What did you think of The One Show? Guest: David Mitchell
It's another hour-long Friday special! Adrian and Christine were joined by David Mitchell.
Pope look-a-like, Ron Bannon-Wells was in the studio, too.
In Leicester, Anita Rani searched for the truth about street beggars. Does 'professional begging' really exist?
Adrian and Christine took to the skies in The Tellycopter! They visited Alderminster, Warwickshire, after viewer Eleanor Stretton, aged ten, requested their presence.
Mike Dilger told us all about albino animals, acompanied by a ferret, hedgehog and snake.
Stephen K Amos told us that he still holds a flame for Fame...
There are medieval burial pits under the streets of London. Angelica Bell went digging around.
Phil Tufnell looked at the endearing charm of ceramic flying ducks, one of the kitschiest symbols of the mid twentieth century.
Jay Rayner discovered what chicken breasts can be made of.
Karen Hardy examined why guys are attracted to dancing girls.
And Arlene Phillips, our Strictly Come Dancing expert, was in the studio - giving us the goss.
Have a great weekend, we'll see you on Monday.
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I enjoy the One Show. BUT tomight's Pope thing disgusts me - it makes a mockery of the Christan faith and in my opinion is blaspehmous. It's cheao television and tawdry. I am not a Cahtolic, but tghis choice for inclusion on BBC1 disgusts me.
Kay
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I am a catholic and I wonder if the muslim equivalent of the pope was coming here the BBC would be taking the mickey like this? i doubt it.
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Hi Guys,
Christine, you look lovely as ever.
Adrian you are .... hansome as ever.
The Chap that was young and homeless, how can we help him?
Best Regards
Lesley
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Hi I'm Judy, and my question is "Why do we have beggars, you never see an asylum seeker or a foreigner of any race begging, because they are taken care of when they come into this country, but what about our own people?, surely they should come first! Foreigners get the best housing they get a mobile, and a car! and of course plenty of benefits as they have somewhere to live and free medical!. The news states that the asylum seekers in France are trying to get here to England and they will, because gradually the french authorities will get fed up and let them slip in, STOP THE BENEFITS AND THE FREE MEDICAL FOR THEM ALL, THEY WON'T WANT TO COME HERE THEN, LETS LOOK AFTER OUR OWN PEOPLE FIRST!!!! I BELIEVE IN FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY, BUT IT IS NOT HERE FOR ENGLISH PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SOME BAD LUCK OR TRAUMA IN THERE LIFE! FEEL FREE TO CALL ME , AS I HAVE VERY STRONG VIEWS WHERE OUR PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.
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As a Christian, though not a Roman Catholic, I object strongly to the denegration of His Holiness the Pope by the editorial team of The One Show on Monday 25th September show. Such blatant mockery of one of the world's most eminent spiritual leaders is offensive. May I suggest that the show reflects upon the impact of applying the same tasteless treatment to the Dalia Lama or the Ayatollah? Please pull this item and regain the respect of Christians.
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Don’t give me there are no professional beggars around go into Manchester City centre. There are a couple of families that are known to turn up in cars and go to their own pitches sit and harass the public all day then go home in the evenings. Next time go around the country and not just one town then you will get a fair representation. Unfortunately this show can be at times quite biased putting a point the way you want and not how it is.
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Amusing to read the above comments against 'making a mockery' of something as poisonous, ridiculous and anachronistic as religion. There can be nothing more deserving of mockery than religion.
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show is OK tonight but why o why the obession with having animals in a hot over lit studio-its not Blue Peter-if I am ever invited to be a guest remind me not to shake Chriss hand!
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You were wrong about the Pope being only the second to visit England. What about the previous Pope, John Paul 2nd, who came here is 1982? I happen to have signed, limited edition, prints of his visits, by Leonard Bodin.
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Metal detectors are the BAIN of the life of an archaeologist. Its a fantastic thing that this hoard of gold has been found, but there must be lots of contextual archaeology underneath that gives clues to why the hoard was there.
