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nbyward
Joined: 28 May 2008
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general and satirical humour alongside jargon-free philosophy. IDEAS writ large
Name: john
Professional writer,and owner of the infamous Not Born Yesterday site, an Oasis dedication to the investigation and derision of the City, Banking,Political and economic twerpsrunning things at the moment
Country: United Kingdom
Occupation: writer, humorist,marketing consu...
University/College/School: University of Liverpool
Companies: Media Ink
Interests and Hobbies: Writing,soccer,guitar,poetry,France, reading,politics, current affairs,cinema, drink,women (like women,but sexually a one-woman man), painting (acrylics, and one room,two coats - half an hour),meaning of life,quantum physics,watches,gardening and neurology. Bored by car mechanics,cricket, most blokes, shopping, dysfunctional egos, Greens(with one lovely exception),horse jumping,wealth, insurance, accountancy, legal jargon, management consultancy drivel, actors (two exceptions), other luvvies, art directors (three exceptions), Chelsea FC, vegetarians (three huge exceptions). Firm belief that the exception not only proves the rule, it makes life worth living.
Films and Shows: Have I got News for You, Andrew Marr on Sunday, Spitting Image, Paul Whiteouse, Hancock's Half Hour, Cook & Moore,Python. Movies: The Producers (original wth Zero Mostel),Casablanca,Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam,Four Weddings & a Funeral, La Dolce Vita, Cousin Cousine,Das Boot, Die Untergang, Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 original), Gone with the Wind, The Candidate (1972, R.Redford), Long Good Friday, Dam Busters, Last Tango in Paris...we could be here all day. Play/Show: The Importance of Being Earnest, Pygmalion, An Inspector Calls, Room at the Top, The Caretaker,Oliver, Noises Off, Equs, Getting On, A Question of Attribution, Separate Tables,The Vortex, The Deep Blue Sea,Amadeus....
Music: rock n roll 1955-59; pop 1962-70; bluenote jazz, female singer-songwriter, Ry Cooder, JJ Cale,Sinatra (1940-1956); classical - Mozart, Haydn, Brahms, Dvorak, Satie, some Beethoven,some Tschaikovsky.
Books: Wind in the Willows, Scoop, Vile Bodies, Put out more flags; anything by George Orwell,Richard Condon, Jake Arnott, Sebastian Faulks, Alain Furst, Mickey Spillane, David Nobbs; A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, Little Women, Northhanger Abbey, Vanity Fair, L'Etranger,The Naked and the Dead, Catch 22, Portnoy's Complaint, Crime & Punishment, And Quiet Flows the Don, Cancer Ward, The First Circle, We Never make Mistakes, Last Exit from Brooklyn, The Rainbow, Sons & Lovers. Non-fiction: Hitler a Study in Tyranny, A Talent to Amuse, Shout, Awopbopaloobop, The Pendulum Years, The Kennedy clan - Dynasty & Disaster...
Website: http://www.notbornyesterday.org/index
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What Musharraf really said
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[TRANSLATED] What Musharraf really said
[TRANSLATED] What Musharraf really said
The real apology made by outgoing President Musharraf on Pakistani television
10 months ago 444 views nbyward
Switching from Brown to Green
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[TRANSLATED] Switching from Brown to Green
[TRANSLATED] Switching from Brown to Green
Short video in which Chequers policy wonk explains how to ditch Gordon Brown
11 months ago 72 views nbyward
Diplomacy in Action
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[TRANSLATED] Diplomacy in Action
[TRANSLATED] Diplomacy in Action
60-second giggle at David Miliband's expense
no rating 10 months ago 79 views nbyward no rating
An uplifting tale of Gordon Brown
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[TRANSLATED] An uplifting tale of Gordon Brown
[TRANSLATED] An uplifting tale of Gordon Brown
seven-minute video about how everyone in Britain fell into the poverty trap
1 year ago 175 views nbyward
Open wide and say 'Aaaaaaaarg' to politicians
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[TRANSLATED] Open wide and say 'Aaaaaaaarg' t...
[TRANSLATED] Open wide and say 'Aaaaaaaarg' to politicians
Brief satire clip at the expense of politicians by Dr David Abergele,who is clearl...
1 year ago 83 views nbyward
In a bit of a 42-daze
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[TRANSLATED] In a bit of a 42-daze
[TRANSLATED] In a bit of a 42-daze
Editor wonders why it should take forty-two days to do anything
1 year ago 54 views nbyward
Essential kit for the Politician
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[TRANSLATED] Essential kit for the Politician
[TRANSLATED] Essential kit for the Politician
Funny short video about how to adjust sensory equipment in orderto succeed in poli...
no rating 1 year ago 97 views nbyward no rating
Money, GM,Prince Charles, Condoleezza Rice and shit
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[TRANSLATED] Money, GM,Prince Charles, Condol...
[TRANSLATED] Money, GM,Prince Charles, Condoleezza Rice and shit
Our resident expert explains why everything is in such a mess,and howa new movemen...
no rating 10 months ago 121 views nbyward no rating
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no rating 1 month ago 46 views nbyward no rating
Channel Comments (1)
Whiskyjon (1 year ago)
I wondered what Ken Bates would do if Leeds failed in the play-offs. He's obviously had a few elocution lessons. Good on yer Kenny Boy.