http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/tags.php?tag=cheap-party-dresses The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 11:04:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95377 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:52:10 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 95377@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I would add to my earlier post that satire, for me, is at its best when aimed at things people choose to do, i.e. behaviours; people choose to be venal, amoral, cruel, vindictive, callous, gluttonous, thoughtless and so on, and consequently these things are legitimate targets for humour. Jokes about things over which people have no choice are not. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95363 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:02:40 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 95363@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Initially giving it the benefit of the doubt I assumed the sub was having a pop at blame culture. 'There's been a tragedy, no time to think of the victims or their families right now though, we have to concentrate on deciding whose fault it was.'</p> <p>The problem was I think it didn't do a great job of it. If you're going to touch on sensitive subjects you have to be a) making a valid point, and b) do a bloody good job of it. Which is why I wouldn't go near something like this. It can be done though, as long as the sentiment isn't 'ha ha, people died! Lol!'. Not saying that's what this one was, just don't think it worked.</p> <p>Darkbill had an FP based on people's first reaction to the Japanese earthquake being to think how it might affect them. That one very much divided opinion and upset quite a few people.</p> <p>Here it is if you've not seen it and want to see which side you fall on:</p> <p><a href="http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/03/14/japan-earthquake-devastation-sparks-panic-buying-of-high-quality-blu-ray-players/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/03/14/japan-earthquake-devastation-sparks-panic-buying-of-high-quality-blu-ray-players/</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95357 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:10:52 +0000 vertical 95357@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>making a point is valid but as squirrel says, isn't context uppermost?<br /> I had a go at Saint Jimmy today, not to upset his bereaved fans &amp; relatives but because I saw the 'lying in state' issue as risible, OTT and rather tacky ergo fair game.<br /> I actually admired Savile as a genuinely weird eccentric nutter and I'd be willing to bet he'd see the funny side of the piss being taken out of his own demise, does that make me an insensitive shit? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95353 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:25:37 +0000 Perks 95353@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I m not easily offended. Even if the subject matter is close to me. Hopefully that means i can be very objective when looking at close to the bone posts.<br /> The thing what must always be asked is, what point is being made. Sometimes out of tragedy, you can make light out of something to highlight a bigger and important point. That i believe is satire. However the fireworks post,was just trying to be funny for the sake of being funny. And to even use the 'too soon' defence would never apply because there is no valid point being made. I think the defenciveness of following comments by the poster shows you that they were more interested in getting a reaction.</p> <p>Rant over </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95312 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:55:24 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 95312@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>As an infrequent and rarely funny poster, may I say that satire doesn’t work for me when it’s aimed at the dead and bereaved. The people who make jokes about such things are shits. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95303 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:55:10 +0000 Psycadelic Squirrel 95303@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think it's very difficult to try and pin down what is and isn't funny. I suppose it all depends on the context. Certainly jokes/subs on the terrible loss of life on the motorway are beyond tasteless; it's just sick. </p> <p>Generally on Newsbiscuit the majority of users are talented enough to submit stories and one-liners that are genuinely funny and entertaining without having to resort to such dross as we have seen recently. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95298 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:26:36 +0000 The All New Jeni B 95298@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>There have been numerous discussions on what is and isn't funny here over the years, and to date, no conclusive answer has been reached.<br /> It's very much a matter of personal taste, and while I find some 'sick' jokes incredibly funny, I think that to suggest that the horrific carnage on the M5 was somehow due to people not watching where they were going incredibly distasteful. Perhaps because I've driven in similar conditions where a wall of smoke has reduced visibility to feet, and still have recurring problems from the resultant accident.</p> <p>But each to their own... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33569#post-95293 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:06:35 +0000 medici2471 95293@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>May be an idea to voice concerns about certain subs here rather than keep bumping up things you find of dubious taste?</p> <p>On a wider note, a debate on what is &amp; isn't "funny" would be interesting? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94824 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:30:35 +0000 grumblechops 94824@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hey thanks for the nod Skylarking. It's weird, its been a reccuring idea for a story that's been coming to me about 3 times a week </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94185 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:55:35 +0000 Perks 94185@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>We would rather watch a bar of Imperial Leather for an hour a day. At least it has character </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94181 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:51:04 +0000 writinginbsl 94181@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>im with Jeni and mrs4fun-dont watch soaps either</p> <p>well, thats 3 of us out of about 35mill </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94160 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:19:40 +0000 Al OPecia 94160@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's all the shouting that warns me not to go in the living-room. On the telly I mean. