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by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:15 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
Replies: 48
Views: 10442

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 Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:07 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

This raises a really interesting debate around conversationism. At Co:London this year a couple of people approached me to talk about this c4c thread (which appeared to have reached the attention of more people than I had realised!) and one of them made the point that endangered species get preferen...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 22, 2022 5:46 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Sorry I don't respond to trolls. Though it's good to know that "non-vegans" never use cars or aeroplanes, or anything transported by them :)
by Callum Todd
Sat Aug 20, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1654043

Re: Politics in General

Gavin Chipper wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:46 pm I don't think I would have given in to taking a drug test just because someone filmed me partying. Anyone else?
No, probably not. Don't buy the excuse of 'she may not be in a fit state to make a momentary decision' thing either. Do no world leaders drink alcohol?
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Also, as a meat eater I find animals being used for sport more abhorrent than animals being used for food. Especially horse (particularly jump) racing where the horses get injured and are then put down. I suppose a racing horse does live a fuller life than an animal bred for food in battery-style l...
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

I assume that animals are not slaughtered cruelly in this country, outside of Kosher and Halal. Sorry but you assume incorrectly. Animals are treated incredibly cruelly, both during and before slaughter, in this country, and not just in Halal and Kosher. From what I understand (not first hand!) of ...
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:50 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Where do you stand on rats, mosquitoes and locusts? I assume you mention these three together as they are common 'pest' animals. Otherwise, as Gavin has pointed out, they make for an odd grouping. When it comes to issues such as pest control and ecosystem management there's a lot more nuance involv...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 18, 2022 1:37 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Probably as without any sophisticated model I imagine that would result in far less suffering.
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 18, 2022 5:52 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:18 pm
Callum Todd wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:30 pm What gives a cat or a dog more moral worth than a cow or a pig?
Fluffier & cuter! :mrgreen:
Do I win a prize for getting the right answer?
Fair enough. Enjoy your lamb chop. :(
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:30 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

I assume that animals are not slaughtered cruelly in this country, outside of Kosher and Halal. Sorry but you assume incorrectly. Animals are treated incredibly cruelly, both during and before slaughter, in this country, and not just in Halal and Kosher. Bottom line is Man is an omnivorous mammal t...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:53 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

Yeah unless the McPlant was different in America that part of the article is either inaccurate or very poorly worded. The cheese and sandwich sauce(/'mayo') on the McPlants in the UK at least were vegan. I don't know if they were cooked on the same grill as the other burgers in the UK but I suspect ...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

It's a thread about cruelty to animals. Specifically it is about the difference in attitude towards cruelty to "pet" animals and cruelty to farmed animals. If you hadn't noticed that then I fear you've missed the point of very nearly all of this thread! So how about it then, if it's wrong ...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 5:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Anyone leaving a dog in a hot car needs prosecuting and being banned from keeping dogs How about anyone leaving a pig in a gas chamber? Or, what if the person leaving the dog in the hot car was doing so because they were planning to then butcher the dog's corpse and sell it for meat? Easy tiger. Ho...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

[...] many of the practices that contribute to animal suffering are caused by intense farming practices - if everyone were to reduce their consumption, then the welfare of farm animals would be improved - hard to see that as a bad thing. Certainly less intensive farming would reduce suffering, and ...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:11 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

Yeah, hence my posting it in this thread rather than the one more focused on animal abuse. I think environmentalism rather than animal welfare as a reason for eschewing animal problems* is more "socially acceptable" to talk about partially because environmentalism is already a topic that p...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:35 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:30 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631903

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Most questions posed in this thread remain unanswered, but that one got some great answers! Thanks for them as I was in the same boat as Mark.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 17, 2022 6:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Aug 16, 2022 9:37 pm Anyone leaving a dog in a hot car needs prosecuting and being banned from keeping dogs
How about anyone leaving a pig in a gas chamber?

Or, what if the person leaving the dog in the hot car was doing so because they were planning to then butcher the dog's corpse and sell it for meat?
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 16, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Replies: 160
Views: 12151

Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse

An interesting phenomenon I noticed during the recent heatwaves that reminded me of the Zouma cat case was the plethora of news stories about police officers rescuing dogs from hot cars. Most often police officers were in a supermarket car park or similar place when they noticed a dog left unattende...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 15, 2022 2:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
Replies: 27
Views: 2574

Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:20 pm You could also get contestants to make a working machine out of spare parts available in a wrecking yard, and get Robert Llewellyn to host.
So many exciting possibilities.
Sounds great.
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
Replies: 45
Views: 10498

Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open

It was more expensive last week so I suspect there must have been a price reduction earlier this week and the 'special rate' was calculated before then, otherwise it's just bizarre. At any rate with this confusion I can't see there being enough interest to get over the 8 rooms threshold so it's prob...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
Replies: 45
Views: 10498

Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open

That's odd, I looked at their website just last week and the prices were quite a bit higher than the screenshot above. Will look into it and see what's gone on.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
Replies: 45
Views: 10498

Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open

Hotel prices: The event manager has offered us the following rates: £75 Friday night (25th Nov) £107 Saturday night (26th Nov) These are for single rooms only. Double rooms would be an extra £10 per room per night, and Breakfast would be an extra £12 per room per night. To get this special rate we m...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395525

Re: People you shouldn't trust

People who leave a big gap to the car in front at traffic lights, then edge forward in a stop-start manner while the lights are still red. I have long wondered about what the optimal size gap is to leave when stopped or moving very slowly in a long queue of traffic. Too much, as you indicate, is cl...
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 10, 2022 10:37 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
Replies: 27
Views: 2574

Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?

Srsly tho yeah go for it. 10 letter conundrums would be a big first step in the route to the ideal 14 letter conundrums, which itself would be a great step on the way to axing countdown and rebooting Scrapheap Challenge in its stead.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 10, 2022 9:44 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?
Replies: 27
Views: 2574

Re: Is it time to introduce the 10 letter conundrums?

What and have to build a new conundrum board thingy? Not with Countdown's budget!
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
Replies: 45
Views: 10498

Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open

Update on hotels: Have chased up the event manager, I have an initial quote that I've requested a few more details on, will bring you the full picture as soon as he gets back to me. From initial look it appears that the event hotel isn't going to be able to compete with the likes of Travelodge on pr...
by Callum Todd
Sat Aug 06, 2022 8:46 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Stick to 8-letter teatime teasers
Replies: 10
Views: 1176

Re: Stick to 8-letter teatime teasers

+4. Because 3 would be an absurd number and I feel very strongly about that.
by Callum Todd
Fri Aug 05, 2022 9:43 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1654043

Re: Politics in General

Yeah the public perception of TikTok seemed to shift dramatically overnight, with no obvious transition or explanation why.
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Commonwealth Games
Replies: 14
Views: 984

Re: Commonwealth Games

Yeah I read somewhere that such an accident has occurred on average once every two years in recent history so given the potentially disastrous nature of it surely that's a high enough risk to take action. Heard someone say cycling should take inspiration from the catch fencing in motorsports and tha...
by Callum Todd
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:10 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Countdown in Edinburgh (CO:EDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022
Replies: 46
Views: 12186

Re: Countdown in Edinburgh (COEDI) - Saturday 15th October 2022

Parkruns start at 9.30am in Scotland right? Could be a bit of a dash to get to the event in time but sure we can manage it.
by Callum Todd
Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Although on some less optimistic notes: 2) while media coverage, etc, play a big role in perception, the women's game will struggle to ever be as big as the men's game for as long as the standard is substantially lower. And, unfortunately, I can't see that changing any time soon, if ever. It is cha...
by Callum Todd
Tue Aug 02, 2022 7:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

But it's a vicious circle - give it the hype and coverage that the men's game gets and gate receipts go up. Hopefully this win will be the start of greater popularity. MrT's Reading season ticket doesn't cover the women's team games - that's a shame. How about Saturday afternoon games played back t...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Although on some less optimistic notes: 1) if the above article's example of Manchester City's 62% (men's) vs 114% (women's) wage spend is both correct and representative of the game as a whole, it appears the women's game is already having a far higher proportion of its revenue allocated to wages t...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

But the reason the men's game generates so much more money is a result of decades of sexism - the women's game simply hasn't had the opportunity to flourish in the same way as the men's game. It's catch 22 - the men's game is a money spinner so gets almost all the TV coverage - practically the only...
by Callum Todd
Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

The reason male footballers earn so much more than female footballers is the amount of money that men's football generates, vs. women's. In the above article it uses Man City as an example where the men's team player wages account for around 62% of turnover, while their women's team player wages act...
by Callum Todd
Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What do you use instead of cows milk?
Replies: 5
Views: 374

Re: What do you use instead of cows milk?

I use oat milk from the modern milkman, but before that (or now if I run out) I tend to use Alpro. I also prefer oat milk, but coconut milk can be nice in a fancy coffee if you're using a milk frother.
by Callum Todd
Sat Jul 30, 2022 10:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ways to improve your Countdowning skills...
Replies: 23
Views: 14336

Re: Best ways to improve your Countdowning skills...

