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Post by Rad on May 29, 2008 9:55:30 GMT
Oh no, David, it's not just football this summer, there's Wimbledon and The Olympics and probably some welly-wanging or something they can stick on as well...
...and on telly, we have....
....Big Brother.
However, there are lots of football likers on here (the term 'fans' might be pushing it for some though) - there was even football chatting going on the other day.
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Post by Adrian on May 29, 2008 10:03:49 GMT
Olympic diving and gymnastics (men's competitions) very much are lowculture.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 29, 2008 10:06:06 GMT
True, but if there was a TV show where old women competed to see who got to the Post Office first on pension day, 16 people on here would sign up to a sweepstake about it. Yes please. Can I have Bertha? I'll have the first woman in a pink hat with support stockings on.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on May 29, 2008 10:06:36 GMT
Olympic diving and gymnastics (men's competitions) very much are lowculture. What, you mean GAY?
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Post by David on May 29, 2008 10:11:55 GMT
However, there are lots of football likers on here (the term 'fans' might be pushing it for some though) - there was even football chatting going on the other day. Yes, well I wish they'd do it behind closed doors.
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Post by Muinimula on May 29, 2008 10:21:30 GMT
I only ever take an interest in football when it's one of these international things. Given that England aren't even in it this time, I may lose interest even earlier.
Having said that, I am debating whether to put an actual physical bet on my sweepy this time, as I never do that.
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Post by Adrian on May 29, 2008 10:21:38 GMT
Olympic diving and gymnastics (men's competitions) very much are lowculture. What, you mean GAY? No. Lowculture. It's about watching skilled sportsmen, but appreciating it for very different reasons. Audience gender is, largely, irrelevant.
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Post by David on May 29, 2008 11:26:39 GMT
Therefore, it is really, really GAY. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. I have no problem with homosexuality.
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Post by Steven on May 29, 2008 12:46:43 GMT
I'm quite looking forward to the Olympics - I like the fact that if you have to watch sport, there is at least some degree of variety and/or choice involved. Plus I will invariably be watching it whilst lolling on the sofa and eating cake while idly flicking through a trashy magazine, which I would've thought is a fairly lowculture attitude to watching sport.
Can I pitch this to Sky? You can keep the intellectual copyright if I get half of the international format sales.
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Post by pauliepoos on May 29, 2008 15:48:44 GMT
The closing ceremony of the Olympics in Sydney is the campest thing I'd ever seen. I was phoning people at 9am on Sunday morning to tell them to watch, which didn't go down very well.
There were hundreds and hundreds of ballroom dancers salsaing around the athletics track to Love Is In The Air, there were drag queens driving around in 7ft motorised stilettoes, giant prawns on bicycles, Elle McPherson straddling a giant camera, Darren Hayes and that girl who sang Absolutely Everybody, and then Kylie being carried by lifeguards on top of a surfboard to the stage to perform Dancing Queen.
I have it on VHS but the sound is very dodgy.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on May 30, 2008 18:32:01 GMT
I've been reading up on Eurofacts - Kazakhstan is part of UEFA and thusly would (if they qualified) take part in Euro competitions. As would Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Just like Eurovision! There are rumours Kazakhstan will join it next year. I'm sorry, but do the Ural mountains mean NOTHING any more?! Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia are all West of the Urals and Kazakhstan lies partially west of the Urals also. Don't get me started on Kazakhstan in Eurovision; another 12 points to Russia.
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Post by Muinimula on May 30, 2008 21:51:40 GMT
I'm sorry, but do the Ural mountains mean NOTHING any more?! Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia are all West of the Urals and Kazakhstan lies partially west of the Urals also. Don't get me started on Kazakhstan in Eurovision; another 12 points to Russia. Yes, I know - I was just illustrating a point. Plus, Kazakhstan stretches as far as China, and that's just silly.
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Post by pauliepoos on May 30, 2008 22:02:25 GMT
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Post by Mike on May 31, 2008 9:51:10 GMT
Bloody football is going to infest the TV schedules all summer long. A bit of a depressing prediction, seeing as the football only lasts for three weeks... I don't see the big deal - if I can successfully avoid something that goes on for THREE WHOLE MONTHS and has one of my most-watched channels virtually dedicated to it without any real disruption to my life, I don't see how this presents any kind of a challenge.
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Post by Becky on May 31, 2008 12:54:05 GMT
Yes but avoiding the football isn't just about avoiding watching something on tv, since so many people watch it and go on about it. I assume some of the matches will be on during the day time on a week day, which means that I'll have to work through people shouting and cheering since my office is in the same location as a student bar with a big screen (or I may have a skive and join them).
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Post by pauliepoos on May 31, 2008 13:30:52 GMT
All matches will be kicking off at both 5pm and 7.45 for the first 8 days of the tournament, and then 7.45pm for the rest of them, which will obviously get progressively fewer as teams drop out.
And unless you've had an extremely traumatic experience involving a football tournament, why would you need to avoid it? Go to the cinema, listen to the radio, go out for dinner with friends, read a book, watch a dvd, have sex with a partner or someone off the internet, or simply watch something on one of the other hundreds of channels available if you don't want to see any football played. And if someone talks to you about it, say "I'm sorry I haven't been following it, but I fucking hate that gay twat on Big Brother".
Slightly off topic, there's a rugby match on BBC1 and they just had a dressing room camera showing the players getting ready. They all had shorts on, but seeing them towel down their wet muscled torsos was more than I was expecting for a Saturday afternoon.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 1, 2008 21:43:00 GMT
A 15 minutes well spent. But will lowculture be gripped by the same level of footie! fever considering Ingurland didn't qualify?
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Post by Adrian on Jun 3, 2008 10:21:59 GMT
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Post by David on Jun 3, 2008 10:29:19 GMT
Can we stop talking about BLOODY FOOTBALL? This is lowculture, not Five Live.
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Post by Adrian on Jun 3, 2008 10:46:55 GMT
Can't you just ignore this thread? It's not fucking difficult - I managed to ignore that thread about bees and anything to do with Torchwood.
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Post by David Hunter on Jun 3, 2008 15:09:53 GMT
Surely if it's good enough for the cover of the Radio Times it's good enough for us!
Seriously though, I don't watch Hollyoaks and don't find Lolcats funny, but still manage to read the threads I do enjoy and give those I don't a miss. That's what makes the forums so diverse and enjoyable. We are all the same, yet all different, (as Trinny and Susannah would have us believe)!
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jun 3, 2008 22:31:51 GMT
Greek blood, gotta thupport the Greekth.
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Post by QuincyMD on Jun 4, 2008 15:09:31 GMT
I've just got Austria in the Office sweep.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jun 7, 2008 15:30:52 GMT
Bad news for Steven in the sweepstake - Quim is out!
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Post by audrey notwhatsheusedtobe on Jun 7, 2008 19:33:17 GMT
Oh I am so supporting Portugal! Ronaldo is so fucking fit; I just wish he'd sort out that dodgy hair and lose the jewellery. My favourite however is Nuno Gomez: he has kind of longish hair and a touch of the 'Gael' about him when he smiles. I was very impressed that they all sang their anthem enthusiastically with their arms around each other. Their tops are quite fitted too, which is nice. Foot-and-ball is bloody great!
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