Comments on: Official! Irish Times Editorial Standards Gone To Dogs http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs Offending everybody since 2006 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andrew http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-25808 Andrew Fri, 09 May 2008 20:53:19 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-25808 Joint Committee Investigates Marijuana Use !!!! Joint Committee Investigates Marijuana Use !!!!

]]> By: His Girl Friday http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-21329 His Girl Friday Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:29:04 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-21329 Well, no, but we've sort of envisioned this conga line effect of getting the job done! :) Well, no, but we’ve sort of envisioned this conga line effect of getting the job done! :)

]]> By: Bock the Robber http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-21243 Bock the Robber Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:42:59 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-21243 Interesting. Does it specify whether all staff are required to wash your hands at the same time? Interesting. Does it specify whether all staff are required to wash your hands at the same time?

]]> By: His Girl Friday http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-21145 His Girl Friday Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:30:28 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-21145 We have a sign on the WC door at work...reads: ' All staff are required to wash your hands' ...get's so busy washing each others' hands, we hardly get any work done! ; -) We have a sign on the WC door at work…reads:
‘ All staff are required to wash your hands’

…get’s so busy washing each others’ hands, we hardly get any work done! ; -)

]]> By: problemchildbride http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-21000 problemchildbride Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:11:44 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-21000 I guess they thought it was urgent. Terence - that's hilarious! I guess they thought it was urgent.

Terence - that’s hilarious!

]]> By: Bartholomew http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-20978 Bartholomew Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:01:20 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-20978 My recent favourite example of Irish Times linguistic confusion, from their reporting of the Pat Kenny case: (from memory) 'Kenny was afraid that Charlton was going to build properties on the property because it was his property'. My recent favourite example of Irish Times linguistic confusion, from their reporting of the Pat Kenny case: (from memory) ‘Kenny was afraid that Charlton was going to build properties on the property because it was his property’.

]]> By: Terence McDanger http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-20968 Terence McDanger Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:34:41 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-20968 If the IT descends to Indo-level standards of spelling and grammar, not to mention style of reporting, I think I'll disembowel myself with a dessert spoon and lie under a Railway bridge to bleed out. It does remind me of a headline I wrote myself though, while on work experience somewhere in a previous life. It was a sports story about a 56 year-old man called Willie still playing senior GAA for his club. I titled it: "Age no barrier to active Willie." Boom boom! I'll get me coat... If the IT descends to Indo-level standards of spelling and grammar, not to mention style of reporting, I think I’ll disembowel myself with a dessert spoon and lie under a Railway bridge to bleed out.

It does remind me of a headline I wrote myself though, while on work experience somewhere in a previous life. It was a sports story about a 56 year-old man called Willie still playing senior GAA for his club.

I titled it: “Age no barrier to active Willie.”

Boom boom!

I’ll get me coat…

]]> By: Conan Drumm http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-20854 Conan Drumm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:50:27 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-20854 Bock, it's entirely natural, we all get urges. Bock, it’s entirely natural, we all get urges.

]]> By: Red Mist http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-20847 Red Mist Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:35:24 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-20847 A reaction, fantastic. Just pulling your leg. A reaction, fantastic. Just pulling your leg.

]]> By: Bock http://bocktherobber.com/2008/04/official-irish-times-editorial-standards-gone-to-dogs#comment-20842 Bock Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:04:22 +0000 http://bocktherobber.com/?p=1130#comment-20842 Why do you say that? Why do you say that?

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