The BBC Thread

[Turkish]

5 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Absolutely 😂. Priceless.

The point is that we all pay for things that we don’t use anymore. For example, I don’t use the public baths any more but I still pay towards them. I used them in the past. I used to go to school. I don’t any more but I still pay towards them. The BBC is just like that. It is a publicly owned broadcasting institution that is there for all to use as it when it wants, if it wants to. If you chose not to others in your household might want to, or your neighbours, or your relatives in another part of the country. Just like public ally owned swimming baths and schools. It isn’t just Eastenders or Radio 1. It is a publicly owned broadcasting platform that provides us all with a service whether we actually use it or not. Just like swimming baths. We as a society all benefit from things that we use, we use sometimes and things that we never actually use ourselves. The BBC is a part of the fabric of our society along with schools, swimming pools, waste collection, Trident nuclear weapons, street lights etc. Should blind people be exempt from paying towards street lights? Should I be exempt from paying towards nuclear weapons because I don’t agree with them? Would Duckie feel so aggrieved with the BBC if it was more like GB News? 
The BBC still produces quality programmes. If people choose not to watch them so be it, but it is still an important part of the fabric of this country and provides a service for us all if we want to take advantage of it. Just like swimming pools and other public services. Just like swimming pools, even if we don’t use them ourselves anymore, or never have used them, by paying towards them and their upkeep we are helping to enrich the experiences and opportunities of those in our society. If we all start to insist that we only pay for things that we personally use we end up in a society populated by people like Duckie, hypochondriac and the other usual suspects. Can you imagine what that would be like?  
 

If the BBC was funded from our taxes, would people complain as much about paying for it?

Laughing and accusing other people of living in that past then cites that he isn't using the public baths anymore. You cant make this shit up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡

[whelk]

I went out with a 10 pence piece this afternoon and hopped on a bus. Amazed firstly that there are no longer bus conductors and when I asked the driver for a ticket to the public baths he told me to fuck off. The rude cunt

[Gloucester Saint]

17 minutes ago, whelk said:

I went out with a 10 pence piece this afternoon and hopped on a bus. Amazed firstly that there are no longer bus conductors and when I asked the driver for a ticket to the public baths he told me to fuck off. The rude cunt

Does anyone remember the old Central Swimming Baths and the underwater deep section as you went into the entrance?

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Does anyone remember the old Central Swimming Baths and the underwater deep section as you went into the entrance?

Yes remember that. Always rumours of that fat kid whose stomach exploded when he did a belly flop and older kids putting razor blades stuck on with chewing gum on the hydrowhip flume.

What birds are there in the bird aviary these days? Never minded paying for it even though i only really went to see if when i was hammered after being in Goblets.

[The Kraken]

7 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Does anyone remember the old Central Swimming Baths and the underwater deep section as you went into the entrance?

5 metres deep if I recall correctly. Used to swim down and do moonies against the glass.

I made it as high as the 5 metre board a few times but absolutely fuck the 10m board, me and heights don’t go well together.

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Always rumours of that fat kid whose stomach exploded when he did a belly flop

Didn’t know he was fat but definitely folklore. Never went near the fifth diving board as a result

[egg]

2 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

5 metres deep if I recall correctly. Used to swim down and do moonies against the glass.

I made it as high as the 5 metre board a few times but absolutely fuck the 10m board, me and heights don’t go well together.

16ft I think, so about 5 m. 

I never went above the 3rd board. Too much of a wuss to go any higher. 

[whelk]

2 minutes ago, egg said:

16ft I think, so about 5 m. 

I never went above the 3rd board. Too much of a wuss to go any higher. 

Did anyone on Saintsweb make it past the third board?

[badgerx16]

Ever had an oops moment ?

Phoebe Schecter on the BBC sports pages predictrs the NFL playoff games......

    AFC - Los Angeles Chargers (5) at Houston Texans (4)

I think the Chargers will take this. They're on fire and the Texans are on a downward slope......