Its really annoying when metal detectors come in and ruin a site and steal stuff for their own pocket.
Liz Duncalf, a trainee archaeologist.
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The item on the Spitalfields burial pits was fascinating. Do you know of any web sites to find out more. I wanted to know where this supposed volcanic eruption was. I can't find anything that significant during the 12th century on any of the sites. Please you've whet my appetite more into please.
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If I was employed to cut the hedge in the Vatican garden, would I be the Tope of the Popes?
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we are getting plenty of london AGAIN tonight.
still we now know they are wasting our money on a helicopter when they should be (anyway) travelling around the nation .
just having "another" london topic is easy and cheap telly and allows the use of local bbc employees.
londoncentric bbc.
interesting the topic about begging,,,surprised the DAILY MAIL READING hang em and flog em rightwingers havent been blogging in their dozens telling us that beggers make £1000 a week and buy designer clothes with the money.
oh ,,,i do buy the daily mail myself.
as i blog the 3rd topic on the trot is based in london.
cant wait until 3 topics on the trot are based in a midland/northern/scottish town or city or even northern ireland????
will not happen.
if i have a northern chip on my shoulder it is because of the total lack of north/south balance in our nation...
as i blog topic 4 on the trot based in london...
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the in studio lookalike pope looks nothing like the real thing.
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RonDaw,,,blog 9....think they said " the second since...."
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quaywall - post 13
And if you were to cut the hedge - would you be paid via paypal - papal...
Well you started it!
I'll get my coat.
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Re 7 Skyviewer
You're absolutely right.
If religious people, regardless of which particular persuasion, learned to laugh at themselves, at least it would show some security re their choices.
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re: poking fun at religion....always the comment that muslims wouldnt have fun poked at them is raised,,,that is their loss.
we should be able to laugh at ourselves.
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I felt deeply moved by the homeless chap and can't stop thinking about him. It's too easy to end up like this in this country if you are young, male and single. My heart went out to him and would like to help him.
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Never mind the Beggars what about the so called charity workers (whom get paid for every person signed up) who harass every body on the high street not once but every time you pass them. They should be banned and then we should sort out the Beggars!
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Could the production team really not come up with anything better than the Pope 'lookalike' for tomnight's show? Would you treat the visit of another figure who is a leader to many millions in the world in such a disrespectful way? Yes I am a Catholc but it was my partner who actually said they found the whole thing in bad taste and they are neither Catholic nor particularly religious. Or had the producers of Mock the Week taken over for the night?
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post 7,other than those who feel the need to denigrate others beliefs, religious or otherwise, for they lay themselves open to mockery and derision.
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n8steve.blog 22 and jadedoldie23,,,....re: the poperlike.
it wasnt funny,he didnt look like him but it didnt do any harm.
i am more bothered about the waste of money tellycopter...
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hokeycokeyalex, I am not in the least bothered one way or another about the pope, or the lack of taste, I dislike people who mock the beliefs of others. As for the tellycopter, the presenters must be indulged, and we can well afford it, lol.
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merikiito,,,blog 21.
i have a real problem with big charities.
i look on them as big business.
i am an entertainer,,last year i did a charity tour for one of my local hospices and we raised a lot of money on a tour of venues.
the hospice does a great job and pays its fund raising team a large amount to raise money.
the head fundraiser gets a large salary and a funded car.
when i raise money i know a large portion goes to pay the wages of the fundraising team.
i now tend to do my "charity work" for small projects not big business.
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post 26 hokeycokeyalex, we are singing from the same sheet here, with you 150%
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God, that hurt,lol.
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jadedoldie ...we can well afford it,,,?????
i will leave that one in the air.
i have no problem with fun knocking of beliefs,,take it all with a pinch of salt.
it is when it becomes nasty that i am bothered.
we shaould all take a bit of leg pulling even if it questions what we believe in.
you are right (back to the copter) it is an indulgence.
but i do not think i can afford it.
i would slim down the bbc,,,down to beeb 1,2,radios 1 to 5.... I would stop 90% of the expansion of other media's such as the stupid bbc 3 and 4 plus the numerous minority radio stations.
i cannot afford to indulge anyone other than me.
the beeb is a huge LONDON white elephant and it is time it was trimmed and trimmed quickly.
i hope the tory government that will surely be elected does what it says it will and prunes hard.
and i write as a labour supporter.
they have lost the plot....
