GrodsCorp

Obligatory April Fools post

Sunday 1 April 2007, 9:58 am

The Editor

Categories: Blogosphere

Tags: AndrewBolt, AprilFools, IainHall, jokes, TimBlair

Iain Hall’s done it (badly):

Reports are beginning to emerge that convicted terrorist David Mathew Hicks, also known as Mohammad Darwood was found dead in his cell at 12, 51 am Cuban time, his father Terry is of course devastated by the news.”for David to get this close to freedom and to die now is the cruelest twist of fate imaginable” he said through a veil of tears .

And Andrew Bolt and Tim Blair do it every day of the year.

But GrodsCorp can’t be arsed.

That is all.

16 Comments

Mikey (Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:17 am) #

I love the reference to ‘Mohammad Darwood’. It’s like every right wing fuckwit in Oz was given a memo, presumably from Gerard Henderson or News Ltd, that said ‘everytime Hicks is mentioned make sure his Islamic name by which he no longer calls himself is also listed’.

The daily Fox ‘help the republican party’ memo to news directors does the same.

He’s a good egg.
Iain Hall (Sunday 1 April 2007, 11:04 am) #

Thanks for the Link Scott
Mikey
Get over it mate, Hicks has coughed let the poor chap do his porridge in peace :o)
The Editor (Sunday 1 April 2007, 11:06 am) #

Thanks for the Link Scott

You need all the help you can get.
Iain Hall (Sunday 1 April 2007, 11:47 am) #

You need all the help you can get.
I’m not compaining about my hit rate at all Scott Look on my blog and you will see the hit counter tick over the 15000 mark sometime today and that is only from January 20 when I went to wordpress. Is your site getting as many hits as that?
Cheers
Bridgit Gread (Sunday 1 April 2007, 6:24 pm) #

Yeah, Iain gets lots of people visiting his blog. For the same reason freeway drivers get into the far lane and slow down so they can gawp at serious car wrecks. And I wouldn’t be surprised if 1,000 or more of those was Iain sitting at home hitting ‘Refresh’, in between his ‘working to live’ (i.e. spit-polishing the laminex and defluffing his wife’s mocassins.)

Iain’s ‘joke’ is a clumsy attempt to mimic Tim Blair’s appalling bit of satire about Hicks. He does so aspire to be like old Timbo.
Iain Hall (Sunday 1 April 2007, 7:28 pm) #

Bridgit My dear,
One of the nice things about the WordPress blog stats is that they do not count the blog owners visits to their own page. So there is no confusion about it
As for Tim Blair’s efforts I have not actually seen them
Cheers
Bridgit Gread (Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:22 pm) #

You linked to it on your blog, you twit.
MrLefty (Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:31 pm) #

“You linked to it on your blog, you twit.”

LOL. Priceless.

That’s Iain Hall - travelling the interwebs, making an arse of himself. It’s just one hilarious blunder after the other.
Mikey (Sunday 1 April 2007, 10:40 pm) #

You should see his latest e-pretzel of ‘I didn’t threaten you, I just said I could and anyway even if I did you’re doing the wrong thing so what’s wrong with me trying to get you sacked and also you’re a hypocrite for criticising me for doing exactly what your friend is doing and now I am doing it to you, even though I’m not - I just said I could - and even if I was then what’s wrong with that?’

etc. etc. etc.
Iain Hall (Monday 2 April 2007, 6:29 am) #

Mikey
I’m willing to give you Kudos for the honest post at your blog where you admit your hypocrisy in this matter. Now I can legitimately refer to you as “The Hypocritical Mr Fatty Fatty Fat Fat” :o) But seriously I felt threatened by what your mate Troll boy was doing and in the absence of an ability to land a meaningful blow on the main villain I decided to strike out at the accomplice (you). I am willing to offer you a “ live and let live” truce No major concessions expected just a mutual undertaking to try to avoid persona attacks on each other in the future in our own or third party blogs. I have lots of other things to write about rather than you.
You say you felt outraged that some one should come to your blog and tell you what to do, strangely that was my exact feeling oh so long ago when Jeremy came to the original Being Nice wanting me to delete a post because it worried him…
So think about it OK ?
Jeremy
For some one who you say makes It’s just one hilarious blunder after the other. I did a very god job of exposing you to the scrutiny of the world didn’t I? Is smug arrogance a prerequisite for being a Barrister?
Anyway now you travel the web on your own passport so to speak the only times that I have had a go at you have been for the silly things that you write but mostly I have other fish to fry …
Bridgit
your spite is matched only by your lack of charm and now that I have effectively banned you from my blogs I feel as if all of my sins have been washed away ….Praise God!!! :o) LOL
The Editor (Monday 2 April 2007, 12:34 pm) #

