The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[bovril]

5 hours ago, CornwallFox said:

Never understand why anybody cares what they pay. They need to be competitive in the world in which they operate. I do not buy for one second the idea that the licence fee somehow changes this. 

 

It's a similar argument to when people complain public servants shouldn't earn decent wages. We should want the best public servants possible running the country, which means better wages. 

I cannot believe anyone is happy about living in a world where Alan Shearer gets paid 404k to sit next to Danny Murphy and drone on like a pair of miserable monotonous Northern testicles. 

[davieG]

1 hour ago, grobyfox1990 said:

They defo will care, can you imagine the happy clapper onslaught if they hired second rate broadcasters. I PAY ALL MY LICENCE FEE MONEY AND THE BLOKE PRESENTING NEWSNIGHT CAN'T EVEN ACT. 

People clearly care about the bbc because they're always moaning about it.

Most of them have been there years since they were just youngsters no one complained back then. Scott Mills has been there 27 years since he was 26.

[grobyfox1990]

6 minutes ago, davieG said:

Most of them have been there years since they were just youngsters no one complained back then. Scott Mills has been there 27 years since he was 26.

World is massively different nowadays. All it takes is one Facebook post from Farage about a bad broadcaster and the happy clapping mob will duly assemble against the bbc 

[FoyleFox]

6 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Its in the public interest because the licence fee will be paying the wages of all these celebrities- I agree with you here, just meaningless. 

 

No one will go, ''right that's it I'm not watching BBC anymore as Zoe Ball has been sacked'' No one actually cares. 

Zoe Ball* has indeed left. I'll bet people are still watching...

*Although, wasn't sacked. 

[FoyleFox]

7 hours ago, davieG said:

Had to look these two up.

 

Stephen Nolan is a N. Ireland radio presenter

 

Justin Webb is a journalist so doing a more specialist job

Nolan is a grade A twat who shouldn't be employed by anyone. 

[Jon the Hat]

5 hours ago, bovril said:

I cannot believe anyone is happy about living in a world where Alan Shearer gets paid 404k to sit next to Danny Murphy and drone on like a pair of miserable monotonous Northern testicles. 

Shearer is the ridiculous one on there, **** that.  

 

Mills will be over 500k on this years numbers.

[Jon the Hat]

2 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

Nolan is a grade A twat who shouldn't be employed by anyone. 

He gets a lot of listeners though, and I suppose that is the measure of success for a radio guy.  For Shearer though, people are watching for the highlights not the miserable bugger talking about them.

[Grebfromgrebland]

8 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

Nolan is a grade A twat who shouldn't be employed by anyone. 

He maybe a grade a T but there seems to be loads of money in daytime radio. He's up against the lijes of James O'Brien and he's paid multiple times more on commercial radio.

 

These guys are paid the market rate 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Everything done on April fools day is painfully unfunny.

[AyewJoking]

8 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Everything done on April fools day is painfully unfunny.

somebody pissed in your cornflakes?

[CornwallFox]

21 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

World is massively different nowadays. All it takes is one Facebook post from Farage about a bad broadcaster and the happy clapping mob will duly assemble against the bbc 

Indeed. The same mob that the rest of the time claim to hate cancel culture. 

[davieG]

Obviously the roads are bad with potholes but some of the pavements are dangerous mostly due to the service companies patch ups which are ok on the day but after a few months many are awful.

[ozleicester]

On 28/03/2026 at 21:35, Izzy said:

I don't see how that really benefits anyone. He should definitely be banned from driving and should be in therapy/rehab rather than jail imo.

 

As far as the golf goes, he has plenty of purpose including his own foundation for teaching disadvantaged kids, part owner of the new TGL indoor league, designing new courses, coaching his son, new clothing line, full time on the PGA future comps comittee, numerous sponsorship and business ventures, possible next Ryder Cup Captain, and working tirelessly to get fit for the Masters.

 

The real issue is that he's an addict.

 

Not just addicted to golf but he's also admitted to being addicted to video games in the past. Back in 2010 he was addicted to shagging hookers in Las Vegas which he had to publically apologise for and now it seems he's addicted to painkillers to get over his numerous surgeries and injuries.

 

Hard to seperate the performer from the person here. No doubt one of the greatest golfers who ever lived and still moves the needle, but as a bloke, he's a bit of a *****. (I partly blame his father who was Tiger's idol but a serial adulterer and a total cvnt by all accounts)

All or none... no-ones crying in their porridge about dirty Dave the local druggie getting locked up... but oooh poor addicted millionaires need help.

