No Association Whatsoever Thread

[Leinster Lass]

Can’t find the thread where the shared news broadcasts reverted to on R3 recently were discussed... but just heard my first one after Amy Beach - they’re dreadful. Turned off half-way through some lengthy clap-trap about Sarah Ferguson which apparently necessitated a special reporter. Seriously: why does R3 need news bulletins at all?

I think it's the 'Breakfast Eternal Debate' thread. If you hadn't turned off, you would have heard a terrific Lunchtime Concert!

[Nick Armstrong]

I think it's the 'Breakfast Eternal Debate' thread. If you hadn't turned off, you would have heard a terrific Lunchtime Concert!

Turned back on for that!

[Serial_Apologist]

BEWARE MID WHIFFERY!

Keep to the sides.

[french frank]

Just had a missive from Sky UK, delivered by post to my house address, but prefaced by To the TV Lover instead of my name. Should I post it back marked "Not Known At This Address"?

[Frances_iom]

Just had a missive from Sky UK, delivered by post to my house address, but prefaced by To the TV Lover instead of my name. Should I post it back marked "Not Known At This Address"?

It's a semi-legal way of avoiding any responsibility for maintaining a database of names - I always return in nearest box as just junk mail advertising - however some years ago I needed to find the office address of Virgin to bounce back a deluge of such - eventually I had a pleasant letter from some one in charge of that advertising campaign and the deluge ceased, so if you have time on your hands find out the head office and return mail there (if by perchance you have a personal name high in the company structure use that) as advertising androids seem impervious to cease + desist requests - I suspect those who enter advertising have an intrinsic personality disorder rather like Trump of living in an alternative universe)

[french frank]

Sorry, a bit of an association here. Red card!!! Not that bothered but it does puzzle me that there seems to be a belief in some quarters that living without a TV is impossible. But we're criminally off topic here. Eighth will be after us.

[Frances_iom]

One advantage I've found with no distracting video is that a voice often gives hints of the sentiments actually held, usually unconscious vocal ticks can be very revealing - someone parroting a party line just comes across as that and their card is marked for future disbelief in any further utterance. For similar reasons I detest the current R4 approach of playing background music during some interviews.

[Serial_Apologist]

One advantage I've found with no distracting video is that a voice often gives hints of the sentiments actually held, usually unconscious vocal ticks can be very revealing - someone parroting a party line just comes across as that and their card is marked for future disbelief in any further utterance. For similar reasons I detest the current R4 approach of playing background music during some interviews.

I have to say I have sometimes detected insincerity in radio interviews previously seen on TV, and not at that point noticed anything untoward. One would think that two senses operating in conjunction would make a better means of detection than just one, but that seems not necessarily the case.

[Serial_Apologist]

Ariel, in one pod. Keep away from children.



Ad on TV this morning.

[eighthobstruction]

.....wanted: double handed sythe....

[cloughie]

Ariel, in one pod. Keep away from children.



Ad on TV this morning.

I wonder what kind of reception it gets!

[Serial_Apologist]

I wonder what kind of reception it gets!

It's been on a few times now. I just wonder to what extent the fact that I am amused by such unconscious disjunction on the part of some of those thinking up texts for selling stuff these days is a reflection on the growing literalism I find all around me, and it strikes me as sad that the range of stuff it is possible (if not permissible) to laugh or even smile at seems to be shrinking as time goes on. I mean, that (to me) hilarious post-Goons type film of 1967 "The Plank", had to be granted a 15 certificate for showing on Talking Pictures TV last Saturday. I mean... what ON EARTH was there in that film that rendered it possibly unsuitable for anyone under the age of 15 to watch without Mummy and Daddy on hand to explain away the supposed offensiveness of the material? "Please leave your sense of humour outside the door before viewing the next ad, or you might not want to consider buying the product" might be the next requirement. Or maybe "humor".

[cloughie]

It's been on a few times now. I just wonder to what extent the fact that I am amused by such unconscious disjunction on the part of some of those thinking up texts for selling stuff these days is a reflection on the growing literalism I find all around me, and it strikes me as sad that the range of stuff it is possible (if not permissible) to laugh or even smile at seems to be shrinking as time goes on. I mean, that (to me) hilarious post-Goons type film of 1967 "The Plank", had to be granted a 15 certificate for showing on Talking Pictures TV last Saturday. I mean... what ON EARTH was there in that film that rendered it possibly unsuitable for anyone under the age of 15 to watch without Mummy and Daddy on hand to explain away the supposed offensiveness of the material? "Please leave your sense of humour outside the door before viewing the next ad, or you might not want to consider buying the product" might be the next requirement. Or maybe "humor".

Perhaps the ad is aimed at home schooling foe domestic laundry!

[vinteuil]

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... headline on BBC news website that initially had me baffled -

"London ambulance widow reunited with medic who saved husband's life"



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[Nick Armstrong]

Whatever one’s point of view (assuming no one here is a tabloid hack), this is brilliant writing imvvho:

https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-critics-worse