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Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!

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jeffgoldblum · 16/09/2026 19:10

Still interested, still not bored!

Ham pr disasters 40! ..the 40 by 40 anniversary edition!
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GroundCloves · Today 10:00

PrivateCitizenTooDimforDiplomacy · Today 09:59

That is interesting as I use a throwaway email for Mumsnet and never check it. I don’t look at notifications either and anyway need to be on my laptop to see them.

This! 😉

Williaminagingerwig · Today 10:02

TheRealHousewife · Today 09:59

@jeffgoldblum (Jeffrey golden bum is how my head hears it 🍑 😅) Don’t be shooed off by a disrupter. You are well respected and as the creator of these threads an integral member of all things PR. ❤️.

❤️

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:04

GroundCloves · Today 09:57

No idea. Not sure how I would go about watching it if I wanted to. I guess I would have to subscribe to something.

True! Stupid question, being in the U.K. , ive only heard it referred to on the Simpsons and occasionally on Reddit!

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SqueakyDinosaur · Today 10:04

@jeffgoldblum you are the essential underpinning of the whole HaMfrastructure!

GroundCloves · Today 10:09

Quoting is easiest if reading a post. But I often spot something in someone’s else’s quote and then rather than try and find the original post I c&p from the quote. I also c&p if the post is long and I only want to comment on part. The idea of email notifications never occurred to me as if I have them turned on they are filling up an inbox I never look at.

Thedom · Today 10:10

jeffgoldblum · Today 09:54

I’ve never seen Fox News ! Any good?

It’s crap, very right wing content, (hence why it is being thrown in as an insult). We don’t get it here in the UK.

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:10

TheRealHousewife · Today 09:59

@jeffgoldblum (Jeffrey golden bum is how my head hears it 🍑 😅) Don’t be shooed off by a disrupter. You are well respected and as the creator of these threads an integral member of all things PR. ❤️.

That’s kind real , but I do need to point out that I don’t believe I am the creator of these threads , others have hosted them too , such as Bigwillylittletodger amongst others, turns have been taken! Honestly I can’t remember who actually started them first ( I’d have to check) …but yes ! I do have a golden bum! 😁

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smilesy · Today 10:11

LaMarschallin · Today 09:55

Not at all.
It's just that sometimes, rather than just pressing "quote" if I want to reply to something, I highlight the poster's name (or sometimes leave it out, if I'm replying straight afterwards) and C&P the bit I want to reply to.
I found it annoying when people would quote a whole, long post and then just put "This!" or something.

Because of doing that, I have found that some slightly dubious (imo only) posters never seem to notice that approach, but react incredibly quickly to a "Quote" which sends an email to them, if they're signed up for notifications.

I hope I've explained myself?
Sorry if it's still a bit muddled.

Sorry for continuing the techy derail, but it really annoys me that you can’t cut and paste on the app, so you have to quote the whole post you want to reply to. I much prefer the way @LaMarschallinand others just quote the salient bits

Usernameinabeyance · Today 10:11

TheRealHousewife · Today 09:05

I’ve scrolled and can’t see that anyone’s shared this:- James Cordon hosted the Invictus event last night. I read approx 350 attendees and 1.7 million raised. Only another 26.3 million to find.

If the baldy in the front centre of the wider room shot is Jeff (Bezos, not 'blum) then that would be a spare billion in pocket change right there

PrivateCapacityFanny · Today 10:11

GroundCloves · Today 09:46

It is interesting though that this poster uses an American TV channel as the supposed source of UK posters ‘misinformation’ about foreign interference in the UK, which rather undermines their point.

Not actually interesting, I live in France and am English. You can see fox news 24/7 on youtube if you like. Or you can watch it's baby English brother GB news.

Personally I don't watch any of them and I deleted facebook about 20 years ago but they are the goto reference for older people getting radicalised into conspiracy theories so that's what I said.

As others have noted it is a matter of fact that the Russians and probably other states too have used social media to attack the UK and are probably doing so right now.

It's not a matter of fact that someone is using Harry to 'destabalise' the UK monarchy because it's perfectly clear he's doing it all by himself and if you did want to do that you'd pick someone more dangerous and equally pliable, like Andrew.

There's practically no active republican sentiment in the UK. Plenty of people, myself included think the idea of a hereditary monarchy is absurd but we are where we are and most of the time it works and is no worse than many other countries where the head of state is titular.

Shit stirring by foreign powers with Harry and Meghan is not going to lead to a revolution, an abdication or any other major change just a lot of sighing, tutting and LOL's.

Usernameinabeyance · Today 10:13

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:10

That’s kind real , but I do need to point out that I don’t believe I am the creator of these threads , others have hosted them too , such as Bigwillylittletodger amongst others, turns have been taken! Honestly I can’t remember who actually started them first ( I’d have to check) …but yes ! I do have a golden bum! 😁

Im only on my first coffee and haven't rtft yet but if anyone is hassling you Jeff, tell me and I'll send my motorcade to sort them out.

