Paid Members air_raid Posted March 25 Paid Members Posted March 25 Bebe Rexha deciding Insomnia needed lyrics. Quote
Paid Members Lenin Posted March 25 Paid Members Posted March 25 (edited) On 3/16/2026 at 11:44 AM, Devon Malcolm said: Also on work-related things, on our daily morning Teams meeting there's one guy who is on mute every morning without realising it when it's his turn and starts talking. He's the head of I.T. Teams has been a joy in the Civil Service this week for the first time ages. Regional broadcast was unexpectedly interrupted by one of our old dears (who is 74 and was working from home) who dialled in, forgot to mute herself and our Director's opening waffle was interrupted by the Corrie theme, the opening dialogue of the episode and then her shouting to her husband about letting the dog out. Brilliant. One meeting went off track when someone's other half walked into shot, flossing himself with a towel. It's not been all fun though. There's one fucker who has started extending meetings by minimum 20 mins. They never add anything to the weekly agenda, never add anything for AOB, we batter through the agenda, make good time and the chair trots out the "unless there's anything else we can get 10 minutes back" and this roaster then interjects with ridiculously contrived and technically specific questions. The very definition of something that should be on the agenda so folk can prepare. Apparently they have form for this and in true CS fashion, rather than the manager tell them to behave, they'd rather let them waste everyone else's time than do the "managing" bit of their job. Good times. Edited March 25 by Lenin Spelling Quote
organizedkaos Posted March 25 Posted March 25 10 hours ago, air_raid said: Bebe Rexha deciding Insomnia needed lyrics. Her version is abject trash but the original has lyrics and they're great! There's just no lyrics in the third of the song that gets used everywhere (dancemusicismorethanjustthedrop) Quote
TAFKA Jonny Vegas Posted March 26 Posted March 26 (edited) My son plays Fortnite on his Nintendo Switch and the only thing we really let him buy was the "Battle Pass" whenever a new one came about. He's barely played it for maybe 8 months or so but you used to be able to buy specific "V-Bucks" gift cards. £6.99 was enough for a battle pass (from memory). Some time last year they seemed to stop doing the V-Bucks cards and it changed to straight up gift cards. £6.99 became £10. £17.49 became £20. Well, well, well. 🙄 As if that wasn't scumbaggery of the highest order in itself, my son had two of the £10 gift cards from family for Christmas, which as he's not played in a while, had laid dormant. He wanted to get back into it today so I redeemed the cards, following all the instructions (made sure Nintendo account was linked to Epic Games account, selected Nintendo as the platform option etc.). All sorted or so I thought...V-Bucks not showing on his Nintendo. After an excrutiating web chat with a member of "support" staff, it transpires that the cards can no longer be used for Nintendo. Something which isn't written on the cards nor highlighted when you redeened (WITH NINTENDO SELECTED AS THE FUCKING PLATFORM AT REDEMPTION). The sugestion from "Support" staff? Download the game from a PC, PS5 or XBOX (none of which I have), buy the battle pass on that and it should then work on his Switch. The V-Bucks "can't" be manually added so the £20 is burned and he has fuck all to show for it. Brilliant. An absolute, completely and utterly shameless scam. Edited March 26 by TAFKA Jonny Vegas Quote
Briefcase Posted March 26 Posted March 26 My next door neighbour always slams the front door when coming/going, totally oblivious probably but I could be in any room at home and then 'DUM'. Quote
Members SuperBacon Posted March 26 Members Posted March 26 10 hours ago, Briefcase said: My next door neighbour always slams the front door when coming/going, totally oblivious probably but I could be in any room at home and then 'DUM'. A couple of years ago I lived in a block of flats and it drove me fucking mental, especially during lockdown. Firstly the door to the building was slammed shut, and then there was an internal fire door that led to 3 flats including mine and that was slammed shut. THEN one of the flats next to mine used to just let their door slam shut (they were really heavy) and it used to rattle the whole flat and this cunt was in and out all day. Eventually I had enough and politely asked them to stop slamming their door, and then showed them how I closed my door by catching it before it slammed and then gently pulling it to. He watched me do this 3 times with a look that made me wonder how he got dressed in the morning. From then on he did make an effort to be fair, but I couldn't be arsed to knock on every door to ask about the main door to the building so I did what any British person would do, and put a note on the back of it. Which was of course ignored. It drove me mad. Its such an irritance to be disturbed in this way 300 times a day. