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Benny Hill/Monty python/Blackadder marathon

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Really decent jam session

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Tray sledding

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Bad movie night

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Total Members Voted: 75

[jwhouk]

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As another comment on that... I live in the US, and the word flat to mean apartment IS used here. Seriously, that was a pretty petty post (jwhouk's, not Akima's).

I already let it go.

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Back on topic. It'd be funny if they DID drag him with, and Mom DID end up being there. And Cosette - who hasn't MET mom yet - got into some weird re-enactment of said photo at said sister's bachelorette party...

[Carl-E]

Yup, I'm fan of britcom, i know.. 

Can I have Four candles?

I haven't seen The Two Ronnies in over 20 years - thank you!  I now have more ammunition for wasting time! 

[themacnut]

Back on topic. It'd be funny if they DID drag him with, and Mom DID end up being there. And Cosette - who hasn't MET mom yet - got into some weird re-enactment of said photo at said sister's bachelorette party...

Would Cosette even be interested in going to a guys strip club, with naked girls on stage? Dora I can see going in heartbeat, not so sure about Cosette. Pretty sure Steve intended it to be a guys-only outing.

[jwhouk]

That would just add to the hilarity.

[Mustakyy]

Can I have Four candles?

Hehe, that was quite funny.     How about a discussion about philosophy?

As for the comic.  Damn, Steve  Kinda crass, but have to admit, funny (especially when thinking our unfortunate protagonist in mentioned enviroment  ,considering his current streak of luck). And, touche for the lil jab at some doublestandards. 

[Akima]

Steve is a real prince... As for the "women enjoy strippers as much as men, so it's OK" argument, it would be fascinating to compare the relative numbers of men and women employed in the profession. If, as I suspect, stripping is disproportionally a female occupation, it probably means that perving at strippers is mainly a male activity. And I wonder what percentage of the strip-clubs are owned by women?

Would Cosette even be interested in going to a guys strip club, with naked girls on stage? Dora I can see going in heartbeat, not so sure about Cosette. Pretty sure Steve intended it to be a guys-only outing.

Yeah. This is what is really wrong with Steve's behaviour here. Organising a exclusive "bros night out" in front of his girlfriend is pretty crass. But Steve's crassness is part of the funny, so... 

[cesariojpn]

Can I have Four candles?

Hehe, that was quite funny.     How about a discussion about philosophy?

But my Blackberry is frozen.

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Purely Observation: Jeff already got tuckered out drawing the Bakery last week......does he REALLY want to draw a Strip Club now?

[Carl-E]

Would Cosette even be interested in going to a guys strip club, with naked girls on stage? Dora I can see going in heartbeat, not so sure about Cosette. Pretty sure Steve intended it to be a guys-only outing.

Yeah. This is what is really wrong with Steve's behaviour here. Organising a exclusive "bros night out" in front of his girlfriend is pretty crass. But Steve's crassness is part of the funny, so...

Well, if it weren't for Steve's crassness, he'd never have had those pics of himself done, which are what attracted Cosette's attention in the first place, and bore a striking resemblance to a male stripper's promo shots (alright, he was  wearing pants, but still...) 

One could argue that his crassness is what attracted Cosette in the first place. 

Doesn't excuse it, of course, but it may explain why they're still together...

[pwhodges]

Jeff ...

C'mon - it's not that hard to spell his name right; you only know what it is because you've seen it, after all.

[cyro]

This related to nothing I know, still; how many avatars have you gone through today?

[pwhodges]

My avatar is defined as an image on my server.  When that image is requested, a random selection from a pool of images is returned.  There are, as it stands today, 27 images in that pool. 

So each time you cause a refresh, my avatar will change; and if you make a comment relating to it, most other people will be puzzled because they have a different one showing.

It amuses me...

[Murphoid]

My avatar is defined as an image on my server.  When that image is requested, a random selection from a pool of images is returned.  There are, as it stands today, 27 images in that pool. 

So each time you cause a refresh, my avatar will change; and if you make a comment relating to it, most other people will be puzzled because they have a different one showing.

It amuses me...

It's really just you regenerating, isn't it?

[pwhodges]

Even Doctor Who doesn't do it that frequently...

[jwhouk]

Yes it does.





(Waiting for someone to get the Monty Python reference...)

[Border Reiver]

That's because no one expects...

[Boradis]

I have to agree with Steve in the strip, and not for the feminazi reasons that Cosette imagines, but because it reminds one that there are other women out there who can get you interested. It can also help to painlessly put emotional distance between oneself and one's ex (assuming visiting titty bars wasn't something you and she did together).

As for Cosette, I think it would be funny for her to talk to any of the strippers I've known. She'd get a very different take on who's being "degraded" and "objectified" at a titty bar. If I could make several hundred bucks by taking off my pants in front of women, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Hell, if I could make that much money by taking my pants off in front of other men I would.

