http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 26 May 2013 02:27:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-87244 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:41:39 +0000 Textbook 87244@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I would add something about the inability of people to reach a consensus about whether you should bother putting full stops between the letters in the band's name. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86799 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:21:42 +0000 TokyoTomato 86799@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>A bit meta-comedy, but stars nonetheless. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86765 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:30:24 +0000 Tristan Shout 86765@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Plus there's the fact that my story was submitted before you brazenly went ahead and submitted your one-liner and claimed your originality victory ;) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86759 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:52:21 +0000 SpankyMonkey 86759@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Exactly, I like it. That's why I claim victory in the race for 'originality' because instead of debating such qualms, I brazenly went ahead and nailed the easy line before anyone else (because they were mostly debating the pros and cons of such a move), thus boosting my chances of claiming genius, quick-witted thought, presuming, of course, that I am willing to overlook the obvious fact that this was a gimme headline requiring a brain less than the the size of a gnat's chuff to come up with it. There may, however, be some losers out there who believe it to be worth them wasting a couple of seconds of their life on it. Not holding breath, though. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86754 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:58:48 +0000 Tristan Shout 86754@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>...yeah, but this is more about the 'do-I-or-don't-I?' dilemma we all face when there's an obvious line/gag than the line/gag itself... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86753 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:54:15 +0000 SpankyMonkey 86753@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>So that's two of us who've used the line already on NB.... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86752 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:39:56 +0000 Tristan Shout 86752@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cheers for the stars. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86737 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:13:12 +0000 Sinnick 86737@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Are they to become R and EM, or RE and M ? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86731 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:00:51 +0000 waylandsmithy 86731@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Another member of the 51 club: the rock n' roll year of retirement. Nice. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=30779#post-86730 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:43:45 +0000 Tristan Shout 86730@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Fans coming to terms with the announcement that influential American rock band REM are to split are joined in their misery by copy-editors frantic to avoid using the obvious 'It's the end of the world as we know it' in their articles - unless of course, nobody else has.</p> <p>'It's the elephant in the room,' croaked one weary hack, who eventually went with 'Everybody Hurts as REM announce split'.</p> <p>'It's so tempting, but if 50 other news sources do it, you just look like an arse.'</p> <p>Long term REM fan Ian Broomfield, 40, expressed his sadness at the announcement, saying, 'I grew up with these guys, through my teens, through college and beyond. It's the end of...an era. For me, this is worse than when Amy Winehouse died.'</p> <p>Echoing that fan's feelings, a copy-editor for an on-line media entity agreed that deciding whether the 'They tried to make her go to rehab...' line was really clever or just really trite was the most distressing experience he'd had since announcing Kurt Cobain's death with the misjudged headline 'Oh Whatever Never Mind'. </p>