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- Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:55 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Can ghosts be sarcastic?
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What is it about peanuts that can be so damn deathy? Why's it not like that with turnips, marzipan, fish fingers, watercress, etc?
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 246468
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Cormac McCarthy, too. 2023 continues to put up numbers. I'm telling you, there's still a chance. Just needs one Bono-esque surprise big name and then we'll bring on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and push for the win.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Seems like he missed an obvious trick, though. Coulda been the ubiquitous one with a bit more forethought. Silly Gary.
- Wed May 31, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
When Gary Fahrenheit was devising his temperature scale, what's with the random placing of the 0?
- Thu May 25, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
Of course. Trust me, I know the freedom with which my grandparents used it. But a rebroadcast wouldn't be in that time, and thus the word wouldn't need to be there.
- Thu May 25, 2023 5:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
Your last sentence is exactly MY point - this is why the N-word adds nothing, because we already know the major is an out-of-touch buffoon. At that point, it's just using the word for the sake of it.
- Thu May 25, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
There's a limit to that. The use of the slur has to add something - as you say, context is key. I can't remember the exact usage in Of Mice And Men, but if it serves to highlight the racial prejudice of the time, then, sure. Whereas the Major using the word in Fawlty Towers didn't add anything (it w...
- Wed May 24, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 246468
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Hey man, that's just what I do. I kill celebrities for internet clout. We've all got hobbies, don't judge me.
- Wed May 24, 2023 1:25 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 246468
Re: Deathwatch 2017
I realise 2016 had so many heavy hitters in the world of entertainment that its lead at the top will be tough to beat, but, 2023 is serving up some real names in the death game this year. Rolf Harris, Jerry Springer, Martin Amis, Jim Brown, Len Goodman, Harry Bellafonte, Barry Humphries, Dick Fosbur...
- Sat May 13, 2023 10:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 450631
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Missed the action? That simply won't do.
- Sat May 13, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 450631
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Many if not most of my dreams involve either snooker or Matt Morrison . This one went for both. - I was a member of a professional basketball team, the Milton Keynes Miltons, and our next match took place inside a scout hut just off the A507 near the Ampthill turn-off with remarkably low ceilings. T...
- Mon May 08, 2023 2:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4645
Re: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
When the Queen died, I happened to be at my parents' house, because it was near to a comedy gig I was going to and I still blag free dinners like a teenager. The news greatly upset my mum - I didn't really know why then, and I still don't really know why now. As best I can tell, it was a combination...
- Sun May 07, 2023 6:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4645
Re: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
I didn't, until yesterday. But that whole ceremony just felt a bit culty.do you not find the whole religious aspect of it all a bit weird or even uncomfortable?
- Thu May 04, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
- Thu May 04, 2023 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I dunno man. The flute's a sneaky-cool instrument and all, but I can't remember us beatifying a flautist before. She seems to have transcended society with it.
- Thu May 04, 2023 5:31 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What's apparently so interesting about Lizzo?
- Mon May 01, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5241
Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
They used to have town planning in the Olympics. I reckon I could plan the shit out of a town.
- Mon May 01, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5241
Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
I'm telling you, write the goddamn cheque, Buffet. Destruction Derby. It's over for you. 99s every time, I was a machine. Still am. Definitely haven't wasted my life or anything. Anyway, this is all just a thinly veiled pretense for someone to just ask Jack what he would do so he can say pool and Co...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5241
Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
Holy balls you're posh.
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 7:36 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5241
Re: Nobody in the world could beat you at X Y and Z
Sarcasm, the original Destruction Derby on the Playstation, cutting perfectly round fingernails using massive kitchen scissors.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:41 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
- Replies: 97
- Views: 89426
Re: the Countdowners Outside Co:Event Meet-ups game (COCMEAT)
Guess I have a fair few to add here, mostly through quizzing. Incomplete list off the dome - Fiona, Tim Down, James Wilson, Ned, Aidan Linge, Rychelle, Tom Rowell, Ian Volante, Phil Makepeace, Charlie, Phil (RIP), Supee, T-Cap. Most recently, Ahmed Mohammed. We talked about all of you. Especially YO...
- Wed Apr 19, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
There's a chance that GB News selectively chose someone who would say something like that so as to fit an agenda and stoke feelings in the audience. My dad watches GB News pretty much all day, it's, uh, quite the viewing experience.
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:20 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
The difference in the reactions to the protests at the National and at the snooker was kinda funny. (I mean on the broadcasts, not in my house.)
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
Well,alright. I disagree, but have only anecdotal evidence with likely selection-bias issues, so. Still think it's not a great protest strategy to disrupt unrelated things, but definitely agree it's better than jumping in the road. Most things are.