[Odin]

Steve is a real prince... As for the "women enjoy strippers as much as men, so it's OK" argument, it would be fascinating to compare the relative numbers of men and women employed in the profession. If, as I suspect, stripping is disproportionally a female occupation, it probably means that perving at strippers is mainly a male activity. And I wonder what percentage of the strip-clubs are owned by women?

You would be wrong here, as there is often a lot of overlap (the only exception to this is in the South, where strip clubs with male strippers aren't exactly advertised) with the larger clubs having sections that cater to both women and men.

[Carl-E]

Maybe in a really metropolitan area, but nowhere I've ever lived.  And no, I'm not in the south, nor in a rural area - small cities and university towns, mainly.  Chipplendales come through every once in a while at some of them, and they advertise a ladies' night, but no permanent catering to the distaff population. 

And clearly, I've shown wayyy  too much knowledge on the subject for your average family man...

 

[Akima]

You would be wrong here, as there is often a lot of overlap (the only exception to this is in the South, where strip clubs with male strippers aren't exactly advertised) with the larger clubs having sections that cater to both women and men.

Wrong about what? The disproportionate employment? So there are as many male strippers in the USA as female ones? I find that surprising, I must admit...

[Skewbrow]

(the original idea of Hill/Pythons/Blackadder was almost perfect, if Benny hill would be changed to Fawlty/Office, that would be massive overdose if brilliant comed, IMHO)

Yup, I'm fan of britcom, i know.. 

Why am I not surprised to see Blackadder on your list?

I never got much out of Hill/Python. My BritCom laughs are induced by Wooster&Jeeves and Yes, (prime) minister. Mr Bean is somewhere in between. It's probably just me...

[cesariojpn]

Jeff ...

C'mon - it's not that hard to spell his name right; you only know what it is because you've seen it, after all.

I' allowd too bake a misstake.

[pwhodges]

So I'm being gentle.  Remember, names are special - we try harder to avoid mistakes with names.

[pwhodges]

I have to agree with Steve in the strip,

So you think Marten should go to a strip club...

a very different take on who's being "degraded" and "objectified" at a titty bar.

...to be degraded and objectified?

[Carl-E]

I think I can safely say that this is the sweetest version of creepy that Pintsize has ever come up with. 

It's nice to know he cares, I guess...

[CEOIII]

It's a step above the fleshlight thing. But a very small step.

Did we ever clarify whose fleshlight that was?

[akronnick]

[celine]All by my- seeeeellllllffffff
Don't want to be
Alll by my- seellfff, any more...[/celine]*


Poor Marty.


*God is that song awful!

[Odal]

If only there were some way to express robot + human spooning on a T-shirt.  I'd buy it.

[maddness]

That's because no one expects...

My favorite shirt!

[snubnose]

I've never understood why many women get so upset about strip clubs. [...]

Oh hello Steve ! I didnt knew you are for real ! I always thought Jeph had invented you.

Is Hanners for real, too ?

[Antario]

pintsize being only being sortof creepy but mostly cute, never thought we'd see the day  




this whole britcom discussion reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3SqVrFB3Cc  
basicly the brit from the daily show doing copyright notice 'light'

[Armadillo]

I've never understood why many women get so upset about strip clubs. [...]

Oh hello Steve ! I didnt knew you are for real ! I always thought Jeph had invented you.

Is Hanners for real, too ?

Thanks for ignoring the rest of my post; you know, the part that clarifies the prior statement.

[Dr. ROFLPWN]

Pintsize, you...this is starting to look like you have a romantic interest in your owner
 
  it is creeping me out

[CEOIII]

Pintsize just wants fucked. He tried to be Faye's rebound fuck after she and Sven fell through.

[pwhodges]

Remember that Pintsize has declared that when the singularity comes, he will become porn.  He's just making the best of it meantime.

[The Seldom Killer]

I was wondering if this was a Pintsize interpretation of one of the three laws.

[snubnose]

Thanks for ignoring the rest of my post; you know, the part that clarifies the prior statement.

I have no comment to the rest of your posting, as I never contemplated entering a strip club myself, and find the very idea very disgusting.

If we even have such a thing here in europe, I dont know.

[Somebody]

pintsize being only being sortof creepy but mostly cute, never thought we'd see the day  

http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=430

I was wondering if this was a Pintsize interpretation of one of the three laws.

Pintsize violates the second law on a regular basis.

[Odin]

You would be wrong here, as there is often a lot of overlap (the only exception to this is in the South, where strip clubs with male strippers aren't exactly advertised) with the larger clubs having sections that cater to both women and men.

Wrong about what? The disproportionate employment? So there are as many male strippers in the USA as female ones? I find that surprising, I must admit...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_stripper

There are enough of both scattered throughout various clubs/pubs/theaters around the country for it to be considered common/easy to find either one.

