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Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
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Does anyone have any of their own?
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
one of them is a photo of a posh looking man, the other is a photo of an easter island statue, taken before it was excavated.

here's one:

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I've only really referenced "bald" and " screaming open mouth". Ballmer doesn't suffer from the agoraphobic agony of mr. scream in the same way that the posh man and the statue both seem blankly pompous. Ballmer is screaming because microsoft is so awesome, he can't contain himself. Mr Scream is screaming because Norway is fucking depressing.

[ 06.02.2008, 05:50: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
That man doesn't look anything like that statue, except that the statue is designed to represent a human face, and the man also has a human face. That man has a straight nose, the statue's nose slopes up at the end. That statue's brow is so pronounced it leaves the eyes in darkness; not the case with the man in the photo. The staue's cheeks are gaunt, the man's give his face an oval shape. It just never ends. Every salient feature is different. This thread is a disgrace. Lickapaw is a disgrace. When you say 'Anyone got any of their own', do you mean 'has anyone got any pictures of two things that look completely difference, and are only related in the most cursory way for example a picture of a drawing of a dog and a photo of a completely different type of dog'?

[ 06.02.2008, 05:47: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
OK, maybe I should try and join in. Here's 'mine':

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
they don't look alike and there's no resemblance in terms of attitude or demeanour.

Although, it looks like Theron was crying in the limo on the way to the premiere, probably because she yearns be an average joanna, living anonymously in Kent or East Sussex, outside the intrusive glare of the flashbulb. But she's had to compose herself, drag the pain back into her core, in order to put on a show for the adoring public. That private pain, the dissatisfaction with her Hollywood lifestyle: There's undeniable merit in a picture that can show us that.

[ 06.02.2008, 06:03: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
OK, here's a better one:

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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
lol, ringo looks like the elephant man
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
That man doesn't look anything like that statue, except that the statue is designed to represent a human face, and the man also has a human face. That man has a straight nose, the statue's nose slopes up at the end. That statue's brow is so pronounced it leaves the eyes in darkness; not the case with the man in the photo. The staue's cheeks are gaunt, the man's give his face an oval shape. It just never ends. Every salient feature is different. This thread is a disgrace. Lickapaw is a disgrace. When you say 'Anyone got any of their own', do you mean 'has anyone got any pictures of two things that look completely difference, and are only related in the most cursory way for example a picture of a drawing of a dog and a photo of a completely different type of dog'?

I think Thorn is premenstrual. That's Ben Fogle, you clutz, and yes, I stand by the idea that he looks like an Easter Island statue.

So there. Rant all you like. But for God's sake, stick a tampon in it first, okay?
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
What difference does the fact he's Ben Foglet make? Just because he has a name it doesn't change the fact he looks almost completely unlike that statue. Unless it's called the Foglet statue which I don't think it is.
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
My my my, someone's in a mood today, eh?

Where did I say that his name makes any difference? You seemed not to know what his name was and just called him 'posh man' instead. Which isn't wrong in itself, but I thought I might name the posh man as you seemed not to know.

And, in case you hadn't noticed, babe, the Easter Island Statues don't actually look like anyone; they're art, Thorn.

There was, therefore, supposed to be an element of humour in my original post. Looks like it's gone over some people's heads though, dunnit?

[ 06.02.2008, 06:21: Message edited by: Lickapaw#2 ]
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
hahahah! keep calling him babe! That'll do it.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
was my one alright, lickapaw#2?
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
It's a funny one actually!
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
better than thorn's?
 
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
 
Thorn couldn't get his head around the whole Zyklon thing, and so cannot be expected to see the similarities between Ben Easter and a Fogle Island statue.
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
better than thorn's?

Oh, now, I can hardly make a comparison! They're both excellent!

\\It didn't make me laugh, but let's just keep that between you and me. Don't tell anyone else.\\
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Lickapaw#2:
Where did I say that his name makes any difference?

I inferred it from your comment "That's Ben Fogle you clutz", as though somehow the fact that he was this man (although it says Foglet in the URL) made everything I said redundant. It's the 'you clutz', you see, like I was supposed to go "Oh my God! Ben Fogle Of course I should have seen the resemblance! What a clutz am I!"

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And, in case you hadn't noticed, babe, the Easter Island Statues don't actually look like anyone; they're art, Thorn.
I think there's some confusion here. I did notice that the Easter Island Statues don't look like anyone, and went to some lengths to illustrate it with reference to Ben Fogle(t)(sa). If you agree that those are two things that look nothing like each other... I don't... I can't quite see where this eyebulging rage is coming from, because that's also what I was saying.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
anybody got any more funny comparisons?
 
