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[ozleicester]

8 hours ago, Daggers said:

Except 

'Frankie Boyle's Farewell to the Monarchy'? Watch it here on Channel 4:

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/frankie-boyles-farewell-to-the-monarchy?cntsrc=social_share_ios_frankie_boyles_farewell_to_the_monarchy

 

5 hours ago, Parafox said:

Watched it. Nasty, not funny. Shows him for what he is. Nasty. Being a cynic can be amusing but being plain nasty isn't comedy.

 

I went to one of his "shows" a few years ago. I walked out after his atrocious "comedic" references to people with disabilities.

 

He's not a comedian. He's a bag of vile.

Both of these comments have ensured i will watch this

[fox_up_north]

The thing about Frankie Boyle is that he's actually a very nice bloke. I've spoken to two people who have met him, once of whom worked with him and he's apparently really nice. 

 

What I find most disappointing about him is, indeed, his shock comedian persona. It's funny as none of that has come out on Taskmaster.

 

He's like Sacha Baron Cohen in that he is actually much better than the material he puts out. 

[The Bear]

Being on the "edge" of comedy often means making fun of borderline offensive stuff. 

 

Frankie Boyle isn't the only one that does that. Ricky Gervais, Jimmy Carr, and Gary Delaney all do stuff about pedophiles, cancer, kids, nazis, etc. 

 

Gary Delaney in particular does a stage routine where he goes through all his most complained about one liners. Some of them are very sick to say the least, but people understand the warning he gives before he launches into them. 

[Daggers]

7 hours ago, Parafox said:

Watched it. Nasty, not funny. Shows him for what he is. Nasty. Being a cynic can be amusing but being plain nasty isn't comedy.

 

I went to one of his "shows" a few years ago. I walked out after his atrocious "comedic" references to people with disabilities.

 

He's not a comedian. He's a bag of vile.

Wrong.

[Daggers]

2 hours ago, ozleicester said:

 

Both of these comments have ensured i will watch this

It’s very good, possibly the only royal related programme on this week worth watching. Not recommended for pearl clutchers, people claiming to have a gsoh, or men with a Union Jack fluttering in their front garden.

[Parafox]

3 hours ago, ozleicester said:

 

Both of these comments have ensured i will watch this

 

1 hour ago, Daggers said:

Wrong.

It's a personal perspective. 

 

Comedy, like music and art etc. is subjective.

 

You disagree with me. I disagree with you.

[Daggers]

3 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

It's a personal perspective. 

 

Comedy, like music and art etc. is subjective.

 

You disagree with me. I disagree with you.

Yes, but you're still wrong - you just don't believe you are. As the arbiter of everything, I am alway right. It has always been a blessing and a curse.

[Parafox]

Just now, Daggers said:

Yes, but you're still wrong - you just don't believe you are. As the arbiter of everything, I am alway right. It has always been a blessing and a curse.

You should be a mod.

 

Maybe you are.

 

Am I getting a ban?

[Daggers]

Just now, Parafox said:

You should be a mod.

 

Maybe you are.

 

Am I getting a ban?

I was a mod, I have transcended. I'm now very much a forum deity, Saint Daggers some call me. The constant praise can get on my tits but the sex on demand is OK.

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I was a mod, I have transcended. I'm now very much a forum deity, Saint Daggers some call me. The constant praise can get on my tits but the sex on demand is OK.

With yourself, presumably.

[inckley fox]

The politics thread on this forum was among, if not THE, most entertaining. Also at times infuriating, idiotic and rabid. And I say that as someone who hardly ever contributed, and - I hope - didn't give away any personal inclinations when I did. I'd love to see it back, if only so I could smell the blood and gore of it again.

 

Though I can understand that it was hell to moderate, and I would probably have got rid of it in a heartbeat had I been in charge.

[Wymsey]

2 hours ago, inckley fox said:

The politics thread on this forum was among, if not THE, most entertaining. Also at times infuriating, idiotic and rabid. And I say that as someone who hardly ever contributed, and - I hope - didn't give away any personal inclinations when I did. I'd love to see it back, if only so I could smell the blood and gore of it again.

 

Though I can understand that it was hell to moderate, and I would probably have got rid of it in a heartbeat had I been in charge.

Despite seeming to be a WUM at times on such matters, do quite miss @MattP to see what the reactions to him are like..

Edited 5 May 2023 by Wymsey

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Harry Potter adults need to get a bloody grip 

[The Bear]

15 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Harry Potter adults need to get a bloody grip 

I've always got a firm grip on my wand. 

[Blarmy]

37 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Harry Potter adults need to get a bloody grip 

Or, just continue to enjoy something they’re into that doesn’t hurt anyone else.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

1 hour ago, Blarmy said:

Or, just continue to enjoy something they’re into that doesn’t hurt anyone else.

 

Yeah I knew this would be response you bloody nerd

[BenTheFox]

The extent to which people still gloat about Thatcher being dead several years later, especially when it's people who weren't alive when she was in office, is a bit odd. She lived until the of age 87, it's common for people to die at that age. It's not like her life was cut short or anything. 

Edited 10 May 2023 by BenTheFox

[Jon the Hat]

17 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

The extent to which people still gloat about Thatcher being dead several years later, especially when it's people who weren't alive when she was in office, is a bit odd. She lived until the of age 87, it's common for people to die at that age. It's not like her life was cut short or anything. 

Quite.  What is more bizarre is having a Tory party who remain reliant on her ideas 40 odd years later.

[ozleicester]

19 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

The extent to which people still gloat about Thatcher being dead several years later, especially when it's people who weren't alive when she was in office, is a bit odd. She lived until the of age 87, it's common for people to die at that age. It's not like her life was cut short or anything. 

Perhaps those people are still suffering from the damage the wicked woman inflicted on them, their families and the society they try to live in.

edit - spelling

Edited 11 May 2023 by ozleicester

[BenTheFox]

3 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Quite.  What is more bizarre is having a Tory party who remain reliant on her ideas 40 odd years later.

Especially considering that so much of the landscape has changed since then. She came into office at a time when Trade Unions had far more power than they do now, the top rate of income tax was 83% and most of our industries were nationalised to a point where we even had a state-owned removal company. Now, despite all the strikes of the past 12 months, trade union power isn't anywhere near what it was in the 70s and 80s, the top rate of income tax is 45%, traditional industries such as steel and coal mining have gone and pretty much every state-owned asset that could realistically be privatised has been privatised (it's really telling that even she didn't privatise the railways). They were a different set of answers to a largely different set of questions and that's even if you agreed with what she did. 

[Zear0]

2 hours ago, ozleicester said:

Perhaps those people are still suffering from the damage the wicked woman inflicted on them, their families and the society they try to live in.

edit - spelling

Hard for them to inflict pain on people and families when "There is no such thing as society"

[Silebyfox_89]

Never been a fan of gold on our home kits, looks tacky to me, I'd rather use the yellow/orange from the club badge.

 

Give me a Boca Juniors style home kit please.

[Daggers]

Players should be able to launch Tommy Smith career ending tackles with impunity and pitches should become bogs during winter.

[Daggers]

We shouldn't be paying for the costs of Russia's war.

 

Frozen oligarch funds should be used up first for that purpose.

[Jattdogg]

4 minutes ago, Daggers said:

We shouldn't be paying for the costs of Russia's war.

 

Frozen oligarch funds should be used up first for that purpose.

Need to use the defrost option first.