MachoMachine Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/22/alton-towers-slammed-for-selling-t-shirts-emblazoned-with-the-slogan-ride-me-5258188/ Are people just trying to find more reasons to make people hate Alton Towers? 2edgy4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thorpe have been selling 'Ride Me' merch for years. Biggest non-story of the month. Well done media, well done. Kerfuffle and pognoi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 It's just a light-hearted pun, what is wrong with people these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/22/alton-towers-slammed-for-selling-t-shirts-emblazoned-with-the-slogan-ride-me-5258188/ Are people just trying to find more reasons to make people hate Alton Towers? 2edgy4u Oh no not another campaign. They work so well after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 After remembering my password I can finally put my two cents in. Firstly, those poor people, no one can imagine what they are going through and my greatest sympathies are with them. Secondly, at my work I have had the greatest pleasure in getting to view the headlines everyday of the past few weeks. After the way it was made out in the paper I'm surprised it only lasted less than a week in the actual news, not online but paper, that being said, I think the Sun had a lot of wasted ink. The headline 'Towers of Terror' was a great loss to the world of ink. I am not in anyway shocked at the mail, sun or express for their portrayal of this incident. The times and telegraph should know better. The sympathy for the victims in the papers was amazingly lacking. Well except the mail when they got the only exclusive interview. Now I am aware that the papers are positively cottage cheese but this time I'm not shocked at how they wrote the articles but I'm shocked at the lack of understanding and the lack of sympathy for those humans that had to go through was is and will be a very traumatic event. Way to go UK papers once again you have proved why other countries have the view they do of us. Ian-S and Han30 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 "Mr Horsley’s family believe the T-shirts contain deliberate sexual innuendo" SURELY NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/22/alton-towers-slammed-for-selling-t-shirts-emblazoned-with-the-slogan-ride-me-5258188/ Are people just trying to find more reasons to make people hate Alton Towers? 2edgy4u I saw this somewhere a couple of days ago and literally smacked myself round the head. The media are doing anything and everything they can to pull Alton Towers to pieces - they really should focus on more important "news" So, a man was offended when he saw the shirts? Christ on a bike, is there a need to start a fricking campaign? Perhaps he needs a hobby..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 He needs to get a life. Absolutely ridiculous complaint. Cal, Nffc and Kerfuffle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Perhaps he was just bitter at not being able to ride something himself, and took it out on the park. Strongly suggest he stays out of London this weekend, cos he'll be more than offended at some of the t-shirts on display there. HermanTheGerman, Marhelorpe, SteveJ and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pluk Posted June 22, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Two headlines on that actual page... 11 TRUTHS ABOUT SEX WITH YOUR HOUSEMATE 8 LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT MALE ORGASMS Suggestive indeed, on the site of a family paper. Where's the petition? BAN THIS FILTH! Also liked the (presumably) misprint... The garments were sported by Steve Horsley as his family enjoyed a day out at the park So outraged he decided to wear one then! MachoMachine, StealthRider, holtjammy16 and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Two headlines on that actual page... 11 TRUTHS ABOUT SEX WITH YOUR HOUSEMATE 8 LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT MALE ORGASMS Suggestive indeed, on the site of a family paper. Where's the petition? BAN THIS FILTH! Also liked the (presumably) misprint... So outraged he decided to wear one then! I thought it said "sported" but wasn't 100% sure - this post has made me laugh though....what delightful sounding articles mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 The papers want to keep the original story in the limelight, as such, any story relating to the park can be linked to the incident... Papers literally do this ALL the time, there's zero point getting aggravated over it, especially in this "Easily Offended" world we live in today... Personally, the shirts are pretty tacky, but he best not visit the Dungeons then, they have a "Well Hung" shirt in relation to Extremis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 I have a question; noticed on Sunday a further change to Oblivion and I don't understand why. I get the "This ride is perfectly safe..." stuff, makes sense. But in the station it has changed: "For some things there is so rational explanation, there is no way out, there is no happy ending to this story. Welcome to the unknown, welcome to eternal darkness, welcome...to...Oblivion..." "For some things there is so rational explanation, there is no way out, there is no happy ending to this story. Welcome to the unknown, welcome...to...Oblivion..." Why just remove that one line? The video shows the camera zooming out when he's talking so it just cuts to the next section. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 You'd think they would have removed the section about there being no happy ending to the story if they were removing stuff that someone felt could be insensitive to the Smiler victims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 They can't, they're busy elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Why not cover the entire thing with rainbows and fluffy pink clouds with unicorns while they're at it? I take no shame in confessing I want this ride. Someone make this ride happen. RubyRed95, pluk and pognoi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC! Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Very sad news, BBC news has confirmed along with her lawyers that Vicky Balch has had her leg amputated below the knee. I hope she gets the best treatment possible and make as swift a recovery as she can, poor soul http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-33296533 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 This is very sad news, and apparently she was also a dancer too which this incident without doubt has shred that in tatters. I hope she has a speedy recovery. Apparently Vicky & Leah were both in the front middle seats when the car collided. I can see Smiler having a mid season reopening now with the way things have gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted June 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 That's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted June 26, 2015 Report Share Posted June 26, 2015 Dreadful news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 Really sad news - she had gone through a lot to try and save the leg to no avail, poor girl. As I've said before, I can't even begin to imagine what it must feel like to lose a limb but I wish her and all the others injured that day the best possible future after what they have been through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 This news is very upsetting and knowing many people who want to be dancers when they are older (I just do it for fun) I know that would destroy a career in whatever dancing she does (unless it's wheelchair dancing). I hope her recovery is fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'm sure she's said she's not actually a dancer. MachoMachine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam T Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 It was confirmed on Twitter via herself and a friend that she doesn't do dancing as a career, that's just something the media picked up on to make the story sound more dramatic. Thoughts are with friends, family and Vicky & Leah during this difficult time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 It seems the crash has had one positive impact on one of the victims! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alton-towers-joe-pugh-says-5962839 Celia Mae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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