A Talk TV presenter’s unfortunate schoolboy error complaining about a lack of poppies on the BBC saw him schooled into next year
7.
Which four bears? https://t.co/SyHDhANjJE
— Dom Joly (@domjoly) November 9, 2024
8.
I’ll see your “four bears” and raise you twelve bears. https://t.co/jBCeqQxETT pic.twitter.com/ANqRnlTJbk
— Jo Caulfield (@Jo_Caulfield) November 11, 2024
9.
It’s easy to Pooh-Pooh James Whale’s standards of literacy here, but we all Bungle occasionally! https://t.co/H2A7V7rMfW
— Old Gassy (@OldGassy1984) November 9, 2024
10.
What a silly man. There were only three: daddy bear, mummy bear and baby bear, who sacrificed porridge, a chair and the use of their most comfortable bed. https://t.co/InMFsKL4oM
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) November 10, 2024
11.
Talk about sacrifices. Three of them even had their porridge stolen by Goldilocks https://t.co/PJdEqPhvA6
— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) November 9, 2024
12.
We will remembear them. https://t.co/5msGlFvNiu
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) November 9, 2024
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This tweet reminds of my great great aunt, Anne Cester https://t.co/MHB6bjRv3w
— Mark Francewanker (@FlyOnNo10Wall) November 10, 2024
And also.
Stop nicking my material https://t.co/cl672fWToo
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) November 10, 2024
Here’s what the man himself said later (never less than fair and balanced and all that).
I know I should read some of my exes before I put them out. I dictate them but I’m sure people understood what I meant by four bears good night all have a great Sunday. X
— James Whale MBE. (@THEJamesWhale) November 9, 2024
To conclude …
Remembering the sacrifices of our four bears. pic.twitter.com/QQewABarsl
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) November 10, 2024
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