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Sue Sanders

Well, I had QUISLING but I don't know if I'd have had the courage to declare it. One of those words I've heard but haven't every used, so wouldn't have been 100% convinced of the spelling.

MORPHED for a DC equaller.

Sue Sanders

Ah, ta for taking the trouble, Marc. In return I point you to definition 7 in this - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=marc

(N.B. The 'Susan' one is.....gulp...interesting!!)

Sue Sanders

A fools top! (A fool's top?) Brilliant. I'm going to replace my hairshirt with one. Oh dear, the chromosome remark wasn't meant to be a festerer! But if anyone is thinking of watching the fabulous 'Manon de Source', the way for glorious, heartbreaking tragedy of it is paved in the first part of the ...

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'Flick Colby' Cor, had to do a double-take on that one, thought I was getting an offer from Sue. ;) But talking of strange names, I was at school with a boy called Philip Shotgun. It was a poor school so he stood out having a surname that was double-barrelled............... :cry: :lol:

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Next week there's a contestant called Clint, but due to his poor handwriting, the L and I were misread as a U, and embarrassingly the nameplate had been printed before anyone noticed. He takes it well, though. Hee Hee, I've done a double check at a few cinema billboards in my time - back when they ...

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I remember a couple of years ago, there was a documenty on about Juliana Wetmore, the little American girl who is known, due to most horrendous birth defects, as 'the girl without a face', Pretty much every feature on her face and head is horribly deformed, she's deaf, can barely talk and has to be ...

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Round 2 'offense alert' - No, I doubt it (ref JL's 'Ram' thread)

However, the assumption that one Patel must be related to another is often seen as not overly PC.

Sue Sanders

Is a male sheep that offensive? My shortened name means to take someone to court and try and extract money from them. I expect Ramesh didn't 'frown' when he heard that, because probably, 'Ram' is the name he's commonly known by. I did one telly thing once where they'd already printed up my name badg...

Sue Sanders

To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces? Yes. I've only ever heard the word "pawn" in terms of chess or pawnbrokers. I've heard of the word "wank" in more than one occasion, usually in the form of the agent noun, directe...

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Kirk Bevins wrote:
Darren Carter wrote:
I did think it was strange when you said you would *try* a 6, and for you to declare PAWNED which isn't really a risk.
Really? PAWNED would be risky to me. WANKED isn't risky at all.

To pawn - it's a verb - 'she pawned her fur coat for twenty quid' Are you thinking of chess pieces?

Sue Sanders

Charlie Reams wrote:
James Robinson wrote:your face looked like it was saying "I've got WANKED,
I think he was just stretching.

No, he has confessed.....

Ryan 'I did it to relax' Taylor wrote:I also had wanked in one of the rounds

Sue Sanders

You have a ghost in the machine Actually, when we first got it second-hand about 4 years ago, for the first week it did do a weird thing where in the middle of what I was typing, it would start ghost typing its own stuff. Sometimes random chains of letters but sometimes bits of dialogue, with quota...

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Interesting looking drama on Monday - 'The Execution of Gary Glitter'. Premise seems to be it's set in a Britain with capital punishment.

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I'll have a look in my local secondhand book store first - save you the worry. Thanks though, hen

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If you're ever in the Worcester area can I recommend the Marrs Bar? I saw Mitch Benn (among others) at the comedy night at the then Gonzo's (playing to a crowd of about 20!), and Russell Howard regularly comes and tests his new material there. Plus, of course, many other excellent comedians who are...

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I rarely dabble in that which can be called 'reality TV' but I'm looking forward to 'The Restaurant' tonight. Just how long will the two blond blokes be able to run with the idea of a restaurant based on pork pies and scotch eggs?!

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Thanks all for the advice, especially Matt. I'll try my best to be jaunty, outgoing and interesting, and not too good! I purposefully got one or two wrong on the phone interview, probably worth doing that again. You mention taking level five questions - there must be a balance to strike between doi...

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No, I mean these puzzles are always stupid because there's a million possible explanations and the chance of me thinking up the same one as you is, well, slim. Oh I see. Okay, I'll add a clue and remove that last line. You don't want to be the new Kieran Child, do you?! http://i648.photobucket.com/...

