Urban v's the Commentariat

[Orang Utan]

Vain attempt to get back on topick.
Anyone else follow Richard Dawkins?
Now he is BONKERS!

 

[killer b]

ooh, ok. i will do shortly.

 

[cesare]

Vain attempt to get back on topick.
Anyone else follow Richard Dawkins?
Now he is BONKERS!

That's been funny today.

 

[ViolentPanda]

no, loads of people thought he was unfunny at the time. its fuck all to do with laurie penny and frankly theres not much to choose between them.

I can only think of two comedians I really disliked in the '70s, Manning and Stan fucking Boardman, and for the same reason - the sly "nod and a wink" delivery. If you're telling a good joke, you don't need to make the audience feel like they're part of your clique.

 

[killer b]

that 'religion - together we can find the cure' t-shirt is embarrassing enough.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I just resent the idea I'm defending Manning cos I'm either a closet bigot or that I'm trying to provoke a row. It's just that I look for the best in people.

"I'm not a bigot, I'm just totally naive".

 

[cesare]

There's a striking similarity between Dawkins' logo and that of Golden Dawn

 

[Ronnie Rubashov]

Vain attempt to get back on topick.
Anyone else follow Richard Dawkins?
Now he is BONKERS!

Richard Dawkins may have too ascetic a style for some and no real empathy for any worldview which strays outside the domain of pure scientific rationalism, but he's a highly talented evolutionary biologist. You have failed to separate the mam's message from his essential skill-set It's fuckin Bernard Manning all over again.
As far as I can see you're just pure trolling; setting up another doomed debate.
And why haven't I been banned yet?

 

[Orang Utan]

That's been funny today.

That nonsense about Nobel Prize winners!

 

[cesare]

That nonsense about Nobel Prize winners!

I know, it's embarrassing

 

[Orang Utan]

Richard Dawkins may have too ascetic a style for some and no real empathy for any worldview which strays outside the domain of pure scientific rationalism, but he's a highly talented evolutionary biologist. You have failed to separate the mam's message from his essential skill-set It's fuckin Bernard Manning all over again.
As far as I can see you're just pure trolling; setting up another doomed debate.
And why haven't I been banned yet?

Lulzzzzzzzzz

 

[cesare]

Lulzzzzzzzzz

#tweetlikedawkins

Ascetic, it's not.

 

[Pickman's model]

There's a striking similarity between Dawkins' logo and that of Golden Dawn

 

[Ronnie Rubashov]

#tweetlikedawkins

Ascetic, it's not.

True enough. That's some kinda autocorrect. Meant acerbic. Cheers.

 

[cesare]

The Greek one

 

[ViolentPanda]

I bet Jim Davidson is also liked and rated as a comedian by some in here.

Said the Davidson fan, attempting to find out whether he had any fellow humour-free gits on the thread.

 

[emanymton]

Richard Dawkins may have too ascetic a style for some and no real empathy for any worldview which strays outside the domain of pure scientific rationalism, but he's a highly talented evolutionary biologist. You have failed to separate the mam's message from his essential skill-set It's fuckin Bernard Manning all over again.
As far as I can see you're just pure trolling; setting up another doomed debate.
And why haven't I been banned yet?

Do you just like anyone who is an obvious tosser?

 

[fogbat]

Do you just like anyone who is an obvious tosser?

I don't think he's said anything about me

 

[LiamO]

I never really liked Bernard Manning even when he was one of the biggest names on the box every Sunday on The Comedians when I was a kid. I know lots of people who rated him as a comic though.

When I got a bit older I used to wish he would play the Club I collected glasses in. We used to do the curtains for the 'turns' and I would loved to have pissed in his pint... as I once did to some clown called Ian 'Sludge' Lees.

 

[emanymton]

I don't think he's said anything about me

Well he told me he thinks your really great, he is just too embarrassed to say so himself.

 

[Ronnie Rubashov]

Do you just like anyone who is an obvious tosser?

No. Sometimes it not so obvious.

But, actually, I'm not that fond of Dawkins. He's missing something...almost like he's a bit Asberger's...which makes him come across as a bit clinical. But on the whole, it's the complete lack of self-doubt. I don't trust that in anyone. The stuff he actually spouts is rarely that controversial just a bit self-satisfied.

 

[Ronnie Rubashov]

Well he told me he thinks your really great, he is just too embarrassed to say so himself.

He's right. I fuckin love you.

 

[discokermit]

Ian 'Sludge' Lees.

you bastard. how dare you. the mighty ian 'sludge' lees.

 

[Orang Utan]

I used to love The Grumbleweeds. It was way better than The Comedians

 

[LiamO]

you bastard. how dare you. the mighty ian 'sludge' lees.

is that a bit of localism creeping in DK?

 

[LiamO]

I used to love The Grumbleweeds. It was way better than The Comedians

But never on at the same time, so you didn't have to make a choice. I hated The Comedians mostly although I'm sure I loved it before I was 11 or so.

 

[LiamO]

If you're telling a good joke, you don't need to make the audience feel like they're part of your clique.

you do on Urban

 

[Frances Lengel]

Vain attempt to get back on topick.
Anyone else follow Richard Dawkins?
Now he is BONKERS!

What's with the "topick"? You're not into magick wancking are you?

 

[Dandred]

Roll call!

 

[Orang Utan]

What's with the "topick"? You're not into magick wancking are you?

Only just noticed that. Either weird autocorrecting or I have unconsciously absorbed the spirit of Pickman's. <shudders>