TheLodger in the Northern Echo

I just treat threads like that one as a bit of an opportunity to say something silly. If anyone really thinks that I was being serious when I suggested the baby Jesus on the "punchables" thread then they either have no sense of humour or they should just stay away from internet forums. Do the same people think that I was being serious about spanking BoroFur's beautiful bottom or wanting to stab Johnson in the knackers with a rusty fork and then make love to him? It's just words on a message board. It's not worth getting upset about.
 
bumface said:
I just treat threads like that one as a bit of an opportunity to say something silly. If anyone really thinks that I was being serious when I suggested the baby Jesus on the "punchables" thread then they either have no sense of humour or they should just stay away from internet forums. Do the same people think that I was being serious about spanking BoroFur's beautiful bottom or wanting to stab Johnson in the knackers with a rusty fork and then make love to him? It's just words on a message board. It's not worth getting upset about.
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I'm with you on planning the Johnson's knackers/fork incident, mind. I'll do the pronging bit, but I'll leave you to 'make it up' with him afterwards.
 
Ash88 said:
I share your feelings towards Nick Knowles. I better add that I have nothing personal against him (don't want any bad publicity if I become famous next week)... Just think he's a bit of a ding.
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Nick Knowles came to my house once filming a pilot episode for a series he and his producer were pitching for about unusual houses (on an old football ground). He was a nice bloke and very good company. We all went out to the Southfield Hotel for some food I recall.
The programme was shown several times on daytime tv. But yes he was a nice bloke.
 
rob_fmttm said:
Nick Knowles came to my house once filming a pilot episode for a series he and his producer were pitching for about unusual houses (on an old football ground). He was a nice bloke and very good company. We all went out to the Southfield Hotel for some food I recall.
The programme was shown several times on daytime tv. But yes he was a nice bloke.
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I think that Nigel Blackwell might have a different opinion on Mr. Knowles Rob:

 
To be honest I've never really understood the saying anyway. How can you waste skin? Is it a valuable resource that there's a scarcity of? Is there ever a situation where we might end up with a skin shortage? It's not like anyone else can use another person's skin anyway (other than pretty extreme examples).

Now a waste of oxygen I can understand. But a waste of skin? Makes no sense.

I feel this is the real issue the echo should've been focussing on. Happy to provide a gazette confused face if required.
 
I think people need to be careful referring to local 'celebrities' in these kind of threads.

It may seem harmless when people refer to the likes of James Corden but it's risky referring to someone who lives in the Teesside area, like Mike Hind, who may view this forum. I certainly wouldn't like to think somebody was referring to me as a "waste of skin" on a public forum.

It just makes me think back to Woodgate saying in a recent interview that it really affected his confidence reading comments online, where people were referring to him as being thick.

I'm not sure what to make of Mike. He may do what he does purely for egotistical reasons, but equally he may just genuinely enjoy helping people, and at the same time sees it as being great PR for his business.
 
Nero said:
I didn't read it or contribute but surely it's just done in jest? Is it really any different to the petty dislikes thread the other week? I doubt Lodger really has a hate for Mike Hind.
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Can’t really say those things though if you are hoping to be, or are elected as, a councillor. Those things will always be dragged up and used against you.
 
festa5 said:
To be honest I've never really understood the saying anyway. How can you waste skin? Is it a valuable resource that there's a scarcity of? Is there ever a situation where we might end up with a skin shortage? It's not like anyone else can use another person's skin anyway (other than pretty extreme examples).

Now a waste of oxygen I can understand. But a waste of skin? Makes no sense.

I feel this is the real issue the echo should've been focussing on. Happy to provide a gazette confused face if required.
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I did suggest both myself and the necronomicon on that thread before it was pulled. I think that both of those things do qualify as genuine wastes of skin. The bum faced folk shed their skin pretty regularly. We just grow another one afterwards and that does seem pretty wasteful and unnecessary but that's just nature. We don't do it deliberately. It just happens. And the necronomicon is bound in human skin, and that's a bit creepy, isn't it? And the people who that skin previously belonged to would probably think that using their skin to back a book when the rest of us just used brown paper or old left over wallpaper was a bit of a waste of skin. I stand by my comments. It's a legitimate phrase.
 
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