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We’ve been treated to Iain Hall’s pearls of wisdom about women before:
Women who goad, nag and belittle their partners must accept some responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
(source)You can choose, but choose wisely it is decision that you will have to live with for the rest of your life and those around you who may or may not have a vested intrest in your life are not obbliged to just meekly approve your actions because you are a woman .
(source)As a younger man I embraced the idea that women would see sex in the same way that we mere males do, a physical pleasure somewhat akin to having a drink. [D]espite being a red blooded bloke who still appreciates the sight of a beautiful woman… [i]t seem to me that more women are waking up to the fact that casual sex for its own sake is not that satisfying.
(source)
But this new one is just beautiful:
Natasha Stott Despoya (sic) her hair tied back in a severe style, no doubt to make her look more serious and less blonde, made a big play on the word “desperate”.
If only Iain Hall had one iota the intelligence and ability of Natasha Stott Despoja. Maybe Iain should tie his beard back in a severe style to make himself look less like trailer trash.
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
Thursday 29 March 2007, 12:01 am #Adam
Just out of curiosity, why do you keep going on about Iain? Why not just ignore him?
Thursday 29 March 2007, 7:19 am #The Editor
Fair enough question, Adam. I suppose it’s addictive like catblogging — once you’ve had a few comment wars with the guy, and once you’ve started reading his hilarious blog, you can’t stop.
Thursday 29 March 2007, 9:30 am #John S.
it’s like crack.
Thursday 29 March 2007, 9:51 am #Bridgit Gread
More like ‘crackpot’
Thursday 29 March 2007, 10:50 pm #Adam
Speaking of Catblogging, how is little Napoleon going anyway? :D
Friday 30 March 2007, 7:50 am #GrodsCorp » Friday Napoleon
[...] asked for it: Speaking of Catblogging, how is little Napoleon going [...]
Friday 30 March 2007, 10:47 am #John S.
In other Iain news, I’ve replaced him as number one commenter on this blog. Why does he come here no more?
Friday 30 March 2007, 11:00 pm #Mikey
Cause he’s sick of being made to look like a massive twat? I can only put it down to that.
He’s a good egg. Hey anyone else here been threatened by him? I should wear a kewl slogan badge. “I’ve been threatened by a barely articulate hillbilly and all I got was a raging skin infection.” Feh, still workin’ on it.
Saturday 31 March 2007, 7:16 am #Iain Hall
You chaps are so amusing; the original premise of the post is of course quite wrong, but Scott knew that to begin with. Greado sounds like the fox and those grapes, now that I have banned her from playing at my sandpit. John Surname continues to be incapable of wetting any toes and MrFatty Fatty Fat Fat is well on his way to a stroke if any of his more recent blog posts and comments are anything to go by. I just knew that if I let you lot go unheeded that it would be amusing
Oh and Adam’s first comment and Scots response to it have “gone straight to the pool room” to be quoted at my “what others say about Iain “ page at my blog
Cheers!
Saturday 31 March 2007, 4:07 pm #John S.
Damn, because I long to be a toe wetter.
Saturday 31 March 2007, 6:15 pm #Mikey
Oh if any of your are curious as to Iain threatening other bloggers with real life repercussions for failing to think how awesome he is feel free to see Bruce’s account see here.
You may also like to notes that Iain had a massive wobbly where, tears streaming into his fetid ZZ top beard, he declared I HAVE DELETED ALLLLL THE MEANY MOONBATS FROM MY FOLDER BECAUSE THEY WAS MEAN TO ME. Yet, curiously, he still reads our blogs and I believe on his own crudfest attacks us.
Yep, what a fucking champion.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 9:00 am #Iain Hall
Mikey
Get a grip mate I can put up with the constant sniping, it comes with the territory but will you just take a step back and get just a little perspective here?
Sure I have pointed out that it would be easy to contact the department that you work in and get you into a whole lot of shit for breaking the terms of your employment contract. BUT I have absolutely do desire to do so at this point in time. However you on the other hand running around the net squealing like a stuck pig whenever our paths cross is not a good look nor is your continuing support for a certain nameless blogger who actually does what you denounce me for theorizing about. Some more sensible people will see that for what it is, gross hypocrisy on your part.
Now either you accept that an individual has a right to not have their private details splashed across the net or you don’t. I say that your behavior demonstrates that you don’t.
Are you really so frightened of loosing your job should someone do as I theorize is possible? Well if you are then perhaps you should try treating people with a bit more courtesy and respect rather than going into rant mode whenever they offer an opinion that you disagree with.
