The grumpy thread

[overrun]

I loved the League of Gentlemen, miles better than little Britain. I do have a sick sense of humour though.

"Her name, what is her name?"

 

"His name is Justin (Justin)!"

 

Burying Justin under the flower bed with that snorkle to breathe from was the most disturbing part of that prog for me. Love it.

 

All the characters were epic.

[dugong]

YES!

 

In much the same way as "all cars made after 1986 are shit", most comedies after the era of Fawlty Towers are shit.

Maybe I am just a miserable cunt (no maybe about it really, I AM a miserable cunt) but comedies like Little Britain and the Leauge barely get a smirk from me....infact the few bits I have seen have just made me annoyed by the borderline offensive toilet humour.

The best I have seen recently is Peep Show which are all on Youtube...its rarely laugh out loud funny, but it kept me entertained.

Tie break: did you enjoy Spaced? I was most upset when that dire comedy survey placed it at 48/50.

 

League of Gentleman, The Mighty Boosh and Little Britain I struggled with.

 

Green Wing was fucking excellent and it had nothing to do with me fancying the arse off Sally Field - although I'm glad it ran for two series only; it wouldn't have been able to sustain itself for much longer.

[cort1977]

It was a public holiday here on Monday, by coincidence I needed a state inspection on the Mercedes.   Only place open was Jiffy Lube who are renowned as the Kwik Fit of America.   How bad can they be for a state inspection I thought?   Took it in, no problems and the car passed inspection, it’s an easy test but the emissions criteria are not so always a game of catalyst roulette.  

 

Filled up yesterday and found they have managed to break the rubber strap that holds the petrol cap.   It's not a big deal but made me grumpy because how hard is it to not do that?   Obviously they didn't tell me, if they had I would have likely said don't worry about it.

 

TL;DR - Jiffy Lube are shit.

[fordperv]

I also enjoyed the league of gentleman, one part that sticks in my head was the house rules

 

 

semen is such a persistent stain

[fordperv]

I am a bit peed off with continental UK, i ordered a set of uniroyal rainexperts for the saph through my mates tyre shop, he called them while I was there to confirm stock while ordering, apparently they had stock in my size, today comes when they were supposed to be delivered and no tyres, he called them to find out where they were and that's when he found out, he has done me a good deal on some yokohama though theyre coming in tomorrow so it's not all bad

[dave21478]

Tie break: did you enjoy Spaced? I was most upset when that dire comedy survey placed it at 48/50.

 

League of Gentleman, The Mighty Boosh and Little Britain I struggled with.

 

Green Wing was fucking excellent and it had nothing to do with me fancying the arse off Sally Field - although I'm glad it ran for two series only; it wouldn't have been able to sustain itself for much longer.

Yeah, Spaced was pretty good. It was a short run iirc, but then I think most series go on too long these days....They get to a point where its just dragging it out for the sake of it.

[Negative Creep]

Seems like all the best comedies have 2-3 seasons and perhaps the occasional special. Fast Show, Bottom, Alan Partridge, The Young Ones, The Office, Spaced, Mongrels, Father Ted etc. Blackadder had 4 but to be honest I never liked the first one. On the one hand it's good because it keeps the quality higher, but then again you just wish there could have been more.

 

 

My current favourite People Just Do Nothing has just started season 3, and really hope they make another one

[overrun]

Yeah, Spaced was pretty good. It was a short run iirc, but then I think most series go on too long these days....They get to a point where its just dragging it out for the sake of it.

 

2 series for Spaced. I have seen it fucking loads. 

[overrun]

BTW, it is SERIES, not SEASONS. 

[Honey Badger]

Main relays on Hondas, made using solder reclaimed from old bottle tops.

 

Needed to get my prescription from the chemist, drag my arse to the car, drive to the chemist and wait among the old and the sick, limp back out to the car and it wont start, leaving me to shuffle my way home, which thankfully isnt that far, I'll give it 2 hours then wander back round to it, where it will spring into life with no problems.

 

New one is £60 from the main dealers, being flexible enough to get under the dash to fit it is another matter at the moment.

 

Car is home, went back after an hour and it wouldn't start, called the RAC.

 

Before the RAC guy got there I took the lower dash panel off, unbolted the relay bracket and then failed to get a) the wiring plug off the bracket off the relay.

