The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

What makes the BBC think that it is going to get back the confidence of its
viewers when the producers of Blue Peter have been deceiving their audience
for decades before Phone-ingate and Pussygate, or do they think we have
forgotten Petragate?

Why wasn't the first Blue Peter producer sacked when she replaced the
original Petra with another puppy from the same breed when the original
Petra died only days after she first appeared on the show without telling
the viewers who were kept in the dark until both Petra's were dead? The even
went so far as erecting a bronze stature of the fake Petra in the Blue Peter
garden!

And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the cat
now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who decided
to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on the name of
the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers name choice
for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why are the viewers
not being given the chance to name the new cat without intervention from the
producer yet again? How about they sack this producer too.

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the cat
now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who
decided to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on
the name of the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers
name choice for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why
are the viewers not being given the chance to name the new cat without
intervention from the producer yet again? How about they sack this
producer too.

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Sheesh.....

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"Mat Overton" wrote in message
k...
And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the
cat now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who
decided to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on
the name of the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers
name choice for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why
are the viewers not being given the chance to name the new cat without
intervention from the producer yet again? How about they sack this
producer too.

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Sheesh.....



isnt it obvious?
the nation would see a spate of cats being put in ovens by their owners -
hoping to 'cookie' one of their own.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate
name for a cat?????

Sheesh.....

isnt it obvious?
the nation would see a spate of cats being put in ovens by their owners -
hoping to 'cookie' one of their own.


Bashes head against brick wall in despair

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"Mat Overton" wrote in message
k...
And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the
cat now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who
decided to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on
the name of the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers
name choice for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why
are the viewers not being given the chance to name the new cat without
intervention from the producer yet again? How about they sack this
producer too.

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Sheesh.....

Well apparently its some form of slang.
TOSS YOUR COOKIES
Toss your cookies is American slang for to vomit

TOUGH COOKIE
Tough cookie is slang for a strong unyielding person.


http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZT.HTM


Well cats vomit and cats are unyielding so I don't see the problem. But as I
said before Blue Peter has a long record of deceiving its viewers since
Petragate in the time of Biddie Baxter.

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...


Well apparently its some form of slang.
TOSS YOUR COOKIES
Toss your cookies is American slang for to vomit

TOUGH COOKIE
Tough cookie is slang for a strong unyielding person.


http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZT.HTM


Well cats vomit and cats are unyielding so I don't see the problem. But as
I said before Blue Peter has a long record of deceiving its viewers since
Petragate in the time of Biddie Baxter.



you're just worried that 'socks' or 'cookie' will start waving their arse in
your face like your neighbour's cat.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:33:03 +0100, "Agamemnon"
wrote:

What makes the BBC think that it is going to get back the confidence of its
viewers when the producers of Blue Peter have been deceiving their audience
for decades before Phone-ingate and Pussygate, or do they think we have
forgotten Petragate?

Why wasn't the first Blue Peter producer sacked when she replaced the
original Petra with another puppy from the same breed when the original
Petra died only days after she first appeared on the show without telling
the viewers who were kept in the dark until both Petra's were dead? The even
went so far as erecting a bronze stature of the fake Petra in the Blue Peter
garden!

And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the cat
now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who decided
to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on the name of
the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers name choice
for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why are the viewers
not being given the chance to name the new cat without intervention from the
producer yet again? How about they sack this producer too.


http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/blue-peter-viewers-wanted-to-name-cat-'****wizard'-20070921414/
--
Cheers

Peter

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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:39:39 GMT, "Mat Overton"
wrote:

And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the cat
now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who
decided to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on
the name of the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers
name choice for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why
are the viewers not being given the chance to name the new cat without
intervention from the producer yet again? How about they sack this
producer too.

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Sheesh.....

In addition to other people's suggestions, if "cookie" is
said with a Northern English pronunciation it sounds like
"kooky" meaning "Cranky, crazy, eccentric".

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe)

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In article , Owain wrote:
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name*
for a cat?????
isnt it obvious?
the nation would see a spate of cats being put in ovens by their owners -*
hoping to 'cookie' one of their own.

Yes, at least Socks only get locked inside bedroom furniture.

I once knew some people who had a cat named "Rover".

Rod.

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In article ,
Roderick Stewart wrote:
In article , Owain wrote:
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate
name for a cat?????
isnt it obvious? the nation would see a spate of cats being put in
ovens by their owners - hoping to 'cookie' one of their own.

Yes, at least Socks only get locked inside bedroom furniture.

