The London Daily Fail's Queer Dismissive Twits

One of the worst things about reading the London Daily Fail's website, aside from the inane reporting, misinformation, gruesome and stupid photos, and insulting choices of what's considered BREAKING NEWS...

...is the COMMENTS.

Specifically, the COMMENTS from what I call the "SENIORMOLE" element. These Lords of the Boot Sale, these Prime Ministers of Piffle and Kerfuffle, these Cuppa-obsessed Trivial Old Ladies in Men's Clothing...have nothing better to do than harrumph a tweedy word or two at practically EVERY article they glance at.

I say GLANCE at, because they are too opinionated to actually read or ponder anything.

Gilbert O'Sullivan once sang about a "dear permissive twit," but frankly, I don't mind the idiot bint, the Adele fan, the moronic cheese-faced harpie or the stereotypical Cockney dimwit. It's the queer dismissive twit who THINKS he's SO educated that irks me.

With low class biddies, surly chavs or fat-assed boorish drummers from Barton-Upon-Humber, you expect a "What's all this then," or "that sucks" or if it has anything to do with Angelina Jolie, the low, gossipy hiss: "NO BETTER THAN SHE SHOULD BE!"

But with SENIORMOLE types, usually males, there's arrogance behind the ignorance...because these utter fools actually believe they are sophisticated, well-read and RIGHT. Their most constant emotion is vague irritation, as if Putin or 9/11 or climate change is like a fly landing on the malt vinegar bottle at the chip shop. To SENIORMOLE, absolutely NOTHING matters beyond a cuppa and then going walkies, so whatever the news is, it's trivialized with a yawn and an irritatingly flippant bit of spit:

There's almost never an ounce of thought following "codswallop" or "cobblers" or "rubbish" or whatever the condescending word might be.

Why these people bother reading anything, when they are so set in their ways...I guess it's ONLY to be able to leave that COMMENT, and righteously give a nod of the head: "that settles THAT! I have SPOKEN! I wrote: CODSWALLOP!"

These are people who went through their entire boring, pointless lives with nose in the air, eyes wide shut, and never ever taking the chewing gum out of their ears. And so, in useless retirement, the only concession is that the nose that was once in the air, is now perpetually pointed downward in impatient disgust, and as the tongue clucks along, their soft fingers patter out "codswallop or "cobblers" or "rubbish." At best, they'll add: "this is all silliness," or "why hurl poo" or the mighty slam of "I have no time for this nonsense."

It doesn't matter if the article is the latest research study on health, a speech by a world leader, or a human interest story about some poor unfortunate person. The reaction is dismissal, denial, and disdain.

Unfortunately, these people have never had their humdrum routine shaken, and their brains are callused by their damnable complacency. Whether they sashay through Tesco, waddle their fat arses through a boot sale getting in everyone's way, or take to their slow bicycle and ride on the pavement, they are impervious to others. They'll say "codswallop" to any reasonable request, and even the most raging curse or threat would only get a maddening mutter of "rubbish!" They are confident they will never be slapped or punched, having spent their lives quietly pushing pencils, and making sure everything's stamped, filed, indexed and numbered. They are so irritatingly set in their ways you'd expect them to be growing moss on the backs of their legs.

They go from the cradle to the grave ignoring everything important, being petty about whatever concerns them personally, and showing a grand indifference to anyone else's feelings. Nothing shakes their world. They have, unfortunately, never experienced a trauma that gives them empathy for somebody else's suffering. They are comfortably cloaked in their own small-minded viewpoints. "Nothings gonna change my world" is their mantra. There isn't anything, from the plague of Ebola to a request to save water...from the news of a dying celebrity to a dietician's findings that cutting down on soda might be healthful...that can't be dismissed with one of three words:

CODSWALLOP, COBBLERS or RUBBISH.