How Boo, are yooooo? - aberdeen-music

Lester Burnham · 24-10-2003, 18:06

How is a person worthy of being, "boo" defined?

what are the rules?

Partrick, oh Patrick...

delboy · 25-10-2003, 13:57

insane, odd, different, zany and stupid just about sums up all things boo methinks.

and an obsession with betty boo of course.

patrick boo · 25-10-2003, 15:36

Let me clear this one up. *Ahem*

In my mind, being Boo is a matter of angles. It's approaching society, and chiefly popular culture, at shallow angled zig-zags in a bisect-gone-bisect-gone fashion. Examples of this are -

1. As a kid I used to know the bassline of every TV theme by heart and would sing the basslines much to the annoyance of everyone around.

2. Psychedelia is great, but Eastern Bloc psychedelia really is the meaning of life. Case in point - 'Daisies' was banned in the Czech Republic until last year for it's threat to Communist ideology. Ask Betamax for a lend of his DVD. Madness.

3. It's the little box within a box things that you should watch soap operas for - The TV programmes in 'Brookside', 'Magic Rabbits' (A kids puppet show) and 'Medowcroft Park', and this is genius, a soap opera set in a fictional Liverpool suburb. The booze in 'Eastenders', lager called SKOE and a Malt whisky called Brigadoon. The endless Morrissey references in both. The mad jukebox in the Queen Vic.

4. The fact that Betty Boo and her female contemporaries (Cathy Dennis notably, Shelley Poole latterly for instance) have done a football style popworld thing, producing, writing, dealing, wheeling. Like Ellie Greenwich and Carole King in the 60s, having far more impact by puching holes from the inside.

5. Supermarkets. I used to get into trouble for taking tins of tuna and moving them round, one by one, to the pet food aisle whilst my Mum shopped.

11. There are more Swedish Laura Fraser lookalikes in Camden than anywhere in the whirled. And I left.

6. Japan does not exist. It is a mass hallucination brought on by an allergic reaction to the moon.#

7. Audrey Hepburn only ever swore twice - both times at Albert Finney in the film 'Two For The Road'.

8. Duncan Jevons - I must find him before he dies, but he lies low. He stole 40 000 library books over a 30 year period. When the police raided his Suffolk home they found the spare room piled up with books, with only a small space left for the lightbulb.

None of this makes cogent sense - it's like a jelly made of sand. Together though, all these things and 89 more make up 'being Boo'.

Would anyone else like to add other points of Boo? They would be most welcome and judged accordingly.

delboy · 25-10-2003, 16:43

412 - Hull is not a city in england but was in fact created by the BBC to send reporters to when there is nothing else to report

546 - you can blame the poor economy of the UK on that waste of space known as 'Concorde'

898876 - by the year 2013 we will all be androids of all things boo and our leader will be popular television presenter and part time alleged but cleared kiddie fiddler Matthew Kelly

16 - United Kingdom will change its name to United Kingdom of Planet Boo within three years

90009293 - the village of tongue in the highlands (pop about 43 alcoholics, 7 kids and 2000 sheep) will become capital of UPB by 2011.

2938 - Rudi Betamax is a good example of a Boo example gone horribly wrong.

patrick boo · 26-10-2003, 08:09

...That's the spirit Delbert.

- If Hull doesn't exist, I assume Lincoln's goal difference will be adjusted accordingly.

26-10-2003, 10:28

12 Eggs
900ml (1½ pints) Malt vinegar
2 tsp Allspice
3 Cinnamon sticks
10 Whole cloves
10 Peppercorns
1 Chilli pepper, finely chopped

Place the eggs in a saucepan of cold water, add a teaspoon of vinegar and bring gently to a boil.
Continue to boil for 10 minutes.
Remove from the heat and place in a bowl of cold water.
When cool, remove the shells and place in a large glass jar.
Heat the vinegar and the spices in a double boiler.
Remove from the heat as soon as the mixture comes to a boil.
Allow the mixture to stand for at least two hours and then pour over the eggs and seal the jars.
Store for at least 2 weeks before eating.

patrick boo · 26-10-2003, 10:42

Now that is what I'm looking for - yaya pickled eggs are the condensed matter that flowers our entire existence. Especially in a crushed bag of Golden Wonder cheese and onion (Do I have to spell it out? C-H-E-E-S-E-A-N-D-O-N-I-O-N-S oh no)

Lester Burnham · 26-10-2003, 14:37

So rolling around in silver and pink stardust, being as high as a kite and running through a magical forest, doesnt qualify me?

bah!

boo!!

patrick boo · 26-10-2003, 16:42

But dearie, that part just goes without saying... I expect you all to be doing that without prompting.
But forests? Ooh, no greenery just clashes too much! Chop them down and build some cocktail bars, then come back and see me.

delboy · 26-10-2003, 16:49

hull should be terminated immediately because....

a) the city is responsible for the beautiful south and everything but the girl

b) the football team are 4 points clear at the top of the third division