What did you think of The One Show? Guest: Dara O'Briain
Adrian and Christine were joined on The One Show sofa by comedian Dara O'Briain.
Kaye Adams spent the day with the Probation Service in Preston.
Andre Agassi has devastated many fans by revealing his gorgeous blonde ponytail was a hairpiece! Gyles Brandreth went out with a toupee and a baldy skull cap to find out how much British men care for their hair.
In the first of a three part series, John Sergeant looked into the history and psychology of suburbia.
Lucy Siegle teamed up with microbiologist Dr Anthony Hilton and discovered just how hygienic Manchester's public transport really is.
And Dr Sarah Jarvis popped into the studio ahead of Friday's live singing challenge against Dan Snow.
The presenter who raises the most cash will sing 'Dancing Queen' in front of an audience in Chester and millions of One Show viewers across the UK!
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I wish people wouldn't keep saying how awful Kai is for a name. My friend called her son Kai nearly 30 years ago and there are probably other children listening to everyone say how awful it is.
Just think of the children and how upsetting it might be for them hearing it.
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Dear Presenters
I am surprised you think the name of Cy (pronouned Ki) is not known.
A certain very famous artist "Cy Twombly was one of the most famous expressionists artist ever.
Shame on your research team! if in the future you want to include anything relating to arts in your programme my services are free to the bbc. You know where to contact me. Maria Ripley East Sheen London
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Love 'The One Show' but would like it better if Christine Bleakley dispensed with the ungainly guffaws that emanate from her mouth. It spoils any interviews which take place, also very un-ladylike.
Just a thought!
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Why is Mr O'Brien not wearing a poppy?
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Dear Adrian and Christine
Kai I believe is from the Welsh name Cai, which in turn is from the Latin/Roman name Cajus.
Cheers
Llywarch
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Interesting piece tonight by Gyles about bald men. More please!!!!
I love bald guys ... nothing better in my book than a receding hairline. I wish the slapheads would appreciate that they're mighty sexy, and admired by both women AND ***gay men*** :-)
My top 3 slapheads:
1. Simon King
2. Mike Dilger (Simon's in danger of being knocked off his pedestal)
3. The Earl of Wessex (but he should shave off his comb-over!)
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Probation Service
So locking them up does no good. Go and tell that to the parents of the two French students so brutally murdered, in South London, by a psychopath on probation.
Good to see the guests actually getting some time to be themselves. Great improvement.
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hi, as a Probation Services Officer working in a local Court setting I just wanted to say how I enjoyed Kay's piece at the Preston Probation Area. The Service as a whole has had such a bad press in recent months, it was good to have a positive view for a change.
Thanks
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Great show, Dara O'Briain is a legend.I'd just like to say I can't believe its true about Wayne Rooney naming his son after a computer game character.I mean who would be stupid enough to do that!
Sonic.T.Hedgehog
Leeds
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#3 Eve
Since when was laughter unladylike? What a bitchy blog.
Christine, keep on chuckling.
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I really enjoyed watching Dara in the past, but was put off him today, one reason only, he wasnt wearing a poppy.... The BBC have a lot of my respect because they support the poppy appeal, but now Dara has lost a fan
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Re: Germs. It's interesting that the term public transport is used and suggests connotations of public service but these services are run by private companies. The BBC so often beats up on any form of capitalism but essentially hides a good news story for private business who are clearly very good at cleaning their vehicles. Maybe they have something to teach the NHS. It's clear these private companies can clean but private companies working under the burden of the NHS monolith aren't able to provide a good service.
However the whole piece doesn't negate the essential truth of the 'great unwashed' on public transport as people are the germ carriers and simply by being around more people raises the likelihood of infection. Public transport was also designed for the masses on lower wages and lower wages also correlates to poorer health and hygiene.
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The drugs scene is out of control,countless lives ruined,ended often.Why do they not legalise drugs and tax them?
William.
Great show The One Show.
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#3
I like my TV personalities to be 'animated' - much less boring! I also believe that women have as much right to laugh as men :)
Wakey wakey - it ain't Victorian times anymore!
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14 mariaG
Spot on!
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I get the bus every day, and so do all of my friends. None of us are dying from salmonella... that whole report seemed a bit of a waste of time to me. Just my opinion.
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Good show, and dont ever stop laughing Christine we like it !looking wonderful as ever. Enjoy Kaye Adams on the show and hoping to hear big Dan sing for Children In Need ?And Christine you will be delighted to know Irish accent was picked as the sexiest !followed by Italians and then Scottish !
