"Parents complained that a one-armed children's TV presenter was frightening their kids"
:S
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:52, Reply)
If their son or daughter made it big, and only had one arm or was missing an eye and as a result had their careers damaged, how would they feel?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:00, Reply)
I mean, it doesn't frighten my son, we watch cbeebies and he's never mentioned it.
But I'm curious, other people I'm aware of with bits missing often wear a prosthesis. She doesn't and it just hangs there in shot, drawing attention to itself.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:15, Reply)
I think that she should have equal rights, but I do wonder - they would not hire an ugly man, so why a woman with a missing arm?
I am on a rant today though - I was accused (officially) of discrimination today because my job advert specified that I would only hire people who spoke French and this was unfair on those who did not.
This is from JobCentre+, not just a random nutter either.
They say that specifying a language discriminates against people from other countries.
I want a fucking translator!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:57, Reply)
I'm saying she's behaving differently to how I've seen other people deal with similar stuff on TV.
There's a bloke who's missing a hand who's sometimes on Saturday Kitchen and he wears a false plastic hand. I saw him cook several times before I noticed it was a bit shiney.
I just wonder if she's making a point by not wearing one. My gut feeling is that she wants to be famous - very famous indeed.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:55, Reply)
it's uncomfortable, and if she manages without it why bother?
I am quite surprised people complain, they'll be moaning about Something Special next too.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:26, Reply)
he lost his good arm in a car accident and had to learn how to use the other instead. he is jolly good at holding vegetables with the plastic one as he swings his chopper
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:45, Reply)
Maybe that chef fella lost his arm? Different strokes for different folks.
I think she should be proud of the way she looks, also I think if people think their kids are going to be scared of her, the first thing they should do is to sit them down and make them watch her. Otherwise theyre going to grow up believing disabled people should be hidden away from view or ashamed of them selves and hid their disabilities.
If she helps breed a sence of tollerence in kids by not being ashamed of her body all power to her
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:50, Reply)
positive discrimination mentioned in the article... the BBC wanting to make it noticable..etc etc
Certainly as mentioned aswell it will help parents talk to the children more about disabilities if its plainly on show.
What gripes me and the missus a little is that they actually have been hiding the missing limb from shot a lot.. behind books etc, which we thought was giving into the people complaining.
But anyway, dont matter who's presenting...the "do you know its springtime" song will be back soon. And i have learn't all the sign language i know from Justin (fav = green frog)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:51, Reply)
She's had it from birth and seems to cope OK. Good luck to her.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:33, Reply)
scarier things like their own parents.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:01, Reply)
I can't put my finger on it, but I recognise her. Perhaps I saw her thumbing a lift. I'd nail her.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:13, Reply)
What next?
Lets ban something special? It's a programme featuring disabled kids, so it must scare their kids as well.
F**king small minded petty bigots. I can't stand people who discriminate like this.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:14, Reply)
At least they have a one armed TV presenter!
When I where a kid, all we had was a home made bong and a bit of weed, some Frank Zappa LP's, hand fulls of gravel, a rolled up news paper and a cardboard box in the middle of road...
But we were happy!
You try telling that to kids of today...
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:24, Reply)
but im wondering what the gravel, newspaper & cardboard box was for?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:40, Reply)
Right. I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:54, Reply)
We had Timmy Mallet. And we truly knew what terror was.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:03, Reply)
if she wore a false robot arm with flashing lights on
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:06, Reply)
I have one eye, does that mean I shouldn't be a teacher? (and no, I'm not talking about all that court stuff, that's a different issue which is well hidden, and covered up thank you very much)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:07, Reply)
i told her she was a pirate, and she probably had it bitten off by a shark or had it cleaved off with a cutlass!
she thinks its great now!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:09, Reply)
...Presenter forces parents to face their own prejudices...
...Parents complain...
...Kids couldn't give a monkeys, after all, they quite enjoy "in the night garden"...
