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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2005-05-03 04:11 pm

I'll cry if I want to

The BBC news website excels itself with this election party pack. Party colour co-ordinated cocktails, suggested playlist, masks of the leaders (ergh!) but my favourite bit is the election bingo: "Each player has a bingo card; watch the BBC's election coverage and cross off your boxes as you hear the words spoken on the television." For example:

neck and neck
one poll matters
end of the day
middle england
spoil the party
bloody nose

Gosh it's like poetry.

[identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
Heh! Brilliant. Can we organise this on-line? An LJ Election Night bash?!

[identity profile] communicator.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hey - now that's a good idea. We really ought to do some live blogging on election night.

[identity profile] matildabj.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely. Because we're all going to be sitting at home shouting at the telly, right? So I reckon we might as well do the shouting where there's a chance someone might actually argue back...
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[identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
Some of us have counts to attend... Not to mention the all-night bash at the Chorlton Irish club!

[identity profile] communicator.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, real life, I remember that...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
Still waiting for it to arrive...
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[identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Doubtfully] Are you sure politics counts?
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[personal profile] trixieleitz 2005-05-03 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always phone posts and text message posting.

Which is a bit one-way, I'll allow, but you can still keep us up to date :)
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[identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh help, I haven't worked out how to do those!
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[personal profile] trixieleitz 2005-05-03 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh help...

Recognising that that's an emphatic, not a request, I'll still point you at the relevant bits of the FAQ :)
Email/text, and also the info page of [livejournal.com profile] sms_to_lj
Phone posts
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[identity profile] kalypso-v.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Have tried doing that, but couldn't find an explanation anywhere of what to do about underscores in user names. I guessed a hyphen, but no sign of my trial message coming through yet.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
Plus the BBC's "as it happens" web coverage is usually really nifty.

[identity profile] glitterboy1.livejournal.com 2005-05-03 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'm not arguing with anybody, but poking fun at the telly and the politicians would be fun. I'll have to sort out my cables and things....