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Pudding 06:47 am UTC 04/14/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Imus - Wilbury 06:03 am UTC 04/14/07 |
| Quite right. I only know who Don Imus is because I watch the news quite a bit (BBC, CNN, Sky and Fox) when I'm not watching the Disney Channel. To presume people should know who some decrepit old fart is just because he's an American, shows a certain level of arrogance and ignorance to the rest of the world. Pud > Haha, good. But actually I didn't give a shit that this > particular piece of American current affairs is not on my > radar and wasn't asking for an explanation (and to be > honest I basically deduced all that from the commments so > far anyway). > > Simply pointing out that to think you have to be under a > rock to not know this news,, to a guy who lives in Germany > for christs sake, is like me saying to people here they're > living under a rock cause they didn't know that south east > queensland is currently under Level 5 water resitrictions, > or who the federal Minister for Education is. > > -- G. > > > > > > > > > Oh come ON, you don't reallly think that every little > > > piece of meaningless sensationalised shit that goes on in > > > America is headline news around the world do you? > > > > > > > Catch-up time: Don Imus, a very longtime DJ who I don't > > listen to, but who has been famous for his "Imus In The > > Morning" talk show on the radio, gets fired every now and > > then. This apparently is one of those times. He isn't very > > easy to listen to in the first place in my opinion, but > > every now and then says just the right something to make > > just the right people just the right amount of mad, and > > they fire him. Then, a few weeks later they bring him back > > on the air. Ho Hum. > > > > | |
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