strictly refunds

[ThomasSoerensen]

Mind you, I do that with most programmes anyway, it's a big time-saver.

a bigger time saver is to not turn on the dumb-box at all

[moorfield]

Refunds? Anyone who votes in these tv shows should pay 200000% sad git tax on the cost of the phone call and be banned from voting in elections.

I think they already pay their tax in the form of weekly lotto tickets.

[TimberWolf]

Refunds? Anyone who votes in these tv shows should pay 200000% sad git tax on the cost of the phone call and be banned from voting in elections.

Ditto for programmes like the Gadget Show, where they try to get people to phone in to win a zillion bits of gadgetry for £1.50. It's getting so bad that the only way to watch it is to record and fast-forward through the garbage. Mind you, I do that with most programmes anyway, it's a big time-saver.

[BrilloPad]

Refunds? Anyone who votes in these tv shows should pay 200000% sad git tax on the cost of the phone call and be banned from voting in elections.

PB for PM.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Refunds? Anyone who votes in these tv shows should pay 200000% sad git tax on the cost of the phone call and be banned from voting in elections.