What a suprise

Frank the tank

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

neiltb

a good day to bury bad news.

Frank the tank

President Obama was awoken at 3ish in the morning with the news.

It's going to be on April 29th. Oh! and the North koreans are at it again if you're interested Mr president.

Sirius631

neiltb wrote:

a good day to bury bad news.

The wedding of William and Kate is not really bad news.

Good one, Frank.

Bronzie

The upside is you can book 3 days annual leave* and take 11 days off work. Gotta love The Royals.

* 26-28th April - while stocks last

Airwave

You old cynics.Just be happy that for a day next April we will be in la la land with the pixies&fairies :roll:

Bobbinogs

Great spot Bronzie. Just stuck it in my diary for tomorrow..."sort out long holiday for Easter".

What I hate is the media obsession with this nonsense. I really don't give a monkey's toss about the royals and neither does anyone else down my local, yet the media would have you believe something totally different. Blah, blah, blah to fill the 24 hours of "news".

daviesee

Bronzie wrote:

The upside is you can book 3 days annual leave* and take 11 days off work. Gotta love The Royals.

* 26-28th April - while stocks last

Already booked for a week of cycling with the club flying over to Majorca - perfic!

Will I miss anything? 8)

Pross

I'll be waiting for the leaked honeymoon video to start doing the rounds

I'll be on holiday in Devon that week so might try to take my bike and make the most of quiet roads for the day whilst the wife and inlaws go all patriotic!

Garry H

Pross wrote:

I'll be waiting for the leaked honeymoon video to start doing the rounds

I'll be on holiday in Devon that week so might try to take my bike and make the most of quiet roads for the day whilst the wife and inlaws go all patriotic!

That's what I did when is dad and the "queen of hearts" got wed. Spent the whole day riding my BMX (I was only ten)

rick_chasey

Frank the tank wrote:

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

Only for the tabloids.

Solution; read a proper paper.

The proper headlines today:

Telegraph: "All over-45s should take a daily dose of aspirin to protect against heart disease and cancer"

The Times: "Schools will have to meet tough new targets for raising exam standards or face being taken over" with a picture of Korea..

The Guardian: "The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned of the break-up of worldwide Anglicanism" with a picture of Korea..

As a side note; those headlines neatly show the idiosyncrasies of each paper.

Frank the tank

Rick Chasey wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

Only for the tabloids.

Solution; read a proper paper.

The proper headlines today:

Telegraph: "All over-45s should take a daily dose of aspirin to protect against heart disease and cancer"

The Times: "Schools will have to meet tough new targets for raising exam standards or face being taken over" with a picture of Korea..

The Guardian: "The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned of the break-up of worldwide Anglicanism" with a picture of Korea..

As a side note; those headlines neatly show the idiosyncrasies of each paper.

Actually I was refering to the TV news, sharp sh1t.

ConsciousPilot

I find it quite amusing that they have chosen my birthday & aniversary to wed, so I'm going to pretend all the fuss is for ME!!!! All you cynics out there can send your gifts to me instead. Now where is that bike catalogue?

rick_chasey

Frank the tank wrote:

Actually I was refering to the TV news, sharp sh1t.

Aw boo hoo.

I figured people normally refer to the lead story with the TV, and headline for the papers...

bompington

Frank the tank wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

Only for the tabloids.

Solution; read a proper paper.

The proper headlines today:

Telegraph: "All over-45s should take a daily dose of aspirin to protect against heart disease and cancer"

The Times: "Schools will have to meet tough new targets for raising exam standards or face being taken over" with a picture of Korea..

The Guardian: "The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned of the break-up of worldwide Anglicanism" with a picture of Korea..

As a side note; those headlines neatly show the idiosyncrasies of each paper.

Actually I was refering to the TV news, sharp sh1t.

the TV news has counted as tabloid for 20 years, as anybody at all sharp would have realised...

afx237vi

bompington wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

Actually I was refering to the TV news, sharp sh1t.

the TV news has counted as tabloid for 20 years, as anybody at all sharp would have realised...

Most of it, yeah, but Channel 4 news still actually broadcasts news. BBC 4 world news is decent. Although the best news programme on TV these days is probably the Daily Show on More4.

spen666

Frank the tank wrote:

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

Well far be it from the British press to report on news involving this country and our future king as opposed to a story that has rumbled on for the last 60 or more years in a far flung country virtually no one in Britain has been to or has any connection with

finchy

spen666 wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

The royal wedding date gets the headlines in front of the Korean shebang, should have known better, than to expect any difference.

Well far be it from the British press to report on news involving this country and our future king as opposed to a story that has rumbled on for the last 60 or more years in a far flung country virtually no one in Britain has been to or has any connection with

You are Neville Chamberlain and I claim my 5 pounds.

Stone Glider

Oh, so I wasn't the only person to think that it would be a good day for a long bike ride

I wish them well, not their fault, just keep the noise down.

MichaelW

Just imagine the scene at Pyongyang Workers Palace

Dear Leader Kim Jong-il :" I'm so ronry, Im leaving this country to you dear third son and Brilliant Comrade."
Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong-un:"Can I invade the south"
Dear Leader Kim Jong-il :" Yes, but pick a good day for bad news"

Anonymous

Maybe Rickchasey can mince over to S.Korea and bore them to death before they kick off properly at each other.

I'd like to see that headline in a Proper Paper, pompous ass..... :roll:

ratsbeyfus

afx237vi wrote:

Most of it, yeah, but Channel 4 news still actually broadcasts news. BBC 4 world news is decent. Although the best news programme on TV these days is probably the Daily Show on More4.

+1 to that.

And what do we have here... Rory Bremner.

finchy

ratsbeyfus wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Most of it, yeah, but Channel 4 news still actually broadcasts news. BBC 4 world news is decent. Although the best news programme on TV these days is probably the Daily Show on More4.

+1 to that.

And what do we have here... Rory Bremner.

So am I alone in thinking the Daily Show is sh1te, and John Stewart's "humour" is limited to reading the headlines in a sarcastic voice and then stating the bleeding obvious?

ratsbeyfus

No you're not alone... my brother in law dislikes John Stewart for being too 'shouty'.

Then again, mt brother in law is a borderline alcoholic.

finchy

Have you checked out my link in the Champions League thread, ratsbeyfus?

ratsbeyfus

Yep - much appreciated sir! Gone for freesport24

finchy

ratsbeyfus wrote:

Yep - much appreciated sir! Gone for freesport24

You could watch football all day using myp2p - they also do most of the big bike races and some of the smaller ones as well as a whole platter of other sports.