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Author:  JBR [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 15:03 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Also, more Mariah stuff, but she posted a Video at midnight 1st November on IG of her going to bed in Halloween garb, the clock turning to midnight and her waking up in Christmas gear to a call from Father Christmas, which I thought was cute.

I used to dislike Mariah like all people everywhere (whilst still thinking its one of the top three Christmas tunes ever) but I watched her in the film Precious and found a new found respect for her. She had a moustache. I like that she had a moustache. It helped me see past the Mariah-ness.

Also, that’s a great film. It’s difficult to watch, but brilliant. The main actress puts in such a heart-wrenching performance that it stuck with me for ages.


Ooh yes, I liked that video - a nice counterpoint to the usual "Christmas, but it's only November!" (again. Every year. Must we?) For those who don't mind, or don't care, it was quite nice to just see it outright acknowledged that yes, it's November, and from here on, you're going to hear Mariah (and Slade and Cliff and The Pogues and oh gosh).
Author:  TheVision [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 15:55 ]
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I've just had my first ever business enquiry through Linkedin!

It hasn't turned to anything yet, but after being on there for a good number of years. This is quite something. Maybe they were right and it IS the future of business networking?
Author:  GazChap [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 16:48 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Also kind of amazed that they don’t actually use the line ‘all I want for crispmas is you’ which I’d completely assumed that they would do, because... you just would.

I've always wondered why the makers of Ibuleve gel don't advertise with "Ibuleve in Miracles" - they wouldn't actually have to have the "you sexy thing" part in it.
Author:  Dimrill [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 16:56 ]
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GazChap wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Also kind of amazed that they don’t actually use the line ‘all I want for crispmas is you’ which I’d completely assumed that they would do, because... you just would.

I've always wondered why the makers of Ibuleve gel don't advertise with "Ibuleve in Miracles" - they wouldn't actually have to have the "you sexy thing" part in it.


Or why the makers of that 4head treatment for headaches don't make a treatment for eczema.
Author:  Mimi [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 18:32 ]
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JBR wrote:
Mimi wrote:
Also, more Mariah stuff, but she posted a Video at midnight 1st November on IG of her going to bed in Halloween garb, the clock turning to midnight and her waking up in Christmas gear to a call from Father Christmas, which I thought was cute.

I used to dislike Mariah like all people everywhere (whilst still thinking its one of the top three Christmas tunes ever) but I watched her in the film Precious and found a new found respect for her. She had a moustache. I like that she had a moustache. It helped me see past the Mariah-ness.

Also, that’s a great film. It’s difficult to watch, but brilliant. The main actress puts in such a heart-wrenching performance that it stuck with me for ages.


Ooh yes, I liked that video - a nice counterpoint to the usual "Christmas, but it's only November!" (again. Every year. Must we?) For those who don't mind, or don't care, it was quite nice to just see it outright acknowledged that yes, it's November, and from here on, you're going to hear Mariah (and Slade and Cliff and The Pogues and oh gosh).

I am absolutely, 100% ready for festivities to happen around me this year. I have never wanted Christmas so much as I want it this year. I am sitting here slowly sewing a Christmas decoration. I have – get this – invited my in-laws.

I have eaten a mince pie today. I’d like to say it was my first of the season, but in fact it is my fifth. I have bought new Christmas lights. I’m really looking forwards to it.
Author:  BikNorton [ Wed Nov 06, 2019 23:42 ]
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TheVision wrote:
I've just had my first ever business enquiry through Linkedin!

It hasn't turned to anything yet, but after being on there for a good number of years. This is quite something. Maybe they were right and it IS the future of business networking?
someone I've never heard of from a department I didn't know we had sent an email to the entire company address book today being all excited about linked in and how we should all make sure to list or company allegiance correctly on it to help increase brand awareness and business.

This did not make me rush to create a linked in account.
Author:  Jem [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:53 ]
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Mimi wrote:
I am absolutely, 100% ready for festivities to happen around me this year. I have never wanted Christmas so much as I want it this year. I am sitting here slowly sewing a Christmas decoration. I have – get this – invited my in-laws.

I have eaten a mince pie today. I’d like to say it was my first of the season, but in fact it is my fifth. I have bought new Christmas lights. I’m really looking forwards to it.


:luv: I'm feeling pretty festive too! I don't normally let myself get carried away until after Isabel's birthday though (14th) but I have had a couple of mince pies :D
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:47 ]
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Last night, we had a family baking evening and MrsPaz put Michael Buble's Christmas album on. It was pretty nice.
Author:  MaliA [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:21 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
MrsPaz put Michael Buble's Christmas album on. It was pretty nice.


