Comments on: Stick cocktail sticks in their eyes until they beg for mercy

By: Dr. Congo

Dr. Congo — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:04:59 +0000

I sincerely hope he soon publishes his full home address and alarm codes in a bid to prove that such information could never lead to him getting hacked to death with a machete.

By: fatboyfat

fatboyfat — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:54:41 +0000

Thing is, Iain, this quote from JC…

�The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again.�

…is, in fact, unadulterated bollocks. The DPA has nothing to do with this, and as the *actual* accountholder, he certainly can stop it happening again. And the DD indemnity scheme means he could claim back every penny.

However, as I commented above, this doesn’t make quite such entertaining copy.

By: Iain

Iain — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:34:09 +0000

The thing is, that the “personal data” that he gave out to get himself in this mess were:

1) His account number.

2) His local branch’s sort code.

3) Information that a sensible person could follow to his cardholder address.

Has anyone ever bought anything through eBay, to be delivered to home, and paid by cheque? If so, you’ve done exactly the same.

He SHOULD be right. That he isn’t shows a pretty effing huge problem with his bank, who are supposed to send a confirmation letter before paying out any new Direct Debit.

“The bank cannot find out who did this because of the Data Protection Act and they cannot stop it from happening again.”

But you can, Jeremy, by telling your bank that you’re taking your money to someone who isn’t a complete shower.

By: fatboyfat

fatboyfat — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:21:34 +0000

I think they should kiss and defuse that tension.

By: Pinksy

Pinksy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:04:37 +0000

I think Clarkson and HFW should have an arm wrestle

By: Flicktokick

Flicktokick — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:02:52 +0000

It’s a shame they didn’t clear out his entire account, declare him bankrupt and repossess his jeans, before making him sleep in the boot of a 2CV.

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You see you have to make up your mind. Do you prefer the HFW’s of this world making (ham-fisted) attempts at campaigning for animal welfare or the Jeremy Clarksons for whom any campaign that doesn’t involve burning more fuel and telling environmentalists to lose the first six letters and then fuck off is a cissy, liberal, waste of good carbon dioxide.

Clarkson would probably suggest torching the entire contents of Fearnley-Whittingstall’s shed so that the chickens come pre-roasted.

By: fatboyfat

fatboyfat — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:53:38 +0000

Thing is, he’s not actually going to have lost a penny. All he has to do is go to his bank, get them to do a standard direct debit indemnity reclaim, and five days later the �500 is back.

Of course, that’s a dreadfully boring thing to write about. I nearly dropped off merely typing that first paragraph. So it’s never going to make the story.

By: Pinksy

Pinksy — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:40:51 +0000

Did you see that Top Gear special where he and that James bloke drove to the North Pole in a 4×4, and Richard Hammond went on a dog sled, to see who’d win? At the end (the 4×4 won) Clarkson said that having driven across the North Pole, it was clear to him that all this talk about the polar ice caps melting was rubbish, that we’d barely “scratched the surface”, and that this was the “inconvenient truth”. It’s good to see that he’s able to dismiss countless volumes of mutually supportive empirical scientific evidence in favour of a quick look around in a 4×4. And then to crowbar in the Al Gore phrase. Prick.