Can you believe the ITN funeral comparison??!! (Sadly, yes)
Michael Jackson 3, Princess Diana 1.
We wuz robbed!
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- Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3957
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Torchwood: Children of Earth
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2292
Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth
I really enjoyed it as well, though felt a tad let down by the final episode... particularly the effort spent chasing down the few children hiding out with Gwen et al. Gonna miss Ianto! However, I think criticism needs to be put in context of the (not as sophisticated as us, generally younger) targe...
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
Re: Getting On - Jo Brand
Don't apologise! They're two different types of show, so are naturally going to garner differing reviews. I'm just happy to be able to enjoy both.
BTW, had to laugh at the fact that Jo Brand's character's name is Kim Wilde! JB has written the ideal role for herself!
BTW, had to laugh at the fact that Jo Brand's character's name is Kim Wilde! JB has written the ideal role for herself!
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: If you cut a toilet in half, do you get two lavatories?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2064
Re: If you cut a toilet in half, do you get two la
http://a367.yahoofs.com/blog/49b655b4zd545ad5c/7/__sr_/8d5b.jpg?mgYmNXKBNxDPoIdV I ticked other, so'd better elucidate. No prizes for guessing, but I sometimes go to the "dunny". Which leads to that great Aussie curse: "I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down!"...
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:48 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
However Indiscretely, Yoda Accessorises.
STAR
STAR
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
Re: Getting On - Jo Brand
But was he a bit harsh on TTF?!! Someone thought so...
What's your opinion?
What's your opinion?
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4068
Re: Getting On - Jo Brand
I really enjoyed the whole show... spot-on target humour (I've worked in the NHS), and very dry. Brilliant writing! On at the same time is Taking the Flak which, while more slapstick in style, has some great insight and clever humour. The scene with the two BBC reporters in the minefield is hilarious!
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: RIP Jacko.....
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4821
Re: RIP Jacko.....
Background:"Countdown"in Australia was like our Top of the Pops.
So for all you MJ afficionados, here's some background of his impact/influence.
Follow up if you dare for further instalments on Roo-Tube
So for all you MJ afficionados, here's some background of his impact/influence.
Follow up if you dare for further instalments on Roo-Tube
- Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Has the Internet killed porn?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4221
Re: Has the Internet killed porn?
Whatever. I just can't believe that a thread with "porn" in the title is stilll only on the first page.
Maybe it's just a no brainer that if it weren't for porn, the internet would be dead. (see Phil's post above)
Maybe it's just a no brainer that if it weren't for porn, the internet would be dead. (see Phil's post above)
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:03 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
Beerboarding Excites Anal Neocons.
CRAP
(NB if you guys can't be arsed to play along (hello maxine?) maybe it's time this thread was closed)
CRAP
(NB if you guys can't be arsed to play along (hello maxine?) maybe it's time this thread was closed)
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Wordplay on FIVE
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6461
Re: Wordplay on FIVE
Or alternatively, a cunt smasher? That would be wishful thinking from what I've heard! (insert yr own sarcastic font) My show aired on Tues Feb 3rd. Let us know when it's available to watch! Did you have to restrain your sense of humour? Or Jeff? Bet you weren't wearing the leathers... :( .... thou...
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3957
Re: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm
Cue Matthew Green...
or has he run out of screen wipes?
or has he run out of screen wipes?
- Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:40 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: RIP Jacko.....
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4821
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4101
Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
Sorry! Didn't even notice!
I am sure there's a line somewhere given Innis's hobby of trumpet playing and your avatar, but blow me if I can't think of it!
I am sure there's a line somewhere given Innis's hobby of trumpet playing and your avatar, but blow me if I can't think of it!
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Has the Internet killed porn?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4221
Re: Has the Internet killed porn?
No, they've just resurfaced as "bears"!Sue Sanders wrote:Do we think it's also responsible for the demise of horrifying 1970's style monterous hairy growlers??
!!!
Spoiler alert : may contain pics of naked men!
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Dumb Band Name Guessing Game
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4247
Re: Dumb Band Name Guessing Game
My contribution to the list...
TISM. (This Is Serious, Mum)
TISM. (This Is Serious, Mum)
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Contestants You'd Like Too See Given Another Go
- Replies: 124
- Views: 23709
Re: Contestants You'd Like Too See Given Another G
Irrespective of what has been posted already, has anyone considered that there are only a finite number of contestant places per series? If there are more applicants than available positions, as evidenced by people being knocked out at the audition stage, then why should the producers agonise over w...
- Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4101
Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
Was this the first audience-conundrum-shot in modern times? Did anyone get the conundram at home? I was nowhere near, not that that says anything. I remember reading somewhere on here that throwing the unsolved conundrums back to the studio audience was a direct response to audience feedback reques...
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jellyman's Thrown A Wobbly
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3425
Re: Jellyman's Thrown A Wobbly
Kudos, Kai!!
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Honest opinions
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3501
Re: Honest opinions
Sounds good! You might even like to try a "moonwalk around the handbag" competition!
