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Fullerene

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  1. If it helps, I don't think she was the father either.
  2. The documentary was formulaic. An eccentric person shows up in Inverness. Nobody knows where he is from. Maybe they did but that sounds boring. A mysterious man from nowhere. Maybe he drives a talking car. Oops that's Knight Rider. At the start, they explain how he was seen as a good guy. Bit strange but good nonetheless. Did lots of good things. You get the idea. .. but he had a dark side. End of Act 1. Cue the adverts. Next bit describes how he deceived everyone. Not a good guy after all. Quelle surprise. .. but then he disappears. Oh no. End of Act 2. The hunt is on. He tries to give them the slip but he is caught. He is sentenced and goes to prison. The end. That should be enough to fill the time slot. It is.
  3. A better question would be how much expense did they go to. Often the answer was as little as possible. For several episodes of the original series, aliens looked just like humans but with silly costumes. Even the pointed ears for Spock were expensive so episodes featuring Vulcans or Romulans had some wearing helmets so they didn't need the ears as well. Then along came Star Wars which declared that aliens should look more alien hence later Star Trek had to do so as well. With the original series, if they really wanted an alien-looking alien then they called in Janos Prohaska.
  4. When English teams were banned from playing in European competitions, UEFA did make an exception for Berwick Rangers. Sadly they chose not to rise to the occasion. Don't know why
  5. "Honestly if I didn't laugh I would cry. We are toast. Currently reading a book about a Kamikaze pilot who survived the war. Maybe that will give me idea about when to call an election."
  6. You are suggesting that Reform will replace the Tories. Hardly seem different from today where the Tories have plenty of odious MPs who would not look out of place in the Reform Party.
  7. I know people who play guitar extremely well but find it a challenge to make money from doing so. I think they would be pissed off if they discovered playing as badly as Kim was the key to success.
  8. That is precisely what happened with the Hobart Bridge Disaster. The drivers who ended up with their front wheels over the edge ran back and tried to stop other drivers going further. Two drivers swerved past them and merrily went on their way to oblivion.
  9. "We got a strange one here. Some caller from Scotland who posts on a football forum wanted to know if it was true that Jimmy Carter narrowly avoided being on the bridge just before it collapsed. Don't know what to say there. Thought he was still down in Georgia. What do you think Hank?"
  10. Fun fact: Bananas can be used to ripen other fruit. Put them all in a bag. The bananas give off ethylene gas which will be trapped by the bag and help ripen the other fruit.
  11. Lots of scary bridges where the road goes over the railway line. I call it "the rollercoaster".
  12. Okay I read the label. Questions and comments? Call 1-800-255-5750. So I did. They weren't much help.
  13. Given that two of them have a known reputation for using poison, it would be interesting to see if there were any handshakes before that game got started.
  14. I totally agree with this. Regardless of left or right, Trump is all about publicity stunts from one day to the next. "Children are bring blown to hits in Gaza. How can I turn this into a conversation about me?" "You can't." "Okay. Move on. What else is going on?" I think a lot of Joe Biden's appeal is not Biden himself but simply the idea of a president acting like a president as they all did before Trump came along.
  15. Note to self: BFTD never buys a round when he is in Glasgow.
  16. Anyone who had gone with Gene Hackman was off by a Narrow Margin.
  17. There was also the SDP. Labour under Foot wanted to be democratic socialist while David Owen and others wanted to be Social Democrat. Under FPTP, this split the anti-Tory vote and Thatcher strolled back in. Also, I agree that fighting over the Falklands got the nostalgic patriotic vote. A Union Jack still flies proudly over South Georgia even if nobody actually lives there. Hooray.
  18. Some short French guy. Name escapes me.
  19. I think they should include a Delorean on the poster.
  20. Window seat of some plane that went off course and landed on the planet Venus. Looks like it landed safely so at least that is good.
  21. Who knows. Maybe Harrison Ford might crash your parade.
  22. "Well Mrs Lawrence. We would like to hear your opinion." "My husband Phil just loved being a headmaster and all the people there. The way he tried to rescue that pupil was just like him. Honestly he was the bravest man I ever knew." "Yes, yes. I am sure that is all true. Good old Phil. Anyway the question we really want to know is 'Should Man United be in the cup?'"
  23. It is not just racists. A useful party photo opportunity has the Prime Minister being interviewed as they are coming out of church. Some people find it re-assuring. Thatcher, Blair and May could be relied on for this. Not sure if there have been anything similar with Sunak coming out of a Hindu Temple but I could be wrong.
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