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Oops, wrong planet!

I suppose this must be another example of the unbridled irony that is now sweeping the globe, but I've just read something suggesting that in a poll of Whovians quizzed on their preference for the next Doctor, the actor most voted for was James Nesbitt.

I hate James Nesbitt!

I wish I could convey via the keyboard my tongue-tied-ness at this… thing.

I don't get it. All I can say is, I'm definitely, definitely on the wrong planet. What were the choices for the poll? James Nesbitt and James Nesbitt? I mean, surely, if there had been any other choice except James Nesbitt, then, no matter who it was, even if it was Sir Rhodes Boyson, or Les Dennis, every single person who responded would – surely!! – have taken the other choice. Surely?

But it does make me feel a bit better about the fact I haven't written any bestsellers yet. Wrong planet, that's all.

5 Replies to “Oops, wrong planet!”

  1. Peter A Leonard writes:

    “I’ve just read something suggesting that in a poll of Whovians quizzed on their preference…”Well, no one asked me!? Were you asked? You have my sympathy, of course you do – providing, that is, you didn’t vote for Mr. Nesbitt yourself in a moment of mania or brainsickness now forgotten?These things can happen.Regards.Peter:jester:

  2. “Well, no one asked me!? Were you asked?”No, I wasn’t, now you mention it.Thank you for your sympathy. I think that the chances of large numbers of people independently and spontaneously voting for James Nesbitt as the next Doctor are so phenomenally low that it’s like some weird, nightmarish inversion of the monkeys at the typewriters writing the works of Shakespeare scenario. This could make an interesting study for anyone interested in probability and that sort of thing.

  3. Peter A Leonard writes:

    Interestingly enough, some years back, I engaged in an experiment with just six Chimps and six typewriters (couldn’t afford ten-thousand, or whatever it’s s’posed to be), with the Chimpanzees happily banging away at the typewriter keys, mimicking (it was to be hoped) the Great Bard – yes, yes, I appreciate he used a quill! But my hairy little primates used typewriters and after eight months, to my absolute amazement, produced a complete version of the play “Homlett” – about a homicidal hunchbacked Danish prince!Sad to relate, it was their version of “Animal Farm” that brought the experiment to a tragic close. In this version myriad promiscuous primates come to dominate everything – which was totally unacceptable to the powers that be, and the plug was pulled on the entire project.However, it’s strange how mention of James Nesbitt brings Chimpanzees to mind, isn’t it?RegardsPeter:jester:

  4. Anonymous & belated writes:

    Rhodes Boyson!RHODES BOYSON!Thankyou for making me happy just by reminding me of the mere existence of the unquantifiable phenomenon that is Rhodes Boyson!I am off to start a petition: he MUST and SHALL be the next Doctor Who.

  5. That’s incredible that those apes should reproduce the lost masterpiece, Homlett. Maybe I should start a battery ape arts project. “However, it’s strange how mention of James Nesbitt brings Chimpanzees to mind, isn’t it?”Yes, the blog has quite a simian theme, recently. “I am off to start a petition: he MUST and SHALL be the next Doctor Who.”Yes, I think you’re right. If you start the petition, I’ll sign it.

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