Jippa posted:Americans seem obsessed with calling non american sports "gay" it generally comes up around world cups and things. American Football seems just slightly more homoerotic than Rugby. If somebody invented a sport like zero gravity sex ping pong surfing, people would still accuse it of being gay.
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Jun 9, 2012 15:36
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I enjoy watching contact sports like rugby/boxing/mma but it seems so odd too simply dismiss any thing that isn't that?
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Jun 9, 2012 15:43
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SeanBeansShako posted:American Football seems just slightly more homoerotic than Rugby. Well, the spectated version would only have men playing. Everyone knows that watching women play sports other than Tennis and Beach Volleyball is boring.
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Jun 9, 2012 15:47
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Well from his comments I don't know if Jason Alexander has actually seen a game of cricket or just caught an episode of the Midsomer Murders that featured it. He seems to think they take a break to drink tea, during which I presume Graham Crowden appears to ham up the national anthem then keels over in front of Barnaby's wife.
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Jun 9, 2012 15:50
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Al2001 posted:Alright, alot of bad posts in this sport derail, but I take particular exception to one that implies only posh people play cricket. Honestly such loving minute levels of awareness are required to realise this is not the case. Im not saying the people I met at university were posh whilst I was born of dirt and misery and therefore more respectable, but they certainly belonged to a different conservative class of people that I literally hadn't come into contact with in my life.
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Jun 9, 2012 17:55
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The only people who I know who play or care about cricket are all obvious Tories.
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Jun 9, 2012 19:18
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Playing a game for five days (in England, nonetheless) and then calling it a draw because there happened to be some rain is the dumbest thing. I'm all for people having the right to play cricket, but there are some serious flaws in the rules that make it more retarded than the current iteration of football.
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Jun 9, 2012 20:11
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Handsome Dead posted:The only people who I know who play or care about cricket are all obvious Tories. incredible bear posted:Playing a game for five days (in England, nonetheless) and then calling it a draw because there happened to be some rain is the dumbest thing. Whats wrong with the current iteration of football though? Actually, what are the other iterations of football have we had in the past?
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Jun 9, 2012 20:34
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Cricket is good because it's just entirely different to other sports. it's not just based around strength and pace, it's about technique and skill. Countries like india and pakistan have top players and really go mad for it. It just has a completely different flavour. It's not even close to my favourite sport but I appreciate it just the same.
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Jun 9, 2012 20:45
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Whats with all the Victoria Wood stuff on bbc2? Please tell me she's not dead
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Jun 9, 2012 20:58
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Handsome Dead posted:The only people who I know who play or care about cricket are all obvious Tories. This is a man that's never been to Yorkshire. Or, I'd be willing to bet, north of the Thames.
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Jun 9, 2012 21:31
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Bowls is where it's at.
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Jun 9, 2012 21:45
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Cricket isn't gay. What's gay about 'The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey'?Gorn Myson posted:Whats wrong with the current iteration of football though? Actually, what are the other iterations of football have we had in the past? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_football Z-Magic fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Jun 9, 2012 |
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Jun 9, 2012 21:52
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Gorn Myson posted:Thats why we have limited overs cricket. On the other hand, test match cricket when played over 5 full days can be surprisingly tense and much more dramatic than any football match. Anyone who watched the Ashes in 2005 can attest to that. Plus the England cricket team is actually good and can win things, which the football team never does. quote:Whats wrong with the current iteration of football though? Actually, what are the other iterations of football have we had in the past?
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Jun 9, 2012 22:45
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incredible bear posted:But when that tension is created by "THERE ARE DARK CLOUDS ABOVE LORDS!" rather than the technical skill of sportsmen (also an 7 year old example is your go to defence?)... And that sounds like "Cricket is a better sport because Local Team wins more at it than they do at football" And no, I'm not saying its a better sport because the cricket team is better than the football team. Because its obvious to anyone that cricket is the greatest sport in the world and anyone who disagrees should be thrown up against the wall and shot.
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Jun 9, 2012 23:18
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Geoffrey Boycott is like proto-Clarkson.
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Jun 9, 2012 23:35
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Sion posted:This is a man that's never been to Yorkshire. Always above the Thames but, and thankfully, never to Yorkshire. If the alternate to tories is Yorkshiremen, I really don't know what side to pick. The handful I met in university couldn't go a sentence without an "oh, bluddy 'ell" or pointing out something along the lines of how they love a good Gregg's pasty or all they drink is bitter because it had to be known they were  TRUE BRITISH
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Jun 9, 2012 23:49
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Handsome Dead posted:Always above the Thames but, and thankfully, never to Yorkshire. If the alternate to tories is Yorkshiremen, I really don't know what side to pick. The handful I met in university couldn't go a sentence without an "oh, bluddy 'ell" or pointing out something along the lines of how they love a good Gregg's pasty or all they drink is bitter because it had to be known they were I'm suddenly very surprised you and the posh condescending twats you find at uni didn't get along better.
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Jun 9, 2012 23:52
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Ventriloquist Nina Conti, last seen here with the entire thread wishing she'd die mid-QI, has a documentary on tomorrow where she travels to the fabled Dummies' Graveyard. I shall never understand the commissioning process. Mr. Squishy fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Jun 10, 2012 |
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Jun 10, 2012 00:30
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Ventriloquists are weird.
