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2011-01-16, 16:35
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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Colemanballs
This is the title of a very long-running feature
in the UK satirical magazine "Private Eye". Or "Dick" (for the benefit of our colonial friends across the pond). It is named after the (I hope) late sports commentator David Coleman, and is exclusively devoted to gaffes by people in the media. I'll kick off with this one from the infamous Graham Taylor who, to be fair, is pretty careful these days about putting his foot in his mouth. "Kenny Dalglish has a job on his hands managing Liverpool. You can't turn an oil tanker around in...." (So far, a good analogy) "....half a mile". Maybe that is true, but that distance is surely in the right ball park, and so the whole point of this well-worn metaphor is missed completely. David Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2011-01-16 at 16:41 |
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2011-01-16, 16:43
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2011-01-16, 16:56
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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BBC since its recent occurence, but understandably not repeated! The "corpsing" which ensues is at least as amusing as the original gaffe. David Earliest sound recording Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2011-01-16 at 17:17 |
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2011-01-16, 19:00
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I quite division it
"Chris"
Feb 2005
England
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 I bought the Colemanballs book decades ago. It must have fallen to bits and got thrown away. That and 'Evesdroppings'. Last fiddled with by Flatlander on 2011-01-16 at 19:04 |
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2011-01-18, 00:33
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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You listen to it several times thinking you will eventually tire of it, but instead you notice new things each time. Her accent, and in particular her immaculate pronunciation of "Gramophone" and "Au claire de la lune" now starts me off every time. Post summat else! David |
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