"Well, that makes sense to me. Racism hurts people. Cunts don't hurt anyone."
Saying someone looks like a gollywog isn't racist, is it? You are saying someone looks like a cuddly toy!
Kevin
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- Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Obscenity democracy
- Replies: 205
- Views: 31010
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite swears, abandon hope if easily offended!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6027
Re: Favourite swears, abandon hope if easily offended!
I once took the surname of my boss (******) and then called a colleague a "******-brain", which was quite effective. I will shield the name of the boss here.
Kevin
Kevin
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Obscenity democracy
- Replies: 205
- Views: 31010
Re: Obscenity democracy
An interesting topic.... Tom Lehrer performed a song called, "Smut", celebrating obscenity, and one line is, "Filth (I'm glad to say) is in the mind of the beholder." Drifting across the Atlantic again, Lenny Bruce was somewhat outspoken in his stage shows, as shown in some of th...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 13889
Re: Leeds - The Final Countdown?
Really sorry to hear the news - best wishes to everyone on the team.
Kevin
Kevin
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15715
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
A friend tells me that the reason people cut sandwiches diagonally is so you can rest them on the hypotenuse and everyone can see easily what the filling is, without having to maul them with grubby fingers.
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 2nd March 2009 (Series 60 Prelim 36)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3029
Re: Monday 2nd March 2009 (Series 60 Prelim 36)
"Amazing debut, best ever!"
Not sure it constitutes a debut? Excellent performance though....
Not sure it constitutes a debut? Excellent performance though....
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15715
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
To give a more serious answer.... I make 2 sandwiches for my lunch at work, viz. 4 slices of bread and 2 fillings. These are then cut into 8 approximate rectangles to fit in the sandwich box. It is still two sandwiches..... If I have a similar lunch at home, I cut the two sandwiches with either one ...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sandwich/Sandwiches
- Replies: 195
- Views: 15715
Re: Sandwich/Sandwiches
Supposing it's a baguette......?
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
- Replies: 223
- Views: 28057
Re: "Frustrated by the programme marginalising her sexuality."
"Alan Turing, who invented computer science and arguably contributed more than any other individual to the Allied victory in World War 2, was chemically castrated and subsequently committed suicide because of society's refusal to accept him on equal terms as you did with your colleagues. "...
Re: Eggheads
"They ask the contestants which set of questions they want before they start, so I don't think this could be the case unless that whole part of the show is a charade (possible but probably unlikely following Ant-and-Dec-gate.)" They only ask who wants to go first, then pick up a few cards ...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 12:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 86380
Re: Coincidence
I recall being on holiday with my parents a very long time ago in a small hotel in the Isle of Skye. My father got talking to a Canadian couple, and as we have Canadian relatives, asked where they were from. Having narrowed it down to Ottawa, he gave the relative's name and said it would really be a...
Re: Eggheads
When I watch I get the impression that the questions are tailored to the "Eggheads" - e.g. if the subject is music, the challengers seem to get questions on rap, hip-hop etc, and the "eggheads" get questions on light classics..... perhaps it is my imagination - the team is pretty...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18359
Re: Countdown Calendar
Well I still think the calendar is great! You should all buy one and look for mistakes to keep Stewart happy. But SUPERSEDE is correct as it comes from the Latin sedere (to sit - hence "sit above" = replace), not from cedere (to yield, which would provide the opposite meaning). I know the ...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18359
Re: Countdown Calendar
To alleviate any lingering confusion.... The Calendar has a daily pull-off sheet with a "conundrum" and either a letters or numbers game. Answers appear on the next day, so it's easy to cheat. Numbers or letters games may have more answers, e.g. 14th Feb has EWIFIDRES as letters game and a...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18359
Re: Countdown Calendar
"It's the way the presenters of Countdown are so obviously disinterested that really bugs me." Brilliant! I have noticed a lamentable lack of understanding of irony on the forum in general. I dislike explaining such things, but, for the benefit of the unitiated, what David is doing here is...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:32 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18359
Re: Countdown Calendar
If so, that's outrageous! We already have dictionaries saying that "infer" means "imply" (instead of deduce) and "prestigious" means "with prestige" (instead of tricky). Where will it all end? It is a bit ironic for a word game to allow incorrect spellings! Un...
- Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Calendar
- Replies: 126
- Views: 18359
Countdown Calendar
Anyone struggling to solve today's pull-off conundrum will find that the answer is spelled incorrectly....... Change the letters to SRUDEPEES and it is a bit easier!
Kevin
Kevin
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Drifting semantically
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7750
Re: Drifting semantically
"Both Dutch and Welsh have the curious property of having a letter which is clearly two characters (IJ and LL respectively) and there are probably others like this. " You could even include "oe", which is used in English - Chemicals like oestrogen and oestradiol are now called es...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
- Replies: 182
- Views: 14962
Re: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
"I'm slightly obsessed with raising bonsai trees even though I'm not very good at it."
As they're not very big, you could argue nobody is good.......
Kevin
As they're not very big, you could argue nobody is good.......
Kevin
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: what's your top 10 favourite films?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11707
Re: what's your top 10 favourite films?
Completely forgot White Heat - Angels With Dirty Faces is excellent as well.
By coincidence, I finished posting the list of films last night, turned on the TV a bit later and there was Rear Window.
Kevin
By coincidence, I finished posting the list of films last night, turned on the TV a bit later and there was Rear Window.
Kevin
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: what's your top 10 favourite films?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 11707
Re: what's your top 10 favourite films?
In no particular order... 1) Casablanca 2) Maltese Falcon 3) Walkabout 4) Rear Window 5) Silence of the Lambs 6) High Noon 7) Robin Hood (1938) 8) Dirty Harry 9) Way of the Dragon 10) The Day the Earth Stood Still (Michael Rennie version of course) Shame to omit American Werewolf in London, Weird Sc...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:04 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Kasparov vs Deep Blue
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3765
Re: Kasparov vs Deep Blue
Kasparov doesn't really have the right style to play a computer. He does (or did!) calculate incredibly well, but does play "interesting" moves - taking risks, which may not be 100 % correct but are effectively beyond human calculating depth. The computer using "brute force" (i.e...
- Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
- Replies: 182
- Views: 14962
Re: Who has non-Countdown-style hobbies?
I used to throw boomerangs (the theoretically returning type), but not competitively, and was also fairly competent at catching a stationary target with a bolas(!) As I recently found said items again, I might come out of retirement as there is a large sports field where I work. The trouble with cat...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Countdown Scattergories IV
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2293
Re: Countdown Scattergories IV
I made a bit of a mistake altering ALTERING at the last moment.......
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:20 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: US states
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3274
Re: US states
Without looking, I imagine that Hawaii and Alaska feature, and the former more than once....
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Co-op Funeral Services
- Replies: 2
- Views: 948
Re: Co-op Funeral Services
Useful if you fall off your stairlift or misjudge the temperature of your walk-in bath.
Re: Anagrams
Two old political ones.... Virginia Bottomley - I'm an evil Tory bigot David Mellor - Dildo Marvel And everyone will have seen Britney Spears - presbyterians (which led to a crossword clue "would they approve of a dishevelled Britney Spears?") Tom Cruise - costumier A work colleague once c...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Krypton Factor
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4442
Re: The Krypton Factor
Shame about the simulator - they seem to waste time on chat and explanations of what will happen, and the assault course is confusing and shown for too long. I'm not sure I understood the intelligence test! I much preferred the original format. As for ties, if three people are equal first then they ...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6632
Re: Hello
Welcome - certainly an entertaining website.....
Kevin
Kevin
- Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown in the news
- Replies: 114
- Views: 12301
Re: Countdown in the news
The comments after the report on http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Carol-Vorderman-s-home-Sloblock/article-590067-detail/article.html are just like the spoof ones Private Eye does, and equally funny. I'm a bit puzzled by the attacks on Rachel - even if the reports of problems are true, she has...
- Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Most popular countdown words
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2470
Re: Most popular countdown words
"Also raiment and minaret as they were the first word declarations on countdown"
I didn't know that! "Minarets" was my first declaration, but I had no sense of deja vu. I did watch the first show but must have forgotten by then......
