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Points: 19929 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2007 at 10:54
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Anyway, I'm glad you raised the important issue of Graeme Norton....
 
I'm not a violent man.  Really I'm not.  I used to walk away from fights at school, and have always tried to adopt a concilliatory approach to any difference of oppinion.
 
But there IS something about this man which brings out a deeply hidden primeval urge to hit him repeadedly around the skull with a breeze block......Ouch
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Any advert with singing in gets on my wick!  The latest culprit is McCain Oven Chips (or is Micro Chips?) where they basically sing the Oliver! theme tune with different vocals.  There's been several others too, but I've conveniently wiped them from my memory.

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Has anyone noticed the current Somerfield adverts?

I can't quite remember the newest one but both are so inept it's untrue.

The first advert shows a working mother who has been 'run off of her feet' at work and hasn't eaten all day.The shop assistant takes her by the hand and says'Let's see what we can find for you to eat' or something close to that.

The next thing you see is Somerfield recommending a family pack of Pepsi Max and a bottle of wine! Very wholesome.

The Mother then says to the assistant something along the lines of I can leave the kids with this (Pepsi) alone in front of the telly,whilst I polish this off in a nice soothing bath.

From what I remember,the other add is even more fascile.

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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

I like that Dan guy who does the weather on  the 6 o'clock news.  He reminds me of an undertaker strangely...
 

I heard about Moira Stewart being axed... why was that?  My mother swears it was Moira doing the voice for Orange Mobile, but now she says she's not doing that now either!

 

Nutsacka Kerplunky is moving to Channel 5 too... I've not seen her recently, so maybe she hasn't got to work any notice?

 

I've also noticed people who go on Who Do You Think You Are? end up leaving... Kerplunky and Stewart, being two who come to mind.

 

Maybe Graeme Norton will be next, eh?  We can but hope!


Kerplunky going to Five?? Thats tragic..

Anyway, I'm glad you raised the important issue of Graeme Norton. Good to see him back on the box (was he ever away?) with another crap series , featuring celebrity interviews with the focus still very firmly on himself. Self congratulating little sh!te! This man is not funny, in fact anyone who thinks he is, should pay close attention next time you settle down to watch his hilarious show...

Everytime he finishes one of his crap anecdotes or gags with a line like: "..and I thought, ooh, there's no way you're going to get the whole thing in at once!" he punctuates the audiences hysterical applause with: "Errrr..anyway, anyway..." Once you notice this irritating habit you'll not be able to watch him again.

My problem with Norton came about in his last series when the weekly battering of knob gags, and obsession with websites full of idiots who liked nailing their genitals to planks of wood, became torturous. This was compounded when he started presenting programs about dancing, The Sound of Music and Joseph (was that one of his? They blend into one after a while) He became synonomous with everything I hate about 'entertainment culture' Judging panels, audience/viewer voting..etc I could go on. Whinge moan...
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Can I rant about builders?


Please do Alan - it's getting like a bloody chat room in here!

rantingroom?Chatroommorelikely!


Oh do be quiet, you insolent little whelp!  Speak when you are being spoken to, now return to the corner of the room!  NOW!

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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2007 at 07:44
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

^^^ it just seams to me that we have become so celebrity orientated and superficial as a 'soundbite' society that these days you can't be considered as a serious politician unless you have the right physical image.... hell, you can't even be considered capable of reading the news anymore unless you look like Sophie Raworth... (as Anna Ford and Moira Stewart both found to their cost when they were deemed 'over the hill')....Angry
 

it just annoys me so much, that the media and marketing gurus have conned the public into thinking that they should only take notice of someone in the public eye, if they would either like to be like them, or have sex with them....Censored

 

I guess that means that Andy Robinson and I should be seeking out a career in radio....Ermm


Hah! Speak for yourself. I think I'd be great on TV. Perhaps as a drug dealer or an utter psycho on The Bill, or maybe Victor Meldrews stunt double..

As for old Mingus, I think he was 'gently pushed' As you rightly say, it seems to be youth and sex appeal that count these days. He had neither.
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Jim Garten will self-destruct in...




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Hmm... he's not quite done yet...



There he goes!

All that remains is the charred remains of his shed...



All because he hates Pallas so much... poor Jim. Cry


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well, that would clear out his inbox. LOL
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Bye James.......
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Can I rant about builders?


