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Quote Unquote requotes … and the reason I was listening to Radio 4 (see below) was to hear one of my favourite programmes, which is called Quote Unquote.
Some recycled quotes, then.
Apparently, a newspaper whose name I did not catch had on the front at the top, everyday, the following slogan:
As independent as resources permit.
I requote this in my turn because (a) I like it, and because (b) I think it says a great deal about blogging.
This was supplied by Simon Jenkins, who then went on to say that he “used to be” a pompous reporter, which also made me laugh. He did later somewhat redeem himself in my ears by reporting this motorway sign:
Emergency toilets 25 miles.
I guess emergency toilets, like newspaper independence, occur as often as resources permit.
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Note that this is a diktat from the European Commission, not a rule from the European Parliament. The gentleman’s drinking club that _was_ the commission has function-crept its way into something rather more sinister…
Shome mishtake shuhrely?
Heard on Quote, Unquote some time back, from an advertisement of a camping supplies store:
My favourite was from a few years ago. Jimmy Shand, the world famous accordionist, was having breakfast in a hotel and asked for some honey to spread on his toast. On receiving the miserly, thimble-sized pot, he remarked: