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Post by sandbachhatter on Jan 31, 2016 22:02:31 GMT
Not far from the end now, and it's time for Benno to take his second turn....
Violins- What a terrible sound they make, I'm not big in to music but don't mind some classical stuff now and then, but the violin just makes a sound like a cat screeching or fighting, and the people that play them just make movements that are just bizarre, but I think they have to so they take the attention away from the dreadful sound that they are making.
Ventriloquists- How can these people be called entertainers, most of the time they have stupid puppets that don't talk in sync with the sound coming out of the mouth of the operator who's mouth is moving anyway so it is totally obvious that they are doing the talking, total waste of time and the puppets are more likely to scare people than entertain,
Valentine's Day- This is just a total money making day where everything goes up & up in price and the expectation to spend just goes through the roof, why does there have to be just one day that you are expected to pay through the nose for flowers and then send cards to people and not sign the card, what is the point, this is the only day you can by your loved one flowers without being accused of doing something wrong, why, detest this day more than any other.
Get voting!
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Post by sandbachhatter on Jan 31, 2016 22:05:57 GMT
I'll start us off. I quite like violins in music (although I can understand why someone in the early stages of practising could be annoying) and ventriloquists, whilst utterly sh*t 99% of the time, are no way near as bad as:
Valentine's Day. I'll choose when I want to buy flowers and chocolates for Mrs Sandy, in the faint hope of getting some action (before being rejected), not when society dictates I should and at twice the price. It's bad enough getting my hopes up anyway, without then thinking I've wasted a load of money in the process.
Besides, I don't think I've ever received an anonymous Valentine's card, and even if I did it would undoubtedly be a wind-up, so this particular 'holiday' can go stick a red rose up it's arse and f*** off.
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Post by gazz on Jan 31, 2016 22:43:20 GMT
I love strings in music, so I really can't knock violins. Listen to 'The Lark Ascending', I think you may change your mind, matey! Ventriloquists don't really bother or entertain me, but Nina Conti is fantastic. She's seriously top drawer and as good a ventriloquist as you'll ever find, as well as being very funny. So it's VD for me too. I refer to it as 'VD' because it is another social disease I'd like to see the back of! Good choices, Benno!
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Jan 31, 2016 23:31:01 GMT
people learning the violin can go in. nigel kennedy can go in; but dirty three can't, so not the violin.
ventriloquist's dummies are either more unsettling than clowns, or are stupid fluffy green birds in nappies; but the demise of 1970's light entertainment shows, and the unlikelihood of me watching 'anywhere's got talent' mean that they don't cross my path very often any more.
valentine's day either excludes many people who aren't in relationships or forcibly, forced-march includes people who are in them. if it's the only time of year you feel capable of expressing your love/lust, then it's so by rote that you shouldn't bother, shouldn't socialise, shouldn't procreate. if you can express your feelings on other days, best of all randomly, you still feel like you have to participate on VD. and then you get fleeced for tat, or even more fleeced for something grander. as i think i have said before, i once bought tickets to the ballet in a self-sacrificing gesture to a young woman who went on to end our relationship a few days before VD. to be fair, it was entirely deserved, but come on. that's a bit rubbish. at least i didn't have to suffer the ballet.
gazz, i think it's your duty on behalf of all VD haters to unleash your VD as far and wide as possible on february 14th this year. if a few people in knowsley or even further afield come to associate the date with genital rot/warts/discharges, then you will be striking a blow on behalf of us.
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Post by gazz on Jan 31, 2016 23:56:22 GMT
gazz, i think it's your duty on behalf of all VD haters to unleash your VD as far and wide as possible on february 14th this year. if a few people in knowsley or even further afield come to associate the date with genital rot/warts/discharges, then you will be striking a blow on behalf of us.
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Post by countyfan on Feb 1, 2016 10:17:31 GMT
Violins aren't that bad are they?Especially when played right. I don't watch the show but someone told me to youtube some girl that went on Britain's got talent called Lettice Rothbotham that played the violin and if you haven't seen it it's well worth watching. She's quite good to be honest.