This is quite the mental image
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:57 ]
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My mental image was of the Paz family all sitting round getting stoned, while Buble warbled in the background.
Author:  devilman [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:06 ]
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Trooper wrote:
My mental image was of the Paz family all sitting round getting stoned, while Buble warbled in the background.


My mental image was of them baking a Buble CD and them eating it.
Author:  Kern [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:09 ]
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He takes a while to warm up after he comes out of hibernation.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 13:16 ]
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My baking consisted of melting a load of easter chocolate and remoulding it as 'cakes' with crushed up candy cane sprinkled on top. Gourmet!
Author:  Findus Fop [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 13:23 ]
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My mental image was of them baking the Evanses from number 132 in a big fuck off pie. The music was a jarring counterpoint to the violence, a la Happy and Umbrella Academy etc etc.
Author:  Cras [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 13:25 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
My baking consisted of melting a load of easter chocolate and remoulding it as 'cakes' with crushed up candy cane sprinkled on top. Gourmet!


In.
Author:  Bamba [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 14:49 ]
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Cras wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
My baking consisted of melting a load of easter chocolate and remoulding it as 'cakes' with crushed up candy cane sprinkled on top. Gourmet!


In.


'Candy cane' to me means those hard candy teeth-rotting horrible things, so adding that to chocolate would just utterly ruin it surely? Although, the kind of candy I'm thinking of would be slightly too sticky to crush properly so maybe we're talking about something else.
Author:  Warhead [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 14:54 ]
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Fly Tipping Incidents On The Rise In The UK

I find this hard to believe.

You may say, "But they're nothing like as heavy as cows," but every time I try, the little bastards buzz off before I can get hold of them.
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 14:59 ]
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Bamba wrote:
Cras wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
My baking consisted of melting a load of easter chocolate and remoulding it as 'cakes' with crushed up candy cane sprinkled on top. Gourmet!


In.


'Candy cane' to me means those hard candy teeth-rotting horrible things, so adding that to chocolate would just utterly ruin it surely? Although, the kind of candy I'm thinking of would be slightly too sticky to crush properly so maybe we're talking about something else.

No, you're right enough. Haven't tried them yet, but I'll let you know
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 15:19 ]
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Have you seen this Robert Dyas Christmas ad?

https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan/stat ... 7919903744
Author:  JBR [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 15:28 ]
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My eyebrows hit the ceiling at that ad. They went there. Then they stayed there.
Author:  Cras [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 15:29 ]
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To be fair to them it was a spoof of a US ad that was a sofa company assuring people they had sofas for both black and white people
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:09 ]
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Cras wrote:
To be fair to them it was a spoof of a US ad that was a sofa company assuring people they had sofas for both black and white people

Oh, was it? Every reference I saw to it online suggested it was from a four years ago and completely ‘legit’ (which I guess it is, but with no mention to the source material it was spoofing).
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:09 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Cras wrote:
To be fair to them it was a spoof of a US ad that was a sofa company assuring people they had sofas for both black and white people

Oh, was it? Every reference I saw to it online suggested it was from a four years ago and completely ‘legit’ (which I guess it is, but with no mention to the source material it was spoofing). Do you k own if (and where) it was shown?
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:09 ]
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Oh what have I done here, or?
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:26 ]
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Ok, so I e now found the Red House furniture ad, and I’m not sure it explains anything. What’s that dooofing (other than general ‘America’)?
Author:  zaphod79 [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:26 ]
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You've quoted your previous post instead of editing it i think
(or quoted and then edited it)
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 16:27 ]
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Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 17:03 ]
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Love that jingle.

"At the Reeeeeeeeeeeed House!"
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 17:06 ]
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zaphod79 wrote:
You've quoted your previous post instead of editing it i think
(or quoted and then edited it)

D’oh! Winning at Internetting again!
Author:  Mimi [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 17:06 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Love that jingle.

"At the Reeeeeeeeeeeed House!"

That is (god knows how) the weirdest bit
Author:  GazChap [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 18:01 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
No, you're right enough. Haven't tried them yet, but I'll let you know

Was it peppermint bark? Love that stuff.
Author:  “Fun”Sally [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 20:01 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Ok, so I e now found the Red House furniture ad, and I’m not sure it explains anything. What’s that dooofing (other than general ‘America’)?

