How Much I Dislike The Daily Mail

[maggiebee]

This was apparently written by a commuter who was offered a free newspaper at the station. Wasn't sure where to put it but Chatterbank is as good a place as any.


I would rather
eat quavers that are six weeks stale
blow dry the hair of Gareth Bale
listen to the songs of Jimmy Nail
than read one page of the Daily Mail

If I were bored
in a waiting room in Perivale
on a twelve hour trip on British Rail
or a world circumnavigational sail
I would not read the Daily Mail

I would happily read
the complete works of Peter Mayle
the autobiography of Dan Qualyle
selected scripts from Emmerdale
but I couldn’t ever read the Daily Mail

Far better
to stand outside in a storm of hail
be blown out to sea in a powerful gale
then swallowed by a humpback whale
than have to read the Daily Mail

Even if
I were blind
and it was the only thing
in Braille
I still would not read
the Daily Mail

[janbee]

That's really good maggie... and so true. Even chippies would turn away the DM for wrappings. Mind you , no chippies takes old papers these days do they?

[dannyk13]

Don't sit on the fence Maggie, say how you feel.

[1ozzy]

Well,,,, the person can rhyme.

[hc4361]

That's amusing but it's far better to criticise the Mail after reading it than refuse point blank to read it at all.

I never realised how many words rhyme with mail, not that I'd spent much time thinking about it :D

[MargoTester]

It does, however, have a good crossword section which is why I buy it.

[dannyk13]

Me too

[retrocop]

And me.

[retrocop]

come on mac where are you. You do also :-)

[soxmis_sid]

Every day, without fail
I always read the Daily Mail.
Writing poetry is quite hard.
So I don't think I'll be a bard!

[MargoTester]

I, for one, take great offence at your remarks Gromit. I am none of the things you mention in your diatribe.

[retrocop]

That is too strong Gromit. Those people in the Crossword section who buy the Mail are some of the best on this site.
Trouble is there are some lacking the intelligence to do a crossword here .!!!

[dannyk13]

Ditto

[Togo]

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear.
1984 George Orwell.

[Quizmonster]

Click here for the Daily Mail Song…


Plus…
One of our ex-Prime Ministers (Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury, a Tory!) described the Daily Mail as a newspaper “written by office boys for office boys.”
There is not a shred of evidence that it has ever risen higher than that level in terms of the probable intelligence of either its staff or its readership!

[retrocop]

Danny and Margo
It would appear through gross ignorance you are both guilty by association because of me. For that I can only apologise :-(

[Togo]

//This was apparently written by a commuter who was offered a free newspaper at the station.//
Apparently a schoolboy or schoolgirl. Meanwhile the 'leftists' are going to change the world with their next big idea. When they have one that is.

[Togo]

//Wasn't sure where to put it//
Now let me think............

[dannyk13]

No problem Retro. I'll just ignore Gromit's tirade.

[MargoTester]

That goes for me too Retro.