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For example : They're currently showing an Aussie TV series on afternoons (BBC2) ; it can appear at any time - they shift it about depending on political shows, snooker or whatever.
This particular Aussie soap opera is like feckin' catnip for women but the daft BBC haven't cottoned on yet. It's like Breaking Bad for a female audience. If they marketed this well and showed it in the correct time slot on BBC 1 it would be at least as popular as Downton Abbey. But then, they wouldn't do that as it's not a home-made BBC product and they'd get a showing up, like they consistently do with HBO shows, etc.
The BBC are utterly detached from their audience...and deluded. Must be the most arrogant and deluded organization in the UK, except for Rangers.
This particular Aussie soap opera is like feckin' catnip for women but the daft BBC haven't cottoned on yet. It's like Breaking Bad for a female audience. If they marketed this well and showed it in the correct time slot on BBC 1 it would be at least as popular as Downton Abbey. But then, they wouldn't do that as it's not a home-made BBC product and they'd get a showing up, like they consistently do with HBO shows, etc.
The BBC are utterly detached from their audience...and deluded. Must be the most arrogant and deluded organization in the UK, except for Rangers.
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I didn't have you down as an Aussie Soap fan. 
I've never watched more than one episode of any of them they are that bad.
In fact they are that bad I'd rather watch the Celtic.
I've never watched more than one episode of any of them they are that bad.
In fact they are that bad I'd rather watch the Celtic.
Not an Aussie soap fan...obviously, like...
Not a Rangers fan either...happily...
Havin' a go at the BBC here, boss! ---------->
Not a Rangers fan either...happily...
Havin' a go at the BBC here, boss! ---------->
Unlike commercial stations the BBC don't have to get it right to stay in business which is just as well.
Forget this, Aka - I've got a question for ye.....comin' up....
I heard the BBC have lined up Miranda Hart for a Generation Game style show to warm our cockles on Saturday nights. The beeb are plugged in man.
I'm thinking of doing a one-off portrait of Sandy Jardine -- I've got a hand made gold leaf frame made -- this thing will be STUNNING if I set my mind to do it...how much do you reckon I could get for this? About 120cm by 80cm oil painting...google Claudio Bravo art to see the style - very realistic...how would I go about selling it? Genuine fan of Sandy as a footballer BTW...
if I set my mind to do it...how much do you reckon I could get for this? About 120cm by 80cm oil painting...google Claudio Bravo art to see the style - very realistic...how would I go about selling it? Genuine fan of Sandy as a footballer BTW...
Be in no doubt, Aka - this will make the Alan Morton painting at the tap o' the staircase look like gash...
Trouble is...I will have to make contact with The Enemy..."Injun Trader" style...
Wasn't there a Sandy in "Round the Horn"....radio comedy......Sandy !
Here , in Round the Horne :
One of the most popular sketches was Julian and Sandy, featuring Paddick and Williams as two flamboyantly Camp out-of-work actors, speaking in the gay slang Polari, with Horne as their comic foil. They usually ran fashionable enterprises in Chelsea which started with the word bona, for example Bona Pets, or in one episode a firm of solicitors called Bona Law - a play on the name of Prime Minister Bonar Law - and their claim "We've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time" at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
One of the most popular sketches was Julian and Sandy, featuring Paddick and Williams as two flamboyantly Camp out-of-work actors, speaking in the gay slang Polari, with Horne as their comic foil. They usually ran fashionable enterprises in Chelsea which started with the word bona, for example Bona Pets, or in one episode a firm of solicitors called Bona Law - a play on the name of Prime Minister Bonar Law - and their claim "We've got a criminal practice that takes up most of our time" at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
"Mr Ross said..........He thanked NHS staff on behalf of Jardine's wife Shona, his son, daughter and seven grandchildren...."
WTF has this got to do with Sandy Jardine the Rangers legend? Trying to address a genuine question to a diehard Bear here...
Leopard - Remind me NEVER to take you on my door-to-door sales drives in Larkhall...
You could paint him with a cravat as a nod to his gay namesake 
Larkhall....I hear that's where the Larks sing divinely.
