Sentences with phrase «like town criers»

Window shoppers, like town criers, feel a sense of social obligation to be on Facebook but rarely post personal information.
Like town criers from days of yore, «they're pushing out information.»
So he announced it like a town crier.

Not exact matches

Ed Miliband, on a victory walkabout in Southampton, was so stunned he broke off his prepared speech to supporters to intone solemnly, «Friends, I bring news from Scotland», which unfortunately made him look less like a PM - in - waiting and more like a 17th - century town crier.
It's more like Ye Olde Medieval Village, with its idiots and town criers,» he writes, adding later, «Why are there prizes in art?
Fat Mouth News was certainly memorable, and I liked that it was a take on the concept of the town crier,» he said.
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