News site for the young ones.

Originally posted by chessking123
thanks for the tip

You're welcome 🙂

Originally posted by NicolaiS
I ... in all my innocence thought that you linked a site containing "The young ones" one of Britains best comedies ever ....

I got slightly excited for the same reason...until I read the URL.

Oh well but a good idea for a site, all the same.

And what a good exuse to post a script from my favourite comedy sketch of all time. Even reading this makes me weep with laughter. But then that is just me. :

(Warning : Anyone who has never seen the young ones will probably not 'get' this.)



[SCENE: Rick and Neil on the train, scenery whizzing by. Papers are spread out on the table before them. Rick is casually fixing his hair while Neil nervously shuffles the papers.]

NEIL: Oh, I wish we'd missed the train after all now. I'm just not going to be able to answer anything, I just know it.
RICK: Oh, come off it, Neil, you little swotty-pants. Just look at you, swotting away for teacher like a total spazmo. You're just an utter creep, really, aren't you? You've done loads and loads of work on it and I haven't done anything, nothing a t all. Go on, test me. Go on, test me!

NEIL: You just said you hadn't done anything.

RICK: Don't be clever, just take the book. [Rick throws his notebook at Neil]

NEIL: Alright, but verbatim regurgitation is against my principles.

RICK: I'm asking you to test me on it, not throw up on it! Right, do it properly and don't skip bits.

NEIL: [reading the title of the notebook] "O-Level History Notes"?

RICK: Yes, bit of pretty bloody billiant luck, eh? We're doing exactly the same period as I did for O-Level!

NEIL: [Reading from the notebook] "Prick is a wonker. Signed, the rest of the class."

RICK: Ah, yes, now, that was a sort of "in joke" that we had in my form. Actually, I was incredibly popular and everyone thought I was great.

NEIL: "...I agree with the rest of the class. Signed, Teacher."

RICK: Just test me on the stuff, will you? [Indicating a different page] There!

NEIL: Alright, alright, don't get uncool and heavy. "Crop rotation in the 14th century..."

RICK: Right. [reciting] "Crop rotation in the 14th century was much more widespread..."

NEIL: "Considerably".

RICK: What?

NEIL: It's "considerably more widespread", not "much more".

RICK: Well?

NEIL: Well, you said, "do it properly."

RICK: Well, not that much, you stupid bloody hippie!

NEIL: You said, "do it properly and don't skip bits!" How was I to know that wasn't important?

RICK: Well it wasn't important, alright? Shall we just get on and stop wasting time like this? Right. "Crop rotation in the 14th century was _considerably_ more widespread...after..." God, I know this...don't tell me..."after 1172." [Neil is s ilent] Well, was I right?

NEIL: No, but I didn't think it was important.

RICK: Well, what was it, then?

NEIL: You just said not to tell you.

RICK: I bloody well did not!

NEIL: Yes you did! You said, "Don't tell me" just before you said, "1172."

RICK: But I only meant for a minute!

NEIL: What, a minute from now, or a minute from then?

RICK: Look, just shut up and tell me the answer!

NEIL: Shut up AND tell you the answer?

RICK: JUST TELL ME THE ANSWER!

NEIL: John.

RICK: Thank you..."John"?

NEIL: Yeah, "John" is the answer.

RICK: "Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?

NEIL: "...Lloyd invented the patent crop rotator."

RICK: Oh, yes, I knew it, I bloody knew it!

NEIL: You didn't, you didn't, you said "1172"! That's not a bit like "John".

RICK: [hysterical] You spiteful bastard, Neil! Just because you've done loads and loads of work for this, just because you're a creepy little swot you've done about 15 million tons of work for this, like a girl, and I'm so hard and street and cool that I've done absolutely bugger all, and you've done loads, look at it, loads and loads, loads and loads... [he starts making a mess of Neil's papers]

NEIL: Stop it, Rick! It's only University Challenge, Rick, it's only University Challenge!