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:25, Reply)
They also have gay and black people on TV these days
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:54, Reply)
This appears to be the actual origin of the article. Just this. Nothing more, nothing less. Fucking lazy hacks.
www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=980250
Username - Barry Scott. Lovely.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:08, Reply)
www.b3ta.cr3ation.co.uk/data/mp3/bad9c70b2f7b45b693dd359163143da1_beatlespopeyoda.mp3
While going through song files I noticed that everyone and their dog has covered a Beatles song.
its nice to see so many styles and their unique perspective on how the Beatles influenced them, From almost exact reproduction to totally different.
Sarah McLaughlin
Allison Crowe
Johnathon Coulton
Rufus Wainwrighte
A Perfect Circle
Godhead
The Breeders
start at 11:30 if you don't like Acoustic
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:44, Reply)
This is just an awesome idea. I would put some of these in every major city. Just swipe your card, put the bike in a lock and when you come back to receive the bike simply swipe the card again and it will return your bike back to you.
Make sure you watch the video to see it in action.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:09, Reply)
I wonder if the same concept has been made for cars..
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:39, Reply)
But then, what if there's a jam in the system? Your car might come out all screwed up, like when the photocopier goes wrong.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:47, Reply)
I think this might only be good if you don't value your bike that much. I can imagine things often going wrong
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:00, Reply)
The one I know about for sure is at a VW museum facility.
www.autostadt.de
there may be more somewhere.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:24, Reply)
and I like it! You do see a LOT of bikes in japan - their bike racks are almost as big as car parks
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:46, Reply)
All the bikes, and particularly the huge ramped storage section outside Centraal Station scare the bejesus out of me!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:03, Reply)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:34, Reply)
That looks great,but what makes this video epic is at 1.12
haha
Would have been funnier with spagetti cat
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:38, Reply)
don't really see there's a need, every time i've been to japan bikes are just left up against railings with no locks... can only assume people do this because they don't get stolen. and there's never a shortage of things to lean other things on... just about anything will do.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 19:19, Reply)
BOOOOOOM!
EDIT :
POW! Take some of this...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz8MgCO9vLs
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:05, Reply)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:11, Reply)
The "Horns of Jericho" vocal is sampled from the album of the same name by Hijack - www.discogs.com/Hijack-The-Horns-Of-Jericho/release/248192
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:28, Reply)
Ed: oooh, nice one, I'll check it out.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:30, Reply)
I must have half a dozen tracks kicking around my record box which sample various bits of that track - yet I've never heard it.
Thankyou for pointing me at it!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 22:49, Reply)
It's a sequel! To Blocks With Letters On!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:29, Reply)
After becoming on of the legions in the archaeological sector who have had been chucked out on their ear by the slowdown... I am striking out on my own.
Some of my reconstructions and illustrations.

(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:18, Reply)
are those 3d studio, cinema 4d??
ps are the links that direct you from each section working correctly - I had to refresh the home page to get to the different sections...
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:31, Reply)
built into 3ds
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:25, Reply)
But for the sake of web usability, please make the categories under your name links to those sections, and make your name itself a link to the home page.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:56, Reply)
Cheers though, problem noted I will get them sorted.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:02, Reply)
Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic and Ancient Egyptian and move to Israel, loads of demand for archaeologists there, I hear. Simple!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:38, Reply)
One day, when I have plenty of free time I want to learn how to do this sort of thing.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 18:04, Reply)
Out of the umpteen peeps i know who were working in your field, only two still have jobs. Good luck and godspeed :)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:38, Reply)
A terribly charming little animation that was the intro to Belleville Rendezvous by Sylvain Chomet. A cracking little film that I would recommend to anyone :D
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:46, Reply)
Sorry to post right above you :(
Is it Foreign films you like or just this animation?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:56, Reply)
No comments for me yet. Maybe it's not really that funny :(
I like all sorts - quirky animations are great, though.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:57, Reply)
It is a french film, but it is absolutely fantastic! It is a sci fi joint, but well worth a watch!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:01, Reply)
but that looks like django reinhardt with a missing finger on the geetar...
