CHARLIE CONDOU - No.860

BEST WISHES BARBARA KNOX

Charliecondou: Happy 80th Birthday Barbara!! I love that woman 

thegrimescene: @Charliecondou 80?!?! Wow

bevhowell24: @Charliecondou she is just wonderful and not just because she's achieved such a fab milestone birthday ... Congrats Barbara x

moniqueo: @Charliecondou We love Barbara too!!!!Give her birthday wishes from fans across the pond.

xleopard_printx: @Charliecondou She's never 80 today?!?! She hides it well!

LeeH1970: @Charliecondou Barbara is such a beautiful woman. Thought she was in her 60's.

cailin58: @Charliecondou happy birthday Barbara x

THE MONDAY GRUMBLE

Charliecondou: This is me today

"Going on to the Internet when I haven't watched the Breaking Bad final yet"

rob_fitzpatrick: @Charliecondou i'm only half way thru season 2 :(

Charliecondou: @rob_fitzpatrick Then you'll need to smash your computer/iphone up and stay in until you've caught up

cheeky2xist: Cheers @Charliecondou - trust your Monday is a happy one - spending mine getting around the Manchester 'ring-o-steel'

Charliecondou: @cheeky2xist Good luck with that!

NEVER KISS A TORY

Charliecondou: @GeorgeNewton1 I hope you're wearing your "Never kissed a Tory" badge

GeorgeNewton1: @Charliecondou unfortunately not!! Ha. Give my dad some stick!

skipnewton: @GeorgeNewton1 @Charliecondou where are you today George ?

GeorgeNewton1: @skipnewton @Charliecondou University...

DON'T FORGET TO NOMINATE CHARLIE FOR THE IOS PINK LIST

ChasCondouFans: Want to vote for Charlie in the UK Independent On Sunday PINK LIST - click link, complete 3 lines of information and you're DONE!!! http://www.independent.co.uk/pinklist2013 

I'M A DADDY AND I KNOW IT

*Dedicated to all those daddies out there*

This video might not be available to play in some parts of the world but hopefully you will be able to enjoy this little clip - Tom.

SHOWING SOME RESTRAINT

Charliecondou: @DonkeyColm Did you just see me?

toddlerlex: @DonkeyColm @Charliecondou http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/p_to_r/restraining_orders/

Charliecondou: @toddlerlex @DonkeyColm haha

MISSING FROM BLACKROCK

Charliecondou: RT @annetteclancy: @Philippa_Perry could you ask your Irish followers to share pic of #actorgerrymccann who is missing in Dublin? Thanks.

2013 TV CHOICE AWARDS

Below: Charlie Condou arriving at the awards.

MICHELLE KEEGAN WAS 'INDISPOSED' ON THE NIGHT SO CHARLIE ACCEPTED THE AWARD ON HER BEHALF

LOL = SALTS

FROM SOMEWHERE

OVER THE RAINBOW

- IN OZ -

RETIREMENT BLUES

Tom_in_Oz_: My 1st year of being retired is 3 quarters through & I've already had a small pay rise & 2day I got a present for 2014 #retirement 

tnvol19: @ChasCondouFans congrats, Tommy! Mwah & hugs!

TONY ABBOTT BRINGS OUT THE NUTTERS AND TWITTER TROLLS 

Today after sending out my usual blog topic updates which included the latest round of gaffs by Oz PM Tony Abbott, I was sent a very unusually worded tweet from one of my followers @mwprmark who works as a government avisor at the following company http://www.mwpr.cc/

mwprmark: Blogging is to journalism as rape is to making love @Tom_in_Oz_ 

Tom_in_Oz_: So you must be the first person I know who voted for Tony Abbott @mwprmark and probably the last

mwprmark: @Tom_in_Oz_ and this admitted lack of balance is reflected in the drivel you pass off as a blog.

