http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 11:38:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89609 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:23:51 +0000 dvo4fun 89609@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Late award of stars. Raaarr! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89535 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:43:13 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 89535@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>V. good. 5* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89531 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:20:47 +0000 ronseal 89531@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89530 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:14:24 +0000 Qoxiivi 89530@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I should also just point out the amazing SEO tags. Who out there, in particular, is searching for 'ungrateful old lady'? Brilliant. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89529 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:12:23 +0000 Qoxiivi 89529@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wanted to dislike this purely because of the uppercase title but, alas, it's excellent. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89527 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:51:38 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 89527@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Good stuff </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89522 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:32:13 +0000 Golgo13 89522@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Excellent. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89493 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:02:35 +0000 writinginbsl 89493@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>good stuff</p> <p>docked you one star tho for use of caps </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89478 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:55:28 +0000 JohnA 89478@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I like this as well 5* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89448 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:50:51 +0000 delightfullyodd 89448@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Brilliant. 5 stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=31618#post-89446 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:26:14 +0000 Peter749400 89446@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Despite heroically diving in front of a lorry to save an old lady from being run over, Good samaritan and local charity worker Dave Hitchens was somehow, still an arsehole, it emerged last night. </p> <p>Against all the oods and notwithstanding his outstanding act of selfless bravery in broad daylight, passers by explained that although they admired his courage, they were nonetheless left with a distinct sensation that Dave, 33 was a "class A Arsehole". </p> <p>"It was like - yeah you've saved the old lady but there's just something about you I don't like" said one eyewitness "and to be honest that was the lasting impression I got from him". </p> <p>Friends and acquaintances were also inexplicably downbeat about Dave's general character: </p> <p>"I don't know what it is about Dave" said one acquaintance - "it's like - he's a really loving and giving person and I know he's given a lot of time and money towards helping other people and helping to cure diseases and manning lifeboats and rescuing cats, but somehow I still just want to punch him in the face".</p> <p>Another peer commented: "yeah Dave just tries too hard - rescuing a drowning kitten one week, giving blood the next - it's like - dude...not cool". </p> <p>Dave, who took a year of unpaid leave recently to use his PhD in biochemistry to help scientists find a cure for cancer, was reportedly "gutted" last night to be so ill-thought of by his next of kin and peers. </p> <p>"One tries to give of oneself" he remarked, modestly looking at the floor, "and to help those less fortunate than ourselves - and of course one never expects the acclaim of one's peers."</p> <p>The old lady in question, dusting herself down at the side of the road which, had it not been for Dave, she would undoubtedly have been crushed into a bloody pulp onto, commented: "Well I'm grateful for what he did but when he introduced himself afterwards and offered to call me a cab I just thought - I'm so glad you're not my son". </p> <p>Dave was asked for further comment but explained that he was busy removing a thorn from a puppy's paw and would be late for his session at Childline if he was further delayed. </p>