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netally posted:Hollyoaks always had people dying on their wedding day. Did they ever have a wedding that was vaguely normal and dull? I'd love it if a soap decided to have a Christmas episode, with a wedding, that was actually pleasant and peaceful. It would be a genuine loving shock at this point.
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netally posted:Never! That was Eastenders, but yeah. For me, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Hollyoaks weddings is that not-at-all heavy-handed-promo for Mercedes and Riley's wedding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2sW-r9Vb4 Hollyoaks promos are always unintentionally hilarious.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:31
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AuguryOwl posted:Hollyoaks promos are always unintentionally hilarious. Normally my thought process upon seeing an Hollyoaks promo is; 'Oh, this show looks cool, I wonder why I haven't heard of... Oh, it's just loving Hollyoaks.' I guess in that sense they are incredibly effective, I just happen to be too jaded for them.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:34
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Watch Eastenders and hate Jimmy Carr ? You are what is wrong with our country.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:37
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This is fun to watch. I like Carr but the tax thing is inexcusable; the other comedians are giving it to him pretty hard (rightly so) and it's good to see him not have an answer, shrugging helplessly waiting for the topic to change.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:37
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Woah, I want a scary wedding like that! There have definitely been wedding deaths in Hollyoaks though. Max got hit by a car as he was walking to the reception, and some groom got shot during his first dance and they did a "who shot whatshisname?" storyline which went on forfuckingever.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:40
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The tax thing is just what rich people do in this country. Personally I think it's inexcusable to get all up in an arseache over a self-made man like Carr doing it because David loving Cameron told you to.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:42
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netally posted:Woah, I want a scary wedding like that! Ahh I remember! The person who shot the groom turned out to be the brides sister, who was carrying his unborn child! I can't remember why she shot him, though.
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Jun 22, 2012 23:48
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Fat Guy Sexting posted:The Chase with Bradley Walsh? It's good. Guy I knew from Uni went on it and got nearly all his questions wrong and never really lived it down. Mark is the one to avoid, the other ones are good but he's obviously the best. Yeah, Mark definitely lives up to his The Beast nickname. I remember seeing one a few weeks ago where only one guy got through to the end and Mark beat him with more than a minute left. Shaun's probably the best one to get because when he makes a mistake, he starts to bottle it and gets a few wrong. Junkenstein posted:They changed Pointless? It happened a while ago, but changing the head-to-head to a pictures round ruins it because the game goes from knowing the most obscure to just picking the most obscure from the list. At least the second round usually requires the contestant to know something.
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Jun 23, 2012 00:00
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Rapey Joe Stalin posted:The tax thing is just what rich people do in this country. Personally I think it's inexcusable to get all up in an arseache over a self-made man like Carr doing it because David loving Cameron told you to. I'm not a huge Carr fan, but as someone on Question Time asked, why is he being singled out as the epitome of tax avoidance evil? He's hardly the only person engaged in this kind of activity. I'm sure the current government's donor list includes several people avoiding taxes on a far larger scale than Carr. Panorama ran a show a few weeks back detailing the tax avoidance schemes of several large corporations engaged in robbing the country of billions, but that got slightly less than gently caress-all coverage in the media. I'd speculate  that was because the same morally-outraged media outlets condemning Carr are probably funnelling huge chunks of their revenue through the same avoidance schemes that were exposed in the programme.The Chase is good quizzing, although I usually only catch the tail-end of the show. It always surprises me how many people take the standard or reduced-risk deals instead of going for the highest offer, just to slightly increase their chance of making it to the final round. Getting into the final round is great but you're more than likely to get your arse whipped by Mark or one of the other chasers and walk away with nothing - just as if you'd went for the highest offer during the individual chase and lost. Might as well go for the high-stakes chase during the one-on-one bit. If you lose, no big deal because you were probably going to get slaughtered in the final anyway. If you win, you're in the final with a much bigger pot. Your final chances are just as slim either way.
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Jun 23, 2012 03:25
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:I'm not a huge Carr fan, but as someone on Question Time asked, why is he being singled out as the epitome of tax avoidance evil? He's hardly the only person engaged in this kind of activity. I'm sure the current government's donor list includes several people avoiding taxes on a far larger scale than Carr. I agree with you on the Carr stuff, but if your problem is low probability of taking home the pot the answer is to preserve probability, not the pot value  boring gameshow contestants unite!
