tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post7790678322972103735..comments2024-03-15T17:41:26.645+00:00Comments on Sport Is A TV Show: Wait 'til our PR man hears of thisFredorrarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-76870952593832575052008-07-07T17:43:00.000+01:002008-07-07T17:43:00.000+01:00All I can say is that I'm glad your reviewer didn'...All I can say is that I'm glad your reviewer didn't bother to go through your readers' comments. Subjected to the same, I doubt my own skin would be thick enough to fend off such barbs. Typically anything as scathing as that is written in jest, perhaps even by oneself in a stream of self-deprecating humor. It must be difficult knowing that this critique was offered by someone else independently -- found doing a cyber self-search. <BR/><BR/>With a self-search of a different sort, I find that I, too, may have the soul of a soccer romantic. (Plus, with a tendency towards alliteration and parenthetical asides, I invite further ridicule.) Like I said, I'm glad they picked you and not me.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm off to learn more about HMHB and Alan Coren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-61033882249955066382008-07-04T16:33:00.000+01:002008-07-04T16:33:00.000+01:00I can only respond by quoting from the same song f...I can only respond by quoting from the <A HREF="http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-road/bad-review/" REL="nofollow">same song from which I took the title of this post</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>The fearsome hollow boom of the older boys in the deep end<BR/>The green shoots of recovery shrivelled up in harsh tomorrows<BR/>Left to pick dry sticks and mumble to myself<BR/>A melancholy emblem of parish cruelty</I><BR/><BR/>Now excuse me while I go and listen to an early Manic Street Preachers album for a while...Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.com