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Oh there are germs shall we all lock ourselves away forever now. What a pointless follow up item loved seeing dara. They should put mock the week on just at the same time as the next election they would have a field day.
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Post3 Eve, I agree with you, I have hens who make a less offensive sound when they lay. Most laughter is pleasant and encourages a response, but the raucous sound Chrisitine Bleakley makes is off-putting. I also fail to see how expressing your opinion equates with bitchiness, but heigh ho, we all have our way of seeing things!
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Thanks jadedoldie, good to see there are a few of us left with standards! Sadly, I think we are in the minority.
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Dara was a good guest. He could certainly teach Sting and some other guests how to string together a sentence or two. Pity they didn't bring up the subject of the recent F Boyle controversy.
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Dara O'Briain never fails to amuse me, I find him entertaining, and down to earth. One of the best guests the One Show has acquired in a loooooong time! I so wish I could see him live, as from his performance on Live at the Apollo he must be hilarious on stage!
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#19 & 20 jaded & eve
Jaded, I suggested 'bitchy' when remarks such as 'un-ladylike' & 'if Christine Bleakley dispensed with the ungainly guffaws that emanate from her mouth',are used to criticise a females laughter. The tone of post 3 is to me,bitchy.
Eve's response in post 20, confirms my belief that this superior being is above the rest of us. Since when did disliking someone else's laughter endow one with 'standards'. What pompous nonsense, Eve.
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I agree with Lucy #7
What is it with the Southern Irish not wearing poppies, Westlife on Friday's show, Eddie Jordan on F1 on Sunday and now Dara O'Briain today!
What pathetic reasons did they give for refusing to wear a poppy? Do they think it is a symbol of British Imperialism?
Almost 1,000,000 from the UK & Ireland perished in WW1 and it is estimated that approx 50,000 came from the 32 counties of Ireland.
All your other guests appear to have no difficulty wearing a poppy, so whats the big deal, show some respect!
The X Factor, ITV, on the other hand don't appear to have a problem, Louis and the twins,all from The Republic of Ireland, wore poppies on last weeks show!
So come on BBC, have a bit of back bone and insist poppies are worn by all!
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As I said astroplums we are all entitled to our opinions, I am so sorry if mine do not conform to yours. As for standards I must disagree, the behaviour in public of any young woman is always considered to be important in polite society, and extremeties are not acceptable to all of us. Once again I must apologise if my standards are not yours! Your commment regarding "superior beings" is however quite unkind, might I even suggest bitchy?
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Well, No. 25 Jadedoldie, isn't it really important that not only young women, but everyone, young or old, male or female, behaves nicely in "polite society"? I'm sure you didn't mean to, but you did remind me of Pride and Prejudice, and all their strict rules on conducting yourself. For goodness sake, she's only laughing!!!
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#25 Jaded
The"superior being" was directed at eve's blog not you.
However, Christine Bleakley cannot fairly be described as being impolite, nor is her behaviour at the 'extremities' of anything.
Eve suggested that she has standards because of her stance...I can only deduce from that statement that those who don't share her views are without standards. That is plainly nonsense.
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Post 26, you seem to miss the point, some of us find her laughing loud and un-ladylike, that is our opinion, we are entitled to it. The reason I seem old fashioned to you is that I AM old, with standards that seem to you to be outdated. In my world the fact is that raucousness is not pleasant, and your faint ridicule accentuates the general lack of standards prevelant in society today.
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Post 27, our standards are obviously different, as I was uncomfortable suggesting that you were "bitchy" whereas you have no problem with poining out what you see as people's shortcomings in public! I feel that act, whether it was directed at me or anyone else was worthy of comment.
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#28 jaded
I stand by my views on eve's post and think it quite unfair in tone, in that Christine is/was not raucous in her on screen behaviour..
However, I accept that our views differ.
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My apologies, Post 28, if I offended you, because that was never my intention. I never said you weren't entitled to your opinion, I just chose to voice mine as well. I don't particularly like raucousness either, but Christine can't really help the way she laughs, and I just don't think that she shouldn't laugh because some people don't like the way she does it.
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Astroplums agree with you , its a sad day when people are picking on Christines charm, part of which is her laugh !but it was the same when Carole Voderman and Alesha Dixon was on, they were met with disdain because of there laugh .Tonights show had a comic on ?surely she was allowed to laugh? cant win .
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Posts 30 and 31, Thank you for your courteous posts, why is it that moderation in all things is a thing of the past?
