Comments on: The Blue Peter cat http://eyedropper.co.uk/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/ Who do you believe, me or your own eyes? - Groucho Marx Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:19:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jim http://eyedropper.co.uk/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2996 Jim Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:37:25 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2996 They could give it a practical name and call it 'Rat Bastard'. Then the mafia might shoot it - problem solved. "And now, here's Konnie with a report from Little Big Little Italy..." "SQUUEEEE!!! I'm actually OUTSIDE! SQUEEEEE! I LIKE KITTENS! SQUEE!!!! I'm being SHOT AT!!! SQUEEE! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!" Not that the new Blue Peter is dumbing down at all... oh no... They could give it a practical name and call it ‘Rat Bastard’. Then the mafia might shoot it – problem solved.

“And now, here’s Konnie with a report from Little Big Little Italy…”

“SQUUEEEE!!! I’m actually OUTSIDE! SQUEEEEE! I LIKE KITTENS! SQUEE!!!! I’m being SHOT AT!!! SQUEEE! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!”

Not that the new Blue Peter is dumbing down at all… oh no…

]]> By: Chris http://eyedropper.co.uk/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2931 Chris Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:14:37 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2931 I actually think Hitler is a perfectly good name for a cat. If I had a cat I'd call it Hitler. Or Bastard. I actually think Hitler is a perfectly good name for a cat. If I had a cat I’d call it Hitler. Or Bastard.

]]> By: Paul Condon http://eyedropper.co.uk/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2874 Paul Condon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:19:20 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2874 And now it seems that there was a perfectly good reason why the now-sacked editor chose to disregard 'Cookie' and call the cat 'Socks'. From the Guardian site: "There was some late surge for the name that was in second place. A group of people decided to [vote] on a multiple basis, clearly there was something fishy about it," the Blue Peter insider told MediaGuardian.co.uk. "He decided to go with the name that was leading [before the late surge of votes]. He decided that not on his own initiative but because he was alerted to it by technical people." Cookie, the name that eventually won the viewers' poll, was for most of the vote was in second place behind Socks, until the late surge, the source said." So, yet again, another example of the BBC choosing to hammer nails into itself for no good reason. I give up, I really do. And now it seems that there was a perfectly good reason why the now-sacked editor chose to disregard ‘Cookie’ and call the cat ‘Socks’. From the Guardian site:

“There was some late surge for the name that was in second place. A group of people decided to [vote] on a multiple basis, clearly there was something fishy about it,” the Blue Peter insider told MediaGuardian.co.uk.

“He decided to go with the name that was leading [before the late surge of votes]. He decided that not on his own initiative but because he was alerted to it by technical people.”

Cookie, the name that eventually won the viewers’ poll, was for most of the vote was in second place behind Socks, until the late surge, the source said.”

So, yet again, another example of the BBC choosing to hammer nails into itself for no good reason. I give up, I really do.

]]> By: Maz http://eyedropper.co.uk/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2849 Maz Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:48:03 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/the-blue-peter-cat/#comment-2849 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cookie Number 3. Though I wouldn't have even heard of it until all this came about and I looked it up! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cookie

Number 3. Though I wouldn’t have even heard of it until all this came about and I looked it up!

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