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 27 Paid Members Posted March 27 On 3/25/2026 at 4:54 PM, organizedkaos said: Her version is abject trash but the original has lyrics and they're great! There's just no lyrics in the third of the song that gets used everywhere (dancemusicismorethanjustthedrop) Shall I rephrase? The talky bit of Insomnia was more than enough, there definitely didn’t need a reworking involving a singy bit over the dancy bit. See also : the berk that bastardised 9PM by ATB. Not saying all reworkings rub me up the wrong way on principle. Rexha herself and Guetta made something more palatable of the melody of Blue. Sweet Home Alabama I much preferred to Werewolves of London… in turn, it got butchered by Kid Rock into All Summer Long which for me, is total tosh. Quote
Paid Members gmoney Posted March 27 Paid Members Posted March 27 Sweet Home Alabama isn't a reworking of Werewolves of London, it's just got a very similar riff/chord progression. As you rightly point out, the Kid Rock mashup is complete trash Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 27 Paid Members Posted March 27 11 minutes ago, gmoney said: Sweet Home Alabama isn't a reworking of Werewolves of London, it's just got a very similar riff/chord progression. Really? That’s crackers. I mean, up there with Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby levels of “someone needs to be sued here.” That’s all I’m thinking about all day. Once I calm down that nobody else seems to care how Sheeran stole the soul of Can’t Touch This for (ugh) Sing. Quote
wordsfromlee Posted March 27 Posted March 27 Sweet Home Alabama was released four years before Werewolves In London. Funnily enough, both were sampled by Kid Rock for that track. Warren Zevons is even listed as a co-writer on it. Quote
Harry Wiseau Posted March 27 Posted March 27 2 hours ago, gmoney said: Sweet Home Alabama isn't a reworking of Werewolves of London One Of Those Things but Dexys very much is though, good old Kev Quote
The Curious Orange Posted March 27 Posted March 27 On 3/26/2026 at 12:06 AM, TAFKA Jonny Vegas said: My son plays Fortnite on his Nintendo Switch and the only thing we really let him buy was the "Battle Pass" whenever a new one came about. He's barely played it for maybe 8 months or so but you used to be able to buy specific "V-Bucks" gift cards. £6.99 was enough for a battle pass (from memory). Some time last year they seemed to stop doing the V-Bucks cards and it changed to straight up gift cards. £6.99 became £10. £17.49 became £20. Well, well, well. 🙄 As if that wasn't scumbaggery of the highest order in itself, my son had two of the £10 gift cards from family for Christmas, which as he's not played in a while, had laid dormant. He wanted to get back into it today so I redeemed the cards, following all the instructions (made sure Nintendo account was linked to Epic Games account, selected Nintendo as the platform option etc.). All sorted or so I thought...V-Bucks not showing on his Nintendo. After an excruciating web chat with a member of "support" staff, it transpires that the cards can no longer be used for Nintendo. Something which isn't written on the cards nor highlighted when you redeemed (WITH NINTENDO SELECTED AS THE FUCKING PLATFORM AT REDEMPTION). The suggestion from "Support" staff? Download the game from a PC, PS5 or XBOX (none of which I have), buy the battle pass on that and it should then work on his Switch. The V-Bucks "can't" be manually added so the £20 is burned and he has fuck all to show for it. Brilliant. An absolute, completely and utterly shameless scam. I know you shouldn't have to - and will still be a bit of a faff - but you can get Fortnite on mobile so you can probably get the battle pass that way if you've got the epic games and Nintendo accounts linked. Quote
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 27 Paid Members Posted March 27 3 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: Sweet Home Alabama was released four years before Werewolves In London. Questioning literally everything I thought I ever knew. Did MC Hammer ever sue David Bowie? Quote
wordsfromlee Posted March 27 Posted March 27 1 minute ago, air_raid said: Did MC Hammer ever sue David Bowie? Why would he? Quote
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