Brixton chitter chatter and news and updates (Feb-Aug 2011)

[quimcunx]

When they say "styled like an English Manor House" I bet that just means they are going to get some glass chandeliers and a couple of chesterfields just like 95% of all bars in London.

Certainly most in the frightful Shoreditch. Maybe they will have stuffed animals, which would perhaps make them worth a visit.

 

[RaverDrew]

If I told you that I knew of a new club opening up in Brixton soon that was being styled like an English country manor 'with an urban twist,' would you believe me?

Toffline ?

 

[TruXta]

Toffline ?

Good one.

 

[Crispy]

Old one

 

[TruXta]

Well, I've not been here that long.

 

[editor]

I still have plans for Toffline.

 

[TruXta]

Do they involve pheasants and jhodpurs? They better.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Certainly most in the frightful Shoreditch. Maybe they will have stuffed animals, which would perhaps make them worth a visit.

Maybe they'll have stuffed peasants instead of pheasants

 

[nick h.]

Hard to believe there's any demand for this sort of thing. The locals can't even spell jodhpurs.

 

[TruXta]

Hard to believe there's any demand for this sort of thing. The locals can't even spell jodhpurs.

Hence the demand. Dammit, I'm not a middle-class wanker aspiring to toffhood for nuffink!

 

[ericjarvis]

I've heard it will be offering shooting on its own estates.

So we have mugshots of the bastards doing all the murders on our estates at last. The one with the goggles on looks a real wrong 'un.

 

[story]

A goldfinch has started using the tree in my back garden as a singing post

And our local blackbird has learned to imitate car alarms, but does so in a tuneful way

 

[Badgers]

And our local blackbird has learned to imitate car alarms, but does so in a tuneful way

I think I am familiar with his/her work

 

[story]

It actually took me a while to work out it was meant to be a car alarm

 

[Badgers]

It actually took me a while to work out it was meant to be a car alarm

I think the one that does the car alarm tunefully is calling to a mate who also 'tries' do do a car alarm but is made of fail

 

[TruXta]

A goldfinch has started using the tree in my back garden as a singing post

And our local blackbird has learned to imitate car alarms, but does so in a tuneful way

Be glad you don't have one of these in your garden:

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Be glad you don't have one of these in your garden:

 

[Badgers]

Be glad you don't have one of these in your garden:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-13725474

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Be glad you don't have one of these in your garden:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-13725474

ouch!

 

[editor]

Be glad you don't have one of these in your garden:

Those camera sounds are absolutely amazing!

*this is worth a thread of its own...

 

[TruXta]

Those camera sounds are absolutely amazing!

*this is worth a thread of its own...

I caught the show when it aired on BBC. The sad part was when the bird imitated the sounds of the loggers - chainsaws and walkie-talkies.

 

[Badgers]

Those camera sounds are absolutely amazing!

*this is worth a thread of its own...

David Attenborough said that this was one of the high points of his career.
Bold praise indeed!

Excuse the Wail link but the nation voted it too
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-385372/The-nations-favourite-Attenborough-moment.html

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I caught the show when it aired on BBC. The sad part was when the bird imitated the sounds of the loggers - chainsaws and walkie-talkies.

Same as, I remember the camera shutter and chainsaws, and I think there was a car door slamming as well.

That was on quite a few years ago wasn't it

 

[TruXta]

Same as, I remember the camera shutter and chainsaws, and I think there was a car door slamming as well.

That was on quite a few years ago wasn't it

Was it? Seems to me a couple of years ago. Maybe it was a repeat.

edit - says it was filmed in 98 so yeah, probably a repeat.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Was it? Seems to me a couple of years ago. Maybe it was a repeat.

edit - says it was filmed in 98 so yeah, probably a repeat.

Yeah, I was going to say it was nearer to 10 years ago. Older than I thought then

Surprised it's not been repeated more often

 

[TruXta]

Yeah, I was going to say it was nearer to 10 years ago. Older than I thought then

Surprised it's not been repeated more often

Come to think of it the prog might have been one of those tributes to Sir Dave....

 

[Badgers]

Yeah, I was going to say it was nearer to 10 years ago. Older than I thought then

Surprised it's not been repeated more often

It has been on a few programmes like QI and stuff.
A lot of the Attenborough is repeated on the cable channels like Discovery.

It hurt me to hear about the US take on broadcasting some of his documentaries.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It has been on a few programmes like QI and stuff.
A lot of the Attenborough is repeated on the cable channels like Discovery.

It hurt me to hear about the US take on broadcasting some of his documentaries.

I don't have Cable/Sky etc.

The Americans use Sigourney Weaver as narrator on some documentaries. You read the comments on Amazon.com and the Americans all prefer David's narration

 

[Badgers]

I don't have Cable/Sky etc.

The Americans use Sigourney Weaver as narrator on some documentaries. You read the comments on Amazon.com and the Americans all prefer David's narration

I know....

It would be like Omar Little being dubbed over by Joe Pasquale to make The Wire more palatable to a British audience

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I know....

It would be like Omar Little being dubbed over by Joe Pasquale to make The Wire more palatable to a British audience