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Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Orcus Started conversation Dec 1, 2008
After all he did a dreadful cheaty thing by trying to stop his opponent winning the gross eating competition.
Or should we line up the newspaper editors under gunpoint and ask them politely to actually report on the actual news?
Such as massacres in India, global financial meltdown, wars in Africa and the Middle east...
Why do I have to hear about a s**t programme I don't watch, don't want to watch and don't want to know about on the excremental news?
Reality TV isn't news.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Taff Agent of kaos Posted Dec 1, 2008
lets take a page out of the dancing show and when an unpopular decision is made call for some sackings
GET RID OF ANT AND DEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Dec 3, 2008
Why after more than a decade is he in the news?
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Alfster Posted Dec 3, 2008
It seems he has been a reserve on that programme for a number of years.
He said he would probably piss other contestants off as he gets cranky when he doesn't eat enough.
He's very self-aware of what he's doing.
I'll give him some slack as he does a huge amount for charity in boosting kids confidence. His range of glasses many years ago helped kids wear them who were afraid of being bullied etc.
I have to say I do not watch 'that' programme but did read the article.
Why is he in the news? Because all the media outlets thrive on reality TV. I always wonder why the BBC have the Big Brother evictions as top news when it is from a rival but presumably it's a back scratching exercise as the other outlets will report on Strictly Come Dancing or whatever 3month long singing audition they happpen to be doing.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Dec 3, 2008
I am pleased to report I have absolutely no idea who Timmy Mallett may be.
TRiG.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism Posted Dec 3, 2008
TRiG,
Be very, very grateful. He is (or was) a children's entertainer from a few (ahem) years back.
Possibly the only TV presenter more irritating than Ant & Dec.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Orcus Posted Dec 3, 2008
Oof, there's some pretty stiff competition in that regard.
For the record, I wasn't really complaining about Timmy Mallett himself - since I haven't actually seen the guy properly on telly for many years.
What annoyed me were the lurid headlines about his dirty cheating behaviour on a nothing TV show. Hardly something to write home about considering what else we have to worry about at the moment.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism Posted Dec 4, 2008
We'd guessed that. But can we hang draw and quarter Timmy anyway, please. 
The fact he's on the TV, along with the host of other non-event shows is all part of the 'circuses' half of 'bread and circuses'.
People, as a whole, don't want a constant stream of what the world is really like, they might feel guilty about how lucky they are, they want entertainment, and something to gossip about at work.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Orcus Posted Dec 4, 2008
Well it had occured to me that the most obvious answer to the title was.
Yes Please 
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Oops the Destroyer - not actually evil just very clumsy Posted Dec 4, 2008
It should have been done 20 years ago after that blody bikini song, seems a bit late now.
Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism Posted Dec 4, 2008
Hah, we've just been lulling him into a sense of security. 
If we can't give him the medieval treatment, can we at least leave him in the jungle after the show ends?
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Should we hang draw and quarter Timmy Mallett?
- 1: Orcus (Dec 1, 2008)
- 2: Taff Agent of kaos (Dec 1, 2008)
- 3: Stealth "Jack" Azathoth (Dec 3, 2008)
- 4: Alfster (Dec 3, 2008)
- 5: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Dec 3, 2008)
- 6: Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism (Dec 3, 2008)
- 7: Orcus (Dec 3, 2008)
- 8: Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism (Dec 4, 2008)
- 9: Orcus (Dec 4, 2008)
- 10: Oops the Destroyer - not actually evil just very clumsy (Dec 4, 2008)
- 11: Thatprat - With a new head/wall interface mechanism (Dec 4, 2008)
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