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Mark James

Finally got to watch Threads, the pretty harrowing TV movie about a nuclear attack on the UK. Definitely deserves its reputation. Would recommend.

Mark James

People asking if I prefer cats or dogs. They both have good and bad qualities. I like 'em both.

Mark James

I thought the line "you know I like to keep my cheeks dry today" in Blind Melon's no rain was "you know I like to keep my cheating strategy". Also in the Clash's Rock the Casbah I used to think Sharlene didn't like it. Twitter has added auto generated subtitles on videos and it'...

Mark James

People are always doing reboots and prequels of franchises but what I want to see is middle aged mutant ninja turtles.

Mark James

Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring dlc was excellent. Still haven't finished the final boss. Am in the middle of Red Dead Redemption 2. It's OK. Controls can be fiddly at times and I'm not a fan of the gunplay. I like just riding around though. And I never realised how much I would enjoy playing ...

Mark James

Mrs Doubtfire was an even bigger dead beat dad than you realise. Sally Field is giving Robin Williams money to be a nanny and he is only giving some of that money back in child support. It's a total scam. But because it was Robin Williams we are on his side.

Mark James

When did they start doing patterns on the grass of football pitches? So here's video of FA Cup Final 1925 with obvious lines on the grass. https://youtu.be/Wg4iAcYGgr8?si=ZzK5NVPLxuGTHGcQ And video footage of 1924 with no obvious lines. https://youtu.be/K5v450UiYSs?si=oOaUoDbHZ0hCNn_R I also looked...

Mark James

When did they start doing patterns on the grass of football pitches?

Mark James

I also get into these cycles of saying the same thing over and over again. Not just in the sense that I only have about three jokes, but I mean, literally repeating things to myself dozens of times, because it feels nice. Just now in the kitchen for example, I got stuck on saying "welcome to t...

Mark James

https://x.com/ultimatesugg/status/1835027534313902210

Excellent joke

Mark James

https://youtu.be/S4pSp3Km6Mw?si=bSW1a5M5dwPBLyfD

Mark James

There's a community radio station in Dublin that caters for more niche interests that more commercial stations wouldn't cover and they have a show that's basically traffic report then a song, traffic report then a song during peak traffic times in the morning and evening. It's the best show on the r...

Mark James

All radio stations telling you the news every hour. If I am listening to Absolute 80s or Classic FM or The Football I have no interest in the wider news (and would appreciate the respite). If I wanted to listen to the news I would change over to a news channel. 100%. In Ireland it's part of the bro...

Mark James

Actually, I feel bad saying Rugby 7s. That's not too bad. Dressage, however, is on at the moment when we could be watching Argentina vs Ukraine.

Mark James

Why is the football, an actual good sport at the Olympics, never on the telly yet they'll show shite like Rugby 7s and synchronised swimming?

Mark James

https://x.com/Jackie_Buddie/status/1816501440472305777

RIP to a real one.

Mark James

I used to hate everyone who said we're living in the movie Idiocracy but then you see Hulk Hogan at the RNC and well...

Mark James

Opening ceremonies, closing ceremonies and half time shows. Fuck off. If the sport isn't enough for you, go watch Britain's Got Talent or something. Although maybe I'd watch trash tv like Love Island if they kicked it all off with a football match first. An aul 5-a-side on the beach would go down a ...

Mark James

I don't think Saka did handle it but it's never a pen for me. It's a genuine attempt to block the ball and kane follows through and hits him. I keep seeing people say it happens all the time in other parts of the pitch and a free is given but they never give an example. If it happens all the time su...

Mark James

There's certain computer files I keep for work where month first is best.

Mark James

The last time every human was on Earth was October 31st 2000. Since then there has always been someone in space.

Mark James

Shifty Shellshock (not his real name) from one hit wonders Crazy Town. Met him once when my friend's band supported them on their comeback tour. He was pretty cool. Someone in the crowd tried to give him a pint of Guinness but he politely refused, explaining that the whole band were recovering alcoh...

Mark James

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2024 11:49 am
Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 8:19 pm Don't know why but I felt like sharing my top 5 Steven Spielberg movies.

1. Jaws
2. Minority Report
3. Jurassic Park
5. Schindler's List
4. Catch Me If You Can
Brave choice to put 5 above 4.

Woops. I cut and pasted and forgot to change the numbers

Mark James

Don't know why but I felt like sharing my top 5 Steven Spielberg movies.

1. Jaws
2. Minority Report
3. Jurassic Park
5. Schindler's List
4. Catch Me If You Can

Mark James

The Origins of ID. I as in I and D as in Dentification (Norm McDonald in case anyone accuses me of plagiarism). As much as I love Norm and that joke in particular, where else could you make the cut-off? IT, IF, IC, IA? Another very funny joke/story is when they gave each state a 2 letter code start...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2024 7:12 pm The Origins of ID.
I as in I and D as in Dentification (Norm McDonald in case anyone accuses me of plagiarism).

As much as I love Norm and that joke in particular, where else could you make the cut-off? IT, IF, IC, IA?

Mark James

Saw this on twitter but it was a good question and I have thought about it before. You know how, sometimes, you miss your exit on a roundabout and have to go around again? How long can you keep driving around a roundabout, not taking any exits before some sort of law enforcement would intervene? Pre...

Mark James

What was the @ symbol for before the Internet?

Mark James

Do you reckon there's a park ranger out there who really wanted to be a power ranger when they were a kid but figured that was as close as they were gonna get?

Mark James

Disney movie musicals only have five or six actual songs in them.

Mark James

The Bends is a much better album than OK Computer even though it's always ranked in below it I don't think that is an unpopular opinion at all. Most people I know prefer The Bends. Same. Most people I know prefer The Bends. Also, if you are over 30 and still worrying about album ranking lists you s...

