Champ wrote:

> > It was described as a musical without musical "numbers"
>
> You heard that from Mark Kermode, didn't you? :-)

Probably, but I haven't listened to the pair of them for a long time -
3 years? It all got a bit self referential for my taste.

--
Simon

ThingOn 19/01/2022 18:36, Champ wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
><siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
>
>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>
>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>
>The what now?

Things you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.

--
Geoff

On Wednesday, 19 January 2022 at 18:02:30 UTC, geoffC wrote:
> ThingOn 19/01/2022 18:36, Champ wrote:
> >On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
> ><siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
> >
> >>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
> >>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
> >
> >><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
> >
> >The what now?
> Things you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.

Google is your friend.

It's actually not that bad.

On 19/01/2022 18:04, Stephen Packer wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 January 2022 at 18:02:30 UTC, geoffC wrote:
>> ThingOn 19/01/2022 18:36, Champ wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
>>> <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
>>>
>>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>>> This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>>>
>>>> <clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>>>
>>> The what now?
>> Things you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.
>
> Google is your friend.
>
> It's actually not that bad.

<flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(

--
/Simon

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:29:57 +0000, siwilson
<siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:

><flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
>and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
>Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
>above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(

Lol! Which kind of describes my sense of humour.

--

-Pip

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 10:28:14 PM UTC, Pipl wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:29:57 +0000, siwilson
> <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> ><flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
> >and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
> >Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
> >above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(
> Lol! Which kind of describes my sense of humour.

Might I (in the spirit of the conversation) commend www.veronicamoser.com
to your attention?

Yes, I know, I know... Is *nothing* sacred? UKRM really should club together, buy
the domain, and reinstate the original. It is (after all) what he would have wanted....

--
WUN

On 19/01/2022 12:34, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 18/01/2022 23:39, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
>> On 18/01/2022 18:27, Mike Fleming wrote:
>>> On 18/01/2022 10:17, Ace wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it's in any way connected with the means of delivery
>>>> though. More, I put it down to Disney and the like bombarding kids
>>>> with warbly stuff like "let it go" from a very young age. The voice
>>>> style that seems to have become the norm in recent years just grates
>>>> on me something awful.
>>>
>>> Autotune is being used as a ubiquitous vocal effect and is distinctly
>>> annoying. It's not that the singers can't sing in tune (mostly,
>>> anyway), it just became a fashion sometime post-Cher and hasn't
>>> stopped being a fashion.
>>
>> Before autotune, every studio in the world had a simple piece of
>> equipment that was used whenever a singer couldn't sing. It was called
>> the door and they would be shown it.
>
> Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lou Reed?

Novelty acts excluded. ;-)

--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 00:06:10 UTC, WUN wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 10:28:14 PM UTC, Pipl wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:29:57 +0000, siwilson
> > <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ><flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
> > >and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
> > >Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
> > >above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(
> > Lol! Which kind of describes my sense of humour.
> Might I (in the spirit of the conversation) commend www.veronicamoser.com
> to your attention?

From memory (saw it once, seared into my retinas) there was little of the poo-berg
described, it was mostly turds of the bristol type 6 and 7.
> Yes, I know, I know... Is *nothing* sacred? UKRM really should club together, buy
> the domain, and reinstate the original. It is (after all) what he would have wanted....

Ah. happy days though. I remember 'recommending' that site to some work colleagues.

On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:29:59 PM UTC, siwilson wrote:
> On 19/01/2022 18:04, Stephen Packer wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 19 January 2022 at 18:02:30 UTC, geoffC wrote:
> >> ThingOn 19/01/2022 18:36, Champ wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
> >>> <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
> >>>>> This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
> >>>
> >>>> <clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
> >>>
> >>> The what now?
> >> Things you always wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.
> >
> > Google is your friend.
> >
> > It's actually not that bad.
> <flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
> and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
> Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
> above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(
>

Reminds me of an old "Classic" meme - https://www.dropbox.com/s/1wan6bqdqguuktf/wrp.jpg?dl=0

On Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 12:06:10 AM UTC, WUN wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 10:28:14 PM UTC, Pipl wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:29:57 +0000, siwilson
> > <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ><flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
> > >and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
> > >Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
> > >above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(
> > Lol! Which kind of describes my sense of humour.
> Might I (in the spirit of the conversation) commend www.veronicamoser.com
> to your attention?
>
> Yes, I know, I know... Is *nothing* sacred? UKRM really should club together, buy
> the domain, and reinstate the original. It is (after all) what he would have wanted....
>

As long as you're not relying on any of us providing content....

On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:36:56 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
><siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
>
>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>
>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>
>The what now?

I'm sure you've googled it by now, but the fact that you'd never heard
of it is quite surprising.
Anyway
https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
--
Ace
http://www.chaletbeauroc.com/

Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:36:56 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
>><siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!

>>The what now?
>
> I'm sure you've googled it by now, but the fact that you'd never heard
> of it is quite surprising.
> Anyway
> https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1

Well, now I can log off the 'net for this week.

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

On Thursday, 20 January 2022 at 13:13:19 UTC, Mark Olson wrote:
> Ace <A...@ch.com> wrote:

> > I'm sure you've googled it by now, but the fact that you'd never heard
> > of it is quite surprising.
> > Anyway
> > https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
> Well, now I can log off the 'net for this week.

'log off' haha. Very good.

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:21:26 +0100, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:

>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top

>>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!

>>The what now?

>I'm sure you've googled it by now,

I did, but didn't want to click on any of the links that came up

>but the fact that you'd never heard
>of it is quite surprising.

My own personal cultural ignorance never suprises me. There's vast
swathes of human endeavour that I'm ignorant about

>Anyway
>https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1

Oh.

