Mercenary Pen's Meticulously Planned Machine of Prose Random Banter #182

[LaZodiac]

I'm 188 cm long and weigh 64 kg. My BMI is 18.1, which is considered underweight, but not verily so. You can see my ribs in one of the pictures, so yes, I'd say I have the right to call myself scrawny. Anything else is just an illusion caused by thick fleece jackets.



Also, you're going to love one of the pictures I'll post when I have my brothers' permission. Just saying...

Oh, and to all of you, thanks.

Oh my. Sounds interesting

[Maugan Ra]

In that case, I'd never find anything funny. (You know Little Britain? I cried for the people from the 'Computer says no' sketches.)

Oh good, I'm not the only one. All I can remember about it was something about a woman literally undergoing labour, and the frantic husband trying to get her into the hospital before his firstborn came into the world in the middle of the atrium, and the receptionist being hideously cruel and unhelpful.

I was informed by my friend that I was meant to find this amusing. I...did not, to say the least.

[Devmaar]

You Americans just don't get our fine British humour

[Heliomance]

I'm English and I never found Little Britain funny either.

[wadledo]

I can't stand British Television, honestly. To surreal.
Then again, I woke up from a dream where I was a research assistant who got super-powers while fighting Doctor Wiley.

[Serpentine]

I liked... some bits of Little Britain. Like the voice over (all the time), and some of the sketches... the first three times.

Sounds like you've been trying here in the UK for a little too long- I thought Australia's economy was doing a little better than ours?

Jobs-wise I think it's meant to be. In honesty, though, I'm not just being pessimistic about that job: a big part of it is acquisitions, which I actually haven't done before, really. But don't tell anyone <.<

edit: Nuuuu! Surreal humour is the best! D:

[wadledo]

edit:[/I] Nuuuu! Surreal humour is the best! D:

Oh, no. I love surreal humor, I just can't stand televised surreal humor. To much surreal for my poor little brain.

[Thufir]

Little Britain is a disgrace to the good names of Britain and British comedy.

[Mutant Sheep]

Little Britain is a disgrace to the good names of Britain and British comedy.

Good name? What Britain are you talking about? Older Britain is funny. Now Britain is like, just a house for the old gods.

[The Succubus]

Oh good, I thought it was just me that didn't get it.

Channel Four does some truly exemplary British comedies - IT Crowd, Spaced, Black Books, Father Ted (well the last one is more Irish than British but damn, it's funny). Brass Eye was the bleeding edge of satire at its time...

...but Channel Four is also guilty of crimes against comedy as well. Bo Selecta, Ali G, Jackass. All of them will burn in comedy hell for eternity.

[Feytalist]

Black Books remains one of my favourites of all time.

But then, I just really like Dylan Moran.

[Serpentine]

I really liked That Mitchell And Webb Look the once or twice I caught it, and one or two other recent sketch shows. Never liked Katherine Tait's stuff, though (except on Doctor Who).

[The Succubus]

You just reminded me of Peep Show. While I like the show, I find myself cringing with shame the entire way through an episode. I see far too much of myself in Mark. >.<

[Totally Guy]

You just reminded me of Peep Show. While I like the show, I find myself cringing with shame the entire way through an episode. I see far too much of myself in Mark. >.<

I think they make those shows just to get the audience relating to the their worst qualities. I'm exactly the same way. They just keep hitting new lows!

[Devmaar]

I got that watching the Inbetweeners, constantly.

Basically everything that happened seemed like something that could happen to me/my friends

[Aedilred]

I'm English and I never found Little Britain funny either.

Nor me.

...but Channel Four is also guilty of crimes against comedy as well. Bo Selecta, Ali G, Jackass. All of them will burn in comedy hell for eternity.

I don't think Ali G belongs in that company, to be fair.

[Qwertystop]

On the note of odd stuff coming out of noses, my mom told me that in high school it once happened while she was eating a peanut butter cup.

On the note of doing stupid things, I once (in second grade) tried to confirm something I'd seen in a cartoon. Specifically, the idea that pepper makes you sneeze. So I took a painful of pepper and snorted it. I didn't sneeze, but all day I wished I had.

Edit: it seems Swype has learned irony. I meant "palmfull", not "painful".

[MoonCat]

Oh good, I'm not the only one. All I can remember about it was something about a woman literally undergoing labour, and the frantic husband trying to get her into the hospital before his firstborn came into the world in the middle of the atrium, and the receptionist being hideously cruel and unhelpful.

I was informed by my friend that I was meant to find this amusing. I...did not, to say the least.

Oh gods, I remember that one.

You Americans just don't get our fine British humour

I don't watch anything but British humor!

I liked... some bits of Little Britain. Like the voice over (all the time), and some of the sketches... the first three times.Jobs-wise I think it's meant to be. In honesty, though, I'm not just being pessimistic about that job: a big part of it is acquisitions, which I actually haven't done before, really. But don't tell anyone <.<

edit: Nuuuu! Surreal humour is the best! D:

Yes, some of it I liked too. Although thinking back on it, I have difficulty remembering why, and even those wore thin after a few repeated sketches.

