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Name some bands!
Nah not really.

Best non-fiction book/TV/film that you have encountered of late? Actually that sounds shit as well.

Help me out, my nig-nogs.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:15, 212 replies, latest was 13 years ago)
i quite liked the jack the ripper thing that was on last night
they had reconstructed the whitechapel streets.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:17, Reply)
Didn't see that. I like those docs apart from the shit Vic Reeves one which is repeated way too often.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:18, Reply)
the problem with jack the ripper
is that there's no answer at the end of it. it's like a book where someone ripped out the last page.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:20, Reply)
and in that thing last night they ignored the canonical five and attributed more murders to jack than were actually committed by one person

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
It was Twomblety I reckon.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:22, Reply)
it was totally robert peel

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:29, Reply)
*plays Teenage Kicks*

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:32, Reply)
COME ON THIS IT GOOD.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:50, Reply)
i only got as far as the first 3
then my phone rang
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:22, Reply)
rachelswipe, i'm sorry but you're wrong
i saw some of that and the 'recreation' of the streets was cheap, incredibly poor CGI that would have looked naff on a kids tv show in the 90s
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:19, Reply)
'YOU'RE IN A ROOM'

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
I GET THIS
Therefore I am cool.
Or old.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:30, Reply)
meh
i hardly ever watch tv. there was fuck-all else on when i got in. that was entertaining. don't over-analyse these things, just go with the flow, man.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
I WANT MY VICTORIAN MURDERS TO BE REALISTIC PLEASE

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
are you always this demanding?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:22, Reply)
yes, he really is.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:24, Reply)
i feel so sorry for his titless gf
I SAID A SPLASH OF MILK. NOT A SLUG. *SMASH*
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:25, Reply)
i'm totally the recessive one in my relationship
you can't beat a strong woman (because she'll beat you back)
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:26, Reply)
retarded or recessive?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:29, Reply)
I think he meant submissive
But now you've got me wondering.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:47, Reply)
kids' shows today are shit compared to back then
what happened to the "the trapdoor", eh?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
I smashed it in

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:24, Reply)
trapdoor
not battered's backdoor
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:25, Reply)
christ that was around when I was a kid.
that was my favourite show.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:24, Reply)
I'm reading an amazing book at the moment, it is fiction though.
"The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare", by Robert Winder.

loving it.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:20, Reply)
WELL THEN IT'S IRRELEVANT ISN'T IT.
I hope your exam answers are better than this.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
considering my exams are multiple choice and biochemical mathematics, I'll be fine.
What's got your goat today then grumpy guts?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:22, Reply)
I bet it's a T Rex, like in Jurrassic park.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:27, Reply)
YOU ARE CORRECT

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:32, Reply)
So what you're saying
is that your exams are piss easy?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:37, Reply)
god no.
I'm just saying that since I have to do formulae and chemical structures, it's hard to waffle on. It's either right or it's not.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
I'm just winding you up, my dear little antipodean friend.
And subject is hard when you go that far into it, but it was at least easy to waffle round the subject in an arts degree.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)
Yeah I know. Part of me wishes I'd done an arts degree, and maybe I'll do one for fun when I'm older.
but my course is perfect for me - it's challenging and fun. Mostly. Except on days like today, where I've written more than twenty pages of notes.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:58, Reply)
I've just written a paper on the principles of forecasting call volumes
AND I COME BACK TO THIS SHIT!
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:21, Reply)
Can I read it when everyone else is done?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:31, Reply)
It was for project managers, so it was basically written in crayon.
Actually don't think you can, it's commercial in confidence or some shit.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:41, Reply)
Vulcan 607
Book about bombing the airfield at Port Stanley using very old bombers that were 3 weeks away from being retired
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:25, Reply)
Green blooded bastards!

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:32, Reply)
This is not logical

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:33, Reply)
#needsofthemany

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
Star Wars last week, Star Trek this.
And it's stuff that, even if you're not absolutely accurate, it is obscure enough that you'd need more than a passing knowledge of the material.

NERD
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)
Mk II.0, brah.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:49, Reply)
Mind your own business

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:31, Reply)
it's all right topsy and tim is autobiographical you can join in

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:47, Reply)
Vague answer is vague
but there's some good books about the treasure at Rennes-le-Château in France. It makes fascinating reading.

