Wimmins taken over the TV

Defenestrate

After spending a pleasant evening in front of the tele box with beer & footy, I was guilt tripped by a female housemate into taking out the bins. Imagine my surprise (and disgust) at returning to find Sex & The City on...

I figured that you were the experts to come to on this one, this is an outrage, I cant stand that show! How do I prevent this madness from occuring again?

Zaph

You bring the remote control with you next time you're putting out the bins.

Amateur mistake, tbh. :rolleyes:

aww.. poor thing.

Defenestrate

Zaph wrote: »

You bring the remote control with you next time you're putting out the bins.

Amateur mistake, tbh. :rolleyes:

It wouldn't have helped, there's buttons on the tv!

Deleted User wrote: »

aww.. poor thing.

I know, I'm feeling very sorry for myself. I couldn't argue cos she'd just washed all my dishes for me. I didn't ask her to, I would have done it myself when they were stacked dangerously!

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TV in the bedroom for her, ftw.

A small black and white portable should suffice.

And the football on the large plasma in the sitting room, and a beer-fridge beside the couch.

If you time it right, she should be available to get you a beer at the breaks in the soaps.

trout

Schoolboy error. Bins never happen while there is good telly to be watched.

Let this be a lesson to you.

Buy a second telly. Tightwad

Defenestrate

Hmmm some interesting suggestions there guys, I especially like DesF's suggestion but unfortunately, no plasma and no beer fridge. Think I'll stick with the little tv for now but a beer fridge is certainly workable...

Zaph

Defenestrate wrote: »

It wouldn't have helped, there's buttons on the tv!

Irrelevent, you can override them with the remote on your return.

As for the other suggestions about buying a second tv, what the brothers meant to say is tell her to buy a second tv. I don't see why your beer money should be diminished in the name of SATC.

LostinBlanch

Obviously Zaphs time spent as a mod of the LL was well spent!


















maybe they haven't noticed he's still modding the place!

Defenestrate

Zaph wrote: »

Irrelevent, you can override them with the remote on your return.

As for the other suggestions about buying a second tv, what the brothers meant to say is tell her to buy a second tv. I don't see why your beer money should be diminished in the name of SATC.

Ah of course, thanks Zaph it all makes sense now!

Also, a word of warning to all! Next time a wimmins asks you if you think the kitchen is a mess in the middle of a game/show/film, don't just nod and agree cos it's easy.

Zaph

LostinBlanch wrote: »

maybe they haven't noticed he's still modding the place!

Shhhhhhhh

Talliesin

Sex in the City has a redhead in it. She's pretty hot.

Beyond that I don't think TV is one of the points where I'm going to fit in here. I don't really do TV. But TV with redheads I do a bit.

kowloon

Should she not be doing something useful like preparing a meal instead of obstructing the viewing?

genericgoon

Does your TV have child lock? Then you just need to make sure to carry your remote at all times. If she were to get it, I'm afraid you would truly be f****d!

Defenestrate

Haha, believe me lads, it's not something I hope to repeat. As Wesley Sneijder was volleying a cracker of a goal into the Italian net, a dishcloth was being lowered into a tub of hot water and disinfectant. Sheer madness when the shops sell disposable J-Cloths.

princess-lala

Buy your own T.V!!

LovelyTom

If you must do it warn her before you go to bring out the bins that you will be resuming your tv watching when you return. So even if she does change the channel you have all the right to change it back...

Clare Bear

I know this is BGRH and it's all man talk and all that malarkey but I will NOT have any bad words spoken about my girls!

I could take you all on, come on, who's first!!!! Pack of wimps! :mad:

Zaph

Back to TLL with you!

Sorry about that Brothers, she escaped when I had my back turned. Won't let it happen again. :pac:

Clare Bear

Zaph wrote: »

Back to TLL with you!

Sorry about that Brothers, she escaped when I had my back turned. Won't let it happen again. :pac:

Feck!

I'll be back, you mark my words, I'll be back!! *shakes fist* :mad:

Sherifu

Also...

jester77

I was about to post something and then got distracted :eek: ... she can read me the news any day!!

Oh, now I remember. To answer the OP, it's actually very simple to get back control of the TV. When you came back you should have sat on the couch, looked at her and told her you were hungry. She would have popped off to make some rasher sambo's and you would have had control again!

