Coinciding with England's economic and industrial decline and the disastrous period of the "brain drain," the Fun Palace and Potteries Thinkbelt integrated concepts of technological interchangeability with social participation and improvisation as innovative and egalitarian alternatives to traditional leisure and education.
Instead of Louis, US X Factor has LA Reid, a music industry mogul so fixated on competency and product that he instantly drains the fun from any room he steps into.
Now director Alan Taylor has taken the reins of the franchise and, with Thor: The Dark World, drains the fun from it.
A blocked drain is no fun, but neither is this stuff, which often contains sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide (see oven cleaner) or sulphuric acid.
Ryan later deemed Terri the "one big flaw in Glee, commenting that she: "manages to drain all the fun out of Glee every time she appears.
And computers have long since drained all the fun out of chess.
Meanwhile, King's Landing faces problems of its own from the High Sparrow, decreeing that the "gods demand justice" as his followers spoil everyone's fun by draining beer barrels and smashing up idols.
AFTER my son's soccer team went 0 and 8 last spring, draining almost all the fun out of the game for the boys, I signed on to be the team's new coach.
The other Game 5 Thursday featured an even more dominant performance, by the Tigers' ace, Justin Verlander, but that one served to drain every last bit of fun out of the game and the A's spunky little run through the playoffs.
Infuriatingly, all the fun has been drained from the movie, simply in repeating almost every trick.
