What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[Richard]

Watching Otway The Movie. The man is a genius.

 

Don't know who you're on about, sorry.

[strangeangel]

[Richard]

He must have spent a fortune on white shirts.

[AMC Rebel]

He must have spent a fortune on white shirts.

Indeed he must, but they would be amongst his more sensible purchases.  Buying a Bentley when he couldn't drive was proper Autoshite.

 

Apparently he ate his shirt on stage once.

[Cavcraft]

I thought the offer of a six foot fibreglass giraffe as a sawp for my Raleigh RSW with a chainsaw engine wouldn't be eclipsed this year. I was wrong.

 

 

 

 

Yep, it's a six foot high fibreglass Kung-fu panda.

[Mr A Lawrence]

That has to be, quite categorically, THE shittest thing I've seen so far in 2017 and I live near Rhyl which has its fair share of shit things

[Mr A Lawrence]

I thought the offer of a six foot fibreglass giraffe as a sawp for my Raleigh RSW with a chainsaw engine wouldn't be eclipsed this year. I was wrong.

 

 

 

 

Yep, it's a six foot high fibreglass Kung-fu panda.

That's mega!!

[fordperv]

Just got in from a fantastic day watching omg banger racing with mrs fp, her dad and grandad

[strangeangel]

That has to be, quite categorically, THE shittest thing I've seen so far in 2017 and I live near Rhyl which has its fair share of shit things

 

God knows Rhyl is far from perfect, but it's still 18920940975% better than one of the most dismal one hit wonders ever penned.

[Tamworthbay]

God knows Rhyl is far from perfect, but it's still 18920940975% better than one of the most dismal one hit wonders ever penned.

I thought Rhyl only existed as a, proof that things can always get worse and b, God can be a vengeful beggar when he chooses to be.

[AMC Rebel]

Maybe you had to be there at the time - I recommend the Otway film to anyone though - to me it's very much in the spirit of Autoshite.  

 

I'd also say that there have been way way more offensively shit one-hit wonders than that.

[Richard]

 

 

I'd also say that there have been way way more offensively shit one-hit wonders than that.

 

One was played on the radio a few minutes ago.

 

[seth]

Today's best idea (not mine I hasten to add but one I will no doubt be involved with)

Driving a Shorrock supercharger via a chain drive from a sprocket mounted between engine and flywheel.  It might just work...

[strangeangel]

One was played on the radio a few minutes ago.

 

 

On a par, certainly...

[Richard]

Tony Wilson picked this out as the sort of shit that punk rock was a reaction against.

 

[Pillock]

I know someone who would love that 6' Panda, if for whatever reason you end up with it in your possession Billy

[bramz7]

So....dropped a hint to my girlfriend about needing space for another car, and now I've only gone and got permission to park one at her parents house.

So looks like another ZX purchase beckons. Maybe.

 

 

Also I went to Slough today for the first time in ages. It's not changed one bit since I moved in 2002. Still run down (mostly), and oddly still quite a few old Japanese cars about. Not seen a mid 80s Camry and Laurel in the same area for a while... as well as a J reg Carina E and older Carina II on neighbouring driveways. All whilst riding as a passenger in a Yugo. 

[strangeangel]

Tony Wilson picked this out as the sort of shit that punk rock was a reaction against.

 

 

Yep, that's shit too, but based on that logic Tony Wilson would have hated John Otway's record as well.

[EssDeeWon]

I thought some people on here were quick to start a new thread when they have something to say or ask....  But I have just seen someone on the 75/ZT forum start a new thread to tell everyone that their car is looking dirty and needs a wash..  Fckin LOLZ!

[Cavcraft]

I know someone who would love that 6' Panda, if for whatever reason you end up with it in your possession Billy

 

Edinburgh zoo?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Just been watching some shit dancing programme on the telly. It was full of prime shite, a late 80's Caddy coupe and a dodgy black and white Caprice on 20" wires with a stick on blue light in one dance. But the best was a trio of Volvos, an Amazon, a 144 and a 240, all with no trim or windows.

In a clip from a previous week the Caddy was kept company by an orange Commodore (74ish) wonder what happens to these things Fter they've been jumped all over ?

[purplebargeken]

I liked Rhyl as a kid. Mind you I did live in Toxteth at the time.

 

Chernobyl would have been a step up in the world I imagine.

[Lankytim]

Halfords trade card OBTAINED.

[Tamworthbay]

I liked Rhyl as a kid. Mind you I did live in Toxteth at the time.

 

Chernobyl would have been a step up in the world I imagine.

I loved it as a kid as well, took our nipper last year (was picking up an exhaust for the Capri from just up the road) and could not believe what an utter shot hole it has become. Beach had dirty nappies on it and anywhere outside the 'green zone' of 100yds either side of the car park seemed to be infested with junkies. Food choice was burgers, burgers or.................. oh yeah burgers. And whilst I like a burger as much as the next man (unless he's a vegan) some choice would be nice. We stayed an hour and then headed off to an Iron Age hill fort near Oswestry which was far nicer.

[Station]

I used to go through Rhyl on the way to a mates and it didn't seem to be that bad.

The worst thing is the way the council let it get so bad for so long so they can sell off land occupied by decrepit b&bs to build grim, flat pack, towering luxury apartments and a sea front based supermarket.

[Sheefag]

One was played on the radio a few minutes ago.

 

 

Carole Bayer Sager is a very long way from being a one hit wonder....

