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 Funny/children's names/murder.
	Funny/children's names/murder.1. Which of the current circuit comedians do you find funny? I am v keen on Miles Jupp at the moment. Conversely Russell Kane makes me want to drink bleach.
2. Imagine you are expecting twins, a boy and a girl. What christian names would you give them?
3. You can kill one person with no comeback whatsoever. Who do you choose and why?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:21, 203 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 1.  Stuart Lee - his bitterness strikes a chord with me.
	1.  Stuart Lee - his bitterness strikes a chord with me.  2. Only Bible names are acceptable, trendy names or naming your child after a season, or car or where you poked your revolting Mrs to inseminate her vinegar womb are unacceptable.
3. What a question!!! I can't answer that, there are far too many because of a huge spectrum of different grievances I have.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:25, Reply)
 Are you saying my daughter has an unacceptable name?
	Are you saying my daughter has an unacceptable name?YOU ARE AREN'T YOU?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:28, Reply)
 1) John Bishop is my favourite new comedian. I am the same as you when it comes to Russell Kane, and I feel the same with Jack Whitehall.
	1) John Bishop is my favourite new comedian. I am the same as you when it comes to Russell Kane, and I feel the same with Jack Whitehall.2) David & Emily
3) Chris Moyles, because it would improve radio as a whole.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:29, Reply)
 John Bishop?  Scouse observational humour?
	John Bishop?  Scouse observational humour?  You'll be saying you like Jenny Eclair and the other fat bird next.
Periods.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:31, Reply)
 I can't stand female comedians
	I can't stand female comediansShazia Mirza made me laugh once, but aside from that, they're shit.
And yes, I quite like John Bishop.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:32, Reply)
 John Bishop
	John BishopIrritating, Scouse, shiney suited, unfunny, creepy looking, child molesting, unfunny, scourge of our times, fucking unfunny cunt.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:38, Reply)
 Jim Jeffries is fucking funny
	Jim Jeffries is fucking funnytry this on for size: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNRHPr7Gabk
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:41, Reply)
 Cat Scratch Fever and his self-titled debut are his best studio LPs.
	Cat Scratch Fever and his self-titled debut are his best studio LPs.He was also in the Amboy Dukes in the 60s, good US psychedelia if you like that sort of thing.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:08, Reply)
 1. Stuart Lee and Miles Jupp, Reginald D Hunter andGreg Davies are very good too.
	1. Stuart Lee and Miles Jupp, Reginald D Hunter andGreg Davies are very good too.2.Hector and Sarah
3.Michael Gove at the moment I think.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:47, Reply)
 Would you rather move to another planet or build underwater cities?
	Would you rather move to another planet or build underwater cities?this was the conversation my housemate and I had last night when baked.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:57, Reply)
 
	 He was always my favourite character. And it's a strong name I think.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:57, Reply)
 Simon Evans and his sketch about newcastle is excellent
	Simon Evans and his sketch about newcastle is excellentwww.youtube.com/watch?v=XWb5Qx1X3as
monty I suspect this will be right up your street
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 10:51, Reply)
 This chap is one of my old schoolfriends:
	This chap is one of my old schoolfriends:www.myspace.com/paulmccaffreycomedy
He's doing pretty well for himself and is fucking hilarious company for boozing etc - I've not seen his act though.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:03, Reply)
 He does very well, own show on telly etc, just don't find him funny.
	He does very well, own show on telly etc, just don't find him funny. (, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:10, Reply)
 I knew you were going to say that
	I knew you were going to say thatas I have seen his tv program and the only thing funny about it is his gammy eye
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:15, Reply)
 I think having a weekly series that is an hour long it must be hard to maintain the lols
	I think having a weekly series that is an hour long it must be hard to maintain the lols but still it's pretty pap
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:19, Reply)
 I think if you gave Russell Howard an annual series that was a minute long, he'd still find it hard to maintain the lols.
	I think if you gave Russell Howard an annual series that was a minute long, he'd still find it hard to maintain the lols.(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:20, Reply)
 He just isn't funny.
	He just isn't funny.  I find him to be a like a naughty sixth-former.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:17, Reply)
 and not the good kind
	and not the good kind*cannot unsee Russell Howard in miniskirt and thigh highs*
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)
 i like tim minchin
	i like tim minchinalt: god knows. alex james and amber rose maybe? depends on the surname. not much goes with swipe.
alt alt: my trainee. she is about 24 and very slim and healthy. so why, why, why does she breathe like an asthmatic 20 year old broken-winded racehorse making an obscene phone call? WHY?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:06, Reply)
 I surprised you'd name your first boy that after Blur's performance last night
	I surprised you'd name your first boy that after Blur's performance last nightalso, mornin'
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:08, Reply)
 I watched a Tim Minchin live show on TV just to make sure that I wasn't mistaken
	I watched a Tim Minchin live show on TV just to make sure that I wasn't mistakenbut no, he definitely is a cunt after all.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:08, Reply)
 He tries way, way too hard to be 'clever' and comes across as a fucking helmet in the process.
