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[Paul Bearer]

time, on 25 July 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Tipping Point. A game show so tedious and banal the BBC wouldn't even consider it for the Saturday night National Lottery game show slot.

Caught the last 10 minutes of it on Friday (only 'cos you mentioned it here) what a load of bollocks. What a pile of shite! (etc)

[the_engineer]

Paul Bearer, on 29 July 2012 - 09:01 AM, said:

time, on 25 July 2012 - 05:54 PM, said:

Tipping Point. A game show so tedious and banal the BBC wouldn't even consider it for the Saturday night National Lottery game show slot.

Caught the last 10 minutes of it on Friday (only 'cos you mentioned it here) what a load of bollocks. What a pile of shite! (etc)

God ITV have gone cheap , £50 pound chips for £10,000 pound prize money and not all win that . Far cry from million pound jackpots on who wants to be a millionaire. TV really has been shit since about 2003 IMO and its just gets worse and worse every year.

[Magere Hein]

the_engineer, on 29 July 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

TV really has been shit since about 2003 IMO and its just gets worse and worse every year.

IMO it's been shit since 1988. That year a third public TV channel was launched in the Netherlands.

I proudly present Magere Hein's Conservation Law of Quality TV Time. My hypothesis is that, ever since the invention of TV, the amount of quality TV that's broadcast every week has been constant. Since that time the number of channels has increased by a factor of 1000 or more, and quality TV time is divided among all those channels. Therefore the odds are overwhelmingly that you'll miss it.

regards,
Hein

[the_engineer]

Magere Hein, on 29 July 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

the_engineer, on 29 July 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

TV really has been shit since about 2003 IMO and its just gets worse and worse every year.

IMO it's been shit since 1988. That year a third public TV channel was launched in the Netherlands.

I proudly present Magere Hein's Conservation Law of Quality TV Time. My hypothesis is that, ever since the invention of TV, the amount of quality TV that's broadcast every week has been constant. Since that time the number of channels has increased by a factor of 1000 or more, and quality TV time is divided among all those channels. Therefore the odds are overwhelmingly that you'll miss it.

regards,
Hein

In the Uk there is no decent comedy anymore and everything is reality TV . I believe the Netherlands were the first to be infected with reality TV with endemol i think?

[CarolAnn]

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

[Bibliogryphon]

the_engineer, on 30 July 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Magere Hein, on 29 July 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

the_engineer, on 29 July 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

TV really has been shit since about 2003 IMO and its just gets worse and worse every year.

IMO it's been shit since 1988. That year a third public TV channel was launched in the Netherlands.

I proudly present Magere Hein's Conservation Law of Quality TV Time. My hypothesis is that, ever since the invention of TV, the amount of quality TV that's broadcast every week has been constant. Since that time the number of channels has increased by a factor of 1000 or more, and quality TV time is divided among all those channels. Therefore the odds are overwhelmingly that you'll miss it.

regards,
Hein

In the Uk there is no decent comedy anymore and everything is reality TV . I believe the Netherlands were the first to be infected with reality TV with endemol i think?

The funniest thing on TV at the moment in the UK is Horrible Histories and that is shoved out of the way on the CBBC channel. I am not the only person who thinks so because this show won the British Comedy award last year. YouTube any of the songs or Bob Dale and enjoy.

[the_engineer]

Bibliogryphon, on 10 September 2012 - 03:54 PM, said:

the_engineer, on 30 July 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Magere Hein, on 29 July 2012 - 06:04 PM, said:

the_engineer, on 29 July 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

TV really has been shit since about 2003 IMO and its just gets worse and worse every year.

IMO it's been shit since 1988. That year a third public TV channel was launched in the Netherlands.

I proudly present Magere Hein's Conservation Law of Quality TV Time. My hypothesis is that, ever since the invention of TV, the amount of quality TV that's broadcast every week has been constant. Since that time the number of channels has increased by a factor of 1000 or more, and quality TV time is divided among all those channels. Therefore the odds are overwhelmingly that you'll miss it.

regards,
Hein

In the Uk there is no decent comedy anymore and everything is reality TV . I believe the Netherlands were the first to be infected with reality TV with endemol i think?

The funniest thing on TV at the moment in the UK is Horrible Histories and that is shoved out of the way on the CBBC channel. I am not the only person who thinks so because this show won the British Comedy award last year. YouTube any of the songs or Bob Dale and enjoy.

Never watched it but i will check it out. I would also recommend 'breaking bad' very unique and amasing american show. One thing I would say if your going to watch breaking bad is don't do any research about it apart from maybe a quick summary about what the show is about. As it has alot of amasing twists and surprises along the way and the way the show has evolved by the end of the fifth season is remarkable.

