Sara Phillips wins sports personality of the year

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
It is selectively democratic.
The same man has received the most votes year after year. He is an angler but the BBC won't let him win.

And who, pray, is this person?

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ZP does have a set of titles to be envious of! Razz

Yes, I did happen to notice her full colour spread across yesterday's papers - could have been worse coud have been the Sunday Sport.

Personally, I have a bit of a soft spot for her. Is this wrong?

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Originally posted by JamieWednesday:
Personally, I have a bit of a soft spot for her. Is this wrong?

Only Desert Orchid could be wronger.

K

bloody disgrace - wont ever watch it again
darren clarke should have won it.
ryder cup team should have won the team one, thats no disrespect to st.helens.
scotty

Bob Nudd 1991 got most 'democratic' votes but disqualified

then

2005 Peter Crouch likewise.

As I said selectively democratic.

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Originally posted by bob mccluckie:
Bob Nudd 1991 got most 'democratic' votes but disqualified

then

2005 Peter Crouch likewise.

As I said selectively democratic.

I'm interested - is there any actual proof for this? Why were Nudd and Crouch disqualified?

This article from the Independent about Bob Nudd and Justin fashanu
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20021208/ai_n12667667

and then

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16441906&metho...uch---name_page.html

for Crouch.

I always think that most polls/phone-ins etc tell you more about the voter than the canditate.
As far as D.Clark is concerned, I think thats a fair point, but he won a tournament as part of a team not an individual (human, not equine), & the award goes to an individual (human).
Lets face it, after the year british sport has endured, we are pretty much struggling to find anyone (of a mainstream sport) thats done anything really worthy. Hence the inclusion of sportsmen/women from relatively minor (in viewing audience terms) sports.
matt

Is it reasonable to take even BBC TV seriously? I gave up television after the second series of Big Brother! It is all propoganda to dull the senses of the masses. To see a decent program require hours of patience!

Speech Radio has nothing like the problems, because it is a truly minority interest, and therefore has not been knobbled by the propgandist politicians as the audiance makes no difference any way...

Fredrik

Fredrik said:-

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It is all propoganda to dull the senses of the masses. To see a decent program require hours of patience!

It need not take too much time.We have a Sky+ box programme it with the shows we WANT to see, record them and watch perhaps 2 hours a day. Listen to music for some of the rest of the time. If I need extra TV I ususlly manage to find some thing amongst the documentary section to fill a space.

Howard

Think the listeners to Terry Wogans show got it right when they said that Jennifer Saunders won The BBC Sports Personality of the Year. It was a poor year for Sport.

Dear Howard,

The pedant in me says that I should have spelled program as programme! Oh dear!

But to get Sky you first have to buy a BBC TV licence and then make a further subscription - the whole thing seems to be rather expensive to me...

It is legal to receive BBC Radio entirely free, which shows how much value the propgandists put on it! It cannot be any good unless you have to pay good money for it!

In a good humour tonight! Fredrik

Hang the rich

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Originally posted by Martin D:
Hang the rich

Improves the flavour?

What about marinades?

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Originally posted by Martin D:
Hang the rich

nah, it's "eat the rich..."

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Originally posted by PJT:

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Originally posted by Martin D:
Hang the rich

nah, it's "eat the rich..."

You have to hang em first ...it improves the flavour

Cannibalistic tendencies, Geoff?

Is that what living "almost under water" does to you?

I wonder what she will advertise next?

Her inarticulacy is a fine testament to the value of private educashun. It's, like, amazing. Ya.

"but we don't no educ......."

"Vive La Republic!" NOT! Can you imagine how much use Blair junior would be? Called Ewan, or something along those lines, is he not?

Or even Mark Thatcher! Yikes, I am emigrating, and even Russia sounds more fun!

Not good night, somehow, here in Saint Johns, but all the best to you from Fredrik

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
Can you imagine how much use Blair junior would be? Fredrik

What is that supposed to mean. I doubt if you've ever met the boy, but he is doing o.k. actually, so why make ridiculous uninformed critisms?

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Originally posted by Roy T:

I wonder what she will advertise next?

Always thought she looked a bit of a dirty burd. Ya. I would...