New UK PM is Boris Johnson
I vote LPB for PM
Free beer for all
Compulsory suits on Sunday
Kick all the nig nogs out
MAKE BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN
HUZZAH
Free beer for all
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What did they do to deserve better? Karma, baby!
Amritsar? The Opium Wars? The British Empire? 20 million famine deaths in India?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 21756.html
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Surely, the ordinary people aren't to blame for the crimes of the elite? Many spoke out against such atrocities, some in parliament.vladimir wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:36 amWhat did they do to deserve better? Karma, baby!
Amritsar? The Opium Wars? The British Empire? 20 million famine deaths in India?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h ... 21756.html
'History is a set of lies agreed upon.'
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Where did you read that? Reminds me of pandemonium while playing pick up sticks all the same color of his hair!
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I don't think that's the case. We Brits have been familiar with Boris and his disheveled appearance for thirty odd years, since he was writing for the Telegraph. He was a regular and popular guest on panel shows, both serious and not so serious.
Here's a clip from twenty years ago - if anything he has tidied himself up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObY4_HfhtyY
Lots of us already had him marked as future PM material even back then.
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
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There have been many articles, like the Financial Times’ “Boris Johnson and the dark art of shamble chic” (need a subscription to read, but quoted in part below).
I think it ties in with this statement of his: “My strategy is to litter my career with so many decoy mistakes, nobody knows which one to attack.”
Maybe we all get distracted by critiquing his hair that we let his policies or truly scary statements get through. Maybe it’s to appear a man of the people while trying to disguise his wealthy background. Or, it could be to stand out and be instantly recognizable.
I think it ties in with this statement of his: “My strategy is to litter my career with so many decoy mistakes, nobody knows which one to attack.”
Maybe we all get distracted by critiquing his hair that we let his policies or truly scary statements get through. Maybe it’s to appear a man of the people while trying to disguise his wealthy background. Or, it could be to stand out and be instantly recognizable.
The former foreign secretary is fastidious about looking a mess. He runs in Hawaiian shorts and a Steve Zissou red beanie. He asks for respect in an ill-fitting suit. He wraps a shambolic, flustered persona around a cool, shrewd, ruthless intellect. Much has been made of the supposed success of Carrie Symonds, his new girlfriend, in tidying him up, but this has been grossly exaggerated. He looks thinner, sure, but the strategic dishevelment remains — it is his Trojan horse. Without the comedic, freewheeling speeches, complemented by a pondering expression like a wobbling blancmange, he would be left exposed, open, vulnerable — like Michael Gove.
“Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition”, a 2012 biography by Sonia Purnell, who worked under Johnson at the Daily Telegraph, refers to him as “the archetypal upper-class English eccentric”. She calls him “overweight and goosey-fleshed”. He is, she explains, “the antithesis of an airbrushed male pin-up”. She recounts Willy Mostyn-Owen, father of Johnson’s first wife Allegra, who described Johnson as “wilfully scruffy”.
Purnell witnessed this first-hand. “When presented with the Brylcreem Best Celebrity Hairstyle prize in 2008, he couldn’t help but boast: ‘It’s impossible to imitate, as it is a product of random and competing forces of nature!’ His famous disheveled look is actually, however, the product of a brisk, artful rearrangement with his fingers (just before the camera rolls) rather than any naturally occurring disorder.”
Throughout history, many Brits have employed a considered use of mess and mayhem. Boris uses a shambolic veneer to fit in, to appear relatable, funny, even. By contrast, subcultural groups use it to stand out, to eschew the norm. Though the French do a good job with insouciance — think bed heads, make-up free faces, casual denim — this particular dishevelment is something unique to us.
Choreographed British scruffiness, whether punkish, posh or both, always relies on the benefit of choice: if required, the disguise can be cast aside. “You have to view dishevelment in British terms, so, like everything else, through the prism of class,” explains Paul Gorman, who wrote The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion. “There’s long been that aristocratic or upper-class look of the frayed cuffs on a great shirt, worn with a suit with soup stains. It’s the don’t-really-care way of dressing. Of course, it’s about privilege. It means you’re showing that you don’t really need to get a job. You don’t have to go and see a bank manager. You don’t have to appear in court.”
Or he could just have hair that doesn't stay brushed in place and, unlike Trump, doesn't wish to use a can of hair spray a day.Miguelito wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:40 pmThere have been many articles, like the Financial Times’ “Boris Johnson and the dark art of shamble chic” (need a subscription to read, but quoted in part below).
