O LORDY MAMA, Sop-eh, Sall-eh,Ros-eh

[ampersand]

What, the mowing down or this cot caper? Amps is worried that he cant tug himsell off..poor lad.There is surely more yank fodder kickin about surely?

den

[gratedenini]

yup, whitney! she'd get rattled!

[rachbon]

i don't know why anyone is actually making a complaint about the baby swap storyline. sad bastards.

[saratink]

I stopped watching eastenders ages ago but lately i've seen it more and more. This cot death thing, it's a story line, i don't think theres any need for complaint.

They need to kill John Stape off in corrie though.

[gratedenini]

i don't know why anyone is actually making a complaint about the baby swap storyline. sad bastards.

[LondonTom]

yup, whitney! she'd get rattled!

[rachbon]

I take it you mean the actual act of complaining..and not the storyline itself? I`ve been thinking about Complaining..and Meine Gott--we have enough to actually complain about in this country today..but to actually complain to a TV station re a soap?? Who does this? But 10 000 people is a substantial number though isn`t it.

I complain when I feel the need to eg: a bus left the station 5mins early meaning I had to wait another 3hrs for the next.. I went f**kin beeserk..but theres no way I would complain to ITV for allowing Sally to have her pants dampened by Tyrobot.

[marooned]

Can I complain about Mumsnet.com complaining about cot death.

Where do you draw the line, I've lost one parent to Killer No.1, Cancer - and the other parent to Killer No.2, Heart Attack.

Amongst millions of fellow 'effectees' do we COMPLAIN about every death portrayed on screen - course not! What gives ANYONE the right to say that their version of grief is any more important and untouchable than anyone else's.

I'm not surprised the BBC caved in - just like that Vicar Bloke who dared to speak a few home truths about The Royals Wedding Record.

Cameron's blue heaven.........

Edited January 8, 2011 by marooned

[ampersand]

They need to kill John Stape off in corrie though.

[rachbon]

eat shit! he's almost getting to steve mcdonald levels of brilliance for me!

[ampersand]

john stape can be quite amusing. it's fiz that annoys me, how the f**k does she not notice what he's up to?

[marooned]

Yeah, that Fizz !! - surely the most annoying ginger bint in Soapland - she even shouts from 2 feet away. Mind you, that Stape is an annoying plonker too - but, with only 4 employees and ONE punter in the Betting Shop, how would the Bookie Trade survive without his efforts ??

[rexclark]

it's not exactly a lot of effort to pick up a phone and register a complaint

probably similar to the amount of effort it takes to log in here and complain about people complaining

[ampersand]

There is validity in complaining because its utter shit.

[marooned]

bollocks. there's plenty of shit 'unoffensive' storylines going on in the soaps all year long. like audrey and nigel havers.

you're just being a dick.

[rachbon]

On a similar note, if I become aware of someone who watches Eastenders, I immediately make a judgement on them as a person ... I don't know whether this is a failure of my character or theirs?!

[ampersand]

Actually I DID find Audrey and that slithery male prostitute VERY offensive.

But again, Audrey's Salon - with it's 4 employees fighting to twist the hair of their ONE punter - we cannae do without her!

Surely, that Street alone must negate (good word!) ANY unemployment in the Greater Manchester Area.

Den get on yer bike and set yer SatNav for Weatherfield........

Edited January 9, 2011 by ampersand

[gratedenini]

yeah weatherfield gives the easiest job interviews ever. 'locked a girl in your grans house for weeks you say? when can you start at the bookies john?'. 'colin fishwick you say? you've got the job teaching all these kids'. 'you're going out with my daughter you ugly ginger bloke? how about a few shifts with me and jason?'

[ampersand]

Ouch ... no need for that, surely. Some consider the controversial storyline of the baby swap to be offensive - I have no idea what Nigel Havers has to do with anything, but I doubt its high-brow entertainment.

[Ed209]

yup, whitney! she'd get rattled!

Edited January 10, 2011 by Ed209

[swede]

Hollyoaks is the only one worth watching, full of fit lasses and the writers must know they are taking the piss with the stories.

Over christmas the guy who owns the pub who is an ex premiership footballer, his daughter comes out as being transgender, at the same time that his father-in-law visits, who just happens to be a serial killer

[Ed209]

hollyoaks is hilarious, The Dog or The Loft burns down every month. but since the change in theme tune and all the new characters I've stopped watching. The golden age is gone, although isn't Warren back now?

[sifi]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh lad, aye dunnni nerr 'bout eneee one else but Den not nerring 'bout The Archers being on Wireless, when I was lad we was so poor we didn't have a telefishin and had to make do with listening to the radio because we couldn't afford the rental on a set. I think he might be one of the better-to-do types and lays it on a bit thick.

[rabid]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh lad, aye dunnni nerr 'bout eneee one else but Den not nerring 'bout The Archers being on Wireless, when I was lad we was so poor we didn't have a telefishin and had to make do with listening to the radio because we couldn't afford the rental on a set. I think he might be one of the better-to-do types and lays it on a bit thick.

[sifi]

I did start out as georide (ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lad), before veering violently towards Hull (nerr = know) before just being daft before resorting to my default of cliché.

Essentially it was saying Den hasn't ever been so poor in his life that he didn't have a television and had to listen to the radio instead, and specifically radio 4. When I was a student, I had no television for the first two years, and instead found Radio 4 to be my friend. Especially the Archers. I used to get up and listen to it every day at just after 2.

Edited January 10, 2011 by sifi