Tom_in_Oz_: @mwprmark 70,000 ppl per week (sometime more) read blog and I only blog what interests me #my #retirement #project

mwprmark: There is your error, @Tom_in_Oz_. Readership has nothing to do with the quality of the content.

limelite001: @mwprmark @Tom_in_Oz_ Haha, Tom in Oz has 16 followers and his last entry on his "blog" is in 2010! Haha, what a troll. Block him MD.

Tom_in_Oz_: Dear me @limelite001 ... I don't follow @mwprmark ... he follows me & I have had about 5 blogs you've probably found an old one. But will you apologise?

Tom_in_Oz_: And @limelite001 I'm not sure why you would call me a troll? @mwprmark

mwprmark: Unfollowed @Tom_in_Oz_.  @limelite001 

Pasta company Bertolli release pro-gay advert & rivals Barilla eat humble pie

An advert for pasta company Bertolli has poked fun at rival Barilla following their chairman's controversial anti-gay comments. Bertolli, one of the largest pasta brands in the world, ran the image on their German Facebook page following the comments by Barilla Chairman Guido Barilla saying their company would never feature same sex couples in their advertisements. Bertolli's advert features three pasta 'couples' - two holding hands with the same pasta, one mixed - along with the slogan 'Pasta and love for all!'

The advert follows a week of controversy for Barilla, after their Chairman Guido Barilla announced on Italian radio that the adverts for his company would never feature gay couples. Following worldwide condemnation, Barilla has since attempted to backtrack on his comments, saying in a statement: 'It is clear that I have a lot to learn about the lively debate concerning the evolution of the family. 'In the coming weeks, I pledge to meet representatives of the group that best represent the evolution of the family, including those who have been offended by my words.'

TONY ABBOTT: A GOOD CATHOLIC

Tony Abbott, at age nineteen, refused to marry his pregnant girlfriend, and insisted that she put her son up for adoption.

Press play to see this bizarre story from Tony Abbott's past:

NOT SO SAINTLY TONY ABBOTT: A QUESTION OF CHARACTER

Tony Abbott should come clean about what he knew about the homosexual rapes that occurred at the seminary while he was a trainee priest, and about which he appears to be covering up, writes Bob Ellis HERE

OZ PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT HAS A LESBIAN SISTER BUT HE'S TRYING VERY HARD TO UNDERMINE LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY THAT ALLOWS MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Press play to see Tony Abbott threaten to block and remove legislation:

OZ PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT RUNS FROM MEDIA AS BOAT CHILDREN DROWN

Abbott gets this vague, zombie-like look on his face when he's being questioned. It's like he shuts himself off from everything that is making him uncomfortable and stares off into space when he's being called out. Classic narcissism; 'La la la...I'm not listening...going to my happy place in my head!'
He can run but he can't hide!

Press play:

If reports are true, Australian authorities were notified about the plight of asylum seekers 24 hours earlier. And, if those reports are true, then Abbott does indeed carry some of the responsibility, as does Scott Morrison, and the entire command structure of "Operation Sovereign Borders" (which is an Abbott policy), including Angus Campbell who was appointed by Tony Abbott.

Press play to see Tony Abbott discuss the alleged "secrecy" of asylum boat arrivals:

CHARLIE CONDOU - No.859

WHO NEEDS AN ALARM CLOCK WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS!

FROM SOMEWHERE

OVER THE RAINBOW

- IN OZ -

Tesco apologises after 'Gay best friend' doll blows up into a PR disaster

The supermarket giant Tesco has apologised for advertising an inflatable “gay best friend” doll on its website. The figure was described as being “ready to give you fashion advice, tell you if your bum looks big and b**ch about everyone who doesn't wear Jimmy Choos”. The figure, which was described as an “amusing gift” and “suitable for three- to four-year-olds”, appeared with the description: “If SEX in the City and Will & Grace taught us anything, it’s that g*y best friends are in this season. We've had the manbag, we've had leg warmers and iPhone fever, now it’s time for the new craze.” The UK’s biggest retailer said it had removed the “offensive item” and that the product had not been sold. But it comes days after it was forced to remove a Halloween costume labelled “psycho ward” from its shelves. The bright orange costume had the word “committed” written on the back. 

