29 Jun 2011, 1:12 pm
29 Jun 2011, 1:29 pm
Fudo wrote:
methinks, Alan Rickman is best known as Hans gruber or the sheriff of nottingham, no? 
got hot fuzz & shaun of the dead.. somewhere lol
not sure what british tv you're familiar with so i'll mention buzzcocks & spaced.
never mind the buzzcocks featured regulars bill bailey & phi jupitus for many years & was hosted by the hilarious mark lamarr. it was a music comedy quiz thing.
spaced was a sitcom starring simon pegg & nick frost amongst others. apologies if you know all this already, just figured it'd be quite interesting
also, here's 90 mins of bill bailey being a very fun man on stage
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4437878358
got hot fuzz & shaun of the dead.. somewhere lol
not sure what british tv you're familiar with so i'll mention buzzcocks & spaced.
never mind the buzzcocks featured regulars bill bailey & phi jupitus for many years & was hosted by the hilarious mark lamarr. it was a music comedy quiz thing.
spaced was a sitcom starring simon pegg & nick frost amongst others. apologies if you know all this already, just figured it'd be quite interesting
also, here's 90 mins of bill bailey being a very fun man on stage
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4437878358
Well, best known in my country.
I've heard of Nevermind the Buzzcocks, and seen a few clips of it, but haven't seen much. I'd love to watch it though. I've also heard of Spaced, and they have all the episodes on Hulu, and I keep meaning to try watching it.
Phill Jupitus mentions Buzzcocks on QI a lot.
Also, Bill Bailey was the of the falling sperm whale above Magrathea in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie, and Stephen Fry was the narrator.
Quote:
On the night that Alexander the Great was born, a man from Ephesus called Eratostratus, or Herostratus, or Erostratus, burned down of the Temple of Diana - one of the Seven Wonders of the World - so that no one would ever forget his name.
He failed then, because I've never heard of him.
29 Jun 2011, 7:58 pm
the ironically unheard of greek was most unfortunate
i think this is Bill's first show, but i may well be wrong
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTuuWpHMglU&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D82KYWhd2q8&feature=related[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36m-RNHh50&feature=related[/youtube]
29 Jun 2011, 8:02 pm
Oooh, that channel has a ton of episodes. 
I must watch some sometime.
29 Jun 2011, 8:39 pm
i think wp hates fudo today, signs me out every time i post 
30 Jun 2011, 12:00 pm
30 Jun 2011, 1:47 pm
30 Jun 2011, 2:39 pm
Fudo wrote:
QI Fact of the Day
The nine blue and white stripes of the Greek flag stand for the nine syllables of the slogan of the war of independence from Turkey, Eleutheria i Thanatos ('Freedom or Death').
The nine blue and white stripes of the Greek flag stand for the nine syllables of the slogan of the war of independence from Turkey, Eleutheria i Thanatos ('Freedom or Death').
That's cool.
Thanks for sharing.
30 Jun 2011, 3:15 pm
dunbots wrote:
Fudo wrote:
QI Fact of the Day
The nine blue and white stripes of the Greek flag stand for the nine syllables of the slogan of the war of independence from Turkey, Eleutheria i Thanatos ('Freedom or Death').
The nine blue and white stripes of the Greek flag stand for the nine syllables of the slogan of the war of independence from Turkey, Eleutheria i Thanatos ('Freedom or Death').
That's cool.
Thanks for sharing.quite an 'old school' greek approach, but then it's probably no fun at all being subjugated by the turks..
you're most welcome.
also, a greek army division, the Greek First Army Corps still carries the motto 'Molõn labe', meaning 'come and take them'.. as uttered by King Leonidas I of Sparta.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpUVQ_z6Zcs[/youtube]
a clip to illustrate
01 Jul 2011, 2:46 pm
02 Jul 2011, 4:05 am
Fudo wrote:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB_axXn8ot8[/youtube]
Great punchline!
Another might have been: "What do I do for a living? I am a psychologist. Tell me: what are you overcompensating for? Not as funny, but...
There was a thread here on WP about having to answer that question in those situations. I would prefer: "What do you like to do?"
02 Jul 2011, 9:59 am
03 Jul 2011, 3:59 am
Fudo wrote:
sadly, most people don't seem to do what they'd like very often.. or they do it too often. lol
QI Fact of the Day
The first armoured cars (commissioned by Winston Churchill in WWI) were Rolls Royces fitted with three and a half tons of armour plate and a machine gun.
QI Fact of the Day
The first armoured cars (commissioned by Winston Churchill in WWI) were Rolls Royces fitted with three and a half tons of armour plate and a machine gun.
These days they leave off the machine gun and call them SUV's.
03 Jul 2011, 4:53 am
03 Jul 2011, 11:25 am
Fudo wrote:
QI Fact of the Day
Sixteen and a half million Yemenis between them own 50 million guns.
QI Quote of the Day
"You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone"
AL CAPONE
Sixteen and a half million Yemenis between them own 50 million guns.
QI Quote of the Day
"You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone"
AL CAPONE
Personally, I'd rather watch a foot race than an arms race.
03 Jul 2011, 11:28 am
very nice, me too. although i do find guns fascinating.