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94156 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:08:59 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 94156@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My wife watches ‘Copulation Street’ for the’humour’. I’ve asked the Doc to increase her medication. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94139 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:31:26 +0000 Golgo13 94139@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hollyoaks is good, mind. </p> <p>That Silas, eh? What a bastard. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94135 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:43:01 +0000 Qoxiivi 94135@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Skylarking: well, you could start by commenting on it like I've just done. Cracking piece. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94130 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:26:21 +0000 shitsu_tonka 94130@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You're not the only woman, Jeni. I don't watch soaps. Haven't had a TV for years, don't watch anything, don't have a clue who anyone is. It's great. </p> <p>Though being a girl I did go to a friend's to watch William and Kate get married because I wanted to see the frocks and that. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94129 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:17:10 +0000 Vertically Challenged Giant 94129@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I hate it with a passion. The fact that people get paid to write that garbage, and others get paid to act it out, badly, really irritates me. But I do get quite irrationally angry about things sometimes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94123 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:38:19 +0000 dvo4fun 94123@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Mrs 4fun also fits into that category with you Jeni. </p> <p>But she does listen to The Archers every once in a while. Does that count? We treat it as an educational programme about the countryside.</p> <p>I did watch a few of the very earliest EE episodes until one evening I suddenly realised I was starting to care about the welfare of a dog on the show. Still sweat a bit thinking about that narrow escape. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94115 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:17:48 +0000 The All New Jeni B 94115@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It should never have got off the ground in the first place.</p> <p>Am I the only woman in the UK who doesn't watch a single soap, and doesn't have a clue who any of the characters are? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=33110#post-94112 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:46:02 +0000 Skylarking 94112@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"Out-of-control BBC admits it has ‘no idea’ how to finish EastEnders" would have made a fine FP. I feel its splendour should be marked.</p> <p>Or maybe it's just me that thinks EE should have been knocked on the head late '85... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93565 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:55:16 +0000 FlashArry 93565@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I'm touched by the concerns for my moral fibre - alas, much scarred and eroded now, but thank you anyway. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32894#post-93520 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:34:15 +0000 apepper 93520@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>British industry received a boost today when figures showed that the Daily Mail manufactured 120% more stories than last year.</p> <p>"The BBC AD/BC story just ran and ran", said a Mail spokesman, "after that, we just tried to see what we could get away with." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93490 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:38:27 +0000 Golgo13 93490@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quid pro quo, I'll give it a go. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93489 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:36:53 +0000 Gerontius 93489@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Very visual, very slapstick, very funny...loved it.<br /> I will definitely be recording it in future<br /> ta Golgo<br /> My tip for a good read<br /> Steve Tilston - All for Poor Jack...it's sort of like Last of the Mohicans, but about cod fishing.<br /> Seriously, it's brilliant.<br /> My book of the year, check it out. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93362 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:34:15 +0000 Gerontius 93362@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fell Asleep During Naked French Women...Would You Believe It?<br /> OK Go on Golgo, will Give it a Go<br /> iPlayer you say?<br /> not so sure you should be encouraging young master Flash to stay up late looking at naked ladies though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93349 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:16:57 +0000 FlashArry 93349@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I found it in much the same way, thought it pretty funny too - and merited a second viewing on the iPlayer with Mrs Arry, who is fluent in that sort of heathen.</p> <p>Our particular fave was the proctologist sketch, run a close second by the gynaecologists rabbit but most of the sketches has something to chuckle about.</p> <p>Will definitely be looking out for the rest of the series. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93336 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:08:52 +0000 Golgo13 93336@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Headlines were never my strong point. </p> <p>Maybe if I'd gone with "Naked French women in comedy - What do you think?" I'd've got more comments...</p> <p>...seriously, has nobody else seen this very odd programme on BBC2?</p> <p>It's on iPlayer, you know. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93176 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:44:33 +0000 Brenda SugarTits69 93176@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I watched it with my super-hot, firm-breasted Japanese girlfriend Akiko.</p> <p>We were both giving it two thumbs up. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=32742#post-93171 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:54:44 +0000 Golgo13 93171@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...pretty much dozed through Newsnight, but woke up during Burnistoun, then watched Women! (Vous les Femmes)</p> <p>Has anyone else watched it? Comedy sketch show written and performed by ...French ...women... </p> <p>I know, it sounds like a disaster, but some of it was quite funny. Many of the sketches have no punchline...they are just odd. </p> <p>Oh, and they are naked in some scenes. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30777#post-86746 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:47:46 +0000 borednow 86746@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>sounds like something you'd find outside a blue movie house. I came, I saw, I came </p>