I think it ties in with this statement of his: “My strategy is to litter my career with so many decoy mistakes, nobody knows which one to attack.”
Maybe we all get distracted by critiquing his hair that we let his policies or truly scary statements get through. Maybe it’s to appear a man of the people while trying to disguise his wealthy background. Or, it could be to stand out and be instantly recognizable.
The former foreign secretary is fastidious about looking a mess. He runs in Hawaiian shorts and a Steve Zissou red beanie. He asks for respect in an ill-fitting suit. He wraps a shambolic, flustered persona around a cool, shrewd, ruthless intellect. Much has been made of the supposed success of Carrie Symonds, his new girlfriend, in tidying him up, but this has been grossly exaggerated. He looks thinner, sure, but the strategic dishevelment remains — it is his Trojan horse. Without the comedic, freewheeling speeches, complemented by a pondering expression like a wobbling blancmange, he would be left exposed, open, vulnerable — like Michael Gove.
“Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition”, a 2012 biography by Sonia Purnell, who worked under Johnson at the Daily Telegraph, refers to him as “the archetypal upper-class English eccentric”. She calls him “overweight and goosey-fleshed”. He is, she explains, “the antithesis of an airbrushed male pin-up”. She recounts Willy Mostyn-Owen, father of Johnson’s first wife Allegra, who described Johnson as “wilfully scruffy”.
Purnell witnessed this first-hand. “When presented with the Brylcreem Best Celebrity Hairstyle prize in 2008, he couldn’t help but boast: ‘It’s impossible to imitate, as it is a product of random and competing forces of nature!’ His famous disheveled look is actually, however, the product of a brisk, artful rearrangement with his fingers (just before the camera rolls) rather than any naturally occurring disorder.”
Throughout history, many Brits have employed a considered use of mess and mayhem. Boris uses a shambolic veneer to fit in, to appear relatable, funny, even. By contrast, subcultural groups use it to stand out, to eschew the norm. Though the French do a good job with insouciance — think bed heads, make-up free faces, casual denim — this particular dishevelment is something unique to us.
Choreographed British scruffiness, whether punkish, posh or both, always relies on the benefit of choice: if required, the disguise can be cast aside. “You have to view dishevelment in British terms, so, like everything else, through the prism of class,” explains Paul Gorman, who wrote The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion. “There’s long been that aristocratic or upper-class look of the frayed cuffs on a great shirt, worn with a suit with soup stains. It’s the don’t-really-care way of dressing. Of course, it’s about privilege. It means you’re showing that you don’t really need to get a job. You don’t have to go and see a bank manager. You don’t have to appear in court.”
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
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I think the reaction to his alleged scruffiness says more about American expectations of gaudy vanity than British cultural norms.slavedog wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:16 pmOr he could just have hair that doesn't stay brushed in place and, unlike Trump, doesn't wish to use a can of hair spray a day.Miguelito wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:40 pmThere have been many articles, like the Financial Times’ “Boris Johnson and the dark art of shamble chic” (need a subscription to read, but quoted in part below).
I think it ties in with this statement of his: “My strategy is to litter my career with so many decoy mistakes, nobody knows which one to attack.”
Maybe we all get distracted by critiquing his hair that we let his policies or truly scary statements get through. Maybe it’s to appear a man of the people while trying to disguise his wealthy background. Or, it could be to stand out and be instantly recognizable.
The former foreign secretary is fastidious about looking a mess. He runs in Hawaiian shorts and a Steve Zissou red beanie. He asks for respect in an ill-fitting suit. He wraps a shambolic, flustered persona around a cool, shrewd, ruthless intellect. Much has been made of the supposed success of Carrie Symonds, his new girlfriend, in tidying him up, but this has been grossly exaggerated. He looks thinner, sure, but the strategic dishevelment remains — it is his Trojan horse. Without the comedic, freewheeling speeches, complemented by a pondering expression like a wobbling blancmange, he would be left exposed, open, vulnerable — like Michael Gove.
“Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition”, a 2012 biography by Sonia Purnell, who worked under Johnson at the Daily Telegraph, refers to him as “the archetypal upper-class English eccentric”. She calls him “overweight and goosey-fleshed”. He is, she explains, “the antithesis of an airbrushed male pin-up”. She recounts Willy Mostyn-Owen, father of Johnson’s first wife Allegra, who described Johnson as “wilfully scruffy”.
