Whole thing was interesting, but the parting shot "it's almost as if the merchants decide where the people with the funny hats go rather than the other way around" seemed very insightful and relevant...

*cough*CitizensUnited*cough*

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Your eloquence and wit overwhelms me!

Bravo, sir. Bravo!




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Not his best work. I did like Karl's character though. And I kept waiting for Merchant's cameo.

Another way to avoid this kind of thing, at least now, is to not accept Paypal or other reversible means of payment. From what I hear from merchants, Paypal tends to be pretty inflexible in disputes, almost always siding with the buyer, whatever actually happened. The ability to reverse payments is a double-edged sword - On the other hand, it gives the buyer a lot of confidence, but on the other, the seller is exposed to a lot of risk if they're selling something they can't take back. In some markets, scammers are quite active.

I don't keep stuff I don't need. My problem is I collect valuable stuff faster than the merchants generate money, and have better things to do than hop from place to place selling to a dozen merchants after every adventure.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^Yogi:
>> ^dannym3141:
I'm a mental fan of gervais and merchant (and karl) but i have to say that life's too short was god awful

So was the second An Idiot Abroad in my view. Just have them do more podcasts please!

I hated the first, loved the second... it was much more natural karl. Reminded me of xfm karl before he started egging it.

I just F'n hate the stupid calling Karl up bullshit. I want them to fucking BE there with him doing these things too or encouraging Karl in person. I don't want to watch someone on the phone with someone else it's retarded. Especially since what I want more than anything is for Karl to stop putting up with their "orders" and say "Fuck you I ain't doing it." He tried and FAILED to do that, and I'm sick of watching it.


Fair enough, but i have to say they don't come across well in the series, i think they may have made themselves look worse than they are. They're actually really good mates and a lot of what we see on TV now is kind of over-acting. Karl loves spending time with them, they're pretty much his only friends and if they didn't force him to maintain the frindship, he wouldn't ever see them cos he's such a miserable, set-in-his-ways, old-before-his-time fart. I don't think he's really being pressured or anything; they're acting more nasty than they are and he's acting more annoyed than he is.

I think he does get a bit of that in the 2nd series anyway though because he flat refuses to do the big challenge (won't spoil it) or at least lies. But i preferred it because we got to see him having to interact with other people that always failed to meet his requirements in any given errand and there was no way out of it - like the desert island one - so he had to just be his natural annoyed self with those people.

Man i could talk for england, and you might not have even meant that at all so i'll stop there. Oh but i agree i think it's utter shit having them just call up like fatcats. It just seems a bit weird. Make an itinerary at the start and let him work it out, or go with him. What did they do instead? Life's too fucking short?

@EMPIRE - Were you a fan of extras and the office though? I feel like this is the first of their comedies that has the appeal to people who'd like comedies i can't hack such as "my family"

>> ^dannym3141:

>> ^Yogi:
>> ^dannym3141:
I'm a mental fan of gervais and merchant (and karl) but i have to say that life's too short was god awful

So was the second An Idiot Abroad in my view. Just have them do more podcasts please!

I hated the first, loved the second... it was much more natural karl. Reminded me of xfm karl before he started egging it.


I just F'n hate the stupid calling Karl up bullshit. I want them to fucking BE there with him doing these things too or encouraging Karl in person. I don't want to watch someone on the phone with someone else it's retarded. Especially since what I want more than anything is for Karl to stop putting up with their "orders" and say "Fuck you I ain't doing it." He tried and FAILED to do that, and I'm sick of watching it.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^dannym3141:
I'm a mental fan of gervais and merchant (and karl) but i have to say that life's too short was god awful

So was the second An Idiot Abroad in my view. Just have them do more podcasts please!


I hated the first, loved the second... it was much more natural karl. Reminded me of xfm karl before he started egging it.

>> ^dannym3141:

I'm a mental fan of gervais and merchant (and karl) but i have to say that life's too short was god awful


So was the second An Idiot Abroad in my view. Just have them do more podcasts please!

I'm a mental fan of gervais and merchant (and karl) but i have to say that life's too short was god awful

the age of merchants is passing. the age of the scientist/artist/engineer is coming, by the will of the people.
or so my magic 8 ball says

>> ^bareboards2:

Who is that actor??? I recognize his voice, but can't come up with his name....

It's the brilliant Stephen Merchant.