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Irisi posted:Folk getting their knickers in a twist about Ruby and insinuating she's only got to the final by fluttering her eyelashes at Hollywood (conveniently ignoring the fact that Mary Berrys' opinions have equal weight in the judging). This explains it pretty well: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2013/oct/20/great-british-bake-off-ruby-tandoh That seems unfair I think she's good enough to be in the final, just not win it - unless they ignore previous weeks and she plays a blinder tonight. But I do find her attitude extremely annoying.
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Has anyone got James' book from GBBO 2012. I fancy getting a book on baking
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Oct 22, 2013 19:30
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I don't really see the point when all the recipes are available online one way or another. I suppose it might be a nice thing to flick through for inspiration.
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Oct 22, 2013 19:31
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Pissflaps posted:That seems unfair I think she's good enough to be in the final, just not win it - unless they ignore previous weeks and she plays a blinder tonight. The only thing about her that bugs the poo poo out of me is she is so messy! She looks like a toddler when she finishes cooking, covered from head to toe in raw cake mix and flour. Don't get me started on the state of her work top!
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Oct 22, 2013 19:44
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Pissflaps posted:I don't really see the point when all the recipes are available online one way or another. I suppose it might be a nice thing to flick through for inspiration. Id just like a book on baking I dont take a laptop into the kitchen when Im baking
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Oct 22, 2013 19:45
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Taff posted:Id just like a book on baking I dont take a laptop into the kitchen when Im baking You should get an iPad they're really handy for that sort of thing. Though, tbf, you should probably leave off the baked goods full stop.
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Oct 22, 2013 19:48
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Taking your Kindle or iPad into the kitchen isn't a very good idea either. My mam broke hers with hot caramel syrup (you can peel boiling sugar off books once its' cooled down enough, but it will utterly kill a Kindle screen)
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Oct 22, 2013 19:54
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Sheer madness no doubt but I reckon from that shot of them waiting to find out, Frances has done it!
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Oct 22, 2013 20:02
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My mam's got one of these for her iPad and it works a treat. A clear plastic bag would probably work too
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Oct 22, 2013 20:08
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Is it just me or whenever you watch anything on 4 or demand at the moment you get the same loving advert 2-3 times in a row? I hate the halifax bank enough already with being reminded of it.
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Oct 22, 2013 20:24
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Someody needs to tell Kimberley that calling her bake "Pig Pie" and colouring her pastry green does not make it sound or look particularly yummy. Also, that poor Ruby lass is actively self-sabotaging tonight. She made the most beautiful pie and but is still wailing pitiful distress in the bemused judges faces.
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Oct 22, 2013 20:31
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I may have missed fancying-sue-chat, but yeeep. Since Supersizers.
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Oct 22, 2013 20:50
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Pleased with the winner tbh
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Oct 22, 2013 20:55
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Team Frances for the epic win. Suck it Pissflaps. Love the bake off
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Oct 22, 2013 20:55
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Less contentious than last year at least.
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Oct 22, 2013 20:55
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Fazana posted:Sheer madness no doubt but I reckon from that shot of them waiting to find out, Frances has done it! Team Frances  It was pretty clear as soon as the six (!) hours were up, the presentation on the other two were so far behind it would have needed the insides of her creation to taste like pissflaps suggested earlier this afternoon for her not to win.
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Oct 22, 2013 21:01
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Bless her ickle heart, she looked so surprised and pleased. I'm surprised and pleased too, both the judges were very hard on her, all the way through the series.
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Oct 22, 2013 21:08
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Kimberly really let herself down there. Can't argue with the result of that.
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Oct 22, 2013 22:38
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Pissflaps posted:Kimberly really let herself down there. Can't argue with the result of that. I felt so bad for Ruby when she was sobbing because of her lovely wedding cake, she was doing so well up to that point 
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Oct 23, 2013 11:45
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well poo poo, the final series of Misfits starts tonight. That seemed to have been kept quiet....
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Oct 23, 2013 12:14
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Smiley Face posted:I felt so bad for Ruby when she was sobbing because of her lovely wedding cake, she was doing so well up to that point I didn't feel bad for her. Hers and Kim's efforts were appalling.
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Oct 23, 2013 13:03
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Rondette posted:well poo poo, the final series of Misfits starts tonight. That seemed to have been kept quiet.... Are any of the original characters still in it? I stopped watching during season 3 I think
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Oct 23, 2013 13:05
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Pissflaps posted:I didn't feel bad for her. Hers and Kim's efforts were appalling. They weren't well finished but they did look tasty, especially Kimberly's. A wedding cake is the perfect medium for a style over substance baker to excel in (though Francis' did look like it was tasty too). Going in I was expecting Kimberly to win with Francis a close second, but after the wet pig pie and the lumpy pretzels she was really coming from behind, and I think the judges made a good call.