Twitter users reacted angrily yesterday to the inflatable doll, as well as to the supermarket’s decision to use an asterisk in the middle of the word “gay.” Australian born activist Peter Tatchell tweeted: “Can @Tesco explain its G*y Best Friend doll? Why is the word gay censored? Why does the doll pander to stereotypes?” A Tesco spokesperson said the product was uploaded to the website by a third party seller, but was “removed from sale immediately because we found it offensive.” She added: The webpage should have been removed at that time and we are looking into why it is still visible two months later. We have very clear guidelines for third party sellers who list items on our website, and are very sorry that on this occasion they weren't followed.” The Stonewall Chief Executive, Ben Summerskill, said: ‘This is like trying to sell ice to Eskimos. We can’t imagine why any woman would choose to buy an inflatable gay best friend when there are two million of the real thing already available in modern Britain and most of them are much better looking than Tesco’s pale imitation.” The product was still advertised on Amazon’s website yesterday afternoon, for the price of £3.20. The company did not respond to The Independent’s request for comment.

IT'S NOT EASY BEING...

Confidential_CC: T*sco is to release a more politically correct toy after their recent incident with "Inflatable G*y Best Friend!

*HOMOPHOBIC CHRISTIAN ALERT*

What an ex-Tesco Customer wrote

What one ex-Tesco customer wrote (reproduced unedited):

Subject: FAO Andrew Higginson, CEO Retail Services, Tesco

To: customer.service@tesco.co.uk

Dear Andrew Higginson (or whomever it may concern),

I am writing in dismay and bewilderment, having learned that Tesco has chosen to become the major sponsor of ‘London Pride’, the largest LGBT festival in Europe.

I shop at Tesco regularly – often more than once a week, but henceforth refuse to spend a penny in any of your stores. I will not buy my food from you; I will not buy fuel from you; I will not purchase insurance from you; I will not take out a mobile phone contract with you (as I was actually thinking about doing); I will not shop online at Tesco Direct (as I have done before); and when I walk past a Tesco store, feeling a little thirsty or peckish, I will not drop in to buy a drink or snack, preferring instead to visit somewhere more reputable, or simply wait until I get home.

My reasons are many:

i)  Homosexuality is not innate.

There is simply no good, solid evidence that it is, and plenty of evidence that it is not. Even Peter Tatchell readily admits that homosexuality is learned behaviour, saying ”Much as I would love to go along with the fashionable “born gay” consensus (it would be very politically convenient), I can’t. The evidence does not support the idea that sexuality is a fixed biological given.”  (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2006/jun/28/borngayormadegay)

In fact, I saw an article recently about a transsexual bodybuilder, who changed his appearance from male to female, who says he is still sexually attracted to females, and is now a lesbian! As the article says: “Bruce has never identified as gay and, according to the Voice, would technically identify as lesbian.” (see:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2054816/Chris-Tina-Foxx-Bruce-Bodybuilding-father-makes-comeback-transgender-woman.html#ixzz1cMXJH3Pb)It is simply perverse, and most ordinary people are repulsed by homosexual behaviour.

ii)  Homosexual behaviour is the reason why we now have a global AIDS epidemic.

It is fact that AIDS started amongst promiscuous homosexuals, and the World Health Organisation readily admits that they are still responsible for almost half of new cases, despite the fact that homosexuals account for only 1.5% of the population, according to a recent government survey. You may call this heavily ‘disproportionate’.Amongst men, homosexual sex is the cause of a staggering 74% of new HIV cases in the USA (http://www.avert.org/usa-statistics.htm), and in the UK, sex between men accounted for 38.5% of new HIV cases in 2010 (http://www.avert.org/uk-statistics.htm), with most heterosexual cases being imported from the likes of Africa. Both of these figures are highly disproportionate considering that a recent government survey put the total LGBT population at 1.5%.

