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#81

Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...

Last post by Savonarola - April 24, 2024, 04:12:06 PM

Fill up your granaries now because:

Lara Trump Threatens 'Four Years of Scorched Earth' If Trump Retakes Power

He showed us a whole lot that we didn't know was going on — within the media, within Washington, D.C. He exposed a lot of people. So they have to do everything they can to keep him out of that White House 'cause they know Donald Trump gets in for four more years, the jig is up for them. The gloves are off. There are no holds barred here. He is going full-throttle. He's not worried about winning another election. It's four years of scorched earth when Donald Trump retakes the White House.

That's an... uhm... inspirational message. 

#82

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Sheilbh - April 24, 2024, 04:03:58 PM

John Bennett
@JohnBennettBBC
Tracksuit Dyche has a 100% record.

#83

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Sheilbh - April 24, 2024, 04:00:56 PM

That's no way to talk about Richard Whiteley

#84

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Josquius - April 24, 2024, 03:59:16 PM

 Fucking hell Liverpool. Well they've really bottled that. Arsenal are the only hope now.

#85

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by FunkMonk - April 24, 2024, 03:59:14 PM

#86

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Josquius - April 24, 2024, 03:58:08 PM

This thread's made me realise how much of an Atlantic gap there is on sitcoms - at least until the 90s maybe.

A lot of those mentioned here I've never heard of, some I think I've only heard of because of gags in Family Guy or the Simpsons (like Three's Company, I think) and some I'm aware of. But I think Mork and Mindy, Married with Children and Roseanne are the only ones I've ever actually seen/made it to UK TV.

Linear TV childhood - different world

Yes. Most old American comedies I know about from their being referenced in films about comedians lives, the simpsons, etc...
Hell. Quite a lot of classic films I know of In a similar way.

I guess it's another part of the shrinking of the world and take off in globalisation over recent decades.
Massive increases in choice and freedom but at the same time it is sad to see such a decline in the days when someone could be hyper succesful and famous in Yorkshire but basically unknown elsewhere.

#87

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Sheilbh - April 24, 2024, 03:50:43 PM

I saw lots of Arsenal fans saying they wanted Everton to do them a favour. Which suggests they don't know Everton because the last time we won a derby at Goodison, Arteta scored

But (NOT JINXING IT)...

#88

Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by Sheilbh - April 24, 2024, 03:15:25 PM

This thread's made me realise how much of an Atlantic gap there is on sitcoms - at least until the 90s maybe.

A lot of those mentioned here I've never heard of, some I think I've only heard of because of gags in Family Guy or the Simpsons (like Three's Company, I think) and some I'm aware of. But I think Mork and Mindy, Married with Children and Roseanne are the only ones I've ever actually seen/made it to UK TV.

Linear TV childhood - different world

#89

Off the Record / Re: Brexit and the waning days...

Last post by Sheilbh - April 24, 2024, 03:10:48 PM

Once again looking at Germany with envy for their Green Party

jonn elledge
@JonnElledge
I'm trying to wean myself off my recent addiction to being mean to Greens on Twitter, but one of them has just put out a campaign video listing 35 reasons to vote Green and one of them is "zero murders" and come on

Not really sure "zero murders" is a policy (also has "zero road deaths" which again is very much not a policy). It's not like murders happen because Sadiq Khan isn't opposed to them.

#90

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2024

Last post by Syt - April 24, 2024, 02:46:46 PM

RIP Terry Carter, age 95.