Purnell witnessed this first-hand. “When presented with the Brylcreem Best Celebrity Hairstyle prize in 2008, he couldn’t help but boast: ‘It’s impossible to imitate, as it is a product of random and competing forces of nature!’ His famous disheveled look is actually, however, the product of a brisk, artful rearrangement with his fingers (just before the camera rolls) rather than any naturally occurring disorder.”
Throughout history, many Brits have employed a considered use of mess and mayhem. Boris uses a shambolic veneer to fit in, to appear relatable, funny, even. By contrast, subcultural groups use it to stand out, to eschew the norm. Though the French do a good job with insouciance — think bed heads, make-up free faces, casual denim — this particular dishevelment is something unique to us.
Choreographed British scruffiness, whether punkish, posh or both, always relies on the benefit of choice: if required, the disguise can be cast aside. “You have to view dishevelment in British terms, so, like everything else, through the prism of class,” explains Paul Gorman, who wrote The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion. “There’s long been that aristocratic or upper-class look of the frayed cuffs on a great shirt, worn with a suit with soup stains. It’s the don’t-really-care way of dressing. Of course, it’s about privilege. It means you’re showing that you don’t really need to get a job. You don’t have to go and see a bank manager. You don’t have to appear in court.”
Americans will never understand rakish British charm.Starving Pelican wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 2:19 pmI think the reaction to his alleged scruffiness says more about American expectations of gaudy vanity than British cultural norms.slavedog wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:16 pmOr he could just have hair that doesn't stay brushed in place and, unlike Trump, doesn't wish to use a can of hair spray a day.Miguelito wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:40 pmThere have been many articles, like the Financial Times’ “Boris Johnson and the dark art of shamble chic” (need a subscription to read, but quoted in part below).
I think it ties in with this statement of his: “My strategy is to litter my career with so many decoy mistakes, nobody knows which one to attack.”
Maybe we all get distracted by critiquing his hair that we let his policies or truly scary statements get through. Maybe it’s to appear a man of the people while trying to disguise his wealthy background. Or, it could be to stand out and be instantly recognizable.
The former foreign secretary is fastidious about looking a mess. He runs in Hawaiian shorts and a Steve Zissou red beanie. He asks for respect in an ill-fitting suit. He wraps a shambolic, flustered persona around a cool, shrewd, ruthless intellect. Much has been made of the supposed success of Carrie Symonds, his new girlfriend, in tidying him up, but this has been grossly exaggerated. He looks thinner, sure, but the strategic dishevelment remains — it is his Trojan horse. Without the comedic, freewheeling speeches, complemented by a pondering expression like a wobbling blancmange, he would be left exposed, open, vulnerable — like Michael Gove.
“Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition”, a 2012 biography by Sonia Purnell, who worked under Johnson at the Daily Telegraph, refers to him as “the archetypal upper-class English eccentric”. She calls him “overweight and goosey-fleshed”. He is, she explains, “the antithesis of an airbrushed male pin-up”. She recounts Willy Mostyn-Owen, father of Johnson’s first wife Allegra, who described Johnson as “wilfully scruffy”.
Purnell witnessed this first-hand. “When presented with the Brylcreem Best Celebrity Hairstyle prize in 2008, he couldn’t help but boast: ‘It’s impossible to imitate, as it is a product of random and competing forces of nature!’ His famous disheveled look is actually, however, the product of a brisk, artful rearrangement with his fingers (just before the camera rolls) rather than any naturally occurring disorder.”
Throughout history, many Brits have employed a considered use of mess and mayhem. Boris uses a shambolic veneer to fit in, to appear relatable, funny, even. By contrast, subcultural groups use it to stand out, to eschew the norm. Though the French do a good job with insouciance — think bed heads, make-up free faces, casual denim — this particular dishevelment is something unique to us.
Choreographed British scruffiness, whether punkish, posh or both, always relies on the benefit of choice: if required, the disguise can be cast aside. “You have to view dishevelment in British terms, so, like everything else, through the prism of class,” explains Paul Gorman, who wrote The Look: Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion. “There’s long been that aristocratic or upper-class look of the frayed cuffs on a great shirt, worn with a suit with soup stains. It’s the don’t-really-care way of dressing. Of course, it’s about privilege. It means you’re showing that you don’t really need to get a job. You don’t have to go and see a bank manager. You don’t have to appear in court.”
TheGrimReaper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:45 pmSlavedog, you do not belong on this forum as you talk too much sense.
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