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Time for a BSG cull?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Every time I visit this website there's always new people contributing. I don't like it. It's very disconcerting. I feel like Enoch Powell in the sixties when he looked out of his window and saw hordes of threatening darkies heading his way. Time to thin out the numbers a bit? If you need a list of names for people to get the chop I've got some suggestions.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
If there was ever a misconception of Enoch Powell, there it is.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
I knew you'd be an Enoch fan.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, EllieJP said:
Dear Chipolata,
Unfortunatly, due to growing numbers of members of BSG you will now no longer be needed to contribute.
Please pack up your sketches and useless postings and leave before we set Aaron on you.
Yours sincerely,
The BSG Team.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
I'd just fall back on one of my seventeen other user names. 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, EllieJP said:
Ban!!!!!!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 1 2008, 12:03 PM BSTI knew you'd be an Enoch fan.
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Not a particular fan, I'm just sick of people jumping on the "Ooh, he's so racist!" bandwagon.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
I like Enoch for his "All political careers are doomed to end in failure" quote, which could just as easily be applied to all comedy careers as well. As for him being a racist, that's debatable. But there's no denying his words have been hijacked by racists, and used to make ethnic minorities feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. And my dad, who is a proud racist, is always wittering on about what a great guy Enoch was.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Marc P said:
I jumped on a bandwagon once... it was bloody noisy!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 1 2008, 1:14 PM BSTBut there's no denying his words have been hijacked by racists, and used to make ethnic minorities feel uncomfortable and unwelcome.
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Definitely. Sad that a message of warning has been used as justification for the very thing it was warning against! (Kind of like the last few years of government seem to have taken 1984 as an instruction manual.)
Quote: chipolata @ May 1 2008, 1:14 PM BSTAnd my dad, who is a proud racist, is always wittering on about what a great guy Enoch was.
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Legend.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, thing said:
So it's a kind of 'repatriate them all back to Chortle type thing'?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
They could lead perfectly happy lives over at Jake How's website (is that still going?).
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, thing said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 1 2008, 3:56 PM BSTThey could lead perfectly happy lives over at Jake How's website (is that still going?).
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On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Rebecca Davies said:
I'm pretty new... But I'm not threatening. Unless you find people funnier than anybody else threatening. Please like me. As that weird tiger would say, "I'm grrrrreat".
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Don't worry, Rebecca, you're a girl so you'd be saved. You might have to breed with, though. 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, sootyj said:
If you're a politician your words have added weight, and influence.
And therefore it behooves you to be responsible, and not a silly arse.
Talking about rivers of blood, and thinking you wouldn't be misunderstood.
Is the act of a silly arse.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Rebecca Davies said:
On behalf of my womb, breed away.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
People can be hijacked, though. I'm not sure Friedrich Nietche would have been overly fond of Hitler quoting him so often.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Griff said:
Wasn't the whole "rivers of blood" reference some highbrow classical allusion which only 0.00001% of the population were ever going to not misunderstand ?
I bet Aristotle (or whoever it was) is pretty fucked off at having his catchphrase well and truly shat on.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, sootyj said:
No, but Nietche wasn't a politician, and never aspired to be. Hitler liked Charlie Chaplin's, The Great Dictator, he may have been an evil bastard. But he was an evil bastard with eclectic tastes.
Enoch was a highly conservative politician with a strong following in the right.
Mind you the silly bugger, gave the impetus for the race relations act.
Kinda like marching against gayness, and ending up getting bummed.
It was Pliny I think? The rivers of the Tiber will foam with blood.
And Boris (may he lose horribly) Johnson was probably using an old Latin form of respectful greeting, when he uses the word Pickaninny. Especially when used in conjunction with cannibal, or water melon smile.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Britcom Barry said:
Isn’t it amazing how fast and far a thread can go off topic without the original subject ever being debated?
So this is a great example of what the problem is and it's not the numbers.
Reminder: - this is a forum for people with an interest in Comedy. (Should just be Sitcoms, but that another subject and didn’t wont to contradict myself).
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, sootyj said:
And now for something completely different. A discussion about sitcoms, on BSG.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Scatterbrained Floozy said:
Never!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charley said:
Can I be culled please.It will look well good on my CV?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: sootyj @ May 1 2008, 4:32 PM BSTIf you're a politician your words have added weight, and influence.
