Lentilly uproar at Top Gear link to Arms fair.

[8Ace]

Guardian fury. Could there be anything more evil?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/30/bbc-te...

For heaven's sake.

[offroading.net]

[madrob6]

Nice to see they're on the ball there. I'm not entirely sure how that is a valid link to the arms trade to be honest.

[grumbledoak]

What a pathetic load of wk. So, they're using the same venue? Big, fat, lentil eating deal.

[Gun]

The world would be a much better place without The Guardian and it's readers, complete non-story.

[Stu R]

talk about tenuous links, whinging losers.

[jimmyjimjim]

That has to be the most tenuous reason to be pissed that I've ever heard.

[EDLT]

Top Gear sells guns to oil-drilling-car-driving-electricity-using-meat-eating-terrorist because they put on a show in Earl's Court!

Makes perfect sense to me. Robbie Williams is probably guilty too.

Edited by EDLT on Thursday 30th October 14:21

[otolith]

Marvellous. Anything that upsets the lentilists is fine by me.

By the way, what's the carbon footprint of a newspaper? The Daily Mirror's is 174g per paper, what's the Grauniad's? Shouldn't they close down the print operation and stick to digital media, if they're so fing holier than thou?


http://teenet.tei.or.th/Knowledge/Paper/carbonfoot...

[8Ace]

jimmyjimjim said:

That has to be the most tenuous reason to be pissed that I've ever heard.

Me too - it's ace isn't it? This by the way is on the front page of guardian.co.uk. and is therefore deemed a top story.

It's quite fun reading the Guardian - you alternate between humour and rage. Much more of an emotional journey than the Times.

[collateral]

Odd reason to be annoyed.

Same or different Clarion who make car stereos? I smell more hatin' opportunities!

[tonyvid]

Blimey, that's a bit tenuous! It's a bit like not buying bread from a company because they supply the army?

[filski666]

so does that mean if I go to Top Gear Live, I get a free go on a minigun?

[Benny Saltstein]

The link here is pretty thin. So MPH share the same events co as the 2008 Land Mine and Cattleprod expo... big deal. I hear they've been using Pritstik on Blue Peter, the same Pritstik made out of Black Beauty's dead cousin....bds!

Edited by Benny Saltstein on Thursday 30th October 14:40

[filski666]

to be honest, I am actually now tempted to go to the Top Gear show, for the sole reason that it has links to the arms fair and will upset guardian readers.

I would rather go to the arms fair, actually, pretend to be some despot from a dodgy european backwater (like the UK?) looking for hardware for a forthcoming revolution.

[collateral]

filski666 said:

I would rather go to the arms fair, actually, pretend to be some despot from a dodgy european backwater (like the UK?) looking for hardware for a forthcoming revolution.

Sounds like a job for Borat - "aaaaaaand how many gypsis can eet keel at once?"

[chris_w]

tonyvid said:

Blimey, that's a bit tenuous! It's a bit like not buying bread from a company because they supply the army?

30 seconds research (doubt the Guardian 'journos' could even spell the word) shows that this company is also responsible for, amongst others, Antiques for Everyone, The Spirit of Christmas Fair and the Baby Show.... they sound like Satan's very own henchmen...
All of their exhibitions for the coming year:

Top Drawer Autumn
EiG 2008 - European i-Gaming Congress & Expo
International Caravan & Motorhome 2008
The Baby Show London
Adviser 2008 Manchester
Asian Gambling Briefing
The Betting Show
Antiques for Everyone Winter 2008
MPH featuring Top Gear Live
UDT Pacific
Spirit of Christmas Fair
The Luxury Travel Fair
Music Live
Sounds Expo
Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Mortgage Business Expo London
MPH featuring Top Gear Live
Classic Motor Show
The Baby Show Manchester
The London International Horse Show
National Fine Arts and Antiques Fair
Top Drawer Spring
Collections
The Caravan & Motorhome Show 2009, Manchester Central
Scotland's Trade Fair Spring
Scotland's Speciality Food Show
Mortgage Business Expo Northern Ireland
Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) 
International Gaming Expo (ICE and ICEi) 
Destinations The Holiday & Travel Show London
Asian i-Gaming
The Baby Show Excel
Destinations The Holiday & Travel Show Birmingham
Adviser Scotland 2009
Mortgage Business Expo Scotland 2009
LAAD
Antiques For Everyone Spring 2009
Multimodal
The Baby Show NEC
Pulse
Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Home and Gift
Top Drawer Autumn
Music Live 2009

[oyster]

chris_w said:

All of their exhibitions for the coming year:
......
Mortgage Business Expo London
.....

I bet there queueing up for that one this year.

[sadoksevoli]

chris_w said:

All of their exhibitions for the coming year:
...
The Caravan & Motorhome Show 2009, Manchester Central
...

That's the one that should stop Top Gear having anything to do with Clarion

Meanwhile, at Grauniad HQ, latest news is a lentillist journo has just adjusted the position of his chranium so it was a better fit in his rectal passage.

[filski666]

chris_w said:

tonyvid said:

Blimey, that's a bit tenuous! It's a bit like not buying bread from a company because they supply the army?

30 seconds research (doubt the Guardian 'journos' could even spell the word) shows that this company is also responsible for, amongst others, Antiques for Everyone, The Spirit of Christmas Fair and the Baby Show.... they sound like Satan's very own henchmen...
All of their exhibitions for the coming year:

Top Drawer Autumn
EiG 2008 - European i-Gaming Congress & Expo
International Caravan & Motorhome 2008
The Baby Show London
Adviser 2008 Manchester
Asian Gambling Briefing
The Betting Show
Antiques for Everyone Winter 2008
MPH featuring Top Gear Live
UDT Pacific
Spirit of Christmas Fair
The Luxury Travel Fair
Music Live
Sounds Expo
Winter Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Mortgage Business Expo London
MPH featuring Top Gear Live
Classic Motor Show
The Baby Show Manchester
The London International Horse Show
National Fine Arts and Antiques Fair
Top Drawer Spring
Collections
The Caravan & Motorhome Show 2009, Manchester Central
Scotland's Trade Fair Spring
Scotland's Speciality Food Show
Mortgage Business Expo Northern Ireland
Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEI) 
International Gaming Expo (ICE and ICEi) 
Destinations The Holiday & Travel Show London
Asian i-Gaming
The Baby Show Excel
Destinations The Holiday & Travel Show Birmingham
Adviser Scotland 2009
Mortgage Business Expo Scotland 2009
LAAD
Antiques For Everyone Spring 2009
Multimodal
The Baby Show NEC
Pulse
Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair
Home and Gift
Top Drawer Autumn
Music Live 2009

I don't see an arms fair there??

I need a date - I have got my beret out the loft and dusted it down, all ready.