I was up and about very early yesterday and, having downed several cups of tea, I slumped into my favourite armchair with eyes like a Japanese sniper's to watch a little TV.
The aim was to catch up on the news overnight and see if it was worth getting dressed or whether Bush had finally hit "the button" and life as we know it was about to end.
What did I get? Wall to wall bloody cartoons! They were everywhere. Now there is nothing wrong with cartoons - Hell, Leonardo Da Vinci drew them but his characters never caught on!! The trouble was.....well....they were all SHITE! (Those on the telly, not Leo's). Cheap, poorly drawn Jap and American imports mostly involving slitty-eyed space kids fighting ludicrous monsters. Humour? It would have been easier to find a pork pie in a synagogue.
No wonder our kids are off the rails! They are being fed shite by the fast food chains and now shite through the box. Hard pressed parents no doubt plonk their little Jakastas and baby Hermans in front of the Devil's Lantern for hours in the mornings so that they can get a few extra hours kip. I understand they need a break but, Jesus, isn't there some other way to keep their little thugs of the future occupied? Peg them out on the washing line? Put them on a treadmill? Teach them how to climb a tree - but not how to get down? Enlist them for national service - abroad? Anything but feed them a diet of this televisual crap.
When I was alive we had REAL cartoons. Heroes with humour. Whatever happened to those days? Obviously, they never did me any harm. Grantham can have the cheapo, galactic wank warriors. Give me a duck falling over everytime.
Now these were REAL heroes!
Every one a winner? Oh, please yourself then.
**********************************************************WHY GRANTHAM? JUST CLICK: TEXT **********************************************************
Monday, 18 December 2006
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2007
SHORTS DON'T MATTER! 1.
From the greatest programme ever made about association football, Barnstoneworth United FC manager Mr Dainty delivers one of the finest English soliloqiues of all time.......and afterwards, spare a thought for the club steward's wife Vera (YOU ONLY HAVE TO WATCH HALF OF THE CLIP!!).
Monday, 12 November 2007
Not everyone who agonises over their life is a painter. Some of us agonise because we're NOT painters.
....And On the Subject of Great Public Services
I know most of you have heard this marvellous song by those doctors who are the Amateur Transplants......but I think the video is a nice addition. P.S. If there are kids in the room I'd shuffle them out before hitting play.
...There's More
On the subject of those great doctors, here is their version of More Than Words which presents their challenging views on women outside Watford. The very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither, coming from Cumbria, is a huge fan. Again, get those kids out of the room!
Leave Britney Alone, Ok!!!
Oh...........my............God!!!!!
My heartfelt thanks go to BGT for this. I won't say much more, I don't need to. Mr Loony of Loonytown, USA (I think it's a bloke, anyway), says it all. I fear he may be wound too tight for.....well.....well for everywhere, really!
Tuesday, 18 September 2007.
I wish I'd sung this!
For non-Americans, and with apologies to all the smart arses out there who already knew, the FCC is the Federal Communications Commission and it monitors TV and radio output in the States - a sort of broadcast police - while the EPA is the Yanks' so-called Environmental Protection Agency, a body which does exactly the opposite of what it says on the can.
(P.S. We went to the same school, you know? Eric and me, that is, not George, Martha, Dick and Condoleeza and me. I don't think they went to school.)
P.P.S. Please see below if you are I Like The View, Malc or Doris.
To Make You Laugh and Cry
I was listening to this on a Sunday, the very-soon-to-be ex-Mrs Pither is a Catholic, Tom Lehrer is one of my all-time heroes and this is one of his best.............no other reasons.
On a more sombre note (and with thanks to Fish for coming up with this Woman's-Own-passes-the-time-in-the-dentist's-waiting-room nonsense), why not get a computer to tell you that you are a waste of space and your life is a sham of a mockery of a farce? Ok, it's from one of those poxy dating sites but...go on, take the test. You ain't got much to beat!!
Apparently, in my case, "computer say 'no!'"
This Is My Life, Rated | |
Life: | 4.2 |
Mind: | 4.1 |
Body: | 2.7 |
Spirit: | 8 |
Friends/Family: | 1.6 |
Love: | 0 |
Finance: | 5.9 |
Take the Rate My Life Quiz |
I First Saw This When I Was Little - And Loved It! I Hope That Explains a Few Things
Fuck, Fuckety, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck
It has been pointed out to me that, particularly for one whose profession is supposedly literary, my language is getting worse. My use of the "F" word is, I am told, far too prevalent and hence loses impact.
To those who share this view I suggest you watch the following:
Tony Blair Isn't a Burglar - But If He Was.........
In the spirit of Gustav Holst's Jupiter and Manfred Mann's Earth Band, I feel like raising a smile today.
The Big Green Thing alerted me to this and, for no other reason than to raise a smile on an otherwise crap Wednesday, I think it has to be shared.
Grantham shall not have him - when he gets out of prison.
Life On The Edge - No Net.
I was wrong when I feared it might be a dull weekend, what with my pals being away, my soon-to-be ex-wife in rehab and only the dogs to play with. How wrong can a man be? This much fun must surely be illegal?
Just click to see the japes and hoots I am having!
Click again to see how things got REALLy exciting!
Tomorrow we're going to chase pigeons.
The Good Old U.S. of A. - Guardians of Freedom and Democracy. Nothing to Be Scared of, Then?
Be honest........
Who fucking cares!!
No comments:
Post a Comment