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Listed below are comments made by bigmeuprudeboy between Thursday, 13th November 2008 and Thursday, 9th July 2009.

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The English and their Roots 2:35pm on 09 Jul 2009 Sad innit Mike?
My dad was responsible for introducing me to English roots music-something I'll ever be greatful for...
With more and more people becoming conscious of their Englishness I think its only a matter of time before people discover our rich traditonal musical heritage..Can there be a more postive way of expressing pride in your ethnicity than by enjoying our songs and stories as well as appreciating all the diverse music and traditions we also have in this country?

People like Seth Lakeman, Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy and Jackie Oates show that its all live and kicking and long may it continue
Experiencing boutique football at QPR 09:13am on 22 Dec 2008 'Boutique football'

Is modern football speak for 'deliberately pricing out your most loyal customers'

Its all very well having top class dining and comfy seats but when you have completely priced out your traditional support who is going to create the atmosphere that football as entertainment thrives on and is reliant on?

Look at QPRs neighbours Chelsea who have to pipe crowd noise in and arrange flag displays to create some sort of atmosphere.

And then theres the credit crunch....I hope this tacky commercialism blows up in the faces of the marketing clowns who came up with it.
....but then they can fall back on the yuppies Nuremburg defence:

'Its just like any other business'
'Addicted' to Warcraft? 4:11pm on 13 Nov 2008 Of all the things to get obsessed abouto n the internet (use your imagination)
mucking about pretending to be an elf isnt one that automatically comes into my mind

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