MSN can bite me and bite me hard! I was super interested in this article I found about a 5 hr knitathon being broadcast on TV in Norway. People working to see who is the fastest to knit a sweater from sheep to chic! Cool right? Everyone needs their 15 mins of fame.
But MSN has to go the route of a middle school lunch room bully with their snarky comments and sarcasm and sully the moment. Ugh! You know…we televise the living sh*t out of golf (most boring game to watch EVER) and curling is an Olympic sport for crying out loud! Let the knitters have their fun! At least when they are done they’ll have something useful/beautiful to show for their efforts unlike the majority of football pros who I hear only have brain damage to keep them warm at night.
To each their own, MSN. I wish I had a white knitted glove to slap your face with and send you to the principles office you jerks. Good day to you sirs! Good day!
The Knitting Neurotic 
To hell with MSN! All we televise over here in the UK is cooking, singing and dancing. HOW FASCINATING. Good on Norway, might move there 😉
Amen sister! I will punch a celebrity in the face if they sign on for one more dance show.
I read about this too but I believe it was on the guardian website. While not exactly praising it wasn’t rude. Do you have a link to the msn one?
Dagnabit! Thought I put the link in there. Thanks! Got it updated on the post now.
I think they were going for wry humor but I get a bee in my bonnet when people get all snarky about the things I love. I’m sensitive!
It was a little more…I’m not sure how to phrase it…..distasteful seems a little harsh but tongue in cheek doesn’t seem to quite fit either. For comparison here’s the guardian one. http://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2013/oct/03/norwegian-tv-knitathon-slow-tv while not exactly praising the idea it doesn’t seem as condescending as the msn one.
Ps I don’t think their wry humour worked.