Madeleine McCann: The McCanns’ Return To Portugal, A Year Of Looking And Ben Affleck
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THE SUN: “McCanns risk arrest over visit”
KATE and Gerry McCann may risk arrest by returning to Portugal for the one-year anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance.
The couple are prepared to take the chance in a last ditch attempt to revive interest in four-year-old Maddie, missing since May 3.
Any facts?
The doctors, both 39, left the Praia da Luz resort last September – 48 hours after being made official suspects over the mystery.
Gerry and Kate McCann are Doctors. Such are the facts.
Says the McCanns’ spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: “They want to be there for the first anniversary. Going out there would send the strongest possible message that Madeleine could still be alive and the search for her should continue.”
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: “Turning the tabloids”
Ben Affleck is Gone Baby Gone:
Almost as troublesome was the story’s unforeseen and unintended resemblance to a real-life case of child kidnapping that hit the headlines in the months it was being filmed. That was the disappearance in Portugal last year of British girl Madeleine McCann, who was of a similar age and appearance to the film’s kidnapping victim and had a name eerily similar to the character in the Lehane novel, Amanda McCready.
McCready has disappeared amid the squalor of her south Boston neighbourhood. The police are out in formation, as are the television news vans, antennas raised high, all but trembling for blood.
Madeleine McCann: That’s entertainment
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April 5th, 2008 at 10:37 am
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Mic
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I’d love to know how the Sun found out about this. From the “sighter”, or from somewhere else.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:34 am
DCB,
That’s probably becuse it’s complete tosh, and there’s not a lot happening in other ‘news’ stories today.
Nothing happening in Zimbabwe (not that The Stun could spell it…), no juicy murders or scandals, and no football results yet.
What do they fall back on? Ah yes……
April 5th, 2008 at 10:31 am
790
jo Says:
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Odd - she reported it on 7 March and there has been nothing in the papers about it.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:28 am
792
Mic
I can’t wait for tomorrow, tommorow, tomorrow, tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s another day, allegedly
April 5th, 2008 at 10:26 am
791 Gloria..
She didn’t have a shaggy dog and an annoying tendency to burst into song, did she?
Police are now looking for a baldheaded abductor with an asian sidekick, and are keen to interview Albert Finney.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:21 am
790 jo
The Sun article says
“… I spotted a litte girl with curly red hair … ”
???
April 5th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Good morning all
Here we go again …this time in tenerife
They will NOT stop up to the last moment
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/maddie/article1003166.ece
April 5th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Carmen
I promise not to mention the ironing. Again. Ever.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Mic 787… I seem to moderate between the whole lot of em in our house! Moderator, peacemaker, whatever! Like being in the UN Peacekeeping Corps sometimes.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Greetings pop-pickers.
Funny that…. Mrs Mic acts as a moderator in our marriage. She doesn’t know it… but believe me, she does!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:37 am
I better go before I clock up my 100 before 10 —- Chaterlaine will be annoyed
Bloody work!
Bye mods and all
April 5th, 2008 at 9:36 am
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DuncanR Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:34 am e
774 -Carmen
….. you’ll get called biased ……. whether you are or not.
You’ll be called a nasty bitch, be accused of not liking some people, be accused of liking other people, ignored, abused, oh, and I almost forgot, unpaid…….
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You describing life as a Moderator - or a wife?
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I flit between the two seamlessly and never notice the transition.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:34 am
774 -Carmen
….. you’ll get called biased ……. whether you are or not.
You’ll be called a nasty bitch, be accused of not liking some people, be accused of liking other people, ignored, abused, oh, and I almost forgot, unpaid…….
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You describing life as a Moderator - or a wife?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Duncan
This thread is full of record breaking stuff…..Cheryl apologised, well almost, nearly, marginally to SteveO earlier. Nearest thing to an apology I’ve ever seen.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Duncan
Thank you
It was the previous evening, but I understand why you must have been distracted
But then the next morning……I thought I had done something!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:30 am
775
brandon flours Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 am e
But we have gotten to know eachother over the last few months, its hard not to chat and catch up, although on breaking news days it is best avoided.
On slow news days its harmless…..
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A very perceptive comment, if I may say so.
We do understand that, and we are lenient in that direction.
Our problem is that when the ‘deliberate disruptors’ arrive and try to drown out discussion of any news worthy points, and we step in to moderate, they immediately shout ‘oh, but the whole thread is full of irrelevant comments, why are you picking on me’?
Then we have to bite our tongue when the inevitable groupies crawl out of the wood work and say ‘what happened to so and so, I really liked them, there’s no free speech on Anorak anymore’………takes the patience of a saint sometimes!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:29 am
769 - brandon flours
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Had to go to work yesterday morning. Thought you had already gone when I said hello to steve. Sorry to have missed you out!
(Blimey, girl. That’s two apologies you’ve wrung out of me this morning - without even using the thumbscrews. Definately, moderator potential there !!!!)
April 5th, 2008 at 9:27 am
IGS………. I think one picks up spam etc by clicking on links directly OR opening attachments without screening. I never do that, can be far too dangerous. (learnt my lesson after a virus several years ago).
Best to cut and paste the link.
I doubt anyone here would bother to harvest addresses to send spam….. for that to be worthwhile someone would need zillions of addresses so the harvesting is automated.
Best not to accuse randomly.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
IGS
Oh I know them ones
To be fair, I havent given him my email, and i have had viruses and porn too
I blame just_me !
Shes a nympho
joke
April 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
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brandon flours Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:10 am
IGS
Blimey how many has he got?
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2 at least
April 5th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Carmen
I had 20 years training for it
April 5th, 2008 at 9:22 am
But we have gotten to know eachother over the last few months, its hard not to chat and catch up, although on breaking news days it is best avoided.
On slow news days its harmless…..
April 5th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Brandon
Don’t worry about it, you’ll get called biased (by both sides) whether you are or not.
You’ll be called a nasty bitch, be accused of not liking some people, be accused of liking other people, ignored, abused, oh, and I almost forgot, unpaid…….
It’s a great life if you can stand it.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Carmen…. George Harrison was relevant… Anorak put the sketch of him up.
What do you mean it wasn’t him? Ooowww.
Football certainly isn’t (IMO!) or the sex life of headless chickens!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:19 am
carmen
April 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am
If you fancy taking over as a moderator, I’ll wager he’ll talk to anyone!!!!!!!
April 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I think I would be too biased
April 5th, 2008 at 9:17 am
duncan r
Are you talking to me today then?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:16 am
761 - brandon flour
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My abject apology. You are quite right to rebuke me
P.S. You’re showing signs of being a natural as a Moderator. Fancy a job?
April 5th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Brandon
You’ll moderate Anorak for me?
Deal, and I’ll give you a bonus.
Sucker……..