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 17:48, Reply)
A rare moment of drama in a duck's life. Inane comments are by me and some friends. For duck fans only.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:44, Reply)
win the award for best animal ever.
I want an icebreaker duck
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:36, Reply)
This came out on Thursday, sorry it's taken me so long to post - we're nearly at the end of the series, so if anyone has any ideas for the style of series 2, please let me know.
Meanwhile...
Subsequent to a typical indulgence in his reveries, the daring nature of Dr Ernest Otherford's character compels him to re-enact one particular jaunt: that is to say, obscurity. Post-haste, the dexterous doctor fashions a circumstance of invisibility within a large Pyrex(R) basin by the witty employment of amber-coloured oil derived from vegetables.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:16, Reply)
Just to get the pissing Schoolgirl from the top spot. I saw this band on Friday and they were ruddy ace.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:51, Reply)
I saw a little duo called The Dealers last week, they played at my folk club. They were extremely good too!
Edit: Not a great quality vid, but hey :)
It was only the woman and the crazy haired dude off to the right that were playing, but they were extremely powerful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EbItiazevM
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:54, Reply)
loved this vid
facebook group - www.facebook.com/pages/The-Dealers/20527502872
top find
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 21:51, Reply)
I have no fucking idea what this is supposed to be but she looks quite cute...
Possibly NSFW, due to flatulent noises.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:48, Reply)
That had nothing to do with anything in the world
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:02, Reply)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOF3CbHjanY
eh eh eh??
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:27, Reply)
she is making some fucking oddness I tell thee.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:30, Reply)
I do like the way the boy says "hellooo" though, sounds like the bald fella off of rocky horror. O' Brien, you know.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 16:56, Reply)
is everything we love to do going to be legislated against?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:30, Reply)
I'm not a fan of cartoon porn, but haven't seen that site before, crazy japs!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:50, Reply)
but luckily we make jap-themed golden shower animations and this has got everyone in the office pumped
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:57, Reply)
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for handing out leaflets on a roadside to schoolgirls, in an attempt to buy the urine of female high school students. He was apparently carrying a conical flask and a Tupperware box at the time.
The solicitation was considered a violation of youth protection laws and the suspect was promptly transferred to the public prosecutor’s office where he gave the following testimony:
“It’s a hobby of mine. Last year, I distributed the leaflets to about 30 people. It’s something pretty, thin girls have an interest in.”
It's essentially a Hentai site with a big picture of a manga schoolgirl, legs akimbo - rest of site is adorned with other topless / underage typical manga shit.
Great thing to come onto your screen whilst at a client eh?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:39, Reply)
Hands of whoever was behind me started massaging my neck and shoulders I closed the lid...
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:42, Reply)
Am in a study room full of students and staff, wouldn't have enjoyed explaining that one.
31eeweep, you are an utter bumwasp.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:44, Reply)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:56, Reply)
... but I need a slash every time I beat a new song.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:28, Reply)
Also, I need to TJ you, so um...sorry?
A b3tan was asking me about help with a snoring partner the other day and it brought to light just how many of us are struggling to find a solution. I found a good solution with some very effective ear plugs from the British Snoring & Sleep Apnoea Association, and as such they fairly regularly email me with offers that I can't usually use because I'm well stocked up on what I need...sooo, in the least spammy way possible, does anyone want a £5 voucher code for the site?
Edit: I've recently played through Super Stacker and Totem Destroyer 2 (infact that one is still open because it has loads of extra stuff to unlock/play!), they're great fun.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:28, Reply)
Mainly because I am all alone and I am the snorer ;)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:44, Reply)
1) A gentle nudge. Sounds odd but it works on some snorers
2) Close/open mouth. I snore if I sleep with my mouth open, my friend does if she sleeps with it closed. Tryign to keep your mouth open/closed before you go to bed does make a difference.
3) That nose tape stuff. it does work if the other 2 don't.