Posted by Samuelnorton (Member # 48) on :
 
I would compare Thorn with a Inuit's penis, but I don't think the image would be work-friendly. Thorn that is, not the Eskimocock.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
shut up
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Yes! Yes! Me! Me!

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Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
quote:
Originally posted by Lickapaw#2:
Where did I say that his name makes any difference?

I inferred it from your comment "That's Ben Fogle you clutz", as though somehow the fact that he was this man (although it says Foglet in the URL) made everything I said redundant. It's the 'you clutz', you see, like I was supposed to go "Oh my God! Ben Fogle Of course I should have seen the resemblance! What a clutz am I!"

quote:
And, in case you hadn't noticed, babe, the Easter Island Statues don't actually look like anyone; they're art, Thorn.
I think there's some confusion here. I did notice that the Easter Island Statues don't look like anyone, and went to some lengths to illustrate it with reference to Ben Fogle(t)(sa). If you agree that those are two things that look nothing like each other... I don't... I can't quite see where this eyebulging rage is coming from, because that's also what I was saying.

You seemed to be pretty antagonistic about it, hence retaliation.

P.S. Dierdre Barlow = Hairless cat.

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[ 06.02.2008, 06:53: Message edited by: Lickapaw#2 ]
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
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Man that's some freaky shit right there. brr
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I think you look quite smart.
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Who's that in my old flat?
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
I look like I've been hit in the face with a brick
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
you're probably just nervous - was that a job interview or something? Also, why are you in herbs' old flat?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
I saw a TV programme last night Ringo with a guy that looked like you. Except this morning when I looked him up, he didn't really look like you at all.

Here he is, doing that classic "not really looking like Ringo" stare of his:
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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
you're right, he doesn't look like ringo.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Actually I don't know if it's classic because I've only seen him in one programme. Maybe it's a special look that he's cultivated just for this show. Perhaps normally he does look like Ringo, but has perfected not quite looking like him just for the show.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
My cat is sitting next to my laptop, playing with my roll-up cigarette filters, purring contentedly and also not looking, or acting, like Ringo.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
ahh, that's nice.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
perhaps some lurking mums would like to chime in here? How cute does mart's cat sound?
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
New advance in ideomotor movement: I have been 'not looking like Ringo' for the last hour or so and I didn't even realise!

I just checked and my colleague, Sarah, also 'does not look like Ringo'. It's a phememememomemem...omem...

...on.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
you're probably just nervous - was that a job interview or something? Also, why are you in herbs' old flat?

If I was going to a job interview, I certainly wouldn't have such a big knot in my tie. It just screams "for the love of Christ don't employ me, I'm the biggest gayrod on the planet. Seriously I'm a massive **** , you'd be better off going to the local special school and randomly selecting a student from the remedial class, because they'd end up being a better employee than me"

It must have been a fancy dress party or somethhing, so I decided to dress like a **** from london. Herbs, did you have a fancy dress party like that?
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
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Spooky. Which one's which?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
He's actually sitting on the laptop keyboard now I can barely see what I am typing. Luckily I have a separate keyboard attached. He's sv atARINGG AT ZZTZZHZZEZZ ZZZZZZZZZQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! thescreen now and walking over the keys!

lol!
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by mart:
My cat is sitting next to my laptop, playing with my roll-up cigarette filters, purring contentedly and also not looking, or acting, like Ringo.

Is he also not looking or acting like any or all of the following

- Ben Fogle
- An Easter Island Statue
- The Scream
- A bald man standing in front of a picture saying 'Yahoo!'
- Charlize Theron
- Joan of Arc
- John Merrick
- Dr Benway
- An inuit's penis

Please answer each item individually in no less than 200 words.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I think your tie looks quite smart, ringo.
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ringo:
It must have been a fancy dress party or somethhing, so I decided to dress like a **** from london. Herbs, did you have a fancy dress party like that?

All my parties are like that. Fancy dress or otherwise. Come as you are, that's what I say.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Can I just say I'm not really a fan of the 'not looking like ringo' game. It seems like the games they used to make up in school designed specifically to exclude me from playing.

It's no wonder I turned into such a big-knot-tie wearer..
 
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
 
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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Oh hang on the cat's just given me a funny look all of a sudden:

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Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ringo:
Can I just say I'm not really a fan of the 'not looking like ringo' game. It seems like the games they used to make up in school designed specifically to exclude me from playing.

Mind you, how does one win? So many of us 'do not look like Ringo' that there are a whole spate of winners, and therefore, none at all.

I think we all lose.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
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Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
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[ 06.02.2008, 07:53: Message edited by: Ringo ]
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
LOL
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Second that lol.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
lol [Frown]
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
I see Ringo dancing in a Beryl Cook painting, but I can't find the poxy thing online. It's accompanying Hunter Davies' article in the Guardian mag, if anyone has that to hand. He's not wearing a fat tie though, so it might not be him.
 
