tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post8713196755232165995..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: I am horrified to discover that I attended the same college as cabbie-monstering David Mellor!Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-40647470708165674382014-12-03T11:59:08.127+00:002014-12-03T11:59:08.127+00:00Horace Rumpole's explanatory Quite Cocky seems...Horace Rumpole's explanatory Quite Cocky seems to do Mellor's towering arrogance little justice (unworthy pun intended).Colin G Finlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-64496820624983674102014-12-01T18:43:33.145+00:002014-12-01T18:43:33.145+00:00That's a really interesting point, L Macbeth. ...That's a really interesting point, L Macbeth. For some reason, a lot of Oxbridge undergraduates suspect they don't deserve to be there, and either make themselves invisible or obnoxious as a result - perhaps Mellor has never managed to shake that feeling of not really belonging. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-18643875699909426622014-11-28T23:26:19.882+00:002014-11-28T23:26:19.882+00:00Nothing rude intended by "QC". It just s...Nothing rude intended by "QC". It just strikes me as psychologically odd that someone as successful as Mr Mellor should need to keep making the point to chefs, waitresses, barmen and taxi drivers who are hardly competing with him. There's a lack of confidence there. Thin skin. Brittleness. As though he can't believe his success himself and wonders if he deserves it, is it all some horrible mistake that will be corrected tomorrow? And tomorrow. And tomorrow.L Macbethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-25477588163252135562014-11-28T22:10:07.922+00:002014-11-28T22:10:07.922+00:00No you've got me wondering what exactly the le...No you've got me wondering what exactly the letters "QC" might stand for in Mellor's case. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-25159340560024196582014-11-28T22:08:17.334+00:002014-11-28T22:08:17.334+00:00...together with Piers Morgan, of course. For the ......together with Piers Morgan, of course. For the sake of this country's reputation, the Home Office might think about impounding all their passports.<br /><br />I'd love to see recent emails sent to Mellor at LBC, the form for which can be found here: http://www.lbc.co.uk/email-david-mellor-12937 - I wonder how many cab-drivers have done so via their smartphones as they wait for their next fare. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59406775134067669452014-11-28T22:03:14.270+00:002014-11-28T22:03:14.270+00:00Sorry ex-KCS - I'm leaving it there as a remin...Sorry ex-KCS - I'm leaving it there as a reminder to myself to tell everyone from now on that I did Cultural Studies at the University of East Droitwich - and a warning of what Nature might do to me if I forget to take Mr. Manners with me whenever I leave the house. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-76498957738492128842014-11-28T19:10:11.114+00:002014-11-28T19:10:11.114+00:00Perhaps Dave and Andrew could get together and ope...Perhaps Dave and Andrew could get together and open The Mellor and Mitchell School of Charm.<br />Dave should be on LBC radio tomorrow morning. I'm rather hoping the old count has got the sack.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00839005575027842615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-26715752350133969322014-11-28T13:33:23.203+00:002014-11-28T13:33:23.203+00:00Please can you remove the photograph accompanying ...Please can you remove the photograph accompanying this post? It is causing unnecessary distress to your readers. Whatever one might think of the 1997 general election, it provided moments to relish such as the sight of Mellor losing his seat at Putney while the equally loathsome Sir Jammy Fishpaste did what the taxi driver should have done and told him what a tosspot he was. I had some dealings with him a few years back and I can assure SDG that he was exactly the same long before the unfortunate Penelope made the transition from a real count to a complete and utter one. ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-7087949513475687672014-11-28T13:13:17.831+00:002014-11-28T13:13:17.831+00:00Yes, Andrew Mitchell - another reason to vote UKIP...Yes, Andrew Mitchell - another reason to vote UKIP.<br /><br />Here's the exchnage between Mellor and a chef and a waitress from a neighbouring restaurant who he felt were violating his privacy (from the Daily Mirror this time):<br /><br />David Mellor: (Inaudible)<br />Chef Stephane Ale: Really, really? Well you want me to make speak about you tomorrow, about fat people?<br />DM: You speak about me, f*** off... (inaudible)<br />SA: You want fat people to speak about you?<br />DM: F*** off, f*** off. Go on, what are you doing here?<br />SA: Why you speak about me? Why are you swearing at me? I didn't even speak to you.<br />DM: Because you're staring into my garden, you are prying into my privacy.<br />SA: Not at all, sir.<br />DM: And your boss has lost his licence.<br />SA: Not at all. I am not part of the boss you know. And you are swearing at me, treating me like fat b******.<br />DM: Well you are a fat b******, now go away.<br />SA: So tomorrow I make sure we say on the news about what you say about big people.