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Post 33 I don't understand what you mean, do you mean moderation as in moderation of the message boards or moderation as in the adjective "moderate"? :-)
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Moderation in behaviour, if your laugh is loud, moderate it!
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Your hygiene slot tonight concentrated on Manchester's transport system and found very few problems. I would like to suggest that you carry out a similar check on the handles of supermarket trolleys. I've seen some really filthy ones. I'm sure you will get a different result. It would be interesting to know whether supermarkets have a hygiene proceedure for their trolleys.
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Hahaha, I often feel that on the bus, squidged into a corner, surrounded by people yelling at other people standing right next to them. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone just sat down and looked out of the window, I often find myself thinking. Oh well, at least now I can think about the germs I'll be picking up :D
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Unfortunately I am unable to see The One Show as I am on an extended visit to the U.S. but I access the blog page every day that I can and it seems to me that there is a handful of bloggers who dominate the page with their particular whinges, whether it be Christine's laugh, Adrian's face or South-east orientated. I thoroughly enjoy the show when I am home to watch it and some nights are better than others but overall a very good show. Might I suggest to all those complainers that you have an off button and then you can leave it to the obviously vast majority who do like it!
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Point taken :D
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Post 37, I approve of mobile phones, but why oh why does everyone think I need to hear them shouting, "I can't hear you" over and over again into their phones, usually while walking into you? One day I will snap, grab them by the throat and yell,bl***y hang up then! Oh dear, did I say moderation in all things,lol.
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Oops I don't do the shouting into the phone thing but before I had glasses and didn't know I couldn't see properly I did tend to do a lot of the walking-into-you thing... only once my "victim" was a lampost, another time a glass door. It hurt. :P
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Re: Germs. I agree with Mr. David A Pitcher about the supermarket trolleys, every time I have to use one of those trolleys my stomach turns upside down thinking about the thousands of shoppers who have used it before me. Also those Electric motored chairs they use for the Disabled in the supermarkets the handle grips on those must be full of Germs.
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Post 38, some of us watch the show in deference to others in the family who do enjoy it! May I also point out this a comments page and NOT a fanzine. How fortunate you are to be pleased and amused by this offering!
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Post 42, do you think the disabled carry more germs than the able bodied then?
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Post 43 jadedoldie. If indeed you have The One Show on in deference to others in your family then perhaps you could 'do' something else while it is on, rather than have your computer on ready to complain and just in case you are wondering it maybe that I am older than you!
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re #38: bordeauxmalc,
Your comments are an immense contribution to the debate on this subject. I am delighted to hear that you find The One Show so entertaining. Your observation that some nights are better than others is germane to the subject and revolutionary in the extreme. I will bear it in mind the next time I watch the show. Which nights do you think are better than others? Maybe it is Tuesdays, do you think? Though I must confess that most nights seem alike to me. It gives me comfort to know that The One Show brings you so much pleasure. Why did you feel it necessary to share with us that you are on and extended visit to the US? I am impressed. Is it nice there. What a pity you will not be able to see Christine's dresses or hear her laughter.
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re #46 & #38: bordeauxmalc,
Or to put it another way, the circumstances of why I watch The One Show and adverse comments I make are not subject to your approval.
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Post 45, do you wish to dispose of my time as well as my opinion? Why should you think I should be wondering about your age? How I wish I was important as you think you are, lol. In addition as I do not require that you pay for my service provider I do not think you should be dictating what I should and shouldn't be doing with my online time.. Are you a retired member of the defunct Watch committee?
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Post 46, beautifully put, as always! I can only assume it is easier to get a visa for the U.S.than it used to be!
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Well I do seem to have stirred up a little hornet's nest. I merely pointed out that you can all vote with your off button or channel changer if you don't like what you are watching. Is this so revolutionary? To answer which nights? There are some nights when the content or the guests are somewhat better than other nights but I don't think there has been any night that I have watched that has been appalling. Of course I haven't watched every show, so maybe there has been one. I mentioned the U.S. to point out that I am currently unable to watch the show. Oh and yes I found it easy to get a visa - my wife is an American, who incidentally likes The One Show!
