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(Metro)   'Hot Podium Guy' brings out yet another new lectern for newly minted British PM Rishi Sunak. The way things are going with these Brit PM's, you'll probably be seeing a lot more of this guy outside of Number 10   (metro.co.uk) divider line
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Walker [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 2:52:21 PM  
Silly podium. Looks like it's for some Gen Z Twitch streamer to speak at or something.
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Stick with the standard kind when it's the PM speaking.
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DammitIForgotMyLogin [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-25 3:06:19 PM  
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MelGoesOnTour
2022-10-25 3:06:58 PM  

Walker: Silly podium. Looks like it's for some Gen Z Twitch streamer to speak at or something.
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Stick with the standard kind when it's the PM speaking.
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The top photo podium looks heavy.
It also looks, uhm, ugly.
 
Karma Chameleon
2022-10-25 3:07:07 PM  
Wow so British hot applies to men too!
 
The Bestest
2022-10-25 3:07:11 PM  

Walker: Silly podium.


There is no podium in that picture.
 
shastacola [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:08:18 PM  
Hot might be pushing it.
 
Daddy's Big Pink Man-Squirrel
2022-10-25 3:08:24 PM  
The New PM is a little person. The new podium is actually a footrest.
 
Pert
2022-10-25 3:09:00 PM  
I spent 7 years in corporate event management, and I can confirm that a podium is a small platform.

What you have got there is a lectern.

I am not qualified to judge the hotness of its handler.

/yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums, but like so many things you are wrong
//I also realise that this is a British newspaper getting it wring
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:09:36 PM  
When did the UK turn into a 24/7 Monty Python sketch?
 
Marcos P
2022-10-25 3:09:52 PM  
looks like an unfinished wood turning project

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Nimbull
2022-10-25 3:10:37 PM  
They're starting to change Prime Ministers almost as often as Russia changes generals in Ukraine or Al Quada changes #1's in the mountains or me in underwear every day.
 
sdd2000
2022-10-25 3:11:19 PM  

The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.


And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern
 
berylman [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:11:24 PM  
'Totally Average Looking Podium Craftsman Guy' just doesn't have the same clickbait appeal for the British tabloids
 
The Bestest
2022-10-25 3:12:11 PM  

Pert: I spent 7 years in corporate event management, and I can confirm that a podium is a small platform.

What you have got there is a lectern.

I am not qualified to judge the hotness of its handler.

/yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums, but like so many things you are wrong
//I also realise that this is a British newspaper getting it wring


Thank you.

..and I don't care how many names I end up getting called in this thread, I'm taking a stand.

Words have farking meanings.
 
Bungles
2022-10-25 3:13:04 PM  

Karma Chameleon: Wow so British hot applies to men too!



I think it's less about "British hot" more "rough hands and a security clearance" that ignites loins. Financial stability, no criminal record, and can do an oil change are more valuable than most things in a relationship.

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The Bestest
2022-10-25 3:14:17 PM  

sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern


fark Webster's. They're part of the problem.
 
sdd2000
2022-10-25 3:16:42 PM  

The Bestest: sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern

fark Webster's. They're part of the problem.


So you think the should be "decimated to the last man/woman" for that right?

/extreme sarcasm
//look up original meaning of the word "decimate"
\\\ nit pick much?
 
cryptozoophiliac
2022-10-25 3:16:55 PM  

Bungles: Karma Chameleon: Wow so British hot applies to men too!


I think it's less about "British hot" more "rough hands and a security clearance" that ignites loins. Financial stability, no criminal record, and can do an oil change are more valuable than most things in a relationship.

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Finally, someone who understands women.

/yes, it's heteronormative
//deal with it
 
Trocadero
2022-10-25 3:17:12 PM  

sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern


Webster's is American. Have to ask Oxford for a ruling.
 
Pert
2022-10-25 3:18:13 PM  

Trocadero: sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern

Webster's is American. Have to ask Oxford for a ruling.


Oxford is a party dictionary!
 
ifky
2022-10-25 3:18:13 PM  
Has Larry the cat been replaced or is there no way to remove him?
 
The Bestest
2022-10-25 3:18:58 PM  

sdd2000: So you think the should be "decimated to the last man/woman" for that right?