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jadedoldie ...i really am not so bad,,,we agree on a lot and quite some time ago you seemed to like me a little...i like you and your blogs....that didnt hurt a bit.
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one of the ways i ensured that the money we raised for the local hospice getting where i wanted it was by insisting that on the last fund raising venture that all the money was used to buy the things they needed,,,not into the big pot.
we raised enough money to buy lcd screen tely's for all the patients rooms.
any body fundraising for a big org i suggest doing the same,,,ask what they need then raise and buy the items required.
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goodnhight all.....i hope you are all(and especially jadedoldie ) are well and happy.
anyone in the featherstone area of west yorkshire my(our) next fundraising night for pontefract hospice is on october the 17th at featherstone bowling club.
all are welcome for a night of 50's,60,s70's etc music
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Who the Devil is David Mitchell?
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i am usually fairly hardened to beggars in the street, but the man tonight somehow moved me to tears,is there anything that can be done to help him?
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Re 33: LOL! I see you've added David Mitchell to your list of unknowns (along with the Pet Shop Boys, Alan Carr, Paul Nicholas & Sharon Corr).
Re 23: factual, rational & reasoned opposition to such beliefs, scientific study and common sense do not lay themselves open to mockery and derision.
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I totally disagreed with the item on the programme this evening with regards to His Holiness Pope Benedict. He is the leader of millions of Catholics throughout the world. He is also a prominent figure within the world in bringing all faiths together and working towards peace. Why would you want to riduclule someone of such calibor. Apart from being Pope, he is also a very well educated and much loved man. Would you be so flippant with other Religious leaders of the world. I think not!! Give the Pope the respect he deserves. Not to add to the cheap television outpouring for which we are paying our license fee.
While I am very angry about your cheap shot at the Pope, I would also like to object to the cheap commments made by Hardeep Singh with regards to Easter. He asked what is Easter all about and making the comments of it just being for Easter Eggs. Please remind him that this is a Christian country and that Easter is the greatest Christian feast celebrating the miracle of the Ressurection, which is also celebrated with much love within all Christian Churches in the UK and the world. Please give our Christian faith the respect that I give to the faith of Hardeep Singh. I may not understand all that is within his faith, but I do respect it. Cathie
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hokeycokeyalex. I really do appreciate your blogs and why you think I don't like you I can't imagine, lol. I can be a little acerbic on times, but never wish to be cruel. I only get really annoyed when people are unpleasant for no reason. As for well affording it, sometimes the fact that my tongue is well and truly in my cheek does not come across through the keyboard, but we do in fact seem to have quite a bit in common, apart from our politics! I applaud your fundraising, and I am glad you can circumvent the siphoning off of funds, more power to you! I also appreciate your taste in music, as during the fifties and sixties I too was involved with the industry. Sleep well.
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Post 35 , I noticed none of the attributes you mention in your post 7, it was rather a dogmatic rubbishing of people's cherished beliefs!
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Re 38: yes, they are not in post 7. Post 35 simply states the opposition to such beliefs. However, these are discussed in the following One Show blog (posts 50, 51, 62, 65, 84 & 94-9). Views opposed to what I have said rubbish them; this cannot be left unchallenged.
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Blog referred to in above post:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/consumer/2009/09/09/were_hardwired_to_believe_in_g.html#P
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What did I think of The One Show?
Disgusting and religiously intolerant. I'm not a person who gets easily offended, but this was just insulting. It wasn't the slightest bit funny or clever, what's going on BBC? Are we just going for the cheap shots now? Cos it's more than a little embarrassing.
