whaleoilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00678132752321342863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2131514811483888026.post-76936285705107732002010-05-05T21:51:56.763+12:002010-05-05T21:51:56.763+12:00And there I was thinking that they liked me so muc...And there I was thinking that they liked me so much that they wanted me home to Noo Zooland Stephen. <br /><br />Jesus, a BBC 1966 drama? A quick goggle (didn't even have the internet then did they?) and we get this.<br /><br />"The play tells the story of a young couple, Cathy (played by Carol White) and Reg (Ray Brooks). Initially their relationship flourishes and they have a child and move into a modern home. When Reg is injured and loses his well-paid job, they are evicted by bailiffs, and they face a life of poverty and unemployment, illegally squatting in empty houses and staying in shelters. Finally, Cathy has her children taken away by social services".<br /><br />So wrong. I mean children, poverty, squatting? And 1966? I was negative 9 years old then.<br /><br />Thank you SS as just when you thought it couldn't get any more tragic you pull another ferret out of the hat.Cactus Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136331420768264938noreply@blogger.com