Speculating on the lunchtimes of weekends yet to come

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 15:55, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

And reviewing classic lunches of the 1960s
When lunches really were lunches. If you can remember those lunches, you weren't really there.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:00, Reply)

And the never-ending debate over when lunches started to go downhill
Was it 1969? Was it the early '70s? Have things ever recovered since the ghastly synth-laden, make-up caked lunches of the '80s?
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:08, Reply)

Not to mention the bloated excesses of the mid-70s 'prog lunch' scene.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:10, Reply)

Man, that started so well
Pulling in different culinary influences and just experimenting with flavours, but by '75 it just seemed like a challenge to see how much crap you could fit into one massive sandwich...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:12, Reply)

It was blown away by the "bag of peanuts and a swig of booze, down in two minutes" Punk Lunch explosion


Malcolm McLaren invented it. I know this because he said so.
(Cave Duck, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:14, Reply)

I would like to point out that I think that this is an absolutely splendid thread

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:16, Reply)

Endless noodling....

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:15, Reply)

So many noodles
That much wet starch is always going to just bloat.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:25, Reply)

The 70's were king.
Soup served in a hollowed out bread loaf/roll. Class.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:13, Reply)

Did anyone watch the television series that had Sue Perkins and Giles Coren having dinners from different eras?
At the end of the programme my girlfriend asked if they were a couple in real life.
(Cave Duck, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:11, Reply)

To which you replied
'they're a couple of COMPLETE CUNTS, if that's what you mean'
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:13, Reply)

despite her being a rug-muncher
I kind of fancy Sue Perkins
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:15, Reply)

Would.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:18, Reply)

*baffled*
She's vile
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:29, Reply)

I like the idea of my harry monk dribbling out of her nostrils.
I don't know why.
*seeks therapy*

Coren is a weapons grade though.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:56, Reply)

His sister's a nice bit of posh totty though

(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:57, Reply)

slightly too equine-looking for my tastes.
Daisy Donovan is top of my list at the moment.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:59, Reply)

To be fair, every time I hear her speak
I do want to punch her in the mouth
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Giles Coren is alright as well
actually after a quick google, I realised I was thinking of the wrong one. His reviews are okay, himself not so much. Apart from threatening to rape, kill and then burn the drumkit of his 12 year old next door neighbour. That gets a thumbs up
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:29, Reply)

Have you ever read that awful memo he sent to a sub editor?
You will hate him for ever when you have.

Total. Wanker.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I do remember that
something about a missing 'a.' Bit of a twats move. His column is alright though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 16:38, Reply)

this is the letter
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Christ
what a bellend!
(berk, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 17:04, Reply)

If he were a grey-haired, balding, cantankerous old man
you could almost forgive him for taking such a pompous stance.

It's the fact that he is quite clearly just some bolshy young Rupert that makes him come across as a biblical-scale helmet and insufferable cunt.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Do you know what is REALLY fucking priceless?
The pompous cunt has spelled 'meter' incorrectly.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 17 Sep 2010, 17:38, Reply)