I didn't know that! "Minarets" was my first declaration, but I had no sense of deja vu. I did watch the first show but must have forgotten by then......
- Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Countdown Scattergories III
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3034
Re: Countdown Scattergories III
12 am is ambiguous..... The RAF operates on a 24 hour system, and certainly used to refer to 0001 or 2359 for midnight, and used 1200 for noon. Presumably they still do?
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Word
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3232
Re: Favourite Word
SKIMMINGTON has a certain charm to it - a procession made through a village intended to bring ridicule on and make an example of a nagging wife or unfaithful husband. I like that - a local pub is the Skimmington Castle, and I always wondered how it got its name. Wickiup - a North American Indian dw...
- Tue Dec 23, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Happy Christmas From The Countdown Team
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4606
Re: Happy Christmas From The Countdown Team
And merry Christmas from me too - to the Countdown team, weirdoes, geeks, nerds and the other few people excuded from that.....
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Countdown Game (Based on Scattergories)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2885
Re: Countdown Game (Based on Scattergories)
Er, I was just going to enter this - can we have a closing date/time, next time please? Looks interesting anyway.....
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Terrible weather in Seattle today
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2263
Re: Terrible weather in Seattle today
It certainly rains a lot in Vancouver - but (on the basis of a few days there) it looked a very nice city, and not too far from Whistler etc. If it's a clear day, looking out of the window as you fly in is well worth it, assuming you're awake as you'll then be 9 hours into the flight.
- Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Putting it on paper
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3612
Re: Putting it on paper
I like D O'D's idea of having two circles - (I got by with one) a straight line might make you just see the letters in the order they already were - so if ING appeared in that order in the slection, you might miss something better as you were obsessing about "ing" endings. There was a thre...
Re: X Factor
I agree with the legend that is Corby. (Same applies to Strictly - when the professionals do a demo without the celebs, quality improves massively.) I heard Alexandra's version of Hallelujah this morning - absolutely terrible, no diction whatsoever. Leonard Cohen is a poet and you need to hear the w...
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Corby's old avatar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1113
Re: Corby's old avatar
Good point - thanks! (I sent the message from work at lunchtime where your suggestion is not an option, due to IT policies....)
Kevin
Kevin
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Corby's old avatar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1113
Corby's old avatar
Due to a computer related disaster, I no longer have that wonderful milf screenshot. I would be grateful if someone could tell me where to find a copy (or better still!) send me one..... Of course I congratulate him on half the new one.
Kevin
Kevin
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Reaction to the final
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4715
Re: Reaction to the final
Good final - obviously a sporting atmosphere as well. Well done Junaid and and hard luck to Charlie.
- Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Calling all Welsh Countdown fans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 723
Re: Calling all Welsh Countdown fans
I thought this was going to be a proposal to have Countdown in Welsh....
"I have a nine, Jeff
LLWYNGWYL"
or perhaps not.....
"I have a nine, Jeff
LLWYNGWYL"
or perhaps not.....
- Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: sporcle.com
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2281
Re: sporcle.com
Great site - I can see hours of fun coming up. I only managed 104 elements on Saturday, and even missed zinc and holmium, which I've recently dealt with.... so I'm going to have another go. Most people will struggle on 104 - 118, where I have an unfair advantage, as the committee emails me to ask my...
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: RIP Michael Wylie
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4707
Re: RIP Michael Wylie
Terrible news - such a nice guy, friendly and funny. Condolences to his friends and family.
Kevin
Kevin
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
- Replies: 1961
- Views: 1082598
Re: Welcome! - Post here first
Welcome everybody that I've missed! One of the reasons Philip stuck in my mind was that Richard decided he (Phillip) looked like Iain Duncan-Smith. Carol did berate Richard for that, but Philip took it in his stride. It was certainly a close game and not exactly what I wanted at the end of a long da...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Retirement
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4184
Re: Retirement
Sorry you're going Julian.