	He tries way, way too hard to be 'clever' and comes across as a fucking helmet in the process.Plus, with very, very few exceptions, music+comedy= fucking awful
The case against:
Stilgoe
Carrott
Digance
Wood (Victoria)
The Two Ronnies songs
Fucking loads of other wankers
The case for:
Conchords
Spinal Tap
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:13, Reply)
 yes, and he's one of the exceptions.
	yes, and he's one of the exceptions.Along with Baby Wants Candy.
I can't really think of any others though.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:14, Reply)
 man i loved flight of the conchords first series
	man i loved flight of the conchords first series2nd one not so much
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:17, Reply)
 I'll give you those two too yes.  And I'll add 'A Mighty Wind'
	I'll give you those two too yes.  And I'll add 'A Mighty Wind'So we have
Tim Minchin
Baby Wants Candy
Flight of The Conchords
Spinal Tap
A Mighty Wind
And I'm also adding Cracked Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVswS8XE5UI) and The Manson Family Singers (http://www.myspace.com/mansonfamilysingers)
So actually, it's not all shit.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:19, Reply)
 he wears eye makeup cos he's dead wacky
	he wears eye makeup cos he's dead wackyand sings songs about how wrong religion is, cor he's brill
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:16, Reply)
 oh no his whole spiel is 'omg i can done a sex lol prithee thee forsooth lol etc'
	oh no his whole spiel is 'omg i can done a sex lol prithee thee forsooth lol etc'(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:18, Reply)
 "I have a vocabulary larger than that of the average man
	"I have a vocabulary larger than that of the average manand so I shall disseminate my impressive lexical girth with unnecessary loquaciousness as it transcends mediocrity and definitely doesn't make me look like a prick"
-Russell "Leather trousers don't make me look like a cunt" Brand / Tim "Eye make up doesn't make me look like a half-dead crack whore" Minchin.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:21, Reply)
 You're all idiots.
	You're all idiots.And with that, better be off before I get busted again.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:22, Reply)
 
	 I really like Miles Jupp too as it happens. Terry Alderton is in fantastic form at the moment too. The Boy With Tape On His Face and Frisky & Mannish both blew me away at Edinburgh in the summer and Ed Byrne has been a favourite for years, even Mock The Week can't make me hate him. Stewart Lee, predictably and alway.
but still mainly Terry Alderton at the moment, he's gone from run of the mill stand up to a proper, unique, class act somewhere over the last few years.
Alt: Terry & June
AltAlt: Terry Waite. But really, that's only because I appear to have developed a Terry theme and may as well keep it going.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:10, Reply)
 And out of loyalty, as I know her and she is one of the people I have studied Improv with
	And out of loyalty, as I know her and she is one of the people I have studied Improv withwww.deborahfrances-white.com/
Her show is by all accounts fantastic, although I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen it myself to confirm this.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:13, Reply)
 aw, are you and whatsername expecting? congrats
	aw, are you and whatsername expecting? congrats1 i don'#t really find anyone but myself funny, i'm very niche in my comedy tastes
2 i'd call a boy giovanni and a girl Syfts, after my favourite gun wielding gansta
3 i would never hurt or harm anyone, i'm a spacifist
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:13, Reply)
 oh right so now its ok to take the piss out of people with serious health complaints is it?
	oh right so now its ok to take the piss out of people with serious health complaints is it?you gigaton of wasteflesh
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:15, Reply)
 i hope that you attain the weight that you are aiming for, complete your course with honors, find the girl of your dreams and settle down to a wonderful future
	i hope that you attain the weight that you are aiming for, complete your course with honors, find the girl of your dreams and settle down to a wonderful future(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:21, Reply)
 Is he one of those people trying to put on weight to qualify for a gastrict band?
	Is he one of those people trying to put on weight to qualify for a gastrict band?(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:25, Reply)
 ok whats a fair time period ten years?
	ok whats a fair time period ten years?If you're married and gainfully employed in ten years time i will rim rachelswipe
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)
 Spacifist?
	Spacifist?You agree with violence except against flids?
