Mr_Danger Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 When you see a picture of a dearly departed starlet or age old pin up on the side of a post box or garage wall we’ll know it was you, Wanksy. Quote
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 Was inspired to bump this topic after reading the telly thread... Taskmaster is absolute rubbish. The epitome of smug middle-class comedy. I absolutely love a bunch of the people that have been on it but in that format everyone is insufferable. Phew, been holding that in for a while. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 8 minutes ago, Lorne Malvo said: Taskmaster is absolute rubbish. The epitome of smug middle-class comedy. In a similar vein, Stephen Fry is not a national treasure, he's a tosser. The current Sainsbury advert is the dirt worst. I'm not sure they realized how it looks when they show the black couple debating in their car if they can afford to shop there, then cut to inside the store and literally everyone either working or already shopping inside is white. When Fry says "Good food for all of us" it feels like a silent "... even you, black people" exists. I know they probably didnt mean it to look racist, but it does. I think General Melchett narrating doesn't help. Quote
lanky316 Posted March 20, 2025 Posted March 20, 2025 I find it a strange thing anyway that the overall picture they've painted is "we're overpriced but there are some bargains!" Prior to Sainsburys doing their own campaign highlighting that, actually, common and poor people can afford to buy from them I'd not considered them as a posh expensive supermarket. Quote
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 20, 2025 Moderators Posted March 20, 2025 1 hour ago, Lorne Malvo said: Was inspired to bump this topic after reading the telly thread... Taskmaster is absolute rubbish. The epitome of smug middle-class comedy. I absolutely love a bunch of the people that have been on it but in that format everyone is insufferable. Phew, been holding that in for a while. I have no problem with you not liking it but I don't understand the criticism 'smug middle class comedy'. Maybe because I am smug and middle class and just don't get it. Can you explain what that means? Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 1 hour ago, Lorne Malvo said: Was inspired to bump this topic after reading the telly thread... Taskmaster is absolute rubbish. The epitome of smug middle-class comedy. I absolutely love a bunch of the people that have been on it but in that format everyone is insufferable. Phew, been holding that in for a while. I have the opposite reaction Lorners. There are several people who have been on Taskmaster who I find to be really unfunny but on Taskmaster I have really enjoyed them. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 9 minutes ago, lanky316 said: I find it a strange thing anyway that the overall picture they've painted is "we're overpriced but there are some bargains!" Prior to Sainsburys doing their own campaign highlighting that, actually, common and poor people can afford to buy from them I'd not considered them as a posh expensive supermarket. Conversely, while Asda have always done "Extra Special" as their version of "well, its supermarkets own, but we think you'll pay extra for this is we convince you its fancy" - alongside Tesco Finest and Sainsbury's Taste The Difference - I find it frankly absurd that they now have "Exceptional By Asda" too as their premium premium offer. Is it like, "if you can afford to shop at Sainsburys, buy Extra Special, but if you usually shop at M&S, you can afford Exceptional By Asda"?? The "M&S is expensive thing" can be misleading anyway. If you're buying ready meals, condiments and snacks, then yes, it is. If you're in for fresh fruit and veg and do the "weigh your own" and use the paper bags instead of buying pre-packed, it's incredibly reasonable. Quote
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 22 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: I have no problem with you not liking it but I don't understand the criticism 'smug middle class comedy'. Maybe because I am smug and middle class and just don't get it. Can you explain what that means? Alex Horne accidentally getting a profiterole up his arse. Doesn't get any more middle class than that. Unless that's just the parties I go to. Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 9 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheMack said: Alex Horne accidentally getting a profiterole up his arse. Doesn't get any more middle class than that. Unless that's just the parties I go to. They don't call you ReturnOfTheCroquembouche for no reason. Quote
RedTwoster Posted March 20, 2025 Posted March 20, 2025 I’d like to think this isn’t an unpopular opinion, but my contribution here is to say that in cooking, dill absolutely ruins any dish it’s part of and I’d genuinely like to see it banned. The taste, the smell…everything about it turns my stomach. My least favourite ever dining experience (…talking of middle class) was going to the Michelin-starred Dill restaurant in Iceland. In spite of the name, it didn’t occur to me for a second that they would use dill in literally every dish, including the pudding. It still eats me up to know I spent money in that place. Quote
King Coconut Posted March 20, 2025 Posted March 20, 2025 6 minutes ago, RedTwoster said: In spite of the name, it didn’t occur to me for a second that they would use dill in literally every dish, including the pudding. It still eats me up to know I spent money in that place Dill, dill, spam, eggs and dill doesn't have much dill in it. Quote
CTXRussomark Posted March 20, 2025 Posted March 20, 2025 9 hours ago, Lorne Malvo said: Was inspired to bump this topic after reading the telly thread... Taskmaster is absolute rubbish. The epitome of smug middle-class comedy. I absolutely love a bunch of the people that have been on it but in that format everyone is insufferable. Phew, been holding that in for a while. I don't have the level hatred for it as you do (mainly because I've not allowed it to take up enough space in my head to get to that stage) but yeah I just can't get on with it at all despite multiple attempts and multiple friends going on and on about "you've got to watch season *X* it's incredible!". To me it's only a slight step up from the likes of Mock the Week with the amount of mutual backslapping and overlaughing that goes on. It doesn't help that I find Greg Davies to be incredibly forced whenever I see him on TV as himself either. Quote
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 20, 2025 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2025 Greg hasn't been in anything where he isn't basically playing himself has he? Inbetweeners, Cuckoo, Man Down, The Cleaner, Taskmaster. All essentially Greg Davies playing a version of Greg Davies. An actor is not something Greg is. Quote
CTXRussomark Posted March 20, 2025 Posted March 20, 2025 7 hours ago, RedTwoster said: My least favourite ever dining experience (…talking of middle class) was going to the Michelin-starred Dill restaurant in Iceland. In spite of the name, it didn’t occur to me for a second that they would use dill in literally every dish, including the pudding. It still eats me up to know I spent money in that place. Sorry to find amusement in your suffering, but I found this absolutely hilarious for some reason. Like something straight out of a sitcom - just picturing you receiving course after course of dill-themed dishes and getting more and more irate. I mean I detest coriander so I can't imagine ever going to a restaurant called Coriander without thinking "hang on..." ? Quote
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