No, improper usage of "decimate" doesn't really annoy me like podium/lectern does, but I do know the proper meaning.
 
sdd2000
2022-10-25 3:20:26 PM  

Trocadero: sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern

Webster's is American. Have to ask Oxford for a ruling.


Because of this increased usage, the Oxford dictionary lists podium as a synonym for lectern, while indicating that this usage is seen in North American English.
 
Pert
2022-10-25 3:20:33 PM  

The Bestest: sdd2000: So you think the should be "decimated to the last man/woman" for that right?

No, improper usage of "decimate" doesn't really annoy me like podium/lectern does, but I do know the proper meaning.


How about "refuting" allegations?

Or are you disinterested?
 
Kalyco Jack
2022-10-25 3:20:38 PM  

Karma Chameleon: Wow so British hot applies to men too!


You underestimate just how desperate the British people are to see someone standing around Downing Street who isn't a total dumpster fire.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:21:12 PM  

The Bestest: Pert: I spent 7 years in corporate event management, and I can confirm that a podium is a small platform.

What you have got there is a lectern.

I am not qualified to judge the hotness of its handler.

/yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums, but like so many things you are wrong
//I also realise that this is a British newspaper getting it wring

Thank you.

..and I don't care how many names I end up getting called in this thread, I'm taking a stand.

Words have farking meanings.


Won't get an argument from me. Grammarist says that's Hot Lectern Guy, not Hot Podium Guy.
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/When an entire country is called out by the rest of the world...
 
New Rising Sun
2022-10-25 3:21:35 PM  
Each new PM including Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Rishi Sunak, have all been given different podiums to speak from.

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killershark
2022-10-25 3:22:49 PM  
At the rate things on going in the UK, Hot Podium Guy will likely be British Prime Minister by American Thanksgiving.
 
TWX
2022-10-25 3:23:02 PM  

Walker: Silly podium. Looks like it's for some Gen Z Twitch streamer to speak at or something.
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Stick with the standard kind when it's the PM speaking.
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Walker [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:23:22 PM  
These podium/lectern threads are getting as bad as the soda/pop/coke, tipping and circumcision threads.

/just the tip
 
New Rising Sun
2022-10-25 3:24:15 PM  

Walker: These podium/lectern threads are getting as bad as the soda/pop/coke, tipping and circumcision threads.

/just the tip


Boro
 
TWX
2022-10-25 3:24:17 PM  

killershark: At the rate things on going in the UK, Hot Podium Guy will likely be British Prime Minister by American Thanksgiving.


Or perhaps hot podium guy is sabotaging His Majesty's government, in order to maintain his own job-security.
 
ElwoodCuse
2022-10-25 3:25:35 PM  
don't care, where's larry the cat

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/21/1130251187/larry-the-cat-prime-minister
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2022-10-25 3:25:43 PM  

Pert: /yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums


podia, surely
 
TWX
2022-10-25 3:25:43 PM  

Walker: These podium/lectern threads are getting as bad as the soda/pop/coke, tipping and circumcision threads.

/just the tip


Looks like he wants some Coke:

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The Bestest
2022-10-25 3:25:47 PM  
see, in general It doesn't bother me when words take on new meanings.. language is supposed to evolve

What rankles me is that the correct word is RIGHT farkING THERE.. and fewer syllables, too!

..but the general laziness in not wanting to correct the improper usage leads to acceptance, and further -unnecessary- bastardization of language.
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2022-10-25 3:26:31 PM  

New Rising Sun: Each new PM including Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and now Rishi Sunak, have all been given different podiums to speak from.

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I like that Truss's was twisted, for she was right round the bend
 
daffy
2022-10-25 3:26:39 PM  
If you don't have much to say, distract them with a fancy podium?
 
sdd2000
2022-10-25 3:27:55 PM  

The Bestest: see, in general It doesn't bother me when words take on new meanings.. language is supposed to evolve

What rankles me is that the correct word is RIGHT farkING THERE.. and fewer syllables, too!

..but the general laziness in not wanting to correct the improper usage leads to acceptance, and further -unnecessary- bastardization of language.


As my god mother would have said "dis-irregardless" of your desires it is nit picking in the extreme.
 