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Clare Bear wrote: »

I know this is BGRH and it's all man talk and all that malarkey but I will NOT have any bad words spoken about my girls!

I could take you all on, come on, who's first!!!! Pack of wimps! :mad:

Show us your girls.

Slow Motion

Clare Bear wrote: »

I know this is BGRH and it's all man talk and all that malarkey but I will NOT have any bad words spoken about my girls!

I could take you all on, come on, who's first!!!! Pack of wimps! :mad:

Ahhhh! Aren't you just the cutest thing, shaking your little fist, now run along chicken there's men talkin';)

DeVore

Defenestrate wrote: »

Haha, believe me lads, it's not something I hope to repeat. As Wesley Sneijder was volleying a cracker of a goal into the Italian net, a dishcloth was being lowered into a tub of hot water and disinfectant. Sheer madness when the shops sell disposable J-Cloths.

Sheer madness when shops sell disposable plates.




n00b :rolleyes:


DeV.

ruthiedv

I try this one on a regular basis and in my experience, the most effective comeback is to sit with a big head on you till the footy gets turned back on. Works every time for his good self.:D

Defenestrate

ruthiedv wrote: »

I try this one on a regular basis and in my experience, the most effective comeback is to sit with a big head on you till the footy gets turned back on. Works every time for his good self.:D

I have to agree with this method, but even better is to sit there and make annoying remarks & quips about the current show. For Sex & The City for example, try asking how many ex-boyfriends Horseface is going to bump into during the episode.

This method may also result in the wimmins leaving the room, allowing you to stretch out on the couch.

ShayK1

the footie has full coverage on RTé2 so..... rip out the Chorus/Sky/NTL box and fire it out the window... Stick in a pair of them Rabbits Ears into the TV and enjoy the Footie on RTé

DeVore

Clare Bear wrote: »

Feck!

I'll be back, you mark my words, I'll be back!! *shakes fist* :mad:

Bring us a beer on the way will ya luv? Ta.

DeV

Clare Bear

DeVore wrote: »

Bring us a beer on the way will ya luv? Ta.

DeV

Biatchslap!

Shiminay

Did you just bitch-slap one of the owners of this website....???

On the list of "Clever things to do on boards.ie" that's gotta be near the bottom.

Where's our beer?

Nevyn

Clare Bear domestic voilence is never the answer.
Less of that or you may find your posting privleges revoked.

DeVore

Plus... no beer? Whats with that??

DeV.

Nevyn

Here DeV have some steak for that eye.

Slow Motion

DeVore wrote: »

Plus... no beer? Whats with that??

DeV.

In fairness with that attitude she probably would have shaken it on the way back, pop over to the bar and I'll pull you a proper one!*






*You might even get a beer:p

Clare Bear

I thought senses of humour were high around here? I was joking obviously. Still ain't getting you a beer though!

Slow Motion

Clare Bear wrote: »

I thought senses of humour were high around here? I was joking obviously. Still ain't getting you a beer though!

They're pretty good, DJ is the only one high though;)

DeVore

Wimmins. Cant live with them....


































































DeV.

Pigman II

genericgoon wrote: »

Does your TV have child lock?

It's been an overlooked feature for years now but all tv's come with a free woman-lock.

Simply pull the mains plug out or the AV cable from the back and the average woman won't know what to do to get the picture back.

Capt'n Midnight

you need a remote control mains switch that controls three plugs.
one to powers the aerial booster / satellite box / dvd

were you to press the appropiate button then - gosh - the offending program would not be watchable, and not your fault so there is no arguement , and you would just have to watch something else until the reception came back

dfx-

Did your television not come with an emergency second remote control as standard for such events?:eek:

You should save up a few days' energy and then go and get your money back, Defenestrate

LostinBlanch

Now this is what happens when wimmins try and take over the tv.

From todays indo

Honestly, some women. You may recall the story last week of two Romanian women who tried to commit suicide rather than watch the football.

Now police in Italy have been called to four different addresses on the same street after fights broke out between couples over what they watched.

According to the police, the four unconnected incidents occurred because: "The women wanted to watch a film on the television and the men wanted to watch the football. The women then became so angry that they attacked their men and we had to take them all into custody."

Defenestrate

Well I certainly don't want to be attacked. It's still a better alternative to watching Horseface, Ginger, Crazy Eyes & The One off Police Academy droning on about men and relationships though...