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Scary-Uncle Syndrome

A list of prototypal ‘uncle nob-‘Eds'':

* William Shatner
* Woody Allen
* David Hasslehoff
* Noel Edmonds
* Chris Tarrant
* Mario from Big Brother

Any less obvious examples?



  • * chris langham

    mario seconded

    • mario thirded

      • ...

        ...

        • i cant believe

          you stole my 'scary uncle' theory and plastered it all over DiS without any mention of my good name.

          • anyway..

            john peel: the uncle to beat all uncles?

            bad uncles: jim davidson. enough said. worst. uncle. ever. the uncle to beat all neices and nephews

            also for good...paul O Grady..he would be a fucking brilliant uncle.

            • sorry mike

              I didn't know you made it up.

              • proper sorry.

                • i hope this is sarcasm

                  why arent you at work?

                  • I'm proper, proper ill.

                    I kept throwing up last night...and my throat is knackered. I've also got 6 burning ulcers in my mouth.

                    • P.s. of course it's sarcasm you muff.

                      • ...

                        not out tonight then?

                        • no no no

                          Unless I'm better...but I feel like a dying flower at the moment, so I don't think it's going to happen.

                          Did you got Alex last night?

                          • yeah

                            just a few quick drinks. bit boring. then bought a disgusting kebab, got in and ate it watching a recorded 300. self loathing a plenty this morning.

                            • :D

                              Kebab and '300''?

                              Are you a member of the Jenkins clan now?

                              • Or Charlie?

                                • god.

                                  im gonna make up for it today by scoffing plenty of shredded wheat and watching the critically acclaimed french thriller 'tell no one'.

  • Shatner would be amazing as an uncle

    Wouldn't be too keen on Fred West.

    • or michael barryore

      • or michael jackson for that matter

        Thats sort of implied

        P.s. Gary Glitter is exempt from mention.

  • obligatory Frintzl

    mention

  • * Des Lynham

    * Des O'Connor

    (Richard Whiteley not included...he would be a terrific uncle)

    • Des Lynham would be a really awkward stepdad

      who you think is a bit of a cock, and he generally dissaproves of you

      • lol

        But you still keep things civil to make Mum happy.

        • yeah just pretend you think hes alright

          • He still buys you 'Sum-41'' CDs for Christmas

            • he knows you dont like them

              and want something else but just wants to wind you up. and hell ask 'you dont have it already do you?'

              • 'I know your into these cool rock tunes,''

                • (said with a slight nudge and chuckle) 'I might even borrow it for myself''

                  This is more Depressing Dad territory now.

          • he's too sexually ccharged though

            you'd end up like hamlet

  • *rod stewart

    *peter stringfellow

    good uncles
    *richard madely
    *simon cowell

    • David Gest

      scares the bejesus out of me.
      He's also the weird uncle type who would perv on you after a few sherrys at various family events.

    • Richard Madeley?

      "No, shut up now, nephew - uncle is talking!"

      • he's go up to you're new girlfriend

        and say "hello, you're beautiful. oh, im not being weird. i would never touch you in a million years. its wrong. sick and wrong. not that you aren't attractive, i just don't see it. i mean i do but you're out of my age range. so i don't think of you in that way. SHUT YOUR FUCKING OUTH JUDY"

  • Henry Rollins would such a great uncle

  • John Fashnou

  • I can only think of awesome uncles

    like Bill Murray and John Cusak

    • bill murray ftw

      also, pete doherty and brian blessed

      • ^ I would put Bill Murray in the camp of 'Scary Uncle''

        • No way

          He'd be the one to buy you booze and fags and stuff and then talk to you about misanthropy and failed romantic liaisons when you're older.