Though Breaking bad never even got a chance in the UK it was pushed to some secondary channel 5 channel and the last 3 seasons weren't even shown in the UK and the UK rights to the show weren't even expensive. IMO breaking bad is probably one of the best shows America has produced since the x files and consequently they were both worked on by Vince Gilligan.

[Bibliogryphon]

CarolAnn, on 13 August 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

Congratulations you have an active and intelligent child who is aware of thier surroundings and shows purpose in life.

Surely you would rather this than an ignorant pudding of a baby.

[the_engineer]

Bibliogryphon, on 12 September 2012 - 07:51 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 13 August 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

Congratulations you have an active and intelligent child who is aware of thier surroundings and shows purpose in life.

Surely you would rather this than an ignorant pudding of a baby.

....... Ignorant Pudding .

[CarolAnn]

Bibliogryphon, on 12 September 2012 - 07:51 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 13 August 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

Congratulations you have an active and intelligent child who is aware of thier surroundings and shows purpose in life.

Surely you would rather this than an ignorant pudding of a baby.

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

[charon]

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

Bibliogryphon, on 12 September 2012 - 07:51 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 13 August 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

Congratulations you have an active and intelligent child who is aware of thier surroundings and shows purpose in life.

Surely you would rather this than an ignorant pudding of a baby.

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Perhaps the old chestnut of '' 'Mummy, mummy, why am I running around in a circle?' 'Shut up ye little bugger or I'll nail your other foot to the floor' '' was meant to be advice rather than a joke...........

[Magere Hein]

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Since this is posted in a Good News topic: small children receive much less damage from falling on their heads than adults do, due to difference in size. To quote Stephen Gould:

Quote

Kinetic energy, for example, increases as length raised to the fifth power. If a child half your height falls unsupported to the ground, its head will hit with not half, but only 1/32 the energy of yours in a similar fall. A child is protected more by its size than by a “soft” head. In return, we are protected from the physical force of its tantrums, for the child can strike with, not half, but only 1/32 of the energy we can muster.^[1]

This doesn't mean children won't get hurt when they fall. They'll certainly cry as if it's the end of the world, but probably they'll survive without lasting damage.

^[1] Stephen Jay Gould, Size and Shape, The immutable laws of design set limits on all organisms

regards,
Hein

[Lord Fellatio Nelson]

charon, on 25 September 2012 - 05:59 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

Bibliogryphon, on 12 September 2012 - 07:51 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 13 August 2012 - 04:02 AM, said:

Fourteen month old children who can climb out of their crib faster than you can put them in it.

Congratulations you have an active and intelligent child who is aware of thier surroundings and shows purpose in life.

Surely you would rather this than an ignorant pudding of a baby.

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Perhaps the old chestnut of '' 'Mummy, mummy, why am I running around in a circle?' 'Shut up ye little bugger or I'll nail your other foot to the floor' '' was meant to be advice rather than a joke...........

Oh my gawd, times really are tough across the Pond CA, the poor little mite is gonna have to grow up in a carpetless environment.
Will your Grandson have to go to school barefoot too?
Yours
LFN.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson]

Magere Hein, on 25 September 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Since this is posted in a Good News topic: small children receive much less damage from falling on their heads than adults do, due to difference in size. To quote Stephen Gould:

Quote

Kinetic energy, for example, increases as length raised to the fifth power. If a child half your height falls unsupported to the ground, its head will hit with not half, but only 1/32 the energy of yours in a similar fall. A child is protected more by its size than by a “soft” head. In return, we are protected from the physical force of its tantrums, for the child can strike with, not half, but only 1/32 of the energy we can muster.^[1]

This doesn't mean children won't get hurt when they fall. They'll certainly cry as if it's the end of the world, but probably they'll survive without lasting damage.

^[1] Stephen Jay Gould, Size and Shape, The immutable laws of design set limits on all organisms

regards,
Hein

It is to the good that this forum is not as visible as,maybe,One Directions website or Autotrader as Im certain the above post, should it have gained a far greater audience, would have had every Chav mother from Bristol to Manchester testing this scientific fact out by dropping young Kai and Tulisa out of their 5th floor Flat windows.
Im guessing, if its all true, Verne Troyer is fucking bullet proof, right?

[charon]

If you let your unsupervised infant wander out in front of a full speed Usain Bolt there is a 70% chance of death!

[Rotten Ali]

It is the case that they tend to bounce. But you still have to be careful and an expert risk assessor. My best regards to One Shot Paddy. He'll of a task to begin. To me (7, nearly 8 years into this sentence) it feels like another lifetime of effort. Best to take it one day at a time and with the rule of thumb... Good is good enough... No point obsessing about any detail. It all works out in time.

