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Oldie Of The Year Awards

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Riverwalk Tue 12-Feb-13 17:29:54

Six people have been awarded the dubious title of Oldies of the Year:

Oldies

You'll note that there's only one woman, Mary Beard, despite the fact that there must be more older women than men!

To crown it, the journalist Martin Chilton (age unknown) describes Beard as 'sprightly'! How 'effin condescending (pardon my French). How is she supposed to look and behave at aged 58!

I've never heard of anyone describing Joanna Lumley, Lulu, Princess Anne, Tina Turner, etc, etc, all older than Mary Beard as 'SPRIGHTLY'

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Ana Tue 12-Feb-13 17:35:54

And 'Oldie Pin-up of the Year' - how patronising! hmm

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Ariadne Tue 12-Feb-13 17:40:03

OMG how awful! Makes me wince.

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:40:51

Didn't Geraldine go to this last year? I seem to remember something about it.

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:41:49

Tony Iveson is a worthwhile one brave

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:45:06

Fauja Singh just keeps on running. #lightsyercandle

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:47:40

Mary Beard will teach you a bit of latin for £199 #haircut

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:50:37

Wally Fawkes didn't have quite enough puff

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:54:50

Wally's cartoons

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:57:16

Oh my gosh! He's really good

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j08 Tue 12-Feb-13 21:57:59

The other one swung the mace round his head.

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Oldgreymare Tue 12-Feb-13 22:31:22

Thanks j08 feel good factor in a miserable February... do you think it's timed to make us feel better?
Riverwalk... high five.... as you say we could have done with more women though, we'll show 'em on Thursday!

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GeraldineGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 13-Feb-13 09:47:34

I have never been invited, j08 sad

We were just discussing what we thought of Mary Beard being the pinup of the year here at GNHQ.

The conclusion was that we love Mary Beard. And it's probably a boys' idea of a joke. <will be accused of having sense of humour fail>

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JessM Wed 13-Feb-13 10:03:23

Sprightly indeed.angry
No need to apologise for not thinking it funny geraldine . It is not funny.
I nominate Wisdom the albatross. 62 and still hatching. Not to mention keeping up her flying hours.
Just in case you missed this earlier: time.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130204111111.htm

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j08 Wed 13-Feb-13 11:01:57

Don't know where I got that idea from Geraldine. Sorry. Was wondering how you could have fitted it in with eating jammy pancakes with Scotland's First Minister.

(you should be invited!)

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j08 Wed 13-Feb-13 11:35:26

sounds like they were expressing sympathy with her. Not a joke.

Quite right too.

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j08 Wed 13-Feb-13 11:36:33

I mean, sympathy after the horrific online abuse.

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janeainsworth Wed 13-Feb-13 12:26:39

I agree with you J08.
The 'sprightly' thing would have been ironic.
Mary Beard herself seems pleased about it anyway.

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glammanana Wed 13-Feb-13 12:47:33

She has her own style and is her own woman so good on her.

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