 

When the RAC guy turned up we tried to start it again with no success, he got the plug off the relay, split the case and looked at it in confusion for 10 min, decided it wasn't going to fix it's self and it needed replacing, so he would dolly the car back to my house.

 

He put it all back together and we gave it one last try before we towed it and it fired up and ticked over perfectly. 

 

The RAC guy was sound, as have all the RAC guys have been whenever I've had issues.

 

 

Whereabouts are you Honey Badger?

 

Northants, to be honest it wasn't too bad to get at, though I have a feeling the new one will be cable tied to the old one for ease of fitting.

[beko1987]

Just used someone's desk to pop something in a folder and saw a monthly invoice for 4 company cars (freelander, 2 pisshats and a golf) - £1,680 ex vat for a month all in! No wonder we only just scrape profit as a department every year, that's 4 out of about 16 too...

 

(The invoice had Grovsner on the letterhead, I thought it was someone's strip club/casino invoice they were trying to expense...

 

Me, nosy? Never...

[overrun]

Life.

[johngarty]

This guy swears by Jiffy Lube...

 

 

[Sheefag]

Northants, to be honest it wasn't too bad to get at, though I have a feeling the new one will be cable tied to the old one for ease of fitting.

 

Apologies, I was hoping you were going to say Surrey, Berks, London. We could have bodged this together between us.

[Parky]

Black Books and Father Ted anyone??

[overrun]

Black Books and Father Ted anyone??

 

They were great.

[Alexg]

Has anyone mentioned The Thick of It yet? Probably my favourite comedy of the last 10 years.

[Supernaut]

Black Books and Father Ted anyone??

 

Yes, to both.

 

I've seen Dylan Moran live. You realise he's really not trying to be Bernard Black, he just is.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Had medication review.

[beko1987]

I love Dylan Moran and black books (overwatched it all though so don't find it as funny anymore), and yes, his live shows are Bernard Black

 

I can't watch any of it without chain smoking though... Me and a mate went to see him live once, was amazing!

[dollywobbler]

Spaced was utterly brilliant. We like it so much we went to London to take part* in a Spaced Flash Mob in Trafalgar Square a few years back.

 

* By which I mean we stood and watched a huge crowd of people have an enormous mock gun battle in front of a preacher. To give him credit, he didn't break his rhythm at all.

[UmBongo]

BTW, it is SERIES, not SEASONS. 

 

BTW, I totally agree.

 

And its fillum, not movie and boot not trunk etc.

[overrun]

BTW, I totally agree.

 

And its fillum, not movie and boot not trunk etc.

 

This man knows the score.

Even me Mackem Dictionary says 'Fillum'.

[Mr A Lawrence]

Reeves and Mortimer and the Mary whitehouse experience were good in the day.

[doobietoo]

This should probably be in the Ebay Fuckwits thread but I'm grumpy so its here....Popped a cheeky bid on a 1951 A70 Hereford on Ebay... Got you are top bidder right up to the end, even got the Congratulations screen.... then it was gone and suddenly there was a higher bid... WTAF!!! unsurprisingly its been relisted... First grump ..put a fucking reserve on it, second grump how the fuck did I manage to win it and then not win it, third grump private listings .... a blatant invitation to shrill bid..... and breathe...

[captain_70s]

Arranged to rent a garage for a Leyland Princess I didn't end up buying. Told parents I was renting garage, they told me to move the 1300 out of their garage. I'm now paying £70 a month to store a car in a location where I can't actually carry out any repair work when I previously could for free...

 

Also I did a massive roadtrip of the Scottish Highlands because I hate my life but now its over and I still hate my life and it cost £200 and now I'll be in my overdraft by the end of the month. Also the Civic is broken from the roadtrip and the MOT runs out this month.

[fordperv]

your first mistake was telling them you were renting a garage

[Cavcraft]

BTW, I totally agree.

 

And its fillum, not movie and boot not trunk etc.

 

+1,000,000. Makes me effing fume when people say 'movies' and I'd also like to add 'MPV' 'sports utility vehicles' and all that other bollocks: saloon, hatchback, estate, people carrier, coupe or 4WD, please. 

[UmBongo]

WTF is the world coming to?

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37305050

[chaseracer]

And the problem is...?