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11 - Off the Scale

Mar 24, 2011 09:22

Let's make use of all space-time dimensions and continue our epic journey through awesomeness.

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prompting: 11

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Peter and technology. anonymous March 24 2011, 16:04:17 UTC

Stephen Fry showed Peter Mandelson his first website - the Tory homepage. Last night I noticed how PM was talking about Number 10 with... 'Screens! Big screens! BBC over here and Sky over there. And computers! and Gordon was in the middle... a bit like Mission Control!'

He's admitted to living in a 'conservative' way and being a boy of the 50s. While he's clearly not a caveman, I think it's quite endearing.

So PM with Stephen Fry/Alastair teaching him how to tweet? Or Reinaldo and his family or the Harrises showing him Mariokart... or Matthew Parris sniggering as he downloads Gaydar onto his phone and tells him that it tracks the FTSE 100.

Re: Peter and technology. anonymous March 24 2011, 16:25:50 UTC

Lol, that was kind of adorable. Seconded, all those things sound amazing! Especially the tweets I'm picturing it like Glen's Twitter!fail in DoSaC Files, heh.

Re: Peter and technology. anonymous March 24 2011, 19:28:26 UTC

Dear OP, do you have a source for this? :D

Re: Peter and technology. anonymous March 24 2011, 19:36:28 UTC

Stephen Fry on Peter's first website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRmJ6G2OMVk

....aaaand Peter being amazed at SCREENS (adorable) about 50 minutes in:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00zs840/The_Secret_World_of_Whitehall_Behind_the_Black_Door/

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Rude Ed^2? anonymous March 24 2011, 16:05:08 UTC

From Kevin Maguire's blog: "A BlackBerry ban isn't exactly a Clause Four moment but Ed Miliband needs to start somewhere to stamp his authority on Labour. During a shadow cabinet meeting not every frontbencher listened raptly as Ted addressed his lieutenants. The young leader was miffed to see his former Treasury line manager, Ed "Bruiser" Balls, more engrossed in sending texts and emails.
“I know BlackBerrys are interesting," said a hurt Ted, interrupting both himself and the shadow chancellor, "but so are people." Bruiser doesn't do blushing but looked up and smiled apologetically. Chairman Ted resumed and, giggled my snout, so did Bruiser, who moments later was tapping his phone again. Sounds to me like an authority issue."

Naturally, my preverted brain immedaitely went to the image of Ed B texting away while Ed M is giving him a polite blowjob. This or any other kind of 'manners/authorty in bed' slash please?

Re: Rude Ed^2? anonymous March 24 2011, 16:26:47 UTC

Mr. Balls that is incredibly rude of you. Clearly you're in serious need of some good old fashioned discipline.

Re: Rude Ed^2? anonymous March 24 2011, 16:56:55 UTC

“I know BlackBerrys are interesting," said a hurt Ted, interrupting both himself and the shadow chancellor, "but so are people."

Wait, in RL? How is Emil so adorable?

anonymous March 24 2011, 16:30:14 UTC

no comment:

http://blogs.news.sky.com/boultonandco/Post:78a5239e-b987-4112-a10a-e4ed5461ce2a

anonymous March 24 2011, 16:35:22 UTC

no wait this is a better one

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12851611

I do wonder what this all means. Clegg getting conscious that he is too close to Cameron?

krzcowzgomoo March 24 2011, 19:30:17 UTC

They so ship themselves!

anonymous March 24 2011, 22:24:30 UTC

canon banter

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anonymous March 24 2011, 17:03:35 UTC

mandelson beats osborne to within an inch if his life with (and here is the challenge, dearest writeranons) no sexual overtones whatsoever

anonymous March 24 2011, 20:44:33 UTC

You fuel my fantasies...

An Ed by any other name... anonymous March 24 2011, 18:58:04 UTC

Osborne raised one of the biggest laughs at the ‘22 last night by referring to the Labour leader as “Edward Miliband”. It’s a great conceit that sounds like a Tory wind-up, except that it’s official. Commons authorities have been told that henceforth he will be known as Edward. When he rose to reply to the Budget, the green annunciator boards billed him as Edward. Source - http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/benedictbrogan/100081235/introducing-edward-miliband/

So he was Ted when he was younger, then Ed, now Edward... why? What's brought on this change?

Re: An Ed by any other name... anonymous March 24 2011, 19:11:22 UTC

Anon recalls a chillingly beautiful fill tying George's decision to change his name with an attempt to move on from what happened to him as Gideon.
*shivers*
Hmm, must go trawl through the delicious bookmarks.

Re: An Ed by any other name... anonymous March 24 2011, 19:22:33 UTC

?
http://lolitics-meme.livejournal.com/4259.html?thread=6129315#t6129315

Re: An Ed by any other name... anonymous March 24 2011, 19:45:03 UTC

Yes! Thanks so much anon.
I've just recalled that there's another one with Camerborne. Such a fascinating theme.

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