The need to be perfect

Anyone catch a BBC radio four broadcast on Sunday, and a show called "Dead ringers"?

Its a satirical show, and a lot of famous comic actors appear on it, especially those good at imitating people as the programme name suggests.

There show was supposed to be about an alien from Mars who came down to Earth and was first feted and then condemned but it was the description of the "British mindset" that really was funny I thought, and maybe a bit close to the truth (everyone speaking on topics they haven't got a clue about being one of the main themes).

Not sure how well it fits into this thread but as it was in a way about just how imperfect we all are, maybe it does.
 

grahamg said:
Anyone catch a BBC radio four broadcast on Sunday, and a show called "Dead ringers"?

Its a satirical show, and a lot of famous comic actors appear on it, especially those good at imitating people as the programme name suggests.

There show was supposed to be about an alien from Mars who came down to Earth and was first feted and then condemned but it was the description of the "British mindset" that really was funny I thought, and maybe a bit close to the truth (everyone speaking on topics they haven't got a clue about being one of the main themes).

Not sure how well it fits into this thread but as it was in a way about just how imperfect we all are, maybe it does.
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It's always been difficult for me to decipher non North American English accents in the media. The older I get the harder it is. When watching UK/Aussie/NZ/South African/Indian movies or TV shows I usually put on subtitles. BBC radio would be torture - I'd catch only 50% of what's being said. In person it's easier. Except for Scots. I usually have no idea what they're talking about. :what1:
 

Thora Herd

StarSong said:
It's always been difficult for me to decipher non North American English accents in the media. The older I get the harder it is. When watching UK/Aussie/NZ/South African/Indian movies or TV shows I usually put on subtitles. BBC radio would be torture - I'd catch only 50% of what's being said. In person it's easier. Except for Scots. I usually have no idea what they're talking about. :what1:
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If you struggle quite a bit already you may indeed have trouble with this "Dead ringers" show, as regional accents are being put on all the time for comic effect. The woman who imitates the late Thora Herd, a much loved actress who appeared in many comic films or tv situation comedies, is really close to getting her voice, and she was from Lancashire I think, so quite Northern like myself. Even I struggle sometimes I do admit, with all the regional accents, and "Geordie" or "Glaswegian" being maybe the most challenging to follow.

Don't let it put you off listening to "Dead ringers" though, as most of it is BBC English, so fairly easy to follow.
 
"At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, nor how many great things we have done. We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in"

~ Mother Theresa (based on Matthew 25:35-40)

 
grahamg said:
There is an old saying on this isn't there, about "Its nice to be important, but its more important to be nice" (or words to that effect I think :confused: ?).
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If it isn’t a saying, it should be. It continues to amaze me how a simple act of kindness often has a huge ripple effect. So many are starved for simple warmth, and a listening ear.
 
History has taught us that the only man deemed perfect , was nailed to a cross. I don't aspire to follow in his footsteps .

Someone said it........"I'd like to be the person, my dog already thinks I am"
 

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