Comments on: Gordon Brown to dignity: ‘You’re fired!’ http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:41:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ejh http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22884 ejh Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:23:55 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22884 Yes, but isn't the point about Oxford that it makes that networking extremely easy? (Actually the hardest thing is probably to go to Oxford and then subsequently <i>not</i> do well. Stil, I managed - twenty years after finishing there, I'm penniless.) Yes, but isn’t the point about Oxford that it makes that networking extremely easy?

(Actually the hardest thing is probably to go to Oxford and then subsequently not do well. Stil, I managed – twenty years after finishing there, I’m penniless.)

]]> By: Gracchi http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22545 Gracchi Thu, 09 Nov 2006 20:03:11 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22545 Agree completely except for the judgement about Oxford- I went there and you still have to network and perform all the jumping throuhg hoops- apart from that you are entirely right. Agree completely except for the judgement about Oxford- I went there and you still have to network and perform all the jumping throuhg hoops- apart from that you are entirely right.

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22304 Justin Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:10:38 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22304 <i>A Scot said that?</i> <a href="http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=757742006" rel="nofollow">Yep</a>. A Scot said that?

Yep.

]]> By: ejh http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22303 ejh Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:03:14 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22303 <i>his declaration that Paul Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland at Euro 96 is his favourite football moment</i> A Scot said that? <i>If there are any TV producers reading, a reality show where you win by quitting shitty jobs run by tossers in the most satisfying manner possible would be a winner, I reckon. </i> On a site where fridgemagnet is a moderator, he may recall somebody (not me) posting the following haiku: <i>This Haiku is my Official resignation Now go fuck yourself</i> his declaration that Paul Gascoigne’s goal against Scotland at Euro 96 is his favourite football moment

A Scot said that?

If there are any TV producers reading, a reality show where you win by quitting shitty jobs run by tossers in the most satisfying manner possible would be a winner, I reckon.

On a site where fridgemagnet is a moderator, he may recall somebody (not me) posting the following haiku:

This Haiku is my
Official resignation
Now go fuck yourself

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22279 Justin Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:27:55 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22279 I think so, although it would probably look better as: ...Blairite 'meritocracy'... I think so, although it would probably look better as: …Blairite ‘meritocracy’…

]]> By: Nigel Sedgwick http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22277 Nigel Sedgwick Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:06:07 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22277 "Blairite meritocracy"! Are you sure you have the right combination of words there? Best regards “Blairite meritocracy”!

Are you sure you have the right combination of words there?

Best regards

]]> By: fridgemagnet http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22274 fridgemagnet Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:18:10 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22274 If there are any TV producers reading, a reality show where you win by quitting shitty jobs run by tossers in the most satisfying manner possible would be a winner, I reckon. "This week, Brian told his boss to stick his franking machine up his arse, but Kath emailed everyone in the company her boss' top five porn bookmarks..." If there are any TV producers reading, a reality show where you win by quitting shitty jobs run by tossers in the most satisfying manner possible would be a winner, I reckon. “This week, Brian told his boss to stick his franking machine up his arse, but Kath emailed everyone in the company her boss’ top five porn bookmarks…”

]]> By: james higham http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22273 james higham Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:55:59 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22273 I have a theory that Brown and Blair are Podpeople, descended from the Ascended Masters to rule over and robotize the populace. David appears to be a fellow clone too. I have a theory that Brown and Blair are Podpeople, descended from the Ascended Masters to rule over and robotize the populace. David appears to be a fellow clone too.

]]> By: Brown outlines his vision for an ‘X Factor’ Britain « Not Saussure http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22270 Brown outlines his vision for an ‘X Factor’ Britain « Not Saussure Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:34:53 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22270 [...] I see Justin at Chicken Yoghurt is even less impressed by Brown’s remarks than am I, and considerably more eloquent about it. Technorati tags: UK, Politics, Reality TV, Gordon Brown Posted in UK, Spin, hubris | [...] [...] I see Justin at Chicken Yoghurt is even less impressed by Brown’s remarks than am I, and considerably more eloquent about it. Technorati tags: UK, Politics, Reality TV, Gordon Brown Posted in UK, Spin, hubris | [...]

]]> By: Michael Z http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/comment-page-1/#comment-22269 Michael Z Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:26:08 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2006/11/05/gordon-brown-to-dignity-youre-fired/#comment-22269 <i>It’s the very essence of ‘networking’ which is rapidly becoming the only way to succeed in Britain today (if you didn’t go to Oxford or have a father who runs a newspaper) despite the activity pretty much translating as ‘pretending to like someone you don’t in order to extract from them something you want’.</i> Couldn't have put it better myself. That aside, any politician who uses a show like <i>Dragon's Den</i> (where people have to suck up to a bunch of complete and utter tossers in order to receive funding for their business) as an example the British people should follow needs to be watched like a fucking hawk. The more time passes, the more daunting the prospect of Prime Minister Brown becomes. It’s the very essence of ‘networking’ which is rapidly becoming the only way to succeed in Britain today (if you didn’t go to Oxford or have a father who runs a newspaper) despite the activity pretty much translating as ‘pretending to like someone you don’t in order to extract from them something you want’.

Couldn’t have put it better myself. That aside, any politician who uses a show like Dragon’s Den (where people have to suck up to a bunch of complete and utter tossers in order to receive funding for their business) as an example the British people should follow needs to be watched like a fucking hawk. The more time passes, the more daunting the prospect of Prime Minister Brown becomes.

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