You’re my bes mate

Lupus Lungfish

It would be a bit ironic if after putting all the Off Licenses out of business the supermarkets were then told to up their prices.

Optimus Prime (40% ABV)

I don't trust doctors, and thanks to this lack of trust and by ignoring all their pronouncments I've managed to live to 40, and quite enjoyed myself. What these gimps seem to forget is that we members of the feral underclass have for some time now, understood the concept of Homebrew, so if I have to break out the brew barrel I will.

Pot Head

“make poverty history! cheaper drugs, NOW!

Andy Carpark

Eeehhh, wee Roddie. Iss nae the booze, it's the ******' doadgy kebabs whit does the damage, so it is. Ah bought one of them doadgy kebabs on the way hame an' spent the neet spewing into a bucket, so ah did. Ye ken whit ah mean big maaan?!? Eeeehhh, pass us a wee drop o' that Buckie, ye ken. ******' nice wee corrugated iron shack we got oorselves here, d'ye nae think? Aye ...

wha' you lookin' at?

s'right, speshly bout twatting that smack prickstock...

Jinna Ntonick

tried to pos' before buddit dint work, wankers wossamatter with this this thing? stupid. dead right anyway, speshly bout prickstock. drinkin too much id part of our histry n culcha an' a perfeckyl sensible reakshun to aall this shit we have to put up with. zigackly.

EyeSee

I blame the EU (I would anyway but this time I think I'm on to something). Whilst politics has created a self perpetuating bubble of stupid people, the real damage is that they have nothing to do. Say what you like about Tony Blair (no really, say anything you like. I'd lock him up) he at least cut back the time spent in the House. I mean why be there at all? It's all actually run from the Continent isn't it. So these people who just hear a buzzing sound all day from betwen their ears, think up stuff to do. And it ALWAYS involves us having to do things and pay more for stuff and more tax. I didn't thing Germany won the last World War and I certainly didn't think France did. But apparently, they did.

De Rigueur

Awwwwh Rod, your such a snob....

but I luv it!

Sir Graphus

Did you get the Scottish govt to translate your original English paragraph into dialect for you at a cost of £800,000?

EC

Pot Head,

How can drugs be any cheaper when everyone has to have their cut?

I think you're going to have to draw a line under this one Pot Head.

Jeremy

Can I.....can I buy a roley off you, pal? Can I?....Here, look, I've got twenty pee. Look. In me 'and. I'll buy one off you. For cash. Go on. Look, there's twenty pence. There, on the table. Go on. For money. I'll buy a roley off you. Oh....fkn'ell...can you....can you roll it for me, pal? Go on, you do it. It's me fknfingers....ah....cheers pal. You're me bes' mate, you are. I love working for The Spectator, me. I edit the poetry, you know. Have you got a quid? Can you lend us a quid? Jus' to get 'ome, like? Go on....etcetera.

Ernie

Ooooh! Can I slap Brigstock? Please! I'll pay for the privelige.

Dixon

Attacks on aldihol offend me like attacks on The Prophet offend ( some ) Muslims. Why? Because alcihol quite literally saved my life. I wont bore you with the details. Suddice to say there is a vast positive dimension to booze and one small part of it is its measured use as an anxiolytic. Without that facility...had it been priced out of my reach...believe me, I would not be here.

Baron

Gary Horne, the one who said ‘of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive’ has my vote.

Very soon, the tyrannical fruitcakes will force us to give up living altogether and merely to exist as walking joyless chemical plants: no smoking, no drinking, no bonking but with permission, no thinking and dreaming, just grazing on some genetically modified grass the digestion of which induces but methane free farts.

rod seacole liddle

I know this was not a considered and thoughtful blog, and written very late at night, but I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your responses, especially Dixon and Ernie and Jeremy for their contributions.

Have a whiff on me, as Mungo Jerry once said.

Rhoda Klapp

Have a whiff on me goes way back, at least to Leadbelly. Mungo Jerry my arse.

rod liddle

I have no wish whatsoever to mungo jerry your arse, Rhoda, but thank you for your enlightenment.

Dixon

"rod seacole liddle
November 27th, 2009 10:27pm
I know this was not a considered and thoughtful blog, and written very late at night, but I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your responses, especially Dixon and Ernie and Jeremy for their contributions. "

Thanks fotr that Rod. The big difference between you and the other bloggers is that you actually respond to comments.

having said that, my comment on Brigstock and my pictorial reference ( URL ) never appeared. Ironically, mush ne something to doos with "moderation".

I'll tryposting them again so you can see them one way or another.

Dixon

As for Brigstocke, Ive met him privately. Off stage, he openly explained how he sees his "comedy" as a device for manipulating an audience into adopting his political views. This is a bit more sophisticated than most "stand ups" who merely exploit the predictable PC bigotry of their audiences to score cheap brownie points. As Brigstocke sees it, he can go into a "hostile" environment ( such as a country club ), win over the audience with cunning wit on seemingly unrelated topics, then "once they've accepted those points" ( roughly his words, going back a few years ) he injects the "killer" contention that he hopes his audience is then obliged to accept on the basis of their having accepted his earlier points.

This is how he described his approach. Whether it actually works in reality, I very much doubt. Peoples views tend to be much more entrenched than that.

At any rate, he is alike to most British "comedians" on "the circuit" in that his "comedy" is not about actually being funny so much as expressing derision towards the various pet hates of their PC aufience.

Dixon

As or the medical profession giving lifestyyle advice, this is hard to square with the fact that "doctors" ( the only people in our society permitted to style themselves such even when having no qualification higher than a degree ) are 130 per cent more prone to suicide than the societal average. Of the dubious nature of their admonitions we could call the strength of this "130 per cent proof". Their opinions on alcohol are particularly suspect owing to the fact that they have more alcoholism in rheir ranks than any other group in society. Even fictional string-vested, bandanna wearing Glaswegians.

Rhoda Klapp

"I have no wish whatsoever to mungo jerry your arse, Rhoda, but thank you for your enlightenment."

Just as well, there's a crack in it.

Harry Calder

A friend of mine once commented that reading a Rod Liddle column was a bit like being cornered in the pub by the local drunk: even if there were odd nuggets you agreed with, you were too busy wiping the spittle off your face to care. I didn't realise at the time how prescient my friend's comment was.

rod ghostface killah liddle

Thanks Harry, kind of you. Now tell your friend to fuck off.

Dixon

Ive caught viruses off the web, even "Trojans", but never spittle. I dont know what Harry Calder is consuming but it must be a lot stiffer than anything sold at Tesco.

Better watch out, the medical profession will be on it and then theyll want to tax it until only they can afford it!

Optimus Prime

Rod,
you should preface any blog regarding doctors, with that bit of infomation you brought to our attention (in the Tmes?), about them killing more people than cancer and heart disease put together (I might be exagerating) through mistakes in treatment.
I can't remember the exact figures you quoted, and I seem to recall they came from the BMA. But I've had endless fun using them to wind up doctors and nurses whenever I manage to corner one in the pub.