'The Office' TV series: US vs UK version

the UK one whips the US version bare-arsed.

 

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Yo Lord Hillyer how you been these days? So I hear you can kick my ass with your TKD skills? Well I'll have you know that I took a little TKD myself when I was younger, yes, made it all the way to green belt to. I also own a punching bag.

 

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no, i won't have sex with you, despite all of your homoerotic flirtation

 

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Shhhh, don't say that man! I never think about men. Jesus Christ! I never thought about Muslim or Sergeant Lard naked. Btw, I notice you decided to post the completely bare torso of yourself on sciforums with your soft to the touch hairless and your "pedophiles come get some" cluelessness. Very nice.

 

post your pic.

 

Do you want a pic of me bareback? I don't want to post on sciforums for anonymity and the number of weirdos and gays to shift from drooling over your pic to drooling over mine. However, if you have Facebook or an email, I will glady send you.

You are skinny and I can crush you. But I won't, because youre innocent, and I also happen to have a heart for softies.

 

Sorry to interrupt your flirting session. It's quite cute to watch by the way, so don't mind me. Carry on

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Just to say - I don't really find the Office funny. David Brent can be funny when he's doing standup, but he's not that good... in my eyes.

What is it about the office that you like, humour-wise? Is it the cringe factor, the comparison to real office life, something deep that I just don't get or what exactly?

 

Do you work in an office?

 

It's the cringe factor, stupid.

PS David Brent has only once done standup. It was during an office meeting. It went down like a lead balloon. Ricky Gervais has done standup though. On more than one occasion. So some confusion there, I suspect.

 

I have done.

Good point. I got them a little mixed up.

It's a little tame. There are more cringeworthy things out there. It's just not my cup of tea and I can't understand the amount of people it appeals to.

Each to their own.

 

Appalling lack of taste and an aesthetic relativist to boot.

You would seem to be a very bad person, phonetic.

 

Anything British is cringe making these days....what about that Eurovision entry? Fuck me, I know Eurovision is shit, but what the fuck was that British entry all about, like a real bad advert for a real bad airline...terrible!

 

never seen the UK version, but I gotta say Steve Carell is hilarious

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If I said that The Office was rubbish, I know best and everyone else is wrong, would that make me a better person?

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For something that's cringeworthy, but actually amusing, I prefer The Green Wing. Do you agree they've got a similar premise or am I imagining it?

 

I haven't watched either version of The Office, but felt it worth pointing out that I would probably vote for the UK version on the general principle that British television is better than American television. Mark Steel's work, for instance, simply cannot be matched in the U.S. Our broadcast rules prohibit it. Attenborough's beautiful Planet Earth series? Narrated by Sigourney Weaver in the United States. (Why?) Later, the former Late Night .... The only American television production I've seen of late that compares to the work I've seen coming out of Britain is a documentary miniseries called Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance. At least, I think it's American. Hmm ... maybe I should look it up. Even on cable, where Steel's Lectures could be aired, we're still falling short on our side of the Pond.

 

Eurovision is all about cringing.

It’s torture. But I admit I love Terry Wogan’s commentary (cussing), its great, it complements the contest so well. lol.

'My whole life just flashed before my eyes', 'It really makes you lose the will to live'. etc.

 

Wogan's a legend

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I just saw 5 minutes of it, but he came out with a few good ones even in that time. e.g.

Well, it's been an amazing experience. Not musically of course, but the props get better every year.

 

The UK version pisses on the US one.

 

He's the Don.

He's the real star of Eurovision. The music is always mediocre, the presenters are embarrassing, everything about it is a joke, listening to the interviews, ah fuck! *cringe* you know that feeling, you’re always expecting something to go wrong.

One of the interview questions. The tart (in her pink dress) runs up to the Swedish section, and asks:

“Out of a scale of 9-10, what would you rate me?” (in terms of good looks)

“12”

Hahaha

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And this, my friends, is why America must be destroyed. I mean, I like Sigourney, I think she's a half-decent actress, but come on..