Comments on: I'm Hungry

I'm Hungry

armoured-ant — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:01:11 -0800

Make your own Tory party election poster. I did. Also happening in real life.

By: DangerIsMyMiddleName

DangerIsMyMiddleName — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:08:03 -0800

Those posters are just asking for it, but they are very clever psychology: note the way they don't actually declare any policies whatsoever. Still, apart from the verging-on-facism-shoot-all-the-gypsies thing, who would vote for a party who can't even do joined-up writing?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:12:18 -0800

i'm a whigger.

By: funambulist

funambulist — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:22:55 -0800

Yeah, what did they expect? Actually, both the Tories and Labour marketing people have ignored, at their peril, a cardinal rule of advertising: don't use words to evoke the very concept you don't want to evoke... (I don't know what it's called, I'm sure there's a term for it) 'It's *not racist* to'... 'Britain forward *not back*'... Ever seen a beer advertised as 'it does *not* taste like crap'?

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:25:12 -0800

I did one too... then another [this is good]

By: mannythedog

mannythedog — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:30:58 -0800

I know... does anyone ever laugh at this? [Great post]

By: docgonzo

docgonzo — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:31:33 -0800

Seems even the Tories are getting in on the photo modification craze...

By: anthill

anthill — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:34:09 -0800

Further to funambulist's comment: "I am not a crook." Also: Any of these fit well in a poster.

By: Zonker

Zonker — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:37:40 -0800

It simply had to be done.

By: funambulist

funambulist — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:40:12 -0800

My own cheap shot...

By: funambulist

funambulist — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:43:40 -0800

Vote for me. I am *not a prick*. Ah, the term I was looking for (though it's not really what I was looking for) is 'framing'. ie. Don't think of an elephant...

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:55:37 -0800

I think it's simply horrid how Poodle Tony Blair and his Tory Party got the UK into that pointless Iraq War ! You should definitely vote against the Tories for that! STFU Lib'ral Party fanciers!

By: matteo

matteo — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:58:23 -0800

AHAHAHAHA thanks for the link!

By: Ugandan Discussions

Ugandan Discussions — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:59:04 -0800

That feels good

By: terrymiles

terrymiles — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:00:52 -0800

here's mine...

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:23:54 -0800

here's one. bloody racists.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:30:48 -0800

That rules

By: Justinian

Justinian — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:33:46 -0800

Bloody Newcomers!

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:36:13 -0800

Well, how else are you supposed to get rid Of Tony Blair?

By: DaRiLo

DaRiLo — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:42:59 -0800

Gotta go for the classics

By: Kattullus

Kattullus — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:45:34 -0800

delmoi: he's leaving anyway, Brown will take over in a couple of years my bet is that he'll resign the day he exceeds Thatcher's time in office... that's what I would do anyway

By: senor biggles

senor biggles — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:51:50 -0800

Great fun. Try changing the number in the URL to see what others have been writing. Most people are either not changing the immigration text, just playing with the fonts; putting in anti-Tory messages; or going for humorous and nonsensical ideas.

By: livii

livii — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 12:23:08 -0800

Fun, thanks. Best part has to be the link to the doctored leaflet photo - especially love the justification given for doing it. Hadn't seen that story and it was good for a jaw drop and some head shaking. And hey, they're British.

By: Simon!

Simon! — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:01:34 -0800

Oh, come on, like I'm the only one who was thinking it.

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:18:41 -0800

Honestly I think some of these modifications play right into Michael Howard's hands. He is arguing that it is impossible to discuss immigration controls without being accused of being racist, and this response makes him look right. Actually, the reason that it's impossible to discuss immigration controls without accusations of racism flying around is that it is impossible to discuss immigration controls without racist remarks flying around (at least in the current climate in the UK). This is why it would be much better for everyone if this were not made into a high profile election issue. It's not surprising that the modern response to opinions that would have been considered acceptable a few decades ago makes some people feel persecuted, however, this calculated attempt by the leader of a major political party to appeal to that persecution complex is inflammatory and contemptible.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 13:23:01 -0800

this one would actually help their chances, i think. and this, of course ; >

By: Sparx

Sparx — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:01:47 -0800

Hee hee Do these things really get deleted after half an hour?

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:07:22 -0800

I have such a furious angry rage over these posters that the one I see each morning on my way to work just puts me in a bad mood all day. And, yet, I'd almost consider voting for them... not really. but the jokes would be made.

By: Viomeda

Viomeda — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 14:28:13 -0800

no pissing the rivers.

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:43:09 -0800

The "are you thinking what we're thinking" tagline is just too easy to ridicule.

By: BigCalm

BigCalm — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:49:23 -0800

Reminds me of a Steve Bell cartoon from last week.

By: Aquarius

Aquarius — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 06:15:04 -0800

While you're all very funny, gang, I do have to point out here that the links above to posters don't work, because the posters get deleted after half an hour or so. I do not have unlimited disc space :-) If your poster is a mastery of wit and repartee, save a copy of it somewhere...

By: ceiriog

ceiriog — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 07:23:07 -0800

Not that this is either of the above, but here's one from the Fro Gymraeg, where immigration actually is destroying the native culture.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:27:43 -0800

here you go

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 03:28:54 -0800

Belgrano. Are you sinking what we're sinking?