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Posted by Declan on December 23, 2006, at 19:45:02
I managed to fit the supplements into a smallish esky next to my bed, but thought it wise to leave some vitamin C in the fridge as a decoy.
The conversation might go 'O yes, I've managed to narrow it down to vitamin C. You know it works really well on its own?'Has anyone seen "Extras" by Ricky Gervais? Amazing and wonderful.
Posted by Poet on December 25, 2006, at 10:46:09
In reply to Supplements (continued), posted by Declan on December 23, 2006, at 19:45:02
Hi Declan,
Is there any vitamin C in the decoy bottle or just an empty vitamin C bottle? Just wondering.
I've seen Extras, it's pretty funny. I love it when he goes to see his useless agent. Reminds me of all those head hunters who are going to find me that job. Ha.
Poet
Posted by dessbee on December 26, 2006, at 13:29:24
In reply to Supplements (continued), posted by Declan on December 23, 2006, at 19:45:02
I love Ricky Gervais' character in The Office. He really embodies the characteristics of a narcissistic personality disorder.
Vitamin C, so you are following Linus Pauling's regimen.
Posted by Declan on December 26, 2006, at 14:05:10
In reply to Re: Supplements (continued) » Declan, posted by dessbee on December 26, 2006, at 13:29:24
So David Brent (from The Office) has NPD? I certainly don't disbelieve it.
Extras is better because the main character has been humanised and the satire spread around more. Stephen Merchant must have been Gareth in The Office, anyway he is brilliant in Extras as the agent. We have watched all 12(?) shows and now I can watch them all again to see how it's done. A bit like a conjuring trick. Anyway Extras is the funniest thing for me since Fawlty Towers or Peter Cooke, and you can't say better than that. It's all about shamelessness and humiliation, which I guess are the current themes these days.
I've also enjoyed Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads", whch is beautifully written too.
I'm not on the Linus Pauling thing. I just take a couple of grams a day of Vit C, which lives in it's bottle in the fridge. In the other fridge there's some propionyl l carnitine and some bioidentical testosterone. I've been given white tea for Christmas so only need to dive into my esky periodically.
Posted by dessbee on December 27, 2006, at 10:20:42
In reply to Re: Supplements (continued), posted by Declan on December 26, 2006, at 14:05:10
I agree, shamelessness and humiliation is a current theme in modern comedy.
I enjoy Sacha Baron Cohen also known as Borat, Ali G and Bruno. He often lures his subjects into unwittingly making provocative statements and engaging in embarrassing behavior, as well as leading them to contradict themselves, often in the same interview. His characters' prejudism, openness and naivety seems extremely cantagious, efficiently exposing subjects double standards. Sometimes he goes to far and I just feel sorry for his victims.
Alan Bennett, never heard of him. I will try to remember his name next time I'm in a bookstore/library.
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