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
 
LOL
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I'm glad I don't have to wear a tie to work.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
I had to wear a tie at a place I worked at recently, and I didn't, and nobody said anything about it, they all just carried on wearing ties and never asking themselves why.

At the place I work now you're specifically not allowed to wear trainers, and I do, and nobody has said anything. I mean, they're reasonably discrete trainers, not bright white hip-hop ones or anything, but it's an interesting phenomenon that you can go around blatantly breaking this documented "dress code" thing and no one gives a fuck anyway.

I'm going to wear a baseball cap to the pub later, just to check if I've actually gone invisible, or if I'm Bruce Willis out of that crap film where he's dead without knowing it. Duh.
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I'm not. It's all sort of 'casual' around here, which actually just means 'no tie' so I still have to put on shoes and a shirt. I'm not kidding, I look shit in a shirt, but at least if I have on a tie I can acccesorise a bit. Nope.

I'm not really that bothered about not having a tie, but everything about the job is annoying me presently. Apparently, we need to stop spending time fixing calls that come through and delegate them on to the other departments more to make sure we don't keep anyone waiting in the call queue. Esentially, if three people are waiting in a global business of over 3000 users it's deemed a bad thing. I suppose it seems like a great idea, well thought out, if not for one really important aspect. We promise the business a 70% fix rate on first contact with us and have no agreement to pick the phone up in any given time frame, so essentially this move will reduce our fix rate percentage to produce an effect in the business that isn't a requirement or expected. Apparently people in our 3rd line role are considering our ability to fill in incident tickets as grounds for refusing someone a chance for a promotion within their department. So for example, if you were to forget a small detail when troubleshooting in the system (That some readers may know as 'Remedy') this can later affect your ability to handle systems/specialise on an application/understand how a server works/ Whereas there is a culture in the 3rd line department for not even opening up the application and leaving routine tasks left unchecked for days. Essentially, now the business has been re-arranged to provide a clear career path for people on the lower pay bracket to move up the ranks and specialise, those teams are digging their heels in and distancing themself from the helpdesk it seems. This also doesn't help when earlier I wanted 5, count em 5 minutes to check some settings on a printer on a mac and was denied the chance to go, even though I've spent the last couple of months being told that the opportunities to learn about our cross-platform environment are freely available and we can't even take them :maid:

[/rantends]

That's some boring shit above. Sorry.

[ 06.02.2008, 08:49: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
I'm not. It's all sort of 'casual' around here, which actually just means 'no tie' so I still have to put on shoes and a shirt. I'm not kidding, I look shit in a shirt, but at least if I have on a tie I can acccesorise a bit. Nope.

That's pretty standard isn't it? I've been dressing like that in almost every job I've had.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Presumably the baseball cap idea is that you put it on and stand in front of a mirror. If you are invisible, you will just see the hat sort of floating in the air. Right?

If that's the case then I suspect you don't actually need to go to the pub to do this. You could just put the cap on, now, and wait for reactions such as "bloody hell there's a baseball cap just floating in the air! Look! It's where Dang used to sit. Fucking hell, that's weird."

In the pub you'd just freak people out. Or not, if they're pissed. I don't know. Maybe I misunderstood.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
I just went out for a smoke and the old woman downstairs came out for a chat. "Hello! Are you holiday, Martin?"

I had to mumble that, no, I work from home these days... [Frown]


edit: are you holiday, lol

[ 06.02.2008, 08:56: Message edited by: mart ]
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
That's pretty standard isn't it?

You must have worked for every really laaaaid back company ever. I've only had two choices since I moved to London: Suit n boot or very definately smartcasz
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
denim is acceptable here.
brut isn't.

weak. sorry.

casual here. think "academics in an office environment". no suits. no ties.

denim. trainees. sweaters.

facebook. everywhere.

[ 06.02.2008, 08:59: Message edited by: doc d ]
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by mart:
Presumably the baseball cap idea is that you put it on and stand in front of a mirror. If you are invisible, you will just see the hat sort of floating in the air. Right?

I don't know. I've never actually watched that Bruce Willis film. I was under the impression that he could see himself, including his clothes? Maybe I should force myself to watch it, but the concept sounds so shit.

I'm fairly sure I'm not invisible though, unless there are a lot of really insane people that keep coming up to my desk and asking infuriatingly dull questions into thin air.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Well then I don't understand your concept at all Dang.

Bruce can se himself in mirrors, yes. I don't think he wears a baseball cap at any point in the film.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
That's pretty standard isn't it?

