Trenton Oldfield (aka boat race ruiner)

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7339

smod wrote:

Gourami wrote:

smod wrote:

Rubbish, the system favours the privileged in terms of places at those institutions.

You mean like taking Prince Charles with 2 A-levels, a B and a C? Would they take a binman's son with those grades?

There's a good FT blog about how they decide on places

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2012/04/07/e ... z1rSTb1UnM

90% of the public could care less about a pompous boat race. It's a chance for the rich to moan about those below them 'ruining' their day out.

I thought we'd gone over this at last week's meeting.
More of this nonsense and David Mitchell will turn up, and you know what happens then.

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7339

ACG wrote:

i've never been able to muster giving a crud about the race unless one of them sinks, they crash, or something else goes wrong, and this year there was a distruption and then they crashed as well.
that's a good year imho.

I think you have a point. Add in some danger and crashes, you might get a sport popular enough for Sky to bid for.

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:43 pm

Bones McCoy wrote:

smod wrote:

There's a good FT blog about how they decide on places

http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2012/04/07/e ... z1rSTb1UnM

90% of the public could care less about a pompous boat race. It's a chance for the rich to moan about those below them 'ruining' their day out.

I thought we'd gone over this at last week's meeting.
More of this nonsense and David Mitchell will turn up, and you know what happens then.

+1

Fact Hunt · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:15 pm

Gourami wrote:

He had as much right to swim there as they had to be rowing boats there,

http://www.pla.co.uk/display_fixedpage. ... navigation

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:18 pm

Fact Hunt wrote:

Gourami wrote:

He had as much right to swim there as they had to be rowing boats there,

http://www.pla.co.uk/display_fixedpage. ... navigation

But it's not illegal though, is it? Fucking stupid but not against the law.

Big Rob · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 7:34 pm

Stupid.

He had no right to interfere in other people's business like that. Mind you there is the self righteousness of the comments where people, ironically, use this episode to draw attention to their 'causes' too....

Gourami · **Joined:** Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:51 pm **Posts:** 2005

You could argue that they are already interfering in our business by dint of their unearned power?

Althea · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:51 pm

More I think about it, with the toffery it seems like a minority affecting the majority.

I have little against most, I think they can't help being born into riches and privilege (just as we can't help being working class), but it's the ones who see fit to try and run this country who do the damage.

Big Rob · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:22 pm

Well if someone decides to interrupt someone's football game in a public park, in order to make the point that they have just as much right to be in that spot as someone has to play football there then that's their call.

For me, that would be a stupid thing to do as there is no point to this action, except to make a dickheaded point about public rights. I would prefer not to take this course of action as I would not be able to complain if someone interfered with my enjoyment of public places.

ponce on the heath · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:30 pm

Big Rob wrote:

I would not be able to complain if someone interfered with my enjoyment of public places.

I think the defining characteristic between your football game and their boat race is accessibility. You, presumably, wouldn't be that bothered if someone asked to have a kick around with you. Good luck entering your rubber dinghy in the boat races though.

Big Rob · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:38 pm

If I asked someone to join their football game and they said no then I would respect their decision. I would not go on and spoil their game for the hell of it.

ponce on the heath · **Posted:** Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:43 pm

But what if they told you not to play anywhere in the park because they've always used that set of posts? And the police backed them up and asked you to leave the public place.

McSnark · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:34 am

You know, I think it would have been more entertaining if he had been commanding a mini-sub that popped up, strafed the boats and the spectators with machine-guns and then blew himself up. But I'm just weirdly witchy that way.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:43 am

Nah. He should have devised a manoeuvreable submersible river craft armed with highly accurate shite bombs to launch at the muscular privileged in the racing canoes.

We want to avoid the whole death thing if possible. Trust me, shite bombs are the future. Number sevens.

satnav · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:02 am

He's managed to upset Mad Mel so he can't be all bad.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2127037/Trenton-Oldfield-A-Boat-Race-rebel-clue-politics-narcissism.html

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