Please do Alan - it's getting like a bloody chat room in here!

rantingroom?Chatroommorelikely!


Oh do be quiet, you insolent little whelp!  Speak when you are being spoken to, now return to the corner of the room!  NOW!

Big%20smile

Now that feels better! LOL

Countdown to James's termination in 5................4........................3............Wink
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2007 at 13:58
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Can I rant about builders?


Please do Alan - it's getting like a bloody chat room in here!

rantingroom?Chatroommorelikely!


Oh do be quiet, you insolent little whelp!  Speak when you are being spoken to, now return to the corner of the room!  NOW!

Big%20smile

Now that feels better! LOL


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^^^...so??Stern%20Smile
 
sue us....LOL
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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2007 at 12:40
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Can I rant about builders?


Please do Alan - it's getting like a bloody chat room in here!

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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2007 at 11:49
It's like BT... they send a guy round to fix your box for your 'phone and he cannot do it, because he's the indoor guy and you need an outdoor guy...

This stuff happens all the time, apparently.

Am I the only one infatuated with Ellie Harrison from The One Show?  She's yummy, in a she's-not-my-girlfriend-so-don't-tell-her kind of way. - oops, that post should have been in the Grey Room!

I still haven't got my car back... grrr!


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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Can I rant about builders?
We were due to have some drainage put in for a new toilet on Saturday. Spent Friday evening clearing the space of computers and books etc ready for them to start 9am Saturday. The builder and the plumber were ready but the drain man failed to show and couldn't be contacted, so a waste of a day. This seems to happen all the time - our builder spends more time waiting for deliveries and people than he does working. No wonder building projects in this country are always late and over budget!
 
I wish to sympathise... I desperately need a sump pump connected to the water and heating systems in the boiler room.  I had a quotation from the engineers for £1600, so eventually, the YHA gave me the money to have it done...(just).
 
I get them back on site, and they say it can't be put in until I have a trench dug down through the floor, and out through a wall....Angry....they never said anything about that at the time!! I thought the work was all inclusive.... but apparently, they don't dig holes.....Confused
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Can I rant about builders?
We were due to have some drainage put in for a new toilet on Saturday. Spent Friday evening clearing the space of computers and books etc ready for them to start 9am Saturday. The builder and the plumber were ready but the drain man failed to show and couldn't be contacted, so a waste of a day. This seems to happen all the time - our builder spends more time waiting for deliveries and people than he does working. No wonder building projects in this country are always late and over budget!
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Here you go, James....
 
Newsreader Moira Stuart is to quit the BBC after 26 years of service, it has been confirmed.

Stuart was the BBC's first black news anchor and was awarded an OBE in 2001 for services to broadcasting.

However, she was cut from the BBC's Breakfast lineup after a 2006 revamp and then removed from Andrew Marr's Sunday AM show in March 2007.

Though the corporation refused to comment on the end of her regular appearances, it was widely felt that BBC bosses saw Stuart as 'too old'.

Her departure follows the 2006 retirement of colleague Anna Ford, who quit the BBC aged 62, claiming she was leaving before she was "shovelled off" to News 24.
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

 
I heard about Moira Stewart being axed... why was that?
 
I believe they just decided her face didn't fit anymore... she was axed from the Andrew Marr show, wasn't she??
 
Nutsacka Kerplunky is moving to Channel 5 too... I've not seen her recently, so maybe she hasn't got to work any notice?
 
This is something I didn't know actually...but didn't she marry a millionaire, within living memory?
 
Maybe Graeme Norton will be next, eh?  We can but hope!
 
Oh...too true....Pinch
 
 
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I like that Dan guy who does the weather on  the 6 o'clock news.  He reminds me of an undertaker strangely...
 
I heard about Moira Stewart being axed... why was that?  My mother swears it was Moira doing the voice for Orange Mobile, but now she says she's not doing that now either!
 
Nutsacka Kerplunky is moving to Channel 5 too... I've not seen her recently, so maybe she hasn't got to work any notice?
 
I've also noticed people who go on Who Do You Think You Are? end up leaving... Kerplunky and Stewart, being two who come to mind.
 
Maybe Graeme Norton will be next, eh?  We can but hope!
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