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- Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 250972
Re: Deathwatch 2017
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 250972
Re: Deathwatch 2017
RIP Garry Rhodes
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many jobs have you had ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4715
Re: How many jobs have you had ?
No.
I remember on my paper round (lasting all of two weeks )
My mums shopping trolley lost a wheel mid round and the trolley fell in s deep puddle.
So everyone got Papier mache delivered instead of their local paper.....too embarrassed to collect my wages
I remember on my paper round (lasting all of two weeks )
My mums shopping trolley lost a wheel mid round and the trolley fell in s deep puddle.
So everyone got Papier mache delivered instead of their local paper.....too embarrassed to collect my wages
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Facebook Culls
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9226
Re: Facebook Culls
I don't think outside of family , my friend list even comes close to a hundred in total.
Just to be clear , I've been using it since 2010.
A godsend when I had my major heart surgery.
It enabled me to let my family know that I was alive and well.
Just to be clear , I've been using it since 2010.
A godsend when I had my major heart surgery.
It enabled me to let my family know that I was alive and well.
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:00 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many jobs have you had ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4715
Re: How many jobs have you had ?
What do we count as jobs? The egg round I had at 15 till I fell off my bike and broke the eggs? Post leaving school - Cleaner 3 days (sacked, was rubbish) MaccyD's 4 months. MoD 4 years. Local council 10 years (with two privatisations/takeovers) Mail order wine 10 years - good times and lots of win...
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:11 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many jobs have you had ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4715
How many jobs have you had ?
Sounds like it has been done before but here goes anyway. In a working career that spans over 40 years I have had 5 jobs. 2 years as a wages clerk in the Co-Op. A year as a bus conductor. 28 years as a heating engineer/maintenance engineer. 6 years in retail/stock management. . Just realised I have ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 4:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17370
Re: Rachel Riley Post
If Countdown was on the BBC she would have been sacked as they are notorious for knee jerk reactions.
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:53 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 311426
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Also you don't even have to remove the peeler from the surface of the potato to continue peeling. I'd go so far as to say that if you do remove the peeler from the surface of the potato, you won't be able to continue peeling at all. I've never used a potato peeler. Maybe I should post that on the c...
- Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Interesting ailments and affectations
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1216
Interesting ailments and affectations
On the back of Prince Andrews inability to sweat , I was wondering what ailments and affectations people have on here.
I am unable to immerse my head underwater without a panic attack due to a childhood trauma.
Consequently I cannot swim.
I am unable to immerse my head underwater without a panic attack due to a childhood trauma.
Consequently I cannot swim.
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Climate Change Deniers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9830
Re: Climate Change Deniers
https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... IiZbNT5rrE
Make of this what you will
Make of this what you will
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15040
Re: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
Mace MerkinGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:40 pmI imagine Meak Marcin wouldn't quite cut it.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:21 pm When I was banned from posting I made several attempts to come up with a pseudonym made up of an anagram of my name but I wasn't clever enough to get through the checks
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15040
Re: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
When I was banned from posting I made several attempts to come up with a pseudonym made up of an anagram of my name but I wasn't clever enough to get through the checks You're Ashton Hancock?!? Well it's true we have never been seen in the same room at the same time although that's probably by choice
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 9:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15040
Re: Outing Gevin! (& similar fun activities suitable for a rainy Tuesday afternoon)
When I was banned from posting I made several attempts to come up with a pseudonym made up of an anagram of my name but I wasn't clever enough to get through the checks
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 10:40 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700963
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
The Statute of Limitations is a good example. Until recently it was only 20 years in France until a recent case involving a paedophile priest who was protected from justice , primarily by the clergy . If you watched the film By the Grace of God it shows you how the law is an ass , but after he admit...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700963
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What does it actually mean when someone gets off on a "technicality"? I was wondering that a few days ago, and then I thought to myself that maybe it just happens in films and TV programmes and that it's it's not a real thing, but then I came across this just now. There are quite a few in...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 311426
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Probably obvious to the stalwarts here but I've only just discovered that Stewart Holden started this very forum Well he started c4countdown the Yahoo group, but it had been taken over by Charlie by the time it migrated here. So it depends on whether you consider this to be the "same forum&quo...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 311426
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Probably obvious to the stalwarts here but I've only just discovered that Stewart Holden started this very forum
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 7:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Re: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
If we had the thread "Is Boris Johnson electable as Prime Minister?", the list of things against would be astronomical, and yet somehow the spotlight is still on the credibility of Corbyn . It's fucking mental. Well ,waddaya waiting for 😄. Having just watched the film Official Secrets I w...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700963
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I thought that was a George FormbyGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:35 amAnd a grill.Mark James wrote: ↑And a daughter Georgetta.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:23 am You could be like George Foreman and name all your boys after you
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700963
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
You could be like George Foreman and name all your boys after you
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:15 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Re: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
I'm a lot older than you so I have seen and read about Corbyn at IRA rallies in the seventies also many meetings with the terrorist Yasser Arafat. I'm prepared to forgive him for not singing the national anthem. I admire his principles but not his reasoning. I will probably abstain my vote or spoil ...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Re: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
I've been a lifelong Labour Supporter and it pains me to say that I find it almost impossible to vote for Labour this time. Am I wrong ? Maybe you could elaborate. What exactly is it about Corbyn that means that you can't vote for Labour? Is it his policies? If so, which policies? Is it him as a le...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Re: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
Maybe you could elaborate ?