Sue Sanders

But as ushers we were asked to keep a very sharp look out for anyone videoing the show - because like many comedians, Tim faces the problem of audiences feeling the show didn't contain any new stuff cos they'd already seen it on the internet. I would never have gone to see him live if I hadn't alre...

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Marc Meakin wrote: No I was just hankering for a mention in "pedants corner'

Even your punctuation marks are funny, Marc!

(It is only my mastering of the quotes function allows me to join in.)

Sue Sanders

I also had WANKED in one of the rounds but was made to retake it and pretend I had PAWNED. It made for cringeworthy viewing for me! I came across extremely nervous, grumpy, didnt smile much and some people said I was smug. I assure you I was not intending to be any of these!! I thought that had hap...

Sue Sanders

Hmmm. I've also been lucky enough to see Tim Minchin twice, in the nice intimate surroundings of a 300 seat theatre and as I was ushering - got paid to see him to boot. But as ushers we were asked to keep a very sharp look out for anyone videoing the show - because like many comedians, Tim faces the...

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The Jeremy Vine show went a little more Daily Mail than usual today with the discussion about the student who, whilst apparently VERY drunk, pee'd on a war memorial. He's hugely embarrassed and remorseful and has apologised for any offence caused but is threatened with a prison sentence. A predictab...

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For several months, my mum's laptop - which as a bit old now - gets a badly behaved cursor. Whether we've got the touch pad operating in conjuction with the inbuilt keyboard, or her plugged in mouse and separatekeyboard in use (she finds the inbuilt keyboard too small and the touch pad too confusing...

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Man goes in a pub....

He likes his timesing things by 10 does our Jezzer

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JUST SAY IT!!!!!!!!

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Mark Kudlowski wrote:Equal R2 - MAIDENS and DEMESNE

And MEANIES as in The Blue Meanies

Sue Sanders

.Got it....

Mark Thomas

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"MATT MORRISON THINKS RACCOONS ARE AWESOME". I wonder how many people have found themselves completely baffled by this.

Is that a new poll you're trying to start, Michael?

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Dinos O'Neill of Essex wrote: 3 more Darrens in a row but Rob is just pleased to get RIMMED.

Sue Sanders

Did you need a hand, Kirk?

Oh, sorry, no - it's a job you're after.

Sue Sanders

This is my 999th post so I thought I'd use it to ask, what do you think I should ask in my 999th post? I think you should ask "what do you think I should ask in my 999th post?" Ha Ha - You fell for it Corby. I think. Combining the questions that cannot be answered and the backwards thread...

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What do you think I should ask in my 999th thread, Dez?

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What do you think I should ask in my 999th post?

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Jon Corby wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:This is my 999th post so I thought I'd use it to ask, what do you think I should ask in my 999th post?
I think you should ask "what do you think I should ask in my 999th post?"

I'll respond to that later when I've use my 1000th post for something more worthwh.....Oh bollocks

Sue Sanders

This is my 999th post so I thought I'd use it to ask, what do you think I should ask in my 999th post?

Sue Sanders

Ice cream gets ice crystals in it if it defrosts and then is frozen again without churning so the texture is spoiled. So the advice not to refreeze....is it a genuine health warning or is that a manufacturers warning intended to avoid having the quality of their product compromised? I think the tex...

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LOGIE COLDSTONE. That unwarranted sense of anxiety that pervades a forumite who is approaching their 1000th post.

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More 'Liff' offerings of my own making.... Ugglebarnby (N.Yorks) An altercation between any two Northerners of pensionable age. Throcking (Herts) The Southern equivilent of an Ugglebarnby Higham Ferrers (Northants) Household articles considered suitable to be stored away on a difficult-to-reach she...

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Just blast it to furnace temperatures and eat it. The occasional bit of bacteria makes you more hardy, I'm sure. As Charlie said, it's the toxins that some bacteria produce (which aren't all denatured by cooking) that are the problem, not necessarily the bacteria themselves. Sorry, Sue. ;) But pres...

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Lesley Hines wrote:Without getting involved in the whole theism thing I saw this recently and thought it was amazing. It's well worth a look

Good old Tim Minchin. I spent the year I was 33 telling people I was 'the same age as our Lord, when he died on the cross for us'. I think it scared a few people

Sue Sanders

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Anyone seen A Question of Genius? I've got an audition for it next week, and I've never seen it before! Any tips gratefully accepted, although probably not that necessary unless I get on to the programme proper!
You could start by reading the thread about it.

