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by JimBentley
Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:09 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 4)
Replies: 8
Views: 846

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 4)

Grade gets a big pat on the back for actually bothering to turn up to the Lords. But a big punch in the face for his obscene levels of smugness and also bad acting pretending that he got all the DC words. He comes across very much as a "who you know, not what you know" kind of a guy. Yes,...
by JimBentley
Sat Jan 08, 2022 4:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83763

Re: Music

I love the Gotye & Kimbra single. And if we're totting up unlikely number one singles, I'm tossing in The Real Thing by Tony di Bart . And while we're on the general topic - weirdly bad number 1s that had no business being there - Boombastic by Shaggy. You expect it now, but back in the 90s som...
by JimBentley
Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635226

Re: Politics in General

Rhys Benjamin wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 10:07 amTom Harwood’s hilarious vox pops of climate change loonies: https://twitter.com/gbnews/status/14576 ... 58595?s=21
That was pathetic. You right-wingers evidently set the bar very low for "comedy".

And Tom Harwood is just repulsive.
by JimBentley
Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:14 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Words and expressions that grind your gears
Replies: 108
Views: 20914

Re: Words and expressions that grind your gears

"Loved ones".
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

Dunno really. I've had a look around the USADA website (turns out that it was the US Anti-Doping Agency that announced the ban and so I'm assuming administered the test) but they don't give any information about the testing procedures (possibly for good reason!)
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

You should know that I can never reveal my sources.

No, it was just some randomers on one of the running forums. Certainly nobody authoritative. I just thought it was interesting.
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:09 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

Remember I posted about Sha'Carri Richardson after her 10.72 100m time last month (and then tested positive for cannabis, which meant she missed the Olympics)? Well, she made her 100m return at the Eugene Diamond League on Saturday and looked like a completely different athlete, trailing in last in ...
by JimBentley
Fri Aug 20, 2021 9:31 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635226

Re: Politics in General

James Cleverly: took so long to answer the questions that he kept being interrupted just when he was getting to the good bits. Cleverly? Good bits? Fucking hell, you must have a low bar. His only use is to be wheeled out to defend whatever dumbfuck government position needs defending that day. And ...
by JimBentley
Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Best and Worst National Flags
Replies: 17
Views: 2614

Re: Best and Worst National Flags

United Kingdom...very good No it isn't. It's terrible on many levels. Didn't you read Gavin's post? Obviously the Union Jack (I'm on a boat - shut up) is an absolute aesthetic abomination, and even more so with its weird asymmetries, and a national embarrassment. It's become even harder to take ser...
by JimBentley
Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:34 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 160672

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

Rhys Benjamin wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:11 pm I know that, etymologically speaking, it ought to be a plural noun, but in common usage "social medias" is definitely a thing.
Only among idiots.
by JimBentley
Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

I'm not having a Mandela Effect moment, the website is definitely wrong. Isn't it?? I must admit I don't remember that race, but handily it's on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQVySlkOqfQ Wind reading is given in commentary as +0.5, must have been slightly revised down for the official re...
by JimBentley
Fri Aug 06, 2021 11:39 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
Replies: 479
Views: 160672

Re: Words You Would Have Thought...

I've been (badly) playing some Hyper Nasty Letters Attacks recently and knew that RATIONALS was inexplicably not in the dictionary, because I'd confidently declared it before only to have it disallowed (probably more than once knowing me). But I was playing a game just now and DC came out with IRRAT...
by JimBentley
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:41 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Olympics 2020
Replies: 135
Views: 16294

Re: Olympics 2020

Kicking the can down the road (a bit like the IOC and other relevant authorities have done with DSD advantage in the sprinting, where DSD athletes are banned in 400m but allowed in 100 and 200m...) feels very unsatisfactory. It's completely bizarre. The period in which the Eastern bloc female athle...
by JimBentley
Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Olympics 2020
Replies: 135
Views: 16294

Re: Olympics 2020

Interested on people's take on this video: https://youtu.be/6VtjgZF9RE8 I gave it a go. The initial preamble isn't promising, in that the maker of the video pretty much states his position that anybody having concerns about trans athletes competing in the female category of sports is wrong and wors...
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:15 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Replies: 503
Views: 154977

Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread

I have a good friend and colleague who hasn't been vaccinated. I think he's wrong and I don't think his reasons are sound, but the important thing is that he does think they're sound. While I will discuss and attempt to persuade, I won't call him a selfish moron. Quite right, too. You should call h...
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:08 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Olympics 2020
Replies: 135
Views: 16294