Time...like I say... So many years gone... So many more to come... We can but hope.

Advice for the next 6 months...

E.A.S.Y.

Eat
Active
Sleep
Your time.

[Lard Bazaar]

Lord Fellatio Nelson, on 25 September 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

Magere Hein, on 25 September 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Since this is posted in a Good News topic: small children receive much less damage from falling on their heads than adults do, due to difference in size. To quote Stephen Gould:

Quote

Kinetic energy, for example, increases as length raised to the fifth power. If a child half your height falls unsupported to the ground, its head will hit with not half, but only 1/32 the energy of yours in a similar fall. A child is protected more by its size than by a “soft” head. In return, we are protected from the physical force of its tantrums, for the child can strike with, not half, but only 1/32 of the energy we can muster.^[1]

This doesn't mean children won't get hurt when they fall. They'll certainly cry as if it's the end of the world, but probably they'll survive without lasting damage.

^[1] Stephen Jay Gould, Size and Shape, The immutable laws of design set limits on all organisms

regards,
Hein

It is to the good that this forum is not as visible as,maybe,One Directions website or Autotrader as Im certain the above post, should it have gained a far greater audience, would have had every Chav mother from Bristol to Manchester testing this scientific fact out by dropping young Kai and Tulisa out of their 5th floor Flat windows.
Im guessing, if its all true, Verne Troyer is fucking bullet proof, right?

You talk complete bollocks.

There are no chavs in Bristol.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson]

Lard Bazaar, on 25 September 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:

Lord Fellatio Nelson, on 25 September 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

Magere Hein, on 25 September 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Since this is posted in a Good News topic: small children receive much less damage from falling on their heads than adults do, due to difference in size. To quote Stephen Gould:

Quote

Kinetic energy, for example, increases as length raised to the fifth power. If a child half your height falls unsupported to the ground, its head will hit with not half, but only 1/32 the energy of yours in a similar fall. A child is protected more by its size than by a “soft” head. In return, we are protected from the physical force of its tantrums, for the child can strike with, not half, but only 1/32 of the energy we can muster.^[1]

This doesn't mean children won't get hurt when they fall. They'll certainly cry as if it's the end of the world, but probably they'll survive without lasting damage.

^[1] Stephen Jay Gould, Size and Shape, The immutable laws of design set limits on all organisms

regards,
Hein

It is to the good that this forum is not as visible as,maybe,One Directions website or Autotrader as Im certain the above post, should it have gained a far greater audience, would have had every Chav mother from Bristol to Manchester testing this scientific fact out by dropping young Kai and Tulisa out of their 5th floor Flat windows.
Im guessing, if its all true, Verne Troyer is fucking bullet proof, right?

You talk complete bollocks.

There are no chavs in Bristol.

Fuck, you are quite correct.
I meant to say Trowbridge.

[Lard Bazaar]

Lord Fellatio Nelson, on 26 September 2012 - 07:12 PM, said:

Lard Bazaar, on 25 September 2012 - 09:58 PM, said:

Lord Fellatio Nelson, on 25 September 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

Magere Hein, on 25 September 2012 - 09:38 AM, said:

CarolAnn, on 25 September 2012 - 02:57 AM, said:

He's my grandson. While I would generally agree with you, one of the problems with an active and intelligent child who shows purpose in life is that they fall on their heads on uncarpeted floors.

Since this is posted in a Good News topic: small children receive much less damage from falling on their heads than adults do, due to difference in size. To quote Stephen Gould:

Quote

Kinetic energy, for example, increases as length raised to the fifth power. If a child half your height falls unsupported to the ground, its head will hit with not half, but only 1/32 the energy of yours in a similar fall. A child is protected more by its size than by a “soft” head. In return, we are protected from the physical force of its tantrums, for the child can strike with, not half, but only 1/32 of the energy we can muster.^[1]

This doesn't mean children won't get hurt when they fall. They'll certainly cry as if it's the end of the world, but probably they'll survive without lasting damage. ^[1] Stephen Jay Gould, Size and Shape, The immutable laws of design set limits on all organisms regards, Hein

It is to the good that this forum is not as visible as,maybe,One Directions website or Autotrader as Im certain the above post, should it have gained a far greater audience, would have had every Chav mother from Bristol to Manchester testing this scientific fact out by dropping young Kai and Tulisa out of their 5th floor Flat windows. Im guessing, if its all true, Verne Troyer is fucking bullet proof, right?

You talk complete bollocks. There are no chavs in Bristol.

Fuck, you are quite correct. I meant to say Trowbridge.

Bastard!

[Lard Bazaar]

Fucking gastric manflu. And I'm not even a man. And I'm supposed to be going away tomorrow for the weekend. Bastards.