[Archived] RANT

[donnermeat]

The rise of the word lush being used as a slang term for something good.

[Mike E]

You have my sympathy for being deaf but being a WWE fan is totally self inflicted.

Ha! Could be worse. There's TNA.

[perthblue02]

A capella covers of great songs annoy me. I came across a group doing a medaly of Daft Punk songs on youtube.

Surely your initial rant is not backed up with your example

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Massively overweight people on spaz chariots. Just because you have a dodgy hip or whatever, it doesn't mean you can hoover up a million biscuits and sit on your arse all day you greedy nobber. Get some exercise so I don't have to see your cankles.

That's what I like about you Norbert, you're all heart.

[knobblybottom]

Just heard main news on BBC Breakfast - apparently one of the contestants on Strictly Come dancing has injured herself and couldn't compete. Wow - how will the world cope?

[Guest Norbert]

That does annoy me, 'news' programmes, plugging other shows on their channel. They all do it now. Just watch, we'll have a few Doctor Who actors on BBC breakfast news, plugging this upcoming show. If you're a news programme, report on the news, not have infomercials bigging up your entertainment programmes.

Still it takes some going to beat CNN with their sponsored walk from the desk to the sofa when they discuss certain issues (no really, look it up).

[Stuart]

Electronic garbage cooked up by a computer in someone's bedroom being championed as better than melodic acoustic crafted actual music and un-engineered vocals.

Oh and the "Top 40".

[Guest Norbert]

Dan Brown's books. Interesting stories, but very badly formed. It is like someone writing a book as part of a GCSE project and getting over excited with the trivia and random facts, things they just have to put in regardless of whether it interrupts the flow of the story. Very frustrating.

[jim mk2]

That does annoy me, 'news' programmes, plugging other shows on their channel. They all do it now. Just watch, we'll have a few Doctor Who actors on BBC breakfast news, plugging this upcoming show. If you're a news programme, report on the news, not have infomercials bigging up your entertainment programmes.

Still it takes some going to beat CNN with their sponsored walk from the desk to the sofa when they discuss certain issues (no really, look it up).

Use of the American word upcoming instead of the correct forthcoming. Is there a verb to "big up" ? And what's an informercial ?

[Guest Norbert]

You're just bitter because you are much closer to death than I am. Thanks for reminding me of the word forthcoming though, it does sound better.

[Mike E]

Use of the American word upcoming instead of the correct forthcoming. Is there a verb to "big up" ? And what's an informercial ?

An infomercial is an advert that's informative rather than merely selling a service (which commercials do).

An example of an infomercial would be that drink-driving advert where the schizophrenic barman plays all the roles in the consequences of serving the customer another drink.

[Guest Norbert]

It can also be one of those long winded adverts you find that are usually plugging some new gadget when a TV channel has not started broadcasting.

[Stuart]

You're just bitter because you are much closer to death than I am. Thanks for reminding me of the word forthcoming though, it does sound better.

No-one knows how close to death they are.

Think on.

[adopted scouser]

No-one knows how close to death they are.

Think on.

Some of the crap he's been coming out with on here, could be closer than he expects

[DE.]

Dan Brown's books. Interesting stories, but very badly formed. It is like someone writing a book as part of a GCSE project and getting over excited with the trivia and random facts, things they just have to put in regardless of whether it interrupts the flow of the story. Very frustrating.

Add Twilight & 50 Shades of Nonsense to this.

[jim mk2]

Some of the crap he's been coming out with on here, could be closer than he expects

Thanks Fred.

[thenodrog]

Electronic garbage cooked up by a computer in someone's bedroom being championed as better than melodic acoustic crafted actual music and un-engineered vocals.

Oh and the "Top 40".

I don't really mind that. It's just another instrument imo.

What bugs me most about music is the endless succession of boy bands who can sing and dance a bit at best but don't have a creative or musical skill in their bodies. Boy Band = song and dance act.

No-one knows how close to death they are.

Think on.

Think that might feel like somebody just walked over your grave Norbert. As Stuart says 'think on' and consider that the favourite doesn't win every race.

[adopted scouser]

Thanks Fred.

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Wasn't aimed at you

[Guest Norbert]

Hey Gordon, I'm lucky and resilient, but the latter is more than because I have a strong immune system and this isn't the place to go into all that.

[Tom]

I hate this trend of showing you all the highlights of a television programme at the start of it. I have to fast forward through 5 minutes so as not to watch all of my intellectual programme twice!

American shows are even worse, Ramsey's kitchen nightmares tells you what's coming up along with what's just been on about twice an hour!

Anyway I have important things to do (like watching too fat to fly)

[Mike E]

Retracted.

[Tom]

So from the outside you judge the woman who has gone through it and decides to handle it in that manner?

Come on Mike

[Stuart]

Amanda Holden always saying she's had 2 children. Wrong, you've had 3, one went through a miscarriage you dismissive bitch.

That's possibly the worst post I have ever had the displeasure of reading on this messageboard.

What a despicable thing to say, with no justification whatsoever.

[Mike E]

Retracted

[thenodrog]

Amanda Holden always saying she's had 2 children. Wrong, you've had 3, one went through a miscarriage.

Removed unnecessary insult.

What a strange and imo bitter post. Reading between the lines it sounds like she conceived 3 children but she did only have 2. So whats the issue here? Are you saying that she wanted to miscarry?