The Ranting Room

Geck0 wrote: I cannot stand people who swear ever other word.  I fully agree, Josh.  I was lucky at my school, we only had a few dope smokers.

I usually don't swear that much (though admittedly more than I should) , but this is the ing Ranting Room, so it's implied

Instant gratification....hmm......the Technological age has completely rendered a generation helpless, greedy, and incapable of coping with reality. Nay, pop some happiness pills, we've got the chemicals to make you numb of what you're supposed to feel!  Here, take some government mandated soma!   Human emotion has been rendered useless and its purpose has been debased to be a pleasure reception device. There is no bad, only good...only happiness....we can make everything heaven on earth, there will be no pain....this is what everyone will believe as they indulge themselves looking for their next fix to get them though their miserable day

Jim Garten wrote: Blacksword wrote: Geck0 wrote: My rant for the day (and the rest of this week) is concerning...COMIC RELIEF (aka RED NOSE DAY)Our televisiions get taken over by unfunny comedians, making unfunny jokes, all for charity.  Then there's the "special" series of all ready appalling programs, such as Fame Academy.  Why!It was fine before when it was just one day a year, but it seems it's entrails are lasting for a whole 2 weeks!I have the same issues with Children in Need also.Of course, I realise it's all for charity and for good causes, but is it completely necessary for everyone to make a complete t**t of themselves?  You can raise money for such charities and keep everything in check.  It should require one day in a year for people to give money to charity, they should do it all the time.Am I being too harsh?If I see Russell Brand on the television over this period, I may have to throw a brick at the television. That stupid Little Britian advert is not funny, neither is the Vicar of Dibley one, argh!*and breathe out and relax*Phew, I feel better now. No, it's not just you. Comic Relief drives me up the wall! I've no problem with the cause, just the procession of back slapping, self congratulating comedians, cracking, as you say 'unfunny jokes' Friday night is my stay in night. The TV is often good on a Friday, but the drivel-e-thon that is Comic Relief, screws up my evening no end. ..and before anyone has a go at me for being mean about a charity event blah blah.. etc..I always make a contribution, usually through events that we are often emotionally blackmailed into taking part in at work. ..oh yes, of course, then there's the news reader making a cock of his or herself, doing something side splitting, that one would not normally expect someone like Bill Turnbull, John Snow or Natasha Kerplunky to be doing. Maybe they're going to shag a horse, with a big red nose on it, or perhaps sit in a bath full of worms, beans and cat sh*t, while we all phone in with our credit card details. ... ... and it usually means Grumpy Old Men wont be on.. It's today chaps - all take a deep breath & get those rants ready. Personally, the first person in a large red wig & dressed as an artichoke to wave a bucket at me saying "it's for chaaaarrrrriiiittttyyyyyyy"... gets a kick in the face!

Well, Jeremy Clarkeson has just managed to slip in a prog reference. He was saying how 'old' bands are better than all the 'rubbish' around now, and mentioned 'Selling England by the Pound' and 'Firth of Fifth'

No, I'm not watching it..it's just on in the background, while we're playing poker. Honest..

Too cold to sit around in the graveyard tonight anyway..

In no specific order, here are my current 10 annoyances:

1. Alan Sugar and The Apprentice
2. Amy Wino-house
3. Political Correctness
4. Blair and Livingston's, apology for the Slave Trade
5. John Wetton (Asia-era)
6. Ignorant people
7. Noel Edmunds
8. Popular culture
9. Teenagers
10. Politicians generally

To Mr. Sugar: I don't especially care, you obnoxious !  It's nice to see Amstrad doing so well, don't you think?

Infact, it should be "Sir Alan Sugar and The Apprentice". 

Surely you've come across Amy Winehouse?  Maybe I can find a photograph of her, it may trigger something.

Yes, Asia is more my gripe, but John Wetton is the more disappointing one out of that bunch.  I've never been a huge Yes fan, so Steve Howe's presence doesn't bother me and E.L.P. and The Buggles have never been a favourite either, but King Crimson are a favourite of mine, especially Wetton era, so to see him in Asia is especially annoying.  They're even releasing a new album in 2008!

As I said elsewhere, it's more of a problem of apologising for something 200 years ago.  I'm completely against Slavery, but why apologise for something a minority of our forefathers/mothers were involved in?

Just looking at Noel Edmonds makes me feel ill, he looks quite ill himself, I have to say.  Very pasty (or is that pastie?) faced.

Teenagers and Popular Culture kind of link in with eachother.  The whole trend-following, peer-pressure nonsense that teenagers seem to complain about really irks me.

You're spot on about politicians.

Oh yes, Amy Wino-house...






Edited by Geck0 - March 26 2007 at 08:17

She's a singer, apparently.  She's also an alcoholic, possibly a drug addict and possesses a large head.  She's all the rage at the moment in the popular music world.  Not only do I find her annoying, but I also find her voice and music annoying too.  She's trying to be Shirley Bassey, but fails miserably.

Before I go, I want to add two others to my above list:

Jamie Cullum
Seth Lakeman

Argh!

Jim Garten wrote: Is Seth Lakeman the Australian surf "dooood" who released an album of 12 identical songs which has apparently caught the zeitgeist, and is therefore "soooooo relevant", even though he cannot sing and all his songs sound exactly the same due to his woefully inadequate guitar technique...? ...or is that somebody else?

He's a Devonshire farmer's son who plays folk music inspired by Dartmoor.According to Mrs Erg,he's prime beefcake.

Jim Garten wrote: Is Seth Lakeman the Australian surf "dooood" who released an album of 12 identical songs which has apparently caught the zeitgeist, and is therefore "soooooo relevant", even though he cannot sing and all his songs sound exactly the same due to his woefully inadequate guitar technique...? ...or is that somebody else?

Isn't that Pat Cash?