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jegga

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Stephen Fry has deleted his Twitter account in the wake of the furore surrounding his "bag lady" joke about Jenny Beavan at the Baftas on Sunday night.
The 58-year-old actor-and-writer made the gag in reference to what Jenny wore to the ceremony after she collected her award for Costume Design for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road.
As Beavan left the stage, Fry quipped: "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to the awards ceremony dressed like a bag lady."
His comment drew an avalanche of criticism from Twitter users who were quick to condemn the comic star for what he said.
Fry went on to the social networking site to inform the irate web mob that he and Beavan are old friends and she was in on the joke at the Baftas - which were held at The Royal Opera House in London.
He tweeted: "So just a word to the tragic figures who think calling Jenny Beavan a bag lady was an insult. She's a dear friend and she got it. Derrr
"Will all you sanctimonious fers fk the f*k off Jenny Beavan is a friend and joshing is legitimate. Christ I want to leave the planet."
And going into more detail about their relationship, he wrote: "We worked together on Gosford Park & Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows. She's more grown up & strong than you are (sic)."
But after his attempt to set the record straight seemingly didn't work, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies star made the call to close his Twitter account down.
This is not the first time Fry has quit Twitter - only to eventually return. In 2010 he logged off after being heavily criticised for claiming women didn't like sex as much as gay men in an interview.
And in 2009 he left the online platform for a time in the wake of a row with another user admitting he had become tired of the "aggression and unkindness" on the site.

Paekakboyz

So when do we start slutting ourselves out for more TSF - FB friends? I'm tracking some of you deviants already... :whistle:

taniwharugby

My name in RL is Kanye West, send me a friend request or abuse, up to you.

MN5

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So when do we start slutting ourselves out for more TSF - FB friends? I'm tracking some of you deviants already... :whistle:
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I've got too many of you fluffybunnies already

JC

Not FB but Twitter:
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://hbr.org/2016/02/the-reason-twitters-losing-active-users'>https://hbr.org/2016/02/the-reason-twitters-losing-active-users</a>

Mokey

People are welcome to like my author page. I'm sitting on 299 likes and my OCD is in hysterics.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/Nicola-Davidson-Author-102545833190295/?ref=bookmarks'>https://www.facebook.com/Nicola-Davidson-Author-102545833190295/?ref=bookmarks</a>
 
FB pages are terrible for getting the word out though. Back in the good old days everyone who had liked the page would see a post, now an 'engaging post' according to those FB fuckers is 20 people seeing it.
 
Sigh. Promotion sucks arse.

No Quarter

I have heard from marketing people that Twitter shits all over FB in that regard.

mariner4life

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People are welcome to like my author page. I'm sitting on 299 likes and my OCD is in hysterics.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.facebook.com/Nicola-Davidson-Author-102545833190295/?ref=bookmarks'>https://www.facebook.com/Nicola-Davidson-Author-102545833190295/?ref=bookmarks</a>
 
FB pages are terrible for getting the word out though. Back in the good old days everyone who had liked the page would see a post, now an 'engaging post' according to those FB fuckers is 20 people seeing it.
 
Sigh. Promotion sucks arse.
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I think i just became the 300th. Although i then saw the banner picture of the book covers, and i feel a little bit dirty.
 
You girl, are a saucy minx

JC

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I think i just became the 300th. Although i then saw the banner picture of the book covers, and i feel a little bit dirty.
 
You girl, are a saucy minx
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...which, coincidentally, is the name of Mokey's latest book :yes:

NTA

301 now - that'll stuff your OCD right back up.

Mokey

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I think i just became the 300th. Although i then saw the banner picture of the book covers, and i feel a little bit dirty.
 
You girl, are a saucy minx
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I can't deny it. And my new 3 book contract gives me licence to go as smutty as I want. evil giggle

Mokey

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...which, coincidentally, is the name of Mokey's latest book :yes:
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All my heroines are saucy minxes. They are so much fun to write, good girls go bad.

mariner4life

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I can't deny it. And my new 3 book contract gives me licence to go as smutty as I want. evil giggle
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tried getting my wife to sign one of those contracts once. It went exactly as well as you would expect

MN5

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301 now - that'll stuff your OCD right back up.
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I liked it too for a "McCullum"

NTA

My wife found 50 Shades boring*. Will she find Mokey's offerings better?
 
