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From: The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Eurovision 2024 (Was Re: Doctor Who: The Return of the
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:06:22 +0100
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On 14/04/2024 00:02, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <xn0okj6wg28q3hn002@news.eternal-september.org>,
> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> In article <xn0okisq91piack000@post.eweka.nl>,
>>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> 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.

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