Friday 24 August 2012

With friends like this...

Today I bring you some hilarious screengrabs from Thursday's Pointless. The girl on the left is, putting it kindly, a bit hopeless and has given incorrect answers to all three of the questions put to her over the course of her two appearances on the show. The girl on the right is finding it increasingly difficult to hide her displeasure at her friend's Pointless ineptitude. Actually, no, she's not even trying to hide it, is she?

I don't care how hopeless your teammate might be, there's no excuse for that kind of sulkiness past the age of seven. Besides, you were the one who agreed to appear on the programme alongside her. Do your homework next time! It's embarrassing enough for the one on the left as it is without you making her feel even worse about it. No, leftie, you should definitely drop rightie and get some friends who might be a bit supportive when you stuff up! (Although I'm guessing that rightie will have probably disowned leftie immediately after filming finished anyway.)

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11 comments:

dickvandyke said...

Great stuff Kips.

Clearly no stranger to the sweet trolley in the Uni Residence Hall, she looks like someone has just placed a frog in her family size trifle.

Proof once again, that 12 A* GCSEs and 5 'A' Levels don't match up to knowing real shit.

Kippers said...

Our body language expert writes:

"Observe how the girl on the right first leans away and then folds her arms. This tells me that she is literally trying to DISTANCE HERSELF from her friend and also that she is closing her off in her mind. But I think the big signifier of her opprobrium in this instance - the real tell-tale sign, if you will - is the fact that she has a face like a smacked arse theroughout. Thanking you. Now about that fifty quid..."

dickvandyke said...

Graphologist Gwendoline Parsley will be translating the subject's handwriting, whilst renowned international Palmistry protagonist Gypsy Rosie Lee Holdsworth will read the lines on her knees. Leftie (the only one who would talk to rightie during Freshers' Week) will have the bumps on her head felt by David Icke.

Kippers said...

We'll get to the bottom of this if it kills us.

Artog said...

Through sheer good fortune I happened to see the programme. I loved both of them, but I was surprised that someone with such surly tendencies managed to slip through the vetting.

Kippers said...

'Surly Tendencies' would have been her native American name.

Mick said...

Kips you don't know what you've started. I've caught the odd glimps of Pointless before but it's on at the wrong time for me to give it full attention. Thanks to this post, however, the lovely Mrs M and I decided to watch this episode on 'catch-up' and now we're hooked. Watched a whole weeks worth last night!

One of the final categories on Friday was Carry-on stars. I really fancied my chances at that but the contestants didn't chose it. Eileen put me on the spot and asked me to name a pointless Carry-on star. I said Angela Douglas. What do you think.

Spike said...

Class! That's what you'd be looking like if we went on Pointless together, Kippers, as I gave the answer "Kenneth Wilson" as an answer to a Carry On round!

Kippers said...

LOL! It's funny 'cause it's true!

Mick, I am delighted to have played my part in getting you and Mrs M addicted to this wonderful programme. It is very moreish, eh? Gawd only knows why the BBC shove this away in a teatime slot only to fill the primetime schedule with dross night after night.

And yes, I reckon Angela Douglas would stand a very strong chance of being a pointless answer!

Rol said...

Ha.

And points for the HMHB - one of my favourites!

Simon said...

ha - we get a lot of that.

It's been a while since we conversed about Elizabeth Harper, but current employment is working on Pointless - recording one as we speak. You should apply - one contestent the other day was someone I did civil partership photos for, so they are genuine real people & all... ;-)