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The Glass Box for Wednesday

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1. At 04:48 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

   PM: The Voice of Liberty and Sanity in a World that has neither.

2. At 05:06 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

   Can we expect a word or two from Mervyn today?

   What Merve, markets are underpricing risk are they Merve?

   So you might well lower interest rates Merve, to make credit easier ?

   What Merve?

   Oh, To make borrowing to cover short falls in returns on risky investments less punitive, Merve? So risky lending is less hazardous Merve?

   O.K. So with lower interest rates in mind the FTSE went up Merve? It did, huh? Making low risk low profit ventures less attractive, Merve? Too low a rate of return eh Merve? But risky ones look more attractive huh Merve?

   Its Governor King's sense of humour that most endears him to Marxists everywhere.

   This man is the Bob Newhart of high finance.

   Let us have more of him.Gordon Brown is on record as saying that a programme of nationalisation and the inevitable collapse of capitalism are not sufficent to guarantee socialism. But he reckoned then without Merve's helping hand.

3. At 05:27 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Tammy Russell wrote:

   Am I the only one who isn't surprised that Madeleine's DNA has been found in the hire car, seeing as her mother has never let go of the little girl's favourite toy?

4. At 05:37 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Sapper wrote:

   Why has the ´óÏó´«Ã½ not reported the demonstration - Stop the Islamisation of Europe - in Brussels on 11/9/07. What are you afarid of?

5. At 05:55 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iDr Hackenbush wrote:

   What’s a marl an hour?

6. At 05:56 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

   Dr H have you become an Ophthalmologist?

7. At 05:58 PM on 12 Sep 2007, JimmyGiro wrote:

   If disability is a mere perception, cannot human rights by a particular culture be equally dismissed with the token that it is just a cultural difference?

   Those people that push for 'inclusivity', must themselves withhold their objections to politics that they disagree with.

   China is so culturally different from Europe, that it is fairly naive to measure its 'rights and wrongs' by our standards.

8. At 12:39 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

   Enjoyed the programme -

   What a shame that the *lovely* owner of Alex didn't have time to tell us what became of Alex after she said 'Goodnight' Goodnight' for the last time.

   Strikes me that the poor bird gave up the will to live! Imagine 31 odd years of all that!

   Annasee has just made me hoot on the camstreams chat box. we were talking about Alex - and she said - or words to that effect:-

   Yes the bird had a PhD and had probably had enough of counting between 1 and 6!

   HAHAHa :-)

   Oh and thanks for trailing the wonderful LW commentary in the correct place - after the (nicely linked) Michael Palin telly trail.

9. At 09:21 AM on 13 Sep 2007, Carl wrote:

   I know it's stating the obvious, but Eddie is a brilliant broadcaster. His attitude and approach to the coverage of hugely varied stories makes PM a very special programme, the style of which is so well suited to the time of day. He switches between raw serious probing journalism and lighter self depricating fun, and this is hugely listenable. I know the programme is much more than just it's 'anchor', but I just thought it was time to 'bum his chit' as we say in silly Suffolk!!

10. At 09:51 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    Thought it was time to what Carl?

11. At 10:25 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    Why is no-one else commenting on Eddie's remark last night along the lines of "Well I hope Radio 4 never makes a programme based on stories from the internet". I could see where that previous item was leading. Is this the editor's idea of softening us up?

    PS, sorry, that should have been "iEddie" now, of course.

12. At 10:43 AM on 13 Sep 2007, Carl wrote:

    Hi Jonnie

    It's an old saying from the depths of the Suffolk countryside.

    To 'bum someones chit' in Suffolk means to blow their trumpet for them.. not musically you understand, and as Eddie would never do it himself, that is 'blow his own trumpet' or 'bum his own chit' I thought I would blow it, or indeed bum it for him!

    He bums his own chit
    She bums her own chit
    They bum their own chits

    Consider Eddie's chit bummed.

    Oh heck

13. At 11:01 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    I think it was Eddie's sly little joke to those of us who are "in the know" re iPM....

14. At 11:09 AM on 13 Sep 2007, iStephen, iLeader of iSTROP wrote:

    Annasee,

    Curiously, I only caught a few minutes of last nights programme and I spotted that as well!

    Was it just me, or did Eddie sound a bit "Naughty Schoolboy" as he did it.

15. At 11:26 AM on 13 Sep 2007, RJD wrote:

    Carl - Are you the famous Carl - the author of today's strapline?

16. At 11:50 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    Thank you for that explanation Carl.

    Oh heck indeed!

17. At 01:34 PM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    Will the program being covering John Redwood apparently removing material from his blog site critical of the McCanns?

18. At 03:00 PM on 13 Sep 2007, PAul wrote:

    Tammy Russell (3)

    Although I'm not interested in this story. I have to make one point. From the media coverage of this story and the response to it, it seems to me that the laid back style of parenting Mr&Mrs McCann practice has a hefty following.

19. At 05:52 PM on 13 Sep 2007, Beryl Hopwood wrote:

    In reponse to Sir Phillip Craven's response on our perception of disabled people- I would like to inform the general publis that my son Daniel has just canoed the whole of the Mississippi river. He is paralised from the chest downwards after breaking his back five years ago. He's raised over £10,000 for Spinal Injury research. He started the trip on June16th and finished in New Orleana on Sep7th. He's had loads of publicity in the States but no mention at national level here in the Uk. Visit his web site WWW.mississippipaddle.co.uk He's been an inspiration to many along the way, newly disabled people need to know about what is possible!