*Bob*

That's very unfair SJ. The Singapore Forum is a buzzing a lively place. Today's hot topics on TSF: From 'What's on': 'Public caning on Saturday - who's going?' General Issues: 'HELP! Small amount of drugs found on me - should I still expect a mandatory death penalty??!' Lost and Found: 'Has anyone seen my husband? - Possibly indefinitely detained without trial??'

Unfortunately most new bought-from-new furniture loses value superfast - even most of the repro 'design classics' stuff - with the exception perhaps of anything bespoke and/or particularly interesting or different. There's just so much stuff about to buy - and so many people just happy to get shot ASAP that prices are low. Usually a search of eBay for 'sold prices' of anything which looks similar tells the truth - even if you don't want to believe it. If it really is good quality stuff and you think you're in with a chance you could try an Auction house - like Roseberys in West Norwood, who have regular general sales. Second hand furniture-sellers seem to be divided into 'collectible high-end' and 'allsorts & junk'. Your stuff is (I would guess) unlikely to qualify for the former and you won't be offered much by the latter.

I may have embellished - a touch.

The burger thing? Really, if I was buying eight 'beef' burgers for less than a pound, I'd be thankful just not to find half a beak and possibly a bit of condom in one of them.

Hugenot?

Green Goose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Singapore did and you wont see any flyposting > there either. It's a much cleaner and more > attractive living environment E.D. I believe oral sex is also illegal without intercourse, it has one of the world's highest execution rates - and homosexuals are routinely burned at the stake. Just a few more of the fine Singaporean laws that we here in ED would do well to emulate - for a better society.

On the upside, if you listen carefully, you can hear me whistling a jolly little tune in a little bit of the background muzak. So it's not all bad news.

It's like the Butterfly Effect. Every time somebody in Basildon turns a left-handed rubber glove inside out to make a new pair, another ten thousand gather to protest in Hama.

Are you saying that C4's lighthearted household tips half-hour is failing to get to grips with - and may even be partly responsible for - the realities of the global economic crisis?

MrBen wrote > Right, well....Bridget Fonda in a bikini and a > sound track featuring Bobby Womack and Roy Ayers. > Whats not to like? Just had a scan through and I do have JB backed-up on the HD drive. It's a toss-up between that and Flash Gordon. A Peter Duncan cameo, the bore worms, a ludicrous score by Queen and, er, Ornella Muti in tight fitting clothes. Tough call.

Agree on his acting appearances. Shocking. He should at least have the decency to limit himself to a non-speaking role. Pulp Fiction, however, is near-perfect. (See above)

They're always watchable - and I do usually watch (Kill Bill aside, which I gave-up on). There's enough ker-POW to keep you goggling; the soundtracks are usually interesting and there's always a line of established acting talent queueing-up to kiss Quentin's hand. But after the credits roll, it all just feels a bit hollow. There's nothing more to be gleaned from another viewing.. And This coming from a serial re-watcher of any old shit!

That's one I haven't seen, as it goes. RE hissy fit, at the time I quite enjoyed the 'bollocks to you and your crap question, Krish' approach, but on reflection, in the current climate, 'bollocks to you and your crap question - for reasons x y and z' might have been a better response. With regard to The N Word controversy, I think we have to assume that Quentin uses TNW a lot because Quentin just likes the N word.. a lot. He likes it so much, it wouldn't surprise me if choosing this genre is simply a ruse to use the N word even more. Claiming its use in the film is for authenticity? Well, I haven't seen the film yet, but I suspect, on the whole, it's not exactly going to be like some sort of authentic document of the era, is it?

In Penge.

Even in a licensed London minicab.. sounds a like a recipe for waking-up ?20 down, with a stolen waistcoat and a sore bottom.

The first QT film I wanted to see more than once was Reservoir Dogs. The second was Pulp Fiction. Still waiting for the third. 18 years is a long time to wait.

'Don't meet your heroes', Krish. Handled it well though. A mixture of bemusement and licking his lips with glee as he realised he was in for a noteworthy interview.

Yes, but then as you can see for yourself, the useful, polite debate found on the first page or two has been entirely de-railed by the usual, predictable, chippy attack on those "awful", "stuck-up" middle class "snob" parents and (sure as eggs) their "snotty obnoxious" children - and predictable fallout thereafter. I am imagining smileys, as we speak.

Is it possible to 'politely disagree' with someone who thinks you - and your wife - and your children - are tw@ts? "Hello. I think you, your wife - and your children - are tw@ts." "Ooh. I politely disagree."

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I laugh in the face of your piss. Another satisfied client.

Modern foxes these days laugh in the face of piss. They have mutated into a new breed of super-fox. In any case, you might be able to do your own, but getting piss into all your neighbours' gardens is a tricky business. Revellers en route home from The Adventure are usually happy to help out where they can.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 66 is a mid life crisis? I'm pretty sure I'm not > going to make it to 132. I was talking about the listeners, not the songwriter!

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you like the song, *Bob*? tbh I find these things (musical icon releases new stuff late in life) really hard to judge. I'm at 'It's alright!' (with and exclamation mark - as opposed to 'it's alright', with a shrug). I think steveo is right - hence the EM. Will I be reaching for this over those old faves? Doubtful. But then that's the power of familiarity for you.

Bowieday - What a day. It was like a sort of mass public mid-life crisis. One suspects he could have mic'd-up a bucket and shat into it from the top of step ladder - to the same universal acclaim. And why not eh? As Jezthro says - He's earned it.

Interestingly, the best-selling British book was the Highway Code - until recently overtaken - by 50 Shades of Grey. Fact. So in many ways, Gillian was somewhat ahead (so to speak) of her time in trying to combine the two.