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I think comment no4 no11 and no 24 are way outta line and completely ignorant of some facts..There is no law in the Uk to say you must wear a poppy and certainly to my knowledge there is not a rule that when one is appearing on the BBC one must also wear a poppy.It is a personal choice...The facts of the matter the Poppy is a symbol used mainly throughout the Commonwealth to commemorate the fallen.As the republic of Ireland ie Southern Ireland is not a member of the Commonwealth it is not used to commemorate Irish war dead.In fact Ireland has its own national day of Commemoration which is held on the nearest Sunday to July 11th each year..Also a reason why Irish people don't wear the poppy is down to the treatment of Irish people at the hands of British forces in the past.. atrocities were perpetrated on the Irish civilian population eg Bloody Sunday in 1920 where 14 civilians lost their lives, by some of these men honored by the wearing of the poppy but yet you would insist that an Irish person should forget about all that merely because they are on a British television show and bow to your will??Would you insist on a German national wearing a poppy on the British tv also??I think not..Ultimately it is down to the individual to decide if they want to wear the poppy or not and if they have personal and or political reasons for not doing so then their wishes should be respected.Ultimately it is an expression of personal freedom and wasn't that the soldiers in the Great war world war 2 (and could be argued the Irish war of Independence) fighting for...
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Post 50, once more you make the fundametal error of assuming your opinion matters to me. As for stirring up a "hornets nest",your horizons must be very restricted if you think you have stirred up anything. I merely responded to your blog which was couched in quite patronising terms. This by the way does not lend import or credence to your comments, but is the norm during any debate, however low the level.
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post 50 We have had this conversation many times regarding the off button ?the show is popular ,has high viewing figures and in our house we enjoy The One Show. its impossible to please all the people as you will see on the blogs even to the way someone laughs ?
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40-agree with mobile phone rant-I worked in an awful call centre for a while and enjoyed for a time spending my evening break strolling in the car park-one chap used to be there bellowing into his mobile phone, walking towards me-after two or three nights of this I decided to walk TOWARDS him and make it clear that I was listening-suddenly he started walking away and speaking very quietly into his phone with a hushed voice-job done.
51-agree with you about the poppy-it is a matter of choice and always has been-now we even have people in a tizzy about the way the poppy should be pointing!-get real.
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bordeauxmalc:
like you I watch the show when I can, and also access the blog page. I have to agree with you re it being dominated by a handful of whingers who although they may not have much choice what others in their house like to watch, do have a choice about what - and how they choose to comment. You've also obviously noticed that those whingers will just repeat the same old whine over and over again.
Just a suggestion, but what I do now is keep a finger on the scroll down button because as soon as I see certain names I know without even seeing what they've read that it'll be the same old subject they're complaining about, with only an occasional check to prove myself right. So as soon as you see their name - scroll past what they've written - you won't be missing much.
You might also have noticed how much they defend their right to comment, but if you have the temerity to have a differing opinion to those comments - they'll also defend your right to comment while also castigating you for that comment - but how dare you say anything against their views! Should you dare to do so, attempts will be made - couched in quite patronising terms to imply that your standards are lower than theirs due to age etc, that your contribution -which though you'll be told you're entitled to it - is part of the norm however low the level!! Maybe you could do the same as I do - assume that they don't know better and hope they enjoy the view from the pedestal they've put themselves on.
Oh yes - as you've seen, it'll be pointed out to you that this is a comments page not a fanzine. Good comment, my comment (also good) is that this is a comments page not a whingefest.
bordeauxmalc, hope you caught the One Show with Jack Dee and his thoughts on professional complainers.
Christine - please don't moderate your ways - you are FAR more lady like than some - young or old.
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Post 53 highland fling - Absolutely on the 'button?'
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Post 55 appichappi - Very apposite and succinctly put. Unfortunately I did not see the Jack Dee evening but I did read the comments on the blog page and I imagine that I might well have agreed with him.
And (forgive my starting a sentence with a conjunction) Yes! Christine and Adrian for that matter 'don't moderate your ways'!
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Our son is called Cai, a Welsh name - popular in Wales! The name is a derivative from the Welsh's admiration of the Roman Emporer Caius. In Hawaiian it means 'Ocean', but spelt with a 'K'!
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Back on topic - germs. This was a shoddy piece of science journalism and I'm amazed no-one's pointed out flaws already. They merely swabbed for bacteria on public transport - that might cover thing's like stomach upsets but it does cover the main problem - VIRUSES. So I will continue to avoid using public transport as I think you'll find the average train / metro / whatever is absolutely swimming with them! They should've at least mentioned viruses in the report before concluding that public transport is essentially germ-free and that we're all being a bit silly if we think otherwise!
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Re 55: appichappi - agree completely with your post (especially 3rd para 4th line). I think we can all see that bordeauxmalc was subject to a particularly ignorant comment or two on this blog.
