Very eloquently put, that's exactly it.

I used to love Barry Davis during the World Cup group stages when you used to settle down to watch two nations you didn’t really know much about. It would be a masteclass of a soothing, relaxing commentary on what was happening, with a history lesson thrown in.

Mute button is very useful and only used when Sparks is commentating. If I thought she was any good at it I might just lower the volume instead, just as I do with other poor commentators, and of course pundits like Carragher.

Yep she is dreadful. I’m not sure who is worse though her or Micheal Owen. I simply can’t listen to him as says shit, ESPECIALLY if he is commentating on a Liverpool match.

He used to be on the BBC many years ago, doing football or cricket, possibly both. I used to get him & Pat Murphy mixed up.

agreed. it's been utterly toxic. i loathe everything about it, and all the copy cat shows it spawned.

It’s virtually scripted now anyway.

They sit down before hand and think of phrases for big moments and goals, in particular for certain players or the relevance of the occasion. Peter Drury is the worst for this.

The best style of commentary hands down is the South American and Mediterranean way.

I never get tired of hearing a ridiculously elongated pronunciation of “Goal!” following by several fast repetitions of said word.

I watched extended highlights on Youtube the other day of Argentina v Holland in WC 98 with Barry Davis commentating. It was a masterclass comnentry-wise crescendoing with his 'and Bergkamp has won it.' Lovely stuff.

Deliverooooo!!!

Do they really deliver all those different things at the same time? My only contact with them is when I am nearly run over by their idiot maniac riders. Are they simply people who were sacked by Dominos and too mad for Uber?

Riots in Santiago.

I’m stuck in the north. Had 2 flights cancelled so far and no idea when I can get home.

Really? I feel it would get repetitive and pretty annoying quite quickly.

Imagine if we'd had that instead of Tyler's bit of commentary when aguero won the title in the last second.

Who's rioting and why?

Old furkers that think they have a god given right to park their car outside their house .

Started out as students protesting against metro ticket price rises on Friday and quickly got out of hand. Metro stations destroyed, widespread looting and burning of supermarkets and other buildings. State of emergency declared and for me that meant all domestic flights cancelled for 3 days now

They want packed lunches too.

A lot more judging by the level of looting

A bit drastic to riot over it though innit?

Been thinking of you and Peter, but wasn't sure where to post it (feeble excuse - sorry).

Hard to get a handle on what is happen, as apparently in US news it's not!

Perhaps Chile having the greatest disparity in income levels of all OECD countries?

Looks like they’ve watched JOKER for inspiration.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.t...rest-continues

Stay safe.

Stay safe mate.

You’ve got a stalker?

Scarcity of tupperware not ging down well.

Of course the politicians have cupboards well stocked of easy access plastics.

:supergrin:

The Grammarly ads on YouTube.

The continuing protests are getting annoying now.

However, for my university classes I still get paid and classes cancelled until Monday.

PS3 and Netflix.

The phrase "we're pregnant". As far as I'm aware there's only one party doing the hard work past conception.

Damn right. Thought I was going to have a coronary the amount of times I had to go up and down those stairs with a cup of tea for Mrs Bubbs.

Calling actresses "Actors"... don't know why, it just jiggles me.

Sure an actress is an actor, but when talking of a specific actress why not call them an actress?

Agree! When did this become a thing?

Yep. Selfish bitch.

Ever since the shape-changing PC lizards took over the world.

I bet they don't scrap the Best Actress Oscar any time soon though.

Change the name to "Best Female Actor" I expect...

People with mad dogs !

Just going to the vet,walking our dog, this woman's dog up the road somehow got out and attacked mine...Bite's all up his leg and limping ...The woman said her son got this dog and she has to keep her dog apart from it as it attacks any dog... grrrr

When listening to the BBC World Service as I sometimes do when doing a long drive, there is something I'm finding irritating about the presenters of late... well a couple of things actually.

1) It maybe the sound engineers fault, the mics they use or they all have lung diseases, but when whoever is talking starts a new sentence there is the sound of a sharp intake of breath boarding on a gasp. It's not just one person or one time, but all the time and most of the presenters including the news readers.

2) Is one of the criteria to be a BBC World Service presenter to have a strong regional accent? No one seems to have the old fashioned BBC accentless accent anymore, but an annoying Northern, Irish or Scottish accent. Even a South of Watford accent seems over the top under the circumstances.

As you were...

The band name “Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds”.

Why has he got to put his own name in the title ? What a massive big head.

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This phrase. Very American, lazy doublespeak.

Because the only thing he has left to whore out is his name?

Is it a thing? It's not something I've ever heard.

A bit like Paul McCartneys Wings

Must be the worst type of commentary ever, Haaaaate iiiiiiit. reapeat several times, what crap

They’re both as shit as each other

No.argument from here.

The band The Beatles could have been...

I'm off to listen to Glenn Medeiros's Glenn Medeiros.

Have you got your rGlenn Medieros tour chunky jumper?

My original one from the 80’s ? Sadly not... got a bit too tight over the years, but I’m pretty sure the washing machine shrinks it a bit every year, especially after Christmas.

You didn't study marketing did you ?

Ha. We all know why he's got his name in the band title...but I would have thought someone of Noel Gallagher's stature and wealth would not need that marketing tool.

