Loose Women

[alchemi2]

http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/LooseWomen/default.html

Does anyone else watch this show?

I find myself strangely addicted too it, I don't generally watch that much TV, just the occasional drama or mini series and a few shows such as Dr Who, New Tricks, Time Team and the odd comedy.

My wife got me to tape it for her a while back and I ended up watching it, whilst using the computer. Now i tape it for myself.

I find the interactions between the various hosts fascinating.

My favourite line up is Jackie Brambles, Coleen Nolan, Carol McGiffin and Jayne McDonald.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23459930-details/Loose+Women+look+the+worse+for+wear+after+running+amok+at+TV+awards...+maybe+they+should+take+a+lesson+from+Holly/article.do

[Dunenewt]

I don't watch it too much, but I watch too much Jeremy Kyle, which is the only day time TV that I watch regularly.

[Dragoon Knight]

Call me sexist, but I dislike shows that are all about women, or hosted by women who do nothing but yak at eachother.  I also hate those bloody Sheila's Wheels adverts.  You really have no idea how much I would love it if they all died horribly.

It's just a different type of sexism, I suppose.  I can't stand when women try to pass themselves off as better than men.  Diamond is another bloody car insurance company that I want to burn in hell.

But back to Loose Women.  Not something I enjoy, and it's on far too much.  Give me Top Gear any day.  Because TOP GEAR RULES.

The Jeremy Kyle show is also really funny.  Always love how he berates absolutely everyone, and brings on his "genius" friend Graham all the time.  Self-serving pompous asshole, but funny. :D

[Dante]

I hate daytime television. All of it, including all examples mentioned here, especially the ones I've never seen.

[Khan]

I'm with DK on this I cannot stand those women. Why anyone would want to watch a bunch of women blab on and on about the menopause and their sex lives is way beyond me. Although I resent any personal discussion to be honest. Bring on the Stig any day.

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

Call me sexist, but I dislike shows that are all about women, or hosted by women who do nothing but yak at eachother.  I also hate those bloody Sheila's Wheels adverts.  You really have no idea how much I would love it if they all died horribly.

It's just a different type of sexism, I suppose.  I can't stand when women try to pass themselves off as better than men.  Diamond is another bloody car insurance company that I want to burn in hell.

But back to Loose Women.  Not something I enjoy, and it's on far too much.  Give me Top Gear any day.  Because TOP GEAR RULES.

The Jeremy Kyle show is also really funny.  Always love how he berates absolutely everyone, and brings on his "genius" friend Graham all the time.  Self-serving pompous asshole, but funny. :D

I'm calling you sexist, horribly, horribly sexist.

It's just a different type of sexism, I suppose.  I can't stand when women try to pass themselves off as better than men.  Diamond is another bloody car insurance company that I want to burn in hell.

Well men aren't better than woman, they're equal.

[Khan]

And women aren't better than men, so we don't need shows based on segregation of the sexes.

[Dunenewt]

Bring on the Stig any day.

I heard a (unlikely) rumour, that he's Nick Heidfeld.

[Khan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig#Identity

There are lots of rumors. ;)

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

And women aren't better than men, so we don't need shows based on segregation of the sexes.

You're right, and it goes the other way around too.

[Dragoon Knight]

The thing that annoys me most is that, if a company decided to create car insurance specialised for men, there would be a feminist outcry.  Of course, men can get insurance with those Sheila's Wheels wenches, but who in their right mind would want to?  They can't legally ban men from taking out insurance with them, but the message is clear: "we're women, we're so much better and safer than you men, let's all sing an obnoxious song about it and pretend that men don't mind."

It makes me sick.  I agree, men and women are equal, but these women seem to think equality means that they have the right to act superior, because men did several decades ago.  I'm all for equality, but I am definitely against the arrogance of that advert in particular, and Loose Women is just an extension of that: "we're women, let's blether on about inane subjects and have the occasional male guest, all the while acting superior."

ARGH.

[Dante]

At my university it's a reasonably common accusation against the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) society that it discriminates against straight people. "Why don't you allow straight people to join? You're just as discriminatory as the people you claim to work against!" They say. Thing is, the LGBT doesn't have a membership policy. If you're a student and respectful to other members, you can join. I know at least two straight people who are members.

