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Grumpies December 6, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : General , trackback

Chris McEvoy has started up a blog called Grumpy Old People which kind of appeals to me - can’t think why.

Named after the BBC TV series Grumpy Old Men which was the best thing on TV last Xmas ( not saying much ) the introductory post proclaimed

We need to moan and complain a lot more than we do. I’ve noticed that people seem to have to always be positive about things even when they’re crap. A problem should not be described as ‘an opportunity’ or ‘ a challenge’. If it’s crap then why not say it.

The multi-author blog is coming along nicely and now Chris has only gone and registered a domain for ApologiesNotAccepted.com !

You may think that casting a vote twice a decade to choose between tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee is ‘doing your best’, but it isn’t.

Well don’t blame me, I voted for Eugene V Debbs

update:

read the comments on metafilter

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Trackback by frankie roberto blog
2004-12-08 21:10:44

My Dad A Grumpy Old Man?

My dad has been invited to be a Grumpy Old Person, ironically through a post grumping about that anti-spam measurers installed on his blog. The new multi-author blog has been set up in response to the Grumpy Old Men TV…

 
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