          • Not the sort of thing you want to be discussing with an uncle

          • i stand by pete doherty

            if your family is irish, you already have an uncle that talks and acts like him, but he also wears nice suits and has sex with models

            • My family is Irish, but I don't have an uncle like him

              I do have a cousin who is really like him, however

  • Axl Rose would be a terrible uncle

  • * Glen Matlock

    • ^^ hahahahahaha

    • i can imagine hed always try to tell you about the 'pistols'

      but you wouldnt want to know

      • "I mean, Lydon will try and tell you about the time he made me eat a spunk sandwich

        but that's UTTER BOLLOCKS, RIGHT!?"

        • 'If anything, I would be the FIRST to spunk in a sandwich and feed it to people,''

        • Sid never had the talent

          i was the wild one, they just sat me down one day and said Glen, youve gotta calm down. at the time i was on another planet

          • you ever heard of the jam?

            one day paul weller comes up and he's like "hey, you are the bassist from the sex pistols" and i was like "yeah mate" and shook his hand. paul weller"

          • I was kicking dogs, spitting on Woolworths...

            ...being an absolute mental anarchist, really.

  • Gary Oldman would be the greatest uncle ever, right?

    • ^ hate him.

      Ray Winstone would be a bullion times better.

      • Ray Winstone would be great

        "Don't leave the 'ouse wifaht yer fahkin' tool"

      • ray winston is a million times less irl mental though

        and have you seen the firm? gary oldmans character is my dream uncle

        • Oldman plays it mental.

          But Winstone is truly 'ard.

          • 'Ard as pipes.

            Also...Oldman is too much of a thesp for my taking.

            • i'm going to be brave and suggest danny dyer

              • hes like a older brother

                whos just a bit of a wanker really, and wouldhave sex in your bed when you were younger

                • haahaha he sounds awesome

                  like someone who will get away with anything by being a bolshy cockney

                • and the admit to 'wiping it on the pillow''

                  ...'but not to tell mum.''

          • oldman doesnt advertise special k

            though does he?

            • No.

              But Oldman flamboyantly smothers a potentially good role.

              He's synonymous with over-acting. See 'Leon'', 'Meantime'' and 'Sid & Nancy'' as examples.

              • leon!!

                that was amazing!
                EEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEERRRRRRRRYYYYYYOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

                • The whole crick of the kneck...

                  ...would have been better performed by Cheggers.

                • .

                  NNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!!

                • ^ fucking THIS

                  He's my favourite actor ever. Every time I take a pill (like an antibiotic or something from the doctor), I always pretend I'm Stansfield taking a hit.

              • sid and nancy is a fucking abomination

              • Can't believe you've missed

                True Romance off the Oldman over acting list.

          • Oldman is just srsly fucking cool, though

  • Good Uncles

    Paul Simonen
    Patrick Stewart
    Brian Moore
    Steve Claridge

    • i'm not sure about paul simonen

      you'd have to hear him say "i was havin a jam with damo.."

      steve claridge though

      • Stephen Fry, Fry, Fry, Fry

        'Nuff said.

      • ^ I suspect the albarn stories

        are going to be well down the list after Strummer/Jones and having a word with a certain short arse ex-housemartin about the Guns of Brixton bassline.

      • paul simonon was the coolest man ever

        he still is fucking cool now, so yeah perfect uncle material

  • Chris Morris

    now lets discuss this. he could fall into either category

  • Yeah Sean Locke,

    pretty sure he has the quintessential look of a good uncle.

  • Suggs

    from madness

    • Not for scary, sorry

      but good.

      • Jarvis cocker

      • no way

        suggs would be a shit uncle.

        you: what you doing this weekend uncle suggs?

        him: not much. just dressing up like a giant ice-cube for birdseye

        you: oh right

        him: but dont forget all that cool music shit i used to do

        you: yeah i spose

        him: and that kareoke show on five

        you: what?

        him: ok, maybe not that

        you: yeah, definalty not that.

        him: come on, remember fun house, that was a great track?

        you: house of fun you mean?

        him: yeah that one too

        • True that

          but...in his heyday...

          • I prefer Buster Bloodvessel.

            He would be a brilliant uncle.

            • you could record him saying 'fatty'

              and then play it to your fat friends

            • would have been good for

              a shoulder carry, back in the day