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Post by lymaze on Aug 22, 2009 21:07:17 GMT
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Post by inky on Aug 22, 2009 21:24:56 GMT
If ever I win the Lottery a Lambo is top of my 'useless things that I can now afford' list even if it is a revolting colour  |
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Post by nobody on Aug 29, 2009 23:26:48 GMT
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Post by vanderdb9 on Sept 6, 2009 0:41:11 GMT
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Post by lymaze on Sept 6, 2009 9:34:20 GMT
I love Jezza and his donkeys. ;D
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Post by vanderdb9 on Sept 12, 2009 22:35:12 GMT
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Post by TheDaisy on Sept 12, 2009 22:56:26 GMT
Thanks for posting. Jezza seems to know an awful lot about things that happen in the woods near me ;D
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Post by nobody on Sept 12, 2009 23:00:26 GMT
Thanks.
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Post by chariset on Sept 12, 2009 23:38:37 GMT
He slips in little digs at James quite a bit. More often than he picks at Hammond, actually. Is that how men show affection?
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 13, 2009 0:01:42 GMT
...Is that how men show affection? *nods* Because to actually be nice about each other might be seen as a bit gay. Men are strange like that. |
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Post by vanderdb9 on Sept 19, 2009 22:46:30 GMT
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Post by inky on Sept 20, 2009 19:48:43 GMT
I like the Ford Flex Don't think I would like the petrol bills though  |
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 20, 2009 20:05:16 GMT
Have you ever seen sheep having a fight? It's hilarious. They are just rubbish - they run into each other several times and then sort of look at each other and try to figure out what they're doing. Occasionally one will fall over and look confused.
Sheep are great. Especially for dinner.
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Post by inky on Sept 20, 2009 20:44:35 GMT
I haven't seen a sheep fight a sheep but I did once see a sheep fight my old Frank (the boxer). Frank thought the sheep was a woolly sort of lady dog and did his best to woo her She was having none of it and kept head butting him. Dear old Frank was not put off and kept up his efforts to do the dirty deed until I collared him and dragged him home. Not an experience I would like to repeat and one that I'm glad no-one else witnessed twas funny though ;D ;D |
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Post by nobody on Sept 20, 2009 21:23:01 GMT
LOL Poor Frank.
Nice to know female sheep can take care of themselves.
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Post by inky on Sept 20, 2009 21:41:19 GMT
This one could ;D Frank was the perfect gentleman throughout the whole encounter |
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Post by vanderdb9 on Sept 26, 2009 22:37:14 GMT
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Post by lymaze on Sept 27, 2009 9:12:51 GMT
Farmer Jezza growing his buddleia, a field of cornflowers, encouraging bats and owls.  What a wonderful man. Maybe a gun turret is in order though to keep the loonies at bay.  |
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Post by vanderdb9 on Oct 3, 2009 22:26:14 GMT
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Post by chariset on Oct 4, 2009 21:13:22 GMT
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Post by vanderdb9 on Oct 10, 2009 21:34:12 GMT
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Post by Wyvern on Oct 10, 2009 22:18:40 GMT
Ah. That explains why nobody realises that the camera setup in the new Crunchy Nut Cornflake ad is nicked from Sergei Eisenstein's classic Russian silent film The Battleship Potemkin.
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Post by lymaze on Oct 11, 2009 9:57:07 GMT
I like Monty Python and didn't go to public school. You've got to catch them young and that's the problem now. I was watching MP much the same age as Jezza was. I was reading books before school. Alot of it is being lucky with your parents. But I disagree that everything is based on people being dumb. You can appreciate both the sublime and the ridiculous.
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Post by Wyvern on Oct 11, 2009 13:38:00 GMT
Actually, based on my recent experiences of young people, I think he has a point. It's not necessarily about 'dumbing down', though, it's a lack of cultural context. People are so afraid to refer to anything in a cultural context for fear of being labelled something-ist that young people, especially in the state education sector, simply learn different things. If there was a Monty Python sketch in which Mary Seacole had an absurdist tea party with Marcus Garvey, the chances are at least some of them would 'get it' (though of course, you couldn't do that, because all the MP team were white, so it is automatically politically incorrect to even think such things). Interestingly, October is Black History Month and a lot of the people you might think would support such a thing are questioning its value because it brings nothing new by parading the same faces year on year. They seem quite sick of Mary Seacole in particular, for some reason! Oddly though, the only younger people I know who appreciate Monty Python are the more educated and intelligent ones (state or otherwise).
Incidentally, I didn't go to public school. I was supposed to, but I had an attack of juvenile communism and refused on the principle that state schooling was good enough for my friends, so it was good enough for me. Single biggest mistake I've ever made (even worse than marrying A-E).
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Post by inky on Oct 12, 2009 12:13:59 GMT
I'm a big fan of Monty Python and, like Jeremy and his dad, was at that live performance in Leeds. Wonder if I was sat near them? Two sketches stick in my mind - the Ministry of Silly Walks and Eric Idle going into his 'Breakaway' choccie biccie advert in the middle of a routine. Brilliant ;D ;D
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Post by nobody on Nov 1, 2009 14:19:46 GMT
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Post by lindenchase on Nov 1, 2009 14:41:10 GMT
Can't say I like the way he portrays the Bolivians as morons. I have been to Bolivia, people are desperately poor, but still a hell of a lot more generous and hospitable than most of us would be towards visitors.  |
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Post by Maid of Astolat on Nov 1, 2009 17:29:12 GMT
British humour is unique - it unfortunately doesn't export well. The man is a comedic genius, not to be taken seriously!
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Post by lindenchase on Nov 1, 2009 17:50:33 GMT
I can see the humour, don't worry. The rainforest bit made me laugh. During my trip to Bolivia I also went hiking though the rainforest and my god, was it an awful experience. I actually ended up with a tarantula in my tent. Aaaaargh!!!! Really, it's no place for people.  But I fell in love with the people. (And a bus driver, but that's a different story ;D) Jezza's joke/jibe that there is no intelligent life in Bolivia for me just isn't funny. |
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Post by Wyvern on Nov 1, 2009 17:50:42 GMT
British humour is unique - it unfortunately doesn't export well. The man is a comedic genius, not to be taken seriously! It may have been a slightly ill-judged column, but I think you're right. He shouldn't be taken seriously on these things and if English isn't your first language, his humour can be particularly easy to miss sometimes. If anyone is going to take Jeremy too seriously, they should probably stop reading his columns and read the Guardian instead. |
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And the end of the last show. 
I held you, you felt me, I touched you, you kissed me.......
