Comments on: EPISODE 216 – dark passenger

By: nichole

nichole — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:49:40 +0000

I have an acquaintance who works for a main branch Public Broadcasting which you mentioned plays those “Keeping Up Appearances” for their fund raiser drives. It should be noted that PBS and their affiliates replay that show and others of their ilk because they have a really long and *cheap* licensing agreement to be able to show that particular show (and many other old BBC series like “Are You Being Served”) so it is cheap to show and thus helps drives down the overhead during fundraiser drives. They do tend to try and schedule stuff around their anticipated audience (so that would play during a time when senior folks would be watching), no you may have misinterpreted how big “Keeping Up Appearances” is here. I think you’d be hard pressed to find a handful of folks who can actually name and describe this show.

By: Reema

Reema — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:47:32 +0000

Well, to be fair, Keeping Up Appearances is used during pledge drives on U.S. public television during certain time slots appealing to folks of a certain age or demographic. For most of us in America, PBS is where we first got any taste of any British television programs, from Monty Python to Benny Hill to Inspector Morse. And thank goddess for that, because otherwise where could I put blame for my British television and radio addiction now if not for PBS? Your quality television is superior to ours. Allowing for the fact that crap is crap on either side of the Atlantic.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:47:16 +0000

That new jingle (the one that sounded a bit Buggles) has risen to the top of my favourites list. Sounds fantastic on headphones

By: Verfassungsfreund

Verfassungsfreund — Thu, 31 May 2012 21:37:59 +0000

About nurses (as a sex fantasy).

There are two main resons why nurses are such a popular sex fantasy:
1. Nurses are (on average) very young: nurses begin working (here in Germany) at an age of 18 or 19, but usually not last more than 10 years (1/3 is in this age range), because of the intense manual labour, the menial income and around the clock hours. And those nurses who stay on the job, tend to reduce the “customer contact” because of increased (internal) social status. So, if you have to go to a hospital, you most likely will encounter YOUNG nurses.
2. Nurses (in todays society) come closest to slaves, as they (have to) cater to every (actual) need of their patients (=self imagined “masters”).
So if you are in a hospital, nurses will have to help you shave, wash, piss and shit… (Why not imagine this relationship go further?)

Verfassungsfreund

By: gaijintendo

gaijintendo — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:34:21 +0000

I think the Elves and the Shoemaker story was supposed to be teach how profits work, and how to ensure growth.

Same resources
High-end production techniques
Higher retail value for same resources
Charge a price which will support your business and overheads, leading to increased production

Also, it is pro-immagrant workers – as a technique for increasing profits basically. Perhaps it is aspirational – you can become a sucessful business owner.