Dumbed Down Culture
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Contestant: Frank Sinatra? Pfou, easy, anybody knows the correct answer is Roy Orbison :-D Colin Angus Mackay wrote: The Weakest Link, BBC Here, the host of the local version of this show scares the hell out of the contestants. I believe it's part of the concept, to put the pressure on them. Is it the same in UK?
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KaЯl wrote: Is it the same in UK? Yes, and Anne Robinson, the host, is apparently like that in real life too. My sister worked for a sound studio a while back and AR came in and saw that one of the receptionists had purple streaks through her hair and instead of saying "Hello" or "I'm here to meet..." she said: "Does your mother know you've got purple hair?"
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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BBC Radio Norfolk
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: Okay, I’ll give you a couple of clues. What do you call the part of your body between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: The arm.
White: Correct! And if you aren’t weak, you are...?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct. And a final clue: what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well there we are then. So who did have a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?The Weakest Link, BBC
Anne Robinson: The cultivation of which fruit is known as viniculture?
Contestant: Potatoes.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
And remember, these are the same people that vote! :rolleyes: Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
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And remember, these are the same people that vote! :rolleyes: Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
Only for other contestants on the same show. There is no evidence that they vote in a elections. Given their apparent level of intelligence they would have difficulty in finding the polling station.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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Michael P Butler wrote: I see somebody else has read the latest edition of Private Eye too I particularly enjoyed the cover[^]. It's always fun to see "Big" Blunkett being poked fun at :-D Michael P Butler wrote: Good issue this week. I've already posted one of the Funny Old World items in the soapbox. The Klan item in that was particularly hilarious :-)
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We had it in Geography. Not a pleasant experience... X| Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
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And remember, these are the same people that vote! :rolleyes: Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Hunt The Wumpus RealDevs.Net
Marc Clifton wrote: And remember, these are the same people that vote! And they're also the people whose opinions are so revered by the media. Politicians are constantly moving up and down based on what these very people think. You should be very scared:). I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain
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It's exactly the same in the french version, it must be part of the business plan worldwide :suss:
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I think it is called "Humiliation TV"
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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Marc Clifton wrote: And remember, these are the same people that vote! And they're also the people whose opinions are so revered by the media. Politicians are constantly moving up and down based on what these very people think. You should be very scared:). I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain
mystro_AKA_kokie wrote: Politicians are constantly moving up and down YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!!
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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mystro_AKA_kokie wrote: Politicians are constantly moving up and down YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!!
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!! Yesss!!Sirrrrr!!! I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote: YOU! SOAPBOX! NOW!!!! Yesss!!Sirrrrr!!! I am sitting in my flame proof buncker, so don't even bother. by the way, perl stinks. "I believe god invented man, because he was disappointed in the monkey" Mark Twain
:-D
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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BBC Radio Norfolk
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: Okay, I’ll give you a couple of clues. What do you call the part of your body between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: The arm.
White: Correct! And if you aren’t weak, you are...?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct. And a final clue: what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well there we are then. So who did have a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?The Weakest Link, BBC
Anne Robinson: The cultivation of which fruit is known as viniculture?
Contestant: Potatoes.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
I'd rather have a dumbed down culture than a culture which celebrates the derision of people. Sorry, I just detest that show. It is awful, to think people actually came up with the concept and millions watch it every week, enjoying the pain of others. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan wrote: "I always knew that somewhere deep inside that likable, Save the Whales kinda guy there lurked the heart of a troublemaker..." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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BBC Radio Norfolk
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: Okay, I’ll give you a couple of clues. What do you call the part of your body between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: The arm.
White: Correct! And if you aren’t weak, you are...?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct. And a final clue: what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well there we are then. So who did have a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?The Weakest Link, BBC
Anne Robinson: The cultivation of which fruit is known as viniculture?
Contestant: Potatoes.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Sounds like it should be called "The Weakest Darwinian Link" Steve
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KaЯl wrote: Is it the same in UK? Yes, and Anne Robinson, the host, is apparently like that in real life too. My sister worked for a sound studio a while back and AR came in and saw that one of the receptionists had purple streaks through her hair and instead of saying "Hello" or "I'm here to meet..." she said: "Does your mother know you've got purple hair?"
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
Colin Angus Mackay wrote: Anne Robinson, the host, is apparently like that in real life too... She was a guest on Top Gear once. I'm sure she scared the hell out of Jeremy Clarkson, though he tried very hard not to show it. (She's a fairly aggressive driver too, surprise surprise.) -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of western civilisation)
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I think it is called "Humiliation TV"
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
