Calling all Couch Potatoes aka TV Addicts!
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If you clicked on this thread, it probably means that you ARE a couch potato!
'Fess up if you :
- spend more than five hours a week watching TV;
- cancel social events just to rush home to watch TV;
- know your remote control buttons by heart and can operate it blind-folded;
- find that your favourite spot on the couch has the shape of your butt imprinted on it permanently ;
AND / OR
- you cannot imagine life without a TV (and that's why you never go camping or rough it out outdoors! )
As your Cult Leader, I am guilty of ALL of the above!
And I make no apologies about it!
Since getting Foxtel here (cable in Melbourne), it's been like a whole new world for me! Documentaries galore, news around the clock, music channels, etc etc.
So let's talk about our love affairs with the TV. Which are your favourite TV channels? What do you like to watch?
I'll start the ball rolling.
I LOVE Animal Planet, Discovery Travel and Living, Food (but of course! ), CNN, E!, Weather, CI and National Geographic.
Current favourite shows :
Hell's Kitchen
World Cafe : Asia
Anthony Bourdain's shows
Masterchef
CNN's news
BBC's news
Weather channel (I check the interactive section for weather forecasts everyday! Even check Singapore's weather daily!
)
Flight Attendant School
Janice Dickinson Models
Trace Evidence
Cops
Miami Animal Police
The Extractors
Untold Stories of the ER
etc etc
So, share your addiction with us here!
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home makeover extreme edition
Kyle xy season 1, and the season 2 -
I do all that TS mentions but not for the TV but for my computer games.......
Mediacorp programming sucks.
Max Online only slightly better not not by much so, I'm no couch potato for TV programmes..... though some serials can get me somewhat addicted, computer gaming is still the top draw for me! -
I remember my days by the TV shows.
People would ask me what day is today or tomorrow and I can only name the TV show. I cannot remember the day anymore. -
5 hours of tv a week hardly qualifies one to be a couch potato, considering that a movie is at least 2 hours long and most shows are already 1 hour.
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hee hee.........rhonda.........love your definitions/criteria.
well, i mostly watch series and on DVDs so i can fast forward.
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Guilty as charged.
My list is too long to name. But I'll say this, whatever did I do before DVR? For an extra $10 a month, I can record 2 programmes at a time, rewind live TV, programme it to record my fave shows anytime... kinda like TIVO, just cheaper. -
i don't know what sort of addict I am...
thing is, i don't watch much TV
usually short concentration span
but the moment I start watching.. i can't concentrate on anything else
will just be completely absorbed unless advert
can't hear when people talk
can't pick up phone
just.. become...... zombified :O
what sort of couch potato am i? -
A selective one?Originally posted by ShrodingersCat:i don't know what sort of addict I am...
thing is, i don't watch much TV
usually short concentration span
but the moment I start watching.. i can't concentrate on anything else
will just be completely absorbed unless advert
can't hear when people talk
can't pick up phone
just.. become...... zombified :O
what sort of couch potato am i? -
I'm not even going to try to type a list of the shows I watch. Will take too long
But Rhonda, you MUST watch Dexter!!! -
i am not watching much TV these days
After work, got after work activities
like going out with friends, pilates, facials , etc etc -
I am seriously considering getting that for myself!Originally posted by jetta:Guilty as charged. My list is too long to name. But I'll say this, whatever did I do before DVR? For an extra $10 a month, I can record 2 programmes at a time, rewind live TV, programme it to record my fave shows anytime... kinda like TIVO, just cheaper.
But at A$14.95 a month, and a 24-mth contract for it, it's an expense I can kinda do without because it shall be pure indulgence. Although...
... now that I seem to be planning my life around TV programs, it might be a worthwhile solution. Instead of burying my head in the sand, pretending the problem doesn't exist, grab the bulls by its horn and address the issue squarely in the face... by subscribing to it! -
Originally posted by laurence82:i am not watching much TV these days
After work, got after work activities
like going out with friends, pilates, facials , etc etc
Omigosh! Regular facials? Machiam like gu1 niang4! Ze evil banana! What's becoming of you?! Your face is gonna get as smooth as a baby's butt soon! Even a mosquito won't be able to get a grip on your slippery-smooth face! -
I love to watch Travel and Documentary shows..
if kana the Exotic Travel shows, my body is in my room, my soul has flown away (the places that is showing).. -
Orh... so, how should we raise the criteria then?Originally posted by stellazio:5 hours of tv a week hardly qualifies one to be a couch potato, considering that a movie is at least 2 hours long and most shows are already 1 hour. -
Originally posted by Rhonda:... now that I seem to be planning my life around TV programs, it might be a worthwhile solution. Instead of burying my head in the sand, pretending the problem doesn't exist, grab the bulls by its horn and address the issue squarely in the face... by subscribing to it!
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I watch almost all Taiwan varieties shows and Japanese dramas.