Re: Olympics 2020

My opinion is that the fairness of the competition cannot be sacrificed for inclusivity. In a way it would've been good if Hubbard had won gold because it would've crystallised the need for this issue to be addressed in a fairer way sooner rather than later. Kicking the can down the road (a bit lik...
by JimBentley
Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Olympics 2020
Replies: 135
Views: 16294

Re: Olympics 2020

Im inclined to agree. I generally only watch sports at the Olympics if we are in with a medal chance (I even watched the joke sport of dressage yesterday). I understand why they do it, but this is starting to piss me off about the BBC's Olympics coverage. Every event is introduced through the prism...
by JimBentley
Sat Jul 03, 2021 8:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

I think Warholm ain't too shabby at the 400 flat Gevin But would he be an Olympic gold medal contender? No, his best time for 400m flat is 44.87 so he'd be unlikely to even make the Olympic final. Before I shut up about the US Olympic Trials, another athlete to watch in Tokyo will definitely be JuV...
by JimBentley
Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

Yeah, that was what I was alluding to in my post above about the guy in the Swansea bus crash. Maybe I was being too oblique. Genuinely missed that, sorry! In other athletics news, it's a shame that the new sprint sensation, Sha'Carri Richardson, will miss the Olympics 100m due to (of all things) a...
by JimBentley
Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

My grandfather should have gone to the 1936 Olympics to represent India in the 400m hurdles, but India couldn't be bothered to pay the money for him to go there or something. It looks like he would almost certainly have got a Wikipedia article out of it too. Speaking of which, did you catch Karsten...
by JimBentley
Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49377

Re: Track and Field Athletics

Speaking of records is Kratichvilovas (dubious) 800 netres record ever gonna be beat? I think it's from 1983 it must be the longest standing track record. Maria Koch has a record in the 400 metres that's also over 35 years old. Can we assume there was a little testosterone involved Yeah these recor...
by JimBentley
Sun May 30, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16483

Re: Rachel Riley Post

This https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/rachel-riley-libel-battle-jeremy-corbyn-supporter-b935223.html From the article: "The judge also said there was no evidence that the presenter had encouraged any of her 600,000 followers to harass Rose, and she was not responsible for any abuse the teena...
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

I'm not even going to comment on the last number round (oh wait, I just did). 645 was a piece of piss there. 71-44 is a 9-rounder score, not a 15-rounder. Very poor. Really going for it today. I'm sure back on gevincountdown you wouldn't have tolerated this behaviour! :o :o :o The champion played b...
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:53 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

I'm not even going to comment on the last number round (oh wait, I just did). 645 was a piece of piss there.

71-44 is a 9-rounder score, not a 15-rounder. Very poor.
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

Goes from bad to worse, STUMBLED was almost spelled out there. Is this going to be an epic low scoring match?
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

FFS this is poor quality. JAUNTIER was pretty obvious there, wasn't it?
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

Rhys Benjamin wrote: Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:21 pm She is.

At letters.
Evidence so far is lacking. I want female players to do well, they're under-represented, but she ain't all that. She's no Wendy Roe.

19-12 at this stage is pretty poor.
by JimBentley
Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Replies: 17
Views: 3232

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)

I'm pretty out of the loop just now, but that 727 was absolutely piss-easy, wasn't it? Disappointing to see neither player get it. I thought the current champion was supposed to be good?
by JimBentley
Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
Replies: 13
Views: 3309

Re: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)

Same again tomorrow to break octochamp record Is he on for that? I imagine he must be, otherwise you'd not have said it, I guess. I haven't watched for a few years but for some reason happened to see Luke's first show and thought: fucking hell, is this the general standard now (because the guy he b...
by JimBentley
Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
Replies: 13
Views: 3309

Re: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)

Same again tomorrow to break octochamp record Is he on for that? I imagine he must be, otherwise you'd not have said it, I guess. I haven't watched for a few years but for some reason happened to see Luke's first show and thought: fucking hell, is this the general standard now (because the guy he b...
by JimBentley
Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16483

Re: Rachel Riley Post

I (as a former Corbynite) think she had overstepped the line in this case in regards to the image used, but the fact that she has been branded as a "Katie Hopkins" is total sloblock and plain-out wrong. I disagree. She's exactly like Katie Hopkins (although obviously coming from a differe...
by JimBentley
Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635226

Re: Politics in General

I'm calling this the Jono proposal and my idea is a 20k tax free allowance, then 10% on all earnings to 50k, then 75% on all earnings above that. I endorse this proposal wholeheartedly. As to the avoidance thing, I remember when I was about 13 or 14 having a conversation on this subject with my aun...
by JimBentley
Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
Replies: 24
Views: 14419