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I am Television Licence payer. I had always believed that the BBC had an obligation to increase people's knowledge and understanding, particularly towards minorities. However, there is always one particular minority which is seen as far game for mockery and humiliation........Roman Catholics. There seems to be an unwritten law in this country that makes it legitimate to target Roman Catholics in a negative way. Rather than make any positive comments about the Pope's visit to this country, it has to be treated with the same ignorant contempt, that has been getting worse over the years, whenever the subject of Catholicism is raised. No wonder the general British Public view Catholics with suspicion, oblivious of the fact thet they too are also members of the British Public. I think your programme was a disgrace, your presenters should be ashamed of themselves and I should have my licence fee refunded. Anyone who thought this was funny has obviously got something wrong with them. I do not want to be subjected to such irreverential, prejudicial propaganda. You would not be allowed to treat clerics or spiritual leaders that represented Jews, Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs this way. If the Dallai LLama visited Britain you would not treat him so disrespectfully. Why should your last bastion of ignorance still be reserved for Catholics. I want my licence fee refunded! Oh, by the way, I am Roman Catholic.
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It is bad taste to ridicule the Pope or Catholics in general; it's like making fun of the village simpleton (self moderated term).
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POPE BENEDICT "LOOK-A-LIKE" Contest
It is valid to discuss The Pope's actions and/or statements-It is not "fair comment" to mock or ridicule him as an individual and leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
As a catholic found it objectionable as I am sure did many other people(Christian or not)
I feel sure that the BBC would NOT make a program ridiculing/mocking Mohammed .
There would be demonstrations,burning of bibles and a fatwa against the BBC presenters.
Christianity however is an easy target-"we turn the other cheek"
I would hope(but not expect)that the BBC would offer a simple apology,acknowledge that it has caused offence and cancel this stupid competition.
The One Show has given much pleasure and amusement in the past.This is offensive and not funny.You maynot agree with anothers belief but treat them with respect as you would wish to be treated.
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I havw made my anti-religion comments clear both on tonight's blog and in many other previous discussions here.
But the continuing comments above are just unbelievable - I can't believe how easily-offended some people are, even if they are religious types. A pope lookalike - wow... very offensive... not! I dread to think how any of these people would react if they ever watched any satirical comedy shows on TV (i.e. those after 9pm, not lame ones before this time). Then they would be the ones out demonstrating and burning TV licences etc. And re 41: I didn't find the item particularly funny or clever either, but having stronger feelings than that? Please... it was a throwaway item, that's all.
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Belated entry re post 20: gaz911 - love the post LOL (thought for a while last night that the whole night's posts were going to be withdrawn as there were so many in the hands of the moderators for so long - I see they've now all been restored!)
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Sorry - meant of course post 10 in above comment.
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I really enjoy the show and encourage my grand children to watch it because it is often very educational.
We live north of Portsmouth in Hampshire, and have had albino squirrels in our garden for the past 20 years - not every year, but most years they are here.
When my children were small they wrote to Terry Nutkin? (can't remembr his name) when he was on the childrens' animal programme and he wrtote back saying that there was a large colony in the south of England. This year's white squirrel was in the back garden again a few days ago and we now have a camera at the ready, should he appear again!
thank you for excellent family entertainment
Regards Pat
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RE Comment 45: Of course you don't have any strong feelings of offence, you're 'anti-religion', why would you? It's a waste of time to even argue the toss with you because you're obviously unwilling to accept the fact that some people do have religious beliefs (that is allowed BTW), when you don't. You will never understand why those with faith would be offended by this because you seem to just be on here to promote religious intolerance. How very open-minded you are. I'll say a prayer for you.
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Post49, hear hear,I agree with you,and how sensible to not be bothered to argue! Agnostics don't bother me, but atheists are so dogmatic!
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I see the Catholics were not very pleased about the "One Show" humour
looking for a pope look alike. I don't think the people that have died unnecessarily of aids due the catholic outrageous stance on condoms are amused either.
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Post 51, not all who were offended are Roman Catholics, or [re Post 43], patronising!
