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by Elliott Mellor
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623858

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Why do people spend their whole lives earning and saving, to then do nothing with it except leave it to other people in their will? I find it quite baffling when people feel obligated to do so - any money you've earned should be yours to enjoy, and the whole societal expectation that you should be s...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Saturdays 1% question Spoilers below Would a half been acceptable given the sequence before? Also each sequence is 22 greater than the one below Why would a half be an acceptable answer? 2 x a half is 1 so sequentially it would work I understand that 2 x 0.5 = 1, I just don't know how you think tha...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:23 pm Saturdays 1% question
Spoilers below


Would a half been acceptable given the sequence before?
Also each sequence is 22 greater than the one below
Why would a half be an acceptable answer?
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Anyone knocked out in previous questions before that point should never be brought back. Otherwise players would deliberately get a question wrong to try and walk away with a bit of money on the 1% question, and it wouldn’t be a good game. Not sure I understand this. What benefit is there to delibe...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:22 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Anyone knocked out in previous questions before that point should never be brought back. Otherwise players would deliberately get a question wrong to try and walk away with a bit of money on the 1% question, and it wouldn’t be a good game. Not sure I understand this. What benefit is there to delibe...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Anyone else find the ending unsatisfactory when we have the scenario where everyone remaining gets eliminated on the same question? Seems a bit of a cop out that all those eliminated on that question just get flung to the 1% question and have the ability to collect the money, or play for the full p...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:52 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

I think the EFF/ESS/ELL thing is more a case of scrabblers and Countdowners being pedantic about alternative answers as opposed to any of them really fitting the "commonly used word" criterion. I agree with Gevin that "common" is a bit vague to use in a question, but I don't thin...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Yes, there were at least two, what I called ambiguous, questions last night. Aye, some horrible questions there. I'd have gone 5 instead of 2 on national anthem question, but you can make a strong argument for both. The eyes/is thing was brutal too - it's not so much ambiguous as a question, but wh...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The 1% Club
Replies: 50
Views: 4729

Re: The 1% Club

Is it just me or were there 3 or 4 questions where you could make a decent argument for more than one answer being correct tonight? 5% question in particular can eff right off Yes, there were at least two, what I called ambiguous, questions last night. Aye, some horrible questions there. I'd have g...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

I debunked it. Unless you accept the conclusion that all life is the same. You didn't, you just posted a bunch of tangential philosophy that didn't really address the point at all. If anything, you proved the point further. OK, so humans and fungus are the same. I'm not sure how anything you're say...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

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. Unless you accept the conclusion that all life is the same. You didn't, you just posted a bunch of tangential ...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:39 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

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 find it odd when people paint dogs as being "they love you unconditionally and will protect you at all costs". If...
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399363

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Last night's took place in a shop, with a few Countdowners (though it wasn't made clear exactly who, just that they were Countdowners). It transpired that we were all extremely excited to meet Eric Idle, who apparently did his shopping there. We happened upon him at a till, and he greeted me very en...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1609
Views: 623858

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:52 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:10 pm There's better satellite coverage just outside the Grim Reaper's house.
Quite a funny joke rendered useless now I've corrected my typo
I feel like I must enquire what the typo was, now.
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:06 pm Jonnie Irwin ( who I believe Elliott picked) and Carl Weathers have died.
Yep, second hit for me. A sad end, but he did seem to really try to make the most of the time he had left.
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 392722

Re: People you shouldn't trust

Anyone who writes/participates in the articles that have the caption "I bought my own house at 22 whilst working at Asda. Here's how you can do the same!" Two lines in: "Michael got a gift of £100,000 from his parents to help towards getting his house, but it was definitely the workin...
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Marc Meakin wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:59 pm

But seriously, I could never understand how Tony B Liar did not try and reverse the privatised industries back to being nationalised
You seem to parrot this as though you're being paid to do so. Have you not yet thought of a more original nickname for him than the tabloids have?
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Jan 19, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Replies: 70
Views: 24845

Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?

I think in 30 years time living to 100 plus will be the norm however as we are all gifted with a limited amount of brain cells I can envisage 120 year olds roaming the streets like zombies. There's a horror movie in that With all the greasy fast food and takeaways that people seem accustomed to now...
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Replies: 70
Views: 24845

Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?

I'm amazed anyone even believed it in the first place. The dog was supposedly a full 7 years older than the dog that had previously been crowned and over double the breed's life expectancy, was obese, and had no signs of extreme age. I'd be amazed it it was older than 14/15. Hugely embarrassing for...
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Replies: 70
Views: 24845

Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?