Edit: Or, arguably, aliens.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:25, Reply)
 1. I can't think of a comedian who makes me laugh anymore
	1. I can't think of a comedian who makes me laugh anymoreI seem to be becoming more and more of a miserable cunt. I like my comedians to be miserable misanthropists too.
2. I dunno, Bonnie and Clyde or something.
3. One is never enough.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:13, Reply)
 1. I did until recently really like Frankie Boyle, but I think he's just trying to constantly out-do himself these days
	1. I did until recently really like Frankie Boyle, but I think he's just trying to constantly out-do himself these daysFemale comedians, in general, make me want to put my boot through the telly. Yes love, I understand that you're a woman/a lesbian/a Nigerian/a lolfatty/etc but could you just, please, for the love of god, just say something funny?
2. Sodom and Gomorrah. Very Christian. Or Fire and Brimstone.
3. My mental ex-GF and her mental friend are bubbling up my hit list at quite an alarming rate, but failing that, I'll go for Piers Morgan or Kelvin MacKenzie.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:13, Reply)
 She isn't funny
	She isn't funnybut she gets me right in the trousers. Phwoarrr. Get in etc.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)
 I can feel her spittle come through my TV screen
	I can feel her spittle come through my TV screenand her neck mole makes me feel ill
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:22, Reply)
 women are not funny
	women are not funnywomen cannot be funny (on tv), its just a fact
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)
 Sarah Millican.  Hopeless.
	Sarah Millican.  Hopeless.  She sold the 5th highest amount of comedy DVD's in the UK last year.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:25, Reply)
 No idea.
	No idea.  She's not like McIntyre, he's a comedians comedian.
Toasters? Bloody hell, brilliant.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:30, Reply)
 Jordan was the best selling author
	Jordan was the best selling authorIt might be time to kill ourselves
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)
 And yet her entire routine consists of
	And yet her entire routine consists of "I'm a bit of a hopeless lolfatty Geordie bird and I'm shit with men"
"I wouldn't touch her with yours! *****" - Paul Ross, The Sun
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:27, Reply)
 I'm afraid I have to be tarred with that same brush too, then.
	I'm afraid I have to be tarred with that same brush too, then.Possessing, as I do, a particularly soft, posh, high pitched, Violet Elizabeth Bott type voice.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)
 You don't like Andi Osho?
	You don't like Andi Osho?She seems to at least draw on something other than 'I'm Nigerian'. I mean, she does use it, but it's not the basis of every routine she ever does.
But what do I know? I'm a woman, and therefore not funny or right.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:33, Reply)
 Andi Osho does not play the Nigerian card like Gina Yashere.
	Andi Osho does not play the Nigerian card like Gina Yashere.  But her "jokes" are just not funny. I find it difficult to tell if she is mid-routine or introducing the next act.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:35, Reply)
 Morning benders
	Morning bendersHaving recently stocked up on the glut of xmas stand up DVDs, I can say I really enjoyed Alan Carr's show. I know he's not the most popular, but he makes me laugh.
See also Danny Bhoy, who has a lovely voice and is cute too.
Alt: Hamish and Delilah. I don't know, I haven't really thought too much about kids' names. Not something I'm ever going to have to deal with.
Alt Alt: Royal Mail. Individually. Every bastard one of them.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:30, Reply)
 Alan Carr?
	Alan Carr?I'd take great pleasure in stamping that screaming mary's face into the concrete for hours on end. Christ, I hate his voice.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:32, Reply)
 get your blood pressure checked
	get your blood pressure checkedits ok to not like someone, but you don't have to watch it and getting that wound up ain't helthy
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:33, Reply)
 Blood pressure is fine, got a checked a month back
	Blood pressure is fine, got a checked a month backBut thank you for your concern
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:34, Reply)
 i hope you don't have corvid obesioty too, its a very serious illness
	i hope you don't have corvid obesioty too, its a very serious illness(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:36, Reply)
 Nope, only standard obesity
	Nope, only standard obesityI'm fairly slim at the minute though, need to start losing weight properly
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)
 I know this, it's rare for me to like a photo of myself
	I know this, it's rare for me to like a photo of myselfThere was a recent one of me holding my nephew I quite liked
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:47, Reply)
 this sounds like something an ugly person would say
	this sounds like something an ugly person would sayIT WAS THE CAMERAS FAULT
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:48, Reply)
 your beautiful on the inside, thats what counts
	your beautiful on the inside, thats what countsstay that way, for me?
x
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:53, Reply)
 You seemed to survive your bout of this horror disease
	You seemed to survive your bout of this horror diseasehow'd ya do it?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:37, Reply)
 Alt alt:  Agreed.