[Skewbrow]

Just in case, sound it out. 

Long-tym-no-si. 

 

All for pulling legs I do confess having been temporarily confused by the fact that "your tym doesn't rym with gym." Nevertheless, it was clear that some kind of a play on words was going on. Me the furriner starts deciphering by using spelling as the starting point, and it was a bit harder that way. It's a cross I have to bare with my bear hands.

I have no comment to the rest of your posting, as I never contemplated entering a strip club myself, and find the very idea very disgusting.

My recollection is that in Germany you don't need to go to a strip club. A few years back you had a weekly game show on network TV, where the contestants where more or less required to strip in order to win, didn't you? May be it was before your time ? and I'm not telling why I know this bit of trivia.

[iduguphergrave]

d'awww.......


I mean I guess it's a little creepy but still d'awwwww 

Jeph should draw a picture of Marten being the outside spoon.

[snubnose]

My recollection is that in Germany you don't need to go to a strip club. A few years back you had a weekly game show on network TV, where the contestants where more or less required to strip in order to win, didn't you? May be it was before your time ? and I'm not telling why I know this bit of trivia.

I never owned a TV. And arent plan to ever own one.

[Border Reiver]

I mean I guess it's a little creepy but still d'awwwww 

I think your definition of "a little creepy" and mine are slightly different. 

[Antario]

My recollection is that in Germany you don't need to go to a strip club. A few years back you had a weekly game show on network TV, where the contestants where more or less required to strip in order to win, didn't you? May be it was before your time ? and I'm not telling why I know this bit of trivia.

I never owned a TV. And arent plan to ever own one.

wait...what?   *sends extraterrestial hunters after snubnose*

you missed the delight of watching our society turn into talent show mad morons.....okay nvm those hunters, you have a point

[Carl-E]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_stripper

There are enough of both scattered throughout various clubs/pubs/theaters around the country for it to be considered common/easy to find either one.

This is the kind of Wikipedia article that gives the project a bad name - full of vague generalizations, and a big banner across the top that says it needs verification! 

It's no more than someone's opinion, as are all your other statements on the topic.  If you're going to use it as proof, you may as well torpedo your own argument! 

There really is a gender division here, not to mention the regional differences, and saying it isn't so doesn't make it the way you say! 

I now await your predictably abrasive rebuttal. 

[iduguphergrave]

I mean I guess it's a little creepy but still d'awwwww 

I think your definition of "a little creepy" and mine are slightly different. 

I think we're all just secretly jealous we don't have a little robot to cuddle with at night.

[Border Reiver]

No, I prefer snuggling with my wife, thank you very much.

[horsefish]

If we even have such a thing here in europe, I dont know.

And they don't need them in the Netherlands, because they have plenty of brothels? 

[Wraith11B]

If we even have such a thing here in europe, I dont know.

Obviously you've never been to a Cabaret in Munchen, have you?

[TheEvilDog]

Oh Pintsize, you creepy little robotic bastard.  

And about the strip clubs. Are people made because they exist? Because people go to them? Or do they feel that the girls (or guys) are exploited? Because, frankly, the tone I'm getting from some of the posts is that people are mad at the girls (or guys) who choose to strip.

I was curious about a point last night, and I rang up a friend of mine from college, who worked as a bouncer at various clubs, one of which was a stripclub. I asked her how much a stripper would make on an average night. It depends on the time of day, the quality of the club itself and the clientele, usually, during the day, the girls would have made about €300-€400 in tips, with that raising to about €1000 during the night, on top of their wages. Just to put that into perspective, this was 7 years ago, when we were students and the cost of renting a flat with three other guys would have cost us €400 a week.

She also told me that strip clubs keep a very close eye on the punters, ensuring that the performers are safe and that anyone who causes any bother is immediately ejected from the club. In the three years she worked as a bouncer, she had only ever once had to ask a guy to leave, and he did without any fuss. The real hassle came from ladies nights when they had male strippers in, more that once some of the women had to be literally carried out by the staff because they were clawing at the men. My friend had to quit when during one hen night one of the clients tried to molest the stripper, she got violent and ended up giving my friend a two inch scar to the neck when she dug her fingers into the skin. She had to be taken to the hospital for 19 stitches.

My point is, forget your preconceptions, it’s useless to just pass judgement on something which you haven’t experienced, I’ve never been to a strip club myself, so I can’t judge anyone for either working at one, or for visiting one. A previous post said that the girls enjoyed the thrill of stripping, that they felt in control, the freedom. That’s why they choose the profession and great for them.

[The Seldom Killer]

I think there's a complicated issue surrounding exploitation and the commodification of sex/sexuality/beauty and whether the two can every be divorced in a transactional context.

I think that you should be able to but am at a loss to explain coherently how that would be acheived.