You must have worked for every really laaaaid back company ever. I've only had two choices since I moved to London: Suit n boot or very definately smartcasz
Doing contracts with computers means you get the whole range of work outfits and you never know what to expect. Last one, I turned up on Day One wearing a tie as it was in Docklands and I thought they all dressed like that there, only to find they apparently had some kind of ongoing competition to see who could look like the biggest slob. It was moth-eaten cardigans and paint splattered jeans all round. Good people though. The more suited and booted, the more likely to be complete wankers.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by mart:
Well then I don't understand your concept at all Dang.

Bruce can se himself in mirrors, yes. I don't think he wears a baseball cap at any point in the film.

So, don't you think that a good way to check if other people can see you, avoiding all likelyhood of them coincidentally saying "I miss you" when you say "Did you miss me?" or something, would be to go somewhere wearing something you shouldn't wear in that place and see if anyone has a go at you? That would seem to be very logical to me. Although there's always the chance that the landlord of the pub was able to see dead people, so you'd have to try a few places to be sure.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
That's pretty standard isn't it?

You must have worked for every really laaaaid back company ever. I've only had two choices since I moved to London: Suit n boot or very definately smartcasz
Most American firms seem to employ this dress code as standard, including a white t-shirt underneath the shirt, so another button can be undone at the top. In fact, you wouldn't be dressed properly if you didn't do this. The only place I worked where it was casz, ie, chinos, jeans, jumpers, and maybe polo shirts, was a market research firm, and I was reprimanded for dressing 'like a builder'.

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Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Why would someone have a go at you for wearing a baseball cap? Except for it being rude to wear a hat indoors. Is that what you mean?
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
Baseball caps used to banned in some establishments. I thought that had changed to hoodies now, though.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Oh I see. How common.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Benway, second from left.

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Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Ringo, in a few years' time, third from right.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
is that russell simmons on the far right?
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
probably not, mate.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
It's unlikely isn't it.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
I can't see how you thought it would be him. Even if there's some physical similarity, you only have to take a brief look about the sort of things Russell Simmons has been involved with to know that he's never been in a Village People line up.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
it looks a lot like him, but I agree, I had strong doubts.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Apparently, and this is very difficult to dispute, The Village People were the first manufactured pop group not related to a TV series (i.e. don't say, "What about The Monkees?")

A lot of research has gone into this, and it's amazing how many pop groups you'd think were manufactured, like say The Bay City Rollers for example, or The Sex Pistols, were actually childhood friends and had formed the band together before they became "manufactured".
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
That is amazing.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
What about The Monkees? [Confused]
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
boney m?

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
What about the Count Basie Orchestra?
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
boney m?

Yeah. God knows where I got that Village People nonsense from. It might have been in a dream. One of Ringo's dreams I mean.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
boney m?

I used to like Boney M when I was about four or five years old. Here's a great piece of trivia from Boney M's Wikipedia entry:

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As recounted in his book Touching the Void, the British climber Joe Simpson was subsequently to find the catchy tune of "Brown Girl in the Ring" haunting him in the final hours of his epic struggle to survive the descent of Siula Grande in the Andes.
Chilling. It's bad enough having to listen to sickly pop music in shops and on the radio; the idea that it might come back to haunt you in your darkest hours really brings home how pernicious this material is. Imagine being trapped in the rubble after an explosion. There's no light. Your legs are crushed. You're dying of thirst. You're never going to see your wife or child again. Then somewhere in your hindbrain the sounds of the "Oo-ee-ooo-ah-ah-ting-tang-wallah-wallah-bing-bang" song by The Cartoons starts to fade in to your conscious thought, getting louder and louder until you realise this is how you're going to die; alone and with a novelty pop song attached like a limpet to your brain.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I didn't find it that difficult to dispute your claim there, dang65.

[ 06.02.2008, 10:35: Message edited by: Dr. Benway ]
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
I wonder if any mums can think of any older manufactured pop bands?
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
no, they cannot.
 
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
It's bad enough having to listen to sickly pop music in shops and on the radio; the idea that it might come back to haunt you in your darkest hours really brings home how pernicious this material is. Imagine being trapped in the rubble after an explosion. There's no light. Your legs are crushed. You're dying of thirst. You're never going to see your wife or child again. Then somewhere in your hindbrain the sounds of the "Oo-ee-ooo-ah-ah-ting-tang-wallah-wallah-bing-bang" song by The Cartoons starts to fade in to your conscious thought,

I read a news story, many years ago, about a guy who was pinned in his car in a ditch in the wilderness. He couldn't rouse any help, wasn't found for days. On the fourth day a passing vehicle spotted him and called the emergency services who eventually freed him. First thing his saviour had to do, though, was turn off the cassette single that had been stuck on repeat...

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO!
 
