Philomena Cunk Interviews Brian Cox

[Hornbein]

I hope you may find this as hilarious as do I.

 

[pinball1970]

I hope you may find this as hilarious as do I.

I think Philomena had Brian Cox in mind when she did "time."

 

[pinball1970]

I hope you may find this as hilarious as do I.

How did he keep his face straight?

 

[OmCheeto]

Unparalleled in my lifetime of humour.

 

[Parthib Roy]

I hope you may find this as hilarious as do I.

I mean at least she should have worn her helmet for the entire time There is no telling what brian cox would do after hearing the beacon joke

 

[jedishrfu]

This is so great. British comedienne Diane Morgan does an incredible job portraying the clueless journalist/documentarian.

It reminds me of the time my Dad invited the school janitor and his son over to see my new TRS-80 micro. My Dad told me that the son was interested in learning about computers.

I went into the spiel of explaining how the magic of the computer worked: keyboard, cassette drive, printer…

His first question was, "How do I enter my homework?" I’m like, what??? Yeah, you know, so it can do my homework for me.

Sadly, I had to break it to him that that's not how computers work. You have to know how to compute the answer and write a program, and then you'll get your answers.

I had one disappointed kid. His real passion was fast cars. I often wonder what he is doing now and whether he became a mechanic and gotten the car of his dreams.

Also, I wonder if he’s tried today's AI that could do his homework but with caveats and II wonder how I’d answer his or his grandkids today.

Why yes, it can do your homework, but would you really trust your grades on its answers if you can't do the homework yourself?

 

[bhobba]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry,

I suspect there are more people like the interviewer than is comfortable to think about.

Of course, like Borat, she is just a character, so we can all have a laugh, but the scary thing is that people like that actually exist.

Thanks
Bill

 

[jedishrfu]

There was one poor Miss America beauty contestant who flubbed her final essay question in front of millions by just aimlessly rambling. through her answer.



She reminded me of the actress in the Ghostbusters movie opening where Bill Murray smiles at her not caring what she said while zapping the other student in a telepathic test.

 

[Hornbein]

My mother once said of global warming "why can't they just air condition the crops?"

 

[bhobba]

I remember discussing global warming with an aquantance.

I explained about chaotic systems, tipping points etc.

They said so what's the problem.

Thanks
Bill

 

[jedishrfu]

I had a woman customer once ask me if the store sold self-abasement tape.

When I asked what it was, she said you it's sticky on both sides

Oh okay you want self-adhesive tape and her to out hardware department.

 

[pinball1970]

There was one poor Miss America beauty contestant who flubbed her final essay question in front of millions by just aimlessly rambling. through her answer.



She reminded me of the actress in the Ghostbusters movie opening where Bill Murray smiles at her not caring what she said while zapping the other student in a telepathic test.

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[robphy]

Of course, like Borat, she is just a character, so we can all have a laugh, but the scary thing is that people like that actually exist.

Philomena Cunk is great because her character is like the host of a documentary.

By contrast, there was Ali G (another character of Sacha Baron Cohen, in addition to Borat)








(and in honor of the upcoming NBA finals: Ali G Interviews NBA Stars (full) )

 

[Hornbein]

On the positive side, given a map of the world 96% of USA adults can locate their nation.

 

[sbrothy]

[...]

Also, I wonder if he’s tried today's AI that could do his homework but with caveats and II wonder how I’d answer his or his grandkids today.

Why yes, it can do your homework, but would you really trust your grades on its answers if you can't do the homework yourself?

I may have mentioned this before but when I was young I thought it smart to make a buck writing exam papers for people sudying CS, datamatics and technical school. Unfortunately, when I delivered the paper to them they almost always contacted me again because they had no clue what I wrote. So I had to school them for several days (sometimes a week) so they could at least bluff through their exam. It was never worth the money. And as an added kick in the groin I could see these idi... leave their school with good grades while I was still and autodidact fool.

One teacher told them outright that he knew they hadn't written this themselves, but due to the week I used to hammer it into their heads he had no choice but to give them 10 on the old 03-13 scale. They must have had a hard awakening meeting the real jobmarket.

 

[pinball1970]

Philomena is adorable. If she was your daughter you would sit her down and say, " No more tears now, stop thinking about silly things like bombs. Me, you, mom and your two sisters are going to the seaside this weekend, you love the sea don't you sweetheart?"