Madeleine McCann: With Columnist Peter McKay
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THE COLUMNISTS
PETER McKAY (Mail):
MOST sightings of missing Madeleine McCann seem to involve Belgium and a paedophile ‘ring’ which might have kidnapped the child ‘to order’. Belgian police received more than 100 sightings, 30 of which required checking.
Do they?
But the latest - by British businessman Trevor Francis, 64 - was on the Venezuelan island of Margarita. Nursing home owner Francis, who keeps a yacht there, says a girl he thinks was ‘Madeleine’ came into a restaurant with three women - all of Latin origin - and had the telltale blemish in her right eye.
He did.
In one sighting, the girl involved said she was ‘Maddie’ and had been taken from her mother. Yet the McCanns say Madeleine was never known as ‘Maddie’ to them. It’s an abbreviation devised by newspapers so the name will fit headlines.
Posted: 11th, August 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (637) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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August 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
mic
August 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Totje,
I said Tina Turner because I have been to three of them
August 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
‘Say everybody have you seen my balls
they’re big and salty and brown.
If you ever need a quick pick me up
just stick my balls in your mouth’
Gone forever sadly - RIP Isaac
August 11th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
“can I pm you for a mo?”…..
…..sounds like one of the more lurid quotes from Cherie’s autobiog.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
But not Isaac Hayes….
August 11th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
lone can i pm you for a mo ?
August 11th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
More comebacks than Tina Turner? Frank Sinatra?
August 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
More comebacks than Tina Turner. That’s who
August 11th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
brandon flours Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Maybe some of us cant be bothered to get involved in 2 adults who are capable of arguing amongst themselves!
chase me!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
psst who ?
August 11th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Shhhhhhhh. She might be still hanging around. Bungee ropes aquiver
August 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
get enough of that at home
August 11th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Maybe some of us cant be bothered to get involved in 2 adults who are capable of arguing amongst themselves!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Totje
You are braver than me!
I was only brave enough to post on the last thread.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Totje Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Really charming to see how a poster gets abusive to another poster and everybody ignores it. Don’t you feel no shame?
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That sentence should apply to any poster Totje, who gives abuse.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Totje….. yes I agree with you but it is so often the case now.
So far there is no public reprimand… unlike Daisy whose comment was quite true. There are some on here who hate the mcCanns. They are of course entitled to, the same way some of us are entitled to NOT hate them.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Totje Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Really charming to see how a poster gets abusive to another poster and everybody ignores it. Don’t you feel no shame?
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What do you want “us” to do? They’re both grown-ups and can fend for themselves, I think. Involvement could mean escalation, and we don’t need that.
And there’s always Mods, if necessary
Good afternoon, b.t.w.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
when you have read the other threads i will accept your humble apologies
August 11th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
wtf Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
lone
You would have thought that they would discuss as a group what they were dong the next day, seems odd that the mccs kids were in the creche and the others had theirs with them
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There must be a wholy innocent explanation…
August 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Really charming to see how a poster gets abusive to another poster and everybody ignores it. Don’t you feel no shame?
August 11th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
to prove they’re not gay
to pass on their money
to keep up with their social circle
to have as fashion accessories
to please someone else.
years of nannying taught me this first hand
August 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I must admit that I salute couples who decide not to have children, because they know that in their life / lifestyle, kids don’t fit in. They are honest about themselves and about what they want, without inflicting misery on innocent little ones.
On the other hand, I have to really bite my tongue sometimes not to make remarks to some parents about the way they IMO neglect their kids, the way the young ones get ingnored time after time. It is just too much effort for some parents … why do they really have children, I wonder?
And on that note, I’m off to sleep.
Good Night all, happy posting.
August 11th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Does anyone watch ‘video jug cooking video s ?
August 11th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Julie Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
lone pigeon Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
A foxes bark will get the nerves tingling too
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You should try being in a camp in the middle of a massive National Park when a game ranger approaches and whispers : “Would you mind staying indoors tonight, we’ve just discovered a hole in the fence” ….. the last thing you really need to hear at precisely that time is the roar of a lion …. nerves tingle? No! You crap yourself
sounds awesome
August 11th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Gailen Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Daisy, cheer up. Jo is an hysterical poster and probably unbalanced. She just hates everybody who doesn’t think like she does.
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Thanks. She tries that with some posters all the time … and I have a giggle to myself at her explosive reactions. Like Ade would say …. “much fun”!
August 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
lone pigeon Says:
August 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
…. nerves tingle? No! You crap yourself 
A foxes bark will get the nerves tingling too
_________________________
You should try being in a camp in the middle of a massive National Park when a game ranger approaches and whispers : “Would you mind staying indoors tonight, we’ve just discovered a hole in the fence” ….. the last thing you really need to hear at precisely that time is the roar of a lion
August 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I cant even stand going for a meal or a communion type event with loads of friends,
people are more irritating when its a group, one to one tete a tetes ar much nicer.
Theres always the leaders/ control freaks and the undecideds/ finger uppers
August 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
coolandcalm
Selective parenting too imo
August 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
My worst nightmare would be a holiday with other couples. I can imagine nothing worse but I know lots do it…. I have friends who do it every year. 12 of them rent a villa, usually in the Caribbean and off they go. Nooooooo.
But… even those who do go on these strange multiple people holidays go off on their own during the day and socialise together in the evening. I would guess that was what the mcCanns and friends were doing? Selective socialising?
)
August 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Daisy, cheer up. Jo is an hysterical poster and probably unbalanced. She just hates everybody who doesn’t think like she does.