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Physically, he was fine. Mentally... He was utterly deranged.
 
Posted by Damon's Off (Member # 3) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Black Mask:
I read a news story, many years ago, about a guy who was pinned in his car in a ditch in the wilderness. He couldn't rouse any help, wasn't found for days. On the fourth day a passing vehicle spotted him and called the emergency services who eventually freed him. First thing his saviour had to do, though, was turn off the cassette single that had been stuck on repeat...

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO!

Bollocks. His battery would have run out. And can you put a cassette single on repeat? I suppose it just keeps turning over in a car radio and cassette singles used to have the same songs on each side, didn't they? But still... there would have been a b-side to break the monotony.

Unless the b-side was like a radio edit or remix or something.
 
Posted by Damon's Off (Member # 3) on :
 
Dear Lord. Apparently the b-side to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go was the instrumental version of the same song. Poor man.

Who still doesn't actually exist, because the cassette single wasn't widely introduced until 1987. As far as I'm aware Wake Me Up Before You Go Go only appeared on 7 and 12 inch vinyl.

So there.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
LOL
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
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Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
boney m?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
It was probably The Chain, by Fleetwood Mac.
 
Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ralph:
LOL

What a worthless cunthole.
 
Posted by Dr. Benway (Member # 20) on :
 
boney m?
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
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As recounted in his book Touching the Void, the British climber Joe Simpson was subsequently to find the catchy tune of "Brown Girl in the Ring" haunting him in the final hours of his epic struggle to survive the descent of Siula Grande in the Andes.
Chilling. ....alone and with a novelty pop song attached like a limpet to your brain.
This is how I found out Kate Nash was fucking fluff-filled fool. She cited this story in an interview once and said 'some bloke got stuck up a mountain and had 'Agadoo' looping around his brain. Stupid fucking bitch. Plus, this is why so-called 'harmless' pop music has to stop. Do you think threads are the same too? Imagine if you were trapped in a fiery hi-rise tower and all you could think of was Mart's Alphabet Thread. You'd hurl yourself out.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Black Mask:
quote:
Originally posted by ralph:
LOL

What a worthless cunthole.
LOL!

[Smile]
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
*screeching tyres*
*crashing noise*
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 


[ 06.02.2008, 12:20: Message edited by: ralph ]
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 


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Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 


[ 06.02.2008, 12:42: Message edited by: ralph ]
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Stop being a gayer ralph.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
You first.
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Benway:
boney m?

german disco sounds.
think silver convention. but worse.
 
Posted by Damon's Off (Member # 3) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by doc d:
german disco sounds.
think silver convention. but worse.

Your haiku went a bit crap at the end there. Promising start, though.
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
ah not the haiku thing again.
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
It's that time again to enjoy some particularly shit lookalikes, and excellently fits in with the spot the difference thread.
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
silent giggling
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Lol. Look how pleased with himself he looks in that first picture.
 
Posted by Tilde (Member # 1215) on :
 
Is that kovacs?
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
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[ 07.02.2008, 09:19: Message edited by: Jimmy Big Nuts ]
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
I feel a new game coming on.

Guess who this is supposed to be?

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Anne Robinson.

[ 07.02.2008, 09:41: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
no, seriously, guess. have a guess. youll never guess.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Charles Kennedy
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by herbs:
I feel a new game coming on.

Guess who this is supposed to be?

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Jimmy Krankie?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
or a fat younger me
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by herbs:
I feel a new game coming on.

Guess who this is supposed to be?

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Is it wee Chesney?

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Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
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yeah, cos if he turns up without the rosette, hes really not fucking getting paid, is he. to seal the deal he should piss on himself and wave an empty bottle of grants vodka over his head.
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ringo:
Lol. Look how pleased with himself he looks in that first picture.

I really like it. Can you imagine the pitch:

Steve walks into a fancy dress costume. The man behind the till looks up

"Oh my god. You chin. Mate, your chin looks just like Batman's"

"R..really?"

"Yeah, absolutely. In fact ...let me show you this. We have a full sized Batman costume out the back. I mean, it's expensive, it comes in at £300 quid, but is right up your street mate"

They spend hours getting him into the suit, rubbing him in vaseline and finally when placing on the mask Steve says 'I'll take it" in his huskiest voice and flips out his Mastercard out of the utility belt. He's so pleased he leaves the shop smiling. The assistant bids him good day and goes back to reading the paper. Another man walks in and the bell tinkles.

"Holy shit, do you know what mate? Your chin, looks the fuck like batmans fucking chin fuck etc"
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
i think you all need a clue on the long- daced lady dont you?

they tried to make me open a waitrose out- of -town superstore, i said no no no....
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Apparently this is their most popular lookalike.