The point being that sometimes people like grouping like with like, but that doesn't necessarily mean to imply that they wish to put others down. There are insurers who offer special deals to older drivers, so why not a group for women? People aren't all the same, and while diversity is all well and good, there are occasions when you just want to hang out with people with whom you share something in common. Gender is just one example. Others include age, hobbies, occupation, ethnicity, disability (you should hear the disabled society bitch about able bodied people), sexuality, political leaning, religion...

My mostly irrelevent point being that people group like with like, and sometimes these groups will act a little defensively. It's not that big a deal.

TV still sucks though.

[Dragoon Knight]

Point taken.  However, bear in mind that I wouldn't mind the whole "women only" thing so much if they weren't so obnoxious about it.

Esure insure careful drivers, whereas Saga only insure people over 50 years of age.  I'm fine with that.  Do you know why?

Because Esure have Michael Winner saying "Calm down dear, it's just a commercial!", which is both funny (or it was for the first few adverts) and is also an interesting comment on the advert itself.  They don't try and make other drivers feel put out.

And because Saga make a nice, quiet advert that carefully points out to those over 50 that they might like to switch to them, because they can offer better deals based on statistics.  It's all quaint, with rolling scenes of tropical places and cars and old people.

Now take those god-damned Sheila's Wheels adverts.  A butch Australian singing about how good it is to be a woman as opposed to mere men.  A huge, amazingly annoying scene involving singing.  Initially annoyed and disgusted men eventually joining in the singing, as if to say "Hey, they're right!  Women ARE better than men!".  Bad rhyming and lyrics, the most arrogant pitch ever, and the women themselves... I just want to punch them and their stupid faces until they stop grinning!

>:(

*Seethe* Breeeeathe, DK.  Breathe.

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

Now take those god-damned Sheila's Wheels adverts.  A butch Australian singing about how good it is to be a woman as opposed to mere men.  A huge, amazingly annoying scene involving singing.  Initially annoyed and disgusted men eventually joining in the singing, as if to say "Hey, they're right!  Women ARE better than men!".  Bad rhyming and lyrics, the most arrogant pitch ever, and the women themselves... I just want to punch them and their stupid faces until they stop grinning!

>:(

*Seethe* Breeeeathe, DK.  Breathe.

Whoa, that does sound stupid (and annoying). If you were in that advert, would you start beating all of the woman/girls?

[Dunenewt]

There's the advert in question.

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

Ha ha ha! They sure are safe drivers! They're going in reverse at high speeds while not even holding the steering wheel, really safe.

[Dunenewt]

They're not really driving Kirby.

[Dante]

Now now, he was being sarcastic.

A bit like I am now.

Cretins...

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

I'm really bad with sarcasm, so a lot of the time I won't get the real meaning. :(

[Apollyon]

I find myself watching it much more than I would like. I don't really enjoy it; in fact I find it frequently very frustrating, as the hosts are prone to wildly endorsing sides of an argument with opinions that are no better informed than the average teaspoon's. The result is often a bunch of loud-mouthed, middle-aged women yelling complete nonsense at each other -- which doesn't really float my boat.

There's one of them in particular -- the one with a face rather like a leather handbag left out in the sun too long -- who especially irritates me.

[Dunenewt]

To be honest, I just find all women shows in general really annoying, as they go on and on about stuff which is really banal, and of no interest to me. Hmmm actually I just find most things any woman has to say banal and of no interest to me, but only alcohol has given me the courage to say so.

[Kirby Gotenks absorbed]

There are more sexist people on these forums than I thought. :(

[Dunenewt]

Wow, I don't remember writing that.  It is true though.  I was sat in a Social Science seminar at uni, and these two girls were sat in the corner reading celebrity magazines and talking about the stories in them.  I think that was the most annoying example I can think of.

[Dante]

As girls are to the merits of celebrities, guys are to the merits of different brands of beer.

Nobody. Cares.

[Dunenewt]

But different brands of beer taste different.