PluckYew [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:30:17 PM  

The Bestest: Pert: I spent 7 years in corporate event management, and I can confirm that a podium is a small platform.

What you have got there is a lectern.

I am not qualified to judge the hotness of its handler.

/yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums, but like so many things you are wrong
//I also realise that this is a British newspaper getting it wring

Thank you.

..and I don't care how many names I end up getting called in this thread, I'm taking a stand.

Words have farking meanings.


Where are you taking it?;and it's not a stand, it's a lectern.  :D
 
Reverend J
2022-10-25 3:30:23 PM  
Looks like Payton Manning is really slumming it for jobs these days.
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2022-10-25 3:31:09 PM  
I mean, Hot Podium Guy is OK, but the new PM is sorta PMILFy. *shrug*.

I mean, compared to all the others ... I think the last legit hot PM was ... uh, drawing a blank here ... Oh, when Hugh Grant played one in that movie. LOL

I'm sure this PM is a wanker, but like I said yesterday, his hair is amazing. Definitely an improvement over Boris.
 
peterquince
2022-10-25 3:33:56 PM  

PluckYew: The Bestest: Pert: I spent 7 years in corporate event management, and I can confirm that a podium is a small platform.

What you have got there is a lectern.

I am not qualified to judge the hotness of its handler.

/yes, I know, you Americans often call them podiums, but like so many things you are wrong
//I also realise that this is a British newspaper getting it wring

Thank you.

..and I don't care how many names I end up getting called in this thread, I'm taking a stand.

Words have farking meanings.

Where are you taking it?;and it's not a stand, it's a lectern.  :D


Wouldn't the plural of podium be podia?
 
Smelly Pirate Hooker
2022-10-25 3:34:23 PM  

mofa: When did the UK turn into a 24/7 Monty Python sketch?


Sometime after the US did. Except our sketches aren't funny.
 
TheBlackrose
2022-10-25 3:34:35 PM  

Walker: Silly podium. Looks like it's for some Gen Z Twitch streamer to speak at or something.
[metro.co.uk image 540x360]

Stick with the standard kind when it's the PM speaking.
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Oh no. The farker's a Unitologist.
 
Madcaplaff
2022-10-25 3:34:40 PM  

The Bestest: sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern

fark Webster's. They're part of the problem.


Of all the things to be pedantic about.

/I'm sure you're fun at parties, etc.
 
PartTimeBuddha [OhFark]
2022-10-25 3:34:46 PM  

Smelly Pirate Hooker: I mean, Hot Podium Guy is OK, but the new PM is sorta PMILFy. *shrug*.

I mean, compared to all the others ... I think the last legit hot PM was ... uh, drawing a blank here ... Oh, when Hugh Grant played one in that movie. LOL

I'm sure this PM is a wanker, but like I said yesterday, his hair is amazing. Definitely an improvement over Boris.


I should like there to be a new Nov.5 tradition. Sure, burning Guy Fawkes is still the way to go, but I'd like there to be an additional brazier where children could burn assorted straw to reflect the Tragic Inanity of Boris' Hair.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-10-25 3:35:13 PM  

ifky: Has Larry the cat been replaced or is there no way to remove him?


Larry is the only one in government who enjoys widespread popular support. He isn't going anywhere.
 
Palined Parenthood [TotalFark]
2022-10-25 3:36:12 PM  

Trocadero: sdd2000: The Bestest: Walker: Silly podium.

There is no podium in that picture.

And Webster's has removed the distinction between a lectern and a podium you seem to be hinting. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/wait-are-you-saying-a-podium-is-the-same-thing-as-a-lectern

Webster's is American. Have to ask Oxford for a ruling.


Why the hell would Oxford be an authority on English?
 
Bread314
2022-10-25 3:37:00 PM  
Due to our history of people trying to shoot our presidents, all of ours use the same one. Its nicknamed "BLUE GOOSE", bulletproof, and bomb resistant. This podium travels everywhere with the president in its own car with other accouterments, and is used for all speeches outside the walls of the White House.  The only place outside the White House its not used is the podium for the State of the Union address.  We have 2 centuries of congressmen trying to kill each other in session so its a permanent structure and bulletproof.
 
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