Room 101 - what single aspect of modern life should be consigned to oblivion?

[Flosshilde]

bestraddling my chaise longue

That is an image I do not want with my breakfast.

[Thropplenoggin]

That is an image I do not want with my breakfast.

It is a phrase SC purloined from myself, though, of course, attribution came there none.

[amateur51]

I'd vote for commercial ad breaks within television programmes

In between programmes is just about bearable (i understand the need to pay the rent ) and some of the ads are very creative but really they do give me the screaming hab-dabs within the body of a programme

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'd vote for commercial ad breaks within television programmes

In between programmes is just about bearable (i understand the need to pay the rent ) and some of the ads are very creative but really they do give me the screaming hab-dabs within the body of a programme

I agree; it was at its worst when C4 broadcast Sawallisch's Ring Cycle in the early '90s - the Music as the gods grow old after the giants had taken Fricka segue-ing into "You can't fit quicker than a Kwik-Fit fitter" recurrs in my nightmares!

In the same vein (and a more "modern" annoyance) - the "Next Time" spoilers at the end of episodes in serials before the end-credits run! So character just seen in peril of his/her life is immediately followed by a shot of him/her in the pub laughing!

[Serial_Apologist]

That is an image I do not want with my breakfast.

Agreed - too a string gent for that time of morning. Should be di-vest-ed.

[scottycelt]

... but really they do give me the screaming hab-dabs

Does a few more really make that much difference ... ?

[Nick Armstrong]

I'd vote for commercial ad breaks within television programmes

In between programmes is just about bearable (i understand the need to pay the rent ) and some of the ads are very creative but really they do give me the screaming hab-dabs within the body of a programme

I understand that it has required quite a bit of joined up thinking to make sure that, in the middle of Broadchurch (featuring an ill-shaven morose David Tennant) those ads where a bright well-shaven David Tennant cheerfully advertises Virgin media's services...

[Thropplenoggin]

Alain Lobotomy né de Botton.

[Anna]

Alain Lobotomy né de Botton.

Funnily enough Throppers, having (yes, I know, oh, I know) purchased the Radio Times (call me an innocent naif if you must!) I circled this programme as a 'Must Watch'
On March 25 2013, Britain's 300,000-strong Jewish community will start their celebrations for Passover, the best-loved holiday in their festival calendar. To mark this, Giles Coren helps host a special seder, with guests including philosopher Alain de Botton
I am hoping for his Chicken soup recipe!!

[Thropplenoggin]

Funnily enough Throppers, having (yes, I know, oh, I know) purchased the Radio Times (call me an innocent naif if you must!) I circled this programme as a 'Must Watch'
On March 25 2013, Britain's 300,000-strong Jewish community will start their celebrations for Passover, the best-loved holiday in their festival calendar. To mark this, Giles Coren helps host a special seder, with guests including philosopher Alain de Botton
I am hoping for his Chicken soup recipe!!

That abomination of a food critic, Giles 'smug' Coren AND the Lobotomeister in one programme?!

Here's my take on Alain's Chicken Soup for the (R) Soul recipe:

1. Take one large chunk of cod-philosophy
2. Add several anodyne aperçus
3. Let it simmer and do plenty of navel-gazing (top tip: the Greeks called this 'omphaloskepsis'!)
4. Serve it up in a book and retail for £9.99

[Anna]

That abomination of a food critic, Giles 'smug' Coren, AND the Lobotomeister in one programme?!

Exactly!! That's why I circled in the RT for a Must View!
I think, was I being Post-Ironic or something? .....

[Thropplenoggin]

Exactly!! That's why I circled in the RT for a Must View!
I think, was I being Post-Ironic or something? .....

Irony is becoming a minefield. I thought you'd gone for a post-post-ironic joke!