The grumpy thread

[retrogeezer]

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I have to admit I'm a bit of a fan of Dr Alice Roberts from Coast...

Oh - yes please!!

 

[Pete-M]

  retrogeezer said:

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I have to admit I'm a bit of a fan of Dr Alice Roberts from Coast...

Oh - yes please!!

+1 I definately would.

[pogweasel]

+ another 1I would. Repeatedly.

[dollywobbler]

Yup, the old men have taken to lechery with aplomb. Dr Alice Roberts is a definite honey. I adore clever women - mix in some hippyish tendencies and I'm completely ga-ga!Which is why I married a Doctor myself - one who now owns a hippy wagon!

[outlaw118]

Hey Mr Pog, if you join faceache, remember theres an Autoshite page.Then you can be my friend, and I'll tell you what I had for dinner.

[Father Ted]

  dollywobbler said:

Which is why I married a Doctor myself - one who now owns a hippy wagon!

Fuck, I missed the boat there. Once trapped off with a very nice but terribly hairy SHO in maternity - blew her out and married the poor, not at all hipyish but altogether sexier and less hairy nurse instead. She hates automotive shite. Hippy doctor went off to the Gambia in a camper

[brammy777]

Sorry to change the subjectbut I had the most frustrating and even terrifying bus journey today6 or 7, how do i put it, pikeys around the age of 30-35 were on the bus and thought it would be awfully nice of them to take the piss out of me constantly.I couldnt get my phone out as i would no doubt have been mugged.Im not one to stereotype either, it would have happened.I couldnt take it in the end, and got off the bus about 6 miles early and phoned for a lift.Annoying as i had been going through basingstoke for the best part of 2 hours by myself trying to find shite, and no one gave me any hassleBut as soon as i get on where i feel safe, i get abused.Seems, that if you want to appear different, you have to pay for it with constant abuse. meh.

[Pete-M]

  brammy777 said:

Seems, that if you want to appear different, you have to pay for it with constant abuse. meh.

That is the way of the world though, fella. Everyone gets grief for something, some people dress to attract abuse. Goths tend to dress to attract it.

[brammy777]

well rest assured i am no goth.Its no doubt my hair length, its not short.They kept pestering me to roll them a wacky fag, not getting myself involved with thaaat thanks.

[Pete-M]

Goths piss me right off. Can't abide militant Goths. The vegetarian fuckers with the lip-rings and make up who all dress near identically whilst listening to System of a Down and Cradle of Filth "because I don't want to be like everyone else" whilst complaining that it's difficult to get a job which doesn't involve removing 400kg of surgical steel from their faces and covering up their Marilyn Manson tattoos. The ones with the huge great holes in their ears make me laugh out loud. Great idea that. Start off with an ear-ring then force bigger things in until you can get a 4" hoop mounted in the ear. Classy. Shame Bet Lynch didn't think of that one.It's a good job they're mainly suicidal, it keeps their numbers down.

[Mr H Sceptre]

  Hirst said:

The main thing with comedy is that you can't overuse something - everything has limited mileage. Unfortunately, some people will latch onto certain characters or quotes and they become popular. Because they're well-loved parts of the show, it's difficult to then phase them out, but they'll only be less and less funny as time goes on, especially if the character is very one-dimensional. The show then ends up stuck in a rut - got to keep the popular characters/gags or most of the audience won't bother watching it anymore. So there's less room to add anything new and the rest of the show is just more of the same.To me, The Fast Show had a brilliant first series and gradually got more bogged down. But also I didn't think Little Britain was that great in the first place, so I'm surprised they've managed to keep it going this long really.

Catch 22 my friend

[outlaw118]

Ah, y'see me old chum Pete, thats yer "emo" kidz that are depressed and want to cut themselves up, sitting in the dark, whining, about how they hate themselves, and their life is shit. I know this as my 12 year old neice announce a couple of months back that she is one.

This is 6 months after she proffessed to be a goth; I lent her "Vision Thing" by the Sisters Of Mercy, she soon went off that idea.

Goths are similar, but have a more rounded outlook. They tend to hate everyone, who isn't like them, an "individual". Like its really fucking clever to dye your hair black, and glower at people, and listen to Slipknot.*

You're not doing anything new or impressive....some 20 years ago, I had hair more than halfway down my back, and decided that the black jeans and T-shirt look was "cool" and "individual". Until I went to see Metallica, and everyone else was dressed like me.

 

*And don't get me started on Slipknot, the band all da "metal" kidz love, who I believe to have been formed soley for the purpose of pissing off middle class mummies and daddies. They're a bit shit to be honest. And they're not THAT heavy....try "City" by Strapping Young Lad, and don't come crying to me when your eardrums have exploded....

