Can't abide versus Can't Resist

[andy-hughes]

OK, everyone has people on TV that make them reach for the remote, and others that make them move the chair two feet closer to the screen.

I'll go first -

Can't abide -
1. Michael Parkinson
2. Fiona Phillips
3. Alan Titchmarsh
4. Bill Oddie
5. Michael Barrymore
6. Graham Norton
7. Clive Anderson
8. Adrian Childs
9. Justin Lee Collins
10. Jimmy Carr

Can't resist -
1. Michelle Marsh
2. Alison King
3. Jimmy Saville 4. Billie Piper
5. Kirstie Gallagher
6. Frankie Howard
7. Tess Daly
8. Veronica Hammell
9. Paula Abdul
10. The guy on the 'Safestyle UK' ads - seriously!

OK, your go ...

[LoftyLottie]

LOL at Natalie re Andrew Marr!

[Philtaz]

Despise:

1 Johnathon Ross
2 Any Soap Opera
3 Big Brother
4 Any 'reality' show, whatever that means
5 I'm A Celebrity(contradiction in terms!)
6 That property programme where people are found houses by the presenters, then fail to choose any of those on offer, preferring to 're-evaluate their options'
7 Natasha Kaplinsky
8 John Barrowman
9 Kate Garraway
10 Dancing/Ice Skating/X Factor or any other 'talent' show

Partial to:

1 Ricky Gervais
2 Jimmy Carr
3 Stephen Fry
4 Lisa Burke (Sky weather girl)
5 Abi Titmus
6 Billy Connolly
7 Al Murray
8 David Baddiel
9 Frank Skinner
10 Most of the female Sky Spports News presenters!

[weggiewabbit]

Can�t abide ...

Ricky Gervaise
Graham Norton
Ant & Dec
Trevor McDonald
Piers Morgan
Lenny Henry
Chris Evans
Jonathan Ross
Jade Goody
Big Brother
I�m A Celebrity ....
Coronation Street
Eastenders
Emmerdale

Can�t resist ...

Bill Oddie
Kate Humble
Paul Merton
Kirsty Young

[snow.maiden]

I agree Lofty - but it's just made me smile to see how many times Bill Oddie's name's cropped up!!! he reminds me of a garden gnome.

[weggiewabbit]

sir.prize ... most of yours "bat for the other side", I think ... is this a coincidence?

[littleoldme]

Can't abide:
1. Graham Norton
2. Davina McCall
3. Dermot "Dreary" O'Leary
4. Patrick Kielty
5. Claire Sweeney
6. Fiona Phillips
7. Piers Morgan
8. Peter Andre
9. Anne Robinson
10. Dominic Littlewood

Can't resist:
1. Lisa Burke (Sky News weather)
2. Lucy Verasamy (as above)
3. Dani Sinha - the world's most gorgeous newsreader (BBC South News)
4. Myleene Klass
...and for less pervy reasons:
5. Alan Davies
6. Stephen Fry
7. Bill Bailey
8. Martin Clunes
9. Fern Britton
10. Boris Johnson

Coming soon to a Can't Abide list near you - George Lamb. Fortunately I won't have to suffer him, as he'll be on THAT BL00DY PROGRAMME which I avoid like the plague, but having encountered the pseudo-chav wannabe on the radio, doing his best to destroy BBC 6Music single-handedly, I know he'd be on the list if I did watch it.

[LoftyLottie]

Little old me reminded me:

Can't Abide

Davina McCall
Claire Sweeney

and I'll add Sheree Hewson and Jayne McDonald (Loose women) as well.

And forgot these too (pinched from LOM's list)

Can't resist

Fern Britton or Philip Schofield
Martin Clunes (very definitely)

[LoftyLottie]

Just popped back to add Gordon Ramsay to my list of can't resists!

[yogasun]

Yes - I will also add Gordon Ramsay as a 'Can't Resist' !!

and pinching Lottie's names again - forgot Davina McCall
as a Can't abide also Victoria Beckham and Jade Goody.

[LoftyLottie]

We obviously have very similar tastes yogasun. Hope you are OK x

[andy-hughes]

Hey Lottie!

I did respond to your earlier post - it didn;t print for some reason - but yes, I did mean Kim Rider (Marsh) - Ithink Michelle Marsh is one of those empty-faced blondes with an impressive balcony that features in the daily smut.

I did manage to miss off Sir Trevor Mcdonut - thank the lord the peeny has finaly dropped with ITV - he really isn't an audience drawer like they all thought - viewing figures have proved that, and he's off again.

And Davina Mcawful - I mean, what does that woman do? She fronts 'Big Brother' - although frankly they could put Kermit The Frog in front of that and people would watch - note to Endemol -

t's NOT Davina they are looking at, they are waiting for her to stop shouting so we can get the House action going!"

Oh, and i forgot to put Glynis Barber in my 'Can't Resist' - I've got 'Dempsey and Makepeace on series record!

Hubba!

[yogasun]

Hi Lottie
We obviously like men that speak their minds with an authoritative air!
Yes, fine thanks - great day today. Have been busy, will see you again on the Nature thread!! xx

Sorry andy :-))

[LoftyLottie]

Hi Andy.

Mmmm, you might be right yogasun! See you over on nature shortly Am just off out.