We better stop cycling to work - Daily Mail

[mcshroom]

AS the trigger is mainly air pollution, and as the air intake on most cars sits right next to where the exhaust pipe from the car in front in the jam is spewing out fumes, I think I'm far less exposed to pollution on my bike than I am in my car.

Still the DM have never let facts get in the way of a sensational piece of drivel good story

 

[snorri]

Strikes me by reading the trivia centre page you lot have missed the important stuff in the right hand column, just take a look at the headlines...Woman wears bikini on beach, Young lovers outdoors in windy weather, Lady changes her hairstyle, Man smiles as he accompanies lady friend on night out.

 

[mog35]

Horrible rag. I wouldn't even trust the date printed on the front page

Anyway, here's the Daily Mail Headline-O-Matic for your amusement:

http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Horrible rag. I wouldn't even trust the date printed on the front page

Anyway, here's the Daily Mail Headline-O-Matic for your amusement:

http://www.qwghlm.co...toys/dailymail/

I forgot that

Within 5 clicks:

ARE CYCLISTS GIVING CLIFF RICHARD CANCER?

 

[jay clock]

good news from the BBC though.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2011/02/happiness_work_sleep_and_bicyc.html

 

[downfader]

Reasons I wont be giving up the bicycle:

-its fun
-its quick
-it keeps my weight down (gawd knows I've eaten a LOT of chocolate in the past 4 weeks - about 40 creme eggs )
-it makes me happy
-it pisses off the Daily Mail

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Having read that (obviously true) story, I very nearly panicked. But then I realised I'm retired so I don't commute. Phew!

 

[661-Pete]

You know, the needle on my sense-of-humour meter, wavering about the 0.1 mark all day, is now showing zilch - a big round zero. Words have failed me.

Have we any redress against this abominable hate-machine?

Can a temple be brought down by one person, Samson-fashion?

Can every copy of this atrocious rag, that has ever been printed, be consigned to a great bonfire, Alexandria-style?

If, say, I pounced on the good upstanding citizen in front of me in the queue at WHSmith, tore the hateful DM out of their grasp, thrust the Grauniad into their puzzled hands in its place, plonked £1 down on the till and and said "here, have this one instead, on me", would I end up in the jug?

 

[downfader]

You know, the needle on my sense-of-humour meter, wavering about the 0.1 mark all day, is now showing zilch - a big round zero. Words have failed me.

Have we any redress against this abominable hate-machine?

Can a temple be brought down by one person, Samson-fashion?

Can every copy of this atrocious rag, that has ever been printed, be consigned to a great bonfire, Alexandria-style?

If, say, I pounced on the good upstanding citizen in front of me in the queue at WHSmith, tore the hateful DM out of their grasp, thrust the Grauniad into their puzzled hands in its place, plonked £1 down on the till and and said "here, have this one instead, on me", would I end up in the jug?

Nah. Just linger around newsagents and when someone picks up the DM you say "Why, you must be a racist!"

 

[Bikeabit]

I have it on good authority that they are looking to buy out Channel 5 so that we can look forward to groundbreaking documentaries such as

"When Immigrants on Bicycles Go Bad!"
and
"When Single Mothers Attack!"

Channel 5 has recently been taken over by Richard Desmond. He is also owner of the salubrious and sagacious Daily Express and pay to view TV channels such as Television X. No doubt he will have views on cyclists too.

 

[PBancroft]

You know, the needle on my sense-of-humour meter, wavering about the 0.1 mark all day, is now showing zilch - a big round zero. Words have failed me.

Have we any redress against this abominable hate-machine?

Can a temple be brought down by one person, Samson-fashion?

Can every copy of this atrocious rag, that has ever been printed, be consigned to a great bonfire, Alexandria-style?

If, say, I pounced on the good upstanding citizen in front of me in the queue at WHSmith, tore the hateful DM out of their grasp, thrust the Grauniad into their puzzled hands in its place, plonked £1 down on the till and and said "here, have this one instead, on me", would I end up in the jug?

Do it B3ta style.

* PLAN TO TAKE OUT THE DAILY MAIL - we were pondering about the problem of complaining about it only making it more famous, increasing its revenues and came up with: 1. Start a not-for-profit and collect money 2. Crowd source spotting legal issues, copyright, libel that they publish 3. use cash to chase DM into a legal quagmire
and eventual bankruptcy. Just a thought.

 

[dodgy]

Have we any redress against this abominable hate-machine?

Well we could stop posting links to stories on there for a start. Clicking on a link to a Daily Mail article is more or less the cyber equivelent of buying the paper (it's all about page impressions you see - they get paid by their advertisers). Now printed newspapers are on the bones of their arses, web traffic is where the money is.

I haven't even clicked on the story, in fact if I did nothing would happen, I have a rule on my firewall that blocks access to the Daily Mail so I can't even be caught out by a twitter shortened link!

 

[soulful dog]

Some cracking links in this thread, from the funny Daily Mail-o-matic ("WILL SINGLE MOTHERS STEAL THE IDENTITY OF BRITAIN'S SWANS?"), to the slightly scary The caveat in paragraph number 19, and where would we be without the information in Kill or cure?

 

[downfader]

Some cracking links in this thread, from the funny Daily Mail-o-matic ("WILL SINGLE MOTHERS STEAL THE IDENTITY OF BRITAIN'S SWANS?"), to the slightly scary The caveat in paragraph number 19, and where would we be without the information in Kill or cure?

As a side note Ben Goldacre had a couple of good lectures on youtube. Not his upload but part of someone elses iirc.

BTW, great avatar!

 

[Arch]

I haven't even clicked on the story, in fact if I did nothing would happen, I have a rule on my firewall that blocks access to the Daily Mail so I can't even be caught out by a twitter shortened link!

I can't remember if it was a real thing, or a joke suggestion, but I've heard of a download that automatically redirects any links to the Daily Mail to a page full of pictures of kittens and cups of tea. Much more restful.