Good luck with whatever you're doing!
cheers
Kevin
Good luck with whatever you're doing!
cheers
Kevin
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5602
Re: Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
[quote="John Bosley"]To start with he looked a bit serious, but seems to be thawing out slightly. Was that a deliberate tribute to his frost-bitten ex-toes...? Today was the first time I saw him on the programme. His neck is a little scary, but he's great - I think he just has a deadpan de...
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoliers for Friday 31st October
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4543
Re: Spoliers for Friday 31st October
I had to log in first!
- Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoliers for Friday 31st October
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4543
Spoilers for Friday 31st October 2008
First numbers.....
er, did I misread it or does (50-2) x 8 = 384 then subtract 2 work? (I'm writing an article and watching at the same time!)
Kevin
er, did I misread it or does (50-2) x 8 = 384 then subtract 2 work? (I'm writing an article and watching at the same time!)
Kevin
- Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Name Game
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2469
Re: The Name Game
Nice one! On a similar subject, a magazine which was either "Education in Chemistry" or "Journal of Chemical Education" had an interesting game where you made as many words as possible (of four letters or more) from the symbols of the elements. The person who wrote the item said ...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What would you put into Room 101?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 6476
Re: What would you put into Room 101?
That could be interesting, depending on how small Room 101 is. Surely it expands or contracts depending on the contents? Just to be annoying, most (alleged) witches were hanged not burnt. I haven't read the book for a while, but didn't Room 101 contain what you most feared rather than most hated? H...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:32 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Favourite board game
- Replies: 101
- Views: 74021
Re: Favourite board game
Chess - I guess, but I hate the online stuff. A practical reason to do so is that I played a tournament in Guernsey last week and was winning in round 6, when I completely overlooked a threat by the opponent and just lost immediately. My amiable Dutch opponent said, "Ah, you were unlucky - let ...
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:08 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Host
- Replies: 264
- Views: 30252
Re: New Host
Magic 105.4 announced at 0730 that Alexander Armstrong is the new host. No idea if it's true!
Kevin
Kevin
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The funnest topic ever
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2979
Re: The funnest topic ever
"It's truly awful. Why just yesterday I ate some tomato soup, went into my vegetable garden and vomited in just the way you described! I threw my can opener in the bin in disgust!" Nice one Jono! I suspect in those cases the words should be hyphenated, or maybe put together in the way Germ...
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:14 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The funnest topic ever
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2979
Re: The funnest topic ever
It would solve a lot of problems if fun (a noun) weren't used as an adjective. There's too much of this sort of thing - using two nouns consecutively like, "We had a fun time". "There was a hostage situation" etc. Ghastly - isn't it? They'll be allowing "text-speak" nex...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Recap for Tuesday 2nd September 2008
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1255
Re: Recap for Tuesday 2nd September 2008
I didn't watch it - but surely Susie referred to "rozzers" not "rossers" near round 9? I'm amazed "conmen" isn't in the dictionary. Good to see "timbale" turnng up again.
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: ABSP Scrabble tournaments
- Replies: 59
- Views: 4677
Re: ABSP Scrabble tournaments
I see the ABSP rating system is the same as the English Chess Federation grading system. It provides a reasonable approximation of performance if you play enough games against people of a similar ability. Obviously if you are 150 and play a string of 200s or a string of 100s, the number is not going...
- Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Name my kittens competition!!!!!1 (pupdated!)
- Replies: 84
- Views: 7682
Re: Name my kittens competition!!!!!1
Has anyone DNA-tested the ginger ones.....?
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Today's Countdown News... see link
- Replies: 224
- Views: 22083
Re: Today's Countdown News... see link
Read it and weep
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/general ... 52384.html
Doncha just love the internet? Some interesting choices!
Kevin
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/general ... 52384.html
Doncha just love the internet? Some interesting choices!
Kevin
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Today's Countdown News... see link
- Replies: 224
- Views: 22083
Re: Today's Countdown News... see link
The Guardian (some irony with them reporting on Countdown I think) says that audiences have dropped to about a million. I wonder how much of that is due to the 3.30 pm start time....... Myleene Klass annoyed Derren Brown by allegedly haranguing him when he bumped into Derek Acorah (I think) in a hot...