And taking your antlers off.

Sue Sanders

Julie T wrote:. Special meal and cake later.

Important areas all covered then
I'm not saying you'll have your important areas covered by cake.

Or am I?

Happy last 20 mins of your birthday

Sue Sanders

Phil Reynolds wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Luckily I'm slightly too young to have enocuntered them
Should this be in the new words thread?

enocunt n a person who talks interminably about their love of ambient music

The party is being relocated to Phil's house.

Sue Sanders

Phil Reynolds wrote:Do you suppose Dr Hilary has any anecdotes to tell that don't involve some sort of mistaken identity?

Maybe he could tell us how he recently mistakenly slept with a woman who was not his wife.

Sue Sanders

From the episode 'Bambi', that also brought you, 'Crop rotation in the 14th Century' and the world records held by Toxteth O'Grady. Vyvyan: Because I do not cook the tea, Neil, you do! That's what we agreed when we first came. You do the cooking, I look after the plants and goldfish. Neil: Yeah, an...

Sue Sanders

I equalled both the contestants today, possibly a first, but only got 2 in 10, unless I got an Abba song by accident. Figaro - good/ Fernando - bad I'd say both bad, but then I never got into 70s pop cheese... Cheesy 70's pop? Have you not seen BoM dancing? Class. Take your pink antlers and go, Vol...

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I think he meant to say they both are. Anyway, the one I am referring to is a gentleman. I believe he appeared on the US version of Wheel of Fortune in 1996, and his name is Ryan Vickers (as in priests.) Wheel of Fortune is based on Hangman, of course and the letters game on Countdown and Wheel of ...

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Ian Volante wrote:I equalled both the contestants today, possibly a first, but only got 2 in 10, unless I got an Abba song by accident.

Figaro - good/ Fernando - bad

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George Jenkins wrote:
Rosemary Roberts wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:Mix me with someone intelligent and perceptive
Surely all of us here are that?
I think I used to be intelligent, but now I find it safer to keep my mouth shut

No, George - say it how it is. There's worldly wiseness which is every bit as important as that there book learnin'.

Sue Sanders

Btw, Bob, are you around after the finals filming on the Tuesday... 17th? You could join the small band of revellers for a wee lager frenzy (or one sensible drink if you're filming the next day!) Don't worry - I won't molest you. ;) Phew! It's safe for me to come up to Manchester then! ;) I'll be t...

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Btw, Bob, are you around after the finals filming on the Tuesday... 17th? You could join the small band of revellers for a wee lager frenzy (or one sensible drink if you're filming the next day!) Don't worry - I won't molest you.

Sue Sanders

I agree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFGfIAJRvo I also remember Chicory Tip's Son of my father being a favourite of mine from the same era Great song... I have it on vinyl. Should I throw a retro party sometime?? :D Yeah I'll bring a party 7 and some cheeselets Cool 8-) And I expect you don't li...

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Marc Meakin wrote:I agree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bFGfIAJRvo

I also remember Chicory Tip's Son of my father being a favourite of mine from the same era

Great song... I have it on vinyl. Should I throw a retro party sometime??

Sue Sanders

I think you're right to some extent Sue - a lot of the questions are easy or hard depending on whether you listened to a lot of music at the time or just learnt about songs by hearing them retrospectively and from reading lists. For example, I know way more about 90s music than 70s/80s and could na...

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... wouldn't that have been the equivilent of you missing TEANSONBOAST? It's the virtual equivilent of having someone crawl under your restaurant table and give you a blow job! Throcking (Herts) The Southern equivilent of an Ugglebarn I didn't want to risk coming across as some sort of pernickety p...

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So we have sausage, pork rate [sic!], gonads, onanism, morning horn, Davy's pricked up - perhaps the ratings will too!

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Sue Sanders wrote:
Derek Hazell wrote:
Davy Affleck wrote:Sausages, gonads and Fish.
The full set.
Not far off what 'The Young Ones' had for dinner on their first night in their student digs. Can anyone score a brownie point with the actual answer?

Haggis turnip & tatties?

No. You've obviously never seen TheYoung Ones

Sue Sanders

Marc Meakin wrote:Is it national double entendre day today

If it's a double entendre you want, I'll give you one.

WEARIED in diapered round for contestant beater.

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