Commemorative plaque for Two Tone

[Sharkbyte]

Hiya Barry

 

A mate of mine reckons that a few real sea anglers should take charge of the angling PR effort.

 

He says that the only time angling would feature in a report / article, along with a dolly bird reporter / presenter, is when she's 'papped' leaving his pad in the early hours walking like a mountie.

 

A home cooked, line caught cod supper fit for a Queen, bottle of quality plonk, a man who can make it to the top of stairs without a Connery...and stay awake all night long without having a faulty Delkim taped to the headboard; that should get them quivering more than a socialite when a Range Rover full of premiership footballers pulls up outside the nightclub.

 

Pot noodles, a crate of Carlsberg, and a Super Cocoon bedchair in a tent just ain't going to cut it!

[Kappa]

As expected we were all made to look a bunch of sad idiots again. When will they ever learn?

Just been reading a few indignant posters on the Cemex forum, according to them, it's the fault of the presenters for not understanding, and not treating the matter with the respect it deserves.

 

John.

 

I take it all back, watched it again on Iplayer I was laughing out loud! The saddest thing is instead of giving the fish a dignified burial etc etc they've made it a farce and the fish they love the object of millions' tears of laughter, only carp anglers could be stupid enough to think that joe public would do anything other the point and laugh. Its a tad sad in private but bloody hilarious on national TV. Talk about you reap what you sow! What a bunch of muppets!

 

Rich

[Sharkbyte]

Done up like kippers. Christ, the presenters were laughing more than I was.....even before the tape was run!

 

The commemorative plaque should have read 'Here lies the credibility of angling. RIP 23-8-2010'

[Anderoo]

I've watched it on The One Show now - oh dear!

 

I can't even imagine a stamp collector or train spotter having the **** taken out of them that much

 

Back to the shadows with us...hopefully.

[poledark]

You two do seem to be enjoying this. So glad that MKF managed to arrange such a funny show for you. How did you get on facing your workmates today?

 

Could you let us know?

 

Den "I was there"

[Rusty]

The ridicule was always on the cards with the Beeb keen to establish two new presenters and retain the show's ratings, add to that a non fishing jazz musician as a guest and a sympathetic ear was never going to happen. I do think, however, the outcome could have been a lot worse. I didn't see anything that would fuel the anti angling brigade, Alex's parting comment wouldn't have helped but I think it best to let that go.

 

Maybe a lesson learned for all anglers. Don't get the press involved unless you know the target audience, in the case of the One Show it's light entertainment for people coming home from work most of whom won't have the slightest interest in our pastime. Mind you if the roving reporter (Lucy?) ever wants to interview me on the river bank I'm all for it.

[Anderoo]

Did you see it on TV Den? What did you think of it?

 

Was it MKF who asked the BBC to get involved or vice versa? On a program like that it was always going to be the 'silly' item at the end.

[barry luxton]

Hiya Barry

 

A mate of mine reckons that a few real sea anglers should take charge of the angling PR effort.

 

He says that the only time angling would feature in a report / article, along with a dolly bird reporter / presenter, is when she's 'papped' leaving his pad in the early hours walking like a mountie.

 

A home cooked, line caught cod supper fit for a Queen, bottle of quality plonk, a man who can make it to the top of stairs without a Connery...and stay awake all night long without having a faulty Delkim taped to the headboard; that should get them quivering more than a socialite when a Range Rover full of premiership footballers pulls up outside the nightclub.

 

Pot noodles, a crate of Carlsberg, and a Super Cocoon bedchair in a tent just ain't going to cut it!

 

 

Have you seen the price of fish lately, sounds like a plan to me. Us coddies could soon overtake the footy reprobates with regards keeping their wags happy. Got any idea what we could call the coddie lovers. Must stress that they all should be untouched by the surgeons knife, and a ban from any coming from ............................essex. Your last line, does that mean the muddies are excluded.

[Worms]

My wife, a keen non-angler (but keen consumer of wild caught meat, fowl and fish) thought it was a ****-take until I explained that yes...some people do take fish (and angling) that seriously!

 

 

Her response?

 

 

Why didn't they eat it if it was that good?

 

What could I say

[Kappa]

You two do seem to be enjoying this. So glad that MKF managed to arrange such a funny show for you.

 

Not just two, I'd say around 5 million people are laughing at you!

 

Thats the point though isn't it, carp anglers so blinded by self importance etc etc carefully arranged to make a national laughing stock of themselves, their idol and every other angler in the country.

 

IMO the funniest thing is you thought anyone would do anything other than cry with laughter. I mean honestly what did you expect?

 

Don't get cross with me though, if you want anyone to blame try looking in the mirror or at the idiot that agreed to allow in the cameras. You've got no-one to blame but yourselves.

 

Rich