Random Irritations

Orikoru said:
Playing a totally different version of it is probably not what people want though, they'll want the original. They make a massive song and dance about the language in it every year, I just think censoring the one offensive word without making an issue about it would have been better.
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It is not a totally different version though. It is them singing the same song but she changes that one phrase. The sound is the same, the meoldy and rythym is the same. The different words are "You're cheap and you're haggard". It fits the song and unless you are listening out for it it is unlikely anyone would notice.
 
Kellfire said:
That word used as a profanity has been in Sci-fi for a long time, which I didn’t realise but I must agree. The reimagined Battlestar Galactica is definitely an adult’s show so I don’t get why they didn’t just swear.
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I took "frak" to be a natural word evolution of the f-word, seeing as this is set way in the future. Just adds to the quality of the show, imho.
 
Orikoru said:
We have an enormous DVD collection which has been sitting in boxes for a couple of years since nobody uses DVDs anymore. Last night we downloaded the Music Magpie app, spent nearly two hours scanning them all in to see what they offered us. Most of them were between 1p and 5p, or they just said we don't accept this one. A handful fetched a little more, and one of them was randomly £2.25 - but in the end they took 133 DVDs & old PS3 games and will pay us a total of £13.88 for them. And I now have to find a cardboard box big enough for 133 DVDs so I can take it down the Hermes shop. I'm really not sure it's worth the effort.
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Dont worry, Hermes will either lose the parcel, steal the contents, or damage it beyond recognition.
Why not wait and take them to a charity shop?
 
Orikoru said:
We have an enormous DVD collection which has been sitting in boxes for a couple of years since nobody uses DVDs anymore. Last night we downloaded the Music Magpie app, spent nearly two hours scanning them all in to see what they offered us. Most of them were between 1p and 5p, or they just said we don't accept this one. A handful fetched a little more, and one of them was randomly £2.25 - but in the end they took 133 DVDs & old PS3 games and will pay us a total of £13.88 for them. And I now have to find a cardboard box big enough for 133 DVDs so I can take it down the Hermes shop. I'm really not sure it's worth the effort.
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Have you heard of the bin lol

I took 3 suitcases of dvds to my sister's last week as she's an eco warrior

Spent 3 days "converting them" to digital
 
Kaz said:
Sadly there are a whole bunch of snowflakes out there just aching for an excuse to be offended by any well meaning attempt to cut down on abuse and bullying.

Personally, I probably just wouldn’t play it but since the original artist realised it was wrong and recorded a version with different lyrics I suppose we should respect her wishes and go with that version.
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Reading the article on the BBC it doesn't suggest she changed her mind about the song, she may have done incidentally I don't know, or that she recorded a new version because of that. The altered version was for TotP so the change there was for commercial purposes, to be allowed to sing it on the show. I don't know if you are old enough for that era but TotP at that time was the biggest music show and playing on there got you sales.

I suspect the record label must love this annual fall out, great publicity. I don't even like the song, it's not on my Christmas playlist.
 
Piece said:
I took "frak" to be a natural word evolution of the f-word, seeing as this is set way in the future. Just adds to the quality of the show, imho.
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I thought it was to do with extracting gas from certain sedimentary rock types.

Father Ted's "Feck" though, I never understood how they got away with that one. :)
 
banjofred said:
I just play PC games....but I really need a new game. I've played all the Borderland games......again.
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Sign up to Xbox gamepass. Works on PC and there are dozens of top games. Basically gaming Netflix. Not bought a game for my Xbox for months (then again I spend most of my time on xcom 2)
 
Driving home tonight. 16.45. Dark as, and a lot of the street lights don't work.
There is a lady, dressed head to foot in black, full muslim get up ( for the easily offended, I have no issue with this, it's what she was wearing), walking on the road.
The pavement is a good 5m wide, with one other person walking on it.
So she has socially distanced herself by stepping onto the A5.
The chances of getting run down way exceed the chances of catching covid from passing someone on a pavement.
 
murphthemog said:
Driving home tonight. 16.45. Dark as, and a lot of the street lights don't work.
There is a lady, dressed head to foot in black, full muslim get up ( for the easily offended, I have no issue with this, it's what she was wearing), walking on the road.
The pavement is a good 5m wide, with one other person walking on it.
So she has socially distanced herself by stepping onto the A5.
The chances of getting run down way exceed the chances of catching covid from passing someone on a pavement.
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Best when it was lockdown one and people thought no cars were on the road so they decided to have family strolls and walk in the middle of the road like motor vehicles didn’t exist.
 
I can’t say I’m happy with Sky‘s feed from the Golf Channel. I know I’m setting myself up here for a bit of ridicule but does the picture look too green?
 
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