[Sampson]

7 hours ago, ozleicester said:

All or none... no-ones crying in their porridge about dirty Dave the local druggie getting locked up... but oooh poor addicted millionaires need help.

I agree on all or none, but on the side that we shouldn’t be demonising dirty Dave the local druggie either and should be giving him help. Not that we should be ranting against Tiger Woods.

 

We’re all human beings, with the “wrong” DNA and “wrong” life experiences that could all be us. There but by the grace of god go I.

 

Sadly social media outrage culture doesn’t take any of that into account anymore, it doesn’t let people make mistakes anymore, dirty Dave the local druggie becomes easily googlable by any potential employer and therefore unemployable and never given the opportunity to get his life back on track. To “make one heap of all your winnings, And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss;” is impossible in 2026.

[Izzy]

7 hours ago, ozleicester said:

All or none... no-ones crying in their porridge about dirty Dave the local druggie getting locked up... but oooh poor addicted millionaires need help.

Tiger is a billionaire FYI

[The Bear]

32 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Tiger is a billionaire FYI

Probably why he didn't get pinned to the ground handcuffed behind his back and with a knee on his neck. 

[Parafox]

On 01/04/2026 at 19:50, davieG said:

Obviously the roads are bad with potholes but some of the pavements are dangerous mostly due to the service companies patch ups which are ok on the day but after a few months many are awful.

 

Not as important, but Morrison's, Hinckley has some terrible potholes as do most other supermarkets. They are a potential hazard. A fall/trip caused by them could result in a compensation case.

 

[Parafox]

On 01/04/2026 at 10:24, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Everything done on April fools day is painfully unfunny.

 

On 01/04/2026 at 18:42, AyewJoking said:

somebody pissed in your cornflakes?

 

They claimed they did. Then laughed.

[Parafox]

10 hours ago, Sampson said:

I agree on all or none, but on the side that we shouldn’t be demonising dirty Dave the local druggie either and should be giving him help. Not that we should be ranting against Tiger Woods.

 

We’re all human beings, with the “wrong” DNA and “wrong” life experiences that could all be us. There but by the grace of god go I.

 

Sadly social media outrage culture doesn’t take any of that into account anymore, it doesn’t let people make mistakes anymore, dirty Dave the local druggie becomes easily googlable by any potential employer and therefore unemployable and never given the opportunity to get his life back on track. To “make one heap of all your winnings, And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss;” is impossible in 2026.

 

SM makes it easy for keyboard theorists to judge and condemn because they then feel a sense of justification because they see it as "bad" which makes them feel "good" for not being that person who is suffering whatever crisis in their lives.

 

Happy to judge and condemn. Not so happy to help or understand or enquire as to "how".

Edited 4 April by Parafox

[Kopic]

Having a baby. Over the moon. That is all.

[Zear0]

1 minute ago, Kopic said:

Having a baby. Over the moon. That is all.

Welcome to the f**king knackered club buddy

[fox_favourite]

1 hour ago, Kopic said:

Having a baby. Over the moon. That is all.

Congratulations to you! and commiserations to your regular sleep pattern and welcome to sleep deprived survival! 

Edited 5 April by fox_favourite

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Congratulations to you! and commiserations to your regular sleep pattern and welcome to sleep deprived survival! 

 

1 hour ago, Zear0 said:

Welcome to the f**king knackered club buddy

I think they mean actually having a baby this very minute. Live from the birthing pool.

[leicsmac]

Read something interesting today. 

 

The Laperouse Expedition was a French voyage of scientific discovery in the late 18th century that was sadly wrecked in the Pacific. The survivors managed to live on an uncharted island for at least three years, but were never rescued. 

 

There are two fascinating historical points about this expedition. One was that the voyage of a Royal Navy ship looking for the Bounty mutineers passed by the island where the Laperouse survivors were marooned, but did not stop to render aid, believing it would distract from their mission. The second is that a young aspirant naval officer from Corsica applied to join the expedition, but despite passing preliminary tests, did not make the final crew.

 

That officers name is rather well known these days - Napoleon Bonaparte.

 

Imagine how different history might have been if either of those two events had turned out differently. 

[jonthefox]

After all these years, James Blunt is still as irritating as ever.