*Bob*

capt_birdseye Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa Wrote: > > Brendan I've been to Italy many times > You are SO middle class!!! Don't deny it! She skis too. Oh yes. Don't be fooled.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- In fact the only pizza place i've seen out > there is Pizza Hut (Rome I think). Lounged.. and all because Louisa won't see a doctor about those cataracts.

Life without 'caller ID' is no life at all.

I agree on restaurants devoted to serving pizza.. (having a pizza is hardly 'a treat') - but then that's why they'd make a good pub food. Cheap to make, easy to cook from fresh in a few minutes, endless variations and you don't even need a knife and fork to eat it. God knows I'd rather have that as a quick food fix than some rancid old Lasagne, reheated from frozen, or some crappy microwave pies filled with beak and cock, served-up with cold oven chips.

And the fact that everybody and his dog has seen The Apprentice now has a bearing on how the tasks work. It used to be great watching a bemused businessman or random bod getting doorstepped by a dozen absolute tits and deciding for himself to show them the door. But now, the instant they see the cameras, the suits and said tits you just know they're thinking "aah, The Apprentice, I shall play along.." Hopefully the less improvisatory 'street' tasks (designing something for presentation to industry etc) will still be good though.

It is entertaining. Only it's less entertaining than the time before - which in turn was less entertaining than the one that preceded it. But then that's telly for you.

It's still fun but the whole thing's looking a bit worn this time around. S'Ralon's opening 'speech' to the candidates was bad written, poorly delivered and massively cringeworthy, making him look like a parody of himself, but that's what happens when things get hackneyed. I think this ought to be the last series (so expect another six)

Glad we see eye to eye on this one, Keef. There are many problems we face in this world, but jazz is not the answer.

Don't have a problem with criticism, but half the time it's not criticism.. it's revenge, dressed-up in the ill-fitting guise of 'public service', posted by someone who couldn't bring themselves to say anything at the time, has stewed over it, had a few beers, come over all righteous and spilled it out on here. That's poor.

The best way for people to get things of their chest is to open their mouths and say something in person if it means that much to them. Failing that - smiling, saying "everything's lovely, thanks" and then nipping home to deliver an anonymous electronic slagging-off is The Right And Proper British Way.

'A lounge bar with a bit of jazz'? I know there have been struggles with the shops round there but have thing really got that bad?

You'll have to forgive Louisa, the poor old dear.. Due to an unfortunate industrial accident many years ago, her taste buds became stuck in the 1970s. It's not her fault if she can't tell the difference between those flat discs of cardboard you buy in Iceland with a scraping of tomato paste and cheddar 'number three' on top - and a real pizza.

Nothing flash.. I've only ever hitch-hiked once: Sheffield to the Glastonbury festival in 1992.. 3..? around then anyway. We had a variety of lifts: a travelling salesman's van filled with product demo stuff; An 18-wheeler with a bag of weed stowed behind the rear view mirror and tunes pumping out; and finally (appropriately) a VDub camper van with gallon jars of cydrrrr passed around as we crawled the last five miles with the doors open. It was blisteringly sunny all weekend, which was fortunate as none of us has bothered to bring a tent.

Why splash-out on an Iceland burger when you can flatten a piece of spam and fry it in glue over a primus stove - for 6p. McDonalds! Iceland! Posh gits.

I came here because someone told me the streets were lined with gold. Turns-out they're lined with vom just like everywhere else, but there are compensations.

I have yet to view CB also.. we were watching the fantastic Alan Whicker prog instead last night. A slightly depressing reminder of how good telly could be (for the right man, at the right place in time).

Please tell us what the real world is like, Tony! The only travelling I've ever done is between my front door and William Rose and back - by black cab.

Never got The Goons either.. though I admit being exposed to 'Highway' at an impressionable age might have coloured my opinion.

Yeah, I don't mean like, Hicks is stoney-faced unfunny and, like, Lee is the funniest man alive, obviously. I like them both. I like all sorts - usually what I'm in the mood for; nothing with religious fervour, that's for sure. But BH is like an old episode of Monty Python: great to quote and wank-on about knowledgeably after a few beers but.. sit down, watch it again and fall about laughing..? No. There's also something slightly perturbing about a dead comedian who's attracted legions of uber-fans, 95% of whom are all MEN.. it's like some sort-of weird comedy-macho thing happening. Not that any of this is Bill's fault, of course.

Mikecg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa I love your attitude if more people had the > guts maybe the country woud be in a better state. I agree. There'd be daffodils everywhere, lining every road from John O' Groats to Lands End. People of every race, colour and creed, old and young, would put aside petty squabbles and join hands in togetherness, embracing shared goals and common dreams. One World. One Dream. Louisa's Dream.

I'll only go if Daizie and Felicity Normal go.. and manage to arrive separately.

Yeah, me too. I woz BIG. I mean.. Mr BIG. Can't say too much though. Very hush-hush.

Ahh.. Student days, eh Xena?

Be careful: 'Spotters are territorial and guard there 'pitches' with vigour. If you rub someone up the wrong way by spotting on their manor, you are liable to get half an egg and cress sandwich thrown at you..

bon3yard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whats Bill Hicks got to do with owt??? Yeah.. you can't compare an underrated comedian with an overrated one. That's just not fair.