Stupid Herald

Victor

Shock horror! People drinking in the smoking area!

Riviere

Even bigger shock horror: plane takes off from smoking area! You know things are bad when poor smokers are herded onto runways to have a fag.

Subbing was never the Herald's strongpoint (actually, news, features and sport were never Herald strongpoints either) but it's reached ridiculous levels now that's it's been farmed out (outsourced, if you like) to yellowpacks in sweatshops. The Indo and Sindo are going down the same road.

dubtom

A MASSIVE security alert was sparked after a female passenger locked herself in the toilet as the plane was landing.
Does not everyone lock the toilet on a plane when using it, just incase your letting go a MASSIVE one. It's for the safety of everyone on board I would have thought, it is when I go anyway.:eek:
Also,I'd love to know how one 'looks on in horror'. Looks on with mild interest/fear/hysterical laughter perhaps. Was everyone on board biting their knuckles.
Your right, stupid herald.

Dave!

YARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate the Herald.

mcauley

The Herald is a rag - I thought this was widely understood.

johnnyskeleton

mcauley wrote:

The Herald is a rag - I thought this was widely understood.

The Herald is great - how else would we know that everyone who isn't a taxi driver is a waste of space?

jdivision

i didn't see it but apparently they had a graph yesterday showing their sales going up (although they never actually said it in the copy) even though their sales actually fell 5.5%. It's absolutely rubbish.

Wishbone Ash

They regularly get the words 'stolen' and 'robbed' mixed up.

e.g. "A pensioner's car was robbed......." :rolleyes:

monument

rob

to take money or property illegally from a place, organization or person, often using violence

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Victor

Robbery is theft with menace (threatened or actual violence as viewed by the victim).

Kevster

Not many people understand the difference between the two. I've given-up correcting people because they just don't remember (probably because they don't care). Anyway, for the benefit of mankind, the Evening Herald should disappear; along with The Sun, The Star, and whatever other piece of crap there is out there.

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote:

They regularly get the words 'stolen' and 'robbed' mixed up.

e.g. "A pensioner's car was robbed......." :rolleyes:

One cannot rob a car. A car can be stolen - thereby robbing the owner (of the car).

If a car was 'robbed' it would mean that something belonging to the car was stolen! :rolleyes:

One can only 'rob' a person or an institution such as a bank.

flogen

Wishbone Ash wrote:

One cannot rob a car. A car can be stolen - thereby robbing the owner (of the car).

If a car was 'robbed' it would mean that something belonging to the car was stolen! :rolleyes:

One can only 'rob' a person or an institution such as a bank.

"I don't think you understand, Father. She was robbed; they stole her!"

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

Wishbone Ash

flogen wrote:

"I don't think you understand, Father. She was robbed; they stole her!"

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

LOL

Spook_ie

Wishbone Ash wrote:

One cannot rob a car. A car can be stolen - thereby robbing the owner (of the car).

If a car was 'robbed' it would mean that something belonging to the car was stolen! :rolleyes:

One can only 'rob' a person or an institution such as a bank.

So is it

My cars radio was robbed from it
or
My cars radio was stolen from it

But to be truthful the definition is more akin to "robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation."

So if a car is hijacked at lights for instance, then to say it was robbed would be correct

Wishbone Ash

Spook_ie wrote:

My cars radio was robbed from it
or
My cars radio was stolen from it

You were robbed - your car radio was stolen. (Your car in an inanimate object - it doesn't own anything).

So if a car is hijacked at lights for instance, then to say it was robbed would be correct

No, if the car was stolen at the lights - the owner was robbed.

(By the way, I'm not a grammar expert :eek:)

monument

flogen wrote:

"I don't think you understand, Father. She was robbed; they stole her!"

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

LOL.

Kevster wrote:

...Anyway, for the benefit of mankind, the Evening Herald should disappear; along with The Sun, The Star, and whatever other piece of crap there is out there.

:rolleyes:

ateam

The Herald has used headlines like "The Day TERROR Came to Dublin" after a man said he had a bomb at Dublin Airport. It turned out to be a nutter and a hoax. The Evening Herald has had some pretty bad coverage lately and exaggerated news headlines. Seems like a race to the bottom with the Sun.