	Alt alt:  Agreed.  My daily post is no good at 4pm!!
I dislike nearly as much as tube drivers.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:32, Reply)
 I don't see the point in morning post
	I don't see the point in morning postunless it arrives before 8am when i go to work, otherwise it may as well arrive at 6pm
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:34, Reply)
 It should be there before you go to work.
	It should be there before you go to work.  It was in the 80's!!!!! 'Member the 80's?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:36, Reply)
 no, iwasn't old enough to get post in the 80's
	no, iwasn't old enough to get post in the 80'seven if it arrived before work, I wouldn't have time to deal with anything until the evening
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:40, Reply)
 I put in a claim for £150 for something they broke in transit
	I put in a claim for £150 for something they broke in transithaving made sure it was sent by Special Delivery in case of such an eventuality.
They sent me a book of six first class stamps and called the job a good 'un.
Cunts.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:35, Reply)
 you probably shouldn't use london underground as a delivery system
	you probably shouldn't use london underground as a delivery system(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:36, Reply)
 and lo jesus did break the Sloppy Giuseppe and say, this is my pizza fuck off and get your own
	and lo jesus did break the Sloppy Giuseppe and say, this is my pizza fuck off and get your own(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:50, Reply)
 I go to quite a bit of comedy
	I go to quite a bit of comedythere is fuck all else to go do here in the frozen Cumbrian wasteland:
Among the best I have seen recently
Mark Thomas (his Walking the Wall and the radio show one)
Marcus Brigstoke
Craig Campbell
and I was pleasantly surprisded by Richard Herrings what is love show.
I would call them Boy and Girl
and of course I would shot Cameron just so we could see what Cleggy boy is like when in charge all those fucked off Tories would cheer me up to
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 11:57, Reply)
 I really don't like Mark Thomas.
	I really don't like Mark Thomas.At least he had the honesty to drop the word 'comedy' from the title of his television prorgramme.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:00, Reply)
 You are of course
	You are of coursewrong, but entitled to your opinion... The programmes got a bit righteous I admit but the live show I mentioned is very good.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:05, Reply)
 On that I cannot comment,
	On that I cannot comment,but his 'ooh I've driven a tank to Downing Street TO MAKE A POLITICAL POINT' shit was one of the worst examples of right-on student wankery I have ever seen. And I've seen Ben Elton.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:07, Reply)
 I bet he throws fire extinguishers off buildings
	I bet he throws fire extinguishers off buildingsthen cries when he is forced to stay put for 6 hours
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)
 I know what you mean
	I know what you mean But I thought the bit where he tried to get MP's arrested for performing political interviews outside of the HoP in violation of laws they voted in quite clever and amusing...
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:31, Reply)
 the office of Deputy prime minister is not legally binding
	the office of Deputy prime minister is not legally bindingClegg would not automatically be in charge.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:01, Reply)
 Jim Jeffries is brilliant
	Jim Jeffries is brilliantthe bit about the vibrating egg made me laugh until my sides genuinely ached.
I've never thought much about boys names but I like Rose for a girl.
My boss, currently. It's been one of those sorts of weeks.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:00, Reply)
 
	 1} I'm seeing Reginald D Hunter this month I think.
2) Dexter and Susie. I think.
3) I have an answer but I'm a cunt if I even consider it seeing as it's a mate who's annoying me royally.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:08, Reply)
 Rhod Gilbert described him
	Rhod Gilbert described him as the bloated corpse of Rik Mayall. I thought that was good.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:14, Reply)
 Rhod Gilbert is much better live than on TV.
	Rhod Gilbert is much better live than on TV.  But this still only makes him slightly above average.
Chicken pot pie soup, thanks for asking.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:19, Reply)
 rhod gilbert is the worst comedian in all history
	rhod gilbert is the worst comedian in all historyHAHAHAHA I AM AN ANGRY LOUD WELSH HAHAHAH ANGRY LOUD HAHAHAH WELSH!
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:19, Reply)
 I find that quite funny, though.
	I find that quite funny, though.I also quite like Alan Davies and he just talks about his cats. I am not difficult to make laugh.
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:21, Reply)
 There was (and maybe still is)
	There was (and maybe still is)a little comedy club just off covent garden that did cheap nights and Alan Davies compared there
more facts as they come in folks
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:35, Reply)
 i saw some routine he did at the weekend which was a bit creepy
	i saw some routine he did at the weekend which was a bit creepyhe got a thai massage and i was like wtf?
(, Wed 22 Feb 2012, 12:19, Reply)
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