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all british soaps are rubbishness pandering to the small of mind

93 replies

Tortington · 06/07/2012 23:32

aibu to thing that everyone who watches shitenders or coronation wank are just morons?

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GetOrfMoiiLand · 07/07/2012 00:11

Morag!

usualsuspect · 07/07/2012 00:12

Morag was in Sons and Daughters

GetOrfMoiiLand · 07/07/2012 00:12

I sound like the biggest soap addict on this thread despite my protests at the start.

In my defence, my gran made me watch it all in the 80s and 90s.

usualsuspect · 07/07/2012 00:12

And Home and away

rainydaysarebad · 07/07/2012 00:12

I only watch EE as it's the only thing I'm allowed to watch on the TV...we either have cbeebies or news channels on all bloody day.

But EE has pissed me off today. How many bloody times is Kat going to have an affair? I think the writers need to get some new material.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 07/07/2012 00:13

Rack off you great gullah

usualsuspect · 07/07/2012 00:14

hehehe at great gullah

Maryz · 07/07/2012 00:14

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24HourPARDyPerson · 07/07/2012 00:23

Flamin Gullah, as the great Alf himself says

CaliforniaLeaving · 07/07/2012 01:02

I watch Coronation street, I really enjoy it. I cannot watch the awful soaps they have on here in the US. The acting is awful and the stories ridiculous. They are on in daytime here, General Hospital, One life to live, As the world turns. Some have been cancelled lately, but other have been going as long as Corrie (or close).

Stellarforstar · 07/07/2012 01:02

Sunset beach!

Tortington · 07/07/2012 01:06

prisnor cell block h
awsesome

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SPsFanjoLovesRussellHoward · 07/07/2012 01:16

I can't say shit because I watch Hollyoaks. Is that even classed as anything?

jojane · 07/07/2012 08:16

I'd rather watch soaps than big brother, TOWIE or Geordie
Shore and the like. They really are for the brain dead

HokeyCokeyPigInAPokey · 07/07/2012 08:18

Sunset beach was classic and should be repeated!

SquidgyBiscuits · 07/07/2012 08:21

I've got no idea who you're all on about.

But soaps are shit. All of em. All that drama, and none of them seem to own a washing machine, shop in a supermarket or do anything other than go down the local pub and holiday in Blackpool / Southend.

fedupofnamechanging · 07/07/2012 08:51

Anyone remember Families (ITV, half British, half Australian) and Shortland Street? They were my favourites - used to skive off school so I could watch them!

ceeveebee · 07/07/2012 08:55

My DM thinks that coronation street is a documentary. She talks to the tv and tells me all about what so-and-so got up toas if she actually knows them, she says such things as "I can't believe what Tracy has done now?". Its actually quite sweet.

kim147 · 07/07/2012 09:06

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SoleSource · 07/07/2012 10:13

It is just a television programme it isn't supposed to be taken this seriously. I watch but mostly it is background noise. The storylines are dumb most of the time but they can be funny and interesting too.

I do not get why people become so upset by other peoples viewing choices. I watch all kinds of programmes and always have done so. Your viewpoint is small minded.

Mrsjay · 07/07/2012 10:22

you are right i am a moron for watching this shit but i like it It is a load of old tosh and depressing but he its half hour out of my life a night ( only watch enders) but so what are we supposed to be watching ?

CrikeyOHare · 07/07/2012 11:18

Actually, I think you are being very, very unreasonable.

Not for thinking that soaps are shite - they are. But for having the pig ignorance to write anyone who watches them off as a "moron".

I quite often sit down in front of Eastenders with a glass of wine because it's mindless fodder and relaxes me after a difficult day at work.

To be called a "moron" for that by someone whose grammar and spelling skills are suspect to say the least is a bit rich.

*Not normally a grammar Nazi, but don't much like being referred to as a "moron".

JeezyPeeps · 07/07/2012 11:23

My aunt just texted back. She wasn't aware she was undoing all her education by unwinding to corrie. She said that she'll rethink and maybe become an alcoholic instead, like a lot of others in stressful jobs!

KneesoftheBee · 07/07/2012 11:36

YABU

Corrie is hilarious....

  • Dev's overacting
  • Sean's amazing hair that goes long, short then long again in the same scene
  • Characters going on a cruise and coming back with a face lift.
  • The obvious product placements in the corner shop

Where else would you get that kind of entertainment?

SoleSource · 07/07/2012 11:43

Knees Grin I think that is why i 'watch'. Izzy just cannot act for toffee.