Ventriloquists don't bother me either. They are mainly aimed at kids entertainment anyway so if they managed to keep them quite for 10 minutes they are a plus with any parent! Also, any man that is married is actually a ventriloquist puppet as their wife will always control what they say, do, think and speak so it would be quite hypocritical of any man to vote for this! hahaha.
So that leaves the money making scam that is Valentines day! Why most men think that being nice to their partners for 1 day of the year gets them browny points for month afterwards is beyond me!! If you are in a relationship then he's an idea, why not being loving and romantic all year round? People spend loads of money every year to show their partner how much they love them for 1 day! Then the following weekend it's back to normal where she's downstairs watching car*py TV while he's upstairs on the PS4 or watching football!! Oh how romantic!!
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Feb 1, 2016 16:47:08 GMT
Violins ... hmm... once got into trouble at school for telling a young pupil it was time to "go and strangle the cat" when the violin teacher was stood behind me in the doorway". Played properly they are a decent addition to music. think Electric Light Orchestra !
Ventriloquist ...... haa........ done properly they can be be very amusing and clever. Once saw Keith Harris do a charity concert the act with his orange monkey was perhaps one of the funniest turns I have ever seen, and exceptionally rude. How did Archie Andrew's ever make a living ? A ventiloquist on the radio ? How do you sell that to a producer ? Best ever though - Harry Corbett and Sooty. A ventriloquist with a puppet that didn't speak !! Brilliant. The guy earned a living by talking to a dumb bear, squirting himself in the face and bashing himself over the head with a hammer.
Valentine Days. Don't get me started. Everything is doubled in price for the day, food, flowers, chocolates, the lot. overhyped utter b*ll*cks. Get in that Vault Valentine.
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Post by gazz on Feb 1, 2016 16:51:03 GMT
Valentine Days. Don't get me started. Everything is doubled in price for the day, food, flowers, chocolates, the lot. overhyped utter b*ll*cks. Get in that Vault Valentine. Class rant, Lennie, perfectly put!
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Post by ceefer on Feb 1, 2016 18:09:53 GMT
Violins are great - and hooked up to an amp even better...try listening to Papa John Creech.
Ventroloquists -- are entertaining in so much as they are mostly so poor... (maybe a generalisation, but.....)
Valentines Day - as said its purely a money making exercise. Ever been away with work on Feb 14th and gone out to a restaurant surrounded by lovey dovey couples..not much fun until one of them kicks off at their partner..... Almost as bad as the rose sellers who come in and try to sell you one..if you wanted to buy one you would have bought one already...It's almost as bad as Mothers and Fathers Day...
Bin Valentines Day Asap...I thin my wife would agree there as well...
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Post by sandbachhatter on Feb 1, 2016 18:18:19 GMT
Violins are great - and hooked up to an amp even better...try listening to Papa John Creech. The Madonna song?
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Feb 4, 2016 14:51:30 GMT
Have to go with the crowd, and condemn the hideous spectacle of Valentine's Day - which, so far as I can tell, is truly (albeit cynically) loved only by marketing people.
I DID receive an anonymous card many aeons ago, and never discovered who the sender was... which, for one year only, added a touch of intrigue. Won't happen again, though - so let us kiss the Day goodbye!
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Post by gazz on Feb 4, 2016 14:57:54 GMT
I DID receive an anonymous card many aeons ago, and never discovered who the sender was... which, for one year only, added a touch of intrigue. Not to mention a year of checking your meals for razor blades & rat poison! Unless of course it was during your days as a bachelor?!
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Feb 4, 2016 15:08:11 GMT
It was, matey... thankfully!
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Post by Epworth Hatter on Feb 4, 2016 18:19:41 GMT
I quite like violins, when played well. The problem is the years it takes to get there! Ventreloquists largely pass me by - I just don't understand them. Almost as freaky as clowns. Valentine's Day has to go. Been married for over 15 years and we've never bought Valentine's cards or gifts. Commercial nonsense. I've also received an anonymous valanetine's card at uni and never found out who sent it. I never knew if it was serious or from my mates. Or, more worryingly, both! The only decent thing about it is this...
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Post by dudleyhatter on Feb 5, 2016 1:16:09 GMT
VD for me too. Just ridiculous. Every year I have to confirm with herself that we do not exchange gifts. I buy flowers all through the year and refuse to pay exorbitant prices at this time.
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