urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:alan_partridge A ha! Alan Partridge 2003-07-14T23:03:42Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:alan_partridge:504 2003-07-14T23:02:06Z 2003-07-14T23:03:42Z Welsh lunatics Manic Street Preachers The emphasis there is on that final NOT in the title there. Did you see it? It is quite important because the Mirror in question is in fact not a magic mirror but the Daily Mirror 'newspaper' of England, which today carried the following item, in its least of the list, oh I beg your pardon in its list of the least 100 influential people in Britain:<br /><br /><b><i>45 ALAN PARTRIDGE, Broadcaster<br /><br />WHAT do you mean he's not real? The legendary and once brilliant TV and Radio Norwich presenter is now destined for the graveyard shift after making one series too many</b></i><br /><br />Right that does it...<br /><br /><img src="http://www.btinternet.com/~walt.thermaland1/alan4real.jpg" width="291" height="356" alt="Alan4real">