Comments on: Rum Doings Episode 13

By: bodnotbod

bodnotbod — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:29:42 +0000

I’ve fallen very much behind on the listenings, so only just heard this one.

Good to hear the origin story, I knew lots of bits n pieces but much was new to me. And quite gratifying that you left it til episode 13 and only really arrived at it all naturally. You could have brought it up in episode #1 to big yourselves up and give yourselves some authority but it was pleasing that you didn’t.

By: jsutcliffe

jsutcliffe — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:13:23 +0000

I feel famous — the back of my head was on the news and I was sort of mentioned in a podcast on the same day. My star is in the ascendant!

However, to clarify my beef with Chicago, I’m sure it’s very nice if you’re in the fancy north side parts where the fancy people live. However, the rest of Chicago is pretty much a hole, even the supposedly nice part around the University of Chicago, where I am. The markets may have fifteen exotic kinds of rice, but good luck finding staples like potatoes. Or a bar. Or good takeout.

Also: Extreme jealousy about you being at the Election Armistice. I though my 1997 election night was pretty fun, but it looks very shabby now by comparison.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:33:26 +0000

Dearie dearie me. I have only listened so far to the first five minutes or so of this podcast and I winced every time Nick said “Owl’n'witch”. I have had the fortune to have visited this great fortress on occasion and know it to infact be pronouced “Anneck”! Weird I know.
On an unrelated note, keep up the good work; it is nice to hear some fellow British voices on the podwaves every now and again!

By: MrsTrellis

MrsTrellis — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:30:30 +0000

Oh, yes, John’s socks were a bit of a shame. They did not match.

By: MrsTrellis

MrsTrellis — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:28:59 +0000

Royston, the condiments is an excellent idea. Nicholas is an autocondimentor, meaning that he will slather any meal with all available condiments *before* tasting it.

And it was John who expressed disdain at Nicholas’s socks, not the other way round. These are they:

http://images.figleaves.com/product/290×371/r662313-p662344-front.jpg (the stripy ones).

By: Gassalasca

Gassalasca — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:04:03 +0000

Hmm… well, it depends on whether you’d be able to keep the quality of the programme up to your previous standards.

By: Roland

Roland — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:02:12 +0000

Weekly Rum Doings please.
When ever I watch a news program I am more and more convinced that the makers thought The Day Today/Brass Eye where instructional “How to make a news show” programs.

By: Royston

Royston — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:54:27 +0000

I’d say more, and would quite like to hear more about:

Wales
St Wilgefortis
Battlestar Galactica Action Figures
Sufjan Stevens
Favoured Condiments

By: James Campbell

James Campbell — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:58:14 +0000

I would enjoy weekly rum doings but not bi-weekly, that would just be far too much!
I once met Armando Iannucci, and by met I mean was in the same cinema as him. And as the film showing was the UK premiere of “In the loop” that’s really not so impressive…
Also exactly what was wrong with John’s socks? Nicks disgust was so great it hard to establish. That ending did make me laugh a disproportionate amount though…

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:16:59 +0000

Thanks to Kirrus’s archive link, here’s a ridiculously prophetic remark from Koekie:

“Cyberfinches twitter and slurp with no headlines, no commentators and no anchorage.”