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We who have opinions are also subject to the same "defend the show to the death" coterie each evening.One wonders how low this show would have to sink for theses diehards to see any fault? How it breaks my heart to be castigated by those who would never say it, but believe they are in some way superior! I believe it's called inverted snobbery!
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In rely to zoogan about dara and other irish guests not wearing a poppy the reason is that it celeabrates the men that fought in world 1 and 2 , and that a large number of those men did some very bad stuff in ireland a few years ago . I hope that you can accept that and that this does not cause offense but the poppy does not and never will mean the same to irish people as it does to the british
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Re Christine's laugh: I have a laugh which sounds not unlike a donkey in the throes of delight, usually however my face looks like Adrian's i.e the picture of misery.
On the subject of germs perhaps if we were exposed to more germs as children we could build up our own resistance to them, it's a simple fact antibiotics DO NOT kill viruses, soap and water and our own in-built defences do.
Dara didn't wear a poppy, so what? neither do I but I still donate money to our service men every year, and at other times too.
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Post 63, I appreciate you are not making an adverse comment about the laugh, but you have put a picture in my mind re. Christine's laugh I will never be able to eradicate, lol. Thank you for that,it will give me many a chuckle in the days to come, and a whole new outlook onto the cackle. What a relief to hear a sensible remark about germs too.
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For Lucy Siegle: Found interesting your Manchester bus cleanliness, but more importantly, I would like to see you take your microbiologist to a local doctor's surgery and test the clothes the doctors and nurses wear. I remember a school experiment when I was 8, and the impact it had on me then has stuck throughout my career. Just a petrie dish rubbed against the sweater a doctor wears in and out of the sugery - to/from home the shops, would be interesting to see how much bacteria grows...considering the doctors, nurses, staff are all handling patients. I believe the germs in our hospitals and surgeries today are also a result of the clothes worn by our healthcare workers to and from work. Especially the outer clothing, such as the sweaters and jackets. Uniforms should be cleaned in the hospital and changed in the hospital.
Thank you - we enjoy your segments.
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post 60, if your "ignorant" comment referred to me I would far rather you used the term "rude" as I assume that is what you meant. Please be assured I am not ignorant, in fact I have had quite a good education! Please do not take offence at this blog, as well you know I do like to be correct!
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#24 Zoogan: Your comment appears querulous and borderline xenophobic. Dara O'Briain and Westlife are not Southern Irish; they're Irish, all coming from the east and northwest of the country. Not one of them comes from the south of Ireland. Sligo is over 300km from Cork in the south.
Perhaps they choose not to wear a poppy because it supports a charity which looks after the welfare of soldiers who were complicit in the bombing of the Irish capital, or that the British services are currently involved in an illegal war in Iraq. There are many reasons why they wouldn't wear one.
In Ireland the poppy is extremely uncommon and would be seen by some symbol of British imperialism I don't know why you would expect them to support a foreign military anyway.
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Eve post 20 re:
Thanks jadedoldie, good to see there are a few of us left with standards! Sadly, I think we are in the minority.
Sadly?!! If those are your standards - then I'm hoping. Have never heard Christine cackle or guffaw. Perhaps it's what you wish to hear - so you've an excuse to make the kind of remarks that you have about her.
jadedoldie: re
"How it breaks my heart to be castigated by those who would never say it" Is that an attempt to make me feel guilty/bad in some way? You try so hard, so often, to be so grand - then stoop to that.
"Those who would never say it?" Do you mean me jadedoldie? I'll say it openly any time, I will also castigate quite openly any time someone who derides another by insinuating through snide low remarks that somebody else is beneath them/has lower standards because they have the 'audacity' to have a differing opinion.
Re: "Most laughter is pleasant and encourages a response, but the raucous sound Chrisitine Bleakley makes is off-putting. I also fail to see how expressing your opinion equates with bitchiness,"
Thank you Astroplums, your response to that in post 23 says it for me.
jadeedoldie: re "but believe they are in some way superior! I believe it's called inverted snobbery!"
You have the nerve to write a remark like that! With that "good education" of yours you won't need a dictionary to look up the word hypocrite then will you?
If you're concerned that being a snob attempting to be superior by deriding others through rude implication that they are somehow beneath you, due to the heinous crime of a different opinion, makes you subject to "faint ridicule" Not to worry! It'll be quite clear.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW!!
Always look on the bright side of life! Dee dah, dee dah... dee dah dee dah dee da... OHHH!!!...
And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...
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appichappi, you are such a silver tongued charmer I would not attempt to compete with you in snobbery, hypocrisy or any other method of inflicting your excellent opinions on anyone else. Re your post 55, I must compliment you on the amount of info you are able to assimilate while speed reading during scroll mode!
