The Funny Side of Religion

robindch

Bannasidhe wrote: »

[...] curried goat [...]

Had curried goat in Jamaica a few years back. Tasted just like every other curry I've ever tried to eat or enjoy. In the end, I didn't do either.

Dreadful stuff altogether.

Sarky

endacl wrote: »

* May not be forbidden by the charter. Temporary back seat modding justified in the interests of self preservation.

Oh crap, it's *not* expressly forbidden. Take Jernal! I'm all stringy!

Turtwig

robindch wrote: »

Had curried goat in Jamaica a few years back. Tasted just like every other curry I've ever tried to eat or enjoy. In the end, I didn't do either.

Dreadful stuff altogether.

Why didn't Jamaica Pisa?

Turtwig

Sarky wrote: »

Oh crap, it's *not* expressly forbidden. Take Jernal! I'm all stringy!

There's a reason I'm no longer called MaltyT. I don't taste as good.:(
Eat Zombrex, I hear he's tasty.

Bannasidhe

robindch wrote: »

Had curried goat in Jamaica a few years back. Tasted just like every other curry I've ever tried to eat or enjoy. In the end, I didn't do either.

Dreadful stuff altogether.

Guyanese Curry goat with Jamaican rice and peas is the way to go.

If done properly (i.e. exactly following the recipes as supplied by the very scary West Indian ladies whose boss I technically was back in the 80s) it's bloody incredible.

Like Irish stew it can be sublime or utter cack - depending on where you get it.

Bannasidhe

Jernal wrote: »

There's a reason I'm no longer called MaltyT. I don't taste as good.:(
Eat Zombrex, I hear he's tasty.

MaltyT.....!?!?.

*snigger*

Sarky

I still miss Malty's shuttle avatar

PopePalpatine

endacl wrote: »

Before this gets out of hand folks, may I point out that eating other posters is expressly forbidden by the charter.

But what if a baby posts here?

endacl

PopePalpatine wrote: »

But what if a baby posts here?

That would be ok. Just don't tell anybody.

I bagsie a leg!

Sarky

PopePalpatine wrote: »

But what if a baby posts here?

Babies aren't people, or that's what the pro-life crowd tell me I think anyway.

Besides, there are site-wide age rules. If the baby isn't supervised it's fair game.

Obliq

.....only on second offence. First offence: given espresso, a chicken, a puppy, a kitten, a drum-kit and some abortion literature to take home. Let's be fair-minded here people.

Sierra 117

Sarky wrote: »

Babies aren't people, or that's what the pro-life crowd tell me I think anyway.

Besides, there are site-wide age rules. If the baby isn't supervised it's fair game.

I once saw a baby in the wild meandering around doing baby things. The next thing I know, an atheist swooped in and carried the baby away.

I stood there, visibly shaking. Tears in my eyes. I thought to myself "Damn, I had the perfect spices and herbs to go with that baby and now it's gone".

Dades

Sierra 117 wrote: »

I once saw a baby in the wild meandering around doing baby things. The next thing I know, an atheist swooped in and carried the baby away.

I stood there, visibly shaking. Tears in my eyes. I thought to myself "Damn, I had the perfect spices and herbs to go with that baby and now it's gone".

Nature is a harsh mistress.

endacl

Sierra 117 wrote: »

I once saw a baby in the wild meandering around doing baby things. The next thing I know, an atheist swooped in and carried the baby away.

I stood there, visibly shaking. Tears in my eyes. I thought to myself "Damn, I had the perfect spices and herbs to go with that baby and now it's gone".

You snooze, you lose! You'd make a crap lion. Good thing the reincarnationologists are wrong too.

pH

robindch wrote: »

Had curried goat in Jamaica a few years back. Tasted just like every other curry I've ever tried to eat or enjoy. In the end, I didn't do either.

Dreadful stuff altogether.

boards.ie never needed a "hate this post button" more than now.

robindch

pH wrote: »

robindch wrote: »

Had curried goat in Jamaica a few years back. Tasted just like every other curry I've ever tried to eat or enjoy. In the end, I didn't do either. Dreadful stuff altogether.

boards.ie never needed a "hate this post button" more than now.

And while the curried goat was just a bowlful of gray, curry-flavoured protein globs, the Jamaican jerk chicken was, like catholicism, beyond belief.

endacl

Whimsical moment....

I like this forum. Once the foolishness is dealt with over the first couple of pages, everybody sticks around to chat about Caribbean cuisine, biscuits, ice cream etc. there's a nice social side to A&A...

OK. Got that out of my system. Cynical smartarse mode re-engaged.

Knex*

Slightly applicable to here I suppose, in that Brand was on to discuss his new tour, "The Messiah Complex". However, although I'm not a huge fan of Russell Brand, he really does make a show of these poor presenters and leaves them grasping for words in a way in which I found hilarious.

