Aw, I'm sorry I missed Eurovision. Although I understand Terry Wogan's no longer doing the voiceover bit in the UK, and Eurovision without old Tel snarking madly at everyone would be a shock to the system. And I understand they've altered the voting process to make it fair? With phone-in votes? So that possibly it won't just be people voting for their next door neighbours?
So that's my dream. That and some stuff about cigars and a tunnel.
Faith ,'Get It Done'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Fay - May 17, 2009 2:36:58 am PDT #8838 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Fiona - May 17, 2009 9:54:21 am PDT #8839 of 9843
Although I understand Terry Wogan's no longer doing the voiceover bit in the UK, and Eurovision without old Tel snarking madly at everyone would be a shock to the system.
Actually, he's handed over to Graham Norton, so if you half-close your ears they're not all that different: same Irish lilt, same sarky tone. It's fine.
I didn't watch this year either, really, and am not watching the above-linked clip, but Germany haven't won for years and I think they're desperate.
sumi - May 18, 2009 3:48:32 am PDT #8840 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
The Accidental Husband never came out here either.
Shir - May 18, 2009 3:55:15 am PDT #8841 of 9843
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
"The Accidental Husband"
It's being broadcast here from time to time. I'll try to catch it and report back.
Laga - May 18, 2009 8:29:30 pm PDT #8842 of 9843
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Next ignorant Yank question... does "pinch a loaf" mean the same thing in the UK as "pinch off a loaf" does in the US? I'm perplexed at the way Stephen Fry just used it in a sentence.
Fay - May 19, 2009 8:11:35 pm PDT #8843 of 9843
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Well, pinch means steal. So I'd understand that to be 'steal a loaf of bread', which was the kind of thing that people used to get transported to Australia for.
billytea - May 19, 2009 8:30:33 pm PDT #8844 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Well, pinch means steal. So I'd understand that to be 'steal a loaf of bread', which was the kind of thing that people used to get transported to Australia for.
Yes! Or for being rebellious and Irish. Or buggering sheep.
§ ita § - May 19, 2009 8:34:42 pm PDT #8845 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the "off" makes a huge difference.
Sue - May 20, 2009 5:56:57 am PDT #8846 of 9843
hip deep in pie
Where does it have something to do with pooping?
evil jimi - May 23, 2009 3:54:51 am PDT #8847 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Or buggering sheep.
No, those people got sent to New Zealand.