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:00 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
- Replies: 81
- Views: 9758
Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Aaaargh! Still not got it, and bored trying.
Please, it's been a month now, could someone PM me the answer please?!
Please, it's been a month now, could someone PM me the answer please?!
- Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1114251
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Hi Sarah, that's not boring at all! In fact, you remind me of a woman with the same first name and hairstyle who I used to work for back in Oz. Can't be the same person, surely?!!
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th June 2009
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2656
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th June 2009
Wow! I guess somebody took notice of my post yesterday....
Rachel is looking tres chic today. Back on form!
Rachel is looking tres chic today. Back on form!
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th June 2009
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3085
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29th June 2009
Hmmm Methinks that by her surprise Rachel may not have got that second numbers round. Well done Innis! And to balance all the blokey football talk (Aussie Rules rules!), what about Rachel's outfit today? I'm a big fan and she usually dresses really well, but today's IMHO looks like a teatowel wrappe...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown 13th April
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2243
Re: Countdown 13th April
I'm not much of a roo-tuber myself, Doug, but did a few searches anyway. Couldn't find what you were after. But I did find this: Gotcha which I hadn't seen before on the net. (Neither was I in the country then, and not yet a countdown afficionado FWIW) You may have to make do with the recap of the g...
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th June (Innis Carson)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4786
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th June (Innis Carson)
50*10 = 500
100-(9+4-1) = 88
and add!
100-(9+4-1) = 88
and add!
- Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:49 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
Dolmades? Or Nobody Noshing?
BEAN
BEAN
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What's the best car you've ever had?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6487
Re: What's the best car you've ever had?
... I liked the Fuego the best of the above and managed to get it going allegedly at 115 (top speed given as 107 in the handbook) in the inside lane of an abnormally quiet M25. But it was a good car whatever the speed. The only drawback was that its super aerodynamic wedge shape meant that if you s...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:35 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
You could put it on Roo-Tube!
Happily, Everyone Likes Phil.
SIGN
Happily, Everyone Likes Phil.
SIGN
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:07 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
Rabid, Uncontrollable Dalek Exterminated. BTW thanks for the avatar compliment, Maxine! Yours is pretty cool, too. I wonder if some academic boffin has ever written a research paper about them?! I also would've thought that some of the other contibutors to this forum might've taken part a bit more.....
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:16 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
Existentialists: Never Underestimate Immortality
RUDE
RUDE
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: A strange Countdown image
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2744
Re: A strange Countdown image
Yes, and I had the same idea too!
American humour (what little I see of it, anyway) seems to be getting drier.
American humour (what little I see of it, anyway) seems to be getting drier.
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:49 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Alternative Pastime
- Replies: 68
- Views: 10273
Re: Alternative Pastime
How Undergraduates Make Pizza:Eoin Monaghan wrote:How U Make Pizza?
WINK
With Instinctive, Natural Knowledge.
BLOG
- Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: A question for old people
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2259
Re: A question for old people
"...old people that..."? Try who. That really hurts me.Matt Morrison wrote:Is it also only old people that put two spaces after a full stop before the next sentence? That really hurts me.
Old, though, is a very subjective term.
- Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 90210
Re: Coincidence
I can't remember the names of any of the bars though. FYI and to in rememberance to my misspent youth, you most likely went to The Albury, The Exchange, Midnight Shift and possibly even Patches! And to bring this thread back on topic, I once chatted on Omegle to the only female bartender at the Shi...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Limerick Competition
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4615
Re: Limerick Competition
I've selected an inverted T With the target one hundred and three Six plus five is eleven And times by the seven... Oh no, sorry, I've gone wrong. That gets my vote. Me too! I really did LOL - quite embarassing when my housemate was at his PC on the table next to me; a bit like LOL on the train wit...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1962
- Views: 1114251
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
I had a quiet afternoon so decided to Google (is that in the dictionary yet, I wonder?) Countdown I can't give you any references, but I am sure that I've heard it said that "google" is in the dictionary as a new verb, note with a lower case "g". It might even have been the grea...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Good news, everyone!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1539
Re: Good news, everyone!
I hadn't seen South Park for ages, then got a good chuckle from this episode that I found on Google Videos: South Park - World of Warcraft
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 90210
Re: Coincidence
I went into a pub in Sydney once :o :shock: ;) So did I. The Lord Nelson, if I remember correctly, in The Rocks. What a coincidence. You only went to one pub in Sydney? Did anyone tell you about Oxford Street? And what's even more of a coincidence is that I was told a supposedly true story there, a...
- Fri May 29, 2009 6:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Jo Brand interview
- Replies: 1
- Views: 735
Jo Brand interview
I know Jo Brand is quite popular with the C4C community, so if you didn't see the interview in "The Independent", here it is: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/jo-brand-this-charming-woman-1692330.html Semi-spoiler : I've only skimmed it but I don't think Coun...
- Sun May 24, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Arrive at/in/into (pedantry)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2797
Re: Arrive at/in/into (pedantry)
There's my bugbear!Gavin Chipper wrote:... I must of forgotten.