Flashiest (shit false)
Theists (+M = shit stem)
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631903

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

"One of the reasons, for example, we have a law that says we must wear a seatbelt is not just to protect the person wearing the belt; it is because if you don't wear a belt and you have a high speed crash you could go through the windscreen and hit somebody else! That can actually happen!!"...
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:54 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631903

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Taking 2 seconds to use the seatbelt every time you stop and get out then back in again must be very annoying. It will take almost as long as opening and shutting the car door when you get in and out! Best leave that open too. Except the car beeps just because you're driving with the door open! What...
by Callum Todd
Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 631903

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What is the point of: a) armpit hair? b) pubes? I don't think there's a complete consensus why humans have retained hair in any of the places we have done given that we have largely evolved to lose the full-body hair our ancestors had. But generally speaking the main two benefits are hair appear to...
by Callum Todd
Thu Jul 28, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 276023

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Never give money to charity. I've worked in the charity sector for a few years now and having seen what goes on I would never give them money. If you want to help society, pay your taxes and encourage everyone to pay their taxes and encourage politicians to make millionaires and billionaires pay th...
by Callum Todd
Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:44 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Ah okay think I get you now. My point was that saying Lionesses rather than Lions was just to - whether necessary or not - clarify that one is talking about the women's team rather than the men's, just as saying 'women's football team' rather than just 'football team'. So I suppose it depends on the...
by Callum Todd
Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1654043

Re: Politics in General

Marc Meakin wrote: Wed Jul 27, 2022 11:27 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:04 am So the obvious question then. Was this staged to make Liz Truss look like the sympathetic caring candidate?
She looked more scared than sympathetic
Yeah if that was the intention, it failed.
by Callum Todd
Wed Jul 27, 2022 2:48 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The C4C Football Thread
Replies: 1265
Views: 195303

Re: The C4C Football Thread

Does anyone else think that calling the English women's football team the Lionesses makes them seem like an afterthought to the men's team? I think I saw someone else suggest this, but I don't quite follow why. Well, I suppose it would have been more obvious if it had been the Three Lionesses. But ...
by Callum Todd
Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: People you shouldn't trust
Replies: 921
Views: 395525

Re: People you shouldn't trust

Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:01 am wipe up
I believe it's more hygienic to wipe down but whatever.
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:17 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 276023

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:57 pm Wham! and George Michael did two completely different songs, both called Freedom.
:shock:
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:52 am
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Co:Brum 2022
Replies: 56
Views: 6626

Re: Co:Brum 2022

I think using tech for the letters/numbers is s a good idea and worth trialling. Obviously as Fiona said, Jack's app isn't designed for this specific purpose so there are a few issues with it but there will be cards for anyone who doesn't like using the tech. I'll sort something out to make sure tha...
by Callum Todd
Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Co:Brighton - 16 July 2022
Replies: 48
Views: 11216

Re: Co:Brighton - 16 July 2022

Jonny was #1 after the 6 heat games had been played, with 6/6 wins. Dream tourney for him so! Must be a personal best. (and even if it was it would still be feasible for the #2 to have more wins than #1) Nope. Can't see it. You're gonna have to talk me through a scenario where that could be true. #...
by Callum Todd
Tue Jul 19, 2022 5:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1654043

Re: Politics in General

The transparently corrupt Johnson regime has removed the party whip from Tobias Ellwood , who was unable to vote in the confidence motion in the government due to being in Moldova in his role as chair of the Commons Defence Committee. Ellwood is supporting Penny Mordaunt in the leadership contest, ...
by Callum Todd
Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open
Replies: 45
Views: 10498

Re: FOCAL Finals 2022 and Milton Keynes Open

Peter Clarke wrote: Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:22 am Is there going to be a Facebook page for the event out of curiosity? It would be good to have one IMO as there could be people who don’t use or read this forum. I’m just thinking in terms of promotion 😃
Way ahead of you Peter! :) link
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 15, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

I think there is something to be said though about the "weirdness" coming from it being your own species. And is it any weirder to drink cow's milk than to eat their meat? I think a guy in the video tried to make a similar point, by comparing eating cows vs. cannibalism. With milk though ...
by Callum Todd
Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:00 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

Marc Meakin wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 8:49 am 🤮
Indeed. Imagine eating ice cream made from someone's milk; how disgusting! Unless of course that someone was imprisoned, tortured, and killed. Then it's fine, and delicious!
by Callum Todd
Thu Jul 14, 2022 3:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Veganism Discussion
Replies: 117
Views: 11115

Re: Veganism Discussion

Is it weird for adults to drink human breast milk? Yeah, not as weird as drinking cow's milk though, right? No sane adult actually drinks milk - like as a drink - anyway. It's horrible. In my glacial move towards veganism, I've long since moved away from putting it on cereal as well. I use Oatly fo...