Off Topic Room 101

[Mi-Amigo]

               WELCOME to the DUNGEON of the COMMUNITY OFF-TOPIC GANG known as

                          

             We have members of the Community Off-Topic Gang. We have the Naughty Step.

Now we have our very own ROOM 101, where the members of the Community Off-Topic Gang can banish there dislikes - not people - but events can be banished...

[pgn]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

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@pgn wrote:
Geography covers rivers, seas, mountain ranges... 😎

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Never!  

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Not to forget the Pampas...

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[welshsteve76]

I'm a bit late to the party here (not been around much recently), but I too wish to banish the ridiculous banner at the top of the screen to Room 101.  Seems to be a popular choice 

[Mi-Amigo]

Not too late @welshsteve76 . Nominations for Room 101 are welcome at any time.

The banner has already been nominated and banished to Room 101 but if you, or anyone else, has anything else you`d like to see nominated for Room 101 feel free to add them.

I`ll post a list of things which have already been banished to Room 101, and also the recent list of things nominated for the next votes, later today.

[Mi-Amigo]

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                                                    things members voted "yes" to send into Room 101

                                                  - updated with additions voted "yes" by 22 June 2019

02 Community:

- unanswered topics older than 12 months

- banner heading

- changing subject heading of topic

- datestamp changing to next day at 23.00hrs

Social media:

- twitter

- instagram

Products:

- Shake `n` Vac

- DFS sales

Companies:

- private parking firms charging release fees

Books:

- 50 Shades Of Grey

- Shakespeare`s Richard III

- The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant

Films:

- 50 Shades Of Grey

- Frozen

- The Dark Side Of The Sun [Brad Pitt in leathers]

Music:

- Cinderella Rockerfeller

- Any attempt at future British entry to Eurovison

- Let It Go [from Frozen]

- That Means A Lot by P J Proby

TV:

- Jeremy Kyle Show

- Absolutely Fabulous

- Top Gear [new series]

- EastEnders [soap]

- Hollyoaks [soap]

- promos for programme you are watching

- "after the break" comments

- Escape To The Country

- Love Island

- any performance on Britain`s Got Talent which plays on public voting with their hearts rather than talent

- promos for new forthcoming programmes

- Sky One repeats of Star Trek, Friends, Simpsons

TV Adverts:

- Ads interrupting programme

- Early holiday ads

- ITV3 ads aimed at elderly

- Jet 2

- Sun Life Over 50 Plan

- Go Compare [guy with moustache]

- Compare The Market [but not meerkats]

- Moneysupermarket [Skeletor etc]

- Purple Bricks

- Co-op funeral plans

- Quick Quid payday loans

- Equity Release [money from home] with Carol Vorderman

- Bingo online

Habits:

- People going up down escalator

- Spitting gum into urinals

- Not holding the door open for person with armful of shopping

Politics:

- Brexit

- system which allows unelected peers in House of Lords to vote and pass laws

- Universal Credit

Food & Drink:

- chewing gum

- root beer

- Campari

- marrow

- caponata di melazone

- black olives

- capers

- pomegranites

- walnuts

- pecans

- Horlicks

- All Bran

- museli

- oatmeal

- tapioca

- ground rice

- blancmange

Events:

- Xmas cards with selfie photos

- Crufts dog show

- badger cull

Sport:

- Grand National horse racing

- grouse shooting

- greyhound racing

- pheasant shooting

- fox hunting

- bullfighting

- trophy hunting

[welshsteve76]

On the TV topics, I'd put ALL reality TV shows into Room 101.

They really are the pits and have made "so-called celebrities" out of a ridiculous fame hungry people who offer absolutely nothing to society.

[Cleoriff]

Each to their own @welshsteve76 

I like quite a few reality shows. Strictly Come Dancing, I'm A Celebrity Get me out of here, Dancing on Ice, Britains got Talent, The Voice.

However, I have never watched Love Island and Big Brother was awful.

Mind you BB is finished for good now, so I'm pleased about that.

[welshsteve76]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Each to their own @welshsteve76 

I like quite a few reality shows. Strictly Come Dancing, I'm A Celebrity Get me out of here, Dancing on Ice, Britains got Talent, The Voice.

However, I have never watched Love Island and Big Brother was awful.

Mind you BB is finished for good now, so I'm pleased about that.

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I don't doubt people watch them, otherwise they wouldn't be on TV.  And it is mainly a go at among others:  Big Brother, Love Island, Towie, Made in Chelsea, the *bleeping* kardashians, XFactor, The Voice and Britain's Got Talent

Plus any off shoots of all the above

Strictly isn't too bad, but is still over-hyped, as all these shows are.

The "talent" shows though just seem to be more about the judges trying to upstage the contestants.

As you say though, each to their own

[Cleoriff]

Well one thing we agree on, is the judges trying to upstage each other and the talent they are judging.

[Glory1]

I also watch quite a few of the reality shows like The Voice, Dancing on Ice, I'm A Celebrity, Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor, though I don't watch Britain's Got Talent.

However, Love Island and BB and The Bachelor, TOWIE, Made in Chelsea I wouldn't waste the electricity on as they  either exploit the contestants for the viewing public's pleasure or are scripted pretending to be real life. That's not something I particularly want to watch.

I do agree that with the talent shows, it is more about the judges than the contestants and unfortunately that's not going to change.

As @Cleoriff has said to each their own. TV is, and should be, a varied medium providing shows for a wide variety of tastes. You have the option to watch or not. If people enjoy watching the likes of Love Island and TOWIE, while it's not something I would personally waste time on, I don't begrudge others watching it.

We all enjoy different things and that too is not going to change. And long may it continue.

[welshsteve76]

Has bad drivers been put into Room 101 yet?

Terrible parking in car parks, speeding for the sake of it, turning or overtaking on motorways without indicating, middle lane hogging on motorways etc.