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Re: "swivel eyed" loon, MI5 character assassination circa 1990/91
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Murff
May 19, 2013, 2:38:00 PM5/19/13
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On Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:54 +0100, MI5.Victim wrote:
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description "swivel
> eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK.
Sorry, Mike, but it is fairly common - albeit more often applied to those
of a left-wing persuasion. "Swivel-eyed commie" for example. You probably
heard or overheard it and assumed it was being applied to you.
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Murff...
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description "swivel
> eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK.
Sorry, Mike, but it is fairly common - albeit more often applied to those
of a left-wing persuasion. "Swivel-eyed commie" for example. You probably
heard or overheard it and assumed it was being applied to you.
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Murff...
Andy Burns
May 19, 2013, 2:43:59 PM5/19/13
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MI5.V...@privacy.net wrote:
> The real question is whether "swivel eyed" is common currency. I did
> a quick google, which only showed the most recent references.
Plenty of hits in prior years
<http://google.co.uk/search?q=swivel+eyed&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A01%2F01%2F2013>
> The real question is whether "swivel eyed" is common currency. I did
> a quick google, which only showed the most recent references.
Plenty of hits in prior years
<http://google.co.uk/search?q=swivel+eyed&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A01%2F01%2F2013>
thirty-six
May 19, 2013, 3:10:39 PM5/19/13
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On 19 May, 18:14, MI5.Vic...@privacy.net wrote:
> currently 18:05 19/05/2013
>
> Today is Sunday. Two days ago, Friday, the UK national media ran
Ah, that's where you went wrong.
Just don't read, watch or listen to the the crap, they'll self
destruct without you having to get agitated over their nonsense.
> story about Lord Feldman, the co-chairman of the Conservative Party,
did he blow out all the candles?
> who may have described
> Torty activsts as "swivel eyed loons".
I don't care for it either way.
>
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> "swivel eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK. Thing
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
seems like it means you are mesmerised, your thoughts and actions
under the control of a different soul.
>
> I might of course be wrong with this. The real question is whether
listen to me...
> currently 18:05 19/05/2013
>
> Today is Sunday. Two days ago, Friday, the UK national media ran
Ah, that's where you went wrong.
Just don't read, watch or listen to the the crap, they'll self
destruct without you having to get agitated over their nonsense.
> story about Lord Feldman, the co-chairman of the Conservative Party,
did he blow out all the candles?
> who may have described
> Torty activsts as "swivel eyed loons".
I don't care for it either way.
>
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
seems like it means you are mesmerised, your thoughts and actions
under the control of a different soul.
>
> I might of course be wrong with this. The real question is whether
> "swivel eyed" is common currency. I did a quick google, which only
> showed the most recent references.
just watch the glinting fob-watdh swing to and fro and listen to me,
> showed the most recent references.
listen to me...
thirty-six
May 19, 2013, 3:15:50 PM5/19/13
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> Today is Sunday. Two days ago, Friday, the UK national media ran a
> story about Lord Feldman, the co-chairman of the Conservative Party,
> who may have described
> Torty activsts as "swivel eyed loons".
unless, is it time for Wibbled-on?
> Torty activsts as "swivel eyed loons".
>
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> "swivel eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK. Thing
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
>
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> "swivel eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK. Thing
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
>
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Richard Tobin
May 19, 2013, 8:14:04 PM5/19/13
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In article <oh1ip8d88j6tsbph5...@4ax.com>,
-- Richard
<MI5.V...@privacy.net> wrote:
>I might of course be wrong with this. The real question is whether
>"swivel eyed" is common currency.
The OED has quotations from Dickens and Conan Doyle.
>I might of course be wrong with this. The real question is whether
>"swivel eyed" is common currency.
-- Richard
Brian Gaff
May 20, 2013, 2:51:10 AM5/20/13
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Back when I was a young un, there were numerous specially built dummies and
even pictures which seemed to have eyes that followed you as you moved past.
Obviously a trick of some sort.
Brian
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even pictures which seemed to have eyes that followed you as you moved past.
Obviously a trick of some sort.
Brian
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Andy Burns
May 20, 2013, 4:30:38 PM5/20/13
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MI5.V...@privacy.net wrote:
> (Richard Tobin) wrote:
>
>> The OED has quotations from Dickens and Conan Doyle.
>
> Can you produce a URL? The oed.com website seems to require a signup
> process.
OED login probably available with your library membership number with
suitable prefix
swivel-eyed adj. squint-eyed, squinting.
1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper I. 21 Some witch or fairy..must
have stolen away her own child..and left this swivel-eyed elf in his place.
1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiv. 244 Your blue-coated,
gold-braided, swivel-eyed, quarter-deckers."
> (Richard Tobin) wrote:
>
>> The OED has quotations from Dickens and Conan Doyle.
>
> process.
OED login probably available with your library membership number with
suitable prefix
swivel-eyed adj. squint-eyed, squinting.
1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper I. 21 Some witch or fairy..must
have stolen away her own child..and left this swivel-eyed elf in his place.
1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xxiv. 244 Your blue-coated,
gold-braided, swivel-eyed, quarter-deckers."
k.r.j...@excite.com
May 22, 2013, 7:12:44 AM5/22/13
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On Sunday, 19 May 2013 18:14:54 UTC+1, MI5.V...@privacy.net wrote:
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> "swivel eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK. Thing
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
Yup. If you listen to that 1959 favourite, "The Railroad Runs Through the Middle of the House" you can hear an MI5 Secret Agent in the background playing the maraccas and singing
> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description
> "swivel eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK. Thing
> is, it's a "key phrase" with which MI5 were
> tormenting me with in 1990/91. If I remember correctly, it was a pop
> music radio programme which voiced the phrase, over 20 years ago.
Oh...
Mike Corley is a swivel-eyed loon,
A swivel-eyed loon, a swivel-eyed loon
We'll cut his head off very very soon
'Cause Corley's a swivel-eyed loon.
Ken Johnson
Fevric J. Glandules
May 24, 2013, 5:24:17 PM5/24/13
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Murff wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:54 +0100, MI5.Victim wrote:
>
>> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description "swivel
>> eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK.
>
> Sorry, Mike, but it is fairly common - albeit more often applied to those
> of a left-wing persuasion.
Really? I always associate it with the right-wing.
> On Sun, 19 May 2013 18:14:54 +0100, MI5.Victim wrote:
>
>> The curious thing about this item is the use of the description "swivel
>> eyed". I don't know if it is commonly used in the UK.
>
> Sorry, Mike, but it is fairly common - albeit more often applied to those
> of a left-wing persuasion.
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Richard Robinson
May 29, 2013, 3:08:58 PM5/29/13
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Sn!pe said:
> What about the any wing that will have us wing?
You're allright, you have them to choose from.
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html
You're allright, you have them to choose from.
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html
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