Auntie's Gone Barmy

The BBC, a British Institution. A media organisation that is respected the World over, free from commercial pressures and free to operate without conforming to the ideology of powerful press baron.





So with all that, you'd expect the BBC to be providing only the best possible quality content for it's various mediums, including television, radio and online?
You'd expect that, but you'd be disappointed.

I've never been a major fan of the Beeb's "Have Your Say" section and today's current topic sums it up perfectly. The discussion is "Why is the North fatter than the South?
What sort of discussion is that exactly. Whilst there might well be government research to show that people in the North are more prone to smoking, drinking, eating and the like, which half-wit decided to throw the discussion open to the public?

Now, the discussion has just been littered with moronic comments. I've said before that whilst the BBC discussions are moderated, they sadly aren't moderated for stupidity.

Here's a few pearls of wisdom:

People from the north are far less affluent than their southerly counterparts and tend to view life from a day to day perspective. Instead of thinking if I invest £20,000 in XYZ company today it will be worth £100,000 in 15 years time they think, I might well be dead tomorrow, so I will go and spend my last £40 on 5 pints, a packet of fags and a kebab. - Brian from Fife

OK, so let's ignore the fact that Leeds is now the second biggest financial district in the country and the growing affluence of cities like Manchester, Newcastle and Liverpool.

Apparently Northerners love gravy with everything and alot of foods consumed with gravy is fattening! - Jag from Wolverhampton

Spot the Soccer AM viewer who can't tell the difference between reality and a tongue-in-cheek phrase.

It's colder up North. They need the extra insulation - Jay, UK

Spot the idiot who thinks he's funny.

Simply, they do not eat real food. They just eat fast food. Burgers and french fries - Ali from Doa

Brilliant! "They" eat rubbish! Use the word "they" in a discussion about a racial issue and it'll go straight in the trash can. Yep, us Northerners all eat complete garbage.

With the collapse of the coal mining, steelworks and shipbuilding industries
there is little else left for them to fight the flab. - Peter, Borehamwood

Oh eye, since t'pit went under we've just bin sat on ther arses for't past 15 year.

The reason is that the people in the north are less likely to work for a living. People who work for a living are more likely to think that you eat to live rather than live to eat. - Jeanne, France

Unemployment rate in Yorkshire & Humber : circa 4.7-5%. Unemployment rate in London: 7.2%. Guess again Jeanne.

I've always said the the BBC "Have Your Say" page is probably the biggest waste on bandwidth on the entire Internet. Having said that, it's probably more amusing than their latest 'new' comedy.