It is very, very tired and boring to make 'oh aren't they awful' cracks about the following people:
Mick HucknallJeremy BeadleCeline DionWhoever the latest 'manufactured' pop star is
Actually with the first three it's not quite boring, it's just bizarre because it's so old.
It is pretty tired and boring to do the same with:
ColdplayGeorge Bush (though there is some room for originality here)TravisThe Stereophonics
Which other targets make you embarrassed for the critic?
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:39 (twenty-two years ago)
― oops (Oops), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)
People who drive SUVsPeople with cell phones
Come on! So last year!
― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)
Space TO LET.
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:46 (twenty-two years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)
(Tangential - praise other things please: The Simpsons.)
Things stop being good targets when targeting them starts to be annoying.
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)
See: Calum.
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:52 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:53 (twenty-two years ago)
that said, many of N.'s original choices are spot on
calum's are just bizarre
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)
― hstencil, Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)
well tell them to try harder then. what jess said.
― Dave M. (rotten03), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― kate, Friday, 4 April 2003 10:00 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)
telly=unhip, as a rule.
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 April 2003 10:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 10:53 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.allposters.com/images/71/039_13679.jpg
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 4 April 2003 10:57 (twenty-two years ago)
I want my fun mark! I WANT MY FUN!!!
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nick A. (Nick A.), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:12 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:21 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:28 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:30 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:33 (twenty-two years ago)
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:35 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)
I assume you are joking about Hitler but just to be clear, this thread is not about hated people - just overused targets for 'aren't they crap?' jokes.
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― Cozen (Cozen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)
oh shit, then how do you pronounce Ralph Macchio?
― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:40 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:41 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:42 (twenty-two years ago)
Doesn't he pronounce it "match - ee - oh"?
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)
― Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)
I am against those things. But aren't there better ways of protesting than making snide one-liners?
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:45 (twenty-two years ago)
Haha yes I do realize I'm saying this on ILX.
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:56 (twenty-two years ago)
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 4 April 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 4 April 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/newsservice/images/hardball.jpg
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 4 April 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/britons/vote.html
― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 10 May 2003 23:06 (twenty-two years ago)
― Michael Stuchbery (Mikey Bidness), Saturday, 10 May 2003 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 10 May 2003 23:26 (twenty-two years ago)
― Millar (Millar), Saturday, 10 May 2003 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)
Me and the husband spent the whole programme going "but what's so bad about {person X}", and making up reasons why they were actually the Greatest Britons ever. We failed at justifying Julie Burchill though.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 11 May 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 11 May 2003 10:16 (twenty-two years ago)
― dave k, Sunday, 11 May 2003 10:25 (twenty-two years ago)
Agreed on Coldplay and Moby though. And Radiohead bashing is boring too.
― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 12 May 2003 05:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 23 June 2003 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 28 July 2003 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 30 January 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)
― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:14 (twenty years ago)
― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:34 (twenty years ago)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:37 (twenty years ago)
― de, Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:40 (twenty years ago)
― Enrique (Enrique), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:41 (twenty years ago)
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:45 (twenty years ago)
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 13:56 (twenty years ago)