*Bob*

All the masters - Bolton, Twain, Nickelback..

Oh, you know, Mr Ben - take a few insufferably cool contemporary acts, add a handful of classics to demonstrate character and top with a smattering of leftfield wild cards to show quirk. That's my list.

whoosh

music is subjective (whoosh!) music is subjective (whoosh!) (etc)

It's like taking candy from a baby, really. But then I did always have a sweet tooth. But seriously.. what are you hoping to gain from this utterly pointless 'discussion'? What do you want to know? Several hundred squillion people (including myself) mostly only listen to a few Stevie Wonder albums because they find that so much of the rest of it is bland, repetitive, preachy and cheesy. On the other hand, several hundred squillion other people (myself not included) don't listen to The Smiths because they hate the whining, dreary, monotonous tone of the M'sey, and his general lack of accomplished musicality - in comparison to say, oh, let's just go with Stevie Wonder. So what have we learned here.. you know - 'about music'? Oh yeah.. absolutely nothing.

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- When trading > posts with yourself I'm reminded of the Stevie > Wonder lyrics to Mistra Know it all. I can't think > why. Is it because your understanding of songs is limited to those with very literal titles?

Well I've certainly enjoyed your articulate and well thought-out mention of The Smiths - in particular the way you knowledgeably referenced 'Heaven Knows..' - a track which is probably to The Smiths as 'Superstition' is to Stevie Wonder.

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Indeed, but usually they are expressed in an > articulate manner and should include some kind of > persuasive argument or rationale which may bring > the reader over to your way of thinking, right? No, it would simply be a complete waste of time, on account of opinions on music being entirely subjective.

What Christmas fair?

Yes, but then opinions on music are subjective, right?

Stevie Wonder vs The Smiths? I think, song for song, they've probably managed the same amount of Good Stuff. But then at least The Smiths had the decency to cram theirs into half a decade - as opposed to half a century.

He'll go blind, you know.

My Mum used to do that - but I threatened her with the home thing, so she knows to bite her lip now.

oh Ted, are you having one of your big-hearted live-and-let-live sarcasm-free days? Here - this one's on me.

Henrys suck.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Though you can buy that head as an extra for about > ?24 True, you can get your parquet brush for ?24.95. Included with the 5281. But then you've got your turbobrush - ?39.99. Included with the 5281. One can only hope that the bog-standard, regular brush which you got with your 5211 doesn't end-up being a disappointment.

I feel you've missed a trick here: in addition to the standard floorhead supplied with the 5211, the 5281 includes a parquet floorhead and a turbobrush - for relatively little extra cost. But don't beat yourself up about it.

I knew they were destined for greater things.. ever since I paid ?6 for four tomatoes back in 2007.

This is more like it..

Grandpa in My Pocket is much improved after a couple of glasses. Indeed, I'm not sure if there are any viable alternative ways of seeing it.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That wasn't you was it *Bob* ? I've only been to the cinema once whilst in drag - and that was some time ago - so it couldn't have been me. Maybe the conditioned air is infused with some sort of hysterical idiot-juice, so that the dismal Lynx commercial which you usually fast-forward through when at home becomes a work of sublime comedic genius, causing your and your moviegoing partner to spontaneously clutch each other's arms and emit ridiculous, honking guffaws. Who knows.

Hey, you.. yes, you. You've already seen this commercial at home, several times. Was it funny? No. Is it any funnier now? No. Then why are you laughing like a deranged horse?

I'm sure such things are passed-on through genetic coding.. the adults who complain about fireworks going on late have children who don't like the fireworks going on late, who in-turn will surely grow into the adults who complain about the fireworks going on late. 'Our kid' slept soundly through the lot, of course and I can't say they bother me. Makes a pleasant change from the sounds of sirens and drunken shrieking.

Ladies.. form an orderly queue..

Script - subtle as a brick Characters - paper thin Plotlines - to suit aged 5 and up. The more it goes on, the more laughable it becomes. Looks nice though.