Comments for Gruts http://gruts.com Mon, 21 May 2012 16:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Life imitates Gruts by Yoghurt of Despair http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7582 Yoghurt of Despair Mon, 21 May 2012 16:16:56 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13183#comment-7582 Nothing to do with Rebekah Brooks but all to do with corruption in the media: The gruts poll currently shows: Dr John Sentamu (0%) Prof Alice Roberts (35%) Richard Carter, FCD (29%) Stense (36%) On the face of it a perfectly reasonable outcome, with no right thinking person wanting another of those religious nutters in the post and Stense just pipping Prof Alice Roberts to the tape. However, we also get: Total Voters: 17 That is to say 5.882% per vote. So, for example, 6 votes would get you 35.294% (which would round down to 35) and 7 votes would be worth 41.177% (41). It's completely impossible to get a score of 36 from 17 voters. I call shenanigans! Nothing to do with Rebekah Brooks but all to do with corruption in the media:

The gruts poll currently shows:

Dr John Sentamu (0%)
Prof Alice Roberts (35%)
Richard Carter, FCD (29%)
Stense (36%)

On the face of it a perfectly reasonable outcome, with no right thinking person wanting another of those religious nutters in the post and Stense just pipping Prof Alice Roberts to the tape. However, we also get:

Total Voters: 17

That is to say 5.882% per vote. So, for example, 6 votes would get you 35.294% (which would round down to 35) and 7 votes would be worth 41.177% (41). It’s completely impossible to get a score of 36 from 17 voters.

I call shenanigans!

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7573 Nite Owl Sun, 20 May 2012 17:05:32 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7573 I like Duck's comment. When it happens the other way round, they call it Country & Western! I like Duck’s comment.
When it happens the other way round, they call it Country & Western!

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Richard Carter http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7550 Richard Carter Fri, 18 May 2012 09:32:34 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7550 I am no fan of Eric Clapton, but his guest appearance on Stephen Stills' eponymous first solo album (track 5, 'Go Back Home') is some of the best guitar playing you will ever hear. He starts rocking out at about 3:39. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UoctMtrbVj4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I am no fan of Eric Clapton, but his guest appearance on Stephen Stills’ eponymous first solo album (track 5, ‘Go Back Home’) is some of the best guitar playing you will ever hear. He starts rocking out at about 3:39.

]]> Comment on Thai Red Curry Prawns by sharon http://gruts.com/misc/recipes/red-curry-prawns/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 sharon Thu, 17 May 2012 21:00:32 +0000 http://photo.gruts.com/?page_id=5850#comment-7546 hi the thai red prawn curry it was fantastic hi the thai red prawn curry it was fantastic

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7543 Nite Owl Thu, 17 May 2012 19:56:09 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7543 and the all time greats like B B King and Steve Winwood and Jr Wells and Eric Clapton (well, maybe not Eric Clapton) & a few country guys thrown in to try to appeal redneck audience. The sequel is in a way more relevant to me , mainly because most of the places they filmed at in Chicago are still there. But yes, the first film had music & a great plot...this one had the music & a pretty unimaginative plot. and the all time greats like B B King and Steve Winwood and Jr Wells and Eric Clapton (well, maybe not Eric Clapton) & a few country guys thrown in to try to appeal redneck audience.
The sequel is in a way more relevant to me , mainly because most of the places they filmed at in Chicago are still there.
But yes, the first film had music & a great plot…this one had the music & a pretty unimaginative plot.

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Richard Carter http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7533 Richard Carter Wed, 16 May 2012 19:08:50 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7533 Blues Brothers 2000, however, is perhaps the worst film ever made - despite Clarence Clemons in a cameo role. Blues Brothers 2000, however, is perhaps the worst film ever made – despite Clarence Clemons in a cameo role.

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7532 Nite Owl Wed, 16 May 2012 15:59:49 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7532 We wanted to visit Maxwell Street market, where some of the scenes were filmed. Unfortunately the University bought the land for redevelopment, bulldozed it & put a wire fence round it. That was many years ago...it is still the same. The tourist department didn't miss a trick & took over a street with a few old warehouses, renamed it Maxwell Street & encouraged the local market traders to set up there. I love the movie, but the sight of Blues Brothers tribute acts in black suits, hats & sunglasses quite frankly leaves me cold. We wanted to visit Maxwell Street market, where some of the scenes were filmed. Unfortunately the University bought the land for redevelopment, bulldozed it & put a wire fence round it. That was many years ago…it is still the same. The tourist department didn’t miss a trick & took over a street with a few old warehouses, renamed it Maxwell Street & encouraged the local market traders to set up there.
I love the movie, but the sight of Blues Brothers tribute acts in black suits, hats & sunglasses quite frankly leaves me cold.

]]> Comment on Citizen for a day by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7531 Nite Owl Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:39 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13181#comment-7531 Perhaps they should adopt the term currently used by the wrestling fraternity? Sports Entertainment. Perhaps they should adopt the term currently used by the wrestling fraternity?
Sports Entertainment.