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I bet she is.
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by dance margarita:
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Is it Slash? Or Shergar?
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Lesley Ash?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Lord Lucan.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Shit!

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It's Tilde!
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
Diana Ross.

I know, actually, but don't want to spoil the game.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
I thought we all knew, it was just one of those games where you try to thik of something funny to say rather than give the right answer. Like being on QI or 8 out of 10 Cats
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Marilyn Manson?

I don't actually know.
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ringo:
I thought we all knew, it was just one of those games where you try to thik of something funny to say rather than give the right answer. Like being on QI or 8 out of 10 Cats

I've done a Stevie, haven't I. Sorry, everyone.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by herbs:
I've done a Stevie, haven't I. Sorry, everyone.

Because... she's actually got the look down quite well, so I thought, yeah. You'd have to be some kind of dribbling alcoholic beardy-wierdo hermit living out in the woods in the snow-pummelled wastelands of America spending your life in a homemade shack isolated from humanity to not know who that was.

[ 07.02.2008, 10:51: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Find a job yet, Thorn? [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Yeah. I mentioned it ages ago.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Great news.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
pwned
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
yeah. thorn rules, I suck. [Frown]
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ralph:
Marilyn Manson?

I don't actually know.

It's Amy Winelake, m'love.
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
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Who is this meant to be?
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
Jesus wept..
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
You'll never get this one.

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Skinny Boy Racer.
 
Posted by Pepper (Member # 353) on :
 
George Michael?
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
David Gest?
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
[Mad]
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
yeah, that's boy racer.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 


[ 07.02.2008, 11:19: Message edited by: Thorn Davis ]
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
My vote's George Michael too.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
omgwtflol
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
Because... she's actually got the look down quite well, so I thought, yeah.

well, yeah, but, no she hasnt. i feel like im impersonating you in an action replay of the snorton zyklon argument, but... amy winehouse doesnt wear leopardskin polyester minifrocks or have a fake tan. amy winehouse has a pallor, not a tan. and she doesnt wear manky leopardskin marketstall dresses and lacy tights. i mean, actually, im ahead of myself: if i paid for an amy winehouse lookalike and i got someone who a) didnt have a massive wonky matted carbuncle on her head with a little door in the back to hide her drugs in, like debbie harry at the end of hairspray, b) wasnt all covered in naked lady tattoos, c) wasnt also covered in bruises, lacerations, lovebites, carpetburn, fagburns, and a sort of, well, scurf is probably the word im looking for and e) looked like shed never even seen a rock of crack, let alone fished one out of her vagina in the backstage toilets shortly before the dress rehearsals for the mobo awards, id seriously want my money back and some sort of compensation for the laughable shitness of the attempt. seriously. thats why i put her up. shes got a long face, thats the extent of the effort shes made. ralph could do a better job of being an amy winehouse lookalike.

[ 07.02.2008, 11:27: Message edited by: dance margarita ]
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
See I was just going by the fact that she's dressed like a crackwhore and that seems to me what Amy Winehouse is always dressed like. I only catch fleeting glimpses of Amy Winehouse from the front of newspapers and magazines as I walked past the newsagent, and the look in that photo was close enough that I immediately thought "Oh. It's Amy Winehouse". I don't know exactly what sort of slutty marketstall stuff Amy Winehouse actually does wear; she just seems to have cleavage and legs on display a lot of the time, so the fact she's never worn that same skirt... I didn't really notice. It's like... You know - you could wear big sunglasses, slick your hair up and wear a white tux while sneering and people would still go "Elvis", even though that's not really his look.
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
Maybe it's only obvious to people like me who have an idea of what Amy Winehouse looks like, but not a clear mental image.
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
I still suck, but thorn doesn't rule...
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
Skinny Boy Racer.

word is born son. word is born.
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
Maybe it's only obvious to people like me who have an idea of what Amy Winehouse looks like, but not a clear mental image.

people who... dont really know what amy winehouse looks like, then, without even having the excuse of having hidden away from civilisation in the manner you described in your post? hmmm. youre getting lazy, thorn. lazy and scattershot. better fix up.
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
omglolbutnotreallyhonest.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
I thought it was really obviously Amy Winehouse as well. For pretty much the reasons Thorn stated. I guess I don't spend enough time obsessing over the finer points of ladies fashion to be able to tell that the shitty, slutty dress the looksabitlike is wearing from the kind of shitty, slutty dresses that I'm sure I've seen Amy Winehouse wearing.
 
Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Thorn Davis:
Skinny Boy Racer.

lolol, I wish he were hear to enjoy that. Whereforartthou BR?
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
currently being a shit look a like.

or being served with a pumpkin muffin.
 
