Channel 4 Announcer

[Lippy Kid]

Either I'm imagining things 3 days in a row, or at the end of Come Dine With Me, just before The Simpsons at 6pm, the announce has purposely mis-pronounced the title of the show.



I'm sure that today he said "Selma marries Grandpa in The Jimspons"


Someone tell me I'm not going mad!?!? And if I'm hearing it right, WTF is it all about?

[bigrich4]

Funny you should say that but I'm pretty sure the announcer said something similar for the episode last night, I just thought I had misheard him.

[Lippy Kid]

So I'm not losing it

But yeah, I'm sure he's been doing it all week, with no explanation.



Weird. Why would he be doing that?

[c123]

Sounded more like 'trim-sons' on C4+1 just now.

[Lippy Kid]

c123 said:

Sounded more like 'trim-sons' on C4+1 just now.

Dammit, I never thought to +1 it. Well at least you've confirmed to me that there's nothing wrong with my ears.

Apart from maybe hearing "Trimsons" as "Jimpsons"

[KB_S1]

Can't comment on last couple of nights but he definitely flumphed it tonight.

Bimpsons it sounded like.

[GTIR]

I'm sure he said "Gimpsons" or maybe "Flimpsons"?

[mybrainhurts]

This is code...leave it

[Tommy Saxondale]

mybrainhurts said:

This is code...leave it

Like some sort of 'numbers station'?

[Lippy Kid]

mybrainhurts said:

This is code...leave it

Sign of impending doom?

[EDLT]

They mispronounced it yesterday too. It is probably linked to some Derren Brown bks.

[Morningside]

EDLT said:

They mispronounced it yesterday too. It is probably linked to some Derren Brown bks.

Oh Christ! Don't say things like that otherwise I will start to go mad...mad I tells ya...hahahahahahahaa

Tommy Saxondale said:

mybrainhurts said:

This is code...leave it

Like some sort of 'numbers station'?

The chime ones are the most creepy.

[Lippy Kid]

EDLT said:

Derren Brown bks.

quoting essential words only

[Tommy Saxondale]

Morningside said:

The chime ones are the most creepy.

They're all just creepy, think about what sort of orders are being transmitted around the world by these things!!! freaks me out!

[Lippy Kid]

Tommy Saxondale said:

Morningside said:

The chime ones are the most creepy.

They're all just creepy, think about what sort of orders are being transmitted around the world by these things!!! freaks me out!

What's all this chime jive about?

[Tommy Saxondale]

Lippy Kid said:

What's all this chime jive about?

Sorry, how rude of me! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

there u go fella, have a butchers at that!

[obob]

Well I'm in the canteen at work and the Simpsons just finished on Channel 4.

"More of The Simpletons next on 4"

WTF

[obob]

And now "Honey I Shrunk the Kids is up next, but now more from the Timpertons"

[arfur sleep]

An office jape of seeing what they can get away with before someone notices/complains?

Not a dig but email C4 if you're that bothered.

edit for grammar

Edited by arfur sleep on Thursday 22 December 11:52

[200bhp]

We were talking about this earlier in the office! I'm sure I heard "The Johnsons"