Stuff you are supposed to like but is actually rubbish

**Pauro 76** · 02/06/2009, 6:05 AM

Empire of the Sun. A poor man's MGMT, their album's over-rated and they come across as such pretentious idiots in their interviews.

**SkStu** · 02/06/2009, 3:08 PM

agreed Pauro - though i havent seen em in interviews, i think their music is pretty terrible and as you said a bad rip off of MGMT. Dont understand the fuss.

**Angus** · 02/06/2009, 4:43 PM

Good Morning Vietnam

Complete sentimental tosh

**stann** · 03/06/2009, 1:56 AM

And that's unusual for a Robin Williams film...

**SkStu** · 03/06/2009, 2:14 AM

yeah, Mrs Doubtfire was a real tearjerker stann...

**John83** · 03/06/2009, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by Angus

Good Morning Vietnam

Complete sentimental tosh

B...but funny man talk fast?

**Bluebeard** · 03/06/2009, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by Angus

Good Morning Vietnam

Complete sentimental tosh

Yeah, it would have been so much better if he had been allowed more freedom to freestyle his character into something faster and more exciting, because Robin Williams understands comedy and what an audience wants far better than any director ever could

**stann** · 03/06/2009, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by SkStu

yeah, Mrs Doubtfire was a real tearjerker stann...

Where did tearjerker come from? Sentimental tosh was the phrase used. You're hardly saying Mrs Doubtfire wasn't that?

**Angus** · 03/06/2009, 4:25 PM

Colm Meaney

No

**SkStu** · 03/06/2009, 5:16 PM

Originally Posted by stann

Where did tearjerker come from? Sentimental tosh was the phrase used. You're hardly saying Mrs Doubtfire wasn't that?

my bad - i associate sentimental tosh with tearjerking scenes... maybe it was a leap in logic but Mrs. Doubtfire didnt make me cry. Or laugh actually.

**Angus** · 03/06/2009, 9:13 PM

Multiple issues now

Colin Montgomerie and the Ryder Cup - 18 months out from an irrelevant charity event, Monty is refurnishing Celtic Manor - I crap you not - by getting big wooden doors replaced because somebody might bump into somebody else and hurt themselves (see Irish Times today)

Next up - golfers to be wrapped in bubble wrap - utterly utterly utterly self indulgent nonsense - complete drivel and an utter irrelevance

Monty - a class golfer at the mickey mouse european tour level but fell short at major level now utterly obsessed at a rickety event between 1 set of golfers who care (because they cannot win majors - Harrington excepted) and 1 set who completely don't care (because they want to win majors)

We have to stop this nonsensical time wasting navel gazing obsession with triviality

**bennocelt** · 03/06/2009, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Angus

We have to stop this nonsensical time wasting navel gazing obsession with triviality

you do know that that could take, like, FOREVER

**Aberdonian Stu** · 04/06/2009, 8:25 AM

Couldn't disagree more Angus, the Ryder Cup is right up there at the top of sporting events I care about.

**Dodge** · 04/06/2009, 8:46 AM

Originally Posted by Angus

We have to stop this nonsensical time wasting navel gazing obsession with triviality

You mean close foot.ie down?

Bit harsh...

**Angus** · 04/06/2009, 9:05 AM

Originally Posted by Aberdonian Stu

Couldn't disagree more Angus, the Ryder Cup is right up there at the top of sporting events I care about.

Get behind me Satan and don't ever speak Golf again. Golf is about majors - the end. It is the only thing the real pros care about - Woods, Mickelson, Harrington completely don't care about the Ryder Cup despite what they say.

Golfers who talk for years about the ryder cup (mcginley and these other guys) are opting out of what really matters and want to finish 10th each week in rickety events in jersey and china in order to "...make the team...."

Meanwhile in the real world, proper players are trying to win majors

**Bluebeard** · 04/06/2009, 10:40 AM

Golf itself could surely come in under the heading of the thread.

I'm with Mark Twain on this - a good walk ruined.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 04/06/2009, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Angus

Golf is about majors - the end. It is the only thing the real pros care about - Woods, Mickelson, Harrington completely don't care about the Ryder Cup despite what they say.

Golfers who talk for years about the ryder cup (mcginley and these other guys) are opting out of what really matters and want to finish 10th each week in rickety events in jersey and china in order to "...make the team...."

Meanwhile in the real world, proper players are trying to win majors

Eugh you sound like those awful tennis fans that defend Serena Williams for only playing well in the slams. Odd as it may seem a sport can have diverse reasons for people to follow it. Football support and competitions at club and national level differ substantially, ditto Gaelic Games, and indeed tennis (Davis Cup crowds can be immense). The Ryder Cup offers an element to golf that isn't there all that regularly, it is something different that is special in its own right.

**First** · 04/06/2009, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by Bluebeard

Golf itself could surely come in under the heading of the thread.

I'm with Mark Twain on this - a good walk ruined.

Mostly an argument of those with the co-ordination of my youngest brother.

**John83** · 04/06/2009, 6:59 PM

Originally Posted by First

Mostly an argument of those with the co-ordination of my youngest brother.

I may have co-ordination of that kind, having once nearly decapitated Bald Student, Schumi and Student Mullet with a golf ball as they stood well behind my tee, but I'm of a slightly different opinion. I understand the attraction of golf as a game. However, I've no idea how anyone finds it enjoyable to watch.