new Muslim youth club just opened in Newcastle...

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:14 pm

In an age when we're supposed to be about civil liberties and freedom of expression, then pack in this irrational 'fear of the other' and let them wear burkhas/veils/hajibs/whatever, if they're happy with it. I know for a fact some women are - not all branches of Islam are about medieval male oppression of women.

Funny as well how this is coming from the freedom loving right - imposing the state on their terms (at least Lab had the pro-state excuse, even if they were wrong as well).

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:03 pm

Interesting article from the seemingly always spot on Mr Mitchell.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... an-tattoos

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:14 pm

I hope he does start wearing one, then we can lock the unfunny twunt up.

a1 · Post by a1 » Thu Jul 29, 2010 6:19 pm

http://www.southparkstudios.co.uk/clips/sp_vid_104220/

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:56 pm

Worthy4England wrote:I hope he does start wearing one, then we can lock the unfunny twunt up.

So, who do you think is funny, worthy? I think mitchell is always witty and sometimes hilarious.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:58 pm

William the White wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:I hope he does start wearing one, then we can lock the unfunny twunt up.
So, who do you think is funny, worthy? I think mitchell is always witty and sometimes hilarious.

I have him down as occasionally witty but I've never seen him reach hilarious. Then again, I like Spike Milligan and the Pythons. Frankie Boyle, people of that ilk.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:00 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
William the White wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:I hope he does start wearing one, then we can lock the unfunny twunt up.
So, who do you think is funny, worthy? I think mitchell is always witty and sometimes hilarious.
I have him down as occasionally witty but I've never seen him reach hilarious. Then again, I like Spike Milligan and the Pythons. Frankie Boyle, people of that ilk.

OK. I like them as well...

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 12:45 am

I think Mitchell is tremendous - Cambridge humour at its best.

And that article is spot on (apart, perhaps, in his unwillingness to give Damian Green the credit he deserves for his position on this).

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:09 am

I guess it just must be me then that can generally watch him without breaking into so much as a smirk...

As for Cambridge humour at its best, I have him somewhere below the Sandi Toksvig and Tony Slattery level and a long way from the Blackadder crew, the Goodies and the Pythons, Smith and Jones, oh and I'll throw in Peter Cook for good measure - maybe when I was watching them, humour was all still new to me...

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 1:32 am

Worthy4England wrote: As for Cambridge humour at its best, I have him somewhere below the Sandi Toksvig and Tony Slattery level and a long way from the Blackadder crew, the Goodies and the Pythons, Smith and Jones, oh and I'll throw in Peter Cook for good measure - maybe when I was watching them, humour was all still new to me...

I love Blackadder, but wouldn't claim that for Cambridge... only Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, but I'd agree that certainly the former is up there!

(Sorry about this stale tangent...)

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:45 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I think Mitchell is tremendous - Cambridge humour at its best.

I also think that Mitchell is tremendous, I also find him fairly unique so am unsure as to how or why you've got your broad brush out. You'll have to explain 'Cambridge humour' to me.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:49 pm

Mitchells always pretty funny, without making you hysterical. It's good, but it'll be boring soon. People love the posh, southern, sarcastic thing.. But with him and McIntyre on and in everything, it'll wear thin quite quickly

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:56 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I think Mitchell is tremendous - Cambridge humour at its best.
I also think that Mitchell is tremendous, I also find him fairly unique so am unsure as to how or why you've got your broad brush out. You'll have to explain 'Cambridge humour' to me.

Well obviously in the case of Mitchell, it's humour that's unfunny. The concept could only have come from one of our most prestigeous learning establishments.

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:04 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I think Mitchell is tremendous - Cambridge humour at its best.
I also think that Mitchell is tremendous, I also find him fairly unique so am unsure as to how or why you've got your broad brush out. You'll have to explain 'Cambridge humour' to me.

It's posh blokes telling jokes about broadsheet newspapers and poor people

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:12 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:I think Mitchell is tremendous - Cambridge humour at its best.
I also think that Mitchell is tremendous, I also find him fairly unique so am unsure as to how or why you've got your broad brush out. You'll have to explain 'Cambridge humour' to me.

I can't really, mate... I just recognise something familiar in his writing, that's all.

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