Oh shit, missed out the Sellotape love on my last post AND in my separate thread about absurd tearjerkers. Doh.

Well, no, you can't take audio or video. But if it's just a photo, all they've got is the copyright in their backdrop.

I call it the appyard. Or the appheap.

Myst/Riven are products which aren't particularly associated with the Apple name. But if they were, they would be among the best, yes.

First time I've ever heard anyone say anything bad about W7. I'm thinking of getting it, but I'm kinda creeped by how many people keep saying "Oh, you simply HAVE to have Windows 7, I don't know how I lived without it." I feel like Truman Burbank stuck in some kind of stilted '50s product placement.

@Lemur: that's mostly true, though it's worth remembering that half of the time a corporation says they "reserve the right" to do something, it's something they never had the right to do in the first place.

tearjerkers
The ones that confuse me are the songs that are daft as all hell but still sweet enough to make a sentimental soul sniffle.

^Hole

Don't worry Prole Hold, I remembermembermember what a womblewomblewomble you are.

It always makes me think of Flying Purple People Eater: http://www.youtube.com/watc…

And if you're not a square
from Delaware
And you got on clean underwear
And your momma ain't on welfare,
Somebody say OH YEAH!

Any comedian could have got lucky with the likes of Business Time, but you have to be a musican to write something like Think About It. That's some proper Curtis Mayfield stuff going on there - the "this is where we build it up now" bit always give me goosebumps.

"Still Alive" might be played out but it's still awesome - especially for Ellen McLain's performance.

When you say "the first 10 minutes were RAW", do you mean it was a) funny, b) offensive, c) channelling Eddie Murphy, or d) a combination of the above?

Nah, if you're not actually telling a joke you can't rely on the comedy defence just because you happen to be on stage. What a dick.

It wasn't funny because it was making fun of black people, it was funny because it was well executed. Yes, it was kinda racist, but our recently-deleted colleague has a point: most other mildly racist comments get tolerated around here.

So I guess if there's anything to learn from this thread, it's that straight white people's shame is a blunt instrument that isn't good for much other than beating yourself up with.

Iz you sayin that becos 'e iz black?

Yes, there was. Lucky no-one's made a film about him too - that would just be embarrassing.

If I was married to someone that much hotter than me, I might consider it.