If Tesco sponsors a celebration of homosexuality, my mind will immediately correlate the Tesco brand with disease and perversity. Is this the image that a food supplier wishes to put forth?

iii)  I am a Christian, and there is a concerted effort by homosexuals to remove my right to believe what I believe, and my right to translate my beliefs into speech and action.

Only the other week, a poor man was heavily demoted from his job as a Housing Manager, having his salary reduced from £35,000 to a mere £21,000 a year, for simply calling homosexual marriage “an equality too far”. It has got to the state where fascist homosexuals will not even tolerate difference in opinion, and would rather destroy the finances of a family.

See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052319/Demoted-backing-gay-marriage-housing-managers-pay-slashed-criticising-new-law-Facebook.html#ixzz1baNyZnPI

iv)  It is not just Christians, Jews, and Muslims that find homosexuality unsavoury.

Most of the people I know identify with no particular religion, and several have already said that they will stop shopping at Tesco because of its foolish decision to support perversity.

v)  It makes no business sense!

In supporting 1.5% of the population to parade through the streets in states of undress (which would get people arrested on any other day), you immediately alienate a far greater percentage who find such behaviour disgusting. You therefore lose customers.

vi)  I feel that homosexual activists have an unhealthy fascination with children.

I do wonder why Ian McKellen felt the need to go around the nation’s schools, trying to remove the natural mental barriers that children have towards homosexuality. I do not want people like him having any kind of contact with my children, since the Home Office reported in 1998 that cited a study showing that “approximately 20 to 33% of child sexual abuse is homosexual in nature”. Again, there is a certain disproportionality at play here, given that homosexuals, according to the very same Home Office, account for a mere 1.5% of the population.  Yet, a Christian drugs adviser was sacked by the Home Office for citing the report of the same Home Office that sacked him! You could not make it up!

See:  http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-drugs-adviser-in-gay-row-slams-home-office/

vii) If Tesco wishes to support London Pride, will it also support other parades?

For instance, what is my church wished to put on a ‘Christian Pride’ parade? Or, would Tesco support a ‘Conservative Pride’ parade? And why stop with religio-political issues! What about ’Cat-owners Pride’?  And why not provide financial sponsorship for ‘Canoe Pride’, hosted by Westminster Canoe club? I daresay all of these issues would be more legitimate than gay ‘pride’!

So in conclusion:

Tesco can either remain neutral; or it can side with the family-destroyers, bullies, and perverts; thus losing many customers, and bringing itself under the judgment of God Almighty. If Tesco chooses the latter, I will make it my personal business never to spend a penny in any Tesco business, and to warn others to do the same. There are many who quietly share my views – in fact, many more than the vocal 1.5% of homosexuals.

To read the complete article from The Christian Voice click HERE

AUSTRALIANS ARE WELL-KNOWN FOR THEIR LARRIKINISM AND SENSE OF HUMOUR - THEY ELECTED TONY ABBOTT, DIDN'T THEY?

ChasCondouBlog: Best caption so far...
Ex Oz Prime Minister & cricket tragic JOHN HOWARD
has been FINED FOR BALL TAMPERING... 

ChasCondouBlog: .... And speaking of balls ...


ChasCondouBlog: .... And further speaking of balls ...


ChasCondouBlog: .... And speaking of dicks ...

AUSSIES, ARE YOU PREPARED TO FIGHT?

Tom_in_Oz_: DEAR AUSSIES,
WANT FIBRE OPTIC BROADBAND?
phone the Liberal Party offices NOW!

Tony Abbott: (02) 9977 6411 

Joe Hockey: (02) 9929 9822 

Scott Morrison: (02) 9523 0339

stevna: @Tom_in_Oz_  yeah, cos they care what we want now...

MY ANCESTORS ARE THE HOLLINS FAMILY OF STAFFORDSHIRE - I LIKE TO COLLECT CHINA – IT MUST BE GENETIC!

Tom_in_Oz_: Went Carlton Ware shopping today - got 2 types of china - really kitsch green Salad Ware and some antique Rouge Royale pieces.



pekelika: @Tom_in_Oz_ So beautiful! :-) Lovely! :-)