Dr Who and an off topic War of the Roses

Dear Russell T Davies
Yes, we get the fact that Donna used to be a f*cking temp.  There is no need to refer to it every bloody minute.  It's not that interesting.  Its either that or shouting out something we can all see is happening.  Last night's episode was a really good idea ruined by having Catherine Tate on screen all the bloody time.  She really has to be the worst written character in the show's history, and that includes Leela the weird orangey jungle girl.  At least Freema Ageyman's back next week, who's nice to look at.  I totally would, even though from my experience black women all have scary nipples.  Anyway I'm digressing slightly.  While Martha may be a bit one dimensional, Donna is rather spectacularly no-dimensional.

And for the record, Yorkshire and Lancashire are two very different places.  One's nice, the other isn't.  Please learn which one's which.

don't pick on york...

we've got... plague corpses...

and a big church thing that intermittently burns down...

and low IQ's

i certainly do.

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Also, Manchester was in Lancashire when I was born, and it shall remain thus in my head.

Bloody Redcliffe-Maud commission.

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You don't count.

Do I not count either? 'Cos 'y' is most certainly pronounced as 'y' in my neck of the woods n'all.

holy sh*t, Silvan just went upside someone's head!

Bad Wolf

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'A lot' is generally bandwagoners and Man U fans. Nobody felt like that before it was the cool thing to do. Take for example my boyfriend. Will spout about Leeds and make jokes despite having never followed football. It's the easy thing to do, like kicking a kitten in the face

But yeah, on topic (ahaa, on the topic of Yorkshire v. Lancaster, not Doctor Who) Lancashire is full of old people. Nothing will ever compare to the greatness of Yorkshire, we have the accent, Jeremy Clarkson and the Dales. Compare Blackpool to Scarborough or Whitby. Or Sheffield to DePreston. You can't even compare Yorkshire to Lancashire and expect Lancashire to win...it just isn't going to happen. We have a place called Wetwang, you just can't beat that.

Lancashire - Home of the two most successful sides in English Football
Lancashire - Music capital of the UK
Lancashire - Birthplace of the Computer

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OK if Manchester's dubiously in Lancashire, there's absolutely no way you can claim Liverpool as Lancashire

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I thought Greater Manchester was a county in itself? Although the city would certainly be classed as being in Lancashire.........

It's a metropolitan county, formed as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. Though its current status is unclear as the Greater Manchester Council (its raison d'etre) was abolished in 1986. Warrington and part of Derbyshire were also originally intended to be incorporated. As I say, it's a load of b*ll*cks.

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I assume you're talking about Music there Joel? Aside fomr the beatles I can't think of any band that has had a massive impact on modern music coming from liverpool. I can think of some OK bands, but nothing special.

Now we look at manchester..

Do I really need to list all the bands that are culturally significant from this city?

Nah I meant in terms of football. In terms of music Sheffield can probably outclaim both of them

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I'm struggling to think of anyone really overwhelmingly game changing coming from Sheffield to be honest.

The defining band of this decade, Arctic Monkeys.
The band who laid the foundations for britpop, Pulp.
The entire synth pop scene of the 80s started in Sheffield.

Hows that for starters?

I'm not denying Manchester's had a significant contribution, but so's Sheffield which sometimes gets overlooked. Also there's been no significant Manc bands over the last ten years, because the city scene is unable to move on from Oasis.

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Can I just take this opportunity to say the Arctic Monkeys are sh*t?

Ta.

Personal opinion aside, you'd have to be a bit of an idiot to deny their cultural significance.