The Office

[shamus1972]

Hi - just thought I'd say how good "The Office" was tonight!

[Rosso Paul]

Too right. Trouble is I missed the first ten minutes 'cos I was on here - lost track of the time.

>> Edited by Rosso Paul on Monday 30th September 22:44

[Bonce]

Superb stuff, totally cringeworthy.

"you're cramping my style"

I'm wondering if channel four are going to have to put another apology up for Peter Kay's portrayal of Keith Lard, the fire officer who interferes with dogs (on now).

[Bonce]

They did! They had to apologise to Keith Laird again.

quote:
As well as sharing a similar name, Mr Laird pointed out that the character had a bushy moustache much like his own, wore the same luminous yellow safety jacket and had a penchant for quoting one of Mr Laird's favourite sayings: "It's not fire that kills - it's ignorance." Mr Laird, 45, said colleagues had nicknamed him "Woof Woof", a reference to the fictional fire officer's fetish for dogs.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/01/31/nfire31.xml

[incorrigible]

quote:
It's not racist, it was the queen that said "black mans "

[shamus1972]

quote: It's not insulting - if anything, it's complimentary!

[CleG]

one of our marketing managers is just like him .. its scary.

Was quality, when you explain your own jokes its time to hide lol

[SBD]

"This isn't a witch hunt....."

Top stuff 'cos everyone works with someone that they think is similar (I know I do) only problem comes when everyone thinks it's you.....

[Big_M]

Ma nah ma nah
Do do dah do do

[iguana]

Ha ha, the office just makes me cringe so much but I still keep watching tho... the Peter Kay episode last night has got to be one of my all time faves.

The line "its not fire that kills, its ignorance. Well eer no thats not quite right fire does kill actually and smoke too"

classic

[plotloss]

Class show, and having lived in Slough and worked on the trading estate I can wholeheartedly say that not only is it funny but completely accurate!

Matt.

[pigme]

quote:

They did! They had to apologise to Keith Laird again.

quote:
As well as sharing a similar name, Mr Laird pointed out that the character had a bushy moustache much like his own, wore the same luminous yellow safety jacket and had a penchant for quoting one of Mr Laird's favourite sayings: "It's not fire that kills - it's ignorance." Mr Laird, 45, said colleagues had nicknamed him "Woof Woof", a reference to the fictional fire officer's fetish for dogs.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/01/31/nfire31.xml

Er, no bonce thats something else mate , although both very funny, I think Peter Kay has the edge.

[elanturbo]

Pants p*ssed!

Has everybody met this little lady?

[Bonce]

quote:
Er, no bonce thats something else mate , although both very funny, I think Peter Kay has the edge.

I know, I went off topic early on in the thread because I commented on the office during the commercial break half way through Peter Kay. Sorry.

[granville]

Utterly superb; the boy Ricky has indeed created a character of Fawltyesque pretensions (although Bas-well will forever stand alone as THE great loon).

The cringeworthiness is compelling but whether intended or not, I also love the way it depicts the angry humourlessness of the PC mob; trying SO hard to be 'outraged' by the superb purility of the BC joke...

An observational masterpiece par excellence!