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| racheymaus old hand Rank: Chinny | Best Midlander posted on: 8/1/2003 10:20:00 PM This evening I spotted a plea from Midlands Today (Terribly amusing!) for nominations for, you guessed it, best person from the Midlands. It looked really naff, cheapening the BNS experience, and was a little far reaching (ie: they had a picture of Robbie Williams' gurning visage). Can we stop this? Should we allow them to use our resources? Are they copying? |
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NH350Ariel
old hand Rank: Ozzy |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/1/2003 10:55:55 PM that kind of crap could include Larry Grayson for favourite dead midlander. it should be stopped. |
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peakyblinder
old hand Rank: Chinny |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/1/2003 11:32:50 PM It's gotta be Shakespeare, I suppose, although I much prefer Ben Jonson. He pisses all over Shakespeare. Shakespeare sucked too many cocks, that was his problem. |
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NH350Ariel
old hand Rank: Ozzy |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/1/2003 11:59:31 PM They should tell that to the yank tourists in stratford. " of course he had to write Falstaff back in after his death as he was sucking Queen Elisibeth`s nob" |
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racheymaus
old hand Rank: Chinny |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/2/2003 10:19:35 AM They also had the tidy appeasing moustache of Nev Chamberlain on show. Have either of the Chamberlain brothers had a mention? is Joseph known outside of Brum? And as for Jonson, do you not find his all- pervasive symbolism, which is inevitably undermined, rather frustrating? Lulling the reader/viewer into a false state of security only to mock him/her at the end. I like a little more respect from my playwrights. At least with Shakespeare you know you can safely follow a critical thread through to the end and be rewarded. However the fact that Billy S fúcked off outta the Midlands and never looked back should disqualify him. If we flood Midlands Today with nominations for Malik, do you think he'll get a mention? Or would that get our states of mind investigated? |
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blueskyrich
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Best Midlander
replied on: 8/2/2003 6:06:45 PM Now you are talking! Balls to being banged up as window-lickers, we need recognition for Malik! That would be just ace - sending a film crew down to see the legend in action. It would make my year. Come on Brummies - you know it makes sense. |
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rotunda pants
villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy This message was updated on 8/2/2003 7:50:52 PM by rotunda pants |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/2/2003 7:41:36 PM Hmm. |
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peakyblinder
old hand Rank: Chinny |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/2/2003 7:57:40 PM Compare Shakespeare's Measure for Measure with Jonson's Bartholomew Fair. Same story, really, but no competition. Shakespeare comes out looking like the fascist-appeasing arse-licking cock-sucker he is. |
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racheymaus
old hand Rank: Chinny |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/2/2003 8:05:59 PM a) Measure 4 measure is a particularly bad example, being dull as dishwater and a little too preachy b) Stop being so sexist/homophobic/conservative. Nowt wrong with a bit of cock sucking. In fact I'd say the gender/sexual uncertainty and debate in Bill's writing is probably its greatest strength, and the detail that keeps it vital today. c) Where was Benny from? d) I was bluffing. I've only read Volpone. I haven't the vaguest idea what I'm talking about. |
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NO PLEASE HELP ME!
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Best Midlander
replied on: 8/4/2003 11:25:06 AM My favorite midlander without a doubt is Sue pollard the most famous person ever to come out of nottingham after robin hood. |
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Nap1st
Rank: Toyah |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/13/2003 1:58:46 AM Ah but did anybody see the version of Macbeth done on a council estate in ladywood they showed on BBC2 years ago. And apparently Shakespeare spoke with his Midlands accent fully intact years and years of leaving the midlands. |
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DrVeraJenkins
old dear Rank: Jasper |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/29/2003 10:55:28 PM Yes. Well I think it does have to be that nice young Sandy Richardson from Crossroads who always managed to smile in spite of...well you know...his little problems. God bless. He once gave my daughter his autograph while filling his car up with petrol in the All Electric on Harborne High Street. Strange thing was though, he walked in to the kiosk to pay. Hmmmm... must have been a having a remission. Thank you. |
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Nap1st
Rank: Toyah |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/30/2003 11:05:34 AM The best story about Sandy Richardson was that although in real life he wasn't disabled, for the This is your life for Noele Gordon he had to come in a wheelchair like the character. |
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peakyblinder
old hand Rank: Chinny |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/30/2003 9:21:14 PM I think Sue Lawley should be voted the best Midlander. I know she wouldn't piss on her birthplace, the Black Country, if it was on fire, I know she's done her best to get rid of the Black Country accent she was born with, and I know she's done her best to make everyone believe she's a posh bird from the Home Counties, but I'd love to see the horrified expression on her face when she realises she's been rumbled. Thank you. |
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rotunda pants
villa, but nice with it Rank: Ozzy |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/31/2003 12:58:15 AM My dad smacked the bloke who played Sandy in the gob. It was before the character was disabled though, so that makes it alright. |
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DrVeraJenkins
old dear Rank: Jasper |
Best Midlander
replied on: 8/31/2003 9:29:10 PM Well all I can say young man is, it's a good job for your father that Benny wasn't in the series at that time. He wouldn't want to go around hitting one of Benny's friends. What happened to Miss Diane? She was very caring. |
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