tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post6989360437566344267..comments2024-02-06T12:09:18.943+00:00Comments on The Witty Ways of a Wayward Woman: The Scottish Play, political correctness and the death of comedyJane Turleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-35884677682886510542008-12-14T15:11:00.000+00:002008-12-14T15:11:00.000+00:00Ooooo Gary, you are living dangerously! Mrs T has ...Ooooo Gary, you are living dangerously! Mrs T has a forked tongue so watch out!!! <BR/><BR/>Welcome back Georgie, I must pay you a visit and see what's up on your side of the pond. It's even more PC in the States? Lord, I don't know I would cope with it - it drives me nuts. I think the PC thing really took hold with the current labour government who came to power in 1997 which was just after my first child went to school; it was when I had the direct involvement with an institution controlled by government that I realised the full effect... and having observed the changes in education over the last 13 years or so things have a lot worse. I could rant on this for a long time because it has grossly affected the quality of education as well as just plain common sense; I recently had to remove one of my sons from school because his adrenaline gun for his allergy expired on that particular day and the school said they would not adminster it, not even when I very eloquently pointed out all the reasons why it was perfectly safe to use. Boxes are there to be ticked and common sense and reasoning have flown out the window. Everything is black or white, there are no grey areas. I find it all quite depressing; I'm constantly fighting for my children's education; it isn't enough to send them to school and think they will learn to read and write. Sometimes I wonder where we will be in 20 years.<BR/><BR/>Mrs B,<BR/><BR/>If that tape ever gets in the public domain I will be more famous than Russell Brand!Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-52825394100262678392008-12-10T21:23:00.000+00:002008-12-10T21:23:00.000+00:00If they're using the tape in their training sessio...If they're using the tape in their training sessions, surely they should be paying you? Hey Mrs T! This could be our Get Rich Quick scheme. Whaddyathink? Has it, as they say in the corporate world, 'got legs'?fordfocusmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038038065550719517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-50375867910157939432008-12-10T01:50:00.000+00:002008-12-10T01:50:00.000+00:00And it took you how long to get fed up with politi...And it took you how long to get fed up with political correctness run amuck?<BR/><BR/>My dear lady, the P.C. Mafia has been rearing its ugly head even longer in the States.<BR/><BR/>Which is something that you simply get used to here.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, nice rant and nice segue. I'm impressed.<BR/><BR/>Of course, being from the States, I'm impressed by anything British.<BR/><BR/>Almost anything.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-38738969517787322702008-12-09T08:50:00.000+00:002008-12-09T08:50:00.000+00:00A double rant, I like it. Looks like you're in a c...A double rant, I like it. Looks like you're in a cage on this one Mrs T, just don't invite too many prods with a stick! And careful of any INSPECTION chambers when you're out and about we wouldn't want any accidents from 'your lot' to report. Ouch! Was that another prod?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-48614508980816735902008-12-09T03:36:00.000+00:002008-12-09T03:36:00.000+00:00Ah well Mrs B, Mrs T was so enraged she even went ...Ah well Mrs B, Mrs T was so enraged she even went so far as to say;<BR/><BR/>"..and I hope you use this recording in your training sessions so your employees know how incompetent you are..blah, blah, blah....."<BR/><BR/>Well...that's the edited version anyway.<BR/><BR/>So that's my 15 mins of fame - at MAD'S training HQ! (And it was at least 15 mins - but they deserved it for wasting in total nearly 2 entire days of my life on the phone to them and BT.)<BR/><BR/>Um..that was another rant wasn't it? I promise to be on best behaviour tomorrow. Honest..but by God if there's a fly in my soup.....Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-60167185854976932942008-12-08T22:28:00.000+00:002008-12-08T22:28:00.000+00:00Ooh, horrible thought. Do you think there's a cor...Ooh, horrible thought. Do you think there's a corner of YouTube where Real Customer from Hell at Shop Checkout videos get leaked? Maybe I'm having my 15 minutes of fame (it was at Tesco) and I don't even know it!fordfocusmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038038065550719517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-35695097550195159392008-12-08T21:53:00.000+00:002008-12-08T21:53:00.000+00:00Now Gary, what is this dubious statement about "wo...Now Gary, what is this dubious statement about "women getting their way..." Are you blaming women for all this PC rubbish or something else?! You wanna fight with Mrs T eh? It could be messy! (And I'd bet on myself to win - Not telling the odds though.)<BR/><BR/>Mrs T does not read the gutter press...I'm assuming you saw that slanderous statement whilst you were eating your fish and chips. I thought Andrew Sach's GD was just part of a raunchy dance group? Hmmm... do you think the other story might have evolved from people trying to salvage RB's career by making out that his personal revelations aren't of consequence because GD might be a whore? Hmm.. food for thought.I say<BR/>let her make her money from this nasty episode; she could have sold her story to the press ages ago if she wanted... but she probably decided against it... cos who in their right mind would want to admit to sleeping with RB? He makes Bob Geldof look like Fred Astaire.(Yep, and I bet his mascara runs! Oh how manly...YUCK!)<BR/><BR/>Um... was that another rant?! Damn these hormones Gary, I need more chocolate!<BR/><BR/>Blimey! I thought Ronnie Corbett was just putting on an act. You mean he really IS that small?!<BR/><BR/>Sy, if you think that's a rant you should have heard what I said to MAD last week. I have no doubt it'll be used in customer training sessions entitled<BR/><BR/>Customer From Hell<BR/><BR/>Intro;<BR/><BR/>"This is the customer who has lost it - whatever you say you will not win; she will always have the last word. So blow your brains out now or she will do it for you."<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying I was eloquent; I was extremely eloquent in a Mrs T adjective full kind of way.<BR/><BR/>(Descriptive, not rude you understand.)Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-70703149134530084012008-12-08T20:18:00.000+00:002008-12-08T20:18:00.000+00:00I wouldn't call it a ranty Mrs T..1276 words is ba...I wouldn't call it a ranty Mrs T..1276 words is barely a rant! *cough*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-86164618086877197812008-12-08T15:21:00.000+00:002008-12-08T15:21:00.000+00:00I was in a bar up in Edinburgh this year and was t...I was in a bar up in Edinburgh this year and was told that Ronnie Corbitt (born and bred in Edinburgh can you believe) kicked off when someone took the piss about his height. Talk about people in glass houses! <BR/>In construction, manholes are no more, they are now inspection chambers, I'm just pleased we didn't let women get their way totally...<BR/><BR/>Russel Brand - thought he was funny in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. And I am right in saying that the said bloke's grandaughter is on the game, isn't she? And childish as it were, is business not booming for her now. All reliable info you understand from the gutter press! Great rant Mrs T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-81643533364598791722008-12-08T14:20:00.000+00:002008-12-08T14:20:00.000+00:00You can't beat a bit of SlackBladder can you?!Thos...You can't beat a bit of SlackBladder can you?!<BR/><BR/>Those silly stupid squirrels should be shot!<BR/><BR/>Bang, bang!!<BR/><BR/>(I went off on a bit of a rant on that post didn't I? Must remember to take the medicine.)Jane Turleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441332018679664175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4735085699153339257.post-1503179264690159822008-12-07T23:18:00.000+00:002008-12-07T23:18:00.000+00:00That was one of my favourite SlackBladder clips. ...That was one of my favourite SlackBladder clips. <BR/><BR/>I hate squirrels. I hate them with their long tails and their stupid twitchy noses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com