And therefore it behooves you to be responsible, and not a silly arse.
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On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Perry Nium said:
Quote: Charley @ May 1 2008, 8:27 PM BSTCan I be culled please.It will look well good on my CV?
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I'm sure there'll be a lot of blokes on here willing to give you a right good culling Charley. Oh yes, a proper good culling and no mistake. A good, hard, thorough culling.
Up the arse.
Oh damn I spoilt the innuendo now.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
I had dejavu with that post.
Weeeird.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Godot Taxis said:
Quote: sootyj @ May 1 2008, 4:40 PM BSTNo, but Nietche wasn't a politician, and never aspired to be. Hitler liked Charlie Chaplin's, The Great Dictator, he may have been an evil bastard. But he was an evil bastard with eclectic tastes.
Enoch was a highly conservative politician with a strong following in the right.
Mind you the silly bugger, gave the impetus for the race relations act.
Kinda like marching against gayness, and ending up getting bummed.
It was Pliny I think? The rivers of the Tiber will foam with blood.
And Boris (may he lose horribly) Johnson was probably using an old Latin form of respectful greeting, when he uses the word Pickaninny. Especially when used in conjunction with cannibal, or water melon smile.
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Sooty has earned an indemnity from culling with this post I think. And fuck Boris (but not in any way that can cause enjoyment).
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, sootyj said:
Am I funnier when I talk crap on forums, then when writing my woeful skits.
I know this is going off topic.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
I can't say I've read any of your 'skits' - not recently enough to remember them - but if you are, then that doesn't bode well for a writing career.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Britcom Barry comes over as a bit OCD in his post. I don't mind threads going off topic. It's all part of a threads charm.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, EllieJP said:
It's okay to go off thread in General, but in sitcom related threads we like it if you stay on topic. 
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 2 2008, 10:55 AM BSTBritcom Barry comes over as a bit OCD in his post. I don't mind threads going off topic. It's all part of a threads charm.
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I dunno, perhaps, but he has a point. We do need to start being more on-topic in the British Sitcoms and Other British Comedy forums.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
You start trying to do that and threads will diec on their arse like a Jake How website. If you want a thread to get back on message simply add a post that brings it back to the subject being discussed.
The only thing I do get annoyed by is when threads become too long and are used to discuss everything about a show or comedian. For example, I think the Pulling thread features discussions on both series. I'd have prefered two seperate threads. And I'd rather we discussed Peep Show Series 5 in a thread marked Peep Show Series 5.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 2 2008, 11:03 AM BSTYou start trying to do that and threads will diec on their arse like a Jake How website. If you want a thread to get back on message simply add a post that brings it back to the subject being discussed.
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Hence it being in the state it is at present!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Sofa_Matt said:
Time for a BSG cull? No.
New thread required.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 2 2008, 11:03 AM BST
The only thing I do get annoyed by is when threads become too long and are used to discuss everything about a show or comedian. For example, I think the Pulling thread features discussions on both series. I'd have prefered two seperate threads. And I'd rather we discussed Peep Show Series 5 in a thread marked Peep Show Series 5.
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I agree entirely. And it's happening again with the 30 Rock thread. People are starting to discuss season two in the same thread season one was discussed. I hate that.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Oliver said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2008, 10:02 AM BSTI agree entirely. And it's happening again with the 30 Rock thread. People are starting to discuss season two in the same thread season one was discussed. I hate that.
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I know you hate me chipolata!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, roscoff said:
Quote: chipolata @ May 9 2008, 10:02 AM BSTI agree entirely. And it's happening again with the 30 Rock thread. People are starting to discuss season two in the same thread season one was discussed. I hate that.
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It's terrible I imagine. Is there much wailing and gnashing of teeth? Are there dead bodies strewn over the website? It sounds like hell on Earth.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Paul W said:
Quote: roscoff @ May 9 2008, 1:37 PM BSTIt's terrible I imagine. Is there much wailing and gnashing of teeth? It sounds like hell on Earth.
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Or my home town on a saturday night.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Curt said:
Someone should start a petition for chipolata to finally get an avatar. Not me though I'm far to lazy.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
So is it going to be the oldest first then?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charly said:
I don't have an avatar. How do you get them?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: Charly @ May 17 2008, 2:37 PM BSTI don't have an avatar. How do you get them?
