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I thought the ham was just a little wet with condensation from the fridge. Turns out that was probably, er, slime. Nevertheless!

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wasn't this a Simpson's episode with a sandwich?

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So what you're saying is that the ham was ok, it was just the slime you shouldn't have eaten.

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Also someone cleverer than me on the social media observed

"did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane.

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did you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane."

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That's one of the all time best homage pictures I've ever seen. I can't unsee it. I can't focus at all on the dodgy ham, which should be the important part of this story.

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I now have Pink Floyd's "wish you were here" stuck in my head.

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Pink Ham's "Wish you were clear (of slime)"

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BRA-FUCKING-VO

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JB you should have followed your kids' example as outlined previously - free spendy ham!

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"because I decided to eat some very dodgy ham".... so can take the man out of the uni student but you can't take the uni student out of the man. Stuart Heritage you aren't the boss of me. Now I want to Barbenheimer and do it in the order he says not to.

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Stuart Heritage once had an article about five things blah blah, which had six things in it. He can't be trusted on anything, ever.

Anyway, it's Barbenheimer, not Oppie or Oppenarbie. The order of viewing has already been laid out.

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good point, well made

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Way back in 2002 I did an unofficial double-bill in the cinemas with 28 Days Later and Undead (the first feature film of the Spierig brothers). Both are horror films with similar monsters, but while 28 Days Later is terrifyingly scary, Undead is bloody hilarious.

I've always thought that Mars Attacks! and Independence Day would make a good double as well.

But as much as I want to see Oppenheimer and Barbie as well, I don't think I'll be doing a back-to-back cinema viewing for them.

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Fark! I was shattered by about 30 minutes into 28 Days. Dunno that I could have survived a double bill.

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My sisters weren't allowed Barbies, they were too American. So they had Cindy dolls instead. We did have full on fear of nuclear annihilation shoved down our throats by my slightly insane mother complete with giving us copies of when the wind blows and allowed to watch Threads at 12. So I might not connect well with either movie and wait for season 4 of the Boys.

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Ugh . A Barbie movie that’s not for kids but is supposed to make some sort of social message about blah blah blah. Give me the fuckin ham . Make mine a double

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Lulz. I knew you'd hate this movie without ever seeing it.

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Aye feeling a bit McLennan today. Have Hero fold the lot into the sun .

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