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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