[fruit_cake]

Originally Posted by Omah

Hehehehe .....

I'm glad you kept it clean - I could only think of four-letter words .....

they've certainly gutter-lot of ingenuity in that family

[Livia]

Peter Basalgette's great great grandfather, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, designed and built London's sewer system. One was honoured for pumping sh** out of our homes, and one has been honoured for pumping sh** in.

[fruit_cake]

Originally Posted by Livia

Peter Basalgette's great great grandfather, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, designed and built London's sewer system. One was honoured for pumping sh** out of our homes, and one has been honoured for pumping sh** in.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Livia

Peter Basalgette's great great grandfather, Sir Joseph Bazalgette, designed and built London's sewer system. One was honoured for pumping sh** out of our homes, and one has been honoured for pumping sh** in.

the guy brought an innovative TV program to our screens for over a decade, made celebrities out of dozens of regular people and gave them a quality of life they otherwise probably would never have gotten to experience - not that bad an achievement when you think about it.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Zee

the guy brought an innovative TV program to our screens for over a decade, made celebrities out of dozens of regular people and gave them a quality of life they otherwise probably would never have gotten to experience - not that bad an achievement when you think about it.

I was making a joke.

However, his knighthood is for services to broadcasting, not specifically for importing a successful foreign format, which wouldn't be that great an achievement when you think about it.

[Z]

Originally Posted by Livia

I was making a joke.

However, his knighthood is for services to broadcasting, not specifically for importing a successful foreign format, which wouldn't be that great an achievement when you think about it.

I'd have thought my use of would tell you I understood the joke

Aye but seeing as we're on a BB forum, discussing Big Brother is generally the first port of call where applicable..

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Zee

I'd have thought my use of would tell you I understood the joke

Aye but seeing as we're on a BB forum, discussing Big Brother is generally the first port of call where applicable..

Yeah, I see that now. I don't really do emoticons. I never know whether it means you're laughing with, or laughing at.

The sticky-tongue-out one I get, so I am not a completely hopeless case!

[Omah]

Originally Posted by christmas_cake

they've certainly gutter-lot of ingenuity in that family