People/Things you changed your mind about

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

2 hours ago, Livid said:

Marmite, used to hate it and now quite like it.......In moderation.

Yeah can't have Marmite all the time, but Marmite on crumpets and the Marmite cashews are both brilliant when you need something proper savoury

[Uranyl Yellow]

8 hours ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

The Jerk and Planes, Trains and Automobiles are two of my favourite films, he was fantastic in both those films. Still seems like a nice bloke but the comedy in his acting these days seems very forced

 

As a kid I hated vegetables, now I like many of them.

Used to like Danny Drinkwater, not so much these days

Used to like tea, can't be arsed with it anymore. Funnily I used to hate coffee, now I love it

 

For pure comedy value, I would say The Man With Two Brains was Steve Martin's pinnacle.

[Jimothy]

9 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Boris Johnson - initially thought he was a daft individual who somehow worked his way up, but over the past couple of years actually perceive him as intelligent and a likeable character.

Interesting. I think either people already thought he was intelligent and their position on that is the same or he's gone down in people's opinion over the last couple of years.

 

For the record I don't think he's an idiot, I think he's daft and acts silly at times. There's clearly a brain in there. I do think he's shit at his job though, and the last couple of years have made me even more certain of that.

Edited 10 June 2018 by Facecloth

[Jon the Hat]

4 hours ago, ozleicester said:

Capitalism, I used to think it was the best and only option.

 

Then i looked around

At what exactly?

[Fox92]

9 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Boris Johnson - initially thought he was a daft individual who somehow worked his way up, but over the past couple of years actually perceive him as intelligent and a likeable character.

Of course he's intelligent, he studied at Eton and Oxford. I still think he puts the 'daft' thing on. Don't like him.

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Of course he's intelligent, he studied at Eton and Oxford. I still think he puts the 'daft' thing on. Don't like him.

On a similar topic, I once thought studying at Eton meant you had to be smart, now I just know it often means you merely have the right amount of money to throw at the administration.

 

Oxford (and Cambridge, come to that) is not quite so bad as that, though.

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

 

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is also pretty funny.

As is "The Man With Two Brains"

[SpacedX]

14 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Steve Martin used to be really funny.

 

No, seriously!

 

[ozleicester]

5 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

At what exactly?

Do you really need a list, is not the discrepancy between rich and poor obvious enough?

Edited 10 June 2018 by ozleicester

[Webbo]

16 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Do you really need a list, is not the discrepancy between rich and poor obvious enough?

 

If the poor are getting better off, which they are,why does it later if someone has more than they do?

[The Blur]

24 minutes ago, ozleicester said:

Do you really need a list, is not the discrepancy between rich and poor obvious enough?

 

 

6 minutes ago, Webbo said:

If the poor are getting better off, which they are,why does it later if someone has more than they do?

 

I used to thought that this thread has potential to be interesting but now it appears to have turned into a political slinging borefest

Edited 10 June 2018 by The Blur

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, The Blur said:

 

 

I used to thought that this thread has potential to be interesting but now it appears to have turned into a political slinging borefest

 

Fair point, I'll leave it at that.

[ozleicester]

11 minutes ago, Webbo said:

If the poor are getting better off, which they are,why does it later if someone has more than they do?

Someone can certainly have more than another, but when some have nothing and others have more than enough we have a problem

[CarbonVirtine]

5 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Of course he's intelligent, he studied at Eton and Oxford. I still think he puts the 'daft' thing on. 

It's what makes him dangerous.

 

I think he's dismissive, arrogant and has little empathy. Basically, if he doesn't see something as a problem then it isn't one and he thinks no further. 

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

 

I used to thought that this thread has potential to be interesting but now it appears to have turned into a political slinging borefest

 

Yeah...I like to spout off about that as much as the next nerd does but let's try and keep one thread at least free of it, huh?

 

In an effort for that...

 

Used to not be able to stand anything garlic-related, now it's practically my favourite food group.

[Alf Bentley]

What people/things have you changed your mind about, @Webbo?

 

I've changed my mind about....

 

People:

- Vardy: 5 years ago, I wasn't sure whether he'd make it at Championship level 

- Mourinho: I used to find the way he wound up media & other managers entertaining, now I just find him sour and boorish (I think it might be him who's changed, though)

- Gove: Still disagree fundamentally with his politics, but no longer find him sneering & objectionable on a personal level

- Glitter: I used to think he was a fun guy with some good songs, now I'm not so sure....

 

Things:

- Abolition of the monarchy: Would now oppose abolition unless someone came up with a new, popular constitutional settlement. A well-trained hereditary monarch with largely symbolic status might be the best possible head of state

- Trees: Used to be pretty neutral about trees, but now often find them beautiful, characterful or even downright strange when you ponder their weirdness. poking up at right-angles to the earth like that

- Sports apart from football and cricket: As a youth, I'd avidly watch athletics, 5 nations rugby, big boxing fights, Olympics, even a bit of tennis, snooker, skiing or whatever. Now have no interest in any sport other than football & cricket

- Achievement: I used to have a vague idea that I'd like to "achieve something in life" (not sure what!). I'd still like to lead an interesting life, to feel that I'd been a half-decent Dad, to complete a few writing projects and to believe that those I respected thought well of me. But I'm now at ease with the idea of achieving nothing special in life.

 

 

[The Horse's Mouth]

3 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

- Trees: Used to be pretty neutral about trees, but now often find them beautiful, characterful or even downright strange when you ponder their weirdness. poking up at right-angles to the earth like that

 

 

What on earth

[Alf Bentley]

1 minute ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

What on earth

 

Yep, on earth. Haven't seen any on Mars yet, mate. 

[bovril]

There's lots of indie music that made sense in my late teens early twenties that I now find tedious. The Smiths, especially.

I used to think Terrence Malick was a genius but after his recent films I think he did a Ranieri 2015/16 with Badlands, a one off moment of magic that he's incapable of repeating.

When Vardy gave away a penalty vs 'boro in 2013, I hoped he'd played his last game for us. 

[Webbo]

38 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

What people/things have you changed your mind about, @Webbo?

 

 

 

 

Why do you want to know?

 

I can't honestly think of anything off hand.

[Alf Bentley]

1 minute ago, Webbo said:

Why do you want to know?

 

I can't honestly think of anything off hand.

 

Just curious. It's the subject of the thread, after all, and I just saw your name pop up posting.

[Webbo]

Just now, Alf Bentley said:

 

Just curious. It's the subject of the thread, after all, and I just saw your name pop up posting.

There are 1000s of members, why single me out?

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Line-X said:

 

I seem to remember Paul Kaye saying later that it was the only time he felt sorry for anyone when he did Dennis Pennis, because he could see that Steve Martin looked genuinely sad and in agreement.

[The Horse's Mouth]

3 minutes ago, Webbo said:

There are 1000s of members, why single me out?

calm down mate

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

calm down mate

Just curious.