There’s no way I’m going to get drawn into a “my hits are bigger than your hits” argument with you, Iain. Suffice it to say I had a good laugh at your bragging comment.
John S. (Monday 2 April 2007, 2:32 pm) #

The Editor, I’ve heard, is bigger where it counts.

And I’m talking DOWNTOWN!

OH!

No he didn’t!

No, he DID!
Mikey (Monday 2 April 2007, 2:55 pm) #

So Iain wants bygones to be bygones eh? After he threatened on numerous occasions that he ‘could try and get my job’, semantics not withstanding (such as on this site). And after attacks on three other bloggers attempting real life harm to their careers, or stalked them, before me. Not to mention serial negative posting about me.

I can understand his motivation. Having an attack blog set up to make fun of you and your views would suck. Iain should know, he’s run one before. I posted on that site after negative posts about me by Iain. Then blog rolled it when Iain attacked me. Then visited frequently and commented frequently when Iain threatened me.

If Iain wants respect in blogland he should consider treating others with respect. Here’s some tips on that. Don’t out them when they have asked not to be outed. Don’t stalk them by proxy. Don’t encourage bloggers to attack by proxy. Don’t attack them personally directly. Don’t threaten to get them sacked. Don’t try and get them sacked. Hey I admit to frequently calling Iain a fuckwit. But I have never wished him harm, nor attempted harm, nor threatened harm which Iain has done.

And if Iain is serious about attempting for a truce perhaps he should consider not making a fat joke in the first two lines of the pitch. It kind of undercuts the message of let’s have mutual respect, emoticons and all …

But despite that, I will consider his request. Because at the end of the day I try and do the right thing. Even if I have been fucked on by someone else.

It’s what FSM would do.
Iain Hall (Monday 2 April 2007, 4:06 pm) #

Don’t presume to preach at me about ethical behavior when you have been cheering on a person who has the ethics of a sewer rat. I could have done all of the things that he has done and actually got you sacked, I could have published Jeremy’s home address, I could have made a formal complaint to the bar association about his attempts to bully me but I did none of those things. I don’t expect respect from you or any of the other fellow travelers. For respect to mean anything it has to come from people that are worthy of respect themselves and frankly most of the fellow travelers from” Bolt watch “ are just fools. One thing that I have found in the last couple of months since I moved to WordPress is that I am getting some respect from people. But it was you who started the personal argument between us when you accused me of being a racist, which is so plainly not the case. I fight my corner with ruthless tenacity as you have no doubt noticed but as efficient as I can be with new ways to insult or attack an opponent I find that it is ultimately a bit like eating food with too much chili; after a while all you can taste is the heat. Take my offer in the spirit with which I have made it and remember: -
“Blessed are the Cheese makers” :o)
Then the ball is in your court Mikey; until I find that you attack me personally again in any of the usual places there will be no more Fat jokes from me. But think carefully before you post the next “anti Iain rant” because I will not make the same offer twice. And I only make it now because you were so honest in the “hypocrisy” post at your blog.
Cheers
Mikey (Monday 2 April 2007, 5:57 pm) #

It’s so tempting to respond in depth to this. But I won’t. I think people know what Iain’s like, his opinions of certain subjects, the regular themes he explores, the techniques he uses to make his “points” and his past history of conflict with those in blogland and the measures he employs to pursue his agendas. And I’m sure they will judge his actions and reasoning appropriately.
Mikey (Monday 2 April 2007, 6:48 pm) #

But .. that all being said, kudos has to go to Iain for making a ‘live and let live’ offer. I will consider it.