Keith Houchen

Proof that indoor heating and hot running water haven't reached Bolton yet.

I know she always turns it down when asked but I'd love to know how Ensign Ro got on with the Maquis.

36 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said:

I did a sitcom poll a few years ago but can't remember if I did a shitcom one with it. Which renders this comment completely pointless but I'm going to post it anyway because I wrote it out after all.

Ooh, hark at Cheston "I cure my own bacon" Blumenthal up there.

Just because you don't vote tory, it doesn't make you left wing.  In fact, even if you vote Labour, it doesn't make you left wing.  It's the classic thing of narrowing the spectrum so what used to be centre is now on the edge.  Fuck that, centrist arseholes.

2 hours ago, ColinBollocks said:

KD Lang

Lower case, you philistine! Although I bloody hate the stylising she does of her name.

Speaking of her, her duet of Crying with Roy Orbison is sublime, surpasses his original for me.  And his version of I Drove All Night is the best.

How to turn a song by a bunch of miserable Micks into a party banger.

3 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

I was hoping somebody would take that bait.

LOL I'll pretend you said consensual adult.

8 minutes ago, PunkStep said:

Fucking hell, that post could easily be 15 years old.

LOL I'll pretend you said 18.

The Buckley version is an inferior cover of the John Cale version which isn't as good as the original.  Laughing Len wins this. My favourite Cohen cover is REMs First We Take Manhattan.

Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds is better than the Dylan one, but then so is Shatners.

It WAS Snitsky's fault.

5 hours ago, David said:

Lean, lean, lean!

Conor "The Dragon" McGregor.

In preparation for seeing Fallout next week, we watched 3 last night.  According to IMDB, the Benji role was initially written for Ricky Gervais but he had schedule conflicts.  Thank fuck for that.

55 minutes ago, Dead Mike said:

I don't think Cee Lo was joking fwiw. I was more referring to the James Gunn fiasco.

Aye he was just being plain stupid with his stuff he was putting out, and his tweets were bad as well OH HO!

3 minutes ago, Dead Mike said:

The biggest issue is people pretending that someone who was obviously joking was being serious.

The Dillinger one was legitimately said by Cee Lo Green as a defence though, so I can see why that could be thought of as not being meant as a joke because some people legitimately believe it.

1 hour ago, Louch said:

Too many people with too much time on their hands trying to get people into trouble , than focus on The real issues we face today 

How do you know they aren't?  This line always gets trotted out about more important things to focus on.  People aren't limited to 3 campaigns at a time you know.

When past mistakes involve maintaining the status quo of oppression, like rape jokes do, I'd say it is an issue we face today.  It's different when a kid like SpuraRiot says something than when a grown man like that Guardians Of The Galaxy director does.

However, you're totally right that WWE can hardly take the high ground given what they were producing at the time they tweeted their edge lord stuff.

How to make a metalhead cry in one easy step.

There is no way the Soft Cell version is better than the Gloria Jones one, no way.  Also, a ska punk cover automatically makes it worse than the original because it's a ska punk cover.

2 hours ago, SpursRiot2012 said:

I'm a little uncomfortable with raking people over the coals for making dumb jokes on Twitter when Twitter was still just some small social media startup.

By all means, if somebody has said something really crossing a line - even when the context of whatever time period it was said in is taken into account  - hold them accountable but the "it's not rape if you yell surprise" 'joke' is old as shit and not particularly offensive since it is clearly meant as a joke, not a set of instructions.

It might not be a funny or original joke, but it's still a joke and I'm not brimming with enthusiasm for the idea that jokes that are clearly jokes, poor taste or no, should be policed years after the fact.

You're just worried that if your stand up or journalism takes off, people might find your BNP supporting posts from all those years back, aren't you  

I'm enjoying the Don vs Pete story, the Nixon Vs Kennedy election was an excellent backdrop.  Self made man, albeit a liar, pitted against the silver spoon WASP.

I'm not gay but I think my favourite character is Salvatore, I love the way he holds a cigarette.

Watched the first season of Mad Men. Can't say it's knocked my socks off or anything, and there isn't a likeable character in the whole thing, I guess that's kind of the point though.  Will give season 2 a bash and see if it's worth sticking with.

Just now, SpursRiot2012 said:

You're going to beat that in the ground for how long, Keith?

Until Ocean Colour Scene get a number one.

But Devon, you have to remember there is a likelihood that they weren't born in London, therefore are most likely racist.