What I love about him live is he comes out - drink and cigarette in hand (not now; I think he's trying to clean up) - looking totally confused, as if he's accidentally wandered onto the stage and who the hell are all these people? Then he launches into some of the funniest and most keenly observed tirades I've heard in comedy. The man is a ****ing genius. And in Black Books, you get two for the price of one! Bill Bailey too! Sweet.

Yup. Love Bailey’s work too.
We’ve been going thru our DVD
collection of QI starting from the
very beginning of the alphabet
and he shows up a lot on there
(as does the late Sean Lock).

I have to credit MBers with really having an impact on my sense of humor in formative years - if I had never seen Nevermind the Buzzcocks I’d have never known Bill Bailey and without Bill Bailey I’d have never seen Black Books and if I’d never seen Black Books I’d never have been introduced to Tamsin Greig and if I’d never been introduced to Tamsin I’d have never watched Green Wing and without Green Wing I’d have never fallen in love with Olivia Colman and if I’d never fallen in love with Olivia Colman I’d have never watched Peep Show and if I’d never watched Peep Show i wouldn’t have seen Jez eat a dog.

How does all of that result in being a dumb bitch?

So basically your life has been formed through watching British comedy. Sweet.
You've seen A Touch of Cloth, of course? Everything Charlie Brooker touches is pure gold. The man's a genius.

If one more ****ing ad tells me to avail of Black Friday deals now, I'll need a black ****ing Friday deal to replace my TV! I am so sick of this ****. Shops, businesses, companies will use it to justify any sort of small sale or even no saving at all - SKY being a case in point: oh look at our Black Friday deal! It's exactly the same as our deal all the rest of the year! The chances of anyone getting a genuine bargain on Black Friday are about as slim as those of, I don't know, Florida instigating strict vaccine and mask mandates.

tl;dr: **** off Black Friday ****s. I'm not interested.

When i worked at Walmart there were some decent deals on black Friday yeah but it would be like theres a hand ful of TVs or something that are marked down and so the first dozen or so people in line get a deal. Everyone else who is there pays basically normal prices with some minor deals sprinkled in. It's just a tactic to get you in the store cause they know once you're in there you are christmas shopping regardless. Especially since it's such a hassle being there on black friday, people want to walk away with at least something for their trouble even if the deals aren't what they should be.

If you want to be one of the few who save a couple hundred on a TV or something you basically have to line up like a day in advance instead of spending Thanksgiving with your family. Which depending on your family might or might not sound so bad.

My aunt said the Pfizer vaccine was repackaged Ivermectin but she made some good turkey so its a toss up.

I'd be surprised if everybody waited until black Friday to do their shopping. It's more like if you can get a deal go for it, but there's no real reason to go out of your way.