parchedpeas Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Don't know if this has been covered on here or not - couldn't find a thread. AA Gill reviewed Ciapellis in the Sunday Times last week. The restaurant got a good write up, but the rest of what he said about the Isle of Man was not so positive: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25...1984163,00.html Our MHK's have responded in style: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/is...man/4646636.stm So, is he bitingly honest about the place, or just using it as an excuse to make cheap jokes? It made me laugh, I'll be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Made me laugh, too... in this thread http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9834 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollag Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Neither, its just humour, it doesent have to be true to be funny, me, im manx and loved the article, e mailing it all over the globe. PS The army's pet name for Falkland Islanders is Benny's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiuspilot Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 no one in there right mind should get upset about that, it's obviously tough firmly in cheek. good on him. remember there is no such thing as bad publicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 no one in there right mind should get upset about that, Exactly! Which probably explains why the first person to over react was a certain MLC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethargy Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 That BBC link says it all, really: "Some people know the piece is obviously tongue in cheek and that's AA Gill's style of writing but some people have been quite seriously offended." Or: Some people know the piece is obviously tongue in cheek, but some people are utter idiots who are apparently incapable of not taking everything they read as the absolute truth. Gill's review does not damage the island's reputation, it's the ridiculous missing-of-the-point and ill-informed knee-jerk reaction of certain intellectually-challenged locals that'll do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTool Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 If you find offence from this you must be up your own arse. This is funny not nasty its only the government who have kicked up a stink. Its all true what he says i see Benny women all the time, the isle of man is just like the sketch the fast show did. I think the isle of man sells less razors per head per population because the women over here don't shave there top lip lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTool Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Typical female attire of the isle of man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Gill's review does not damage the island's reputation, it's the ridiculous missing-of-the-point and ill-informed knee-jerk reaction of certain intellectually-challenged locals that'll do that. I just think he is lucky to have a job doing what he does. As a writer he is a journeyman as a satirist he's woefully inadequate (IMHO) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisner Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 The chap Speller who writes a bit in the Manx Independent was very critical and a tad bitchy about the piece. All I know is that I Larfed Out Loud when I was reading the article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 All I know is that I Larfed Out Loud when I was reading the article. My sense of humour is obviously more sophisticated than yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 The chap Speller who writes a bit in the Manx Independent was very critical and a tad bitchy about the piece. All I know is that I Larfed Out Loud when I was reading the article. I've never got Speller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 The chap Speller who writes a bit in the Manx Independent was very critical and a tad bitchy about the piece. My that must be heart-breaking for Gill. To be condemned by the public is one thing. To be attacked by a puffed up local dignitary is grist to the mill. But for a humourous columnist to be criticised by the World's Worst Humourous Columnist is something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTool Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 Jobs for the boy's yussir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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