Is this an inside joke? I don't understand....

I thought they were talking about The Wire -- is The Bill a really bad police show in the UK?

(Oh gawd, you are trying to get your first sift and I'm not understanding the vid!!!!)

Good luck with it!

[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill Huh. It seems well respected....

It used to be a quite well liked straight police show about a quiet police station called Sun Hill. Then the writers decided that it was too boring that way and made it more, uhm, soapie. After that every episode has been completely OTT, and there's been a major crime wave in Sun Hill ever since (including the officers).

You probably needed to know this to get the clip.
>> ^bareboards2:

Is this an inside joke? I don't understand....
I thought they were talking about The Wire -- is The Bill a really bad police show in the UK?
(Oh gawd, you are trying to get your first sift and I'm not understanding the vid!!!!)
Good luck with it!
[edit] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bill Huh. It seems well respected....

Yeah it does only make sense to those familiar with both shows and their, uh, differing quality. I'll pick something with broader appeal next time >> ^bareboards2:

Is this an inside joke? I don't understand....

Now that I understand, I have upvoted. I can tell it would be funny if I were more of an Anglophile.

In the interest of helping the Dread Red go away, I am willing to upvote for a theoretically funny vid!


>> ^Mammaltron:

Yeah it does only make sense to those familiar with both shows and their, uh, differing quality. I'll pick something with broader appeal next time >> ^bareboards2:
Is this an inside joke? I don't understand....

@ant! Why would you downvote this one?

Well, it doesn't matter -- the Dread Red was removed before this poor video went backwards....

>> ^bareboards2:

@ant! Why would you downvote this one?
Well, it doesn't matter -- the Dread Red was removed before this poor video went backwards....


It wasn't funny to me.

But surely you don't downvote every vid that isn't funny to you?

I thought a downvote meant active disapproval and censure, not a difference in taste?

Your downvote of my first vid I understood -- it was pretty out there and I knew that folks might be offended by it (although I hoped not.)

This vid was innocuous, I thought.

Of course, you are free to downvote whatever you like -- I am still learning the ways and the byways of the Sift. I was just deeply surprised by it.

Ah well. It was the Mammaltron's first vid -- maybe that is the true mark of arrival, being downvoted by ant!




>> ^ant:

>> ^bareboards2:
@ant! Why would you downvote this one?
Well, it doesn't matter -- the Dread Red was removed before this poor video went backwards....

It wasn't funny to me.

>> ^bareboards2:

But surely you don't downvote every vid that isn't funny to you?
I thought a downvote meant active disapproval and censure, not a difference in taste?
Your downvote of my first vid I understood -- it was pretty out there and I knew that folks might be offended by it (although I hoped not.)
This vid was innocuous, I thought.
Of course, you are free to downvote whatever you like -- I am still learning the ways and the byways of the Sift. I was just deeply surprised by it.
Ah well. It was the Mammaltron's first vid -- maybe that is the true mark of arrival, being downvoted by ant!


>> ^ant:
>> ^bareboards2:
@ant! Why would you downvote this one?
Well, it doesn't matter -- the Dread Red was removed before this poor video went backwards....

It wasn't funny to me.



I do downvote anything I don't like even if they are unfunny.

BTW, welcome aboard. I do mostly upvote.

Worth noting that The Bill has now (at long last) been cancelled.

sounds like The Wire to me.