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is this the worst and most self-absorbed piece of journalism ever written? (most amusing)

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Without a word of a lie, this was printed in The Evening Standard the other day after the tornado. A friend of mine has picked it up and thinks it's worth celebrating in all its pompous, un-self-aware, London meeja whore bourgeois pig awfulness. it's not a piss-take. really it isn't.

"My tornado hell. This is to celebrate and remember the excellent article by freelance writer Caroline Phillips from the Evening Standard. When it was printed is irrelevant, the point is to keep it alive forever, long after the last landfill has rotted away, we are all dust, and your children's children's children may revel in the words contained herein." here
This really reminds me of a friend who had a house fire and her house was unfortunately burned to the ground.
I asked her how she was feeling and she said "It started while we were down the pub. The whole village turned out to watch."
Then she said "I really am worried the oak panelled dining room can't be saved."

She has 3 kids under 5, 2 cats and a dog.
To this day I don't know where the kids were at the time of the fire, but apparently her £20k brand new kitchen was destroyed but half the oak panelling WAS saved.

As the christmas card still mentions the 3 children I have since inferred they all survived as well.
Ok I will share any particular beauties I promise. They have peaches Geldof as an agony aunt.

Need I say more?
you must link, chegirl. you owe it to MN.
I buy the Evening Standard specially on a Friday so I can read ES magazine and get all hmm and shock at its total upitsownarsiness.

Its a hobby.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 26-Jul-09 16:59:40
she already had a brilliant trauma specialist. Genius.

'My muscles screamed like elastic bands stretched to their outer limits'

What editor in their right mind pays someone like this to write?
"I already had a brilliant trauma specialist therapist. I went to see him on Thursday evening"

you know she was talking about us, btw, the people on the internet. that was US. i'm so happy.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 26-Jul-09 16:55:21
<snigger>

I missed any reference to a therapist
fortunately she has a therapist to deal with that for her.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 26-Jul-09 16:48:14
Talk about false memory syndrome grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 26-Jul-09 16:47:55
OMG have just read the update with incredulity:

"In such a context, losing some of our possessions seemed irrelevant"

Irrelevant? I thought she screamed with grief about those Cath Kidston carpets?
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