I Linda Barker the most awful person on television?

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You lucky Americans.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, she's an interior designer, isn't she? Good in small doses whilst talking about interior design and all? In that case, I could see how one might think, "God, how awful," when watching something fully presented by her. I remember watching one ep of "House Invaders" with her as the presenter and thinking, "She's way out of her element here." Anna Ryder Richardson is just a bit better, because Anna's so OTT. But Linda Barker... I'm sure she's a lovely person, but hmmm.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:42 (twenty-two years ago)

You wouldn't wanna mess with her scissors...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:45 (twenty-two years ago)

There's such a thing as Linda Barker SCISSORS now?

Bloody heck, please tell me all promotional tie-ins that have come out of the success of "Changing Rooms", thank you. Oh yeah, and "Ground Force" too. We here in the States just get the shows and, if counting online stores, the books.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 25 October 2003 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

She will come at you with her scissors from every conceivable angle. From the left. From the right. From below. From ABOVE.

SHE WILL HUNT YOU DOWN LIKE THE DOG YOU ARE.

She also has a range of furniture at DFS, I think.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I used to be in love with her but since IACGMOOH! she has let people turn her into an idiot and ruin her hair.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 25 October 2003 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I think she's okay

p.s. it is midnight on Saturday night and I am very drunk

― C J (C J), Saturday, 25 October 2003 22:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The line of furniture idea is a lovely one, I feel.

OMG, she was on "IACGMOOH!"? You're kidding. This factoid saddens me, for some reason. Probably because this might mean she'll be all Hollywood-ish now. Aw.

Hurrah for drunkenness!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 25 October 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I still fancy her.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 25 October 2003 22:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Matt DC I am ashamed and appalled (sic [drunk]).

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Saturday, 25 October 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

her voice is like breaking yorkshire glass

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 26 October 2003 10:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Yesterday her Currys advert was followed immediately by her DFS advert. And she was on Celebrity Dog School on the other side. Enough already. Saying that, I have her design book and I like her on House Invaders, but that's it.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 26 October 2003 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh god. I suspect this whole Interweb connection at home thing is going to have the long term effect of turning me into Mark C.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 26 October 2003 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

no, BOB Barker is.

― Skottie, Sunday, 26 October 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

She is evil and must be stopped. Stick her in a box with the Sarpong and the Reilly, chuck 'em down a hill, sorted.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 26 October 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

In the Independent On Sunday's 100 things to do before you die feature she nominates skinny dipping in St Lucia wearing nothing but a diamond necklace.

Which is better than Anthea Turner's:

"Everyone should have the nerve once in their life to say what they think. Like when you're pulled over by a traffic cop and they make you feel like a car-nicking drug dealer, say, 'Please take your training which, incidentally, I paid for, and instead of pouncing on a basically law-abiding citizen doing 15mph over the limit on a clear, dry day with no other car in sight, concentrate your efforts on protecting me from the burglars who raided my house and the car jacker who made me petrified to be in a city at night.'"

Frankly, given the choice, I'm with the car jacker.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 26 October 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

That Currys advert is SOOOOO annoying. I have no beef with her really - I just wish she didn't exist in my universem, thats all.

― Johnney B, Sunday, 26 October 2003 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

You mean she's a real person? I thought she was some awful and horrible creation of the Curry's people. I ph34r her scissors.

― kate (kate), Monday, 27 October 2003 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

The Curry's advert MAKE NO SENSE. They are a sequence of non sequiturs and as such they scare and disturb be. N.B she is evil.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 27 October 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

The Curry ads design meeting

Ad designer 1: Great, we got Barker, now how much money have we got left?... ah. no probs we'll get a random sentence generator off the web and a big pair of scissors then we'll see what happens, it'll be great trust me.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 27 October 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I feel for the actress playing Random Currys Employee. They've stuck her in a room with a psychotic Barker wielding giant scissors, how she must wish she were back on the Bill playing a junkie.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 27 October 2003 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The thing that annoys me is that Barkers scissor closing is slightly out of time with the music.

All in all these ads are not as good as that new SpecSavers one.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 27 October 2003 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The guy in the SpecSavers ad has glasses just like my gf's. I think they look okay. He then disappears and comes back with glasses and THE FRAMES HAVE BEEN NICKED!! WTF!?! LOL !!11111!

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I keep reading this thread title as "I, Linda Barker, am the most awful person on television", as if it's a confession thread and therefore U+K.

― Mark C (Mark C), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:11 (twenty-two years ago)

all SpecSavers ads remain intensely dud - how the fuck can they tell where the guy bought his glasses anyway?

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i almost wish they'd bring back the sloths

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:13 (twenty-two years ago)

The sloths are better than the Barker woman - maybe if they swapped roles....

― smee (smee), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:25 (twenty-two years ago)

"you'll laaarve these new throws i found down the maaarket, and i thought cherry blossom white for the walls"

"whaaat, you got to go there?"

they should have a sitcom

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:34 (twenty-two years ago)

2.4 Sloths, Keeping Up Sloth Appearances, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Sloths Please...

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Slothheap Challenge?

Or they could do the scissors really really slowly, and she could hang upsidedown from a tree......

― smee (smee), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:36 (twenty-two years ago)

The Argos ads w/ the vile Richard E. Grant as some kind of 'rock star' are much worse than any Linda Barker flogslot

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely you mean Argoose.

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

THAT'S RICHARD E GRANT?!?!? Ohmigod, it doesn't look anything like him. But then again, I think those ads are pretty hysterical.

― kate (kate), Monday, 27 October 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

We'll take Linda Barker if you take the entire American cast of "Coupling".

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Y'know I've never seen it but something tells me thats a bad deal....

― smee (smee), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Linda is still my favourite designer on Changing Rooms. I don't really blame her for cashing in....

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

When Lawrence succeeds, he's WAY better than Linda. Graham is the most consistent.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Granted, I would take ANY of the "Changing Rooms" designers over the "Trading Spaces" designers except maybe Laurie and Vern.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Dan, you sound exactly like my mom now! This frightens me.

― Nicolars (Nicole), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Hellow Jonty.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

No. Wire. HANGERS. EVER!!!!!!!!!

― Nicolars' Mommie Dearest (Dan Perry), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

You game thing.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 27 October 2003 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Nicolars was secretly raised by Dan. CAN SHE ESCAPE THE SCARRING?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 October 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

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