<br />DM: It doesn't matter what you say. Now f*** off.<br />SA: It doesn't matter of course. You are just swearing at people, that's all you do.<br />DM: I don't want anything to do with you, now f*** off, go and do your 10-quid-an-hour job somewhere else.<br />SA: I earn better than that.<br />DM: Urghh.<br />SA: And I am not using people's money for it.<br />DM: Now go away, go on, f*** off!<br />SA: Ok, of course.<br />DM: (Inaudible) is going to his lawyer, there's no reason why you should have a job.<br />SA: Me I don't care, me I don't care.<br />DM: (Shouting loudly) Now F*** OFF!<br />SA: Yes sir, no problem.<br />DM: (Quietly) F*** off. <br />BAR MANAGER EDMOND MITRAJ: Thank you sir.<br />DM: Go away. And you, you f***ing a***hole, you go away too, you're no better. Who do you think you are? Go away.<br /><br />Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-11350769473924135962014-11-28T13:03:33.596+00:002014-11-28T13:03:33.596+00:00Attractive women are often attracted to fairly dod...Attractive women are often attracted to fairly dodgy-looking men. But the men in question usually have something else to recommend them - charm, wit, intellect, creative talent, vast wealth etc. The mystery in this case is that - apart from being a QC (something Mellor evidently doesn't like to mention) - there don't appear to be any balancing factors to set against his physical appearance and his lack of manners. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-45980109728195434282014-11-28T12:57:16.356+00:002014-11-28T12:57:16.356+00:00Of course, he may have hidden charms. Mind you, th...Of course, he may have hidden charms. Mind you, they must be incredibly well hidden. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-68555494116873737612014-11-27T23:03:44.395+00:002014-11-27T23:03:44.395+00:00I suppose if you live many years with a viscountes...I suppose if you live many years with a viscountess you are bound to end up behaving like a bit of a count yourself? In Mellor's case [wasn't there a gamekeeper called Mellors who had an affair with an aristocratic lady?], he has also ended up looking like a complete count...I mean, nobody has to appear like this at age 65 [ for example, a proper hair-cut, adopting permanent Ray Bans, dental work to the front teeth etc]. Also, there is Chris Rock's advice - "just shut the fuck up!" Has the "Gap-Toothed Count" not got previous form when he got involved in a slanging match a few years back with the cook in his local restaurant or am I wrong? Now I had that Andrew Mitchell in the back of my cab once...SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-55822676216410433182014-11-27T20:20:36.317+00:002014-11-27T20:20:36.317+00:00I've just seen a photo of his "wife"...I've just seen a photo of his "wife". An attractive woman; did she lose a bet with God?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-70676192305045548972014-11-27T15:37:48.561+00:002014-11-27T15:37:48.561+00:00I'm not sure about perverting the meaning of &...I'm not sure about perverting the meaning of 'wife' but sleeping with that odious little turd stretches the definition of 'lady' to infinity.<br /><br />Has LBC or Classic FM sacked him yet?GCoopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69925142109999350012014-11-27T12:46:09.647+00:002014-11-27T12:46:09.647+00:00Methinks the QC doth protest too much.Methinks the QC doth protest too much.L Macbethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-64952886777529982712014-11-27T00:01:44.501+00:002014-11-27T00:01:44.501+00:00I had two close escapes, actually - he became a pr...I had two close escapes, actually - he became a presenter on BBC 2's "Midnight Hour" the season after I stopped being the editor - I doubt ours would have been a happy working relationship.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the tradition of unpopular undergraduates being beaten up and having their rooms trashed would have fallen into abeyance by the time Mellor arrived - otherwise I suspect it would have happened to him quite regularly.<br />Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67812159476556693652014-11-26T23:54:15.949+00:002014-11-26T23:54:15.949+00:00I apologise - senior moment(s), aided by Mellor...I apologise - senior moment(s), aided by Mellor's reference to her as "my wife". Wise of her not to forsake her title for the wretched man.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-32702704505168005752014-11-26T23:20:30.229+00:002014-11-26T23:20:30.229+00:00Despite being referred to several times as his &qu...Despite being referred to several times as his "wife" – the modern meaning of which is unclear – the whole point is that they're not married because if they ever were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Lyttelton,_Viscountess_Cobham" rel="nofollow">Lady Penelope</a> would <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesy_titles_in_the_United_Kingdom#Divorced_wives" rel="nofollow">stop being a Lady</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67894246017521141212014-11-26T19:35:21.462+00:002014-11-26T19:35:21.462+00:00I think it's rather a shame that you and the f...I think it's rather a shame that you and the frog-faced little shit didn't meet at college. You could have sat on the ugly bastard and saved us all a lot of bother..<br /><br />GCoopernoreply@blogger.com