I think I actually typed the wrong thing. I meant "more people hate it than care enough to buy the singles". They watch and vote for the entertainment and the drama, not for the music. And Simon Cowell knows it - he's staged the whole show around it. Nothing ever happens that he hasn't foreseen or at least planned for. The man is a genius.

That's why we can all look forward to watching a pair of talentless morons with ridiculous hair prancing around doing unspeakable things to what were once real songs. He got the callers' money, and I'd bet my left nut that he's also getting a cut of every single contract that comes out of that place, with him backing or not.

Incidentally, from what I can see about 30 million people voted in the 2005 national elections (excluding Northern Ireland).

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I've had enough trouble with band names of my own to give away any actual good names I think of Thank god this one came pre-named.

Yeah, looks like great fun in that traffic

The road itself looks cool, but 84km? In an actual race, once the leader is in place long tracks become hotlapping because there's no need to alter their line. Shorter laps mean more passing which means more thinking and more drama.

What it has proven is more people hate the X Factor than vote for it. I think that itself speaks volumes, about the state of TV viewing, the reasons people watch these kind of shows and the music industry itself.

Thank god the charts don't mean jack these days.

1. Passed my driving test (at the beginning of the year).
2. Recorded our album.
3. Got a new(er) car.

I reckon that's about it actually. I've still totally failed to win the lottery every time I entered so far and I'm not a global superstar yet. Which sort of sucks. But I guess there's always next year.

And widdling. Playing loads of notes really quickly is only cool if you whip it out once in a while. Doing it all the time makes you a one-trick pony. We can all do tapping if we really want to.

Being a good musician is not about what notes you play, it's about knowing when to shut the f*ck up.

I have to admit though that an acoustic guitar is a good one for picking up chicks. It's a very intimate instrument and when you see someone playing one you know that it's them doing the work rather than some effects board.

I can't be bothered reading your post either. Is it any good?

Being a horsey-girl doesn't make it okay to stop washing

My Leon's tyres are crap in the bad weather. I don't know if it's running summer rubber or what, but I've spun the front wheels a few times on just wet tarmac. God knows what it'll be like when I take it out on the snow tonight. Go diesel torque power

Where is the "neither" or "both" option?

The PS3 has the better graphics card (search for the RSX stats against the Xenos) but a less intense colour pallette. One does transparency better. One has better integrated network stuff. But in terms of gaming hardware, both 360 and PS3 are fairly evenly matched.
it's all about the exclusives. Uncharted or Gears of War. GT or Forza. Blah de blah or woop de do.

I've liked Eliza since the moment she came onto the scene in Buffy. Her character was way more interesting than any of the Scoobies.
I've started stalking her in Twitter and eventually our paths will cross. Especially right now since she's vulnerable due to her broken arm

All private sales are "sold as seen" and that's the same thing that a lawyer would tell him. There's no comeback on it and he should know better. Especially if he's been doing retarded stuff like sticking screwdrivers in spark plugs. Even if it had been working before, that act alone could have messed it up and there's no way to prove it either way.

Here's my Viper parked on my driveway. Well, it's not mine exactly, but it's the same as mine. Well it's not the same as mine, but it's the same colour. Well, not exactly the same colour, but one from the same visible spectrum.

If he had a real R8 he'd have posted pics of it by now.

In the time it took to search for one "like his" online he could've gone outside and snapped some himself.

More pics, less dicking around.

As of this morning I'm listening to unmastered Albany Down album tracks!

I have a number of worries about GT5 but I'm not going to go into them here. That's what the GT5 thread is there for (assuming it hasn't been closed due to fanboy warring)

I would've put feelers out to get a Wednesday night race this week but we've got no connection right now. Stupid broken router.

If it ever gets released, I will too

That's a Boxster if ever I saw one. But I don't want my turn since we've no net connection at home right now

Except for this bit

Quote from Crashgate3 :

Make up the next line, it has to scan, it has to rhyme where neccesary and it must involve a subject familiar to LFS forum users.

In what universe do any of those (except the first day, which is a bad syllable match but at least does rhyme) sound like the original?

"Rockingham" does not sound anything like "rings", "wrecking" does not sound like "doves"...

Bah, I give up. Humbug the bloody lot of you

Would be much better if - like the OP said - they actually rhymed with the original song lyrics.

Snow here in London earlier on this morning, although it's not lying. It feels cold too, but according to my car it was 0.5 last night so I expect it's barely under 0 now.

Twice as good as Platform Racing 1 but only 2/3 as amazing as Platform Racing 3. More Platformy than Flat Racing 2 and with more racing than Platform Stop 2.

No?

Because when our producer asked us to bring him an album which we liked the overall sound of, our guitarist brought Joe Bonamassa's "Sloe Gin" so ours is getting mastered at the same place.

This album is a veritable international collaboration. Scottish singer, English guitarist and Drummer, Anglo-Australian bassist, Welsh producer, Kiwi studio engineers and we had a session Hammond organ player record his parts in New Zealand. If only the string quintet had been European or Asian we'd have it sorted.