claymore
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Is it just me or does anyone else find themselves shouting "pissaff ye patronizin jessie" when that theatrical condescending wee shirtlifter does the weather?
Irritating Weather Forecaster BBC1
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Twister_Ken
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Just you, I think.
Lakesailor
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I take it you mean the one who was dressed by his mum and says "Sevens for London" and things.
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I find him somewhat annoying. BUT have you heard the R4 continuity guy from Radio Jamaica ? !
tazzle
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No, me as well. I know excatly the one you mean. Very well articulated prissy little voice and an attitude that says 'I don't know why I'm wasting my time explaining the weather to you lot, I'm clearly a much superior being'.
We had a project manager once (for a very short while) almost exactly the same. The contractor said of him "If you could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, you could retire on the profit". That was just before the site manager tried to deck him, but he moved so the engineer got hit instead. Which was a shame, as the engineer was a nice bloke.
We had a project manager once (for a very short while) almost exactly the same. The contractor said of him "If you could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, you could retire on the profit". That was just before the site manager tried to deck him, but he moved so the engineer got hit instead. Which was a shame, as the engineer was a nice bloke.
Bat21
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Is it just me or does anyone else find themselves shouting "pissaff ye patronizin jessie" when that theatrical condescending wee shirtlifter does the weather?
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Not only that, but the chutney ferret never forecasts the weather that I require /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Is it just me or does anyone else find themselves shouting "pissaff ye patronizin jessie" when that theatrical condescending wee shirtlifter does the weather?
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Not only that, but the chutney ferret never forecasts the weather that I require /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Scillypete
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I find it tiotally distracting and cannot concentrate on what the forecast is actually going to be when that oddball is on waving his hands all over the place and moving round the map with what seems like lightning speed. When he presents the weather it all seems to be lots of theatricals and no content.
Aardee
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Can't possibly be as bad as the guy who does the weather on Sky News (Francis, maybe?). I'm sure he's on drugs most of the time.
Lakesailor
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iangrant
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Francis is a glider pilot and got bollo~ked by the network before he moved to sky.
His forecasts often contained details that now are sadly missing from the pretty "will it rain" type umbrella symbol nonsense transmitted now...
His forecasts often contained details that now are sadly missing from the pretty "will it rain" type umbrella symbol nonsense transmitted now...
Aardee
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But have you seen him on Sky???
There's a blimmin great depression heading for the UK, and he's rambling on about the below average pollen count in Azerbaijan.
Dunno about glider pilot, more like Space Cadet
There's a blimmin great depression heading for the UK, and he's rambling on about the below average pollen count in Azerbaijan.
Dunno about glider pilot, more like Space Cadet
Aja
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Og Gawd. Thats him.
Admittedly worse that the female we have on Reporting Scotland with her speech impediment. Cant remember her name.
Donald
Admittedly worse that the female we have on Reporting Scotland with her speech impediment. Cant remember her name.
Donald
Bergman
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"condescending wee shirtlifter "
I do wish you would avoid such mealy mouthed political correctness and tell it straight.
I do wish you would avoid such mealy mouthed political correctness and tell it straight.
StugeronSteve
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Forecasts are always a bit on the crappy side just lately, occasionally accurate, but crappy none the less. I think it must be something to do with the weather we've been having. Must say I only tend to stick around and watch if it's the gorgeous Carol Kirkwood, or Helen Willets, doing the presentation.
Robin
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He's no worse than any of them, they all seem to think the forecast is about THEM and not what the weather is going to be. What is really irritating, especially on the local forecasts where we in Dorset are on the join of the southeast/southwest areas, is that they stand right in front of the bit you want to see! Also, again as we are on the western edge of the 'southeast', most of what they are talking about in terms of timings relates more to say IOW/Sussex/Kent than to us where often that weather has passed us hours before. And why oh why do they have to tell us what the weather did yesterday - we already know that, give us a forecast not a history lesson!
Why do they also think it is necessary to show a forecaster (are they or are they just presenters?) standing out in a field somewhere when the chart is in the studio?
But to probably get me flamed, I also find it difficult to 'hear' the weather when read by someone with a strong non-local accent, I find I'm listening to the words but not hearing and registering the content in the short time allowed! The saving grace here is that we have Sky+ and can rewind live TV to hear it again until we get it all.
Why do they also think it is necessary to show a forecaster (are they or are they just presenters?) standing out in a field somewhere when the chart is in the studio?
But to probably get me flamed, I also find it difficult to 'hear' the weather when read by someone with a strong non-local accent, I find I'm listening to the words but not hearing and registering the content in the short time allowed! The saving grace here is that we have Sky+ and can rewind live TV to hear it again until we get it all.
Lakesailor
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But to probably get me flamed, I also find it difficult to 'hear' the weather when read by someone with a strong non-local accent,
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Well that would be non-local to you of course. I can't understand these lah-de-dah Southerners.
Helen Willets is the one who shrieks in a high pitched voice isn't she?
Well known fact that women on television (and radio) should try to modulate and lower their voices.
But to probably get me flamed, I also find it difficult to 'hear' the weather when read by someone with a strong non-local accent,
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Well that would be non-local to you of course. I can't understand these lah-de-dah Southerners.
Helen Willets is the one who shrieks in a high pitched voice isn't she?
Well known fact that women on television (and radio) should try to modulate and lower their voices.
Robin
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Well that would be non-local to you of course. I can't understand these lah-de-dah Southerners.
Helen Willets is the one who shrieks in a high pitched voice isn't she?
Well known fact that women on television (and radio) should try to modulate and lower their voices.
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Well yes and I rewrote it so it was more general to apply to all. norf, sarf and wherever.
Who is the woman that keeps talking about 'our' temperatures, 'our' front too, how did she manage to buy them up? Come to think of it I think the anorexic arm waver says that too.
Well that would be non-local to you of course. I can't understand these lah-de-dah Southerners.
Helen Willets is the one who shrieks in a high pitched voice isn't she?
Well known fact that women on television (and radio) should try to modulate and lower their voices.
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Well yes and I rewrote it so it was more general to apply to all. norf, sarf and wherever.
Who is the woman that keeps talking about 'our' temperatures, 'our' front too, how did she manage to buy them up? Come to think of it I think the anorexic arm waver says that too.
Poignard
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Two things I don't like about weather forecasters
1. Unwanted advice such as "take care if you are on the roads", "cover up your roses", etc. Just give me the forecast! I'll decide what to do about it.
2. The way they end with "That's your weather" or "That's it from me for now"
SWMBO says I'm a miserable old so-and-so, and she's probably right.
1. Unwanted advice such as "take care if you are on the roads", "cover up your roses", etc. Just give me the forecast! I'll decide what to do about it.
2. The way they end with "That's your weather" or "That's it from me for now"
SWMBO says I'm a miserable old so-and-so, and she's probably right.
Twister_Ken
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Don\'t believe them anyway
So don't often bother to watch, don't get fussed about crappy graffix, patronising word forms, over familarity, etc. At a local level, strikes me that all forecasts are only likely to be about one-third relevant, and it's much easier to look out of the window anyhow.
Nice day here, BTW
So don't often bother to watch, don't get fussed about crappy graffix, patronising word forms, over familarity, etc. At a local level, strikes me that all forecasts are only likely to be about one-third relevant, and it's much easier to look out of the window anyhow.
Nice day here, BTW
Lakesailor
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Well she could be.
Would you rather they finished with "Sod Off"?
Would you rather they finished with "Sod Off"?