Also a fine book called 'Act of God' which offers a scientific explanation for the ten plagues of Egypt.

I like all that mysterious religious malarkey, me.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:33, Reply)
Is that to keep Imhotep going at home?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
Oi!
Bit of respect for your elders, there, sporters.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
Couldn't resist

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:35, Reply)
Yeah, I'll let you off this time.
But your card is marked, young man.

MARKED.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:36, Reply)
*hopes its a birthday card*

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:37, Reply)

a birthday card chips, it's chips
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
\o/

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
*fries onion rings*

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
I'd rather have Daddy.
/ac
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
Oh I say
She's knocked that straight over midwicket for 6

The crowd goes wild!
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
Hahahha 10/10

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:37, Reply)
And you, Catweazle

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
Me too, brah. I mean sis.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
You know all those books that were referenced in the Da Vinci nonsense?
I'd read all of them, years before. They're absolutely fascinating too.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:35, Reply)
Same here, Holy Blood/Holy Grail etc. Love those nutters.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
The first one I read was the Templar Revelation
then I kind of got hooked.

Have you been to Rosslyn? It's fairly near where my folks live, so I went there once. Took three whole rolls of film.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:41, Reply)
Typical shoplifting Jock.
Nah I've not been but i've seen a decent doc on it, it's beautifully decorated innit.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:46, Reply)
Where do your folks live B3th? You said your dad works in Dalgety Bay.
I live quite near Edinburgh airport.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:03, Reply)
Hitchens book "God is not Great"
is a fine heathen read.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:34, Reply)
As a fine heathen
I may have to check that out.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:36, Reply)
This is a decent read:
www.amazon.co.uk/Godless-Morality-Richard-Holloway/dp/1841955787
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
Most recent non-fiction I read was probably Electric Eden by Rob Young.
But that is probably only really of interest if you like folk or psych folk.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:33, Reply)
Folk off.
Eden Head Funk
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
Winchester's premier free-form improvisational psychedelic funk 'n' roll band
premier only
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:47, Reply)
Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin
www.amazon.co.uk/Backroom-Boys-Secret-Return-British/dp/0571214975

Men in cardigans with moustaches and pipes building rockets in sheds. Good stuff.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:37, Reply)
Backroom's back ALRIGHT!!!!!

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
haha

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:38, Reply)
*does funky dance moves*

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)
If you're into clever boffin types like that
you should talk to b3ta user Tangled.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:39, Reply)

room door return rectum the

+g
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:41, Reply)
Mk II.0

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:42, Reply)
Convoluted.
8/10
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)
I'm waiting for SEMEN PATEL's autobiography

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:40, Reply)
Brown Girl with the Stain?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:42, Reply)
Tra la la la la

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:48, Reply)
SEMEN PATEL

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)
i can't read, and i'll thank you for not drawing attention to it

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:41, Reply)
Excellent sig

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:43, Reply)

Somebody dies, seemingly by natural causes.
Quincy notices something that causes him to suspect foul play.
He then changes roles from medical examiner to detective, by refusing to release the body and sign off on the cause of death, to Dr. Asten's disapproval. Occasionally, Dr Asten refuses Quincy's requests, to which Quincy argues with his superior before signing off questioning his morals, before he goes back to his (house) boat.
Asten gets upset, believing Quincy is seeing evidence that doesn't exist, and urges the doctor to speedily conclude his investigations and accept the obvious. Asten invariably complains to Quincy that he cannot justify the budget for an extended investigation but is talked round enough to give Quincy 24 hours. Lt. Monahan's feathers are ruffled too as Quincy "shoulders-in" on police territory.
Quincy argues quite loudly with some bureaucratic individual impeding the case.
Quincy asks Sam to "cover for me" while the coroner continues his detective work. This often involves asking his assistant to carry out some laborious and time-consuming tests that take him all night. Sam, who often has to cancel his social activities as a result, grumbles but relents.
Quincy solves the murder, with even the most stubborn bureaucratic officials now also convinced.
All main characters meet at Danny's restaurant at the episode's end to celebrate.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:47, Reply)
wikipaedo