There are local cable companies in America where you can pay to get your own ad played in your area. This is basically trying to recreate that, there’s usually very little budget involved and it’s just the owner of the shop showing various items for sale with some odd catch phrase. Rhett and Link, the guys that created the Red House ad and sang the jingle, produced a load of these for small companies across America, for free, using the employees and basically aimed to make it as awkward as possible.
Author:  “Fun”Sally [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 20:04 ]
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https://youtu.be/3BdDpV5eI94
Author:  krazywookie [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 20:08 ]
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This
https://youtu.be/WDQQfBrSUs0
Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Nov 07, 2019 22:51 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Bamba wrote:
Cras wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
My baking consisted of melting a load of easter chocolate and remoulding it as 'cakes' with crushed up candy cane sprinkled on top. Gourmet!


In.


'Candy cane' to me means those hard candy teeth-rotting horrible things, so adding that to chocolate would just utterly ruin it surely? Although, the kind of candy I'm thinking of would be slightly too sticky to crush properly so maybe we're talking about something else.

No, you're right enough. Haven't tried them yet, but I'll let you know

The heat from the melted chocolate softened the candy cane quite nicely and it didn't reharden. 9/10 would rot teeth again.
Author:  DavPaz [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:51 ]
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krazywookie wrote:
This


I love this man. I want him to adopt me.
Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:10 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
The heat from the melted chocolate softened the candy cane quite nicely and it didn't reharden.

Giphy "carry on confectionery":
https://media2.giphy.com/media/q3vTnLA9DWoeY/giphy-loop.mp4
Author:  Grim... [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:14 ]
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Look at this fucking atrocity!

Image
Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:37 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
krazywookie wrote:
This


I love this man. I want him to adopt me.


What the FUCK is wrong with this kid's head?
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:50 ]
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Omg, HOW EXPENSIVE are pantomimes? Why did I expect them to be moderately affordable? An afternoon showing on an early December showing, cheapest ticket is £24.50?!

I’ve never seen one and I thought it might be fun for Darwin, but that’s so expensive (and that’s before all the additional ticket nonsense like Grim has just put up).
Author:  Zardoz [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:51 ]
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Oh, no, they isn't!!!
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:54 ]
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:D
Author:  Kern [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 10:55 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Omg, HOW EXPENSIVE are pantomimes? Why did I expect them to be moderately affordable? An afternoon showing on an early December showing, cheapest ticket is £24.50?!

I’ve never seen one and I thought it might be fun for Darwin, but that’s so expensive (and that’s before all the additional ticket nonsense like Grim has just put up).


Yes, the big ones can be pricey, especially when you factor in the total cost for the family. Maybe a local amateur group is running one either in December or in January? You won't get as much spectacle and over-the-top tech effects as in a large theatre, but the style, humour, and atmosphere can be the same, albeit in a dingy village hall rather than a theatre.
Author:  myp [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:00 ]
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Yep, there are loads of amateur ones all round the country. Quality is variable but always cheap as chips.
Author:  Nik [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:01 ]
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I never saw a "big name" panto as a kid (or since, come to think of it), just the local amateur dramatic group at the community centre, sometimes with my mate's dad in a lead role. I loved them. The atmosphere was that of a small town coming together for a bit of fun.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:03 ]
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I had a look for that and the only ‘local’ one is in a town hall miles and miles from here and only works out to £10 cheaper. I guess there’s not much am dram here. Classy as ever the only other local JBR is a ‘blue’, strictly over 18s Dick Whittington.

For some reason I just weirdly assumed it would be family-affordable (not that I have a huge family, but even for just our little family it’s too pricey).
Author:  Kern [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:05 ]
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We got the family-friendly JBR at Cottage X.
Author:  Mimi [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:09 ]
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Haha, I think that must have autocorrected from me mid-typing ‘one’ or ‘ones’.
Author:  Trooper [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:42 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Look at this fucking atrocity!

Image


Yeah, the formatting is all over the place! Do they want the line item prices in or out of brackets?
Author:  Findus Fop [ Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:02 ]
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Mimi wrote:
Omg, HOW EXPENSIVE are pantomimes? Why did I expect them to be moderately affordable? An afternoon showing on an early December showing, cheapest ticket is £24.50?!

I’ve never seen one and I thought it might be fun for Darwin, but that’s so expensive (and that’s before all the additional ticket nonsense like Grim has just put up).


Been to the panto at the Hammersmith Lyric for the last few years and it is properly excellent. Top notch production, good music, magical, a bit political, very much proud of London's community. I've never actually paid as it's been a work jolly, but would imagine it's not terribly cheap.

But if you do have to fork out for panto, I'd say it's one worth forking out for.
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