Author: simon
Johnny Dee: A Wight Dunce
Tuesday, 15th April, 2008 at 2:12 pm, Isle of Wight
It’s a shame that The Guardian has to parade its level of ignorance of what the Isle of Wight is like these days, by publishing articles like Johnny Dee’s today.
Writing about the monarchy, clearly makes dear Johnny feel like he’s actually part of the royalty, as he adopts his best regal tone, opening a paragraph with, “One suspects.” He continues, “this was all the idea of some judicious aide tasked with finding the least exciting place on earth.”
One suspects he was rather pleased with his next sentence too, “Indeed, if there are strippers on the Isle of Wight one imagines them to be Miss Marple-themed and to give away free fudge at the end.”
He’s clearly not a reader of the Country Press : ) (is such a thing possible with 92% of the population of the Earth reading it on a daily basis?).
Well we guess there’s an advantage of Johnny’s ignorance - he won’t be bothering us on the Island any time soon.
Photo thanks to Grant Neufeld
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April 15th, 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 2:39 pm
He clearly hasn’t worked out the difference between the real Island and Cowes. Or presumably to take it a degree further Ventnor - the jewel of the Island.
April 16th, 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 9:36 am
I notice you can’t comment on the report as most papers allow you to!
This is the image that needs to be removed of the IW, although having said that, who cares? Mr Dee, you think of the Island as you will. I’ll just keep my international festivals on my doorstep, vibrant music and arts scene, and unique cultural identity.
Fine by me!