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Aaron sells them but be careful - look at the crap one he gave me
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Charly said:
*shuffles nervously away*
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: Charly @ May 17 2008, 2:43 PM BST*shuffles nervously away*
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smart move
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Alan Cornforth @ May 17 2008, 2:41 PM BSTAaron sells them but be careful - look at the crap one he gave me
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I never said it'd be any good!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Mark said:
Quote: Charly @ May 17 2008, 2:37 PM BSTI don't have an avatar. How do you get them?
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Hi Charly...
The geeky way: Upload the picture you want to some web space and then put the URL into the box in the profile edit screen.
The easy way: Email the picture you want to me (button below) and we'll sort the rest out for you.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: Mark @ May 17 2008, 8:18 PM BSTHi Charly...
The geeky way: Upload the picture you want to some web space and then put the URL into the box in the profile edit screen.
The easy way: Email the picture you want to me (button below) and we'll sort the rest out for you.
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Oh Mark, you've ruined Aaron's trade in Dip Dabs now
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
*shakes fist*
Only just realised that no one actuially answered the question before. Woops. Sorry Charly!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: Mark @ May 17 2008, 8:18 PM BSTHi Charly...
The geeky way: Upload the picture you want to some web space and then put the URL into the box in the profile edit screen.
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You forgot to mention it should be 100 x 100 pixels
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Well strictly speaking it doesn't HAVE to be. Yet.
It'll all be copied to our server and resized automatically soon(ish) though.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Quote: Mark @ May 17 2008, 8:18 PM BSTHi Charly...
The geeky way: Upload the picture you want to some web space and then put the URL into the box in the profile edit screen.
The easy way: Email the picture you want to me (button below) and we'll sort the rest out for you.
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Can someone translate that into English?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: David Chapman @ May 18 2008, 12:34 AM BSTCan someone translate that into English?
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easy ... t h a t
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Very quick there Alan!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, David Chapman said:
Quote: Alan Cornforth @ May 18 2008, 12:36 AM BSTeasy ... t h a t
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Huh!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Kim Griffin said:
Wow...I should have read this post first. I've been posting my sketches all over the place! I'll take them elsewhere!
Sorry!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Ha!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Jake How said:
Quote: Kim Griffin @ May 18 2008, 12:18 PM BSTWow...I should have read this post first. I've been posting my sketches all over the place! I'll take them elsewhere!
Sorry!
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I take it you write comedy ?
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Kim Griffin said:
To the point of social sacrifice yes I do!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Jake How said:
I write more Drama then Comedy.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Kim Griffin said:
I started out that way, but I find that the better you are at writing drama, the better you are at taking the piss out of it.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Jake How said:
Yeah I know what you mean.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: Kim Griffin @ May 18 2008, 3:20 PM BSTTo the point of social sacrifice yes I do!
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Only to the point? Not beyond?
Amateur.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Kim Griffin said:
I'm trying to maintain a human image here, don't you coax out the truth Aaron, you don't know what'll jump out at you!!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
A big scary thing with 16 eyes, a weird blue swollen stomach, three blob-ended fingers on each hand, and no genitals?
Sorry, sorry, promised I wouldn't bad-mouth Ricky Gervais anymore.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
You've angered the zooo.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Alan C said:
Quote: zooo @ May 18 2008, 8:32 PM BSTYou've angered the zooo.
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This sounds interesting - will your avatar change colour? It couldn't get more puce than it is now though
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Quote: zooo @ May 18 2008, 8:32 PM BSTYou've angered the zooo.
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I know. I'm sorry mistress. Please don't have me killed or nuffink.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, zooo said:
Okay, just provide me with more of the good stuff and we'll say no more about it.
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, Aaron said:
Way hey!
On Wednesday 31st December 1969 GMT at 7:00 PM GMT, chipolata said:
Quote: Curt @ May 12 2008, 2:24 PM BSTSomeone should start a petition for chipolata to finally get an avatar. Not me though I'm far to lazy.
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It's funny you should mention that but a Chipolata avatar is in the pipeline. I don't want to say anything else about it at the moment for fear of building expectations to Indiana Jones 4 proportions.