The nadir of Western civilisation

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Today I discovered that Safeway make "Vegetarian Gammon-styl steak"

Mark Morris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Or even "Gammon-style"

Mark Morris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What has this to do with Nick Hornby?

mark s, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

or Simon Callow's acting career

mind you, vegetarian gammon, sounds interesting, I never liked that stuff even when I did eat meat.

chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh. Don't mention Simon Callow ever again.

Jonnie, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Or Baxendale for that matter.

RickyT, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Collector's Lot' with Debbie Thrower - just before Countdown on Channel 4, always filled me with a profound feeling of misery and helplessness.

Will, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I did some work for Nick Hornby once (It's thanks to me that Mr Blobby gets a namecheck in "About a Boy"), and he was a consistently pleasant and helpful chap who paid me more than I invoiced him for.

The notion of the nadir of Western Civilisation is equivalent to the notion of Now. The perpetual downwards slide of Western Civilisation means that each suggestion of a nadir is little more than a singularity.

Hmm.

Mark C, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

/chris walks slowly backwards whistling as Mark's comment goes right over his head

oh right I get it.

and yes, the nadir of western civilisation is the band named after the bird from cold feet.

and Jonnie, a colleague was just telling me how he saw Callow in a production at the festival hall, sitting in an arm chair talking about trolls while an orchestra played in the background.

I am no longer speaking to the colleague.

chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i saw Simon Callow the other day, hosting the Gramophone Awards. he was v. posh.

nadir of western civilisation = the Vengaboys, surely?

katie, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That program on Radio 2 preceeding the Radcliffe show Tom was on yesterday was quite nadir-esque.

David Raposa, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Atlanta Braves are clearly the real nadir of civilisation, Western or not.

Ally, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

That 'can Jordan live without being famous?' programme on Ch4 t'other night.
Channel 4: what went wrong?

DavidM, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Individually wrapped peeled orange slices convince me that the West has no future.

dave q, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Where can I buy these??

Nick, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ralph.

Tadeusz Suchodolski, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Does this "vegetarian gammon style steak" come with vegetarian pineapple slices?

Billy Dods, Saturday, 3 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

seven years pass...

http://www.babeshows.co.uk/printthread.php?tid=97

a steak of romanticism (country matters), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:03 (sixteen years ago)

Complaining on the internet that porn on television isn't good enough is like e-mailing to complain about the unreliable postal service...

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:23 (sixteen years ago)

Also anyone remember the channel called Babestar where the girls actually got completely naked.

^^^ extreme sadness personified...

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:24 (sixteen years ago)

RE: Shows have gotten too softcore - cherryryder - 22-10-2008 17:53

its a joke! How can you not let girls kiss each other!? You see tongues on Eastenders but not a show which is purely about sex! Ofcom should have stopped Sonia and that black girl from kissing a couple of years back but not on these kinds of shows! pathetic

Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:24 (sixteen years ago)

I can imagine these guys sitting alone on their respective sofas, in just their crusty underpants, drooling and mute, save for the irregular shout of "TITTAYSS!!!"

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:26 (sixteen years ago)

father jack to thread

a steak of romanticism (country matters), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:27 (sixteen years ago)

I think that Father Jack would have abandoned watching "adult" TV channels years ago.

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:29 (sixteen years ago)

these channels are still higher class than ITV

Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:30 (sixteen years ago)

^^^probably true

a steak of romanticism (country matters), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:30 (sixteen years ago)

That's not hard difficult

(xxpost) That cataract in his eye? Actually a miniature computer monitor.

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:30 (sixteen years ago)

RE: Shows have gotten too softcore - firekind - 30-08-2008 16:35

instead of wasting money phoneing these channels why not just rent one of the ladies for a shag? most of them are prostitutes and arent that expensive

a steak of romanticism (country matters), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:32 (sixteen years ago)

It's the fact there's a dedicated online community for babestation fanboys that gets me. Surely this is the sort of thing which you'd keep VERY quiet about watching? It isn't even porn! It's infinitely sadder/lamer/more sordid.

a steak of romanticism (country matters), Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:34 (sixteen years ago)

It's porn for extreme premature ejaculators

snoball, Sunday, 12 April 2009 12:35 (sixteen years ago)


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