]]> Comment on Wittgenstein’s Drachenflugexperiment by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515/comment-page-1/#comment-7530 Nite Owl Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:14 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13182#comment-7530 I am still working my way through Spike Milligan's war memoirs & am up to 'Where have all the bullets gone?' I always thought that Goons was a reference to the name P.O.Ws gave to the German guards. Apparently, they were faceless baddies in 1930s cartoons. Incidentally did you know that Nitzsche wrote the song 'Hard workin' man' which Capt. Beefheart recorded for the movie Blue Collar?....and Marcel Proust had an haddock!!! I am still working my way through Spike Milligan’s war memoirs & am up to ‘Where have all the bullets gone?’
I always thought that Goons was a reference to the name P.O.Ws gave to the German guards. Apparently, they were faceless baddies in 1930s cartoons.

Incidentally did you know that Nitzsche wrote the song ‘Hard workin’ man’ which Capt. Beefheart recorded for the movie Blue Collar?….and Marcel Proust had an haddock!!!

]]> Comment on Life imitates Gruts by Zimscribe http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7529 Zimscribe Wed, 16 May 2012 15:37:25 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13183#comment-7529 I did enjoy the sideshow that was Charlie Brooks banging on, with no apparent sense of irony, about a witchhunt - heaven forfend that any part of the Murdoch empire would ever do anything like that, eh? I did enjoy the sideshow that was Charlie Brooks banging on, with no apparent sense of irony, about a witchhunt – heaven forfend that any part of the Murdoch empire would ever do anything like that, eh?

]]> Comment on Meta-haiku by Jaey Peele http://gruts.com/misc/songs-poems/meta-haiku/comment-page-1/#comment-7522 Jaey Peele Tue, 15 May 2012 17:26:24 +0000 http://gruts.com/?page_id=12487#comment-7522 meta-haiku Peele the Tiger Woods of short verse still pond reflects moon far away from city lights meta-tanka meteor meta-haiku Peele
the Tiger Woods of short verse
still pond reflects moon

far away from city lights
meta-tanka meteor

]]> Comment on Wittgenstein’s Drachenflugexperiment by Richard Carter http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515/comment-page-1/#comment-7519 Richard Carter Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:00 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13182#comment-7519 Apparently, the character of Bluebottle was based on Wittgenstein. Apparently, the character of Bluebottle was based on Wittgenstein.

]]> Comment on Citizen for a day by Zimscribe http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-4/comment-page-1/#comment-7514 Zimscribe Tue, 15 May 2012 12:44:10 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13181#comment-7514 It's that "soccer, sport" category I struggle with. Shouldn't there be a question mark after "sport" or the words " irritating non-contact" inserted before it? It’s that “soccer, sport” category I struggle with. Shouldn’t there be a question mark after “sport” or the words ” irritating non-contact” inserted before it?

]]> Comment on Wittgenstein’s Drachenflugexperiment by Zimscribe http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515/comment-page-1/#comment-7513 Zimscribe Tue, 15 May 2012 12:39:43 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13182#comment-7513 From the fact that he had a friend called Eccles, do we deduce that Wittgenstein was in fact a character in the Goon show? From the fact that he had a friend called Eccles, do we deduce that Wittgenstein was in fact a character in the Goon show?

]]> Comment on Wittgenstein’s Drachenflugexperiment by Richard Carter http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515/comment-page-1/#comment-7512 Richard Carter Tue, 15 May 2012 11:08:29 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13182#comment-7512 He was just as sloshed as Schlegel, by some accounts. He was just as sloshed as Schlegel, by some accounts.

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Richard Carter http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7511 Richard Carter Tue, 15 May 2012 11:07:15 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7511 My favourite film of all time, bar none. My favourite film of all time, bar none.

]]> Comment on “We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline!” by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7510 Nite Owl Tue, 15 May 2012 11:05:14 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13178#comment-7510 Every year at the Chicago Blues Festival (only 3 weeks to go), they pay tribute to those who have 'gone ahead' (I don't think they mean the driver of the pace car). This year will be my old elevator chatting buddy, Hubert Sumlin. (We always had a habit of meeting Hubert & Pinetop Perkins in the lift at the Essex Inn). Chicago is very proud of the Blues Brothers movies & I am sure Duck will get a big cheer. Every year at the Chicago Blues Festival (only 3 weeks to go), they pay tribute to those who have ‘gone ahead’ (I don’t think they mean the driver of the pace car). This year will be my old elevator chatting buddy, Hubert Sumlin. (We always had a habit of meeting Hubert & Pinetop Perkins in the lift at the Essex Inn). Chicago is very proud of the Blues Brothers movies & I am sure Duck will get a big cheer.

]]> Comment on Wittgenstein’s Drachenflugexperiment by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120515/comment-page-1/#comment-7509 Nite Owl Tue, 15 May 2012 10:57:57 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13182#comment-7509 Wittgenstein was a beery swine....... Wittgenstein was a beery swine…….

]]> Comment on God bless America! by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120513/comment-page-1/#comment-7500 Nite Owl Mon, 14 May 2012 07:04:27 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13173#comment-7500 Remember the sit-com Married With Children? The Bundy family lived in Wanker County. I thought I'd just toss that one in! Remember the sit-com Married With Children?
The Bundy family lived in Wanker County.
I thought I’d just toss that one in!

]]> Comment on Rule 2 of Marketing by Nite Owl http://gruts.com/2012/05/20120512-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7482 Nite Owl Sat, 12 May 2012 19:16:49 +0000 http://gruts.com/?p=13166#comment-7482 You could wash it down with 'PEE COLA'. Really...don't believe me?.....google it! You could wash it down with ‘PEE COLA’.
Really…don’t believe me?…..google it!

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