Could the Wail get any worse?

[Pan Pan Pan]

The daft thing is if many us as drivers were actually trying to get to / from work, meetings, etc, and were blocked by a moronic kn*b having his car washed in street, blocking our route, we would actually be very annoyed, and calling the driver a complete moron, but it seems that if a newspaper points out the drivers kn*bbish behaviour, it is somehow in the wrong?
Some people seem to have a very weird set of (very variable) standards.

[Pan Pan Pan]

KFC said:

onyx39 said:

Could the Wail get any worse?

And yet you fall for it hook line and sinker, by spamming it out back out onto other people via forums, social media or email or whatever. Exactly like they wanted.

Some people it seems, just cannot wait to be offended by articles in the Mail, they must troll its pages incessantly looking for articles that they can be suitably offended with.
If the Mail is a paper which offends their delicate sensibilities, the solution is childishly simple, Don't read it, ever.

[irocfan]

Funkycoldribena said:

In the Metro as well.....amazing how many links there are daily to the Mail seeing its hated so much.

IIRC the Metro is just the DM lite

[onyx39]

Pan Pan Pan said:

KFC said:

onyx39 said:

Could the Wail get any worse?

And yet you fall for it hook line and sinker, by spamming it out back out onto other people via forums, social media or email or whatever. Exactly like they wanted.

Some people it seems, just cannot wait to be offended by articles in the Mail, they must troll its pages incessantly looking for articles that they can be suitably offended with.
If the Mail is a paper which offends their delicate sensibilities, the solution is childishly simple, Don't read it, ever.

I don't

[Adrian W]

Pan Pan Pan said:

The daft thing is if many us as drivers were actually trying to get to / from work, meetings, etc, and were blocked by a moronic kn*b having his car washed in street, blocking our route, we would actually be very annoyed, and calling the driver a complete moron, but it seems that if a newspaper points out the drivers kn*bbish behaviour, it is somehow in the wrong?
Some people seem to have a very weird set of (very variable) standards.

Do you really think they would have reported it if it were a beaten up old fiesta,

Non story

[Leptons]

Microfibre noodle mitt indeed. Jesus man at least use a lambswool.

[turbobloke]

Adrian W said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

The daft thing is if many us as drivers were actually trying to get to / from work, meetings, etc, and were blocked by a moronic kn*b having his car washed in street, blocking our route, we would actually be very annoyed, and calling the driver a complete moron, but it seems that if a newspaper points out the drivers kn*bbish behaviour, it is somehow in the wrong?
Some people seem to have a very weird set of (very variable) standards.

Do you really think they would have reported it if it were a beaten up old fiesta,

Non story

It could have been made into a real Mail story if, in addition to the £1m value of the car, they mentioned the latest valuation for the building it was parked outside, how much the nearest private residence sold for, and the cost of the most expensive suite in the nearest 5* hotel. It's a definite fail if those essential details are excluded.

[Pan Pan Pan]

Adrian W said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

The daft thing is if many us as drivers were actually trying to get to / from work, meetings, etc, and were blocked by a moronic kn*b having his car washed in street, blocking our route, we would actually be very annoyed, and calling the driver a complete moron, but it seems that if a newspaper points out the drivers kn*bbish behaviour, it is somehow in the wrong?
Some people seem to have a very weird set of (very variable) standards.

Do you really think they would have reported it if it were a beaten up old fiesta,

Non story

It would have made no difference if the car being washed was a Porsche, Veyron, or a beaten up old fiesta, traffic was being blocked by having to merge into one lane, where two might have otherwise been available, to provide safety separation for the idiot doing the car washing (in the same way that the authorities `seem' to want to block whole lanes, or even close motorways for minor reasons at the drop of a hat (recently I was held up on the M25 because two lanes had been closed off, where a Nissan Micra was on the hard shoulder with a flat tire FFS)
The question I would have asked, why did whatever car was involved, have to be washed at this (very busy) location?

[Adrian W]

Pan Pan Pan said:

It would have made no difference if the car being washed was a Porsche, Veyron, or a beaten up old fiesta, traffic was being blocked by having to merge into one lane, where two might have otherwise been available, to provide safety separation for the idiot doing the car washing (in the same way that the authorities `seem' to want to block whole lanes, or even close motorways for minor reasons at the drop of a hat (recently I was held up on the M25 because two lanes had been closed off, where a Nissan Micra was on the hard shoulder with a flat tire FFS)
The question I would have asked, why did whatever car was involved, have to be washed at this (very busy) location?

What has that got to do with the Mail reporting it?

[turbobloke]

Adrian W said:

Pan Pan Pan said:

It would have made no difference if the car being washed was a Porsche, Veyron, or a beaten up old fiesta, traffic was being blocked by having to merge into one lane, where two might have otherwise been available, to provide safety separation for the idiot doing the car washing (in the same way that the authorities `seem' to want to block whole lanes, or even close motorways for minor reasons at the drop of a hat (recently I was held up on the M25 because two lanes had been closed off, where a Nissan Micra was on the hard shoulder with a flat tire FFS)
The question I would have asked, why did whatever car was involved, have to be washed at this (very busy) location?

What has that got to do with the Mail reporting it?

Not sure what the basis for such a question is, it's a private sector media business spending private money in its own way and nobody is forced to buy it or read it.

I have no interest in origami and can't read or speak Japanese so I don't buy or read a monthly magazine on the subject written in Japanese.



If somebody finds little interest in typical Mail articles and doesn't buy the paper then complaining about their reporting decisions is like being annoyed at a turbo car you haven't bought for having turbo lag. There's a valid 'why?' question in there.

[SPS]

Adrian W said:

million quid, it must be towing a trailer full of options.

Daily mail wants burning down

See "democracy" and freedom of speech in full flow.
Don't like it - burn it down!
I assume you are OK with the reciprocal theorem.

[Thorodin]

That's the problem with jumping on bandwaggons. There's so many sheep already on there you fall off and it runs you over. Wonder if that's where the saying 'in a rut' comes from?

[Hackney]

Blib said:

How dare he park in a designated space! These car drivers make me sick.

It's a taxi bay or a loading bay.

[Hackney]

richie99 said:

Irony of ironies, the Porker is parked in front a a sign which says the whole road is going to be closed on 2 August so some nice people can ride around on their bikes. Not too busy to close for that.

A Sunday though.

[Rude-boy]

Adrian W said:

million quid, it must be towing a trailer full of options.

Daily mail wants burning down

Nope,

It is possible to hit £1m buying one of those with a bit of effort on the options list and the unwritten options list. I am told.