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Who is the biggest wally on tv?
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 28, 2003
I didn't think it was 'wrong' to say wally, just haven't heard it for ages so thought it must be un
In my family a wally is a large gherkin that you get from a fish and chip shop 
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
IctoanAWEWawi Posted Feb 28, 2003
I'm sure there was a campaign or something about the word wally since it was insulting to people who are named wally (short for ? )
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Gubernatrix Posted Feb 28, 2003
Wally is a good word. I would be inclined to (and do) use the word 't**t' in similar situations but sometimes people are offended even by this.
In fact, I got modded for using 't**t' in a post!
So wally is an innocuous alternative.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Lenny (Lynette) Posted Feb 28, 2003
Mark Lamarr. Sorry Mark, your autocue is funny but you just aren't. You're alright on radio though.
Anyone from South Today.....
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Feb 28, 2003
Sarah Cox rubs me the wrong way too.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 28, 2003
hmmm. Lots of people consider t**t to be quite a rude word, look forward to getting modded again I would certainly say it was a lot stronger and more offesive than 'wally' (which for me means gherkin).
My mum always gets it confused with 'twit'. This causes to get funny looks when, at the checkout or somewhere, she says something like "I'm such a t**t"
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Lenny (Lynette) Posted Feb 28, 2003
Same with my Mum! She oft refers to my Dad as a bit of a t**t and this is from a person who doesn't like saying 'bum'...
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Gubernatrix Posted Feb 28, 2003
I think it's a bit rude to use the word 't**t' to someone directly. But I think it's funny to refer to some geezer off the telly as a 't**t'.
What happened to 'prat' - did that go the way of 'wally'?
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
IctoanAWEWawi Posted Feb 28, 2003
Ah well, twas only an aside to see if anyone else had see the item about it!
Patrick Kielty is still one though ! And you're right about Lamarr. Reeves and Mortimer are as well. Get some new material lads!
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Feb 28, 2003
Reeves and Mortimer are definitely prats.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
PQ Posted Feb 28, 2003
I know he's hardly ever on tv but....Chris Moyles
I like jonathon woss - although he is better on the radio and I do understand why people don't like him
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
BobTheFarmer Posted Feb 28, 2003
Reeves and Mortimer are comedy geniuses.
Argue and I will hunt you down and kill you.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Feb 28, 2003
Now where not onbly competing to find annoying people on TV, but also to find different ways of calling them annoying...
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Gubernatrix Posted Feb 28, 2003
...without getting banned for life from h2g2!
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Just Bob aka Robert Thompson, plugging my film blog cinemainferno-blog.blogspot.co.uk Posted Feb 28, 2003
Bob Monkhouse is a plonker, although he's not on much any more.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Feb 28, 2003
BTW do you know what a t**t is?The number of students who blithely inform me it's a pregnant fish when I challenge them obviously don't.Apart from the fact that fish can't get pregnant they have no idea just how rude the word is.
Incog.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Gubernatrix Posted Mar 1, 2003
But people don't use it with the meaning you are referring to. The number of people who don't know that meaning is obviously testament to this.
What about people who say 'tush', meaning something like 'stuff and nonsense' rather than 'bum'? I'm sure they don't intend to be that rude.
Who is the biggest wally on tv?
Researcher 177704 Posted Mar 1, 2003
Dale Winton
Cilla Black
Davina McCall
Jim Davidson
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