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jadedoldie post 70:
Or to put it into plain English, you've been shown up for what you really are and don't like it - tough! I'm sure others on the wrong end of your down your nose comments aren't keen on that either.
Also, re your 'smart comment' " I must compliment you on the amount of info you are able to assimilate while speed reading during scroll mode!"
As you well know I wrote "with only an occasional check to prove myself right" No mention of speed reading there - apart from the one you're trying to invent for your own low reasons.
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jadedoldie post 70:
Please excuse my repeating myself, but I think this warrants repetition:
appichappi, you are such a silver tongued charmer I would not attempt to compete with you in snobbery, hypocrisy or any other method of inflicting your excellent opinions on anyone else.
You have the nerve to write a remark like that! With that "good education" of yours you won't need a dictionary to look up the word hypocrite then will you?
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Another blogger chose to make a personal attack on some of the regular bloggers, whereupon you took the opportunity to weigh in with an equally personal attack. Firstly, as I have stated previously , your opinions are of no import to me, your acrimony makes me laugh, secondly I have no wish to bandy words with you any further as you are now descending into personal abuse which I find distasteful. Thank you for adding weight to my comments about standards! Thank you also for an amusing interlude.
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"you are now descending into personal abuse which I find distasteful."
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So it's OK for you to personally abuse someone, but not if it's the other way round? What ARE you like?!!
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The fish are rising well tonight!
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Oh hello, I thought
"I have no wish to bandy words with you any further"
meant you had no wish to bandy words any further.
You're right - the fish are rising well tonight!
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Possibly a full moon?
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Thank you for the offer but no thanks. Who you choose to moon is your concern, just be careful the police don't catch you.
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Now you are just being silly, but still affording me a little light amusement!
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Am I really!! Oh gosh, that's awfully super, now I'll be able to get a good nights sleep.
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I can't play with you any longer as I am involved in another very interesting blog, and it is exhausting trying to drop down a notch or two to join you at this level. Goodnight!
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You just can't help yourself can you?...
"I can't play with you any longer "
"trying to drop down a notch or two to join you at this level"
Have now gone from being disgusted at the patronising snobby comments you make about people - to feeling sorry for you. Please pass my sympathy on to those you say you live with.
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#67 Iolar.Considering the fact that I am Irish, I would find it difficult to be xenaphobic!
I understand some of your reasoning, however during WW1 the island of Ireland, along with many other countries, was part of the British Empire and as a mark of respect to the many young men from the 32 counties who joined the British army, it would not be inappropriate to wear a poppy. Soldiers do not choose the fight, but can become victims and casualties of the conflict, as a caring society is it wrong to show them compassion?
The Poppy Appeal is a tangable way of doing that.
I would be interested in the 'One Show' guests reasons, for choosing not to wear a poppy and not speculation.
I'm glad my comments caused some debate.
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#83 I have never heard an Irish person refer to oneself as Southern Irish, that term is a peculiar Briticism.
There have been Irish in the British military since its inception and many still choose to join up, despite the significantly lower pay compared to its Irish counterpart! I suppose joining the military in a neutral country is not risky enough for them. That's their prerogative and I have no issue with it. However, it is a foreign military so why would Irish people wear a symbol intrinsically intertwined with same?
This is the same military that opened fire on peaceful marchers in Derry, that stormed Croke Park killing 14 innocent civilians. I don't really think many Irish citizens are sympathetic to the needs and welfare of its veterans.
It is somewhat absurd to expect foreign nationals to wear a symbol to which they have no allegiance. We honour Irish war dead who fought in all Allied armies and battles already, so doing so to appease UK television viewers is redundant.
I'm not very fond of this fascist approach to poppy-wearing, which appears to be almost rabid in the UK. It is purportedly a free country. Doesn't that give people a choice? Isn't freedom the principle on which the wars were fought and won?
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#84 Iolar, I think we may call it a day on this point and have to agree to disagree, we could just go around in circles getting nowhere.
At least we kept our opinions and arguments on the topic, unlike many of the above blogs, which decended into farce and name calling.
Hope to catch up soon, will look forward to your Blogs. Zoogan!
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in reply to zoogan and justwantasay about dara not wearing a poppy the reason is that it celeabrates the men that fought in world 1 and 2 , and that a large number of those men did some very bad stuff in ireland a few years a previously .the poppy will never mean the same to irish people as it does to the british I hope that you can accept that and that no offence is caused
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