Comedy Show

[Jones]

Just browsin' and came across this. Where is this welcoming community? How does the ferry service allow young families to stay on the island? Has anyone seen this women rowing to work?

This is the best laugh I've had for ages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7472880.stm

[Mona Lott]

Thanks, Jonesy, for the video link - good publicity for Easdale (just regrettable that your words were so cynical). But well done to the 4 involved.

[Seventhseil]

New young blood...... while biulding holiday homes for those that can aford it...... dont think he's going to westminister....

[canUsmellthat]

Wasn't aware that calmac ran trips to Easdale, why didn't they interview proper islanders??? As for the incomers being asked how they feel about other incomers...

[Seil Blubber]

As for the incomers being asked how they feel about other incomers...

OK Smelly, just how long do residents have to wait under your rules before they are allowed to express an opinion on anything? No rights at all until the second generation, would that be about right in your blinkered book? Or is anyone not born here simply beyond the pale?

I don't think posts like yours are particularly helpful in attracting the brightest and the best to our (pseudo) island community, do you?

[canUsmellthat]

I was just pointing out the irony; we're all allowed to express our opinion - even the incomers. It's obvious to see that you're an annoyed incomer whose opinions don't get much airtime…

[spiderman]

Smelly, don't forget that, paraphrased slightly, Darwin implied that the up-and-goers go and succeed while those who never go tend to be the deadbeat thickos so your unnecessary and unpleasant division of the community into "incomers " and "proper islanders" in positive and negative senses respectively doesn't cut any ice of logic at all. Why can't we just be one community and why must eejits like Jones, 7th and you constantly snipe and whinge at anyone who puts his or her head over the parapet? I agree with Mona and Blubby and I think that most normal local folk would too.

[khartoumteddy]

Hi Blubby have to agree with you this time
Whats the alternative?
A whole feiffdom of Smellys in waiting
anyone ever read animal Farm or are some more equal than Others????
Teddy

[Seil Blubber]

you're an annoyed incomer

If you say so Smelly.

[canUsmellthat]

Yup, pretty sure Darwin never ever implied that unless he was talking about a crowd of locusts. As for my incomer remark, Spidey & KT, I'd like to direct you to my previous post about irony and then I'd like to direct you to a previous post about cretins...

[spiderman]

Smelly, I thnk, being ironic of course, that we can all see who the Darwinian cretin is on this thread but, don't worry, we won't tell anyone. By the way, as someone in the Guardian pointed out, irony isn't so clever really but more likely is just "hypocritical, cynical, lazy". The main point here is that some apparently decent folk who live and work on the island appeared on TV saying what a great place Easdale is and now most of their local blogging neighbours can only mock and abuse them. Sad, no? Unfair, yes?

[canUsmellthat]

Well, you quoted the Gardian at me - that's me put in my place! And as for the emotions, , top shelf my friend, work every time!!!