Maybe I'll recommend she pick up an e-copy and have a look, though I'm not entirely sure what her stance on salacious historical chick porn is...
 
 
Where should she start in the catalogue?
 
 
 
 
 
* Or she loved it and was lying, and I therefore need to kink it up a little.

Paekakboyz

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My wife found 50 Shades boring*. Will she find Mokey's offerings better?
 
Maybe I'll recommend she pick up an e-copy and have a look, though I'm not entirely sure what her stance on salacious historical chick porn is...
 
 
Where should she start in the catalogue?
 
 
 
 
 
* Or she loved it and was lying, and I therefore need to kink it up a little.
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Watch out NTA, if she gets too hot the air con will go on!! You need to get her using battery power!!
 
Hold on, that didn't come out right!

taniwharugby

think you got that spot on!

Mokey

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My wife found 50 Shades boring*. Will she find Mokey's offerings better?
 
Maybe I'll recommend she pick up an e-copy and have a look, though I'm not entirely sure what her stance on salacious historical chick porn is...
 
 
Where should she start in the catalogue?
 
 
 
 
 
* Or she loved it and was lying, and I therefore need to kink it up a little.
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Personally, I found 50 Shades dreadful. Sociopath hero and a twit of a heroine (seriously, there is only so many times I can read about inner goddesses and lip biting before I want to stab myself.) Didn't find the sex sexy, it was a poor representation of the BDSM lifestyle. Key aspect is consent, not one party terrorising the other. Also, both parties want to do it cos they like it, not because one needs 'fixing'. But I digress.
 
If Mrs TA likes Tudor, His Forbidden Lady first (overall rating 4.5/5 on Amazon) One Forbidden Knight second (overall rating 4.1/5)
If she likes Regency, she could try A Midsummer Night's Kiss anthology (with 3 other authors, overall rating 4.5/5) or suspensey To Love a Hellion (overall rating 4.7/5)
 
Cheapest is 99c, most expensive $2.99.

MajorRage

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Personally, I found 50 Shades dreadful. Sociopath hero and a twit of a heroine (seriously, there is only so many times I can read about inner goddesses and lip biting before I want to stab myself.) Didn't find the sex sexy, it was a poor representation of the BDSM lifestyle. Key aspect is consent, not one party terrorising the other. Also, both parties want to do it cos they like it, not because one needs 'fixing'. But I digress.
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Slightly off topic, but the above reminds me of the best comeback I've ever been on the receiving of.
 
I had watched Unknown, the Liam Neeson flick and thought it was excellent - it had a pretty good box office run too, but was panned by a lot of critics (surprised RT has it at 55%, I thought it was much worse than that than that). Anyway, the gist of my argument is that critics were full of shit and outdated. The only way to really tell how good a movie is, is to see how many have seen it. The Artist had recently sweeped the oscars despite nobody watching it etc - I was really pushing for the argument that how good something is, should really be more defined by how many people watched it and enjoyed it,not by the view of a select few. So, my pal says.
 
"So, on that basis, you think that Justin Bieber and One Direction are the best music going around then"
 
EDIT, It wasn't Unknown, it was Taken 3 - 326 mill at box office, and 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. Makes better sense now.

jegga

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Slightly off topic, but the above reminds me of the best comeback I've ever been on the receiving of.
 
I had watched Unknown, the Liam Neeson flick and thought it was excellent - it had a pretty good box office run too, but was panned by a lot of critics (surprised RT has it at 55%, I thought it was much worse than that than that). Anyway, the gist of my argument is that critics were full of shit and outdated. The only way to really tell how good a movie is, is to see how many have seen it. The Artist had recently sweeped the oscars despite nobody watching it etc - I was really pushing for the argument that how good something is, should really be more defined by how many people watched it and enjoyed it,not by the view of a select few. So, my pal says.
 
"So, on that basis, you think that Justin Bieber and One Direction are the best music going around then"
 
EDIT, It wasn't Unknown, it was Taken 3 - 326 mill at box office, and 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. Makes better sense now.
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Well do you? Be honest I wont judge you.

The Silver Fern

Facebook - Time To Die?