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By: PooterGeek » Blog Archive » Putting It Down

PooterGeek » Blog Archive » Putting It Down — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:08:27 +0000

[…] In the comments of my previous posts, a compulsive objector, Daniel Davies, accidentally said something illuminating. He claimed to have used the word “pooterish” in his criticism of the document. The comic character who gave rise to this word believes his trivial existence to be of unrecognized but great significance. This running gag from Diary Of A Nobody is neatly inverted by the running gag here at PooterGeek these past few weeks: that the manifesto’s reception and perceived significance have been surreally out of proportion with my original intentions and with my sorry excuse for a life. I now live in a world where I find myself giving my shopping basket to someone behind the perfumes counter in Boots so I can take an international call from a journalist out in the street where the reception’s better, tilting my head sideways to keep the rain off my mobile; or turn down an invitation to an early-morning interview on BBC Radio 5Live because I’ve been up late the night before. […]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 19:36:22 +0000

If Sisyphus is Benjamin, you’re going to bitterly regret that offer of coddling…

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:52:35 +0000

Why, oh why barring that Sisyphus character? Just when it starts to be real entertaining…

Sisy - come to my place if these heartless Brits ban you. Be my guest. We’ll coddle the heck out of you, promise.

By: PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:06:51 +0000

Strangely enough, I don’t think yours(?) was the reference to my being unemployed that I was referring to, but I guess there must be quite a few of them out there by now. Why bother attacking the principles when attacking the man is so much easier?

Anyway, I thought I’d barred you, Sisyphus. Apologies to everyone else while I crank up the severity of the moderation system.

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:51:22 +0000

The full quotation was “the unemployed in search of a little attention (like Pootergeek)” … but searching for attention would describe the signatories as a group, with Cohen and Aaronovitch raking in the cash!

By: Scribbles

Scribbles — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:27:40 +0000

A wise person once said “to avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”

Anyone who has “attacked” the EM is neither sensible nor intelligent. But good and honest criticism will feed and guide the EM if you allow. I hope it flourishes.

By: Gray

Gray — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:56:23 +0000

True, some of the criticism is absurd. But don’t let that delude you into thinking that the EM has credibility because it has been attacked by fruitcakes, and its annoyed the right people. The EM has been attacked by intelligent, sensible people too, and ignored by sensible, intelligent people.

Enjoy your 15 minutes of fame; the EM is destined to fail - with or without attacks from chiding fruitcakes.

By: Tim Newman

Tim Newman — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:48:02 +0000

There’s also something exquisitely absurd about the supposed socialist who dismissed my views on the grounds that I’m unemployed.

Consider yourself lucky. I often get disqualified from speaking about the oil and gas industry on the grounds that I have an involvement in it.

By: PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:46:01 +0000

Thanks, Ian. I’m vain, but not quite that vain yet. If an entry carrying my name appears and it’s wrong, I’ll do my best to correct it.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:40:26 +0000

Damian, I should point out that there is a Euston Manifesto entry in Wikipedia with a “stub” to your name that needs its own entry. Although writing vanity pages is discouraged, there is a legitimate reason here and it might be wise to get your bio in before anyone else does, plus you can get a plug for your blog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euston_manifesto

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:36:33 +0000

It doesn’t say anything about lizards and aliens not running the planet either - which proves you’re all a bunch of wide-eyed loons.

And where’s the bit about it not being right to pelt the Queen with rotten tomatoes?

Disagraceful.