Re: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)

although my name is not really a secret any more, I still prefer not to use it on here, and I think it's a bit shitty for someone to keep using it. I'm aware that I do this, but that's only because I find it a bit weird to know someone in real life and call them by a different name on here. But you...
by JimBentley
Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209191

Re: Deathwatch 2017

How many years will this rollover ? None. It makes no sense for it to. It would need to be specified in advance for it to have any validity as a competition, but even then it would be completely pointless and you'd have to wait for decades to declare a winner. As I declared above, this is Deathwatc...
by JimBentley
Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Controversial Musical Opinions.
Replies: 59
Views: 26042

Re: Controversial Musical Opinions.

4. The music of Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris et al should be played. The songs aren't paedophiles. This was quite an easy one for most radio stations though. "Rock And Roll" kind of stands up today but all the rest of the Glitter stuff is really dated now. And it's not as though much other e...
by JimBentley
Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209191

Re: Deathwatch 2017

I'm not killing them off or anything, but the deaths of Fernando Ricksen and Robert Mugabe have made my lead here surely unassailable. I'd kind of forgotten about this to be honest, I'll need to check all the lists before updating. I know I've got at least one more too, it's probably going to be me...
by JimBentley
Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

Ha, that is excellent. When I was at school, R.E. used to be compulsory for the first two years of secondary school, but I dropped it as soon as I could. I don't think we ever got around to Islam, but that was in the mid-1980s and obviously things have changed since then. I'd be interested to hear h...
by JimBentley
Wed Sep 18, 2019 2:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Right wing press
Replies: 11
Views: 6442

Re: The Right wing press

It may or may not be apt, but it adds nothing to any debate on the subject, and tends to reduce discussion to the level of the playground. I completely agree with Ian. I see this sort of thing all the time in online discussion - "Remoaners", "Brexshit", all that kind of thing - ...
by JimBentley
Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Controversial Musical Opinions.
Replies: 59
Views: 26042

Re: Controversial Musical Opinions.

Music is so subjective that I'm not sure there can ever be a consensus opinion over what is "good" or "bad", though, it's all just a matter of taste, and no two people will ever share exactly the same taste. Anyway, my contribution (for now, I'll think of some more later) is that...
by JimBentley
Fri Sep 13, 2019 3:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Left Wing Press
Replies: 11
Views: 6560

Re: The Left Wing Press

And anyway, the Guardian is not left-wing, it is very much centrist. They probably hate Corbyn as much as you do! I'd describe The Guardian as left wing and liberal (although admittedly, I don't read any of the mainstream newspapers, mainly rely on BBC website for my news) and Wikipedia pretty much...
by JimBentley
Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623784

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Moving away from this 👆. My brother insists his birth mark has move significantly over the years, I call bullshit on the basis that tattoos don't move so how can birthmarks move. Can anyone throw any light on this ? If he's recently gained a lot of weight (or lost a lot of weight), it could appear ...
by JimBentley
Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Left Wing Press
Replies: 11
Views: 6560

Re: The Left Wing Press

I cannot believe that after near treasonous behaviour by Jeremy Corbyn, the best headline the Guardian and the Mirror can come up with is about the Duchess of Sussex's fashion line for unemployed women, and Simon Cowell's botox. I used to laugh about North Korea and Russia suppressing news stories,...
by JimBentley
Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

tl;dr: I'm happy and proud of my religion but I can't pretend it has all the answers or that I don't have doubts. It's important to respect people of all backgrounds, and of course anyone can be a good or bad person. PS - I'm quite taken aback to see how many people use a capital 'G' when writing '...
by JimBentley
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

Thanks Dan for your very interesting and thought-provoking post. It was fascinating to read it. But, a couple of things: To suggest that there is no credible evidence at all for Christianity I don't think that anyone is disputing that Christianity exists, it's the basic tenets that people have probl...
by JimBentley
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623784

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What's wrong with leaving the toilet seat up? It's certainly no worse than leaving the seat down but the lid up. It allows a miasma of faeces to escape when the bog is flushed. It really doesn't, unless you've got some sort of super-turbine toilet that throws the water from the toilet bowl all over...
by JimBentley
Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399350

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

I clearly refused anything paedoey, so good luck making that stick. As for your continued efforts to paint me as some kind of anti-semite, I don't think the mere mention of a massive hat gets it done, you racist. Absolutely, I think Gavin (if that is his real name, I somehow doubt it myself) has go...
by JimBentley
Fri Aug 23, 2019 3:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
Replies: 48
Views: 10372

Re: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?