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:49, Reply)
You forgot the bit where Quincy, a 60+ year old man
invariably wins the attentions of a girl forty years younger than him because it's the Seventies and it's ok.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:50, Reply)
copied/pasted from wikipedia

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:54, Reply)
YOU FORGOT IT

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:55, Reply)
i'll update the wiki

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:55, Reply)
HAPPY NOW PRICK? I'VE CHANGED THE INTERNET, FOR YOU
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy,_M.E.#Synopsis
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:57, Reply)
Better. Less slacking though next time, yeah?
Also: LOL
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:57, Reply)
LOL indeed.
I like this a lot.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:00, Reply)
LOL

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:00, Reply)
Do you think you ought to cite your reference for this?
*Kroney off of the internet.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
who would win in a fight between quincy and jessica fletcher?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:51, Reply)
society

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:52, Reply)
I'm reading Hole in the Head by charles gross
its about brains and trepanning and stuff, it's very good
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:46, Reply)
Sounds good

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:47, Reply)
Bart Hughes lolz

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:48, Reply)
Trepannation
Trepannation
Trepannation's what you nee-ed
if you wanna be the best
can't remember this line
mmm hmm trepannation's what you nee-ed
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:55, Reply)
I am not a cabbage.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:51, Reply)
Ferme la, chou.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:54, Reply)
^ LIES ^

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:58, Reply)
YOU SURE SMELL LIKE ONE

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:58, Reply)
You're using your medical training to be mean on the internet.
For shame.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 11:59, Reply)

youtu.be/8zkz4sz-cfk
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:03, Reply)
there is a dish on the wagamamas menu
i have no idea what it is. but omg you know when some cunt has ordered it. it's like one of the egyptian mummies farted and the gas only got released thousands of years later when the pyramids were opened.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:00, Reply)
Swipesflange Yukki Soba

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:01, Reply)
don't be silly
that would smell like parma violets and sunshine
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:02, Reply)
It smells like a two week old
cheese and tuna toastie.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:02, Reply)
You are not a nice man.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:03, Reply)
I have never pretended to be otherwise.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
er
how the blue fuck would you know? you've never been anywhere near it!
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:03, Reply)
I only live twenty miles away.
Most summer days I have to keep my windows closed.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
that is because you don't want any ray of sunshine to hit your computer screen
i LOL every time fb tells me you are playing some nerdy game!
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:07, Reply)
I don't play any FB games, though :(

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)
this is why it's so funny
fb is telling all your friends that you are some kind of nerdy gaming cunt
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)

fuck waffle
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:05, Reply)
blue waffle?
what the blue fuck is a blue waffle?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:06, Reply)
Can you not look these things up for yourself?

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:07, Reply)
and get myself sacked for looking up greasy kitchen porn or something?
i don't trust you
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:08, Reply)
Very wise.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)

not

hahahahahahaha
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:00, Reply)
Ooh fuck it's pub o clock

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:00, Reply)
HAHAHA YOU SHOWED HIM!!!!!

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:03, Reply)
i have got a real craving for a feta, houmous and radish wrap today
instead i have water. fml.

thought i'd park this here, as you like a bit of houmous.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
you're such a dick, swipe

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
what's wrong with feta, radish and houmous??

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
that's proper girl food you're complaining about not having
and then having 'water instead' what a nob
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:05, Reply)
Well she's hardly going to to Gregg's is she?
Not with her ex working in there and all.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:06, Reply)
he's still not speaking to me :((((((

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:06, Reply)
YOU MEAN :)))))))))))))

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:08, Reply)
no, it makes me want to say pathetic things like "I MISS YOU"
but i don't and i won't, so don't worry.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)
Don't you fucking dare.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:10, Reply)
She already has done.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:10, Reply)
I bet you're right.
What a dick.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:12, Reply)
no, i am resisting the urge

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:19, Reply)
You'd fucking better.
I'm warning you.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:21, Reply)
i will
he has behaved very badly this time. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:26, Reply)
Fucking "this time"?
As opposed to every other time?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:29, Reply)
but i am a girl!
you're just a rancid-arsed meanie
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:06, Reply)
Nothing, that's the point.
It's the 'Auschwitz lunch' you'll be having that is the issue here.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:05, Reply)
I do indeed.
I will be having fucken SOUP so don't feel too bad.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:04, Reply)
there is a new lunch place near me
does a lovely spicy dhal type soup thing. what soup have you got?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:08, Reply)
None yet. About to go to Sainer's and buy a can.
Funnily enough they've just launched tarka dal and chana dal soups. I've tried the former and it was OK, their new Thai green curry one is gash, though.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:09, Reply)
red curry ftw
green is too coconutty
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:19, Reply)
more racism :'(

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:37, Reply)
You can watch Red Dwarf on Dave iPlayer.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:47, Reply)
non-fiction is dull and boring
for old men and nonces.

