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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post


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And what splendid fare was on offer. Sunday afternoon viewing in the year 2001 consisted of a choice between an old Morecambe and Wise show or a Carry On film.

And following that was a brilliantly-conceived half an hour about choosing a dog to join the Soapstars family. It was entitled Dogstars.

I realize that I sound like an old codger from the smelliest corner of the local rag’s letters page, but do we really have to pay our license fee for that crap?


Swimming with dolphins. What’s all that about then?

Don’t get me wrong. I have every sympathy with terminally-sick kids and I agree entirely that we should make their every day as special as possible. But let’s face it. Some of them must be lead-swingers trying it on. Mainly the ones from Merseyside.

Look at the evidence. Family fancies holiday in Florida. Family tells local paper that one of their kids has the Big C. Local paper runs story saying that all Little Jimmy wants to do before he dies is “swim with the dolphins.”

Readers cough up cash. Family gets bucketload of dosh. Family has holiday in Florida. Little Jimmy swims with the dolphins and is miraculously cured.

A result all round, I’d say. Perhaps Mr Blunkett would like to investigate this phenomenon as part of his benefit cheats purge.

BARRY BEELZEBUB
The views of Mr Beelzebub are purely personal and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Editor or staff of this newspaper, of anyone who wouldn’t play hide the sausage with sexy Sunita from Coronation Street, of anyone who’s not been secretly filmed by Prince Edward, or of anyone looking forward to England being presented with the World Cup on Saturday evening.

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