THE CLAPPER!

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OK, pop culture junkies, here's one for you. Y'all do remember the Clapper, right? That cheap thing that you put in your hands, clap your hands against it, and the lights in yer place go out? Or at least the jingle -- "clap on! CLAP CLAP! clap off! CLAP CLAP! clap on, clap off ... (dramatic pause) ... THE CLAPPER!"

Did anyone here ever buy the Clapper? And do they have the Clapper anywhere outside of the States?

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've fallen. And I can't get up.

― Arthur, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Can we turn this into a thread about JAMIE FROM HOLLYOAKS?

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And what of the modern day STD witch hunt eh? Does Chloe deserve to be president of the student union just because everyones blaming poor Jamie for the spread of the clap?

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Y'know Sarah I find the current plotline very disempowering (is that a word?) to the women of Hollyoaks, why are they going round slapping poor Jamie when they could QUITE EASILY have insisted that he use a condom. Tch tch.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Anyway she isn't in a fit mental state to be elected president now anyway as she is going all mental over being a fatty. Oh come on Chloe it is EASY ENOUGH to get a good eating disorder going although I don't think it would make good telly, what with Moralising Mandy and Silly Izzy.

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, as he said he forced no-one to sleep with him and THEY did not insist on a condom either. So Mandys radio show has double standards HA HA. Yes I know she has had a hard life etc but she looks so SMUG lately it is annoying me. I reckon Jamie will do a big stunt to prove his not 'innocence' but something to say 'don't just blame me'. Hopefully in an ape suit.

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Chloe being fat storyline is getting REALLY BORING now innit? I think she should be less worried about being fat and more worried about being ginger which is far easier to remedy har har.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I am mad with her because she dumped her wuvvly boyfriend who I wuv too, even if he is a pov. I was very amused when Brian fainted trying to cut himself. Did he ACTUALLY cut himself or faint at the mere thought? I at least like the way that the 'normal' person is cutting rather than the goth doing it although it's a bit heavy handed.

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

It is all hilariously old-fashioned going round whispering about the CLAP like Shakespearian bawdies. I hate this storyline. Anyone would think that preventing STIs was a radical idea.

How can clapping your hands turn your lights on and off? Explanation please.

― Archel, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sadly for the Decadent Youth of Today preventing STIs is radical since condom use among the young is on the decline so well done Hollyoaks for confronting this issue in such a sensitive (ahem ahem) way.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well they are not whispering about it Archel, they are slapping Jamie in the face/making posters about it/talking about it on radio shows! Their handling of it is only unrealistic in the way that people probably wouldn't be as vociferous and open about it as they are in Hollyoaks.

"But then why is my throat hurtin...oh!!"

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Soap Rule #241 states that ALL soap sex is sans condom unless (as Jamie and Sonya demonstrated the other night) they feature said condom in a five second establishing shot, thus qualifying the prophylactic for Equity membership.

― suzy, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lee and Abby are really funny with her Romeo and Juliet obsession ha ha. I hope they have a lovely first time shag before she has to move to Shrewsbury.

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Keep up Sarah, they aren't moving any more!

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The tragedy here is that I actually know what you people are talking about.

― Ally C, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i ha d the clapper. it was totally useless. hard to get to work right, and just less convenient than light switch. it was ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeph

― mike hanle y, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Well duh everyone knew they weren't actually going to move, and I always watch the Hollyoaks omnibus anyway (chiz). Have Lee and Abby done it yet?? And why did Mr Stroppy (wossisname) not move? Did he decide to stay so he could pull Zaras mum?

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

He realised that Ben the vapid fireman was right and he shouldn't run away from his problems & uproot Abby. Blah blah blah. What about that Beth eh? She mings I reckon.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Chloe having a hang up about being fat thing was so ridiculous. She came into it and it was all "she's confident and proud of herself", and then like 3 months down the line you can imagine the writer sitting there scratching their heads and one of them goes "well maybe she really was the stereotype all along". "yes, it's lunchtime".

I'm not entirely convinced that I have reasons for watching Hollyoaks outside of most of the ladies in it being absolutely stunning. It's the S Club 7 TV of the soap world.

― Ronan, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

She does. I want to know if her and Steff will manage to team up to get Scott in GAOL for his krimes. Disabled Adam should be able to run his wheelchair over his face ha ha.

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes but the old Beth was essentially a dishcloth. Oh, and I think there should be a Buffy homage episode where Lewis is brought back from the dead, a rotting bone replacing that terrible gold earring.

― Archel, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I think that since Geri left the standard of laydeez is a bit rub. I think Izzy is great but Beth? Eve? Laura? Puhleez. They are all so dull looking. The laydeez are not stunning, just skinny, they are not much above average facially they just have expensive hairdos & makeup.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Lewis cannot come back from the grave for he is now a doctor in Brookie. WHICH REMINDS ME! Did anyone see the ace moment when Tim, Emily & some others from Brookie had a posh night out in Chester in guess where? Oh yes in the LOFT! But they didn't have any of the Oaksters in the background.

The bloke totty is not impressive either right now. They all look about 17. I am getting old aren't I?

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I take my totty where I can find it and have developed a dirty-old- woman crush on Lee. (Like Abby I am a sucka for Shakespeare I suppose. Or maybe I just feel sorry for him having his balls broken by a frizzy-haired gothette.)

― Archel, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Mmm, Lee's about the best there is right now. I quite liked that dodgy geezer who was making Dan do underhand car things but I think I must've been hormonal at the time. As for Gary! Ick.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

When Dan first came in I had a crush on him. OOH he was a MEAN mang and didn't give in to Izzys wiles! And perhaps the first one to have an actual Northern accent (pov Chloes boyf excepted I have forgotten his name).

― Sarah, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

*clap-clap* This thread is now about umbrellas. Describe your favorite brolly of all time.

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Do you mean Matt, Sarah? Yes I think I liked Dan ages ago too cos he liked driving fast cars and so do I. Boy racer + girl racer = true wuv.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

But Becca!

And Izzy is nice enough to make up for 10 Lauras. Having said that Laura/Eve/Mandy may not be goddesses but they're certainly not terrible either and for nobrainer 6.30 tv they're very competetive.

I fully support the idea of bringing Lewis back from the dead, but only if that Rob guy can come back too and they fight over the cracks of doom or something.

― Ronan, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Becca? Christ, Ronan, that girl could simper for England. Still, each to his own.

― Emma, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the simpering is the best part.

― Ronan, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What's really sad is that this is the most on-track an ILE discussion has stayed in months and months.

― nabisco, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Q: What is your favorite part of the bell?

― Dan Perry, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You don't put the Clapper in your hand and clap against it!! It's sound-sensitive!!

― Sean, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What happens when you play the opening of John Fogerty's "Centerfield" at it?

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Strobe light!!

― Sean, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I never had a Clapper, but I did have one of those springy chopper thingies that Ron Popeil ended up ripping off - but this one was old and was called "THE BLITZHACKER" which is as far as I'm concerned, the single most exciting product name ever conceived.

― Kim, Thursday, 2 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Can we turn this thread into a discussion about Gonorrhea?

― N., Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You just did. Swine.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eight years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUOhjW2AXM&feature=player_embedded

― Exterminate Capitalism Lobster Package (Eisbaer), Thursday, 25 November 2010 09:24 (fourteen years ago)

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