tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post6433047066180185076..comments2019-01-02T10:25:47.493+00:00Comments on Bloke in the North: No diet, no sleep - but still JolleyKeith Hannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11731343774180793742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-42971543025528142602011-10-29T23:40:08.441+01:002011-10-29T23:40:08.441+01:00Here's an update on this gang's latest act...Here's an update on this gang's latest activities: http://dasteepsspeaks.blogspot.com/2011/10/crashing-assange.htmlMatthew Steepleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01853121889645086008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-73147820627551563232010-04-20T08:39:56.272+01:002010-04-20T08:39:56.272+01:00Recent? The link so described is to a piece by Vic...Recent? The link so described is to a piece by Victoria Coren published on 21 March 2010, commenting on the death of Mr MacDonald on 25 February (reported in the Daily Mail on 5 March) and the funeral of Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones in December 2009, as well as her own father's memorial service in 2008.<br /><br />Forty seventh hand? The really odd thing about this most entertaining story is that a Google search will reveal it to have received almost no media coverage - the links in my short piece today are pretty much the only references to it in the national press. Indeed, this obscurity as well as the strangeness of the tale led some of those commenting on Victoria Coren's articles to suggest that she had made the whole thing up.<br /><br />I did wonder myself.<br /><br />In fact, at the time of publication I was not at all sure that I had not been spoofed into writing about a bunch of fictional characters. I have since heard directly from various acquaintances of the late Mr MacDonald, making it clear that this was not the case.<br /><br />It will no doubt be the paucity of coverage elsewhere which has led you to this thoroughly (and, I dare say, deservedly) obscure blog.<br /><br />To conclude: a man has died, which is always sad, whatever the circumstances, but apart from that every other detail of this story strikes me as being in the finest traditions of British comedy. It would make an excellent Ealing film.<br /><br />Why so angry?<br /><br />And while I may indeed be an arse, I take comfort from the fact that I have not yet been reduced to gatecrashing the funerals and memorial services of total strangers in pursuit of a free drink.Keith Hannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731343774180793742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8864051577474343717.post-90603695716749453252010-04-09T23:06:34.395+01:002010-04-09T23:06:34.395+01:00What are you talking about 'recent'? 2008...What are you talking about 'recent'? 2008, is that recent? Or did you just jump on this story cos you picked it up 47th hand and decided to 'publish' it on your foetid faeces festooned blog? Are you a real human being or someone made up to look like an arse?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276331944220261805noreply@blogger.com