I'm amazed anyone even believed it in the first place. The dog was supposedly a full 7 years older than the dog that had previously been crowned and over double the breed's life expectancy, was obese, and had no signs of extreme age. I'd be amazed it it was older than 14/15. Hugely embarrassing for ...
by Elliott Mellor
Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

Glynis Johns dead. My first hit.
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Jan 02, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

An ideal points system would probably take into account odds of dying (incorporating age and known illnesses) and extra points for the better known they are. I don't think you could really formulate a robust enough system for that. Does the frail 95 year old or the very ill 70 year old have a bette...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

So was my gran. But at 98, the light can shut off at any moment. Would have gone for Doherty over him with a bit more thought though, that's a good pick. Tbf, you're not wrong about outward appearance not being the sole predictor. There used to be two guys at my tennis who were regulars. One was in...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:36 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

Re: The Dead of 2024

Might as well have a go myself. Rob Burrow Jonnie Irwin Jimmy Carter Noam Chomsky Vanessa Redgrave Esther Rantzen Glynis Johns Yoko Ono Frank Field Shannen Doherty I'll be amazed if Dick Van Dyke goes before 100 - he's one of the healthiest 98 year olds I've ever seen! I wouldn't be totally surprise...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Dead of 2024
Replies: 54
Views: 3786

The Dead of 2024

If we're going to post celebrity deaths on the forum, lets at least have an up to date topic.

Discuss any celebrity deaths in 2024 here.
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

This government (since Theresa May) is the worst in living memory (I've recently turned 60) I include Thatcher in this I think you forgot the "un" part of this thread. I dont think it will universally be agreed with, on here, however Well, no, but it's not exactly unpopular I don't think...
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:24 pm This government (since Theresa May) is the worst in living memory (I've recently turned 60) I include Thatcher in this
I think you forgot the "un" part of this thread.
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:22 pm Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID.
Is that really an unpopular opinion?
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

I'm with Gavin on clothes. Either these opinions aren't unpopular enough or I'm just an unpopular kind of guy. Why not both? ;) I also somewhat agree with clothes - especially the "must get a new suit/dress/whatever for this event" mentality, when there are 15 others in your wardrobe that...
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Crisps are too greasy and leave you with a very undesirable layer of grease on your fingers that then transfers on to surfaces. Owing to the inconvenient nature of this, it is perfectly acceptable to pour a bag of crisps in to a bowl and eat them with a spoon if in the comfort of your own home. I w...
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?
Replies: 52
Views: 6474

Re: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?

Adam S Latchford wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:50 pm

My travel dwelling friends certainly have less money than I do and i'm hardly swimming in cash.
Only because you haven't actually *tried*. You could get 1.5 million Uzbek 1 tiyin coins for a mere pound at the latest exchange rate, and I dare say that's enough to swim in.
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Dec 08, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Not a very good analogy. Names for colours have been around since basically forever and are an integral part of our language. These generation names fail on both counts. They seemed to gain popularity with this weird obsession with poorly defined "millennials" in the not too distant past....
by Elliott Mellor
Thu Dec 07, 2023 9:06 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Crisps are too greasy and leave you with a very undesirable layer of grease on your fingers that then transfers on to surfaces. Owing to the inconvenient nature of this, it is perfectly acceptable to pour a bag of crisps in to a bowl and eat them with a spoon if in the comfort of your own home. I wi...
by Elliott Mellor
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:45 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

- Tax here is too high, and actually given that high earners have already paid a lot of tax the marginal rates should be inverted: earnings over 125k should be taxed at 20%, whereas up to 50k should be more like 40% It's an interesting idea, but how are you going to finance the foodbanks for all th...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

And I'm pretty sure a "member" that has spent its day fermenting in sweaty underwear in close proximity to a bumhole isn't quite as clean as you might imagine. (Note to self - take hand sanitiser to my next scrabble tournament) Who mentioned underwear 😊 Can I claim therapy for the trauma ...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

My sister, a guide leader, recently discovered that more than half of her group (many of whom are in secondary school) were completely incapable of reading an analogue clock, and in an activity that involved some basic maths (like, 12x4 level of basic), where they insisted phones were put away, a l...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

The whole digitisation of services has gone too far, and is really just the result of high-ups being lazy and not wanting to do any work or employ anyone. This applies to things such as car parks where you have to pay using your phone, anywhere that insists you download an app in order to use a ser...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

The whole digitisation of services has gone too far, and is really just the result of high-ups being lazy and not wanting to do any work or employ anyone. This applies to things such as car parks where you have to pay using your phone, anywhere that insists you download an app in order to use a serv...
by Elliott Mellor
Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Anyone having more than 2 children should be taxed. Equally, tax breaks for married couples without children. Also it should be compulsory for couples to have parenting skills classes before starting a family But who suffers the most in these bigger families when they're taxed more? Especially the ...
by Elliott Mellor
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

I'll wade in with a couple. Some related to opinions already expressed, some new. - The education system does virtually nothing in the way of preparing people for work, in fact in many cases it actually hinders them. We are in need of a radical reform, and amongst that should be getting rid of antiq...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Replies: 242
Views: 30310

Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

Diana was murdered. JFK faked his own death. Elf is an awful movie, Will Ferrell is not funny. The Machines in the Matrix was right 1999 really was the best period and nothing since has bettered it. The NHS should be only for those on benefits everyone else should get health insurance. Glastonbury ...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209208

Re: Deathwatch 2017

Rosalynn Carter. Two days after entering hospice care.

