Mumsnet on The Bubble!

[LadyThompson]

Mumsnet was just on The Bubble as a question! Justine was interviewed. Anyone watching?

[Bobbiewickham]

I don't think there's much wrong with that, tbh.

I expected much worse.

He can be vile about women.

[PollyTroll]

I was seething thinking about this last night, and I do understand that those who have noticed MN getting a reasonable amount of politicians' attention recently would be pissed off at the implication that their votes/political concerns aren't important. But this is just a reflection of our fucked-up voting system. The terrible truth about the upcoming election - about all national elections in the UK - is that the only votes that count are those of about 100,000 people (possibly fewer) in marginal seats. The rest of us are completely irrelevant. Politicans are courting MN because our demographic profile fits that of a lot of those marginal voters - but in truth, most of us (me included) live in seats where the votes can be weighed rather than counted, and where our individual votes will be absolutely meaningless.

I realise that this point wouldn't have been particularly hilarious though.

[KittySpencersEmerald]

Baggy baggy boing boing..

[Bobbiewickham]

Y'alright, Kit?

[ZephirineDrouhin]

That is a very nice apology, thanks VC if you are still reading. I laughed at the Mumsnet joke last night (through only slightly gritted teeth). Dp laughed quite a lot.

Re the name VictoriaCoren already being taken: I expect someone just borrowed it for joke purposes on a pedantry thread once, or something like that.

[ZephirineDrouhin]

And that is a very good point, Pollytroll

[morningpaper]

I haven't got 30 minutes in my schedule to watch this for DAYS so I will have to reserve me rage

I've always hated Vic Coren because she gets to play poker with men FOR A JOB

I appreciate that's not a great reason

[ShrinkingViolet]

true PollyTroll - here in a true blue SE constituency we almost literally weigh the votes - at the last General election the end of the trestle table where the conservative votes were collapsed under the weight of the ballot papers .

[bran]

Surely they're going to run out of people who have a gap in their schedules and are willing to be locked away for several days? I can't see this one making it to another series even if it was funny (which it isn't).

Does anyone else wish Victoria would come back and tell us how fab it was to listen to RDH's delicious voice for 4 days, or even how repellent Frank was?

[ZephirineDrouhin]

Yes bran I wish she would too. I felt that David Mitchell seemed painfully aware that the series wasn't panning out quite as he had imagined.

[AnnArky]

did i miss a bit where they seemed suprised abotu any of the news?

[ByTheSea]

Am I the only one who enjoyed it (even with the MN deprecation)? I love me some Reginald D!

[AnnArky]

i so wanted to like him
but found him rather objectionable.

i know
i m sure it's me

[DaisymooSteiner]

I can see why this seemed like a good idea on paper.

I could have believed the Mumsnet story if it wasn't for Justine's line about how they spotted them straight away because they didn't moan about their husbands.

[ByTheSea]

Admittedly, he is usually funnier, like on HIGNFY or It's Only a Theory.

[AitchTwoOhOneOh]

ach, you know, with charlie skelton or whatever hsi name was. they both used to review pornos haw haw for some mag or other and then decided that they should make their own hard core porn film etc etc with hilarious consequences.

[Lucyellensmumma]

Well i made a right arse of myself - i said to my DP, well i happen to KNOW that its the mumsnet thing - because Justine was there!!

I defo think Vicky should do a web chat - she will be a nervous wreck by the end of it - she doesn have children does she?

[AitchTwoOhOneOh]

i cannot abide reginald d hunter, he's only vaguely funny when he's pulling that 'i'm just simple black folks' schtick and making ian hislop uncomfortable, but when he's just commenting on the day to day he just seems a bit sexist and awful.

didn't enjoy the show, btw, how did it come about? is it just 'we can't do the unbelievable truth on tv, let's tweak it'? mind you, i don't find the unbelievable truth funny either. and bloody david mitchell with his pleading meerkat eyes... bbbbrrrr.

[AnnArky]

its a forrin show imported i think i read.
agree re reg

[ZephirineDrouhin]

Oh I see - I thought it was all David Mitchell's idea.

[Tortington]

ok googled the bubble - found it watched the mumsnet bit

then googled victoria - cos never heard of her

and think this is a case of 'we iz on telly ooooh' becuase as far as i can see theres nowt to talk about

except that programme is exceptionally shit

[morningpaper]

reginald d I like - agree he is best when making eton boys look uncomfortable though

I would quite like to be locked away with him for four days

I like his voice and his massiveness

he is annoying but I could perhaps sedate him and just lie on his chest while he talked

[Tortington]

i like this prog idea MP lets call it the 'hubba hubba bubble' get locked away with Reg

[EllieMental]

lol, '' he is annoying but I could perhaps sedate him and just lie on his chest while he talked''

yy, form an orderly queue please...BEHIND me.

[nickelbabe]

i thought it was quite an entertaining show, actually.

and VC's apology doesn't cut it - the venom she spat when she moaned about MN! i don't have children either...

and Frank having a 20 year old gf when he was 40 is not bad at all - Mr Rochester was that age when he met Jany Eyre.
that's obv aside from the fact that I have fancied Frank Skinner for years (apart from when he got a bit off-the-rails-ish) and i have to say that now he's back to form, he's still quite yummy.

(he's 52/53 now, right? i'm 33, so it's onlythe same age gap as with his gf back then.)

and i love Reg Hunter's voice. it just drips with honeyed sarcasm.