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Jun 23, 2012 08:53
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Can someone explain the Carr tax thing to me? From what I read whatever he did was legal, so why is he having to apologize? Bear in mind I live in America, where it's basically assumed that wealthy people are involved in various schemes to pay as little taxes as possible.
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Jun 23, 2012 09:43
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Smeep posted:Can someone explain the Carr tax thing to me? From what I read whatever he did was legal, so why is he having to apologize? Bear in mind I live in America, where it's basically assumed that wealthy people are involved in various schemes to pay as little taxes as possible. He's big enough that people rightfully feel cheated by what he did (paying taxes here is less 'government is theft' like America and more 'pay your share') but small enough that the government could pick on him. It took less than five minutes for people to ask Cameron why he singled out Carr and not say, Philip Green, every member of his cabinet, his dad....
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Jun 23, 2012 10:06
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Basically it's not cool that everyone pays taxes but rich celebrities don't, especially when they'd give a lot more in taxes than normal people. Everyone knows rich people avoid tax here, too, but Carr is a soft target that the media and government can lay into for a feel good indignation story without any real consequences. Louie Spence was incredibly irritating on 8 out of 10 cats. He started by pretending to not know David Cameron's name in a 'tee hee I don't know about uncool things like politics' way. Then he made a moronic point of 'loads of bankers don't pay taxes and what do they do? At least Carr and Barlow entertain us' (yes, they shouldn't avoid tax, no it's not okay if we like the guys avoiding tax). And then predictably starts dancing. I know he was goaded into it, but he's like that impressionist who can't answer a question without showing off his talents - it's always shoe horned in and embarrassing.
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Jun 23, 2012 10:08
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Shelf Adventure posted:Basically it's not cool that everyone pays taxes but rich celebrities don't, especially when they'd give a lot more in taxes than normal people. Everyone knows rich people avoid tax here, too, but Carr is a soft target that the media and government can lay into for a feel good indignation story without any real consequences.
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Jun 23, 2012 10:19
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Has Carr ever touched on taxes during 10 O'Clock Live?
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Jun 23, 2012 10:28
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Pablo Bluth posted:Has Carr ever touched on taxes during 10 O'Clock Live? I think there was a sketch about Barclay's tax dodging?
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Jun 23, 2012 11:36
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Yep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXibReHW3UA Nothing really damning in there, worst he gets is calling the accountants who think up these things "ruthless and bloodthirsty"
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Jun 23, 2012 11:44
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Smeep posted:Can someone explain the Carr tax thing to me? From what I read whatever he did was legal, so why is he having to apologize? If I were Jimmy Carr I'd now spend all of the money I'd saved by hiring people to go through the finances of every Tory MP with a fine toothed comb. PS, I hope nobody complaining about what Carr did has an ISA because hey you're investing your money smartly using legal low tax options, so you are morally indefensible apparently.
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Jun 23, 2012 12:49
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FreakyZoid posted:PS, I hope nobody complaining about what Carr did has an ISA because hey you're investing your money smartly using legal low tax options, so you are morally indefensible apparently. You are Toby Young and I claim my 5 pounds.
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Jun 23, 2012 13:01
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Tax Free ISA != Offshoring. One is an intentional government scheme to encourage saving amongst the population, and has quite modest limits. The other is a paper trick involving moving large volumes of money though a country for no reason than to avoid paying tax in the real country of business. I think a lot of the fuss stems from the popular belief that most comedians tend to be left-wing and critical of things like tax dodging. Even if he never has, most people will probably assume that at some point Carr has performed jokes based on criticising the greed of the wealthy.
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Jun 23, 2012 13:06
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They're both legal methods of paying less tax than you otherwise would. You want people not to be allowed to do it? Make it illegal. Or just go on TV bleating about morals or something vague like that, so you don't risk accidentally cutting off the same accounting tricks your chums and supporters use. Don't really get the Toby Young reference, sorry.
