Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daniel65 Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho Subject: Re: [OT] Eurovision 2024 (Was Re: Doctor Who: The Return of the Master?) Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 21:45:38 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 66 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:45:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="64a780d34cde371e44cdc78f9389064c"; logging-data="3808767"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+kmnfhu1uFAx5JDmLKasxyEs8Is0ujaAg=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:TVqpzoh13wZcM7QLUeaxhkfVy/o= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3907 The Doctor wrote on 14/4/24 11:50 am: > In article , The True Doctor > wrote: >> On 14/04/2024 00:07, The Doctor wrote: >>> In article , The True Doctor >>> wrote: >>>> On 14/04/2024 00:02, The Doctor wrote: >>>>> In article , >>>>> Blueshirt wrote: >>>>>> The Doctor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In article , Blueshirt >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> The True Doctor wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The stupid turkey was intended as a deliberate insult >>>>>>>>> to Eurovision and the Eurovision has still not >>>>>>>>> forgiven Ireland for that. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Dustin was a super star in Ireland! He's had six Number >>>>>>>> 1 hit singles here, six! Dustin was BIG. (On our little >>>>>>>> island anyway.) Winning the public vote to represent >>>>>>>> Ireland was not a surprise or done as an insult per se. >>>>>>>> But not everyone gets our quirky Irish humour. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sending Jedward OTOH... I think the plan there was to >>>>>>>> send them to the Eurovision in Germany and hope that >>>>>>>> they stayed there! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which way to vote. >>>>>> >>>>>> Well... I have never voted in any of the public votes to >>>>>> select our Euroweirdo entry and never will. I might have >>>>>> been tempted to vote for PiL last year if John Lydon could >>>>>> still sing. But his singing voice is past its best, plus >>>>>> the song was shit. >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't vote for anyone on Eurovision night either. If I'm >>>>>> at home and it's on I just laugh at all the odd-balls >>>>>> prancing around like peacocks and watch the carnage as the >>>>>> various countries announce their votes and settle old >>>>>> scores with their politically motivated decisions! >>>>>> >>>>>> It's entertainment Jim, but not as we know it. >>>>> >>>>> The English Entry ... >>>> >>>> There is no English entry. This isn't the World Cup or European >>>> football. >>> >>> the UK is composed of 4 nations. >> >> The UK is one country, unless you think Texas is an independent >> state in North America. > > Northern Ireland, Scotalnd, Wales and England are 4 nations that make > up the United Kingdom. United Nations *ONLY* mentions The United Kingdom. The Olympics Games *ONLY* mentions The United Kingdom!! So it seems Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England are *ONLY* important in The Commonwealth Games and The World Cup .... oh! And in their own minds!! ;-P -- Daniel