Posted by dance margarita (Member # 848) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ringo:
I thought it was really obviously Amy Winehouse as well. For pretty much the reasons Thorn stated. I guess I don't spend enough time obsessing over the finer points of ladies fashion to be able to tell that the shitty, slutty dress the looksabitlike is wearing from the kind of shitty, slutty dresses that I'm sure I've seen Amy Winehouse wearing.

the people who own that lookalike agency are going to sleep every fucking night, thanking their own personal deity for the existence of people just like you and thorn. the last three pages of this thread have had as their subtext 'what kind of fool would think that this looks like (....)' and the answer is, the kind of fool who neglects to notice AMY WINEHOUSES ICONIC FUCKING BEEHIVE. 'what? shes wearing a dress? shes got a long face! it works for me!' people like you are putting their children through private school. without you, they are nothing.
 
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by herbs:
You'll never get this one.

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It's either Ricky Gervais or Huey from the Fun Lovin' Criminals, I can't decide which.
 
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Is that really Tilde? It ins't is it? NotTilde is hot. Who does he lookalike?
 
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Lolz£

I just looked at the url of hot-not-tilde to try and find out who it was so I could book them for a lookalike appearance and take advantage of them, and somehow managed to think that the word ‘fullsize’ in the address was a name…of some indie prettyboy that I am too un-hip to have heard of perhaps?

Guess what you get if you put ‘fullsize’ into google images? NSFW.
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Abby:
some indie prettyboy that I am too un-hip to have heard of perhaps?

Oh dear Abby. When you discover who it is, you'll regret this.
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
boy racer there - is it tom jones?
 
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
quote:
Oh dear Abby. When you discover who it is, you'll regret this
It it some reality TV asshat?
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
It's even worse than that [Frown]
 
Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
is herbses nick frost?
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by dance margarita:
the people who own that lookalike agency are going to sleep every fucking night, thanking their own personal deity for the existence of people just like you and thorn. the last three pages of this thread have had as their subtext 'what kind of fool would think that this looks like (....)' and the answer is, the kind of fool who neglects to notice AMY WINEHOUSES ICONIC FUCKING BEEHIVE. 'what? shes wearing a dress? shes got a long face! it works for me!' people like you are putting their children through private school. without you, they are nothing.

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What the....

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Who the...

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Hold on...

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I... I... No, I just can't work out who this person is in these pictures. It kind sorta looks a bit like Amy Winehouse, but as we know Amy Winehouse has a distinctive beehive hairdo, thus proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that the woman in these photos absolutely positively cannot be Amy Winehouse, no way no how not on this planet ho no.

You must have a hell of a time trying to identify your friends when they get their hair cut, or buy new outfits. [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by ralph (Member # 773) on :
 
Lol. Good one, Ringo.
 
Posted by Ringo (Member # 47) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts:
boy racer there - is it tom jones?

I already posted the answer, it's david guest. Hello? is this thing on?

(edited because I sounded unintentionally arsey)

[ 07.02.2008, 13:40: Message edited by: Ringo ]
 
Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
But that isnt the real famous person, whoever they may be. It is just a nice young man who looks like them, so he isn’t necessarily a total choad. Although allowing yourself to appear on a website being a lookalike for a total choad doesn’t bode well…
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Everybody's gotta make a wage, Abby...
 
Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
 
I like this one:

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Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
busta rhymes?
woo ha got you all in check.

or could it be the belgian?
 
Posted by missgolightly (Member # 34) on :
 
Yeah, it's the belgian, though he needs to spend a bit more time in the gym if he wants his arms to look a bit more like the original.

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[ 07.02.2008, 16:41: Message edited by: missgolightly ]
 
Posted by Lickapaw#2 (Member # 1049) on :
 
He looks like he's trying to be Bruce Lee in the bottom picture.
 
Posted by herbs (Member # 101) on :
 
His left leg looks very uncomfortable. I wouldn't trust him.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by missgolightly:
I like this one:

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That guy's picked the wrong celebrity to look like. I'm getting more of an impression of Kevin Eldon out of Big Train, Hyperdrive etc:

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Actually, I think it is Kevin Eldon.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
Did anyone watch Ashes to Ashes on the television last night? That was quite odd. I couldn't quite get my head round it.
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
last night I watched CSI and then a TV film with Judd Nelson called "The Billionaire Boys Club"
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
more news as it comes in.
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
I might go and watch the Bourne Ultimatum at the Prince Charles tomorrow, 2pm.
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
i'm contemplating coffee.
instant or filter?
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
that's crazy, doctor d - [i]i'm[/] contemplating coffee as well.

in other news, i went to ben's turfland harrogate today about a job.
 
Posted by mart (Member # 32) on :
 
the job was as a ubb formatter
 
Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jimmy Big Nuts:
I might go and watch the Bourne Ultimatum at the Prince Charles tomorrow, 2pm.

