tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post2816785190809021749..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Dan, Dan The Phantom Threat ManTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-20914395333078511122018-10-22T08:39:59.016+01:002018-10-22T08:39:59.016+01:00Great and good pastor Bonhoeffer once said, "...Great and good pastor Bonhoeffer once said, "I stopped arguing with the nazis when they became too stupid to argue with."<br /><br />This also applies to Dan the Tedious Man.<br /><br />As well as all the other ranting righties.<br /><br />Just vote the whole gang out of office and replace them with a government with some sense of humanist principles and decent fairness. By definition this excludes the tories, New Labour and the LibDems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-34773138836469416802018-10-21T22:15:12.915+01:002018-10-21T22:15:12.915+01:00Anyone who suggests politicising the Irish Border ...Anyone who suggests politicising the Irish Border is only a 'phantom threat', is on a different level or surreality.<br /><br />We have enjoyed over two decades of near-peace. And these ghouls want an action-reply of what went before?<br /><br />I've been delivered southwards to the Border under armed escort. The railway line had been bombed. A coach was provided. We mounted into it. Ahead, a scout car and an armoured Land Rover, guns bristling. Behind, a similar pair. As we approached the Border, the military and police pulled up the shutters. We, poor disposable bastards, were stuck undefended, collateral damage, a dozen feet up in the air. We were collected by a similar show from the Irish Defence Force.<br /><br />Had your rucksack rummaged at the Border? Yep! repeatedly.<br /><br />One day we drove up from London to Holyhead. Had a nice lunch at Betws-y-Coed. Missed the ferry. The next ferry broke down. We arrived at DĂșn Laoghaire past midnight. In those days the Border closed around then. We arrived to find the barriers down. We diverted up the rural byroads. We lost our way. My wife (driving) told me to check the fingerpost. I did, in total darkness. There was an ominous click from the hedge, and a voice (Armagh accent) "Wha ya goin'?" I'm probably alive because my wife speaks fluent Armagh: 'Tandragee' she called (it's more 'mixed' than Portadown). 'Turn right!" We did.<br /><br />Had eggs and drink cans thrown at your UK-registered car in Newry? We have.<br /><br />I heard 'There's an Englishman in the kitchen speakin' English. What ya want done wi' him?' Good to have an Ulster brother-in-law to extract me. As the evening passed, and the drink flowed, the speaker later shot up the orchard. He was an RUC man.<br /><br />Etc., etc.<br /><br />The pike-in-the-thatch is the oldest Irish rebel tradition. These recent years it's more likely the Armalite in Uncle's garage.<br /><br />And Desperate Dan is as thick as tow bricks.Malcolm Redfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907427518823910875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-12308594498958944362018-10-21T17:23:37.796+01:002018-10-21T17:23:37.796+01:00Well, Dan is good at ignoring things (such as fact...Well, Dan is good at ignoring things (such as facts). That scene from Alan Partridge could have been made for him.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwW3ytid4DAUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748104179041124015noreply@blogger.com