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Re: Is Jeremy Corbin electable as Prime Minister ?
EditedMark James wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:40 pm Jeremy Corbin would be a horrible prime minister. You should vote for Jeremy Corbyn instead. He'd be much better.
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10310
Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
I've been a lifelong Labour Supporter and it pains me to say that I find it almost impossible to vote for Labour this time. Am I wrong ? I think if Kier Steamer or Jess Phillips was in charge I think Labour would have stood a chance. But I can see the Conservatives getting a working majority. The Br...
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 643326
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Heads Up.
The Young Offenders Season 2 starts on Monday 11thNovember I'm guessing BBC1
If you can't wait that long it's on the iPlayer from today (3.11.19)
The Young Offenders Season 2 starts on Monday 11thNovember I'm guessing BBC1
If you can't wait that long it's on the iPlayer from today (3.11.19)
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:39 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Headhunters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3497
Re: Headhunters
Definitely worth putting Countdown on +1 and giving this a blast.
It's half way through its run and it is a great combination of quizzing and getting to know the quizzers
Diverse range of questions interesting tactics and the headhunters are still able to play even after they have won
It's half way through its run and it is a great combination of quizzing and getting to know the quizzers
Diverse range of questions interesting tactics and the headhunters are still able to play even after they have won
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who have toasted marshmallows. How is that a thing? It's such an arbitrary thing to do. Excuse me a minute while I stir fry some gummy bears. Is it any more arbitrary than toasting bread? Excuse me while I cook this thing that's already been cooked. I'm quite partial to biscuits and refried ...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is Countdown moving to Leeds ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2587
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who sit next to you on a table seat when there are empty double seats nearby. This is fine. As a tall person, I want a table seat because I am more comfortable without having to have knees pressed into the seat in front. And of course there are plenty of other reasons to do with the actual t...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People that get on a train, sit next to you, and start clipping their nails. One of my pet subjects is train etiquette. People who sit next to you on a table seat when there are empty double seats nearby. People who stand by the door when there are seats available (when I have my bike with me ) Wom...
- Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:22 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Headhunters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3497
Headhunters
A surprisingly good gameshow on BBC1 .
I think they are a little too generous to give second chances to players who failed the previous day but otherwise enjoyable
I think they are a little too generous to give second chances to players who failed the previous day but otherwise enjoyable
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 8:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
Just did some googling and it turns out Westmonster was founded by Aaron Banks, who also founded the leave.EU campaign, who have been famously truthful in all of their dealings with the public. :roll: Interesting. So it was idiotic of him to defend them then. Still not a good reason to block someon...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 6:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
Trawling through my Facebook I found that Rachel blocked Craig because he disagreed that Westmonster (?) was a fake news site peddling crap about not opening our borders to refugees.
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 5:32 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
I only block people for being abusive or very personal because they have lost the argument.
Everyone else will be dared/goaded to block me first
Everyone else will be dared/goaded to block me first
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280673
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Just watched Joker. A brilliant tour de force performance by Joachim Phoenix. A very dark movie evoking ekenents of A Clockwork Orange and Taxi Driver I see the movie is getting pelters for using a Garry Glitter track. I can't believe anyone would boycott a film over s piece of music. I'm sure I wil...
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
:roll: aw The bad person in that scenario is Rachel Riley, unless he was bullying her personally. If it was purely a block based in a difference of opinion, that's disappointing. I don't do Twitter but from Craig's perspective it seemed an overreaction. But then on Facebook he accused her of being a...
