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I'm quite happy to blog this show on my own, by the way. I don't believe everyone can be watching the footie. Oh my giddy christ! That metallic leather jacket is the vilest thing I've ever seen. Even Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen would turn his nose up at it for being too gaudy.

What the f- is Debra wearing? She looks like she's at a rave circa 1992.

Not a fan? Yasmeena and James are great together. I particularly enjoy James using the phrase "You're pulling my chain!" live on the Shopping Channel. He shouldn't be allowed out in public. "If you're not fast with this, you're gonna be LAST with this" James to win! He's by far the least obnoxious of these idiots.

Oh my GOD! Toy air guitar! I seriously want one of those! That's actually... not sh*t. (cue opening bars on Smoke On The Water)

I thought you weren't watching it, Mike? Channel-flipping between Ronaldo and Lorraine? hard to decide who's more annoying, mind you. Two hundred and twenty nine pounds ninety nine for an electronic dinosaur???

Ooh, Kate doesn't like someone else being told they're photogenic.

Hurrah, it's the Shopping Channel episode! Always watch-through-your-hands hilarious. I want to see Debra sell the Grab-o-saurus.

Well, personally I found the problem with both an intravenous drip and an enema was that the Yorkshire puddings kept getting stuck.

That order of course. Or sometimes I just chuck the whole lot in a food processor and drink it through a straw.

Of course I do. You mean to say you haven't? It's the classic three course meal: Mint Cornetto Can of lager Full roast beer dinner Yum.

Lemonade Sparkle ice lollys (always preferably to Mini Milk, in my opinion). 10p - bargain! We would never have even considered asking for a Cornetto, it was a Sparkle or a Mini Milk or nothing. None of your poncy expensive lollies. Mind you, it always really annoyed me that on the very rare occasions my dad would splash out and buy me a proper cornet, it would make you really thirsty, but you weren't allowed to have a drink as well. It was always "you can have a drink OR an ice cream". Of course, you'd go for the ice cream, because you were ten, and not yet capable of thinking these things through sufficiently. Nowadays, splendidly, I can buy myself a Cornetto and follow it up with a can of beer, and nobody bats an eyelid! Being an adult is great.

There is no excuse for not having seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, unless - No, there's just no excuse. I did a film degree and denied it for years, but now I'm out and proud - Ferris totally pisses on the collected works of Ingmar Bergman. Does "Smiles On A Summer Night" have Charlie Sheen in it? No it does not! Score one to Ferris!

A shrug of a poem, one of the few I remember off by heart (I suppose because it's short, if not that sweet).. Resume Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live. - Dorothy Parker Seems a good motto for life, really.

Does anyone NOT get that? (apart from my flatmate who has somehow managed to reach the grand old age of 38 without having ever watched the genius that is Ferris Bueller's Day Off) Personally: at least 36 times since the age of 15, I would say. "Graaaaace!"

Surely a perfect venue for the next EDForum drinks? Anyone? Anyone?

The message "Buffering..." when you're trying to watch something on i-player or 4od. Yes, I do want to watch this programme in 3 second intervals with five minute periods of buffering between them. Thank you, modern technology! Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... Buffering... for ever and ever and ever

Well, Ratty if it's not a bar for trendy tw*ts with overpriced bottled cider, then I would say its marketing campaign is definitely way off the mark 'cos that's the impression I got the numerous times I walked past and didn't go in. Of course, now I've got the impression its stuff are numpties who are so desperate to plug their bar they'll do almost anything, no matter how underhand. And funnily enough, I still don't want to go inside.

Yes.

Interesting. I typed tw * ts and the forum automatically converted it into @#$%& Does it do the same with "wankers"?

I should add that I've never actually been in The Vale, mainly because any place that advertises itself as a "DJ Bar" is obvious shorthand for "full of trendy twats" and "won't have Strongbow on tap and will instead try to peddle you some ridculous imported designed by marketing gonks brand of cider in a massive bottle and (horrors!) with ice, for almost twice as much as a normal pint would have cost you."

"Not once did I feel crushed or devalued"!! Loving this line. Why do I suspect this is an exact quote from a letter of complaint they've have recently? Let's face it, no-one uses that phrase in normal conversation. "I went to Sainsburys on Saturday afternoon, the queues were massive and there were only about 5 tills open. I have to say, I felt completely crushed and devalued." "I got on the 176 bus last night, after waiting twenty minutes, it was rammed as usual and I couldn't sit down because someone had their bags on the seat. I felt completely crushed and devalued." "My cat ran away at the weekend, I felt completely crushed and devalued." See, it sounds almost normal now, doesn't it? Now determined to shoehorn this phrase into monthly sales meeting with boss this afternoon!

Oh, I dunno, Louis Pasteur told me Jenner was a right stuck-up git, thought he was God's gift just because he'd saved the world from disease and death, blah blah blah. You know what some of these scientists are like. (shakes head)

Oh, yeah, the other one... Doh!

Serious question: WAS it Sylvia Young, and did you want to be (or are you now) an actress?

Was that Sylvia Young, KK? Did you harbour dreams of West End stardom and a starring role in Rent? (I'd cross Dane Bowyers off that list if I were you, mind)