You should! Even if you don't like the Hollywood thriller storyline you might find yourself appreciating the craft of the film; the way it sort of evolves the montage style of the last ten minutes of The Wild Bunch and turns it into a kind of mosaic aesthetic that propels the story along. A kind of half documentary/ half trauma-victim-in-shock style that makes you feel like you're following Jason Bourne around Europe, eavesdropping on his adventures. Stupid people complain that too much shaky cam means they can't tell what's going on, but you should ignore stupid people.
 
Posted by Jimmy Big Nuts (Member # 895) on :
 
right, sounds good. I've heard good things about the direction and storytelling, which is what interests me.
 
Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
They were just saying on the radio that The Bourne Ultimatum counts as a British movie. Legal definition:

quote:
4A. —

(1) The cultural test for a film other than a documentary (see paragraph 4B) or an animation (see paragraph 4C) is as follows.

(2) A film passes the cultural test if it is awarded at least 16 points in total.

(3) Up to 4 points shall be awarded in respect of the content of the film as follows—

(a) 1 point if at least 50% of the film is set in the United Kingdom;

(b) 1 point if at least one of the three principal characters depicted in the film (or, if there are three or fewer characters depicted in the film, any of them) is a British character;

(c) 1 point if the film depicts a British story;

(d) 1 point if at least 50% of the original dialogue is recorded in the English language or in a recognised regional or minority language.

(4) Up to 15 points shall be awarded in respect of work carried out in the making of the film as follows—

(a) up to 6 points depending on the percentage of principal photography that is carried out in the United Kingdom as follows—

(i) 6 points for 75% ,

(ii) 5 points for 62.5% ,

(iii) 4 points for 50% ,

(iv) 3 points for 37.5% ,

(v) 2 points for 25% ,

(vi) 1 point for 10% ;

(b) up to 4 points depending on the percentage of the work on visual effects that is carried out in the United Kingdom as follows—

(i) 4 points for 75% ,

(ii) 3 points for 50% ,

(iii) 2 points for 25% ,

(iv) 1 point for 10% ;

(c) 1 point if at least 75% of the work on special effects is carried out in the United Kingdom;

(d) up to 2 points depending on the percentage of the work on performing and recording the original music score created for the film that is carried out in the United Kingdom as follows—

(i) 2 points for 75% ,

(ii) 1 point for 50% ;

(e) 1 point if at least 75% of the work on audio post production is carried out in the United Kingdom;

(f) 1 point if at least 75% of the work on image processing is carried out in the United Kingdom.

(5) Up to 13 points shall be awarded in respect of the personnel involved in the making of the film as follows—

(a) 2 points if the director (or, if there is more than one, the lead director) is a qualifying person;

(b) up to 2 points depending on the number of the scriptwriters who are qualifying persons as follows—

(i) if there is only one scriptwriter, 2 points if he is a qualifying person,

(ii) if there are only two scriptwriters, 2 points if both of them are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of them is,

(iii) if there are only three scriptwriters, 2 points if two or more of them are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of them is,

(iv) if there are more than three scriptwriters, 2 points if two or more of the three lead scriptwriters are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of the three lead scriptwriters is a qualifying person;

(c) 1 point if at least one of the producers (or, if there are more than three, of the three lead producers) is a qualifying person;

(d) 1 point if the composer (or, if there is more than one, the lead composer) is a qualifying person;

(e) up to 2 points depending on the number of the actors who are qualifying persons as follows—

(i) if there are more than three actors, 2 points if two or more of the three lead actors are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of the three lead actors is a qualifying person,

(ii) if there are only three actors, 2 points if two or more of them are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of them is,

(iii) if there are only two actors, 2 points if both of them are qualifying persons, 1 point if one of them is,

(iv) if there is only one actor, 2 points if he is a qualifying person;

(f) 1 point if at least 50% of the cast are qualifying persons;

(g) up to 3 points depending on the number of the heads of department who are qualifying persons as follows—

(i) 3 points for five or more,

(ii) 2 points for three or four,

(iii) 1 point for one or two;

(h) 1 point if at least 50% of the production crew are qualifying persons.

So, it would definitely be the patriotic thing to go and see the film. It's pretty good anyway, I thought. Especially the bit at Waterloo Station. I wonder if Belgium got any points for, "If 50% or more of a featured building or public place is named after somewhere in Belgium."
 
Posted by doc d (Member # 781) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by mart:
that's crazy, doctor d - [i]i'm[/] contemplating coffee as well.

in other news, i went to ben's turfland harrogate today about a job.

pulled oot the big guns.
double americano from ishta's cafe.

praying for caffeine kick soon.
 


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