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[Barry Fish]

eFestivals, on 20 December 2011 - 08:34 AM, said:

So they've got a good reason for their crying for someone they didn't know.

I wonder what excuse there is for all those who mourned dead Di? Just mindless muppets, perhaps?

well you have woken up in a good mood today   Cheer up neil

[eFestivals]

Barry Fish, on 20 December 2011 - 08:40 AM, said:

well you have woken up in a good mood today   Cheer up neil

I'm in a great mood thanks.

There's never anything wrong with a bit of hard truth.

[grumpyhack]

I've never understood either the Royal thing or the celeb thing.  They're all just people that we have elevated into positions where we hold them in awe because they look pretty, can sing a bit or shake hands well.  As a journo I covered one of the Queen's Jubilee Tours many years ago and we used to go up to people in the crowd that she'd just shaken hands with to ask if Her Majesty had let slip any interesting nuggets.  But it soon became apparent that she only ever asked two questions "Have you been waiting long?" and "Have you come far?"  For many of the people who shook the Royal Hand it was a really big deal.  "I met the queen and she shook my hand.  She was really interested in me."  Not much different to stars or celebs meeting their fans.

[Barry Fish]

grumpyhack, on 20 December 2011 - 09:19 AM, said:

I've never understood either the Royal thing or the celeb thing.  They're all just people that we have elevated into positions where we hold them in awe because they look pretty, can sing a bit or shake hands well.  As a journo I covered one of the Queen's Jubilee Tours many years ago and we used to go up to people in the crowd that she'd just shaken hands with to ask if Her Majesty had let slip any interesting nuggets.  But it soon became apparent that she only ever asked two questions "Have you been waiting long?" and "Have you come far?"  For many of the people who shook the Royal Hand it was a really big deal.  "I met the queen and she shook my hand.  She was really interested in me."  Not much different to stars or celebs meeting their fans.

I always laugh at the competitions that let you met x,y or z star / celeb and I always wonder what the hell you say...

"Yeah, I liked your last film"...

"Cheers"...

That's about the end of the conversation isn't it...  The rest must just be an awkward silence

[lost]

Hans Blix will be sleeping more soundly

[eFestivals]

Barry Fish, on 20 December 2011 - 09:22 AM, said:

I always laugh at the competitions that let you met x,y or z star / celeb and I always wonder what the hell you say...

"Yeah, I liked your last film"...

"Cheers"...

That's about the end of the conversation isn't it...  The rest must just be an awkward silence

I once unexpectedly got introduced to David Byrne by a festival organiser who knew I loved Talking Heads.

organiser: "David, this is Neil, he's probably your biggest fan".

me: "uggggg".

There's just about no worse way to get introduced to someone I reckon.

[tonyblair]

eFestivals, on 20 December 2011 - 08:34 AM, said:

So they've got a good reason for their crying for someone they didn't know.

I wonder what excuse there is for all those who mourned dead Di? Just mindless muppets, perhaps?

I thought that was just as weird...

but for different reasons

[The Nal]

Ian Paisley admitted to hospital. Heart attack. Looks like hes on the way out.

One of the more hated and controversial political/religious figures of our time.

"Save Ulster From Sodomy"

Indeed good Reverend, indeed. Clown.

Edited by The Nal, 06 February 2012 - 05:25 PM.

[Ed209]

Breaking news: Ian Paisley has a heart

[The Nal]

Ian Paisley admitted to hospital.

At least hes admitted to something.

[eFestivals]

The Nal, on 06 February 2012 - 05:03 PM, said:

One of the more controversial fake figures of our time.

corrected for you.

[The Nal]

eFestivals, on 06 February 2012 - 05:34 PM, said:

corrected for you.

Same thing!

Sky News reporting hes refusing treatment in hospital and shouting "No surrender to the MRA".

Edited by The Nal, 06 February 2012 - 05:37 PM.

[eFestivals]

The Nal, on 06 February 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

Same thing!

Not quite I'm talking about the phony doctorate he got found out about.

The Nal, on 06 February 2012 - 05:36 PM, said:

Sky News reporting hes refusing treatment in hospital and shouting "No surrender to the MRA".

[The Nal]

eFestivals, on 06 February 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

Not quite I'm talking about the phony doctorate he got found out about.

Ah right. Theres so much shit with him I lose track.

[eFestivals]

a study has proven that those with conservative views are less intelligent than those with progressive views.

Well no shit sherlock.

The most amusing part of this tho is that the only paper which published details of this study was .... the Daily Hate Mail.

http://www.dailymail...ple-racist.html

Edited by eFestivals, 07 February 2012 - 01:11 PM.

[The Nal]

Hardcore road rage

[jump]

This has taken me by surprise this morning, one of the old guys of Coronation street has slept with over 1,000 women.

http://www.dailymail...o=feeds-newsxml

[Kyelo]

Barry Fish, on 20 December 2011 - 09:22 AM, said:

I always laugh at the competitions that let you met x,y or z star / celeb and I always wonder what the hell you say...

"Yeah, I liked your last film"...

"Cheers"...

That's about the end of the conversation isn't it...  The rest must just be an awkward silence

I once had quite a long conversation with Kevin McKidd, I was speaking to him about that series Rome he did and he said it was nice to speak to somebody about something other than Trainspotting lol

[eFestivals]

http://www.thedailym...s-201203285064/



They got the last para wrong, it should have said Hoxton.

[LondonTom]

eFestivals, on 28 March 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

http://www.thedailym...s-201203285064/



They got the last para wrong, it should have said Hoxton.

spot on

Quote

"There will be deerstalker hats, depressingly nostalgic 90s dance acts - we'll probably go with Faithless, who are now old enough to be considered ironic - and some fucking thing called The Mystic Dell.

loved this bit. (Could also be applied to indie/alt acts from the 90s to atm as much I am loving seeing Pulp atm..)