I'm going to hijack this thread to discuss this year's winner of Dave's "Funniest Joke of The Fringe" . Won by Olaf Falafel, it goes "I keep randomly shouting out 'Broccoli' and 'Cauliflower' - I think I might have florets". However, it's a bit of a shit joke isn't it? I mean, i...
by JimBentley
Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

I also hate vehemently anti-religion types. I'm not anti-religion in any sense that it would intrude into my real life. I'm totally cool with people doing religion and would never, ever interfere with that. What people are into is all fine by me. I just think that they're a bit weird, because I can...
by JimBentley
Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

Smarter. He's smarter than us. Nothing smug there :roll: I don't think he said he was smarter. He just said that agnosticism is a smarter position than atheism. I assume he means that, because you can't prove 100% that there isn't a god, it is smarter to label yourself a "Don't Know" By t...
by JimBentley
Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:07 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

Marc Meakin wrote: Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:26 am At least agnostics are never smug about their beliefs.
You say that and yet
L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: Sat Aug 10, 2019 1:40 pm Agnosticism is a smarter position than Atheism.
That's one of the only definites that can be relied on in all of this.
Smarter. He's smarter than us. Nothing smug there :roll:
by JimBentley
Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140450

Re: Religion

In Stewart's definition I'm a "hard atheist" and completely with Rosemary (welcome back by the way, it's been a while!) I get that some people like to believe in a mysterious unknowable power controlling the universe, it gives them comfort and that's all great. Actually I'd probably quite ...
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635226

Re: Politics in General

I still think PR is preferable to what we have now. And we'd also have a decent number of Greens etc. I don't think it would be a problem having a more representative parliament even if there would be a few more nutters that got in. (Lots of the MPs in mainstream parties are actually nutters anyway...
by JimBentley
Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Streaming Movies
Replies: 12
Views: 8313

Re: Streaming Movies

I am curious if most people do it but wouldn't admit to it a bit like masturbation I've never met anyone who doesn't admit to masturbation. Yeah, that was a bit of a weird thing to say. Why would any man not admit that he didn't have a wank from time to time? It's hardly scandalous. I used to think...
by JimBentley
Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:55 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Streaming Movies
Replies: 12
Views: 8313

Re: Streaming Movies

What are your views on illegally streaming movies. I have an unlimited Cinema Pass and Netflix and Amazon Prime so I rarely bother these days but there are some exceptions. For example I streamed Endgame as I have a weak bladder and wanted to watch it before going to the cinema to watch it ' proper...
by JimBentley
Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 753
Views: 560616

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

I suppose the question for debate is whether those religious arguments take priority over informed consent. In my opinion they do not, but I have long since abandoned religion as a lost cause, but still have many good friends to whom it is a fundamental part of their lives. And I think it's more of...
by JimBentley
Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 753
Views: 560616

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

You've been outed, Jim! To be fair, I think most of us already knew. It's not like I make any kind of effort to hide it or anything. This is probably going to come across as incredibly patronising but I think that Fiona has really revitalised these forums. I'm actually bothered to post stuff again,...
by JimBentley
Sat Jul 20, 2019 1:14 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 753
Views: 560616

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

= The two things are pretty much analogous. They're really not. I agree with you that male circumcision is unnecessary and can cause problems and I would happily see it banned, but the terrible lifelong and frequently life threatening complications caused by FGM are in a different league. You're ri...
by JimBentley
Fri Jul 19, 2019 4:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 753
Views: 560616

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Also, I've literally just watched A Cut Too Far? Male Circumcision on the iPlayer. I think it was a bit of a lightweight analysis of it to be honest, and you can probably guess where I stand on the issue. Must admit I didn't see this so don't know what side it came down on (if it did take a side). ...
by JimBentley
Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2018
Replies: 134
Views: 94787

Re: Deathwatch 2018

They might not have actively promoted it, but I don't remember it being credited differently at any point. From Pete Waterman's autobiography: We decided to put “Roadblock” out, pretending it was a bootleg, just to see what would happen. We vowed not to tell a soul who had made the record. We press...
by JimBentley
Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2018
Replies: 134
Views: 94787

Re: Deathwatch 2018

Well, thank you for explanation, but while you are bemused by my inability to grasp this, your explanation is completely different from Mark's. No, our explanations just started from different places. I was being a bit more brutal and back to basics, assuming that you genuinely were completely clue...