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I'm split between wanting to know what happened to make Rachel want a divorce, and not wanting to stoop to the level of following celebrity gossip.
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Don't see where it says divorce other than the anagram deliberately designed to allure. A split is not necessarily a divorce.
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Mark Deeks wrote:Don't see where it says divorce other than the anagram deliberately designed to allure. A split is not necessarily a divorce.
I thought the anagram purposely put CV together for some strange reason.
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I'm sure Rachel and Jamie could do without the gutter press giving their tuppence worth at this difficult time. As far as I can tell, the word 'divorce' is a figment of The Sun editorial team's collective imagination.
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Heather Styles wrote:I'm sure Rachel and Jamie could do without the gutter press giving their tuppence worth at this difficult time. As far as I can tell, the word 'divorce' is a figment of The Sun editorial team's collective imagination.
No, it's definitely in my ODE2r.
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Jon Corby wrote:
Heather Styles wrote:I'm sure Rachel and Jamie could do without the gutter press giving their tuppence worth at this difficult time. As far as I can tell, the word 'divorce' is a figment of The Sun editorial team's collective imagination.
No, it's definitely in my ODE2r.
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They've split before and manage to get back together, maybe they will sort it out, hopefully?
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Dave Preece wrote:They've split before and manage to get back together, maybe they will sort it out, hopefully?
Yeah, if you want.
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Hi Graham Virtue! You have a great name. Please let's not have RayRi ever catch on, though.
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What a shit bit of 'journalism'.
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Dave Preece wrote:What a shit bit of 'journalism'.
"Thanks" for that.
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Dave Preece wrote:What a shit bit of 'journalism'.
I read the article and was surprised by how well written and factually correct it was compared to most things I've seen written about the show, so couldn't disagree more.
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JackHurst wrote:
Dave Preece wrote:What a shit bit of 'journalism'.
I read the article and was surprised by how well written and factually correct it was compared to most things I've seen written about the show, so couldn't disagree more.
I was surprised by agreeing with you, Jack.
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You could've at least have had a shave...
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A SCOOP for the Daily Mail today (January 23rd) on page 32 they report that the prodigy Dylan attained the highest ever score.
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Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:A SCOOP for the Daily Mail today (January 23rd) on page 32 they report that the prodigy Dylan attained the highest ever score.
Well at least the Daily Mail are only a few months behind the rest of the world now, as apposed to their usual 40 year deficit.
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I bet Dylan is absolutely thrilled knowing that everyone who reads that article now knows that he's autistic, I know if my mental disorders were made public in that sort of way I'd be pretty fucked off as a lot of other apterites that are in the same boat
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David Barnard wrote:I bet Dylan is absolutely thrilled knowing that everyone who reads that article now knows that he's autistic, I know if my mental disorders were made public in that sort of way I'd be pretty fucked off as a lot of other apterites that are in the same boat
He certainly won't be smiling.
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David Barnard wrote:I bet Dylan is absolutely thrilled knowing that everyone who reads that article now knows that he's autistic, I know if my mental disorders were made public in that sort of way I'd be pretty fucked off as a lot of other apterites that are in the same boat
He certainly won't be smiling.
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Presumably either him or his dad must have told them about it, so they can't have been too bothered.
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Callum Todd wrote:
Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:A SCOOP for the Daily Mail today (January 23rd) on page 32 they report that the prodigy Dylan attained the highest ever score.
Well at least the Daily Mail are only a few months behind the rest of the world now, as apposed to their usual 40 year deficit.
The Daily Mail tells you what's wrong with the country but have no idea how to change it.
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Martin Thompson wrote:
Callum Todd wrote:
Ian Fitzpatrick wrote:A SCOOP for the Daily Mail today (January 23rd) on page 32 they report that the prodigy Dylan attained the highest ever score.
Well at least the Daily Mail are only a few months behind the rest of the world now, as apposed to their usual 40 year deficit.
The Daily Mail tells you what's wrong with the country but have no idea how to change it.
Substitute Daily Mirror/Russell Brand.

I'm probably going to get chastised for saying this, but if you compare the Mail now to two years ago then it's come on a long way. It's no longer gay-bashing, Muslim-smearing, and woman-hating...
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Gays and Muslims (or any other religion, for that matter) are polar opposites, so I'm not sure how they can be consistent on that.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:if you compare the Mail now to two years ago then it's come on a long way. It's no longer gay-bashing, Muslim-smearing, and woman-hating...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh you weren't joking.
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Jennifer Steadman wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:if you compare the Mail now to two years ago then it's come on a long way. It's no longer gay-bashing, Muslim-smearing, and woman-hating...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh you weren't joking.
Exhibit A: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... riage.html
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I quite like the Daily Mail,

The cryptic crossword is both challenging and acheivable and it's probably the highest quality newspaper I can hold without ruining the pages when I try and turn a page over.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:if you compare the Mail now to two years ago then it's come on a long way. It's no longer gay-bashing, Muslim-smearing, and woman-hating...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh you weren't joking.
Exhibit A: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... riage.html
When that article is equally likely to have been published if the singer was male, then you might have the beginnings of a point.
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Ian Volante wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh you weren't joking.
Exhibit A: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... riage.html
When that article is equally likely to have been published if the singer was male, then you might have the beginnings of a point.
I think you're forgetting that I also said it's not woman-hating.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:
When that article is equally likely to have been published if the singer was male, then you might have the beginnings of a point.
I think you're forgetting that I also said it's not woman-hating.
I wouldn't have posted if I'd forgotten that.
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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Jennifer Steadman wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:if you compare the Mail now to two years ago then it's come on a long way. It's no longer gay-bashing, Muslim-smearing, and woman-hating...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh you weren't joking.
Exhibit A: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic ... riage.html
Was that in the print version, though?

The Daily Mail and dailymail.co.uk are two different worlds. One reacts with horror at every degraded X Factor performance and launches into campaigns to "ban this filth". The other provides soft porn you can read on your computer during work lunch breaks.

Would the print version ever publish this?
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Charlie has been interviewed in the Independent, talking about Countdown and apterous. Woo!
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Graeme Cole wrote:Charlie has been interviewed in the Independent, talking about Countdown and apterous. Woo!
James takes this one. 234-227 but I can't remember which way round.
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Interesting bit of news relating to PP. I was in the audience for this episode as it happens, not plugging FOCAL, as it happens. :P http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36458648
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James Robinson wrote:Interesting bit of news relating to PP. I was in the audience for this episode as it happens, not plugging FOCAL, as it happens. :P http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36458648
Cos, like, we all know what PP is. (Well, I do now that I've been to the article - Product Placement)
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