I guess she wasn't quite as good at it as her husband, who has been taking it in his stride since February.
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Nov 14, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635276

Re: Politics in General

OK, so back to David Cameron. Rishi Sunak has literally just taken some guy off the street to be his foreign secretary. He is not an MP and was not in the House of Lords. It could have been you. It could have been me. It could have been Brian Cox (either of them). But it just happened to be David C...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

Also, the idea of prayers... - Supposedly "God gives us that which we need, not what we want" - There are millions of people praying for an end to the Russian-Ukraine war, and the Israel-Palestine conflict, yet they haven't been answered. Which leads one to the inescapable conclusion that ...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

From a Christian perspective, the reason the other religious texts vanished in pre-history is because they aren’t true. To quote a friend from my Bible study group when comparing versions, ‘we have the Bible God wants us have.’ Expand that out-we have the text God wants use to have. I’d have to dis...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

In terms of ‘meaningfulness of life’, people do find meaning in many things. I can see why people may think that religion existed because we didn’t have science. However, I would state that arguing there is no God is as big as a leap of faith as claiming there is a God. The Bible states that we are...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:30 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:53 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:12 pm

Genuine, question.
Is there anything in the old testament that is based on fact?
I'm sure the new testament is fairly factual though
What would you classify as being factual within it?
Some of the jesus parts are true surely.
Also the apostles maybe
Which ones?
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:12 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Sat Oct 21, 2023 6:51 pm I suppose it doesn't matter too much. It's not like it's true...
Genuine, question.
Is there anything in the old testament that is based on fact?
I'm sure the new testament is fairly factual though
What would you classify as being factual within it?
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140467

Re: Religion

How can it be meaningful if it's false? Spending your one and only brief shot at life with the false hope of having a better afterlife seems a terrible waste. The best way to get meaning from life is the here and now - make your impact on the world a positive one (something you've definitely embrac...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1592
Views: 1635276

Re: Politics in General

What in particular about Owen Jones? I dont like the cut of his jib. Like Piers Morgan whose politics are probably diametrically opposite of his, he strikes me as an arrogant, self serving, prick. About the only thing I agree with him on is that Kier Stamer will win the next election. The biggest s...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Not sure if we've had this discussion before and it's probably got a simple answer anywhere but the talk of what external advantages a competitive sportsperson can gain are fair and which aren't always makes me think of the doping debate. High level competitive athletes do all sorts of things to gi...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Replies: 252
Views: 49378

Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics

Everyone is different physically, and it seems inevitable that some clothing items will assist some athletes more than others. Recent research showed that a properly fitting running bra increased performance. Now I'm only speculating, but I imagine that this would benefit a larger breasted athlete ...
by Elliott Mellor
Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399363

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

Bradley making another appearance last night. This time, he had an item that I really wanted, but had decided that he was going to list it on eBay for £500, despite me telling him that this was a completely unrealistic price and also offering to buy it for a fair price. He didn't seem to care about ...
by Elliott Mellor
Fri Sep 22, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Replies: 758
Views: 399363

Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams

I love the rare occasions when my subconscious decides to give me something worthwhile to contribute here. Last night's setting is a little bit unclear, but the broad plot is that I'm playing Jack Worsley in a best of 5 set match in the final of some elite tennis tournament (that might have only inv...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Joke Items
Replies: 250
Views: 82479

Re: Joke Items

Is there no intrinsic value in the activities one would undertake to achieve the award? Sure. Just like there's intrinsic value in the skills needed to master chess, solve a rubik's cube, or play a sport well. That's not up for contention. The point being made is it isn't anywhere near the "ma...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Joke Items
Replies: 250
Views: 82479

Re: Joke Items

The Duke of Edinburgh Award. Care to expand? As awards you can get when you're young go, seems reasonably on the non-joke side I'm on Gev's side with this one I think. At the very least, I think it's really overstated - it's packaged up as being this thing that looks incredible on your CV, but I re...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Aug 29, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: It started with a kiss
Replies: 19
Views: 2072

Re: It started with a kiss

I never said it was a witch hunt I was merely playing Devils advocate. Saying its sexual assault however denigrades real sexual assault like rape attempted rate and grabbing genitalia. Its morally wrong but I doubt a court of law would prosecute but his employer could and should sack him for not ap...
by Elliott Mellor
Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: It started with a kiss
Replies: 19
Views: 2072

Re: It started with a kiss

He definitely handled it wrong, he has put losing face and being perceived as a sexual predator over a simple apology even if he gave a weak apology on the lines of I'm sorry you were offended by my actions, things wouldn't have gone so far Even allowing his mother to go on hunger strike has a poor...
by Elliott Mellor
Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Rachel Riley Post
Replies: 76
Views: 16483

Re: Rachel Riley Post

Could it possibly also be, given the somewhat ambiguous posts that they put out (which seemed to even imply that they may be planning to keep him), that they were trying to gauge the reaction if they were to retain him, and only after it has become clear that it was completely untenable for them to ...
by Elliott Mellor
Sat Aug 19, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coeliac disease
Replies: 5
Views: 667

Re: Coeliac disease

Thanks Phil. Luckily Waitrose does a reasonable range and I get a discount so that softens the financial blow. I often think your body tells you what it wants sometimes her favourite meal is still ham egg and chips. Though KFC is no longer an option for her but I will buy her gluten free burger bun...