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.

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.....

"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/

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

"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.

"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/

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/
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Cheers

Peter

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)

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.

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'

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