Luxury And Indulgence

[joggerjayne]

Ooh, fab, I haven't seen Jeremy Kyle for ages.

Do I put it on in the office, and keep working?

Or just sod it, and sit in the kitchen with coffee, biscuits, and JK?

[viv38]

"it is nothing better than bear baiting". What a load of tosh !

[FredPuli43]

How would you describe it, viv? Wholesome family entertainment? What do you think the motive and enjoyment is in watching it? A noble interest in the human condition ? Or watching other humans being mocked for their deficiencies? What?

[pusskin]

Ok, i admit I watch it! lol. Goes down well with my cuppas and porridge.

Sometimes there are serious touching topics that bring me to tears.
Shhh, dont tell any one I've said that. ha ha

[sandyRoe]

Tears of laughter, do you mean?

[joggerjayne]

It's car crash tv.

You just can't turn it off until you find out which of the three blokes is the dad, or if the boyfriend has been sleeping with the sister.

You just can't.

[Blackiequine]

Obese, tattooed, toothless, foul-mouthed, beer-swilling, fag-smoking, drug-taking, on benefits - and the men are no better!

[2sp_]

I used to watch it in a strange fascinated horror, but I've got a bit bored with it as it's all the same issues, just with different folk. I am worried about the lie detector tests they run. They 100% believe the results when they are not 100% effective. So some poor bugger is getting hung for something they didn't do and some smarmy git is getting away with their sins.

I prefer The Real Housewives of New York/Orange County etc. My guilty pleasure when the kids are napping or at nursery.

[viv38]

I don't know how I'd describe it Fred, but to say it's like bear baiting is ridiculous in the extreme. Pure physical cruelty is bear baiting (still practised in certain primitive parts of the world) and not to be compared to a verbal bashing from Kyle!

LOL at Blackiequine .....

[mikey4444]

Joggerjane...If, like me, you don't switch it on in the first place, switching it off or not doesn't really come into the equation. My post of 09:30 this morning still stands...switch off the telly and do something interesting.

[mikey4444]

A quote from Kenneth Tynan seems appropriate here...something like
" who wants all that swearing on the TV...you can get all that at home"