Post your unpopular opinions.

[Forum]

Hmm think i must be remembering the tune differently to everyone else

[magma]

Both the writers and fans of The Thick of It think it's much, much better than it actually is.

we dont have a terrible opinions thread but you should start one

You breathe... a word of this... to anyone... you mincing fucking tnuc, and I will tear your fucking skin off... I will wear it to your mother's birthday party and I will rub your nuts up and down her leg, whilst whistling Bohemian fucking Rhapsody, right? Now-get out of my fucking sight.

[idontreallygiveashit]

Hahaha tnuc is such a funny word i hate being so wrong all the time!

[Forum]

Does the swearing litterally every 2 seconds in the think of it not sound overly forced to you?

[herbs]

no. he's scottish.

[magma]

Does the swearing litterally every 2 seconds in the think of it not sound overly forced to you?

Have you ever been around egomaniacal businessfolk or anyone involved in politics/PR? They swear... ALL THE TIME. My housemate's ex used to work in a press office just like that for New Labour in Portcullis House during the end of the Blair years... he reckoned they absolutely nailed it.

Malcolm Tucker is so spot on in the first couple of series, it's unnerving. The new series has been less brilliant, but it's still a fair bit better than most comedy that's on at the moment.

[wub]

Have you ever been around egomaniacal businessfolk or anyone involved in politics/PR? They swear... ALL THE TIME.

I can confirm this is the case.

[Forum]

I dont know who the characters are but the 5 mins of it i've seen had some old woman who literally had to get a fuck into every single sentence. It just sounded ridiculous

[idontreallygiveashit]

Have you ever been around egomaniacal businessfolk or anyone involved in politics/PR? They swear... ALL THE TIME.

I can confirm this is the case.[/quote]

doesn't mean it's funny

[magma]

I dont know who the characters are but the 5 mins of it i've seen had some old woman who literally had to get a fuck into every single sentence. It just sounded ridiculous

If that was Terri or Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) then that was, err... the intention of the joke. They're both often trying to keep up with Malcolm's mouth to fit in, but they're not actually very good at it because they don't really like swearing.

[magma]

Have you ever been around egomaniacal businessfolk or anyone involved in politics/PR? They swear... ALL THE TIME.

I can confirm this is the case.

doesn't mean it's funny[/quote]

I can't help it if you've had a full frontal lobotomy and can only now laugh at Looney Tunes and the jokes off Mini Milk sticks. There'll be a new series of Dick and Dom soon.

[herbs]

What's the amazing scene in one of the early episodes (if not first) where glenn gives a master class in the use of (shit?) - can't remember exactly, it was ages ago...but it's hilarious.

[idontreallygiveashit]

Yes the world's intellectuals are chortling heartedly at a man swearing! This is humour you cretins!

[herbs]

Hope you've got a coat mate...gets pretty chilly on the highest of horses.

[magma]

What's the amazing scene in one of the early episodes (if not first) where glenn gives a master class in the use of (shit?) - can't remember exactly, it was ages ago...but it's hilarious.

I sampled that once.

"This is a bucket of shit. If someone throws shit at us, we throw shit right back at them. We start a shit fight. We throw so much shit at them that they can't pick up shit, they can't say shit, they can't do shit."

[Forum]

I think what i saw of it i must have missed the context of the jokes, but it seems to have a fanboy following in the same way peep show does

[wub]

What's the amazing scene in one of the early episodes (if not first) where glenn gives a master class in the use of (shit?) - can't remember exactly, it was ages ago...but it's hilarious.

I sampled that once.

"This is a bucket of shit. If someone throws shit at us, we throw shit right back at them. We start a shit fight. We throw so much shit at them that they can't pick up shit, they can't say shit, they can't do shit."

Welcome to the Layer Cake, son.

[herbs]

What's the amazing scene in one of the early episodes (if not first) where glenn gives a master class in the use of (shit?) - can't remember exactly, it was ages ago...but it's hilarious.

I sampled that once.

"This is a bucket of shit. If someone throws shit at us, we throw shit right back at them. We start a shit fight. We throw so much shit at them that they can't pick up shit, they can't say shit, they can't do shit."

that's it!! hahahahh classic.

the way Hugh at the end perfectly executes his approval of Glenns creativity.

[magma]

Yes the world's intellectuals are chortling heartedly at a man swearing! This is humour you cretins!

The humour is in the fact that people like this (legitimately) control our country.

Are you unable to put jokes into the context that they came from? Are words just words to you? Do you realise this message is part of a larger conversation or are you treating each word as an island unto itself?

I guess you've probably just not really watched it... anyone that thinks The Thick Of It is just about the swearing can't have been paying attention anyway. Was Yes Minister just about Bernard's failed metaphors to you, too? Is The Simpsons all about Bart saying "Don't have a cow man!"? Was the only joke in Fawlty Towers Manuel's spanish accent?

the way Hugh at the end perfectly executes his approval of Glenns creativity.

"That's top swearing..."

*drop*

I might dig that tune out. It was silly as fuck.

[idontreallygiveashit]

I saw a few episodes of the first series and was made to watch In the Loop in class once. Get jokes mate, found it half-amusing, but like i said or implied, many people believe it to be cleverer, wittier and generally better than what is actually presented to third parties with no strong interest in the show.

But what a high horse i have