Please log in or register. Registered visitors get fewer ads.
Forum index | Previous Thread | Next thread
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. 22:10 - Jan 20 with 8062 viewsSitfcB


COYB
Poll: Should we block polls for one day?
Blog: [Blog] One Year On

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 with 5774 viewsJ2BLUE

Hopefully that's the end of him.

Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is.

"I am a genuine believer in free speech, in the real sense, not the left wing sense, the 'I think free speech is important for people I agree with' Guardian readers" - Jonathan Pie "These middle class, perma-offended, virtue-signalling woke w@nkers have declared that the great unwashed are just one tasteless joke away from turning into fascists" - Jonathan Pie "In a sense, the political left’s attempts to silence ideas they cannot, or will not, debate are a confession of intellectual bankruptcy" - Thomas Sowell
Poll: Will you buying a Super Blues membership?

2
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 with 5711 viewsSwansea_Blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 by J2BLUE

Hopefully that's the end of him.

Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is.


Agreed, but I’ll miss his team threads on match days.

Poll: Escaped Goat of the day. Who’s it going to be?

13
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 with 5705 viewsElderGrizzly

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:11 - Jan 20 by J2BLUE

Hopefully that's the end of him.

Just when you thought he couldn't possibly be a bigger tw@t there he is.


Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart…
0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:15 - Jan 20 with 5669 viewslowhouseblue

he's either not taken his meds or he's taken too much. you never can tell.

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

3
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:16 - Jan 20 with 5661 viewsKeno

He’s just paying a tribute to comedian Frank Sanazi

Poll: Best Superman - in view of the new film who’s the best
Blog: [Blog] My World Cup Reflections

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:17 - Jan 20 with 5630 viewsSwansea_Blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly

Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart…


To be fair, the advice is to mimic your audience if you want to establish a report with them

Poll: Escaped Goat of the day. Who’s it going to be?

4
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:24 - Jan 20 with 5504 viewsBlueBadger

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:15 - Jan 20 by lowhouseblue

he's either not taken his meds or he's taken too much. you never can tell.


He just has Very Real Concerns.

I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
Poll: How will About Anglia/Look East spin this?
Blog: From Despair to Where?

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:27 - Jan 20 with 5449 viewslowhouseblue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:24 - Jan 20 by BlueBadger

He just has Very Real Concerns.


jeez you're repetitively dull.

And so as the loose-bowelled pigeon of time swoops low over the unsuspecting tourist of destiny, and the flatulent skunk of fate wanders into the air-conditioning system of eternity, I notice it's the end of the show

4
Login to get fewer ads

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:31 - Jan 20 with 5401 viewsSwailsey

People have already begun to try and rationalise it/say it wasn’t intended.

If it quacks like a duck..

Who said: "Colin Healy made Cesc Fabregas look like Colin Healy"? | We miss you TLA

10
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:32 - Jan 20 with 5376 viewsSwansea_Blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly

Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart…


You’ll have seen Monbiot’s views on what’s happening over there presumably? https://www.theguardian.com/co

I’ve got a lot of time for Monbiot, as he seems to value what I see as important (the state of the planet we live on, striving for all and not just the privileged few, etc). I haven’t been paying much attention to the Presidential ongoings, as Trump’s ramblings are an energy suck, but his plans announced in his inauguration speech sound horrific. It’s just a green light for the mega-rich to rape the planet and the rest of us.

Poll: Escaped Goat of the day. Who’s it going to be?

6
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:42 - Jan 20 with 5223 viewsElderGrizzly

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:32 - Jan 20 by Swansea_Blue

You’ll have seen Monbiot’s views on what’s happening over there presumably? https://www.theguardian.com/co

I’ve got a lot of time for Monbiot, as he seems to value what I see as important (the state of the planet we live on, striving for all and not just the privileged few, etc). I haven’t been paying much attention to the Presidential ongoings, as Trump’s ramblings are an energy suck, but his plans announced in his inauguration speech sound horrific. It’s just a green light for the mega-rich to rape the planet and the rest of us.


It wasn’t an accident that all the billionaires were on the front row and his cabinet were in the row behind.

That’s where the power is now.
5
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 with 5184 viewsGuthrum

It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say).

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
Poll: McCarthy: A More Nuanced Poll
Blog: [Blog] For Those Panicking About the Lack of Transfer Activity

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:00 - Jan 20 with 5046 viewsSwansea_Blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 by Guthrum

It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say).


The Roman Salute which is also apparently a myth popularised by some French artist type about 200 years ago(ish). I think. I believe it’s been shown to be bobbins when these numpties have tried to pass Nazi salutes off as ‘Roman Salutes’ before. You probably know more about that than me.
[Post edited 20 Jan 2025 23:01]

Poll: Escaped Goat of the day. Who’s it going to be?

2
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:12 - Jan 20 with 4952 viewsfactual_blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:44 - Jan 20 by Guthrum

It's ok, it's just a Roman salute (at least, that's what Italian footballers say).


It was also the Olympic salute, until things started getting a bit tricky.


And, talking of tricky, there's this little embarrassment....