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Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:21 am #Mikey
So tempted to respond. But I think you people know his good works by now and can judge accordingly. I do love however the fact that ‘I could’ in front of a threat apparently doesn’t make it a threat in deluded fuckwit land.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:33 am #The Editor
Iain sez: Sure I have pointed out that it would be easy to contact the department that you work in and get you into a whole lot of shit for breaking the terms of your employment contract. BUT…
You know those people who start sentences with “I’m not racist, but…” or “She’s a nice girl, but…”
Now I’m not saying Iain is one of those people, but…
Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:58 am #Iain Hall
Mikey
What have I said about Cigars on more than one occasion? In any case if you are so sure that I am making a threat then why do you tempt fate by your constant provocations? If you try to provoke me because you doubt that I will do any thing to prove my theory then your claiming that I am such a villain for postulating the theory in the first instance it is clearly a case of you protesting just a bit too much. Or do you have some other excuse?
Sunday 1 April 2007, 11:01 am #The Editor
If you try to provoke me because you doubt that I will do any thing to prove my theory then your claiming that I am such a villain for postulating the theory in the first instance it is clearly a case of you protesting just a bit too much.
Can I buy a clause?
Sunday 1 April 2007, 12:37 pm #Mikey
I don’t think he gets it. I deleted him from my blog for threatening me. It doesn’t matter if he was going to do it or not. It’s still a threat. APOs are given in real life based on threats irrespective of capacity. I also enjoy the fact that ‘keep mentioning I threatened you and I WILL do it’ makes an appearance.
Feh, what are you going to do? Anyway Grods apologies for dragging old history into your blog. It was rude of me.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 12:39 pm #Mikey
Hey did everyone see how Iain cleverly linked to a picture of an overweight canine? Why is this man not employed in the entertainment industry. With a wit like that he needs a late night radio stint or something. Like Stan Zemanick.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 1:23 pm #Iain Hall
Mikey
Just how do you think that you could take any action against me without revealing, at the very least, your name?
Duh!! Haven’t thought it through have you?
What is either illegal or even immoral in blowing the whistle on a servant of the government who, by his own admission has done the wrong thing by his employer? Why did you enter into a contract if were not willing to meet its terms? Sounds like blatant dishonesty on your part if you ask me. Perhaps you should delete your blog and sin no more
You liked the pooch? Check out the links in the last piece pertaining to you I posted called Mr Fatty Fatty Fat Fat’s Ranty Ranty Rant Rant or Carrots and Sticks You use profanity but I try for a little more subtly.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 1:32 pm #Mikey
Wow that was like stream of consciousness…
Sunday 1 April 2007, 1:35 pm #Mikey
Also, while not understanding the meaning of the word ’subtly’, he used the wrong word anyway. I think he meant ’subtlety’.
Ah the Iain Hall we know and love. He certainly is entertaining.
And a fuckwit.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 6:32 pm #Bridgit Gread
I wonder if there are any Iain Halls in the US? Depends on whether the Ozarks have dial-up yet, I guess.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 7:31 pm #Iain Hall
Bridgit
I think that you must be missing me I sent you an email did you get it?
Cheers!!
Sunday 1 April 2007, 7:33 pm #rdb
Still on pre dial-up, smoke signals!
Hey Ed, another novel here.
Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:24 pm #Bridgit Gread
I sent you an email did you get it?
No. And don’t worry about resending it.
Monday 2 April 2007, 2:22 pm #John S.
“the original premise of the post is of course quite wrong, but Scott knew that to begin with”
I just went back and re-read the context of the original post, and it doesn’t come across as anything other than a sexist point about blonde females.
Tuesday 3 April 2007, 1:30 pm #Bridgit Gread
That doesn’t surprise me, I’ve been on the receiving end of Iain’s gender-geared barbs before. And as well as his theories about Stott-Despoja and the injustices suffered by men at the hands of women, Iain also keeps stuff like this on the web: http://iainseven.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/nice-curves/. He might try to hide his sexist double-standards but like scum in a spa it all bubbles to the surface.
Tuesday 3 April 2007, 6:17 pm #Iain Hall
You are such a hoot Bridgit!!!
But now is your chance I hear that there is a lonely lefty lives near Ringwood, you would be his perfect match…
Tuesday 3 April 2007, 6:27 pm #The Editor
That’s right, Iain. Gloat about somebody’s marriage breakdown in order to distract attention from your blatant sexism.
Tuesday 3 April 2007, 9:15 pm #Bridgit Gread
You’re just itching to blog about his marital woes, aren’t you Iain? Better be careful though … it might only be a matter of time before Mrs Hall gets tired of being the sole breadwinner in the family.
Wednesday 4 April 2007, 6:38 am #Iain Hall
Scott
You have failed to show that I think women are in any way inferior to men. The fact that I am a great believer in gender equality probably has something to do with it. All of you examples fail to demonstrate “sexism” The first shows that I believe that in any relationship, even dysfunctional ones, that there is an interpersonal dynamic which may have a big influence on the outcome in the case of conflict. That is not sexism
The second is expressing an opinion that opposes the profoundly sexist position in feminism that says that men cannot even offer an opinion when it comes to issues around abortion. So my position is not sexist.