Now THATS heavy metal!!!! (This is one of their more melodic tunes...)

[brammy777]

  outlaw118 said:

Ah, y'see me old chum Pete, thats yer "emo" kidz that are depressed and want to cut themselves up, sitting in the dark, whining, about how they hate themselves, and their life is shit. I know this as my 12 year old neice announce a couple of months back that she is one.This is 6 months after she proffessed to be a goth; I lent her "Vision Thing" by the Sisters Of Mercy, she soon went off that idea.Goths are similar, but have a more rounded outlook. They tend to hate everyone, who isn't like them, an "individual". Like its really fucking clever to dye your hair black, and glower at people, and listen to Slipknot.*You're not doing anything new or impressive....some 20 years ago, I had hair more than halfway down my back, and decided that the black jeans and T-shirt look was "cool" and "individual". Until I went to see Metallica, and everyone else was dressed like me.*And don't get me started on Slipknot, the band all da "metal" kidz love, who I believe to have been formed soley for the purpose of pissing off middle class mummies and daddies. They're a bit shit to be honest. And they're not THAT heavy....try "City" by Strapping Young Lad, and don't come crying to me when your eardrums have exploded....

Now THATS heavy metal!!!! (This is one of their more melodic tunes...)

Yeh i went through that phase, its like a crossroad what 'stereotype' you become when your 14. Generally, lasts no longer than a year.I just dress in what i like now, its easier haha.Respect for the SYL outlaw, although i prefer the song 'Love'

[outlaw118]

Cheers, there was a tough choice to be made, but I thought Detox is one of the more melodious.....

[Guest]

  brammy777 said:

  outlaw118 said:

Ah, y'see me old chum Pete, thats yer "emo" kidz that are depressed and want to cut themselves up, sitting in the dark, whining, about how they hate themselves, and their life is shit. I know this as my 12 year old neice announce a couple of months back that she is one.This is 6 months after she proffessed to be a goth; I lent her "Vision Thing" by the Sisters Of Mercy, she soon went off that idea.Goths are similar, but have a more rounded outlook. They tend to hate everyone, who isn't like them, an "individual". Like its really fucking clever to dye your hair black, and glower at people, and listen to Slipknot.*You're not doing anything new or impressive....some 20 years ago, I had hair more than halfway down my back, and decided that the black jeans and T-shirt look was "cool" and "individual". Until I went to see Metallica, and everyone else was dressed like me.*And don't get me started on Slipknot, the band all da "metal" kidz love, who I believe to have been formed soley for the purpose of pissing off middle class mummies and daddies. They're a bit shit to be honest. And they're not THAT heavy....try "City" by Strapping Young Lad, and don't come crying to me when your eardrums have exploded....

Now THATS heavy metal!!!! (This is one of their more melodic tunes...)

Yeh i went through that phase, its like a crossroad what 'stereotype' you become when your 14. Generally, lasts no longer than a year.I just dress in what i like now, its easier haha.Respect for the SYL outlaw, although i prefer the song 'Love'

It's boring as fuck until about 2:36, a bit like German radio. Then unexpected time change and segue FTW.

[whitevanman]

Can I just point out that not every vegetairian with long hair is a fuckwit............ some of us are very nice people

[dollywobbler]

Not all Goths are idiots either. I know some very nice ones. I adore Goth women too.

[Pete-M]

Heh, I know a few good goths, but the majority are self-obsessed suicidal wankers from my experience.(I had long hair 18 months ago, btw)Now vegetarians. Ok if it's because they don't like the taste of meat, that's fair enough, but the "Think of the lovely liddle cuddly wuddly animal" brigade should be hunted down and shot - preferably in front of other Veggies. This obviously doesn't count for 13 year old girls who don't know better, but the ones who don't grow out of it? Shoot 'em, they're only going to wind up anyone who tries to go out with 'em when they're 25 and still going on about "Animals have no choice" etc.If we weren't meant to eat animals, they wouldn't be made out of meat.

[whitevanman]

  Pete-M said:

Now vegetarians. Ok if it's because they don't like the taste of meat, that's fair enough, .

thats OK then

[Guest]

  Mr H Sceptre said:

  Hirst said:

The main thing with comedy is that you can't overuse something - everything has limited mileage.

 

Unfortunately, some people will latch onto certain characters or quotes and they become popular. Because they're well-loved parts of the show, it's difficult to then phase them out, but they'll only be less and less funny as time goes on, especially if the character is very one-dimensional. The show then ends up stuck in a rut - got to keep the popular characters/gags or most of the audience won't bother watching it anymore. So there's less room to add anything new and the rest of the show is just more of the same.