Little Britain is a disgrace to the good names of Britain and British comedy.

:thumbs up:

Good name? What Britain are you talking about? Older Britain is funny. Now Britain is like, just a house for the old gods.

Shaddap Amurcan.

Oh good, I thought it was just me that didn't get it.

Channel Four does some truly exemplary British comedies - IT Crowd, Spaced, Black Books, Father Ted (well the last one is more Irish than British but damn, it's funny). Brass Eye was the bleeding edge of satire at its time...

...but Channel Four is also guilty of crimes against comedy as well. Bo Selecta, Ali G, Jackass. All of them will burn in comedy hell for eternity.

Oddly, I've never watched any of the good or bad ones you mention, (I've been sorta busy lately and haven't gotten to explore.) I've heard good stuff about Father Ted though.

I really liked That Mitchell And Webb Look the once or twice I caught it, and one or two other recent sketch shows. Never liked Katherine Tait's stuff, though (except on Doctor Who).

Mitchell and Webb is absolutely brilliant. Have you listened to their radio sow at all? You can find some of it on youtube.

You just reminded me of Peep Show. While I like the show, I find myself cringing with shame the entire way through an episode. I see far too much of myself in Mark. >.<

Mrragh, Peep Show. I started watching it because I absolutely loved Mitchell and Webb, and I just stopped watching after a few hours' worth of episodes.

EDIT: Ouch, Querty, that sounds horrible

I tried to snort pepper once for the same reason. >.<

[Aedilred]

Oddly, I've never watched any of the good or bad ones you mention, (I've been sorta busy lately and haven't gotten to explore.) I've heard good stuff about Father Ted though.

Spaced and Father Ted are a little dated now but still funny. Ali G was the breakthrough character for Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Bruno, The Dictator) and some people still reckon it's his best. It's probably worth checking out to see if it's your thing, although it's not for everyone. Don't even bother with Jackass or Bo Selecta.

Black Books and The IT Crowd are awesome.

[MoonCat]

How dated? Like, Vicar of Dibley kinda?

[Rawhide]

Spaced is awesome. Watch it.

Not dated at all.

[Mercenary Pen]

I must also recommend Red Dwarf and Blackadder at this time.

[Aedilred]

Both Father Ted and Spaced are very 90s (like the Vicar of Dibley, I suppose, although they're better than TVoD, I think).

Don't vote for the Vicar of Dibley. It's not as funny as Father Ted, or The Passion of the Christ.

Father Ted obviously harks back to a more innocent age, which can't really be helped. Spaced is reflective of the pop culture of the time: The Phantom Menace and Robot Wars are going concerns; the characters go to a rave; and I don't think I saw a personal computer at any stage in the show (although there was a typewriter), not to mention the clothes.

It's kind of a generational thing, I think. Spaced is about the dead period a lot of people go through in their 20s, on finishing their education and realising they have no idea where to go next (commonly referred to by my peers as a "quarter-life crisis"). So although the show was produced at the end of the 90s, its gaze is retrospective rather than forward and hopeful.

They are both excellent though, and worth watching.

[Tragic_Comedian]

I like Absolutely Fabulous.

[Rawhide]

Spaced. Is. Awesome.

And not dated.

[Aedilred]

AbFab is great. I haven't seen enough of it (including the new series, of which I missed all but the first episode, I think).

Mentioning Armando Iannucci also put me in mind of The Thick of It. That is well worth watching, although I should caution the unwary that there is a lot of swearing, some of it quite imaginative.

Spaced. Is. Awesome.

And not dated.

Dated! And awesome.

It hasn't dated as much as, say, Men Behaving Badly, though. Or Bottom, although I'm not sure Bottom was ever good.

[LaZodiac]

I haven't watched any british TV at all and know nothing about it

[The Succubus]

Spaced is awesome. Watch it.

Not dated at all.

This is a command from a Mod. You must obey it. He's totally right anyway.

[wadledo]

I haven't watched any british TV at all and know nothing about it

Then you are blessed.

So, last night I had a dream where two friends I haven't seen in ages, some random woman I have never met, and I fought Dr. Wiley from Mega-Man with energy manipulation based super-powers.
My specialty was 'Animism' and I was called Aioman. I also had super-reflexes.

All else I remember is that of my two friends, one had super-flexibility powers, as well as being just more powerful than me in general, and the other was a quintessential brick.

It was probably the most involved dream I've had in months.

[AtlanteanTroll]

I must also recommend Red Dwarf and Blackadder at this time.

Man, those are my favorite BritComs. I have a Red Dwarf shirt and everything. I wonder if I could get my hands on any Blackadder merch, but I really lucked out on finding the Red Dwarf shirt.

It says "SMEG OFF" on the back.