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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div>Awesome. When I buy my new socks and boxers from Marks and Spencers, the weekend before Glastonbury, I used to know that I'd be buying products that would last me the whole year round. But recently, I too have noticed that the socks no longer can sustain much wear. Pants I don't know about, because I don't wear them. Source.Jeremy Paxman, the Newsnight anchor famous for grilling cabinet ministers and airing his robust opinions on subjects as diverse as the future of broadcasting and the latest entries in Who's Who, has now voiced his dissatisfaction on another matter of importance to the nation: Marks & Spencer underpants.
The broadcaster is so concerned about the declining standards of men's underwear that he has written to Sir Stuart Rose, the chief executive of M&S, detailing his "anxiety" about its gussets, which he said no longer offered "adequate support".
"Like very large numbers of men in this country, I have always bought my socks and pants at Marks & Sparks," he wrote. "I've noticed that something very troubling has happened. There's no other way to put this. Their pants no longer provide adequate support. When I've discussed this with friends and acquaintances it has revealed widespread gusset anxiety. I do feel that someone should take up this mighty battle.
"The other thing is socks. Even among those of us who clip our toenails rigorously, they appear to be wearing out much more quickly on the big toe. Also, they're no longer ribbed around the top, which means they do not stay up in the way that they used to.
"These are matters of great concern to the men of Britain. I just felt it was time that somebody raised this with the only man who can sort it out, Stuart Rose."
Paxman, 57, told the Mail on Sunday that he had emailed Sir Stuart last week, but had assumed their exchange would remain private. "I don't know how this leaked out, but it wasn't supposed to.
"Anyway, Stuart Rose took this very good humouredly and very kindly replied, inviting me to lunch and promising to bring various pairs of pants with him."
A spokeswoman for M&S said: "Stuart Rose has been in touch with Jeremy Paxman and looks forward to discussing his intimate apparel with him. We welcome feedback from all our customers, and that includes Jeremy."[/b]
God I love Paxman.
It's the fuckin Lycra in the socks man. I've never gone through so many in my entire life, although I tend to wear them through the balls of my feet rather than my toes. Bastard socks.
I can't decide on Paxman though. One part of me really like him and the other thinks he's a dick. Maybe 50-50 unlike Jeremy Clarkson who's like 80-20 in favour of being a twat.
The broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes... Adolf Hitler
I'm a maverick journalist type, so I have to like Paxman even when he's being a dick. The Michael Howard interview from like a decade ago was just magical. And Jeremy Clarkson is a twat in an excellent and hilarious way
Yeah, he (Paxman) is definitely entertaining when he's being a dick towards politicians but I get the impression from people who've met him that he's an arrogant tool. He was also the editor the Cambridge University paper 'TCS' and the holder of that position is generally a dick from my experience.
The broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes... Adolf Hitler
Yeah, he's definately a professional not personal hero.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trionix @ Jan 21 2008, 11:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>Pants I don't know about, because I don't wear them. Their skirts, on the other hand, last forever.Source.[/b]
FIXED. Sorry buddy, I couldn't help it, it was like an open invitation.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brewtality @ Jan 5 2006, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>It's like two people debating what colour Santa's coat is. One says it's Green, the other says it's Blue. You're sure it's Red, but it doesn't matter anyway because he doesn't exist.
Awards: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SpikeyMikey @ Jan 23 2008, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Trionix @ Jan 21 2008, 11:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Pants I don't know about, because I don't wear them. Their skirts, on the other hand, last forever.Source.[/b]
FIXED. Sorry buddy, I couldn't help it, it was like an open invitation.
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I thought better of that particular jibe.
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