(It's the last one of this year's Eurovision posts, honest.)
A quick re-cap: Austria won in 2014, meaning the two semi-finals and one final were hosted in Vienna. Brits don't really care much for Eurovision, but it's a massive thing in Sweden (spoiler: they won ... again) and there are two Swedes in the roleplaying group, so commenting on Eurovision is kind of a given.
This session was made up of 50% Swedes and 50% Brits, in 100% snark mode.
Courtesy of Saturday 23 May 2015's Eurovision Song Contest grand final.
We're actually boardgaming next session as well but I've brought the pad this time.
A quick re-cap: Austria won in 2014, meaning the two semi-finals and one final were hosted in Vienna. Brits don't really care much for Eurovision, but it's a massive thing in Sweden (spoiler: they won ... again) and there are two Swedes in the roleplaying group, so commenting on Eurovision is kind of a given.
This session was made up of 50% Swedes and 50% Brits, in 100% snark mode.
Courtesy of Saturday 23 May 2015's Eurovision Song Contest grand final.
“You know if Japan was in it, they WOULD have a mech suit.”
“So it starts off on a bored note.” (Slovenia)
“It would be funny if they tripped on the headphone cable.” (Slovenia)
“You know what she needs, don’t you? A moustache.”
“It may have come last, but it’s still catchier than any songs this year.” (France)
“Well, at least he didn’t end the verse by saying ‘and now I’m going to kill myself’.” (Israel)
“This song is REALLY uneven.”
“YES.” (Israel)
“I remember this. It’s Johnny Cash meets Buddy Holly.” (Estonia)
“He still can’t sing low notes.” (Estonia)
“Turkey basters?!” (United Kingdom)
“They’re no Engelbert Humperdinck, but maybe that’s a good thing.” (United Kingdom)
“You wanna get some ice cream? And heroin.”
“You want to comfort eat?” (Armenia)
“So for this group they chose women who could sing and men who couldn’t.” (Armenia)
“Even the cat’s trying to hide his head more. Look!” (Armenia)
“This sounds like Mumford & Sons used to.” (Lithuania)
“Did they kidnap Florence from her Machine?” (Norway)
“Doesn’t do it for me, but neither did Euphoria and that won by a landslide.” (Sweden)
“What the fuck is that woman on the left wearing?!”
“Diapers?”
“The 80s called, they want their prostitute back.” (Australia)
“WHY DOES THAT HAT NOT HAVE CORKS ON IT?!” (Australia)
“You’re evil! I can’t believe you laughed at that!”
“It sounds even more like a Bond theme now.” (Belgium)
“He looks like Russell Howard trying to be creepy.” (Belgium)
“That piano’s on fire! Health and safety!” (Austria)
“Hey, it’s Cat Deeley!” (Greece)
“He’s got a nature theme going on.” (Montenegro)
“Why’s he talking about his B.O.?” (Montenegro guy pretends to be an airplane) “Oh, THAT’S why.”
“They sing about what they know, black smoke.” (awkward pause) “Because they smoke a lot in Germany.”
“You took the moral high ground there.”
“Someone had to.”
“Latvia is so dull I’m checking Facebook.”
“I would be checking Facebook I if my Nexus was here. I have a cat instead.”
“The cat’s nicer.”
“Than Facebook?”
“EEieEEO? We really needed that translated.” (Spain)
“Is that HAL in the background?”
“You will vote now, Dave.” (Spain)
“Is that Gallifreyan?” (Hungary)
“This song makes me sad.”
“D’you want to get my Nexus then?”
“Meh.” (Georgia)
“It’s not like he’s a good singer either, so it’s confusing AND shit.” (Azerbaijan)
“If Russia won, they’d have to host the gayest event of the year. The IRONY.”
“Impressive.” (Italy)
“Did Ireland have a Latvian invasion that we don’t know about?”
“That wasn’t political. They actually liked it.”
We're actually boardgaming next session as well but I've brought the pad this time.