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-en

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
Poll: Best at sniping
Blog: [Blog] The Shape We're In

1
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:20 - Jan 20 with 4911 viewsGuthrum

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:00 - Jan 20 by Swansea_Blue

The Roman Salute which is also apparently a myth popularised by some French artist type about 200 years ago(ish). I think. I believe it’s been shown to be bobbins when these numpties have tried to pass Nazi salutes off as ‘Roman Salutes’ before. You probably know more about that than me.
[Post edited 20 Jan 2025 23:01]


Jacques-Louis David


Good Lord! Whatever is it?
Poll: McCarthy: A More Nuanced Poll
Blog: [Blog] For Those Panicking About the Lack of Transfer Activity

1
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:22 - Jan 20 with 4889 viewsGuthrum

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:12 - Jan 20 by factual_blue

It was also the Olympic salute, until things started getting a bit tricky.


And, talking of tricky, there's this little embarrassment....

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-en


Friend of mine's father competed at the 1936 Olymics. Wasn't impressed by Hitler, apparently.

Good Lord! Whatever is it?
Poll: McCarthy: A More Nuanced Poll
Blog: [Blog] For Those Panicking About the Lack of Transfer Activity

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 00:12 - Jan 21 with 4738 viewsreusersfreekicks

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:31 - Jan 20 by Swailsey

People have already begun to try and rationalise it/say it wasn’t intended.

If it quacks like a duck..


If it quacks like a duck it's a nazi sympathiser
2
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 06:25 - Jan 21 with 4348 viewsiamatractorboy

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:14 - Jan 20 by ElderGrizzly

Apparently he was just saying he loves America with all his heart…


I think Elon must spell 'heart' with a double h at the start.
1
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 10:17 - Jan 21 with 3958 viewsfactual_blue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:22 - Jan 20 by Guthrum

Friend of mine's father competed at the 1936 Olymics. Wasn't impressed by Hitler, apparently.


I wasn't sure about Adolf, but that sort of first-hand testimony convinces me he was a wrong 'un.

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil
Poll: Best at sniping
Blog: [Blog] The Shape We're In

4
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 18:38 - Jan 21 with 3576 viewsDJR

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 23:20 - Jan 20 by Guthrum

Jacques-Louis David



In its fascist sense, the salute has its origins in Italy, and there is currently an interesting series on dictators on BBC Sounds, the latest of which concerns Mussolini.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/p

Interestingly though, Mussolini got his ideas on this and other fascist symbolism from Gabriele D'Annunzio

D'Annunzio has been described as the John the Baptist of Italian fascism, as virtually the entire ritual of Fascism was invented by D'Annunzio during his occupation of Fiume and his leadership of the Italian Regency of Carnaro.

These included the balcony address, the Roman salute, the cries of "Eia, eia, eia! Alala!" taken from Achilles's cry in the Iliad, the dramatic and rhetorical dialogue with the crowd, the use of religious symbols in new secular settings, as well as blackshirted followers (the Arditi) with their disciplined, bestial responses and strongarm repression of dissent.

He was even said to have originated the practice of forcibly dosing opponents with large amounts of castor oil, a very effective laxative, to humiliate, disable, or kill them, a practice that became a common tool of Mussolini's Blackshirts.
0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:02 - Jan 21 with 3460 viewsTrequartista

This is all about the difference between optics and reality

1) The salutes look extremely dodgy
2) He's not a Nazi. If he was this would be an absurd way to announce it.

Poll: Who do you blame for our failure to progress?

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:09 - Jan 21 with 3410 viewsiamatractorboy

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:02 - Jan 21 by Trequartista

This is all about the difference between optics and reality

1) The salutes look extremely dodgy
2) He's not a Nazi. If he was this would be an absurd way to announce it.


Do you not think that absurd things are rather likely with Trump and his entourage?
0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 19:10 - Jan 21 with 3404 viewstractordownsouth

Every Tory/Reform politician that inevitably makes excuses for this gesture on TV should be asked to mimic it themselves, if they truly believe it wasn’t a nazi salute.

I doubt any of them will because deep down they know it’s indefensible.

Poll: Preferred Lambert replacement?
Blog: No Time to Panic Yet

5
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:15 - Jan 21 with 3250 viewsNewcyBlue

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 22:27 - Jan 20 by lowhouseblue

jeez you're repetitively dull.


Badger’s comment made me chuckle. I guess observational comedy isn’t your thing.

Poll: Who has been the best Bond?

0
I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:17 - Jan 21 with 3223 viewsJ2BLUE

I don’t think you should be doing that, Elon. on 20:15 - Jan 21 by NewcyBlue

Badger’s comment made me chuckle. I guess observational comedy isn’t your thing.


We've only heard the joke about 3000 times.

"I am a genuine believer in free speech, in the real sense, not the left wing sense, the 'I think free speech is important for people I agree with' Guardian readers" - Jonathan Pie "These middle class, perma-offended, virtue-signalling woke w@nkers have declared that the great unwashed are just one tasteless joke away from turning into fascists" - Jonathan Pie "In a sense, the political left’s attempts to silence ideas they cannot, or will not, debate are a confession of intellectual bankruptcy" - Thomas Sowell
Poll: Will you buying a Super Blues membership?

1
About Us Contact Us Terms & Conditions Privacy Cookies Online Safety Advertising
© TWTD 1995-2026