tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post3438068816404046453..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: After the electionThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-45487968126931487562010-05-25T16:54:48.573+01:002010-05-25T16:54:48.573+01:00FT journalist Alan Beattie proposes this iron law ...FT journalist Alan Beattie proposes this iron law of journalism:<br /><br />If there's a question mark in the headline the answer is either (tabloid) "no" or (broadsheet) "who cares?"<br /><br />Daily Mail: "Have The Police Gone Stark Staring Mad?" (No.) And (I think) The Times: "Do women prefer Vladimir Putin's body to Jack Nicholson's?" (Who cares?)<br /><br />For women's magazines, the answer is: "Dunno, and your stupid quiz<br />isn't going to tell me."<br /><br />(In response to, eg, Could You Be Co-Dependent? Are You Your Own<br />Best Friend? Is Your Cellulite Abnormal?)<br /><br />For men's magazines, the answer is: "Dunno, but I'm sure you're about<br />to tell me."<br /><br />(In response to, eg, Is The Nokia N8 The Hottest Phone of 2008? Is<br />'Four Lions' Violent Enough? Are You Britain's Best-Dressed Man?).<br /><br />Having said this I do kind of care about breast measurements - if only their (and my) other measurements weren't increasing at the same rate....Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-39741451436080402192010-05-16T17:59:29.479+01:002010-05-16T17:59:29.479+01:00Well it's certainly progressive, in that term&...Well it's certainly <i>progressive</i>, in that term's most literal sense.Francis Sedgemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310279298255158895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-6094494421148009932010-05-16T17:34:57.709+01:002010-05-16T17:34:57.709+01:00Is it proof of the theory of creative evolution?Is it proof of the theory of creative evolution?Harry Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01833380054575757928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-43136754100251263632010-05-16T15:51:01.066+01:002010-05-16T15:51:01.066+01:00I read somewhere on the Interwebs that David Camer...I read somewhere on the Interwebs that David Cameron has man-boobs.Francis Sedgemorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310279298255158895noreply@blogger.com