Timewaster Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: remember, British Steel on Teesside went on strike when the BBC put Hector's House on instead of Magic Roundabout.... and Simpsons was the one thing i did like to watch most days, so no, no not really! Well I never knew that, perhaps it was a case of strike first, think of a reason later. Silly Hectors. The Simpsons is great but there are some really lame episodes and they seem to be the ones they show over and over again. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 hours ago, MikeR said: the amount of shite I have moved from a house clearance , loaded car up last night to take clothes to work to dump in the collection box , but woke up at 2am remembering it was GONE !! , the BOX was gone and I had a stuffed full car to empty so more shite could go to a booked tip trip !!! got up at 7am , had breaky , first stop Tesco's and filled the collection dalek , went to work , came back and filled the car again with more clothes , happened to drive past another collection bin on the way home , stopped and filled that one up ..... got more shite from home and took it all the tip ..... in time for the 4pm booking went back to house clearance loaded up more stuff for work and did some painting ,,,,,, car might have its seats back up by Wednesday ........ You are working like a trogen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 agreed the newer Simpsons episodes are not as good as the older ones, BUT last week they have been showing some very old ones, including my all time favourite "Homers Enemy". goosey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: the newer Simpsons episodes are not as good as the older ones Given how long the Simpsons has been on air, they've just about covered every single possible topic and story line, so it's hardly surprising the new ones are a bit pants.. they've likely run out of ideas. Minimad5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, Talbot said: Given how long the Simpsons has been on air, they've just about covered every single possible topic and story line, so it's hardly surprising the new ones are a bit pants.. they've likely run out of ideas. I just pretend the Simpsons ended around season 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 They started off edgy, but have become bland. Hank Azaria has recently been abjectly apologizing for voicing the character of Apu, who has been removed from the show for being racist. It's as edgy as Sesame Street now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dozeydustman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 The Simpsons started to get stale in the early 2000s. Matt Groening kept Futurama at a good number of episodes, and as it's not shown that often so when I do see it I remember how good it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 35 minutes ago, MarvinsMom said: my all time favourite "Homers Enemy". Burns baby burns is my favorite. Series 8 episode 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, New POD said: You are working like a trogen. I think that's Trojan. I remember a big, bad, grumpy old Hector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 1 hour ago, MarvinsMom said: agreed the newer Simpsons episodes are not as good as the older ones, BUT last week they have been showing some very old ones, including my all time favourite "Homers Enemy". Is that the one with Frank Grimes? That one is brilliant, but my all time favourite is King Size Homer - every line in that one is pure gold. GrumpiusMaximus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Pieman said: Is that the one with Frank Grimes? That one is brilliant, but my all time favourite is King Size Homer - every line in that one is pure gold. MarvinsMom, Coprolalia, Pieman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 35 minutes ago, Pieman said: Is that the one with Frank Grimes? That one is brilliant, but my all time favourite is King Size Homer - every line in that one is pure gold. thats the one...... ....good ol' Grimey. Pieman, puddlethumper, wuvvum and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 "I live in a one room apartment above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley." There were some great lines in that episode. twosmoke300, cobblers and Amishtat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpiusMaximus Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 3 hours ago, dozeydustman said: The Simpsons started to get stale in the early 2000s. Matt Groening kept Futurama at a good number of episodes, and as it's not shown that often so when I do see it I remember how good it was. A surprisingly good analysis of what happened (in terms of the writing, etc.) is available here: I agree with pretty much every single word of this. It's definitely worth a watch. Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Sorry...know this is in an almost identical vein to recent grumps I've made...but it's this or I'm going to explode, sorry. Good people of Milton Keynes...a quick note to you, as coming out of lockdown seems to have caused you some confusion. You should still keep your distance from people where possible. You shouldn't be inviting a dozen of your friends around to a BBQ. You should STILL WEAR YOUR GODDAMNED MASKS. Also, please remember that just because you have had your vaccine doesn't mean that you cannot still get COVID, it just means that your body knows what to do if you do, so it's far less likely to result in you requiring hospitalisation. It also doesn't stop you from being able to carry it and transmit it to others. Excuse me now while I go and smash my head repeatedly against this steel reinforced concrete wall for a couple of hours. Seriously...if the rest of the country is behaving like what I've been seeing here since the middle of next week, we'll be back in lockdown by early May I'd guess. It's madness. Mask adherence was the biggest surprise for me. I had to go into Tesco briefly because they had fouled up our delivery and there were a couple of things that I really needed. I'd have put compliance at maybe 20% if that. It's always been bloody poor here...but the 60-70% I'd been seeing before looks like A+ good star behaviour compared to what I saw today. Equally...the Conservative Party can piss right off with their door-to-door hard sell sales tactics to try to win my vote in our next local election. After I'd politely asked them to leave for the third time they got the door slammed in their face. That sort of nonsense hacks me off at the best of times (we get a LOT of door knockers here), but it's absolute madness right now. Talbot, GrumpiusMaximus, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Given general human attitudes in the last few years and some of the things I have seen more recently (including something particularly vile I was shown by a friend yesterday which I won't detail here) my