But we all know NG is a massive big head, so it's a win win for him and suits.

Dick isn’t spelt b i g mate

True that. Can't stand him.

He seems one of the down to earth rockstars especially as he made one of the biggest bands of the last 30 years. His brother on the other hand while funny is a bighead.

It’s not ‘a thing’ but a ‘social trend to change gender terms in professional titles among the background of identity politics’

I hate the catch all phrase ‘.... is a thing’ as I see it as a dumbing down of attempting to explain something, it has caught on and see it everywhere. Its doublespeak in the idea that in 1984 the government impose doublespeak (among other reasons) to reduce vocabulary and therefore reduce concepts and thinking by removing words, and also having words have several meanings which again reduce the cognitive power of the masses. (Orwell is an absolute genius) Im not saying this been imposed but more a social phrase that has become popular, but it is doublespeak non-the-less.

My wife or son leaving this for me in the John.
Too hard to replace or stage a freshie on the shelf above or on the tank?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...369fee1460.jpg

For a second there a thought we getting treated to Palace Yankee family log.

The last time I saw Dave Allen he told a story about how frustrating it was that no one in his family ever replaced an empty loo roll. So one day he read them the riot act.

From then on the loo rolls were always left with one lonely sheet remaining.

No logs at present. Had I not made it here in just the nick of time I'd have been posting in the "Ever poohed yourself in public" thread.

That's a family operating under shared power. Funny.

:)

Extinction Rebellion Supporters not demonstrating outside firework shops:D

Bet they're all at firework parties in the next week or so.:D

People who “support” a Formula One Team. How dispassionate and removed from the essence of human interaction through sport can you get? Citius, Altius, Fortius is about flesh and blood, not gearboxes.

Watching a firework display with loud pop/dance music played over the whole thing - ******* ruins it

This must be an English thing... I've just been listening to talkSport and everyone is doing this, especially the Scouser Everton fans calling in who to a man sounded like they were in an iron lung!

Having the chorus guitar riff of a song going around in my head, but unable to recall the song or the artist. Just wasted an hour searching all the possibilities.

Have you tried humming it into Soundhound app? Never tried it myself but have been told it works. Must depend on how good/crap you are at singing though I guess. :)

It was Layla by Derek and the Dominoes

The dog next door that howls for hours each day.

I figured there must be something like that. Anyway, it finally came to me - It was Mainstreet by Bob Seger.

My last one was Blue Monday.

That new autumn advert for Matalan.

Advert from Matalan indeed.

The saying To be fair.

"it is what it is" is far, far worse... An utterly meaningless brain-fart that people do when they cannot elucidate the point they are trying, and failing, to make.

'indeed' as used by men speaking estuary English on television or on the radio.

Plastic poppies on street lights

Costa coffee staff who tell you the dish-washer isn't working and give you a coffee in a take-away cup only. We know you're lying.

The fee fo fi fumb Weetabix advert

'comedian' Tom Allen

Fireworks

Seeing the thread on Roy Hodgson in "Latest Active Threads", and clicking on it, only to have to read "kept Fulham up in certain circumstances" for the hundredth time.

Shit fvcking northern trains getting cancelled by a drop of rain. Been sitting in Doncaster station for about an hour now, waiting for a train to bastard Sheffield.

Disproportionate number of Scottish broadcasters / weather forecasters / advert voice overs / commentators etc

It's the dreadful tap of the box with the spoon that really annoys me.

Weetabix. What is the point of a food that’s so ******* bland that you have to cover it in other stuff to make it edible. Just eat something else FFS.

Any breakfast cereal branded as ‘healthy’ is pointless, just eat porridge.

Yrah. Has to be the 1812 Overture

Sports commentators/presenters banging on about how many goals a team have scored.

'2nd from bottom Norwich have scored more goals this season than 8th placed Sheffield United & even 6th place Palace'

Completely relevant if the table was ordered by 'Goals scored'. It's not, it's based on points gained. Hence, a 2-1 win is infinitely preferable than a 5-3 defeat.....

Advert voiceovers I give you. hink its the TSb one that narks me the most. Regional accents and chick rock and vox pop seem to be the things for advertisers these days

"DELIVEROOOO!" :hmph:

People who have put up their Christmas decs already. What is wrong with these people???

You are kidding me !!! It’s bad enough seeing all the shite in ethe shops without joe public doing its as well !

I'd given them the benefit of the doubt and assumed that they were Diwali lights. No-one surely puts Christmas decorations up before Halloween?!!!

Birthday collections at work and secret santa.

What all birthdays or just special ones?

Are you sure they’re not Halloween decorations?

I will take a picture on the way home. I wish i was kidding

I like it and even eat it dry on it's own sometimes

That’s beyond the pale

Divs

The family that live opposite us have one of those appalling illuminated "Santa Please Stop Here" signs up outside their house, and they NEVER EVER take it down.

They just unplug it from the mains at the end of the Christmas season, and leave it tacked up on the window frame, ready to plug it in again 11 months later on...

here it is hopfully

and really shit decorations at that!
It's just a string of lights.

I'm more intrigued by the 2 iPads they have taped to the front door.

Out of shot is a palm tree that has lights wrapped around it too

Supermarkets were selling Quality St and the like at the end of August ffs!