I am currently reading NOT IN MY NAME: A COMPENDIUM OF MODERN HYPOCRISY by JULIE BURCHILL & Chas Newkey-Burden.
Yes, that's how their names are written on the front of the book as everybody's heard of JULIE BURCHILL and nobody's heard of Chas Newkey-Burden.
It's very entertaining of course, as most things JULIE BURCHILL is involved with. Mainly because both the writers tend to see things in black and white.
There are no grey areas.
I'm just waiting for the moment when they get together on the last page and say:-
"LET'S BOMB IRAN!" just like that dickhead Kenny Everett did at that Tory Party conference.
OK, that was Russia and that was *funny*. Bollocks was it.
Peace, Julie.
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It's because they can't fit Chas Newkey-Burden on in big letters. Serves him right for having such a poncey name.
ReplyDeleteThings are in black and white. Grey is reserved for Nick Clegg - and I had to use Google to remind me of his name.
Well she sounds like a breath of fresh air in this politically correct world.
ReplyDeleteI am sick to death of all the grey..I want to live in Black and White..Right and Wrong..Good and Bad...Us and Them..fanbloodytastic!
Kill 'em all let god sort 'em out!
I want a poncier name too! How about Butch Hurtchill?
Kaz - whoo-hoo!
ReplyDeleteI was going to say what Kaz said about name length but not the poncey bit, being a bit unponcily challenged my-self.
ReplyDeleteNewkey-Burden is heard of. He is a well-known Zionist hardliner.
ReplyDeleteI'm still traumatised from reading Ambition.
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Newkey-Burden is the precise weight of 12 bottles of Necastle Brown Ale, which Julie obviously consumes before each writing session.
ReplyDeleteI used to like it when Julie Birchell used to write for the Guardian, since she clearly didn't believe a word of it and was just trying to wind up the readership.
ReplyDeleteOr so I thought at the time.
How did you find the self-service machine Geoff?
ReplyDelete(You do realise that by using that and not the smiling, helpful, friendly Librarian, you've probably played your part in someone losing their job....)
;)
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Mort
wv: soldsm
No, never.
Kaz - By black and white I mean a belief that you either support Israel or you support those who want to destroy Israel. Or, as Bush said, you either support the war in Iraq or you are on the side of the terrorists. If you've got a conscience you will support none of the above.
ReplyDeleteDonn - Anywhere without a democracy is game in Julie's world. And to make a democratic omelette she's afraid a few eggs may get damaged.
Arabella - Kaz for Prime Minister!
Ziggi - Maybe he just loves his mother's father's name as much as his father's father's.
Anon - Nope, still never heard of him.
Scarlet - I've never read any of her fiction.
Rog - Newkey-Brown would be a much better name. More chance of getting bottled, though.
Billy - I still agree with a lot of what she says. It's just when she gets onto what she believes in...
Morton - On my previous visit the assistant refused to accept or withdraw my books. She forced me to go to the self-service. Well, if that's how they want to play it...
One day the self-service machine will break down and you won't get your receipt.
ReplyDeleteThen you'll be forced to deal with the staff.
Just telling you so you can prepare yourself in advance.
I take it back Geoffster.
ReplyDeleteThe Lemmings don't deserve a bladdy job if they're happy to go along with the Nazification process themselves.
We had that at our place - they ended up literally dragging people over to the machines in the end....but the brave ones'd still queue up to be served by a human being....well, Librarian...but you know what I mean...
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Mort
wv: pholons
Can't recall them. Must have been in one of the Patrick Troughton series...
MJ - I can't deal with that woman again. I just can't.
ReplyDeleteMorton - I think it was the shock of seeing someone taking out non-children's books that prompted her to show me to the self-service. "So you think you're all grown up, eh? Well, you don't need mummy to help you."