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Bayer_Sager#Discography

 

Selected songs, with artist(s) known for performing them

• "Anyone At All" (Theme from You've Got Mail) -- Carole King
• Arthur -- "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", from Arthur) -- Christopher Cross
• "Best That You Can Do" (theme from Arthur) -- Christopher Cross
• "Better Off Alone" -- Shirley Bassey
• "Crazy" -- Neil Diamond
• "Don't Cry Out Loud" -- Melissa Manchester
• "Don't Say You Love Me" -- The Corrs
• "Ever Changing Times" -- Aretha Franklin
• "Everything Old Is New Again" -- Peter Allen
• "Fly Away" -- Peter Allen
• "Fool That I Am" (song from Coast to Coast -- Rita Coolidge
• "Front Page Story" -- Neil Diamond
• "Groovy Kind of Love -- Mindbenders and Phil Collins
• "Heartlight" -- Neil Diamond
• "How Do The Fools Survive" -- Doobie Brothers
• "I Never Loved You Anyway" -- The Corrs
• "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love") -- Rita Coolidge
• "I'm Guilty" -- Neil Diamond
• "It's The Falling In Love" -- Michael Jackson
• "Maybe" (Themes from Romantic Comedy and Making Love) -- Roberta Flack
• Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester
• "On My Own", duet with connection to "Sleep With Me Tonight" and "Need a Little Faith") -- Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
• "On The Way To The Sky" -- Neil Diamond
• "One Hello" (theme from I Ought to Be in Pictures) -- Randy Crawford
• "One Man" (co-written with Sager) -- Sheena Easton
• "Our Night" -- Shaun Cassidy
• "Past Forever" -- Agnetha Fältskog, of ABBA
• "The Prayer" (Theme from Quest for Camelot) -- Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli; Josh Groban & Charlotte Church
• Quest for Camelot theme ("The Prayer") -- Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli; Josh Groban & Charlotte Church
• "Someone Else's Eyes" -- Aretha Franklin
• "Starmaker" -- Judy Collins
• "Theme from ..." -- sorted alphabetically by titles of the films in question
• "Through the Eyes of Love" (Theme from Ice Castles) -- Judy Collins
• True Crime included music "Why Should I Care", associated with Diana Krall
• "Turn Around" -- Neil Diamond
• "We've Had Enough" -- Michael Jackson
• "When You Love Someone (Theme from Forget Paris)" -- Anita Baker
• "Why Should I Care" (written for True Crime) Diana Krall
• "You Are My Life" -- Michael Jackson
• You've Got Mail theme song, "Anyone At All" -- Carole King
• Melissa Manchester ("Midnight Blue", "Come In From The Rain", "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love)", etc..)
• Richard Marx ("Now and Forever")
• Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli ("The Prayer" (Theme from Quest for Camelot))
• Bette Midler ("Blueberry Pie", "My One True Friend (Theme from One True Thing)", etc...)
• Liza Minnelli ("More Than I Like You", "Don't Cry Out Loud")
• Dolly Parton ("You're the Only One", "Heartbreaker", "The Day I Fall In Love" (Theme from Beethoven's 2nd))
• Steve Perry ("I Stand Alone")
• Bernadette Peters ("Only Wounded", "Sweet Alibis")
• Kenny Rogers ("They Don't Make Them Like They Used To" (Theme from Tough Guys))
• Diana Ross (It's My Turn, "Come in from the Rain")
• Leo Sayer ("When I Need You")
• Frank Sinatra ("You and Me (We Wanted It All)")
• Carly Simon ("Nobody Does It Better (Theme from The Spy Who Loved Me)")
• Dusty Springfield ("Dream On", "Home to Myself", "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love", etc...)
• Rod Stewart ("That's What Friends Are For (closing theme from Night Shift)")
• Barbra Streisand ("Niagara", "Love Light", "You and Me for Always", "One More Time Around")
• Dionne Warwick ("Extravagant Gestures" "Love Power" "Stronger Than Before", etc...)
• Dionne & Friends (Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder) ("That's What Friends Are For")

Works for stage

• Georgy (1970) - musical - lyricist
• Dancin' (1978) - revue - featured lyricist for "If It Feels Good, Let It Ride" and "Easy"
• They're Playing Our Song (1979) - musical - lyricist
• Up in One (1979) - revue - featured songwriter
• The Madwoman of Central Park West (1979) - musical - featured songwriter
• Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (1987) - concert - featured songwriter
• The Boy from Oz (2003) - musical - featured songwriter with Peter Allen

 

[Richard]

She's had one record in the charts. Is that not what a one hit wonder is?

[andy18s]

We stayed an hour and then headed off to an Iron Age hill fort near Oswestry which was far nicer.

My old playground as a nipper

Is the adventure playground still there?

Used to have a Huge zipline running down the hill but I daresay health and safety have sorted that by now...

Rhyl always was the place to go when you bought a new car/bike and pose up and down the prom.......

[Vin]

A few years ago, John Otway performed in our local village hall. There was a weekend of fund raising events in the village and one of the organisers knew him.

 

He was fantastic.

 

You can't call him a one hit wonder. Two hit wonder maybe...

 

 

Worst one hit wonder ever is definitely 'I've never been to me' by Charlene. Pure vomit.

[michael1703]

Yesterday I was doing some work on the upstairs bathroom which is directly above the downstairs bathroom,had to put a stud wall up and as the house is Georgian and everything is on the piss I decided to put a header plate up and then a sole plate and make a stud frame to fit as the ceili had 20mm of drop over 750mm.

 

Screwed the sole plate down with some 4 inch screw and used the floorboard nail marks to pick up in the joists, all was good and sturdy.

 

Came down to have a shower this morning and laughed at the screws poking through the ceiling!