Strictly.. end of days

Mr Dog

And so my day is over.. my wife and kids plonk themselves in front of the tv to watch Srictly Come Dancing.. what a waste of lycra. Then its X Fector. Hell, still recovering from knee surgery.. its been over 4 weeks without exercise. So what do I do, develop a strong core..? no eat till I burst. Still I can buy, buy, buy my blues away. Bet my Mastercard bursts before me.

Even Busted Bertie isn't subjected to this kind of torture camp(ness). Oh tv you can be so cruel. Even my turbo looks more inviting than a seat in the lounge. If only I had any mates, maybe they would befall the same SCD fate and we could disappear down the pub and talk of clean cycling and life bans for cheats. Viva Bikeradar. 8)

Anonymous

All my wife lacks is a sequined ball gown when she planks herself down on the couch with a big glass of pinot, a cheesy grin and glazed eyes when strictly comes on. the kids could be running around on fire and she'd only notice if they ran in front of the telly. I just don't like it, bruce Forsyth and that tess daly give me the raving gibbers and watching ballroom dancing is not anything I want to do.

I have accepted the fact it is on, my wife is lost to it now and thats that.

I wonder how long before she mentions "Lessons for us, it would be soooo romantic...", help me.

fossyant

Dave at 8 or the +1 at 9 - James May Toy Story - My sisters toys...........

dmch2

Result - I've persuaded my wife that her and our daughter should watch strictly on iPlayer when she gets home from work on Sunday and I get to go out on the bike. Somebody please tell me it's a 3 hour first episode special so I can get a decent distance in!

bexley5200

tv garbage well past its sell by date

Mr Dog

I wonder if the BBC/Itv would consider a Cyclist Show with tips on training, news etc etc. Could go out on a Sunday morning when the masses are sleeping off the night before. The scope is endless!!! 8)

Ben6899

Strictly Come Dancing represents all that is wrong in the world.

Burce Forsyth should have retired a long time ago and Tess Daly is dead behind the eyes.

verylonglegs

TV didn't earn the nickname 'the idiot box' without good reason.

ilm_zero7

Ben6899 wrote:

Strictly Come Dancing represents all that is wrong in the world.

Burce Forsyth should have retired a long time ago and Tess Daly is dead behind the eyes.

Ben +1

entertainment for the masses - have you seen the ratings it gets? there are so many SAD aspects to SCD - 1 Bruce F still thinks he has a chance with Tess Daily 2 that they use the licence fee to m ake this and 3 that so many have nothing better to do than watch it

rodgers73

Ben6899 wrote:

Strictly Come Dancing represents all that is wrong in the world.

Burce Forsyth should have retired a long time ago and Tess Daly is dead behind the eyes.

Does anyone else think she fakes that Lancashire accent to sound a bit more "accessible"? Living in London surrounded by media types all day - there's no way you'd retain such a strong provincial accent for long.

keef66

Not just me then. That's why I got soaked on Saturday night, trying to stay out of the house till Strictly Come Dancing and the X Factor were safely over.

I cannot begin to comprehend the popularity of them; cycling in the dark in the pouring rain was definitely more enjoyable.

pneumatic

Same situation here. Mrs P is Strictly obsessed and has even been to the live show (twice :shock: )

But I take a different view to many in this thread:

1. Mrs P is my best mate and if she likes it that much, I think I have to respect that. (After all, there are plenty of people who would sneer at those of us who want to dress in lycra and ride bikes all day long)

2. SCD, the X Factor, Coronation Street, Brothers and Sisters, Holby City etc... are my idea of Hell on Earth. When they are on, I have a list of ways of spending the time otherwise.

3. Making space for Mrs P to watch all these things in peace, knowing that she is indulging herself in something that does not interest me, builds up for me a large reserve of brownie points to be spent going out on the bike.

consequently, when Strictly is on, I make Mrs P a large Martini, get the glass bowl of glitter balls out (really), put some crisps in a dish and come and post on here!

Ben6899

pneumatic wrote:

Same situation here. Mrs P is Strictly obsessed and has even been to the live show (twice :shock: )

But I take a different view to many in this thread:

1. Mrs P is my best mate and if she likes it that much, I think I have to respect that. (After all, there are plenty of people who would sneer at those of us who want to dress in lycra and ride bikes all day long)

2. SCD, the X Factor, Coronation Street, Brothers and Sisters, Holby City etc... are my idea of Hell on Earth. When they are on, I have a list of ways of spending the time otherwise.

3. Making space for Mrs P to watch all these things in peace, knowing that she is indulging herself in something that does not interest me, builds up for me a large reserve of brownie points to be spent going out on the bike.

consequently, when Strictly is on, I make Mrs P a large Martini, get the glass bowl of glitter balls out (really), put some crisps in a dish and come and post on here!

I agree with all of this. I'm not some sort of fascist who wants to stop people watching certain programmes or partaking in activities - as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

But I stand by my comment that it effectively represents where we're going majorly wrong as a society. People are too content to veg out in front of mindless TV.

Anyone seen the film "Idiocracy"?

shm_uk

bexley5200 wrote:

tv garbage well past its sell by date

Can't decide whether you're referring to Strictly, or Brucie

Applies to either I guess ...

Le Commentateur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e851t4Tnd6I

Pross

Quite like watching it but on Sky+ so I can just watch the dances and the comments / scores. What's not to like about watching some good looking, well toned, athletic women in skimpy costumes (and no, I'm not talking about Ann Widecombe!)? It's far better than X Factor where they actually have some reasonably good singers at audition but ditch them in favour of those that make for 'good television'.

BenS999

X-Factor and Strictly are banned when I'm in the house, have offered to get a telly in the bedroom so the mrs can watch what she wants in there. As a result i find the V+ box freq full with these crappy programs that she then forgets too watch...so they get deleted on the sly...

simonaspinall

'X factor vs Strictly' in the world's most depressing contest.

You have to wonder how far down commissioning editors will go after punching through the bottom of the barrel.

Strikes me as a bizarre female orientated fantasyland where they imagine themselves being toned, glammed up with a dance partner and can atune themselves to being the female they aren't at the moment but instead have a hollowed out existence where they sit on the sofa, getting rounder and lazier thinking about enrolling at a Salsa class where somebody called frederique will play a latin cd and clap his hands a lot. You then find yourself being stared at by people who are wondering why you aren't dancing, blissfully unaware at the sheer scale of the violence you are prepared to unleash to stop it all.

On the other saide is an unremittingly toss contest to find which mentally ill person will win a covers singing contest whilst being watched by a violent geordie thug, a smarmy punchable tit who thinks money is the only idea in existence and symbolises all that is wrong about the conumption of entertainment and is destroying the music industry even better than the music industry can.

Roll it all out for 8, 9 or twelfty series until viewer's expectations are pummelled into submission.

God I hate primetime TV. Shame the girlfriend doesn't.

pneumatic

simonaspinall wrote:

God I hate primetime TV. Shame the girlfriend doesn't.

Blimey! If you think all those thoughts when you are out on the bike, you must ride like a pent up maniac!

Rage is speed!

simonaspinall

pneumatic wrote:

simonaspinall wrote:

God I hate primetime TV. Shame the girlfriend doesn't.

Blimey! If you think all those thoughts when you are out on the bike, you must ride like a pent up maniac!

Rage is speed!

My god you're right! I better never stop commuting riding...it'd cause a bloodbath!