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Dunno if any of you chaps are readers of Private Eye? I was reading it in the bath last night and spotted this. Made me chuckle, anyway.

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Heheh - nice... :)
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

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5MinuteRetro wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 9:54 am Dunno if any of you chaps are readers of Private Eye?
Heh nice. I've submitted a couple of cartoons to Private Eye over the years, both of which returned, probably fairly, "Ed says NO". I wish I thought of this one!
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R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2019 10:24 pm Heh nice. I've submitted a couple of cartoons to Private Eye over the years, both of which returned, probably fairly, "Ed says NO". I wish I thought of this one!
Hey... I did too, one time! It was around the time when Saddam was holding British hostages in Iraq, as human shields, and the Dick Tracy movie was out at the same time. Despite not having any artistic skills I somehow managed to draw Saddam as Dick Tracy and captioned it a 'Dick Tator'. I thought it was funny, anyway. I was both gutted and thrilled to receive it back with a handwritten note from editor Ian Hislop saying it was "quite funny" but a "bit of a sh*t drawing". What a great guy to take time out to give feedback to wannabes - that note's contents will always stay with me.
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5MinuteRetro wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 10:39 pm I was both gutted and thrilled to receive it back with a handwritten note from editor Ian Hislop saying it was "quite funny" but a "bit of a sh*t drawing". What a great guy to take time out to give feedback to wannabes - that note's contents will always stay with me.
Haha! Brill. I guess you don't still have the note? I received my refusals via a subeditor, but my understanding is that Mr Hislop still checks them out himself.

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R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 7:57 am Haha! Brill. I guess you don't still have the note? I received my refusals via a subeditor, but my understanding is that Mr Hislop still checks them out himself.
Probably. But a tiny sliver of paper that's at the bottom of some box at the back of the garage or attic... it's as good as lost forever!
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