Mark James

https://x.com/CountBinface/status/1783807825182884270

You know what to do.

Mark James

Same here. Good to know it's not just me.

Mark James

Kirstie Alley's parents died in a car accident on the way to a Halloween party. Her mother was dressed in black face and her father was in a ku klux klan outfit.

https://youtu.be/5EEYp-plTYk?si=rRVFf6sz0IY1IHgz

Mark James

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:29 am
Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:30 am The lyrics to Chain Reaction are proper filthy!
Filthy lyrics could have it's own thread.
The Beatles were good at hiding or implying filthy lyrics

Spot on Adam. Only copped this recently myself. And they're not really even hiding it. The second verse is something else.

Mark James

Sisu: over-the-top, Finnish, revenge flick featuring lots of nazi killing. Good fun.

Pearl: Classed as a horror, I suppose. Not really frightening but enjoyably creepy. Mia Goth is excellent. Apparently it's a prequel to another movie I haven't seen but I want to now.

Mark James

In the League of Ireland, sometimes the lower teams don't have a suitable pitch for a so called glamour tie and they will play the game in the bigger team's ground but will still be designated as the home team.

Mark James

I kinda like this idea. Wouldn't mind scrapping extra time and sure, have 11 penalties each. Everyone should have to take one and save one.

Mark James

https://x.com/michaelbeck/status/1779665211344990242

This is how you get people to like Basketball.

"He gave them chicken, he's a man of the people" is an all time announcer moment.

Mark James

Saw a news headline that said "Kaizer Chiefs Defender Shot" and I thought why would you shoot someone just because they liked that band, then I realised it was a South African footballer who was killed in a car jacking. Woops

Mark James

But then you look at shit like this from the left side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBHvx7POz8 How hard is it to say that a call for genocide is hate speech and harassment regardless of context? How ridiculously insane do you have to be (and these are deans of three ivy league universities!) h...

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But then you look at shit like this from the left side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBHvx7POz8 How hard is it to say that a call for genocide is hate speech and harassment regardless of context? How ridiculously insane do you have to be (and these are deans of three ivy league universities!) h...

Mark James

Had a dream about finding something out and posting about it in the really obvious things you just realised thread. Annoyingly I can't remember what the thing was so I don't know if it was an actual fact that would belong in the actual thread. I think it had something to do with the name of a camera...

Mark James

I have been watching the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Brilliant as usual although not as good as previous seasons.

Also watched Season 1 of Barry with Bill Hader which is excellent. Can't wait to watch the rest.

Mark James

Finally watched Sexy Beast and Layer Cake. Enjoyed both but Sexy Beast was my favourite. Layer Cake was good but there was something about it. People rate it higher than the likes of Lock Stock but I don't know. I prefer Guy Ritchie to Vaughan. I have Sisu ready to watch and I'm going to see my favo...

Mark James

I've noticed that the first minister of the home nations tick a lot of the diversity boxes and gender (in the case of Norther Ireland. Isn't it time The Tea Shop was a first minister of colour I stared at this for a while, but I'm still lost as to what it means. He means the Taoiseach. But anyway i...

Mark James

Oh shit. I completely forgot I was told about Kate's diagnosis last night.

Mark James

The Marchioness of Cholmondeley is better looking than Kate Middleton.

Mark James

Probably doesn't count as news but nevertheless...

https://twitter.com/Morbidful/status/17 ... 5721840890

Mark James

There's hardly any still photos of Neil Armstrong on the moon. There's one with his back to the camera and one of his reflection in Buzz Aldrin's visor, because Neil had the camera on his suit. That's not the obvious thing though. What I did realise while looking at these pictures is, it would be fu...

Mark James

https://moviegrid.io/archived/34

Another film based game. Good fun.

Mark James

If something is sub par it means it's not good however sub means under or below and the word par comes from golf, and in golf it's good if you are under par so the expression kind of doesn't make sense.

Mark James

I have loads of films recording off the tv on vhs tapes. Apparently it is possible to recover old teletext data from those tapes.

Mark James

A group of us were down in Cork recently and we went to a strip club because it was the closest place to us still open and we fancied a late drink. It was 100 quid for a private dance! Just for a dance? You're basically paying to be prick teased. Unless other stuff was actually going on, I couldn't ...

Mark James

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:47 pm What's that whole thing about when your ear goes PING and then you're deaf for a few seconds?

Isn't it a kind of tinnitus? I also heard that the ping you hear is one particular frequency that you will never hear again. Don't know how true that is.

Mark James

You're taking "the same" from the original post too literally. The point of the original post was a commentary on how people anthropomorphise animals and attribute to them human like feelings and motivations that they don't really have and that often people consider dogs to have a closer r...

Mark James

Cats and dogs are the same. People think cats are cold and heartless and dogs show love. Bullshit. They've both learned to manipulate humans to get food. You can apply this reductive logic to all life, including humans. Obviously not just about manipulating humans to get food, but more generally ma...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:38 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:39 pm
Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:04 pm Cats and dogs are the same. People think cats are cold and heartless and dogs show love. Bullshit. They've both learned to manipulate humans to get food.
This is a good one.
I debunked it.

No you haven't.

Mark James

Cats and dogs are the same. People think cats are cold and heartless and dogs show love. Bullshit. They've both learned to manipulate humans to get food.

Mark James

Killing of a Sacred Dear. Was OK. Definitely picks up as it goes although the dialogue choices are a bit strange. I wonder if they filmed multiple endings. Blood Simple. Enjoyed it. Not my favourite Cohen brothers flick but still good. No Hard Feelings. Throwaway but enjoyable enough. Rewatched some...

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