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:15

GroundCloves · Today 10:09

Quoting is easiest if reading a post. But I often spot something in someone’s else’s quote and then rather than try and find the original post I c&p from the quote. I also c&p if the post is long and I only want to comment on part. The idea of email notifications never occurred to me as if I have them turned on they are filling up an inbox I never look at.

This is one of the worst updates to the app on iPhone! , you can no longer cut and paste sections of posts!! , I have no idea how they did it but it’s no longer functional and overrides my phones cut and paste too!!! 😡

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AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · Today 10:17

Can I just add to the @jeffgoldblum love fest. You are our strength and stay JG. Even if the Harry hip thrust gif is still haunting me.

noonames · Today 10:17

smilesy · Today 10:11

Sorry for continuing the techy derail, but it really annoys me that you can’t cut and paste on the app, so you have to quote the whole post you want to reply to. I much prefer the way @LaMarschallinand others just quote the salient bits

You can ‘copy text’ on the app and then paste it into your post, but it copies the whole thing, so then I often delete everything except the relevant bit. It is a bit of a faff, I agree, and not as user-friendly as it used to be.

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:17

Thedom · Today 10:10

It’s crap, very right wing content, (hence why it is being thrown in as an insult). We don’t get it here in the UK.

Ahh thank you dom ! , I only have the local morning news on ( in the background) so I’m a bit rubbish! , I’ve heard of gb news? But not seen it .

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Mylovelygreendress · Today 10:18

Starryfifty · Today 09:07

350 attended. I'm surprised tbh

Most of them were H’s security !

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:19

smilesy · Today 10:11

Sorry for continuing the techy derail, but it really annoys me that you can’t cut and paste on the app, so you have to quote the whole post you want to reply to. I much prefer the way @LaMarschallinand others just quote the salient bits

Cross post smilesy! Was just moaning about that too!

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GroundCloves · Today 10:19

It's not a matter of fact that someone is using Harry to 'destabalise' the UK monarchy because it's perfectly clear he's doing it all by himself

That’s not true though is it? He is not doing it all by himself. He is relying on a billionaire for housing.

DancingFerret · Today 10:19

jeffgoldblum · Today 09:51

Ummm ! , years ago there was blinds detailing Andrews affiliations and behaviour with Epstein! , I never take anything I read at face value without proof, however it would be silly to dismiss something either….i just file it away in my mind and if it comes out as true great and if not 🤷‍♀️

My approach exactly - read, mentally file, move on. I have no problem with blinds, not least because the ability to scroll on by is very useful.😉

MrsLeonFarrell · Today 10:20

Thedom · Today 10:10

It’s crap, very right wing content, (hence why it is being thrown in as an insult). We don’t get it here in the UK.

My favourite description of Fox News is

"It's called Fox News because it does"

Usernameinabeyance · Today 10:21

MrsLeonFarrell · Today 08:27

I'm sorry to hear that. I am not great at looking at usernames, I tend to just focus on the posts, so I hadn't realised this was happening. There is no excuse for stalking one poster across threads and to me such behaviour would indicate that the poster has nothing useful to contribute. If you need a break from it we'd all understand and welcome you back on your return.

May I offer some virtual cake and flowers

🍰 💐

Bananas (with message on) are the main form of emotional support food emoji on this thread 🍌

Mylovelygreendress · Today 10:22

GroundCloves · Today 08:46

In terms of ‘blinds’ - a concept I had not heard of until this thread - the whole point about them is not actually naming names to avoid accusations of slander. Though they sail close to the wind on that. By explicitly linking names to this gossip like on this thread they are no longer blinds but accusations and gossip about people.

They do reveals in fact they named M in one yesterday .
But of course you neither have to read them nor believe them .

jeffgoldblum · Today 10:22

Usernameinabeyance · Today 10:13

Im only on my first coffee and haven't rtft yet but if anyone is hassling you Jeff, tell me and I'll send my motorcade to sort them out.

❤️ very kind , I’m ok now honestly, a bit of unpleasantness last night, that seems less troublesome after a few teas, I’m only embarrassed about my knee jerk moaning first thing 😳

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Thedom · Today 10:22

MrsLeonFarrell · Today 10:20

My favourite description of Fox News is

"It's called Fox News because it does"

lol, I never heard that, but it’s more than accurate.

noonames · Today 10:24

It's not a matter of fact that someone is using Harry to 'destabalise' the UK monarchy because it's perfectly clear he's doing it all by himself and if you did want to do that you'd pick someone more dangerous and equally pliable, like Andrew.

Maybe Andrew since his fall from grace has somewhat lost his appeal as the disruptors’ idiot of choice, and they have found someone to be his successor 👀👀

Mind you, the Russians seemed pretty unimpressed with Harry’s remarks about Ukraine - judging by their comeback about the Nazi Prince visiting his Nazi Ukrainian friends 😱