Glossal Fragster

Well that's your own opinion. In my opinion, Peter Kay used to be good but has lost it recently and Lee Evans is just not funny at all to me. I do find Russell hilarious, as well as comedians like Ross Noble and Dylan Moran.

'Tis finished now. Booooooooooooo! :( I really, really hope that isn't the last ever episode.

(Extract from Graham Linehan's blog. I agree with everyhting he says here so just copied and paste it. If things dont fit or look right here, here is the link to his blog post. http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/the-express-wins-the-race-to-the-bottom/ ) The Dunblane Massacre was an atrocity almost beyond imagining. A man named Thomas Hamilton walked into a school in a small Scottish town in March 1996, and shot dead sixteen children and one teacher. It was not what we’ve since come to think of as a ‘normal’ school shooting as it was a primary school, and all the children were aged between five and six years of age. We were filming an episode of ‘Father Ted’ that week, and on the night of the recording, no-one, the audience or the cast, felt terribly inclined to have a good time; difficult to throw your head back and laugh when all you could think about were those kids, their parents, the town…but most of all, those kids, those kids, those poor kids… All those useless thoughts, sent to torture the unwary after a tragedy such as this one, we knew them well. If only someone had sensed how dangerous he was…if only handguns had been banned a year before it happened, rather than a year after… In the days and weeks that followed, we were all endlessly replaying the same fantasy of somehow managing to stop Hamilton before he got to the school gates. But there was nothing we could do, of course, except respect the memory of the kids who died, and thank dumb, blind chance for the survival of the others. That basic human reaction, that powerful urge to protect those children, has always been something I presumed was shared by most other human beings. But a lady named Paula Murray has disabused me of that particular whimsy. Paula is the journalist who thought it was well past time that the survivors of the Dunblane massacre were given a tabloid punching. To that end, she befriended a group of them on Facebook and collated their photographs and comments. Clearly aware of the legal guidelines in place to protect those under eighteen against invasion of privacy (and the specific instructions that the Press Complaints Commission issued regarding the Dunblane children), she waited until they hit eighteen. Then she wrote this. http://tygerland.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sxp1.pdf The story continued inside ( http://i42.tinypic.com/ojezv9.jpg ) under the headline “SICK MESSAGES SHAME MEMORY OF CLASSMATES”, referring to the normal, teenagery stuff they were saying to each other on their profiles. (I should say thank you to those on Twitter who helped me black out the names and photographs of the kids). As others have pointed out, the gist of the story is that these kids are showing disrespect to their dead classmates by… being alive. Here’s an example of Paula’s scoop: “For instance, (name deleted), who was hit by a single bullet and watched in horror as his classmates died, makes rude gestures in pictures he posted on his Bebo site, and boasts of drunken nights out.” Rude gestures. Boasting. Drunkenness. Now, I’m coming late to this one… complaints to the PCC have been made by two of the victims of the article, the piece has been pulled from the Express website… so we should probably forget about it, right? I don’t know. I think the line that has been crossed here is different to all the other lines the press routinely cross. The press likes us to believe they’re a properly regulated body, but they’re anything but. First of all, The PCC seems to be a completely toothless organisation by design. It is made up of representatives of the major publishers, who are obviously not inclined to be too hard on themselves. Also, unlike Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority, who have easy-to-use complaint forms on their websites, the PCC don’t even accept third party complaints - in other words, unless you are the person named in a printed article, they’re not interested in hearing your opinion. So when faced with an affront to our humanity (which is what I believe this Express story is), there is no official channel for us to register our anger. That’s right - if you are offended by something on TV, Radio or in an advert, you can complain; if you’re offended by something in the print press…well, you’re just going to have to walk it off, because literally no-one wants to know. So, I think it is up to us to take a stand for those kids who had their privacy so ruthlessly invaded. Paula Murray set out to do a hit job on those kids– character assassination (of the most pathetic, intelligence-insulting kind) was the aim, and the weapons were a Facebook account and an editor with a moral centre as atrophied as her own. If there is a line beyond that one that the press can cross, I think we should make it harder for them to do so. Please sign this online petition if you agree with Graham Linehan's sentiments http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/sundayexpress/signatures.html Thank you.

I'm not totally going. I just wont be posting as much :D

In my head, not my heart. C'mon, keep up!

Thank you very much! I will keep that post in my head for years to come.

Nice use of the word "quite" there. I will return here and post many words, if this place becomes alot more interesting. I think this place would be amazing if we had epileptic panda's around the place.

I'm gonna start by copying alot of people in this thread. "Wow! Your name is Chris! like that guy in that band we like!" Welcome Chris (Like the other chris!!!!!!!!) I hope you enjoy your time here and if anyone is rude/annoying to you, please don't ask for my help because i'd be really quite scared!

Nathan's departure was definitely one of the factors that led to this place becoming very, very boring. I'm giving up on foruming I think. I'm going to become an internet based recluse.

*Pokes head into thread* Returned yet? No? It's still gone aint it? Can we not put one of those messages on milk cartons? MISSING! Donald Spark. Y'know the ones I mean. Oh well. I better get my boots back on and go out searching again! x

The spark is now further away than ever! I am going to go searching so may be away for a while. If the spark returns of it's own volition, I will return. Im gonna go lookin'! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee x

Aww Yay!! :D Hip hip horray for the come home cat! :D

Yet again, More Conchords! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd_UrKKLS_Y]YouTube - (HD) Flight Of The Conchords - Brets Day (Extended Version)[/ame] and Comic Relief stuff. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgBt4uoNUE]YouTube - Ricky and Steve - Comic Relief 2009[/ame] What would happen, if the things you did on facebook, happened in real life. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KWiuhDGCVs]YouTube - Facebloke - The Wall / Idiots of Ants - BBC Three[/ame]

If you'd have done march I could've nominated my "5000 posts" thread :D but you didnt :(

My blog is amazing! :lol: I done about one good post and I've done one since that is nowhere near as good. I post on my twitter alot though. That's comedy gold that. Not had a chance to listen to your cast of the pod kind yet. Free tomorrow so will listen with me ear 'oles then :D

Aw no! I'm gonna steal someone's spark then. It's the last possible solution!

HAHA! I see what you done there! Very good!

'tis gone I tells ya! We need some more comedy and fun in our forum (I think anyway :( ) What can we do do get the spark back?

You are one very sad little boy.

This place is as dead as a dead thing! What's happened? We need that spark Rolle!

Would you consider giving it back?

Aww no! I don't know how I can help im afraid. I'm looking for this spark! It's gone I tells ya!

:( Where did you last see it? re-trace your steps.

Yes! I regret to inform you, that the spark that was previously here, has gone missing! It looks like this: If you happen to know the whereabouts of this spark then please, bring it back to us. Contact No.: 09J7- THISPLACEISREALLYRATHERBORINGNOW-006 Please contact if you hear or see anything, but no prank spark calls please! We need the actual spark of fun! Thank you. x

I'd say the Bazman! :D (thehitcher) He's a legend and we're still exchanging words!