Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The True Doctor 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 00:06:22 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 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 01:06:23 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="34e58723c1f5a27d81b4bae29df7d60f"; logging-data="3417861"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/l4TupAGmi6B0+ru2VOOvq8cms7Ty44pI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:R3p6SHpclA98VvPGD7uwBtkP/9s= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3113 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 True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." -William Shatner