Also books are old fashioned and dull.

Recently I have been enjoying the podcasts of Decoder Ring theatre: decoderringtheatre.com/

They are very good and better than whatever old wank grandad Boyce likes, this is all.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:18, Reply)
Shut up Wilf you Victorian penis.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:21, Reply)
this is especially appropriate
as I am advocating The Way of The Future while you are stuck in the past old man.

actually that whole Schick is silly coming form Old Man Boyce, you are way more LOLretro than me. you even do that whole vinyl bollocks
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:29, Reply)
oh CQ
You know not what you do.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:31, Reply)
verry possibly
to what are you referring in this instance? if it's vinyl you may cock right off.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:32, Reply)
when I DJ
I play vinyl exclusively. Going to have to go digital though, but don't really fancy shelling out two grand on CDJs :'(
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:34, Reply)
OK.
no idea how this answers my question.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:38, Reply)
iTunes is free, just cue up your tracks on a playlist.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:42, Reply)
I never considered this.
How do I set cue points, loop points and alter the speed? Otherwise, heroically pointless.

Though it does mean saving 500 quid on the mixer.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:44, Reply)
PLMDZR, to be honest no matter what you use it'll be heroically pointless.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:45, Reply)
yeah, well so's your face.
No returns.

Did you ever find out what that sample was?
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:47, Reply)
I think "heroically pointless"
describes Dozer quite well
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:50, Reply)
oh man CQ
You terrible bully. I'll cry myself to sleep tonight fo sho.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:51, Reply)
That was a compliment
I'll happily self-apply it for that matter.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 13:07, Reply)
does Snowtown count?
It's about the 'bodies in barrels' murders in Australia. A very good film indeed.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:26, Reply)
I watched the Hunger Games last night.
I thought it was good, thanks to everyone lowering my expectations so much.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:30, Reply)
I don't really like non-fiction that much. I like Jeremy Kyle, does that count?
I don't really have anything to add here, I once watched a documentry about nazi ufos, that was good.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:38, Reply)
Oh Kay Burley :(
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213299/Insensitive-bordering-cruel-Sky-News-presenter-Kay-Burley-slammed-breaking-news-April-Jones-murder-live-air.html
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:45, Reply)
I have broached this very subject in a new thread.
Come join me. Make me feel popular.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:49, Reply)
Sky Movies 007
starts today. 22 Bond films constantly rolling or get them on demand if that's how you roll.

Today will live long in the memory.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:45, Reply)
World's worst idea.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:48, Reply)
Shove it, Gaston.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:51, Reply)
Should just pirate them.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:49, Reply)
I have a 22 Bond torrent seeding in Vuze right now.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:50, Reply)
my favourite Bond is Goldfinger.
Connery is the ur-Bond
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:49, Reply)
Dr No and Thunderball are my faves.
I have to say Moore because he was Bond when I was a kid. Connery was better really.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:55, Reply)
See, Moore was a camp Bond, but the campy films of his era suited that
Connery's interpretation is much more 'masculine' in that respect.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:58, Reply)
Connery was just the first Bond.
Dalton was the best.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:59, Reply)
this is so wrong it's hilarious.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 13:00, Reply)
No it isn't.

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 13:04, Reply)
it's not on freeview :( /povo

(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:50, Reply)
Probably not.
It is in wonderful HD though.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:51, Reply)
Until you get back from lunch
And can't remember your own name, let alone anything Bond related.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:51, Reply)
No lunch for Captain Stunned today.
Save for the tuna roll I am shoving in my face.
(, Fri 5 Oct 2012, 12:52, Reply)

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