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Did I imagine this, or have I seen Jono in DC in one of my games.
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Oliver Garner wrote:Did I imagine this, or have I seen Jono in DC in one of my games.
Nope, you didn't imagine it: #28655
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Wow..
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I'd like to see Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt from Life on Mars. You could put some great quotes in. 8-)
I've got 'Don't move: you're surrounded by armed bastards' as my text ringtone, and the joke hasn't worn thin yet! :)

Googling 'Gene Hunt quotes' brought up some corkers. Not sure how you'd work them into apterous though.
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Julie T wrote:Googling 'Gene Hunt quotes' brought up some corkers. Not sure how you'd work them into apterous though.
Yeah, I had the same idea about Frank Gallagher from Shameless, but most of his best quotes don't really work out of context. I figured "Scatter!" would be a good one for the situation where DC doesn't have anything to offer, but gave up after that.

(There was a great one this week, when Frank was talking about child stars who've gone off the rails and died in obscurity, "like the Artful Dodger, and, and.... Nicholas Lyndhurst." Monica: "He's not dead!" Frank: "I know, but have you seen the state of him lately?")
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Michael Jackson.
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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Julie T wrote:Googling 'Gene Hunt quotes' brought up some corkers. Not sure how you'd work them into apterous though.
Yeah, I had the same idea about Frank Gallagher from Shameless......
I can't bring myself to watch that, with what I've seen in the adverts. Bit too close to home.
I live in a council house, and there's a family in my street that makes the Shameless lot seem like The Brady Bunch. :(
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Sir Alan Sugar?
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tomrowell wrote:Sir Alan Sugar?
No.
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Martin Gardner wrote:Michael Jackson.
Oh Shimao, my nose fell off again.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:Michael Jackson.
Oh Shimao, my nose fell off again.
LOL! :lol:

That word was 'Off The Wall'?

Susie managed to 'Say, Say, Say' a longer word?

Bubbles thinks that you deserve a banana for that round?

I think that we can all be glad I don't make up the apterous stuff! ;)
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Oooh, has anyone suggested this yet? How about having as hosts the 'ones who got away'?
i.e. people like Stephen Fry and Alexander Armstrong?
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Anybody else think Josef Fritzl is shit?
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Jimmy Gough wrote:Anybody else think Josef Fritzl is shit?
I'm quite warming to him actually. Maybe its Stockholm syndrome.
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Shakespeare is great, but there's a small glitch in his programming. He sometimes doesn't say the words, just $7 or something like that.
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Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Jimmy Gough wrote:Anybody else think Josef Fritzl is shit?
I'm quite warming to him actually. Maybe its Stockholm syndrome.
It's not very funny at all, any chance of having this one removed? We're not gonna add Harold Shipman and Ian Huntley, are we?
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Martin Gardner wrote:
Dinos Sfyris wrote:
Jimmy Gough wrote:Anybody else think Josef Fritzl is shit?
I'm quite warming to him actually. Maybe its Stockholm syndrome.
It's not very funny at all, any chance of having this one removed? We're not gonna add Harold Shipman and Ian Huntley, are we?
I wouldn't count on that at all.
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I can only paraphrase Charlie as I can't (be arsed to) find the quote where he says this, but:
Charlie Reams wrote:If a joke is offensive, it has to be funny enough to pay off its offensive debt.
This one is neither funny, nor clever. If we want Apterous to grow (hence more paying members) I'm not sure that making references to illegal imprisonment and incest helps our cause a lot.
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Martin Gardner wrote:I can only paraphrase Charlie as I can't (be arsed to) find the quote where he says this, but:
Charlie Reams wrote:If a joke is offensive, it has to be funny enough to pay off its offensive debt.
This one is neither funny, nor clever. If we want Apterous to grow (hence more paying members) I'm not sure that making references to illegal imprisonment and incest helps our cause a lot.
I haven't seen the one in question, but I am also a proponent the Reams hypothesis, my interpretation of which leads me to conclude that there is no subject matter which can be ruled out.
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Jimmy Gough wrote:Anybody else think Josef Fritzl is shit?
I've seen him now, he's not great. Could have been a good bit sicker I reckon.
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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Martin Gardner wrote:I can only paraphrase Charlie as I can't (be arsed to) find the quote where he says this, but:
Charlie Reams wrote:If a joke is offensive, it has to be funny enough to pay off its offensive debt.
This one is neither funny, nor clever. If we want Apterous to grow (hence more paying members) I'm not sure that making references to illegal imprisonment and incest helps our cause a lot.
I haven't seen the one in question, but I am also a proponent the Reams hypothesis, my interpretation of which leads me to conclude that there is no subject matter which can be ruled out.
Makes me wonder why no-one's done Hitler yet.
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Ian Volante wrote:Makes me wonder why no-one's done Hitler yet.
That's longer ago, which softens the blow a bit.
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I'm surprised that Damian Eadie isn't one of the lexicographers. At least, I haven't seen him yet.

I also think there should be more than one Carol. An "80s Carol" or "Detox Carol" would be quite cool.

EDIT: I'll do 80s Carol myself.
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I thought the Fritzl one was funny, but I think I had some glitch where he showed up every round, so the joke did wear thin.

I'd like to see a nod to that Fry & Laurie sketch. Gyles Brandreth in a jumper that says TWAT saying "As a celebrity rather than a member of the public, I naturally did rather better and came up with…"
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Joseph Bolas wrote:David Mitchell
Robert Webb
Eric Cartman
But, after this would you still want him? http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 813#p72813
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Derek Hazell wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:David Mitchell
Robert Webb
Eric Cartman
But, after this would you still want him? http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 813#p72813
Why have you posted the same message like 4 times in different threads? That was such a waste of my time. And yours.
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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:
Joseph Bolas wrote:David Mitchell
Robert Webb
Eric Cartman
But, after this would you still want him? http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 813#p72813
Why have you posted the same message like 4 times in different threads? That was such a waste of my time. And yours.
This.

And why make such a fuss about a fairly benign comment from one of the better comedians of today? Are you just jealous because he is so much funnier than you?
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Alec: Please leave the forums.
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Richard: Happy New Year to you, too.
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Sid Wadell please! He said something like "He's been doing mathematics that would have Einstein and Newton doing acrobatics!" and "it couldn't get more exciting if Elvis entered the building and asked for a chip sandwich!".

I also thought Dubya might be entertaining - "so long as I'm president, my measure of success is victory - and success".
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