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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:08 PM
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Well, at least they didn't call Boyle a 'spinster' in this offensive article...
I can't believe this kind of crap gets written about folks in this day and age:

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2756154/SuBos-debut-album-I-Dreamed-A-Dream-tops-chart-in-six-countries.html#ixzz0Yay9PRHq

SUSAN BOYLE's debut album I Dreamed A Dream continues to sell like oat cakes all over the world.
It's difficult to explain the scale of how well the Scottish lassie with the big hits and hairy chassis is doing.

Last week SuBo clocked up 1,195,820 sales in just a week - 411,820 copies in the UK and 784,000 in the USA.

Nothing is going to budge her broad bottom off that top spot for a while yet.



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enlightenment Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:10 PM
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1. The Sun is one of the most offensive rags out there.
Nasty shytes.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:15 PM
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4. It really is. I always knew it was....but I'm still surprised. nt
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:12 PM
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2. They'll not be happy 'til she jumps off a bridge.
Assholes.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:44 PM
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11. I still wonder which rag sent those reporters to hunt her down in her hotel.
Fortunately, there were a lot of witnesses and all - including the cops - said Boyle had the right to tell them to "fuck off." Unfortunately, the rag and others that picked up the story depicted the couple as other hotel guests. Well, had they been hotel guests, they would not have been escorted out of the hotel by the police.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:12 PM
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3. From the pen of the Morlock. What do you expect? nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:17 PM
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It was offensive before him, but, yeah, how can you put your name on stuff like this?
This kind of crap is actually more offensive than the 'page 3 girls'.
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burning rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:17 PM
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5. It already rhymes, but at least her last name isn't "Morgan" or "Moakley"...
or they'd be calling her "SuMo."
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:22 PM
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6. Ain't that the truth. nt
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:23 PM
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7. Hairy chassis??
Is the Sun looking up her knickers? WTF?
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:30 PM
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8. OMG, that rag is worse than used toilet paper!!! nt
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:35 PM
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9. Well what in the heck do you expect?
It's a flippin tabloid. It's trash.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 11:39 PM
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10. I knew there were Page 3 'girls', but this is just awful stuff. I'll scout the comments that follow
Edited on Wed Dec-02-09 11:42 PM by Captain Hilts
the article later to see what turns up.
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 10:00 AM
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12. All that matters
And the best part of the article: "When the royalties start rolling in she will be a millionaire many times over."

Good for her. The Sun can fuck off.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 10:11 AM
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13. I think Boyle pronounces that 'fook off'. Good for her!
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 10:14 AM by Captain Hilts
I'm in Toronto right now and I think I can see Rochester.

Hi there!
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 08:52 AM
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14. They've been calling her THAT? That is SO 19th Century. nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-08-09 09:55 AM
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15. Comments boards of English articles using this term are full of complaints
for using the term with many of them coming from the US and Canada. It's just so weird how articles about her constantly make reference to her marital status. This is fairly common with articles about women, unfortunately.

Here's hoping the whole Boyle hulabaloo adds 'gobsmacked' to our lingo and removes 'spinster'. I'd always thought 'gobsmacked' a term I'd used instead of 'flumoxed' was an older phrase, but now I'm reading it's fairly new. Live and learn.
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