- Mon May 18, 2009 11:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Important issue of the day
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2517
Re: Important issue of the day
http://www.theconlincompany.com/realityshows/thumb_whenanimalsattack.jpg Don't forget the "after" shot, Charlie!! *BURP* And if you think they're so fucking cute, Matt, watch out!! http://blog.earnmydegree.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/attack_animals_kitten.jpg But is revenge a dish best...
- Fri May 15, 2009 3:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The new important issue of the day
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2716
Re: The new important issue of the day
Has a raccoon ever come close to winning "The Apprentice"?
- Wed May 13, 2009 1:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The new important issue of the day
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2716
Re: The new important issue of the day
Can you get as many mpg out of a raccoon??
- Tue May 12, 2009 7:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision 2009
- Replies: 81
- Views: 7366
Re: Eurovision 2009
Great opening line:
"Don't vote now, or the fairy gets it!"
"Don't vote now, or the fairy gets it!"
- Fri May 08, 2009 12:33 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: New numbers interface: Your comments please
- Replies: 111
- Views: 14025
Re: New numbers interface: Your comments please
Tidy! Just a couple of minor requests to perhaps make it a tad more visually user-friendly... -Can the declaration target be more prominent or centred? -Is it possible to (quickly) undo an operation after a slip of the mouse? -And could the <Give Up> button be a bit further away or off centre from t...
- Fri May 08, 2009 12:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: On the blog
- Replies: 0
- Views: 606
On the blog
Now I'm no techno-geek, but has anyone else heard BBC's "On the Blog" radio programme? It's hilarious! Check it out on the i-player and post your thoughts...
- Fri May 08, 2009 12:11 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Into dance music?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1271
Into dance music?
C4C has the next big thing, coming to a club near you, here!!! Osaro, "We Be"
Sound quality is not ideal, so check out this too: select Osaro
Took me a couple of listens to get it, but remember where you heard it first!
Sound quality is not ideal, so check out this too: select Osaro
Took me a couple of listens to get it, but remember where you heard it first!
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6062
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
just checked this.... MONIKERS r6
- Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:30 am
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: new feature - challenge
- Replies: 1
- Views: 679
new feature - challenge
Thanks to Charlie for the new attribute of apterous to check words longer than those declared, as if they were risky "declaration + 1" 's. SURPRISE!! It was a bit of a puzzler, but figuring it out and then having Susie in DC say ' "butyouvegotthebiggestwangiveeverseen" isn't in t...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Red Dwarf returns
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3870
Re: Red Dwarf returns
Will The Cat win 'best dressed' at the "Rovers Return"? Undoubtedly. Just as Craig Charles will win 'Best Regional Accent'
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
- Replies: 74
- Views: 9319
Re: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't e
Times gone by... but more they stay the same. It seems for some reason you get paid more for sitting on your arse than performing a useful function for society.
Write that book, George!
Write that book, George!
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:41 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Weakest Link
- Replies: 204
- Views: 30148
Re: The Weakest Link
I look forward (more than usual) to watching. I've applied recently myself, though am reticent about letting you lot in on too much detail, haha. Mind you, were I to do any good, here is where I'd come first! For those even remotely interested, I found Phil's journal fully informative (as recommende...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:25 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Twisted Bond Villains
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1792
Re: Twisted Bond Villains
Careful you guys don't make Phil jealous now!
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:22 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 485532
Re: Feature requests
You're absolutely right, it's just so boring to do stuff like that that I've totally avoided it so far. Fair enough, but how many new financial members might you be losing because they run out of patience trying to figure things out? Or if they can't, just give up totally? I'm prepared to help (in ...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Feature requests
- Replies: 1956
- Views: 485532
Re: Feature requests
On the main apterous menu index page, how about an option with INSTRUCTIONS? I am grateful for help I received familiarising myself with shortcuts and inputting tips (thanks esp to lesley) and spent much time trawling the forums for others, eg FAQ, that seem fairly basic now. And yes, there are prac...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:02 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Crawling reports
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2616
Re: Crawling reports
Heaps better, even with a busy room.
It's prob unlikely, but could lots of chat in general room (not game specific) slow it down perhaps?
It's prob unlikely, but could lots of chat in general room (not game specific) slow it down perhaps?
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Crossword clue help
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1294
Re: Crossword clue help
18 ac: MELD
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4080
Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009
Last letters round... If someone can be booky, ie bookish, then is BOOKIEST ok?
"Booky" is in Webster's, but I don't know if it's in the Countdown ref dictionary? Shamefully I can't remember which one this is, but I'm sure someone will oblige....
"Booky" is in Webster's, but I don't know if it's in the Countdown ref dictionary? Shamefully I can't remember which one this is, but I'm sure someone will oblige....
- Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Apprentice - Series 5
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9252
Re: The Apprentice - Series 5
I hope you mean brilliant as in brilliantly retarded...the guy was pathetically awful. Because of that he was funny, I thought, as well as being cute. (Just not kosher!) I think The Apprentice , like BB and their ilk, has slipped in quality as it aims for more outrageous cringeworthy, "car cra...