When is an uproar not an uproar?

[sp1814]

Out of an audience of around 7 million viewers, 125 contacted the BBC to complain about a 'gay bedroom scene' shown in Eastenders this week.

Now, I'm not a mathematician, but surely, complaints from 0.001786% (and that's rounded up), hardly constitutes an 'uproar'?

Personally I was more incensed that the bl**dy Grand Prix coverage meant that Antiques Roadshow was cancelled on Sunday night, denying me my weekly pleasure of watching someone who thinks that the Constable left to them by Aunt Eileen actually came from Woolworths and has a value of £30.

Back to Eastenders - was it really THAT shocking?

[mike11111]

Slightly off-topic, but the only thing I remember about Vermont was that in Richard Nixon's landslide victory of 1972 Vermont was the only state to vote for his opponent, George McGovern. Even his home state, ultra-liberal Massachussets, voted against him.

[DTCwordfan]

they have always been somewaht "independent" in their political thinklng - one of the nice charms of the State. Their current class 1 senator is Indepent, Bernie Sanders and their second string, Leahy, is Democrat, though traditionally they have leaned towards the Reps.

[DTCwordfan]

they even tried to go it alone as a country in the late 18thC - 1777 to 91 I think it was...

[mike11111]

I suppose that although party affiliations play a part, when it comes to presidential elections personality and policy are much more significant in the US than here. Remember the "Democrats for Reagan?"

[DTCwordfan]

yep - one of the things also that we don't understand is that many other parties do nominate for the President.....I went into the booth of my ex when she was back home to vote (her old school teacher as returning officer - and yes, imagine that happening here!), and there were some 8 or 9 names on the Presidential ballot. We hardly hear o those alternative parties over here.

[emmie]

just a little update on this wonderful song.

Made famous by Nat King Cole, "Nature Boy" was written by an extraordinary man. Eden Ahbez, born in Brooklyn in 1908, a keen proselytiser of love and peace, adopted a lifestyle alien to most in the postwar years. By the late Forties, he was living a rustic life in sandals, beard and long hair, camped out below the first L in the Hollywood sign above Los Angeles. He studied Oriental mysticism, ate only fruit and nuts and wrote the occasional song to make ends meet. He was, if you like, the first hippie.

[jno]

"If the homosexual population increases over the next few years we can put it down to advertising."

Not ordinarily, but when Tescos advertise two for the price of one...

[mike11111]

Oh dear, jno! They won't have the staff to cope with the sales rush!!!!

[BertiWooster]

Now just wait a cotton picking minute !!!!

I must take issue with the OP's derogatory comments about the Grand Prix
An apology is due - or else i'll fix it so that you dont see your boyfriend again

[anotheoldgit]

Answerprancer

/// I see it as investigative - you have to learn what sh!t looks like to avoid treading in it. ///

Once they have seen what it is like, why do they continue to tread in it, don't they ever learn, or are they just slow learners?

[Answerprancer]

I don't really know, perhaps it's a case of astonished disbelief AOG.
Speaking for myself, I only read bits of it now and then if for example someone drops one on a train (the paper) out of morbid curiosity and so that I can justify myself when I slate it.