I once knew some people who had a cat named "Rover".

better than calling it 'Lada'

--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11

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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:45:53 +0100, Owain
wrote:

the dog from that film you saw wrote:
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????
isnt it obvious?
the nation would see a spate of cats being put in ovens by their owners -
hoping to 'cookie' one of their own.

Yes, at least Socks only get locked inside bedroom furniture.

Owain

My dad, who has alzheimers, regularly shuts the cat in his bedroom
wardrobe.

Marky P.

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"charles" wrote in message
...

I once knew some people who had a cat named "Rover".

better than calling it 'Lada'

When my younger daughter was about 9 she named her kitten Blackie (because
he was black and she was an unimaginitive child). After the children had
been discussing their pets a young Brownie leader took me on one side and
suggested that the name was 'inappropriate' because their was a negro child
in the group. I'm afraid I swore at her.

At the time it did not occur to me to say anything about the the name
'Brownies' .


Bill

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"Marky P" wrote in message
...
My dad, who has alzheimers, regularly shuts the cat in his bedroom
wardrobe.

Take the fuse out of his microwave.


Marky P.

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

Rumours I have heard say viewers choice was "Pussy",
not "Cookie"!

As for Petra, I am devestated - only discovered the truth
this week :-(

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
...
What makes the BBC think that it is going to get back the confidence of
its viewers when the producers of Blue Peter have been deceiving their
audience for decades before Phone-ingate and Pussygate, or do they think
we have forgotten Petragate?

Why wasn't the first Blue Peter producer sacked when she replaced the
original Petra with another puppy from the same breed when the original
Petra died only days after she first appeared on the show without telling
the viewers who were kept in the dark until both Petra's were dead? The
even went so far as erecting a bronze stature of the fake Petra in the
Blue Peter garden!

And how is bringing on another kitten on the show and calling it Cookie
going to satisfy the people who voted for that name to be given to the cat
now called Socks. It's yet another deception. It's the producers who
decided to call the current cat Socks and them again who have decided on
the name of the new cat Cookie, not the viewers. Cookie isn't the viewers
name choice for the new cat, it's their choice for the current cat. Why
are the viewers not being given the chance to name the new cat without
intervention from the producer yet again? How about they sack this
producer too.

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

In message , Mat Overton
writes
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????
From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

Mind you, there are far worse things going on. I have it from good
sources that in reality there's no such place as Walford and that many
of the people who live there are actually being portrayed by
semi-professional actors.

God knows where this will end. If he exists. It's no good asking Songs
of Praise.
--
Trevor Wright

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"Trevor Wright" wrote in message
...
In message , Mat Overton
writes
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????
From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

The Times coyly says that is was a varient of 'puss'.

Bill

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Ah hah! So I'm the only one who knows the proper answer to that.

It's like this: the name "Cookie" when given to a cat is short for "Cooking
Fat", and I'm sure with a little imagination you'll be able to work out:

a/ why it's such a popular name for cats
b/ why Auntie wasn't so keen on it for the Blue Peter cat!

Steve T

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The message
from "Steve Thackery" contains these words:

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an
inappropriate name
for a cat?????

Ah hah! So I'm the only one who knows the proper answer to that.

It's like this: the name "Cookie" when given to a cat is short for "Cooking
Fat", and I'm sure with a little imagination you'll be able to work out:

a/ why it's such a popular name for cats
b/ why Auntie wasn't so keen on it for the Blue Peter cat!

I remember my dad relating a tale about a cat that was so named
(Cooking Fat) some 40 odd years ago. The name came about, apparently, on
account it was in the habit of getting underfoot causing the victim to
exclaim "Cooking Fat!" (or words to that effect :-).

--
Regards, John.

Please remove the "ohggcyht" before replying.
The address has been munged to reject Spam-bots.

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:02:11 +0100, Trevor Wright
wrote:

In message , Mat Overton
writes
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????
From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

Mind you, there are far worse things going on. I have it from good
sources that in reality there's no such place as Walford and that many
of the people who live there are actually being portrayed by
semi-professional actors.

It's actually Borehamwood, in Herts, not even London! We are having
the wool pulled over our eyes!

Marky P.

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...

"Trevor Wright" wrote in message
...
In message , Mat Overton
writes
Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate
name
for a cat?????
From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

The Times coyly says that is was a varient of 'puss'.

In that case the current Blue Peter producer should also be sacked.


Bill

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:27:28 +0100, Johnny B Good
wrote:

It's like this: the name "Cookie" when given to a cat is short for "Cooking
Fat", and I'm sure with a little imagination you'll be able to work out:

a/ why it's such a popular name for cats
b/ why Auntie wasn't so keen on it for the Blue Peter cat!