I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't

I'm in the second camp
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in
news:go6jughckaaqlbb2afd9f38aa449csfnl5@4ax.com:

> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:21:26 +0100, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit,
>>>>> where he was quite prolific.
>>>>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes:
>>>>>https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>
>>>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>
>>>The what now?
>
>>I'm sure you've googled it by now,
>
> I did, but didn't want to click on any of the links that came up
>
>>but the fact that you'd never heard
>>of it is quite surprising.
>
> My own personal cultural ignorance never suprises me. There's vast
> swathes of human endeavour that I'm ignorant about
>
>>Anyway
>>https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
>
> Oh.
>
> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>
> I'm in the second camp

bummer

On 20/01/2022 17:28, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:21:26 +0100, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>>> This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>
>>>> <clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>
>>> The what now?
>
>> I'm sure you've googled it by now,
>
> I did, but didn't want to click on any of the links that came up
>
>> but the fact that you'd never heard
>> of it is quite surprising.
>
> My own personal cultural ignorance never suprises me. There's vast
> swathes of human endeavour that I'm ignorant about
>
>> Anyway
>> https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
>
> Oh.
>
> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>
> I'm in the second camp

Party pooper

--
/Simon

On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 17:53:20 +0000, siwilson
<siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 20/01/2022 17:28, Champ wrote:

>> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
>> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>>
>> I'm in the second camp
>
>Party pooper

IRTA Panty Pooper. Back to veronicamoser.

--
Ace
http://www.chaletbeauroc.com/

On 20/01/2022 17:28, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:21:26 +0100, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>
>>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>>> This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>
>>>> <clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>
>>> The what now?
>
>> I'm sure you've googled it by now,
>
> I did, but didn't want to click on any of the links that came up
>
>> but the fact that you'd never heard
>> of it is quite surprising.
>
> My own personal cultural ignorance never suprises me. There's vast
> swathes of human endeavour that I'm ignorant about
>
>> Anyway
>> https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
>
> Oh.
>
> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>
> I'm in the second camp

Scatology is an even lower form of wit than satire - unless inebriated
in my experience.

--
Moto Morini 2C/375, Moto Morini 2C/350
Gilera 175 Sport, Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen
1937 Sunbeam Model 14 250 Sports
"Do not adjust your mind, there is a fault in the reality"

On 20/01/2022 00:06, WUN wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 10:28:14 PM UTC, Pipl wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:29:57 +0000, siwilson
>> <siwi...@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> <flashback to a teenage party> I remember a "mate" convincing us to go
>>> and look in the loo where he proudly showed off his latest creation.
>>> Something I can never unsee. It was the opposite of an iceberg, 90%
>>> above water. It had eyes looking at us and everything :(
>> Lol! Which kind of describes my sense of humour.
>
> Might I (in the spirit of the conversation) commend www.veronicamoser.com
> to your attention?

For those who feel they have missed out.
https://web.archive.org/web/20110202084648/http://www.veronicamoser.com/

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 20/01/2022 12:21, Ace wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:36:56 +0000, Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:51:33 +0000, siwilson
>> <siwilson@nodamnspam.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/01/2022 13:26, Ben Blaney wrote:
>>
>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit, where he was quite prolific.
>>>> This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes: https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>>
>>> <clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>>
>> The what now?
>
> I'm sure you've googled it by now, but the fact that you'd never heard
> of it is quite surprising.
> Anyway
> https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1

I'd not heard of it either.
We live in different worlds.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

wessie <willnotwork@tesco.net> wrote:
> Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote in
> news:go6jughckaaqlbb2afd9f38aa449csfnl5@4ax.com:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:21:26 +0100, Ace <Ace@ch.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> And the second is to see if he repeated any stories on reddit,
>>>>>> where he was quite prolific.
>>>>>>This is his stuff, sorted by upvotes:
>>>>>>https://old.reddit.com/user/MisterShine/?sort=top
>>
>>>>><clicks> He knew about the poop knife!
>>
>>>>The what now?
>>
>>>I'm sure you've googled it by now,
>>
>> I did, but didn't want to click on any of the links that came up
>>
>>>but the fact that you'd never heard
>>>of it is quite surprising.
>>
>> My own personal cultural ignorance never suprises me. There's vast
>> swathes of human endeavour that I'm ignorant about
>>
>>>Anyway
>>>https://www.originalpoopknife.com/pages/the-story-of-the-poop-knife1
>>
>> Oh.
>>
>> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
>> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>>
>> I'm in the second camp
>
> bummer

LOL

I'm firmly in the "shit/piss isn't funny" camp with Champ.

Farts, you have to be there.

--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, DR200SE, Vespa Ciao

Champ wrote:
> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>
> I'm in the second camp

Can you pinpoint the exact date your inner 12-year-old died?

Mark Olson <olsonm@tiny.invalid> wrote in news:ssdlqp$qh$1@dont-email.me:

> I'm firmly in the "shit/piss isn't funny" camp with Champ.
>
> Farts, you have to be there.
>

there are a couple of Billy Connolly utterances that were funny in their
day[1] but yes, like knob gags, they are pretty low on the humour scale.

[1] the "as welcome as a fart in a space suit" punchline and his monologue
about incontinence long johns.

On 21/01/2022 11:01, ogden wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
>> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>>
>> I'm in the second camp
>
> Can you pinpoint the exact date your inner 12-year-old died?

When he became 13.

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

On 21/01/2022 15:27, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 21/01/2022 11:01, ogden wrote:
>> Champ wrote:
>>> I guess the world is split into two types of people - those who find
>>> fart/shit/piss gags funny, and those that don't
>>>
>>> I'm in the second camp
>>
>> Can you pinpoint the exact date your inner 12-year-old died?
>
> When he became 13.
>
>
Badoom-tish!

--
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Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
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