4) If you want earplugs then try your local chemist or music instrument shop.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 14:12, Reply)
Electrocution.
No srsly.
You can buy little watch-like devices that you wear when you sleep, and if you snore loudly, it gives you a zap. You can set the zap from 1 - 10, and 10 is a mother fucker.
However, my ex used to snore like a freight train, and slept like a dead log. Even the 10 setting wouldn't wake her from a deep sleep.
If it's a severe case, there's the surgery option, or you can choose to sleep with an anti-snore mask on, but they look really uncomfortable (they basically force air down your throat while you sleep to stop the soft flappy bit from vibrating)
Thanks for the tip on the earplugs though - I live on a very noisy road, and the bog standard plugs from boots don't help that much.
Phwooar, Jessie TJ'd me. I feel so dirty.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:32, Reply)
'Physics Invaders' is fun! I like the way your shots cen get the little buggers on the way back down again as well... :)
If you like physics games, I recommend you seek out 'PhuN'. It's not quite as intuitive as a lot of the flash ones, but you can make some fantastic contraptions with it.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:29, Reply)
I watched this and felt all warm inside ;)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:49, Reply)
Yonks ago, I used to work for a little old lady who bred pedigree persian cats. The 'Birthing Bay' was her downstairs lav, as it was easy to keep very warm. One of the mums was very particular about her kittens, and had a dislike for boys. It was only through careful regular checking we learned this, as we discovered her in the act of standing with her forelegs on the edge of the lavatory seat about to drop one of the little tykes in. We taped the lid down after that but the two male kittens had to be hand-reared...
Flooooooff!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:25, Reply)
all cats fucking mental?
I've never understood this, had two of my own (one now dead) and I for years thought of them as quite simple creatures, but as they got older, one of them died, I went away for a few months, etc. etc. it seems that yes, they are thick as shit, but they're not quite as simple as I always thought they were; they seem to go into some sort of depression after the death or depature of a companion (I definitely don't want to say mourning) and they all seem to have some kind of neurosis.
Is it to do with improper rearing by humans as the surrogate mother, or what? Whatever the reason many many cats are absolutely bat-shit insane (current cat seems quite normal, if a little soft, hasn't hunted anything for years and is entirely dependent on people).
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 15:45, Reply)
This won the oscar for short animated film at the 1991 Oscars.
Hope you enjoy :D
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:22, Reply)
I havnt seen it, but I was definalty rooting for Presto to win
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:39, Reply)
but La Maison en petits cubes is very good too :)
You can watch it here :)
Part 1
Part 2
To be honest with you, I wanted This Way Up to win, by Smith and Foulkes to win myself. I haven't got a full length copy of it, but I saw it a couple of months back somewhere. I wish I could still find it :(
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrGvv-5_G1Y
To be honest with you, this has been one of the strongest years in a long while. Presto, Lavatory - Lovestory, Oktapodi, La Maison and This Way Up, in my opinion, would all have been winners if it weren't such a strong field.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:44, Reply)
I don't think I've not been completely thrilled with all the animations you've been posting here of late. Cheers mate!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:49, Reply)
If you check my response to Jorvic above, you can see the film that won last night :)
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:52, Reply)
Ronseal.
In the words of the NTNON team: Nice video, shame about the song
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:12, Reply)
how this is a video made up of 6000 paintings, anymore than it is an "animation"
which is a bit like saying the lion king is a film made of 10,billion paintings??
am i missing something?
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:15, Reply)
i.e. oil on canvas rather than lithographs or whatever.
Reminds me of this video which is stunning!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuw-MgMgYQg
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:21, Reply)
Song's not that bad.
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:23, Reply)
check out the 'couch dress'
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 11:50, Reply)
www.pantalaine.com/windupdressup.html
The caption on this one is so so SO wrong!
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:42, Reply)
that just makes no sense for anything. What a weird bunch of people they are to try selling that
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 13:37, Reply)
The man's shoes already stepping onthe lady's
(, Mon 23 Feb 2009, 12:52, Reply)
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