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
Sorry in my bubble of the Scrabble community I didn't realise .Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 12:36 pm I don't follow the politics of previous Countdown contestants too closely!
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 250972
Re: Deathwatch 2017
How many years will this rollover ?
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 9:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Did Gev make a typo ?
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who don't excuse someone for omitting a transcript on something that is genuinely funnyIan Volante wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:10 pm People that post links to videos without a transcript.
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 8:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18900
Re: How autistic are you?
It comes from a position where there is something "wrong". I appreciate autism can make life harder, but it's not a mental illness. But whether it's classed as an illness, condition or whatever, its very existence as a classifiable thing makes it in some way a negative pejorative thing, o...
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18900
Re: How autistic are you?
Where is Kieran , these days ?
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
That always reminds me of this.L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:28 pm People who ring you, and lead with "may I ask who I am speaking with?"
It's very funny and sums up what you said succinctly.
If offended by something funny please don't open.
Edited .
https://youtu.be/2hM97kEKGME
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18900
Re: How autistic are you?
I don't like labels generally but since my daughter had a diagnosis as having Asperger's Syndrome , I have been reflecting and studying my place on the spectrum. I have many traits like tactlessness , not making eye contact , socially inept , not being able to read a room full of people. But having ...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 458700
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Vegans throw a lot of shade.
Plant-based is much more palatable
Plant-based is much more palatable
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:42 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18900
Re: How autistic are you?
Well assuming it's the same test as this https://psychology-tools.com/test/autism-spectrum-quotient It seems to equate being a bit introverted and liking patterns with autism. I scored 27, but think it's bollocks :) Mind you, I work in IT, so perhaps my perceptions of "normal" are skewed ...
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How autistic are you?
- Replies: 125
- Views: 18900
Re: How autistic are you?
Want to bump this thread.
I recently did a poll on Facebook asking a Scrabble group if they was on the spectrum and over 120 replied and one in four said they was.
Curious if a similar result would be achieved here if it was a straight poll.
I recently did a poll on Facebook asking a Scrabble group if they was on the spectrum and over 120 replied and one in four said they was.
Curious if a similar result would be achieved here if it was a straight poll.
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 4th October
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2920
Spoilers for Friday 4th October
Must be one of the highest max games in years
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
In retrospect I should have named the thread Quelle Surprise
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 1:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
Re: No Shit Sherlock
Ok.
I didn't realise that Craig's Right wing politics were not common knowledge.
Apart from Countdown the only thing that they had in common was a mutual dislike of Jeremy Corbin
I didn't realise that Craig's Right wing politics were not common knowledge.
Apart from Countdown the only thing that they had in common was a mutual dislike of Jeremy Corbin
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: No Shit Sherlock
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11998
No Shit Sherlock
Places to state the bleeding obvious.
I will start.
Rachel Riley has just blocked Craig Beevers on Twitter
I will start.
Rachel Riley has just blocked Craig Beevers on Twitter
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 3:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1758505
Re: Politics in General
Looking for the like button
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1758505
Re: Politics in General
But surely if she is an NHS patient then any medical costs would have to be paid by the the NHS.
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1758505
Re: Politics in General
I always think it's weird when hospitals try to stop people from being taken to other countries for treatment such as the case outlined here and here . In this case the court has ruled that the girl can go abroad, but I've seen other cases where they've ruled against. A hospital might argue that fu...
- Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1758505
Re: Politics in General
When reading this, the (fictitious) example that came to mind was from the excellent read "The Book Thief" where Hitler Youth Nico Liersch applies blackface to be like his sporting hero Jesse Owens - clearly admiration and imitation. But I suspect such innocent examples are few and far be...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1758505
Re: Politics in General
I'm not sure that something can really be described as racist if there is no intent. You can call it offensive, but even then nothing is offensive in a vacuum. If someone decides to paint their face black in their own room alone and dance about a bit, and then wash their face before anyone sees the...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Controversial Musical Opinions.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 27646
Re: Controversial Musical Opinions.
I've never been stopped from standing up at a seated arena. Namely , Prince and Stevie Wonder
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 6:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Controversial Musical Opinions.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 27646
Re: Controversial Musical Opinions.
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 early 70s glam stuff gets played these days (I guess because it does sound so dated). As for Rolf...
- Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Controversial Musical Opinions.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 27646
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...