Thirdly my comment about Stott Despoja was about the way she chose to wear her hair and as some one who has long hair myself I know that the way that it is worn ;tied up or loose makes a big difference to the way that you are perceived, I was not disparaging her because she is a woman so my comment was not sexist.
Three out of three wrong here Scott that is a pretty poor score.
Bridgit
I have been with my wife for 26 years and we are both very happy with our arrangement. And while you may be happy to have a stranger look after your child while you pursue a career we made the conscious decision that one of us would stay home and be the primary care giver As a result we both have a profoundly strong bond with our children and they don’t call the name of the person from daycare when they scrape a knee.
As for Jeremy I have blogged about it, but in a rather restrained manner and if you are looking the post is called “Feel the Love”
Cheers
Wednesday 4 April 2007, 12:13 pm #Bridgit Gread
Same old Iain Hall trademark: lots of self-justification followed by some barbed but errant guesswork about the personal situations of others. Like I’ve said before, you and BB aren’t too far removed at all.
Thursday 5 April 2007, 11:05 am #Bridgit Gread
I see on the blog of his nemesis that Iain has added ‘disregard for mental illness’ to his CV, along with his disdain and insensitivity toward women, homosexuals, Muslims and indigenous people.
Thursday 5 April 2007, 11:11 am #The Editor
As I commented over at Iain’s blog-of-shame:
You’re a sad, sad man for dismissing and making light of a serious illness, Iain.
From Beyond Blue:
TOP TIPS: Practical ways to help someone with depression
DON’T: Pressure them to “snap out of it”, “get their act together” or “cheer up”
Thursday 5 April 2007, 12:12 pm #cityofhate
It is added to http://www.iainhall.com. that site keeps growing!
Sunday 8 April 2007, 7:59 am #jLo
I try very hard to suppress my urge to correct spelling and grammar mistakes, but I have decided to embark on a crusade against this one.
It’s LOSING, not LOOSING.
FFS. I see this everywhere, and it drives me crazy. Sort yourself out, Hall. You want people to take you seriously, learn how to spell.
Also, we use ’s’ instead of ‘z’ here. The sentence itself is very poorly constructed, but I’ll stick to those two for now.
Sunday 8 April 2007, 9:54 am #The Editor
Come on, jLo. Iain’s had 15,000 hits since January.
Hall is slowly (VERY slowly) learning that Microsoft Word spellcheck won’t flag incorrect word usage, won’t de-Americanise spelling conventions if set to US, nor fix broken clauses.
(And t-minus a couple of hours until Iain appears here crapping on about the English language being a “dynamic creature” in an effort to excuse his inability to use it.)
Sunday 8 April 2007, 3:04 pm #Bridgit Gread
Iain has marked his 400th grammatically-fluid post with a celebration of all things erroneous, including:
* Incomplete statements (”This is post four hundred at this blog and although many on the left see me as some sort of present day Darth Vader.)
* Predicate-chopping punctuation (”At present there are five Iain Hall Hate sites on the web so perhaps. My blogging is far more effective than any of my critics are willing to admit.“)
* Long and convoluted sentences (”The one thing that I have found is that as a process blogging on various topics can be a great learning process and there can be no greater example than the issue of “white ribbon day ” I started from a disgust at the obvious Misandry of the organizers and a strong feeling that there was more to it than just a pernicious aspect of the male persona that was to be denounced which lead to the discovery of the work of Erin Pizzey and thence to a more nuanced understanding of relationship dynamics, good and bad.“)
Viva la incomprehensa!
Sunday 8 April 2007, 9:39 pm #The Editor
Gee, those clangers got fixed quickly. Iain must’ve been sitting on GrodsCorp hitting refresh.
Monday 9 April 2007, 5:43 am #Iain Hall
Scott
I am unrepentant about fixing errors in my posts and just because I have hit the publish button does not mean that a post is finished. You may even notice that I have added hyperlinks to the text as well and I draw your attention to the portrait of Bridgit that I link to with her name.
Monday 9 April 2007, 11:43 am #Bridgit Gread
Linking my name to a picture of a fat woman: your wit knows no boundaries, Iain, much like your grammar. I’m disappointed it’s not animated though, since everything else on your blog seems to be.
So when are you going to go back and finish the other 399 posts you’ve ‘published’?
Monday 9 April 2007, 6:43 pm #Iain Hall
Bridgit
it is animated my dear; you just have to allow long enough for the entire page to down load…
I am also willing to offer you the same sort of no more personal abuse truce that I offered Mikey, you know it makes sense.
Cheers