Comments on: Animal Fanny Tuesdays #15

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:16:41 +0000

OMG, now I’m seeing metres everywhere! They’re taking over! This is a REVOLUTION people!!

By: Paul D. Waite

Paul D. Waite — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:42:36 +0000

> The show used the term ‘metres’ in reference to height. This is E.U policy that does not exist within the UK.

Yes. If you see a metre in the U.K., you’re actually hallucinating, just like all those people who think they voted for us to join the then E.C. in the 70s.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:33:42 +0000

Roffle, when you said “retro house references”, I thought you were talking about House as in the grumpy doctor, and wondered wtf you were on about as Wikiquote is full of them.

Maybe I’m just a gorilla’s G-spot.

By: Mr Clovis

Mr Clovis — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:57:19 +0000

A wark’s wee-wee.

By: Roffle

Roffle — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:38:49 +0000

Agreed, retro house referneces are depressingly thin on the ground these days.

By: Fish

Fish — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:58:09 +0000

Kirsty Wark’s tights and shoes… mmmm…. [*rubs thighs*]

By: Wingflame

Wingflame — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:37 +0000

Kudos to Nelson for the DJ Wildchild reference.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:02:24 +0000

Thanks Leo…….i think.

I often need the same story repeated over and over and over and over before I truly get the jist so will in future flick back and forth to Dave to avoid ruining my screen.

By: Leo Davidson

Leo Davidson — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:48:36 +0000

The static BBC News 24 logo *does* cause screen burn if you leave the channel on for long enough. It’s not even translucent like most logos which makes it even worse.

I’ve heard that the BBC themselves have (or had?) several ruined plasma TVs in their receptions because they left them showing News 24 all day.

That won’t happen with channels where the full screen changes, even if it does cycle through the same set of reports (or whatever).

With plasma screens as popular as they are it’d be nice if broadcasters paid some attention to the issue, though to most of us it doesn’t really matter. It’s not like many people leave News 24 (or any other channel) on all day and modern plasma TVs are fairly resilient. You can play computer games on them with fixed HUDs all day and the most you’re likely to get is a few minutes of temporary image retention, but not permanent burn-in.

By: Billyo

Billyo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:39:35 +0000

I’m loving these complaints. It’s like all these people think that the little box in the corner of their room talks just to them, and their £139.50 buys them 24-hour personalised programming. Do they not know they can TURN THE FUCKING THING OFF.

Sorry, went all HYS on you there. Sorry, I’ll get my coat.