http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/ Bristle Dart Boards, Phil Taylor Darts and More... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/comment-page-1/#comment-1594 anfoulk Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:30:30 +0000 http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/#comment-1594 it must suck to get outsmarted by a duck... it must suck to get outsmarted by a duck…

]]> http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/comment-page-1/#comment-1585 NEWjafan12 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 13:17:44 +0000 http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/#comment-1585 <a class="watch-comment-atlink" So, apparently the Government is planning to release several hundred billion dollars into the economy to devalue our money and thus artificially lower minimum wage and make us more competitive with other countries (lowering our standard of living in the process). ]]> http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 TomFP Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:40:59 +0000 http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/#comment-1018 artwest - you may be right - I am a great admirer of Richard Curtis' writing, and loth to believe such a mind capable of buying into CAGW. Perhaps I have a case of confirmatory bias...You rightly state that British humour is "anti-establishment, pricking pomposity and undermining authority figures and received wisdom......If ever the protagonist has privilege and power then they are almost invariably a figure of fun." And I have to say these are exactly what I found in No Pressure. The CAGW mob ARE today's establishment, they DO set themselves up as (and have achieved considerable real) authority and the holders of received wisdom, and the film (whether or not Curtis intended it) makes them look absurd. Even the title - "no pressure" is a colloquial shorthand used by the mealy-mouthed for "you must do as I say, but you will never be able to say that I forced you to" - reeks of parody to me.Where I slightly disagree is in " It has as it’s (anti-) heroes the non-conformist, the outsider, the underdog, the loser striving for dreams which will never be realised." This, IMO, is far more a hallmark of American, rather than British humour. In Blackadder, for instance, Baldrick is forever downtrodden, and while he gets the odd wry laugh at his master's expense, he never actually triumphs. Incidentally, one Blackadder ep has an uncomplaining Baldrick's groin area being used by Blackadder as a darts board - may I assure Smokey and others jumping down David Gould's throat (give it up Dave, they just don't get it) that the fact that I found the scene gloriously funny does not imply that I approve of people using their manservant's groin areas as dart boards, still less that encourage the practice? artwest – you may be right – I am a great admirer of Richard Curtis’ writing, and loth to believe such a mind capable of buying into CAGW. Perhaps I have a case of confirmatory bias…You rightly state that British humour is “anti-establishment, pricking pomposity and undermining authority figures and received wisdom……If ever the protagonist has privilege and power then they are almost invariably a figure of fun.” And I have to say these are exactly what I found in No Pressure. The CAGW mob ARE today’s establishment, they DO set themselves up as (and have achieved considerable real) authority and the holders of received wisdom, and the film (whether or not Curtis intended it) makes them look absurd. Even the title – “no pressure” is a colloquial shorthand used by the mealy-mouthed for “you must do as I say, but you will never be able to say that I forced you to” – reeks of parody to me.Where I slightly disagree is in ” It has as it’s (anti-) heroes the non-conformist, the outsider, the underdog, the loser striving for dreams which will never be realised.” This, IMO, is far more a hallmark of American, rather than British humour. In Blackadder, for instance, Baldrick is forever downtrodden, and while he gets the odd wry laugh at his master’s expense, he never actually triumphs. Incidentally, one Blackadder ep has an uncomplaining Baldrick’s groin area being used by Blackadder as a darts board – may I assure Smokey and others jumping down David Gould’s throat (give it up Dave, they just don’t get it) that the fact that I found the scene gloriously funny does not imply that I approve of people using their manservant’s groin areas as dart boards, still less that encourage the practice?

]]> http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/comment-page-1/#comment-433 FrankenMerc Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:59:43 +0000 http://www.mydadsbook.com/dart-boards-9/#comment-433 I pass Fox and the Hound (75 and Campbell) every day. I suppose I could stop once in a while to see if I recognize anything familiar. Do they still have Dart Boards there? I pass Fox and the Hound (75 and Campbell) every day. I suppose I could stop once in a while to see if I recognize anything familiar. Do they still have Dart Boards there?

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