This Sandy Jardine was a footballer who sadly passed away earlier this year at the age of 65 Leopard.
Would be hard to say Vel. Depends how good you are. In saying that if your not a name then not very much.
I worked with a young Aberdeen lad who was as good as I've seen but his stuff went reasonably cheaply although he did get a right few hundred for a crucifixion one.
Well crucifixion with a difference. It was to order and had Jesus with the puppets Sooty and Sweep on his hands.
Would be hard to say Vel. Depends how good you are. In saying that if your not a name then not very much.
I worked with a young Aberdeen lad who was as good as I've seen but his stuff went reasonably cheaply although he did get a right few hundred for a crucifixion one.
Well crucifixion with a difference. It was to order and had Jesus with the puppets Sooty and Sweep on his hands.
Scene : It is NIGHT... Larkhall in deepest Winter...Knock-knock...
LEOPARD : Good evening, Sir - was Sandy Jardine a gay?
(THUMP -- the sound of a body being dragged across linoleum...within 48 hours, Mr. Leopard's bits are scattered over a turnip field in Ulster...)
LEOPARD : Good evening, Sir - was Sandy Jardine a gay?
(THUMP -- the sound of a body being dragged across linoleum...within 48 hours, Mr. Leopard's bits are scattered over a turnip field in Ulster...)
The Leopard would go down well in Larkhall. Well down with a thud at least.
I blame Wiki : no mention of a wife in his Personal Life.
THUMP -- the sound of a body being dragged across linoleum...within 48 hours, Mr. Leopard's bits are scattered over a turnip field in Ulster...)
I love your subtlety there.
I love your subtlety there.
"I blame Wiki : no mention of a wife in his Personal Life. "
Occam's Razor
Occam's Razor
Can I make it clear....I have never said Sandy Jardine was gay.
Aka - Ah widnae want tae mess wi' some o' these nasty bears - had a few fights and bottle throwin' incidents at Bridgeton Umbrella back in the late 80s efter Sellik games -- jeez-O 
The Leopar
Can I make it clear....I have never said Sandy Jardine was gay.
Okay I believe you. The contract is lifted.
Can I make it clear....I have never said Sandy Jardine was gay.
Okay I believe you. The contract is lifted.
Leopard - are you a feature writer for the Daily Mail...?
My wee mate, who's a diehard Celtic supporter used to manage a bookies in Larkhall.
He kept the Celtic part quiet.
He kept the Celtic part quiet.
at AKA....don't mess wi' Ra Rangers -- intimidation guaranteed!
AKA -- is it true about the wire mesh to protect GREEN lights...?
It wouldn't surprise me.
Do you know Royston? Knew a guy in the pub trade and they had to change the company colours up there because they were mainly blue and Royston is 100% green seemingly.
Do you know Royston? Knew a guy in the pub trade and they had to change the company colours up there because they were mainly blue and Royston is 100% green seemingly.
"SCOTLAND'S sectarian shame is normally played out with chants on the football terraces or marches through the streets.
But in one Scottish town, the traffic lights appear to have become the focus of community hatred, with youths repeatedly smashing or stealing the green lenses.
So rife is the problem in the South Lanarkshire town of Larkhall that the council has been forced to erect grilles in front of the lights to ward off vandals. "
But in one Scottish town, the traffic lights appear to have become the focus of community hatred, with youths repeatedly smashing or stealing the green lenses.
So rife is the problem in the South Lanarkshire town of Larkhall that the council has been forced to erect grilles in front of the lights to ward off vandals. "
We need NEW traffic lights -- Grey.....Amber.............ORANGE...?
What about the wee green man who helps you cross at the lights?
He must get pelters.
He must get pelters.
Good night, Aka - if I do the portrait of Sandy, I'll just have to contact a friendly Bear like Bill McMurdo Jnr.......I can deal with REAL Protestants...
I was on a train that stopped at Croy, known as little Ireland, and a guy who looked in his 50s came on wearing a green jacket, a yellow T shirt and white trousers.
Good night, Aka - if I do the portrait of Sandy, I'll just have to contact a friendly Bear like Bill McMurdo Jnr.......I can deal with REAL Protestants...Excited
He's a total 4rse btw Vel. Read his latest blog. A total embarrassment that a so called educated man could write that chyte.