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Jun 10, 2012 00:32
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I doubt there really is any kind of process at this point.
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Jun 10, 2012 00:34
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Does anybody in the world enjoy watching ventriloquism?
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Jun 10, 2012 01:19
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Jeff Dunham made a lot of money shouting racial stereotypes while holding a dummy. So no, people did not enjoy his ventriloquism.
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Jun 10, 2012 01:46
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Is that Hovis advert where the father and son spend a day together supposed to be set in the present? If so, it's doing nothing but backing my, frankly offensive, views of the North.
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Jun 10, 2012 01:48
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Chumpion posted:Does anybody in the world enjoy watching ventriloquism? No. It's one of those niche performing arts things like mime that can only be appreciated by the strange people who view it as a valid career choice. Although if your avatar was turned into a ventriloquist act of an ape manipulating a young blonde lad via a paw up the arse I would probably tune in.
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Jun 10, 2012 02:33
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Chumpion posted:Does anybody in the world enjoy watching ventriloquism? I quite enjoyed When Louis Met Keith Harris. Mainly because he's a bitter broken shell of a man who's stuck in the past and can't appreciate he's actually got a decent wife and family. I remember Keith Harris' 'adult' tour 'duck off' coming around my student union, that was just sad.
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Jun 10, 2012 09:46
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The only remotely good ventriloquism related thing I've ever seen is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXWbQZmjvPw
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Jun 10, 2012 11:11
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Gorn Myson posted:The only remotely good ventriloquism related thing I've ever seen is this Arthur Worsley was good too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbMsU-OXn_I
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Jun 10, 2012 12:35
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Handsome Dead posted:The only people who I know who play or care about cricket are all obvious Tories. No, that's rugby. It's the sport that Tobys and Gregorys end up doing. Now cricket, that's the one where you sit on an embankment for an afternoon with a cooler, enjoying the sunshine. Every so often something happens, and people clap.
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Jun 10, 2012 13:00
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so I could say that I finally figured out what this god damned cube is doing. Get well Lowtax.
spincube posted:No, that's rugby. It's the sport that Tobys and Gregorys end up doing. I dare you to say that in a pub down here sometime. I'd also advise you to have a good argument and your running shoes too incidently. When you think about being accused as a Tory is pretty smarting insult.
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Jun 10, 2012 15:46
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Chumpion posted:Alright I should reiterate, I'm sure my view is bigoted and incorrect. But the fact is that growing up in Newcastle and Hull I literally can't recall a single human being who was involved in these sports is the genuine truth. Maybe it's part of the north/south divide more than the socioeconomic one but I'm not pulling my experience out of my rear end, minute detail or not that literally has been for 22 years my experience. It's not the North/South divide. I live in Leeds and there's a cricket club in the council estate next door to me. I grew up in Newcastle and drove past Benwell Hill Cricket Club every week. Are you telling me that Benwell Hill cricket club is full of Hooray Henries? Maybe it's because you don't like cricket that you've decided to subconsciously associate it with people you also don't like.
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Jun 10, 2012 15:51
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Maybe in the 21st century peoples enjoyment of Sport is quite diverse like mostly everything else now in this country and we should shut up about it and bitch about bollocks on telly. Also, did Touching Cloth air yet?
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Jun 10, 2012 15:53
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New Louis Theroux on BBC2 tonight, revisiting some of the people in the Porn Industry he met for Weird Weekends in the 90s. So it could be a bit cheerier than some of his recent work.
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Jun 10, 2012 17:08
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You've not seen any of the articles that have come out about it this week then?
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Jun 10, 2012 17:48
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Giedroyc posted:New Louis Theroux on BBC2 tonight, revisiting some of the people in the Porn Industry he met for Weird Weekends in the 90s. So it could be a bit cheerier than some of his recent work. thanks for reminding me of this. I saw the brief write up on the BBC website, and it doesn't really look like it's going to be exceptionally cheerful.
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Jun 10, 2012 18:07
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Mr. Squishy posted:Ventriloquist Nina Conti, last seen here with the entire thread wishing she'd die mid-QI, Her and Ruby Wax. Holy god drat. Lee Mack doesn't even hold a candle to that poo poo.
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Jun 10, 2012 19:50
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reflir posted:Her and Ruby Wax. Holy god drat. Lee Mack doesn't even hold a candle to that poo poo. Lee Mack is loving amazing on Would I Lie to You and I'll stab anyone who says otherwise in the face.
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Jun 10, 2012 20:09
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Oh Louis. Randomly selecting 'Stereolab - Everybody's weird except me' as backing music. Let's play guess what drugs Rob Black is on (at least he isn't wearing an XPW t-shirt). He's reminding me of David Patrick Kelly from The Warriors for some reason. Giedroyc fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Jun 10, 2012 |
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Jun 10, 2012 22:26
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I just want to give Tommy Gunn a hug. He's the only person on this show that doesn't seem like a complete arse
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Jun 10, 2012 22:51
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Tommy Gunn's noble and honest intentions are balanced by his mad eyes and hobby of customising a riot van to survive the zombie holocaust 'for a film'. I thought since she featured in the original there'd be more Sharon Mitchell and her HIV testing medical centre. Channel 4 did a documentary which featured it during a big scare once. JJ has the exact same early 90s haircut in 2012 as he had in 1997.
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