Sorry if already posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJhErmJuoQ

endacl

Knex. wrote: »

Slightly applicable to here I suppose, in that Brand was on to discuss his new tour, "The Messiah Complex". However, although I'm not a huge fan of Russell Brand, he really does make a show of these poor presenters and leaves them grasping for words in a way in which I found hilarious.

Sorry if already posted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJhErmJuoQ

Completely off topic. Can't stand Russell Brand. But that was genius!

Nice one.

Sarky

He's no fool, certainly. Running rings around them with just a little theatricality and deception. Powerful weapons against the uninitiated, so I've heard.

Worztron

MrPudding

endacl wrote: »

Completely off topic. Can't stand Russell Brand. But that was genius!

Nice one.

My first experience of him was one of the big brother spin offs. As I totally despise big brother, and will continue to until the day when the person evicted is taken out the back and executed by a bullet to the head, I disliked him intensely. Sometime later I ended up watching one of his tv programmes and actually found him to be very funny.

He is, as you can see from this clip, a fairly bright guy. His observational stuff is very good. He is one of those people I think I should really dislike, but I can't help liking.

MrP

Obliq

MrPudding wrote: »

He is, as you can see from this clip, a fairly bright guy. His observational stuff is very good. He is one of those people I think I should really dislike, but I can't help liking.

MrP

He has a very useful mind - I was sold on him when I heard his observations on abstinence based recovery from addiction. Not funny, but very interesting and compelling.

Full programme he made on awareness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXo7fxm18wE

Sorry not funny or religious, but useful to some

kylith

MrPudding wrote: »

My first experience of him was one of the big brother spin offs. As I totally despise big brother, and will continue to until the day when the person evicted is taken out the back and executed by a bullet to the head, I disliked him intensely. Sometime later I ended up watching one of his tv programmes and actually found him to be very funny.

He is, as you can see from this clip, a fairly bright guy. His observational stuff is very good. He is one of those people I think I should really dislike, but I can't help liking.

MrP

Yeah, my gut reaction was to hate him, but then I saw him on something and he was all witty and intelligent, dogdamn him.

Obliq

kylith wrote: »

Yeah, my gut reaction was to hate him, but then I saw him on something and he was all witty and intelligent, dogdamn him.

Many women I know say he's the one fella who could make them lose the plot and turn into a mushy puddle of extreme hormonal neediness....case in point is that newswoman in the link above in the blue dress! Her reaction to him towards the end of the clip is gas

kylith

Obliq wrote: »

Many women I know say he's the one fella who could make them lose the plot and turn into a mushy puddle of extreme hormonal neediness....case in point is that newswoman in the link above in the blue dress! Her reaction to him towards the end of the clip is gas

I can't watch it because I'm in work, but I'd have to disagree. The only man who, off the top of my head, can turn me into a mushy pile of hormones is Alexander Skarsgard. I can't even look at that beautiful bastard.

Penn

Always thought Brand was a complete idiot just saying random stuff until I saw him on The Late Late Show promoting his first book. Pat Kenny asked him a question and Brand went into this long, very intelligent and eloquent explanation of a lot of things, and then ended with "...and that's why it's called My Booky Wook" which just made me laugh really hard.

He's still an idiot most of the time, but underneath he does seem like an incredibly intelligent, smart, funny guy. And he was great in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Bannasidhe

Sarky wrote: »

He's no fool, certainly. Running rings around them with just a little theatricality and deception. Powerful weapons against the uninitiated, so I've heard.

For years I was content to dismiss Russell Brand and then I read his piece on Amy Winehouse and thought 'hello, you are far more interesting and thoughtful than you wish people to know.' I am warming to him.

seamus

I suspect he's far more intelligent and well-read than he was initially marketed. There's a good bit of stuff on his wiki page, it looks like he was a good deal wilder and more overtly countercultural when he was beset with heroin addiction and so had difficulty getting noticed for being more than a troublesome junkie.

It seems that he understands that one needs to manipulate before you can communicate, so he reinvented himself as a foppish buffoon - hilarious and "out there", but not particularly controversial or threatening. Himself and a mate did the quiz of year show or something on channel 4 one Christmas, acted like they were complete idiots, but idiots who knew they were idiots and so just took the piss. This is the point that he became well liked and accepted in the UK.

Now he seems to be building on this and taking the opportunity to move over to more controversial material now that people will actually listen to him. Which is not unlike a lot of comedians. Billy Connolly started off a bit like a cabaret artist who curses a lot and sings dirty songs. His work then eventually moving from long jokes and funny songs into monologues and political comment.

Bannasidhe

seamus wrote: »

Billy Connolly started off a bit like a cabaret artist who curses a lot and sings dirty songs. His work then eventually moving from long jokes and funny songs into monologues and political comment.

Sadly Connolly now seems to have become a parody of his former self.