I was in the pub (3 Tuns) a couple of weeks ago when one of my colleagues mentioned that she had a dream about Fred the Butcher from Corry.

As a non soap watcher I haven't got a clue who this guy is. A number of people thought it was 'unbelievable' that I didn't know who a fictitious butcher from a soap was and that I wasn't in touch with reality.

Does anyone else not know / care about soap characters, or am I just a freak?????????

The character in question is a jowly heart-attack waiting to happen who seems to sell himself on the ability to preface every sentance with: "I say, I say..." as if to remind himself that he wants to speak before his mind wanders off.

I don't care for or about soaps, but like many am forced to endure them in order to spend time with my other half.

Here's a quick guide to the tripe so that you're forewarned:

Coronation Street: longest running soap in the UK, famous for maintaining a consistantly ****e level of acting and plot centring around the grim lives of suburban Mancunian drudges and their neandethal spouses.

Eastenders: depressing soap set in the festering east end of London and perhaps the best advertisement for tourists to go elsewhere than the nations capital ever concieved. Suicidal depressives have been known to make a full recovery after watching an episode.

Emmerdale: formerly Emmerdale Farm, herein the trials of living in a rural community in the modern day are explored by a cast of characters who for the main part work in the service industry and have trouble telling the back-end of a cow from that of a Range Rover.

Hollyoaks: set in Chester and boasting the largest number of annoying blonde bimbos yet recorded in tv history, this soap tries to capture the youth market with shallow characters and repetative storylines that make no sense and are accompanied by a soundtrack drawn from the record-collection of the thirty-something writers whom nobody has the heart to tell that they are no longer "hip" and "with-it."

'Nonses'?

That word has altogether different connotations my friend than nonsense!

It was meant in it's looses sense.

It's nonse sense

Originally posted by dylan_61
It was meant in it's looses sense.

It's nonse sense

Ho ho ho ho :D

There you go again!

Originally posted by Carmine

Hollyoaks: set in Chester and boasting the largest number of annoying blonde bimbos yet recorded in tv history, this soap tries to capture the youth market with shallow characters and repetative storylines that make no sense and are accompanied by a soundtrack drawn from the record-collection of the thirty-something writers whom nobody has the heart to tell that they are no longer "hip" and "with-it."

Aah Hollyoaks...how they expect us to believe that any of them ever got into University is beyond me...

You are not a freak by any means. I am asked on occasions "did you see """"" last night" Most people have given up asking now or they start to ask and then stop themselves as they know I didn't see it.

I can't sit still long enought o watch tv or I find it boring when I do. If I hear of something particularly interesting then I try and make a point to watch it but usually forget.

The last thing I was quite interested to see was some programme about Adam Ant and his illness. As usual I missed it.

Originally posted by noseyrosie
Aah Hollyoaks...how they expect us to believe that any of them ever got into University is beyond me...

Has anyone else ever noticed the fact that while some of the characters in this soap are supposed to be in full-time further or higher education, the only time they ever show any evidence of the fact is when their academic obligations become the focus of a storyline?

Other times when a character is applying to uni they seem to do very little research. My other half pointed out the fact that one of the annoying kids (the girl with curly hair and skinny legs who gives the overall impression of a sulky mop) had casually announced that she was thinking of studying at Sheffield, despite the fact that it's demanding entry requirements and the fact that she's been tapped with the thick stick more than a little.