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Oct 23, 2013 13:17
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Fatkraken posted:They weren't well finished but they did look tasty, especially Kimberly's. A wedding cake is the perfect medium for a style over substance baker to excel in (though Francis' did look like it was tasty too). Going in I was expecting Kimberly to win with Francis a close second, but after the wet pig pie and the lumpy pretzels she was really coming from behind, and I think the judges made a good call. That's the thing: they didn't look tasty. They looked amateurish and poo poo.
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Oct 23, 2013 13:26
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I don't think either Kimberly's or Ruby's cake was good enough to win in an earlier round, let alone the show stopper round of the final. And I can totally see Francis opening a cake decorating business on the back of this.
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Oct 23, 2013 13:39
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My girlfriend thought Rubys wedding cake was dogshit and kept saying she could have done better myself. Her constant whining and crying wound her up no end too. It was a bit of a shocker for a showstopper in the final. Kimberley using a press with the word love sounded good, but when she did it she ended up going all skewiff and over the place. If I was on the production team I would have scrapped it and come up with a new final challenge as all 3 cakes were a bit iffy
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Oct 23, 2013 14:04
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That stamp just made her cake look grubby. Like old newspaper. Ruby's whining and crying wound up my wife good and proper too - and we've not been paying any attention to newspaper/twitter criticism.
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Oct 23, 2013 14:15
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Taff posted:My girlfriend thought Rubys wedding cake was dogshit and kept saying she could have done better myself. Her constant whining and crying wound her up no end too. Totally agree, I thought all 3 cakes were pretty poo poo. Although at least Kimberly's seemed like it would be pretty delicious, and the checkerboarding was cool. The right cake-baking lady won though.
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Oct 23, 2013 14:17
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Pissflaps posted:I didn't feel bad for her. Hers and Kim's efforts were appalling. That's true, both of those cakes belonged in the bin IMO
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Oct 23, 2013 14:29
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Well I enjoyed the Ambassadors, especially Robert Webb. It is kind of nice to see them in something that isn't silly sketches.
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Oct 23, 2013 22:13
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Smiley Face posted:That's true, both of those cakes belonged in the bin IMO Mods! Wait... Will have to check out that Ambassadors thing, sounds pretty good.
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Oct 23, 2013 22:18
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Geokinesis posted:It is kind of nice to see them in something that isn't silly sketches. Have you heard of a thing called Peep Show
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Oct 23, 2013 23:14
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I thought Misfits was pretty great, with some hilarious lines, though rape being the solution to the problem of the week made me seriously uncomfortable even if it was played for laughs.
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Oct 24, 2013 01:57
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Yeah I've been told Ambassadors was alright so I'm watching it tonight. Did they write it?
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Magic Mango posted:I thought Misfits was pretty great, with some hilarious lines, though rape being the solution to the problem of the week made me seriously uncomfortable even if it was played for laughs. Uhhh loving hell, I thought you must be exaggerating but I just read the episode guide on wikipedia: Following the conclusion of Season 4, Barman Alex recovers in hospital after a lung transplant. Alex is confronted by a woman who informs him that, as his new lung comes from a super powered individual, he now has the ability to remove the powers of others through sexual intercourse. The woman wishes for Alex to have sex with her, as the storm has made her unnaturally accident prone. Finn is attacked by a group of scouts who turn out to be agents of Satan and, after killing the scout leader the next day, he himself is possessed. Finn manages to possess Abbey, both Rudys and finally Jess. Alex manages to knock out Finn and then engages in anal sex with him, his new power removing the Satanic presence from Finn and the others. 
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Oct 24, 2013 10:03
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I think that's the worst plot device I've ever seen on scripted tv. What the hell 
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Oct 24, 2013 10:12
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Also the episode established it had to be unprotected sex.
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Oct 24, 2013 10:53
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Everyone needs to shut the hell up and appreciate that last night's Misfits involved a Satanist Scout troupe e: And then that happened
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Oct 24, 2013 11:42
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Rarity posted:Everyone needs to shut the hell up and appreciate that last night's Misfits involved a Satanist Scout troupe And a woman who can knit the future, which seems like a rather delayed take on Heroes' Isaac, complete with the same special effect for the eyes.
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thehustler posted:Yeah I've been told Ambassadors was alright so I'm watching it tonight. Did they write it? I don't think they wrote it, no. It's worth a watch, but it isn't very funny.
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