I remember my dad relating a tale about a cat that was so named
(Cooking Fat) some 40 odd years ago. The name came about, apparently, on
account it was in the habit of getting underfoot causing the victim to
exclaim "Cooking Fat!" (or words to that effect :-).

It was used by Sid James and Hattie Jacques in Carry On Loving (1970):

HJ: calling the cat by name
SJ: "Cooking fat?"
HJ: "Yes, that's his name"
SJ: "Funny name for a cat"
HJ: "Well, that's what it sounded like"
SJ: one of those looks!

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In article , Bill Wright
wrote:
My dad, who has alzheimers, regularly shuts the cat in his bedroom
wardrobe.

Take the fuse out of his microwave.

Hmm. "Smoky" is quite popular name for a cat too.

Rod.

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Spike wrote:

Rumours I have heard say viewers choice was "Pussy",
not "Cookie"!

As for Petra, I am devestated - only discovered the truth
this week :-(



They'll be telling us next that the 'Magic Roundabout' wasn't really
magic!


--
Ashley
For Windsor Weather see www.snglinks.com/wx

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"Ashley Booth" wrote in message
...
Spike wrote:

Rumours I have heard say viewers choice was "Pussy",
not "Cookie"!

As for Petra, I am devestated - only discovered the truth
this week :-(



They'll be telling us next that the 'Magic Roundabout' wasn't really
magic!



And I have really serious doubts whether Bill and Ben really lived in
flowerpots.
--

JohnT

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In message , JohnT
writes
"Ashley Booth" wrote in message
...
Spike wrote:

Rumours I have heard say viewers choice was "Pussy",
not "Cookie"!

As for Petra, I am devestated - only discovered the truth
this week :-(



They'll be telling us next that the 'Magic Roundabout' wasn't really
magic!



And I have really serious doubts whether Bill and Ben really lived in
flowerpots.

Don't knock it till you've tried it!
--
Ian

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On 22 Sep, 12:34, "Agamemnon" wrote:

From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

The Times coyly says that is was a varient of 'puss'.

In that case the current Blue Peter producer should also be sacked.


If "Pussy" was the top suggestion it's hardly any wonder the BBC
decided against it. Sounds like some students multiple-voting to have
a laugh to me. So if "Pussy" was the top answer the BBC acted
correctly in rejecting it.

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"zarbiface" wrote in message
oups.com...
On 22 Sep, 12:34, "Agamemnon" wrote:

From what I've read (in The Independent, I think) it wasn't ever
Cookie.
It was voted as Pussie. Cookie is just a euphemistic substitute.

In which case they're still lying about it.

The Times coyly says that is was a varient of 'puss'.

In that case the current Blue Peter producer should also be sacked.


If "Pussy" was the top suggestion it's hardly any wonder the BBC
decided against it. Sounds like some students multiple-voting to have
a laugh to me. So if "Pussy" was the top answer the BBC acted
correctly in rejecting it.

Why not just call the animal "Cat".

--
Max Demian

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zarbiface writes:

If "Pussy" was the top suggestion it's hardly any wonder the BBC
decided against it. Sounds like some students multiple-voting to have
a laugh to me. So if "Pussy" was the top answer the BBC acted
correctly in rejecting it.

If 'Pussy' was an acceptable name for Mrs Slocombe's cat in Are You
Being Served, should it not be good enough for Blue Peter?

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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:40:47 +0100, brightside S9
wrote:

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:39:39 GMT, "Mat Overton"
wrote:

Can someone please explain whey the hell "cookie" is an inappropriate name
for a cat?????


Try the urban dictionary.

www.urbandictionary.com

Sounds like an Americanism - hardly in common usage over here.

Someone did suggest there was some 'odd' voting patterns for cookie so
they thought there was some vote-rigging going on.
But that sounds like a poor excure rather than a good reason.

The rigged Blue Peter cat naming poll
 

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:49:13 +0100, Peter
wrote:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/blue-peter-viewers-wanted-to-name-cat-'****wizard'-20070921414/

I though that was a bit daft - until I got to the end where it accuses
the Beeb of extorting money with threats of prison. That bit was
actually funny as it has a grain of truth.

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"brightside S9" wrote...
Graham Murray wrote:
zarbiface writes:

If "Pussy" was the top suggestion it's hardly any wonder the BBC
decided against it. Sounds like some students multiple-voting to
have
a laugh to me. So if "Pussy" was the top answer the BBC acted
correctly in rejecting it.

If 'Pussy' was an acceptable name for Mrs Slocombe's cat in Are You
Being Served, should it not be good enough for Blue Peter?

But the name at the top of the poll wasn't Pussy.

Read the beebs own report he
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7005053.stm

Or better still:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/..._feature.shtml

Matti