Tuesday 5 November 2019

This Ad's Use of Punctuation is "Good"


Are the double speech-marks meant to suggest this message is sarcastic? If so, that means...

There isn't an "offer".


Even if there was, you can't get it "often".

Which is most likely due to it not being "available".

Why would anyone shop here? I can only guess that the mythical rare offer must be AMAZING. And not "amazing".

TIHSPITFOAL: Bath and Bristol

I went to Bath and Bristol, saw some things. Here's some of the things!


A snippy letter from 1839 that informs the recipient 'the respect due to Miss Dalton compels me to remind you that my letter to you still remains unnoticed'.
Historical passive-aggressiveness

A list of sections in a bookshop. One has been covered over with masking tape. You can clearly read it despite this. The censored label reads 'erotica'
Inept censorship 
 
Museum information board about Roman curses. One curse indicates that a man who had his gloves stolen wants the thief to 'lose his eyes and his mind'.
A bit of an overreaction

A porcelain dog that looks traumatised
A dog that has seen. some. shit.

A bin that has the word 'DADDY' written on it in huge capital letters
And a bin with issues.

Wednesday 4 September 2019

THE BOOTH - 3.0 - Summer Special

boy on rubber ring in swimming pool

THEME: Summer.

WHO'S IN?: The Booth's most frequent inmates, Clare and Dan.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE BOOTH?:
  • The original studio, as per the previous edition, burnt down.
  • The new studio cannot be found on search engines because The Booth's physical location is a secret.
  • There are no doctors in The Booth, but Brendan can offer you plasters and paper towels.

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: The anecdote-off is no longer rigidly structured into good time/bad time/weird time. Instead, all stories must simply broadly be about, or take place in, summer (this episode's theme). There is also no Weird Thought segment.

SIX DEGREES OF THE BOOTH: 

  • The team discuss the aftermath of The Booth's original fiery finale and explain how the show was able to return.
  • Clare acknowledges that she usually never wins the show.

NEXT UP: Despite Clare insisting Booth 2.0/The ReBooth/The New-th is a go, there are currently no firm plans for a full series. Further specials are a possibility, but nothing out soon. In the meantime, check out Dead Drunk Detective, the show I created since The Booth's original run.

UPDATE: There was indeed an additional special.

This episode can be found for free here.