As the years go by, and the World Professional Snooker Championships drag on, I confess I grow increasingly fond of my DVD player. I much prefer making my own summer TV schedule.
And I do hope these election broadcasts don’t mean that Incredibly Patronizing Woman is going to come round knocking on my door to persuade me to vote Liberal Democrat again. (She’s actually a Labour councillor - it’s her attitude that invariably persuades me to vote Liberal Democrat.)
7, almost 8 months, without one of those infernal capitalist-consumer message transmitting, dumbing down pieces of shit sitting in the corner of the room eating into my life.
Good fucking riddance to all television, I say ! (at last while I can continue to hold out !).
Yojimbo - When I can trust myself, I’ll get a 'puter flat screen hooked up to a DVD player - I also need to work out how to get the (teevee) receiver out of the DVD player … which will, in time, likely become a question in the GQ forum.
It’s about avoiding temptation at the moment. Still.
I’d never be able to live without my gogglebox so I’m a lost soul but you look like you still have a chance even though I and others were able to get you kinda interested in Big Brother last year
I’m not much for crap TV but I do find televised snooker strangely relaxing (if not downright hypnotic). Sometimes the wife finds me staring glassy-eyed at the television, adding sound effects to the snooker:
No !! The idea is to watch DVD’s without having the temptation of the teevee – last thing I need is a teevee card ! What I’ll need to do is extract the built-in receiver DVD players have so I can watch stuff like ‘he History Of Britain’on DVD.
Yeah, sure, the Big Brother thing was interesting (I later discovered Kate’s family live two streets away - she’s moved more into central London now) but I felt pretty uncomfortable … not me, really, although I did enjoy the experience, probably too much.
Enjoy 'I’m a celebrity … ', I’m sure It’ll be huge fun!
Nothing made me appreciate the truely excellent programning on the fox network than visiting the UK.
Do y’all still have that bizzare foreign language station with the fish on it? It was 3 or 4 or something? It was some language with WAY to many l’s and f’s
I like watching snooker. I like the pasty-faced young men and the pock pock pock. Very relaxing. Except last week, when there was a terrible controversy because Tony Drago clapped sarcastically. That rocked the snooker world. Poor old John Virgo got very upset.
Welsh has a lot of Ls and Fs. There is a Welsh language station, but it only broadcasts in Wales (although I imagine if you were just outside it, you could probably get it). Where in the country were you?