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Re 49/50: the word intolerance - most amusing. This is a good description of religion in just one word. Just look at the comments about Friday's show - how intolerant can one be... about a slight, throwaway remark. As one blogger pointed out, just look at the intolerance one religion has for another. Not to mentio what has been committed in its name - post 51 gives one such example. Opposing views to religion have thought rationally about it, coming to a sensible conclusion based on the evidence. Believers cannot accept opposing evidence and perpetuate the same old nonsense over and over again because they refuse to accept what has been shown to be fact. As one One Show blogger (Ketherine Birkett) pointed out here not so long ago, there's more evidence for the Flying Spaghetti Monster than for a god. With the pro-religious lobby, there is never anything with which to back up their arguments. An open mind would allow such people to apprectiate the chemically, biologically, physically & mathematically wonderful universe in which we live.
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Jadedoldie
I also find child abuse outrageous.
Post 53 don't forget Bertrand Russel's "Celestial Teapot"
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Re 55: Yes, and,possibly my favourite, the Invisible Pink Unicorn... for all those interested in seeking devices to present non-mathematical reductio ad absurdum arguments...
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What is the significance of post 54 re the debate over the item on the pope? {or did I miss something]
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As I have already said I have no wish to discuss this with people who have closed minds, nor with those who read and regurgitate the ideas of others as an example to me!
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Jadedoldie
Religion for me is so outside anything I would label as reason I like so many other non-religious people find it if not impossible, extremely difficult to take such matters seriously.
In any normal exchange of ideas it's commonplace to ridicule an idea if that's your view and this is a generally accepted part of a logical debate, (sometimes not so logical); when religion becomes part of the exchange as a non-religious person I do not get particularly upset when challenged.
I find it difficult to understand how a perfectly legitimate argument with someone holding a faith of one kind or another can get so upset when challenged.
My references to as I see it a very bad regressive side of a particular faith; I have not invented the condom aids or child abuse issues they are real and I do not see why they should upset you or any other fair minded persons.
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I can assure you that amongst civilised debaters no one would employ your ridicule theory as acceptable [eg village idiot reference]. I did not suggest you "INVENTED" the issues of condom aids or child abuse, I merely fail to see their relevance in the discussion of a papal look alike contest. I have no problem with your beliefs or lack of such,I reiterate for the final time it is your attitude which is offensive to many.I ahve to say your post 58 is difficult to follow, perhaps you got a little too agitated?
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Well after reading all these posts I'm confused. Reminds me of the one about the agnostic dyslexic insominiac - lies awake every night thinking to himself - "Is there a Dog?"
Would be interested to hear the opinion of those who took offence what they thought of the comedian Dave Allen.
Have to admit I thought the look-a-like thing was a bit pointless/silly.
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Post 60, appichappi, I must confess to laughing heartily at Dave Allen even while uncomfortable with the fact that others may have been unhappy with his irreverance. That was some time ago now, and we have, so rumour would have it, moved on, we no longer have racist comedians[?] and mother in law jokes. Whether this is progress or not is debatable. What is unpleasant is that when people are upset and hurt by what they see as a slight against deep held beliefs, the pseudo intellectuals take the opportunity to belittle their faith and emotions.Don't mean to rant at you dear, but I do detest the smart-ass coterie!I agree it was childish and embarrassing, but as you have read a lot of people were deeply offended, and I do regret that!
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Always, Excellent...
~Dennis Junior~
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Jadedoldie
You seem to me to be determined to be offended that is your choice, good luck to you and I wish you well.
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Post 63, I thank you for your good wishes, but I regret you have not understood one word of my blogs. I was not offended, other than by the attitude of some bloggers to the feeling and beliefs of others. Goodnight, and may you find some insight into the lives of others.
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Has Adrian come to work in his pyjamas today?
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re: Televised court cases.
I think these are a good idea.
Viewers can use their interactive buttons to vote on cases, e.g.:
Press red for "Hang him"
Press green for "Let him off"
etc.
:)
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