The Ranting Room

HughesJB4 wrote: Blacksword has the spirit of ranting we all need If we lived in a perfect world, would people still rant? I've been asking myself that one for the last 1 minute

Fear not. The Ranting Room will live forever, as there is no end of sh!t to rant about.

Wireless mouses- when the battery runs out and you don't have a spare, doesn't that just make you want to scream?

I'm too nice to rant. =)

But if I would, it'd be on the subject of how comedians aren't even expected to try to write funny material any more, either because they've managed to sustain themselves on the money earned for being regular quiz panelists alone or because they watched an episode of The Office and are currently attempting to evoke pathos, even though fully half of them are desperately bad actors. Even the so-called stand-ups are exempt from brainstorming things that are actually funny, often choosing instead to traipse through routines which reciprocate between foul language and embarrassingly dire sexual content - all this is of no use to me because I expect them to try and make me LAUGH, not just to make me feel vaguely awkward or ashamed.

Andy, you need some Cillit Band to get rid of those Adverts.

Could they at least have put ads up for multiple countries? I live in Melbourne and I'm unemployed (although i am a student, part time work would be good), and I'm not too sure of the usefulness of Workopolis for me.

Blacksword wrote: NaturalScience wrote: Blacksword wrote: Someone with a bit of know how will be able to advise on how to block those f ing ads. About a year ago someone gave me some script to paste in some folder among my program files, which stopped ads loading on a news forum I went on at the time. So it can be done.. Adverts on websites are infuriating. They are intrusive and hateful. As with TV adverts, if they annoy me, I'm unlikely to get as far as even noticing what the product actually is. The ad will have failed on me, and I imagine most other people using the website. I do acknowledge that the ads on PA pay for this site to keep going. If only they could be a little more discreet.. You've probably heard this before, but using Firefox with the AdBlock extension is the best way to be ad-free. Firefox does sound like a good solution to the ad problem. A friend of mine swears by it. I'll get round to instaling it at home at some point..

I honestly can't recall the last time I've seen, let alone be bothered by, a web ad, popup, or other such nonsense.  AdBlock has worked wonders for me and I recommend it to everyone.  I agree that I sometimes feel bad as I know sites such as this depend on the ad revenue.

Blacksword wrote: Someone with a bit of know how will be able to advise on how to block those f ing ads. About a year ago someone gave me some script to paste in some folder among my program files, which stopped ads loading on a news forum I went on at the time. So it can be done.. Adverts on websites are infuriating. They are intrusive and hateful. As with TV adverts, if they annoy me, I'm unlikely to get as far as even noticing what the product actually is. The ad will have failed on me, and I imagine most other people using the website. I do acknowledge that the ads on PA pay for this site to keep going. If only they could be a little more discreet..

You've probably heard this before, but using Firefox with the AdBlock extension is the best way to be ad-free.

Jim Garten wrote: Of course, we're old enough to remember...

Get drunk whilst shampooing your hair and you don't give a what it looks like...Except Arthur Lee of course.

R.I.P. Arthur

Edited by Man Erg - January 17 2008 at 09:05

''Help disguise the appearence of ageing...'' Hmmm!



When I was very young, my nan told me never to clean my face with anything but water.
I have hardly ever had a facial zit or any other facial blemish for that matter. Her (my Nan) complextion was as clear when she died at 85 as when she was a young girl.The only thing that she applied to her face other than water was Pond's cold cream.She reckoned that the massaging of the face when applying water was enough to hold wrinkles at bay...Well it worked for her.

My grandfather would get annoyed sometimes when my Nan would buy a two pint bottle of Courage Best as a beer shampoo.