Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Labour MP Blue in the Tooth

Let's get one thing clear. It's not cool to wear bluetooth device when you're not in your car. So when Labour MP and Defra Minister Barry Gardiner wandered into the Commons to have his breakfast this morning wearing one, you can imagine the reaction of some of his fellow MPs. One Tory wag piped up: "Just finished your night shift on the cabs, Barry?" How cruel.

17 comments:

kris said...

Now THAT's funny!!!

Anonymous said...

No, wearing a Bluetooth earpiece is never, ever 'cool'. It is always always always the height of vapidity, stupidity and idiocy. Unless one is wanting to look like Howard Jones.

And that is not a good look. Ever.

Goodbye moto.

Sen. C.R.O'Blene said...

I was advised it wasn't cool to wear one anywhere - especially in the car!

When my phone rings, I spend several frantic seconds scrabbling around - first to find the blasted thing, then open it, then wait while it starts up, then, panic when nothing happens, then, finally sit smouldering because I've missed the call.

Then, I have to find a layby without a BT engineer parked up having a fag, scroll through all the numbers received, and ring the last one, only to find that its Mid Kent Water trying to sell me an insurance policy!

I give up!

Anonymous said...

But I thought it was essential to keep the vast array of rather dim labour Ministers on-message and connected to teh mothership?

Surely they're not capable of independent thought without having the 'line' fed direct to their earhole?

BTW, did anyone see My Little Chipmubnk being savaged by a dyspeptic Paxo last night? (He had considerable success at taking Alex Salmond apart as well.)Required viewing, but not for children or those of a nervous disposition. Top stuff.

Anonymous said...

I think it must be part of the attempt to make all Labour MPs part of the new race of Cyberman, if this hasn't happened already :)

Anonymous said...

Was Verity a consultant that helped put those lovely 'Why Go Green, When you can go Brown' advertisements ?

Or are you just trying to bankrupt them ? Talking of which, I wonder whether another Browne may cross to the other side of the fence following his recent escape from the dark side..

Anonymous said...

*****

Prezza and Patsy at PMQs


********

Croydonian said...

Maybe he fancies himself as a low rent Nathan Barley (qv) - but he'd need one on each ear for that.

jailhouselawyer said...

I think if I had a blue tooth I would make an appointment with the dentist to have it extracted...

Anonymous said...

Why isn't it "cool"

It is often discourteous in that it suggests the wearer is doing something more important than talking to youb but discourtesy is not necessarily uncool.

Unsworth said...

So that's what those things are. I thought all these people were extras from Startrek - or maybe they were wearing some sort of trendy deaf-aid.

Anonymous said...

jailhouselawyer said...
I think if I had a blue tooth I would make an appointment with the dentist to have it extracted...

May 02, 2007 12:31 PM


Surely it would be easier to take an axe to it?

Anonymous said...

I was at school with Barry Gardiner. He was in fact quite a nice guy who did not take himself too seriously. But he was definitely known as Barrie in those days. Much camper than the rugged spelling he has since adopted.

Anonymous said...

Try this one for amusement

Thank You Jinnah

Anonymous said...

Colin...

Yeah, Paxman's piles were clearly giving him jip last night, he was utterly relentless. But, he is really just barking at people now, not even bothering asking questions or getting any information out of them.

I enjoy it, but actually, does it serve any purpose?

Anonymous said...

Anon @ 3:30

"our" politicised bureaucracy attempts to avoid the bleedin' obvious.

Anonymous said...

What is a bluetooth device?

Auntie Flo'