THE DAILY MAIL - there may be some good to come from it...

[terrymendez]

Having recently crossed paths with a very thick rich man I have come to the following conclusion.

Daily Mail readers are given each day a “shelf life”. They are given opinions and are even given a piss easy crossword to make them feel good. They are often Tories, cos rich people vote Tory – why? – cos the mail says so….

The majority of Daily Mail readers are cash rich non professionals, their money is mainly due to the property boom and are looking for something to spend it on.

Now my point is;

1) Anything fed to DM readers is taken on board with a worrying degree of seriousness.
2) They have some cash floating about...

By now you may have guessed I am talking from experience….yes the in laws.

I tested my theory out. Whilst they were packing to go to the Villa in Spain and worrying that they wouldn’t be able to but real bread, I threw in the fact that everyone was buying LAP TOP SAFES to store lap tops in at home while they were on holiday.

WTF is a lap top safe….I have no idea, I made it up.

HER “ really – do you think I should get one”

ME “yes”

HER “how much are they”

ME “£100”

HER “can you get me one?”

Point proved.


So is there anything DM readers would not be fooled into?

I think that anything placed in a small add has a small chance of being purchased, and with 3.5 million DM readers a day, there is a killing to be made.

Is it fair that the Daily Mail can brainwash our venerable elders If it is ok then why we don’t all get involved…..

 

[The Large One]

Get them to buy a bottle of 'Magyaway'. A magic potion that eradicates all bloody sponging immigrants from eastern Europe from our beautiful shores. It only costs 25 Euros / 6,500 Forints.

 

[terrymendez]

Wicked, if you can get a case load we can put an add in the Mail on Sunday, we will be millionaires by Monday morning..

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Ideas are floated in the Mail to see what the consensus of opinion is , if it takes off then it will become a government policy.

 

[smudge]

It has to be said, the DM is my fave for sport. Paul Hayward, (Albion fan) and Patrick Collins are always spot on. Not forgetting it was the home of the greatest sports writer ever, Ian Wooldridge.
I get the Mail & the Argus, but have been known to check out the Times now & again.

 

[Nibble]

Having recently crossed paths with a very thick rich man I have come to the following conclusion.

Daily Mail readers are given each day a “shelf life”. They are given opinions and are even given a piss easy crossword to make them feel good. They are often Tories, cos rich people vote Tory – why? – cos the mail says so….

The majority of Daily Mail readers are cash rich non professionals, their money is mainly due to the property boom and are looking for something to spend it on.

Now my point is;

1) Anything fed to DM readers is taken on board with a worrying degree of seriousness.
2) They have some cash floating about...

By now you may have guessed I am talking from experience….yes the in laws.

I tested my theory out. Whilst they were packing to go to the Villa in Spain and worrying that they wouldn’t be able to but real bread, I threw in the fact that everyone was buying LAP TOP SAFES to store lap tops in at home while they were on holiday.

WTF is a lap top safe….I have no idea, I made it up.

HER “ really – do you think I should get one”

ME “yes”

HER “how much are they”

ME “£100”

HER “can you get me one?”

Point proved.


So is there anything DM readers would not be fooled into?

I think that anything placed in a small add has a small chance of being purchased, and with 3.5 million DM readers a day, there is a killing to be made.

Is it fair that the Daily Mail can brainwash our venerable elders If it is ok then why we don’t all get involved…..

I hate the Daily Mail but to be honest that isn't such an unbelievable lie is it? People are getting laptop safes.
Did you expect them to say "thats a lie".
Why would they not believe you?

 

[Clothes Peg]

I actively encouraged my parents to read the DM. They used to get the Express and I got so fed up with either Madeleine or Princess Diana smirking at me on the front cover. I'd rather look at some "illegal immigrants sponging off our benefits".

 

[terrymendez]

I personally would say it was a ridiculous call and make a simple call to my insurance company to confirm my laptop was covered . That would be sufficient for me. Does anyone use a safe in their own home these days?

Ok so they may make them, but are they needed for a home computer which holds a few holiday snaps and more spam jokes than you can care to imagine...?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I personally would say it was a ridiculous call and make a simple call to my insurance company to confirm my laptop was covered . That would be sufficient for me. Does anyone use a safe in their own home these days?

My folks do. Firstly it is fireproof, which would certainly save a lot of hassle/heartache if they were unfortunate enough to have a fire and obviously burglar proof.

 

[Silent Bob]

I actively encouraged my parents to read the DM. They used to get the Express and I got so fed up with either Madeleine or Princess Diana smirking at me on the front cover. I'd rather look at some "illegal immigrants sponging off our benefits".

They usually save that fr the inside of the express.

 

[Nibble]

It is not the idea of a laptop safe that I disagree with. I'm saying that it is not really an unbelievable lie is it? It is like saying I saw a road acident this morning. Why would anyone disbelieve you. It doesn't illustrate the point you are making.

 

[Tooting Gull]

It has to be said, the DM is my fave for sport. Paul Hayward, (Albion fan) and Patrick Collins are always spot on. Not forgetting it was the home of the greatest sports writer ever, Ian Wooldridge.
I get the Mail & the Argus, but have been known to check out the Times now & again.

Brave man. Sit back and watch the howls of derision.

It seems this thread initially at least was more having a go at the readers rather than the paper itself - which, whether you agree with the politics or not, is without any question a runaway success story.

Compared to other papers the Mail has for years invested heavily in editorial, that means the best writers and more of them, not to mention poaching a lot of the best production staff from rivals.

They know exactly what their readership is and thinks - very rare. And they play to it shamelessly, pushing all the right buttons on the issues of the day. It is far more powerful than its critics give it credit for, and like the Sun is an election-winning/losing paper.

So who are the readers? I'd go along to a certain extent with the 'self-made, new money' theory advanced earlier - but the Mail has tried to make itself THE paper for both the career woman, and the reasonably well-off housewife, with everything loaded towards that.

It is also the respectable paper that is read by people who would like to read the Sun, but feel they can't for reasons of appearance and don't want to read a broadsheet.

 

[Cian]

I'd rather gouge my eyes out than read the Hate Mail, the Irish version is effectively the UK version with added Polish-hatred; barely covers the Irish news effectively.

 

[Easy 10]

I bought The Mail on holiday the other week, as it was the only english paper left in the rack (all the Suns had already been sold, which tells its own story). I was pleasantly surprised, it actually had some mildly interesting articles and essays, and as Smudge said, the sports section was excellent.

No tits though.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I generally read the Times or Telegraph and I read the Independant today in Waitrose coffee shop, and I was actually quite impressed. I actually learned some things which I don't think is something I'd ever achieve from reading the Mail.

 

[Cian]

I bought The Mail on holiday the other week, as it was the only english paper left in the rack (all the Suns had already been sold, which tells its own story). I was pleasantly surprised, it actually had some mildly interesting articles and essays, and as Smudge said, the sports section was excellent.

No tits though.

I've been stuck buying The Maddy Express or the Torygraph before, the Irish Times is now decent circulated across Europe though, thank f***.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

No tits though.

Strange. I thought there would be at least one reference or picture of Gordon Brown.

 

[Silent Bob]

No tits though.

What about Richard Littlejohn?

 

[smudge]

You never get a nipple in the Daily Express

Jon Cooper Clarke

 

[readingstockport]

I personally would say it was a ridiculous call and make a simple call to my insurance company to confirm my laptop was covered . That would be sufficient for me. Does anyone use a safe in their own home these days?

Do oyu have a will? Where is it held and do you keep a copy? In which case a fire safe could come in very handy. I have no issue with people having safes in their houses.

I would NEVER EVER have a daily mail in my house though