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Jun 23, 2012 13:26
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FreakyZoid posted:They're both legal methods of paying less tax than you otherwise would. You want people not to be allowed to do it? Make it illegal. Oh, right, I'll do that then. Thanks!
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Jun 23, 2012 13:48
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Some people earn 2.4% tax free interest on modest savings, some people claim their salary is a loan from an offshore trust and pay £3k in tax from a £300k income. It's all the same, right guys? It's not as if one is a scheme being used as intended and the other is a shameless exploit. I ate some VAT-exempt food this morning (a grapefruit) and I'm worried that makes me a tax dodger. 
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Clyde Radcliffe posted:Panorama ran a show a few weeks back detailing the tax avoidance schemes of several large corporations engaged in robbing the country of billions, but that got slightly less than gently caress-all coverage in the media. I'd speculate
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FreakyZoid posted:PS, I hope nobody complaining about what Carr did has an ISA because hey you're investing your money smartly using legal low tax options, so you are morally indefensible apparently. "You can't complain about it if it's not illegal". Honestly, you don't believe that so why bother with this argument?
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Jun 23, 2012 16:16
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Not the biggest fan of Carr, but fick the media for just fixating on him and not the real arses who get away with this and screw the system much much more. Might kill off 10 O'Clock Live but that is all for the best. It is a bit poo poo and dragging everyone down with it.
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Jun 23, 2012 16:19
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Can anyone who watched Graham Norton last night confirm that Miriam Margolyes was telling the truth when she said she once gave a 'helping hand' to a public masturbator ? 
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Jun 23, 2012 21:31
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Yeah, I definitely masturbate in public all the time son and one time who was in front of me but Miriam Margolyes and you'd better believe she couldn't resist a small piece of that  
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Answers Me posted:Can anyone who watched Graham Norton last night confirm that Miriam Margolyes was telling the truth when she said she once gave a 'helping hand' to a public masturbator ? Uhm, I don't think anyone can confirm the truth of that besides the guy who it happened to. Trin Tragula posted:Yeah, I definitely masturbate in public all the time son and one time who was in front of me but Miriam Margolyes and you'd better believe she couldn't resist a small piece of that Oh there he is, that was quick. Greg Davies was awful in that Graham Norton show. He is supposed to be a comedian but he only had one joke for most of the show (the sponsored swim one). The play between Will and Miriam was funny though. I liked their poles apart bromance.
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It was possibly just the edit but it seemed to me that both he and Graham were willingly taking a backseat to enjoy the amazing chemistry between William and Miriam.
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So I was in the room for the Match of the Day ending montage, which had a weird folksy cover of Linkin Park's "In The End" over it. What's with the trend of covering songs into different genres? Seem to see it used a lot in ads for TV shows.
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I first noticed it with the ad for whatever-it-was that had the ballad-esque piano cover of Pixies. I turned MOTD off as soon as that song came on, I'm sick of them already.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I first noticed it with the ad for whatever-it-was that had the ballad-esque piano cover of Pixies. I turned MOTD off as soon as that song came on, I'm sick of them already. Not sure I've seen that, what song?
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Where is my Mind, and it was really quite good - the trend it apparently set, not so much. I'll try to find the ad, but as you would expect I have no idea what it was advertising. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m--lZP1c28g Still no idea what the ad was but it's this version I think. e2: changed to the right version, the advert had no singing though, Thomson holidays apparently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8B1ZNv9m4s stickyfngrdboy fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Jun 24, 2012 |
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They had a folk version of Thriller the other day that wasn't so bad. That Linkin Park one was terrible; so I suppose it was apt for England's Euro campaign.
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BizarroAzrael posted:So I was in the room for the Match of the Day ending montage, which had a weird folksy cover of Linkin Park's "In The End" over it. What's with the trend of covering songs into different genres? Seem to see it used a lot in ads for TV shows.
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My advertising pet peeve these days is O2 using Little Boxes. A lovely song that shouldn't be used to sell SIM cards (shows about MILF weed are a-ok).
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Semprini posted:Someone in the MotD production crew is a metal fan, I'm sure of it. I've heard Machine Head doing the opening montage one week. For the build up to the England/Germany game at the 2010 World Cup, they used Rammstein's Du Hast.
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