Discussion » bbc online - is this the level of their writing now?

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Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, around January 2006:
 
What to call Ming's backers?

A whole article on what to name Ming Campbell's supporters.
It takes more than a page to get to the enevitable "the Mingers" line that everyone was thinking when they clicked the link.
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around 8th January 2006:
 
Was that my spleen?
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 8th January 2006:
 
oh

i feel silly now

i immediately thought "the backers"
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 9th January 2006:
 
Yeah that was a bit ridiculous. What a long-winded way of saying Mingers.