personal opinion is that the vast majority of humankind doesn't fucking deserve to survive this. DoctorRetro, GrumpiusMaximus and Supernaut 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Zelandeth said: Sorry...know this is in an almost identical vein to recent grumps I've made...but it's this or I'm going to explode, sorry. Good people of Milton Keynes...a quick note to you, as coming out of lockdown seems to have caused you some confusion. You should still keep your distance from people where possible. You shouldn't be inviting a dozen of your friends around to a BBQ. You should STILL WEAR YOUR GODDAMNED MASKS. Also, please remember that just because you have had your vaccine doesn't mean that you cannot still get COVID, it just means that your body knows what to do if you do, so it's far less likely to result in you requiring hospitalisation. It also doesn't stop you from being able to carry it and transmit it to others. Excuse me now while I go and smash my head repeatedly against this steel reinforced concrete wall for a couple of hours. Seriously...if the rest of the country is behaving like what I've been seeing here since the middle of next week, we'll be back in lockdown by early May I'd guess. It's madness. Nope don't agree with this, you are not going to catch it outdoors, there will be no further lockdowns, the majority of people vulnerable to covid have been jabbed, deaths are at an all time low, if you catch it its highly unlikely you'll die, its time to get on with our lives, maybe I should leave this for the coronavirus bedwetting thread though. grizgut, chadders, Mr Livered and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Pieman said: Given general human attitudes in the last few years and some of the things I have seen more recently (including something particularly vile I was shown by a friend yesterday which I won't detail here) my personal opinion is that the vast majority of humankind doesn't fucking deserve to survive this. 99% of us are just normal damaged human being trying to do our best. Its a tiny proportion of us that are really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, Jazoli said: Nope don't agree with this, you are not going to catch it outdoors, there will be no further lockdowns, the majority of people vulnerable to covid have been jabbed, deaths are at an all time low, if you catch it its highly unlikely you'll die, its time to get on with our lives, maybe I should leave this for the coronavirus bedwetting thread though. Somewhere there is a fine balance mate. Your post is optimistic and we all hope and even the agnostics are praying you are right, but it's not over YET. Would it hurt to continue to wear a mask? For balance, here's me and my Dad in his garden, the first time I've seen him since December 2019. The first time I've been to Wales since the same date. On balance we both have had jabs, my parents 2 jabs, didn't actually go in thier house, ate outdoors, used the garage toilet and drove to the beach for a walk in 2 cars. chaseracer, Rusty_Rocket, grizgut and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Yet you've got your arm around him and neither of you have a mask on. Doesn't that make a bit of a mockery of the precautions you took? I don't totally agree with Jazoli but his route is a far better one than being totally paranoid and ranting about people. Jazoli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazoli Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, New POD said: Somewhere there is a fine balance mate. Your post is optimistic and we all hope and even the agnostics are praying you are right, but it's not over YET. Would it hurt to continue to wear a mask? I'll wear a mask in a shop but that is it, if you think I'm going to wear one outside when the risk of transmission is infinitesimal you'd be mistaken, I see people driving around alone in their cars with masks on, I mean what the actual fuck? chadders, Mr Livered, Amishtat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, chadders said: Yet you've got your arm around him and neither of you have a mask on. Doesn't that make a bit of a mockery of the precautions you took? I don't totally agree with Jazoli but his route is a far better one than being totally paranoid and ranting about people. Not really* *Neither of us have been out in weeks. I had 2 self tests in the last 2 weeks before visiting. Or *Yes totally. I'm trying to kill him off. It's one or the other. chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, Jazoli said: I see people driving around alone in their cars with masks on, I mean what the actual fuck? They are trying not to touch the mask, before they go to another shop inside Perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 A case for a decision tree perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I got a text from my sister asking if I was still taking my mam for her COVID jab? Of course I’d forgotten and was still in bed (late shift last night) (and lazy) time of appointment 11:30 time of reminder message 11:00 location of appointment : the next county and I need to pick her up first we made it just 7 mins late, a bit more notice next time please ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Should have clarified...the issue with poor mask advice adherence was all related to indoor spaces. No issue with folks not wearing them outside unless you're talking about walking down Oxford Street in London in rush hour. Jazoli and myglaren 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 There's at least 3 people in the corridor outside my office having a socially distanced discussion. All have their own offices, and access to the internal phone system allowing multiple call participants. Shut up you fuckers, how am I supposed to have a nap with this going on??? beko1987, High Jetter, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Pieman said: ...my personal opinion is that the vast majority of humankind doesn't fucking deserve to survive this. This actually touches on the feeling I've always had that population reduction is the key to long-term survival of the planet, not just whatever green* ideas are currently fashionable. puddlethumper, Pieman and Rocket88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Humorous grump. 1. What the fuck is it with people giving their cars names. It seems to be getting worse if anything. Stop it. Stop it now. 2. I don't care how good they are, what their reputation is, how affordable they might be and what finance options are available. None of my cars will ever...ever...EVER Go to a fucking garage with a fucking comic sans fucking sign. Fuck. Off. Coprolalia, Leyland Worldmaster, myglaren and 13 others 5 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 I think I need to roffle Lionheart. sdkrc and Tickman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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