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(His books Screen Burn and Dawn of The Dumb are 3 quid each in the HMV sale at the minute by the way.)

Them'd make some good toilet books I'll be betting.

Toilet roll yes. Toilet brush yes. Toilet book no.
(C) S Lee

As for Charlie Brooker, there's something about his humour that works less well on screen - to read it is hilarious, to hear him say it out loud not as much.

I think it's a sign of age when I can follow a link and have absolutely no freaking idea what the hell I'm looking at!  

Hmm very weird - you link works fine (cheers!), but if I start at the ITV.com homepage I can't find my way back to it for love nor money! I've found alphabetical lists of programmes, used the search function etc and found nothing - yet it clearly exists. Chalk another up to my technical incompetence perhaps. (the main results when I searched for "Hammer" was that woman who threatened Jade Goody with a hammer in hospital!)

I'm from Llandudno.

Going to Manchester and sitting somewhere with an ice-cream and watching the world go by.

Ah that explains it! Bet you're hypnotised by all the crowds and flashing lights, eh?   It's not quite as spectacular if you live here, but I do actually love this city and I thank Grud daily that I don't have to live daaaaahn saaaarf, so add that to the list.

and also:
Ginger Beer
Amsterdam
Leaving the alarm set at weekend so I can wake up and THEN go back to sleep
Roast beef, roast spuds, yorkshire pud and thick gravy.
Sid Meier's Civilaztion games
The enormous feeling of physical well-being following a perfect shit
The pre-Raphaelite and Victorian paintings in Manchester City Gallery, particularly the Rossetti ones and Sappho by Charles-August Mengin, whom I visit from time to time

Judging by the copious use of emoticons I'd guess you aren't very old at all.

 :shock:  :shock:

   

  :!: YIPPEE!  :? ...... I am.

 :cry:  :oops:  :oops:

Welcome krakhead!

The House Where Blood Dripped Out of The Taps  
That one is on the itv player, there's about 12 episodes on there to watch online.
Goaty- Dracula is another one I've had to get as a region one, but it was only a couple of quid.

Are you sure? - I've just had a look at ITV player and can't find any of it!(though I might watch Spitting Image, Press gang and Metal Mickey again!)

what was the original 'moral outrage' by the way? That video was 'unavailable' when I tried.

So what you're really saying is the Pope killed Jade Goody.
Hmm. Wouldn't put it past 'im - eyes of a killer, you know!

I remember I wasn't supposed to watch Hammer House of Horror , but usually managed to - The only bits I can recall was the house where blood came out of the taps and a naked woman taking off her raincoat in a phone box. Funny how those bits stick in my mind!

I much preferred the Amicus anthology films, but it's Hammer all the way for the classics - Dracula and Frankenstein!

Slaine's ley-ser pistol

only kidding.

Yes, all of that was done by me.

Please, please read the note under the Nazi item on there. I did it for a very special friend who was, well, not good at the time. I am no Nazi!

That's the page I put up when someone wants something. I don;t specialise in anyone thing (and I prefer crafts) but I make what I call 'needful things'.

-Bouwel-

I was more concerned about the "tail commission" - are you a supplier to the Furry community?
Nice woodywork btw!

as for the topic, quite agree. I'm approaching my first anniversary here and this is a lovely forum compared to some of the collections of nasty fucktards on the net.

Ah fantastic - thanks Bouwel - I'm relieved and surprised that my addled mind remembered that so accurately after 30 years! It's not exactly what you'd call flying though is it? Just clever falling.

That strip must have made some impression me, as I also remember copying a picture of Angel with his compu-shoulder, and being very pleased with the results!

And it's a good job that Tharg warned me that melting electronics onto your body and jumping from great heights was dangerous, or I may not be here today - thanks, Mighty One!

Dandontdare has forgotten that Captain Angel gets the power to fly after the computer gets melted onto him. He's one of the main characters in the third Armoured Gideon series. But he's absolutely right about it being horrible, and I don't blame him for choosing to forget the story's stupider details!

Hmm Barney and TBTHOT seem to confirm this, but I don't think I ever connected Armoured Gideon (1990) with the original naff Angel (1979). I must have forgotten more about AG than I thought! I was only referring to the old strip - so how the hell did he manage to fly? Where's the propulsion? (the mind boggles). I think I recall a kind of computer-guided freefall that he miraculously survives, but that's hardly the same thing. If only I had access to my old progs.....

People who "don't give a toss what anyone thinks" don't hire expensive PR companies to manage their image. How much time and work did she put into trying to prove she wasn't really racist?

Hmm, I remember Armoured Gideon clearly, a great little thrill, but I can't recall Shadows at all - touched by the hand of Tharg gives a brief synopsis, but it doesn't really help. Can you jog my memory? I can't have loved it too much if I've obliterated it so cleanly from my memory!