 

To me, The Fast Show had a brilliant first series and gradually got more bogged down. But also I didn't think Little Britain was that great in the first place, so I'm surprised they've managed to keep it going this long really.

Catch 22 my friend

Absolutely! The only thing I can think of which made some in-roads into bucking the trend was the League of Gents. They killed off Edward and Tubbs in a big fire, which I thought was pretty brave of them as they were the most well-known characters. Then the next series started and they turned out to be alive, just a bit burnt. Just as I was about to start groaning about it, they were taken out by a train. Great!

 

Hey that reminds me, me and Vic still have a "Babs Cabs" 626. Respraying it pink isn't on the agenda though.

 

[Mash]

On Alice Roberts - oh yes.

 

On this - Oh no definitely not:

 

 

The phrase is "Drive through". Make the font smaller if it won't all fit on.

[Guest]

The use of an apostrophe is pretty funny - they can be down with the kidz whilst remaining "proper" enough to satisfy the older generation. Give everyone in the focus group a big hand!

[seth]

Actually I like the use of the apostrophe there. I've seen all sorts of uses for it engraved on proper olde things. Chas' for Charles for example. I'm sure thru' was/is used on engineering drawings too as an annotation on a drilled hole.

[Pillock]

Yeah thru' dates back centuries on technical drawings, although that's a limited-space scenario.

If someone parked at the pump can't read 'Drive through' in that space, their eyesight really isn't up to driving!

 

Especially since you need to park millimeter-perfect at the hatch to be able to use the chip-and-pin machine. Why Asda seem to employ the shortest-armed people at the drive-through I don't know, you end up leaning out of the car like a dukes of hazzard reject.

[Guest]

Actually Mash, what are you doing buying your petrol from the supermarket? That Accord of yours wants some high-octane, it's a racing machine.

[Pillock]

Employers, revisited.My workplace is being moved. It's annoying, since my 4 mile commute is now going to be 26 miles. However, it's not the worst thing.To avoid having to pay us any kind of relocation allowance, we're going to be asked to sign new contracts. These new contracts will have our place of work as the new premises, hence it's a new job and not a relocation and so they owe us nothing. However, it's not the worst thing.The new contracts will have new working hours. I currently work a 6-2, 2-10 alternating shift pattern, Monday to Friday. Whilst we're signing new contracts, they thought they might as well get us to work a few more days. Such as Saturday, Sunday, and all those pesky bank holidays.That's right folks, whilst you'll be wearing paper hats and getting sozzled waiting for the turkey to be ready, I'll be buggering about fixing your laptop. GR8!!But they know full well this isn't the time to be looking for a new job, so they can wang whatever they want into the T&Cs.Even the redundancy offered has been stripped back to bare minimum. One guy could have taken it a year ago, but turned down £27k to stay with the company. With these latest changes, if he doesn't want to move he gets £9k.

[Gompo]

'Goths' dont tend to like much Metal, dont get mixed up between 'Metalhead' and 'Goths'..I am not a 'Metalhead', but my favourite genre of music is Metal.. and I hate it when I get accused of liking all this shit so called 'heavy/noisey' music, or indeed Gothic music. Fortunately I dont particularly dress different (usually do have a band shirt on though) and do like quite a lot of mainstream/pop music so dont have to deal with the people like Brammy did.It seems I'm about the only one not a fan of the Fast Show.. Admittedly some bits I saw were ok but some of it just seemed too predictable. I always longed for more The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer...No rant from me really other than ignorant twats with regards to driving and I suppose music in general.

[Cavcraft]

The Fast Show was utterly brilliant and I struggle to think of any weak characters.I never thought Dad's Army could be topped as my favourite comedy but the sheer brilliance of 'One Foot In The Grave' is an equal to D.A for me now. The way it was written was just pure class and the acting couldn't have been better if they tried.Back o/t:Work: can't say too much but we only found out we were for sale recently because it got leaked to the press. GR8 4 PPL SHITTIN BLU LITES now but I *think* we'll be pretty safe and I have full faith in the union. Can't help but worry that changes may be made if a buyer is found though so relatively unsettling as it goes.I might take the piss a bit but I admire vegetarians for their stance on meat eating and as regards people being cruel to animals don't get me started.

[M'coli]

Missed the fast show because of shifts etc but the repeats showed how good it was.Little Britain's undersold gem was the specialist bookshop...

[Rusty Pelican]

More utter bemusement really , just been on a short camping holiday with mrs Rusty , what is it with HUUUUUGE campers now towing cars , there were two in our campsite alone , one towing a smart car and one towing a Merc A class , i can see that driving a huge camper around Dartmore would be a pain , so why buy such a huge camper , get a smaller one and drive that about , or better still stay in a bloody hotel , they odviously like megga comfort and a TENT isnt good enough for camping any more.