Buying tomatoes • Non-Gaming • Food • Eurogamer.net

twelveways 25 Jul 2013 20:02:41 7,131 posts
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23449261

My first thought after reading this story was 'poor fucker', not only has he been named and shamed by the BBC for a minor but embarassing crime but his feeble excuse (of which, despite the article's words, I'm sure police officers have heard far worse) has been made a source of ridicule for him.

The BBC used to be the very epitome of world class reporting, has it really come to this?

Aretak 25 Jul 2013 20:04:02 10,391 posts
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It's what the public wants, sadly. There's a reason why the Daily Mail site is one of the most popular "news" sources around.

ronuds 25 Jul 2013 20:08:11 21,781 posts
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Well, maybe he'll think of a better excuse next time.

mrpon 25 Jul 2013 20:09:52 37,366 posts
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Rhyming slang?

X201 25 Jul 2013 20:11:06 22,150 posts
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If he hadn't dreamed up the crap excuse it would have been bottom of page 12 in the local paper material.

neilka 25 Jul 2013 20:35:40 24,021 posts
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And after he'd already found one tom all by himself.

Vortex808 25 Jul 2013 20:55:20 15,593 posts
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In a nissan micra too. I wouldn't have thought there was much room for such shenanigans.

RobAnybody 25 Jul 2013 23:14:53 2,892 posts
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twelveways wrote:

The BBC used to be the very epitome of world class reporting, has it really come to this?

The BBC is now the government funded incarnation of the Daily Mail.

Sid-Nice 25 Jul 2013 23:46:04 15,848 posts
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I prefer vine tomatoes and I always feel them first to make sure they're firm.

vijay_UK 26 Jul 2013 07:47:26 3,961 posts
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He was caught red-handed, what else could he say in that situation? In a Nissan Micra as well..

/fp

jonsaan 26 Jul 2013 07:48:29 27,052 posts
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Saucy!

Murbs 26 Jul 2013 10:47:23 25,151 posts
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Link disappoints. No-one's buying tomatoes! Unless it's a euphemism. In which case I'll see if my wife wants to go shopping for tomatoes later.

spamdangled 26 Jul 2013 11:16:09 31,803 posts
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RobAnybody wrote:

twelveways wrote:

The BBC used to be the very epitome of world class reporting, has it really come to this?
The BBC is now the government funded incarnation of the Daily Mail.

Except for the slight detail that it isn't government-funded or extremely right-wing.

Edited by darkmorgado at 11:16:28 26-07-2013

Armoured_Bear 26 Jul 2013 11:22:34 31,233 posts
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darkmorgado wrote:

RobAnybody wrote:

twelveways wrote:

The BBC used to be the very epitome of world class reporting, has it really come to this?
The BBC is now the government funded incarnation of the Daily Mail.
Except for the slight detail that it isn't government-funded or extremely right-wing.

Are you denying that it has seriously went to shit in recent times?

RichDC 26 Jul 2013 11:25:47 9,177 posts
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It's gone to shit, but it's not government funded or right wing. Therefore it is not a government funded daily mail.

DaM 26 Jul 2013 11:31:42 17,729 posts
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It was on the most popular stories box for a while. What would they do if this chap topped himself? If you Google his name, this is going to come up for all eternity....