PaintByNumbers Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Stuck in this chair because the cat is on my lap, and somehow my wife got hold of the remote... Its.... A Dramatization of a Jane Austin Novel !!!!! AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!! And its commercial free on PBS -- NO RESPITE !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Feign a heart attack. Always works. Afterwords tell it was the excitement and the passion of the drama, envisioning you and your wife playing the main characters. Score points and perhaps get out of watching more of those movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabascojunkie Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That's why I do my best to keep my wife away from any of the Lifetime channels. Stay strong, you'll make it through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rastl Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Talk to yourself about projects you want to do. Mutter about conversions, brainstorm, etc. Anything to keep a low-voiced monologue going enough to keep her from completely getting into the movie. She'll eventually just change the channel. Warning - she may indicate that she's not going to continue watching the movie by chucking the remote at your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You could always just put a parental lock on the "offensive" channels: PBS Lifetime Women's Entertainment (WE) Oxygen Hallmark Wild Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You could always just put a parental lock on the "offensive" channels: PBS Lifetime Women's Entertainment (WE) Oxygen Hallmark Wild Bill OMG, I hadn't thought of that. Hilarious! Until my wife tries to watch one of those channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You could always just put a parental lock on the "offensive" channels: PBS Lifetime Women's Entertainment (WE) Oxygen Hallmark Wild Bill My wife and I actually have talked about doing just this, because we hate catching snippets while surfing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest I am not a number Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 That sounds scary. Almost as scary as the baby pictures thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintByNumbers Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Uh... Groggy... What time is it? I seem to have been in a coma for the last 20 hours or so... If only we could come up with a happy compromise; like combining the Romance genre with serial-killer flicks: Hannibal and Prejudice The Silence of the Debutantes Jane Mansfield Emma Todd Halloween Persuasion The Sense of the Lambs Scary Northanger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Accidental Touristas Go Home Gigli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You could always just put a parental lock on the "offensive" channels: OMG, I hadn't thought of that. Hilarious! Until my wife tries to watch one of those channels. Depends on how you do it - "I don't know honey, the system's not working right - I can't seem to remove this lock. It might be time for that HD unit now." Having to watch the occasional chick flick in return for a 52" Plasma HD Flat Screen and new HD DVR might not be such a bad trade off. Of course, I'm lucky - my wife likes sci-fi almost as much as I do. The worst of her shows I have to sit through is Nip Tuck and Las Vegas, or the occassional Julia Robert's movie. She does, however, complain when my son and I watch Pinky and the Brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadaver Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm lucky, My wife and I are gamers, we find our entertainment on our computers, and we both watch the same TV shows: Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who. Anything else we might want to watch we catch on-line ie: I watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles and she watches Grey's Anatomy. Come to think of it though, our TV hasn't been turned on since the season finale of Lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Sometimes ya gotta just take it like a man and put up with an occasional chick flick....unless you want to sleep on the couch. Just balance it out with a car chase/zombie films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thes Hunter Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 What no Pride and Predator (vs. Aliens) in widescreen with THX surround sound?! Now that was one good Jan Austin novel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 What no Pride and Predator (vs. Aliens) in widescreen with THX surround sound?! Now that was one good Jan Austin novel. The only problem I have it is that the Aliens would crash the ball. Not only would they dance with Mr & Mrs. Bennetts daughters, but they would impregnate them with alien seeds pods. Then, what would Mr. Darcy do? Not like they had Colonial Marines back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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