He's a total 4rse btw Vel. Read his latest blog. A total embarrassment that a so called educated man could write that chyte.
Through my green tinted specs I thought he made a lot of sense...
I'm barred from his blog simply because I took him to task for some of his writings.
You disagree with him more than once and your barred.
A Celtic guy on tonight saying something like ... and they say we're paranoid.
He's a plonker.
You disagree with him more than once and your barred.
A Celtic guy on tonight saying something like ... and they say we're paranoid.
He's a plonker.
He won't have a bad word said about Green and if you question the 70m, like what I did, then you're banned.
I quite enjoy his blogs, Aka - they're better than the Phil MaGoobalinghainhingy guy who can't write for toffee...never a proper journalist in his puff...
I think it was reported today that Green and the funds raised were going to be investigated by the police...
McMurdo won't allow you to question anything the board does, he's an arrogant fecker as well.
He has sone good posters but his numbers have dwindled in recent times.
Most blogs used to get over 200 responses. 70/80 at best now.
He has sone good posters but his numbers have dwindled in recent times.
Most blogs used to get over 200 responses. 70/80 at best now.
I think it was reported today that Green and the funds raised were going to be investigated by the police...
One big set up from the first day that Whyte got involved imo. McMurdo calls Green the saviour. FFS 70m are we're in the mess we're in.
One big set up from the first day that Whyte got involved imo. McMurdo calls Green the saviour. FFS 70m are we're in the mess we're in.
Where do you turn, then? -- there are loads of different Rangers' fans groups and scenarios...too many splinter groups...anyway, Good night, Aka...I'll leave you with news that I sold my car to a farmer from Perth...he travelled doon to Glesga and I met him in my orange T-shirt with the blue sleeves...we were talkin' aboot the fitba and he assumed I was a Gers fan...gave him a hunner quid aff the motor anyway........yours faithfully.....RedHerring CSC...
I would have added a couple of hundred on the price of the car.
Sandy Jardine was a great player and a credit to the game. RIP
I sponsored his niece Hannah in a Sky Dive. Brave girl, just like her uncle.
Vel, it was probably Trilby he comes from Perth.
If it was trilby then check the cash, he's a printer to trade.
G'night - I've got an early start the morra
Would just like to repeat what Mac said there : Sandy Jardine was a great player and a credit to the game.
Would just like to repeat what Mac said there : Sandy Jardine was a great player and a credit to the game.
Vel
can you knock up a copy of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in my shed.
Mrs CMATs rabbits get bored in the winter as they're not allowed out in the garden as it's too cold. They need something to look at.
Worth a tenner to you, and a box of Irn Bru sweets I got a month ago.
can you knock up a copy of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in my shed.
Mrs CMATs rabbits get bored in the winter as they're not allowed out in the garden as it's too cold. They need something to look at.
Worth a tenner to you, and a box of Irn Bru sweets I got a month ago.
No way CMAT - some things you just CANNOT buy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HvczqAdhaE
How can you buy Willie Waddell?
Ye cannae -- well Rangers cannae afford it, anyway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HvczqAdhaE
How can you buy Willie Waddell?
Ye cannae -- well Rangers cannae afford it, anyway...
Have to say - as a Celtic fan - that is the best football song ever -- great sentiment from a game that no longer exists...
Vel you would be suicidal if you listened to that too often.
Nice lyrics but by f*ck would that music no depress you.
I've never ever managed to listen to it all the way through.
Nice lyrics but by f*ck would that music no depress you.
I've never ever managed to listen to it all the way through.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETz1y_70V6g
I could listen to this all day though
I could listen to this all day though
And an old timer tells us in song what he thought of Sandy. 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfeHBgsmCU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfeHBgsmCU
Velasquez
09 Dec 14 01:01
No way CMAT - some things you just CANNOT buy...
Ya big hairy basturt, I'll have to whitewash it now.
09 Dec 14 01:01
No way CMAT - some things you just CANNOT buy...
Ya big hairy basturt, I'll have to whitewash it now.
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