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
Are they?Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:43 pmThe people you're talking about who would have that reaction against the movement are a very thin slice of the spectrum of human perspective
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
I say this as a man who had a fairly robust discussion with his dad about the protests at the Grand National only a couple of days prior, in which he made much the same argument as me, so I feel a little hypocritical. But at least those protesters were actually protesting at the site of the issue th...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 9:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1746100
Re: Politics in General
everything good we have in this world came from people who were willing to fight for it Yes, but it matters who you're fighting, and where you fight. The climate fight isn't with snooker tables, and any benefits from the exposure of protesting (was it even a protest? it was just a disruption) a maj...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 245371
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Good luck Graeme in the first round of the World Snooker Championship against Ronnie O'Sullivan today.
- Sun Apr 02, 2023 4:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
That's exactly the same score I got first time. Well done! Yeah some of the stuff is ridiculous, but don't grade yourself against those bits.
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Strange things you used to believe as a child
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8046
Re: Strange things you used to believe as a child
When I was young, I thought snooker balls all had two white stripes on the top and wondered how they managed to stay there when the ball was rolling.
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
No qualification required. Just pay and turn up. Decided to dip my toe in. There is a monthly version at a venue in Canterbury for £12 50 on the 1st April Hope its not too full on Those are the monthly quiz grand prixs. 90 min written quizze You've basically just signed up to give up your Saturday ...
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
No qualification required. Just pay and turn up.
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Considering they seem to practice every single day, why are all church bell ringers so crap?
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
It was indeed.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
- Replies: 74
- Views: 28858
Re: Absolutely terrible claims to fame/celebrity spots
The world's joint-largest container ship is named after my aunt.
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 692763
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
How do cows get that big when they only eat grass?
- Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Getting back on for a second go
- Replies: 88
- Views: 20471
Re: Getting back on for a second go
The two days of filming heats were, even now, probably the best two of my life. There was no expectation, only a small amounted of self-inflicted pressure (certainly made up for that later on), a receptive actual audience, a bunch of fun stories/coincidences, the fun of new experiences, and, moreove...
- Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 246468
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Will never understand how the high jump is possible. How can you jump higher than you are?
Re: ChatGPT
I resemble that remark.
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3762
Re: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
I don't think the answer to the question of Best Game Show should be a quiz show. They are distinct enough as a genre.
- Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3762
Re: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
Eh, there's a fair bit more to it than that. Quizzing is the intersection of knowledge, logic and deduction.The 'skill' in quizzing is just knowing more stuff.
Re: ChatGPT
Gonna put a lot of us out of work, self included. Ah well.
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Have we got a thread for that?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2767
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Mandela Effect
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8290
Re: The Mandela Effect
"Minor crime." Aight. And this is why it's genuinely terrifying that you're a safeguarder. Good luck with the lawsuit.
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 103
- Views: 12872
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
I think this is the main point. The nicheness of some of the new online stuff is fun for the word nerds, but not good for the overall game.The content in ODP has made the gap between online players and home players too great now, in my view.
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
"I am however relieved that it does not seem to be a consequence of his outing and resultant discussion on here - something we should consider if anything like this turns up in the future." So what are we considering exactly, if it's not taboo to talk about it? Fiona was basically saying ...
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:06 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
So, outing a sex-offender is taboo now it seems. I don't think that's what she's saying. I think she's simply saying that she's glad Jim didn't kill himself through being outed on C4, which is not the same thing as saying the news should not be shared. I thought Jim might be a suicide risk, too, an...
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:02 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
Well, look, that's why we have these discussions. It's certainly how I interpreted comments like Fiona's above; I apologise if you feel I've not been very clear and I'm not trying to piss people off at all. I do think some have been too sympathetic and I'm surprised you can't see how Damian and I h...
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:47 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
Can't see how. No one has said anything nice about him.
- Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
not willing to believe it, or indeed willing to overlook these recent events Well, having been the person to post both pieces of news on this forum - which you can rest assured were both the result of many, many hours of research and discussion - I think it's fair to say that no one has been more i...
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 5:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 8)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 755
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 1 February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 8)
Harelip is offensive? I thought it was just the name for the thing.
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
He was our friend. He absolutely 100% would not have been if we knew. But we didn't, and so he was.
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:27 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
FWIW, it was very very considered, and we/I attempted to contact Jim in advance so as to try and mitigate that risk. It was after finding out that every point of contact for him no longer worked that a deeper effort to find out his current circumstances was undertaken, leading to this.
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
It kind of feels like he died twice in a week.
- Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4202
Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
His family have informed me that long-time C4C mainstay Jim Bentley died unexpectedly last August. He had a stroke while out for a run. Whatever else we now know about Jim, he was, for a long time, part.of the furniture around here. It was already a very confusing period for those of us who consider...
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 136896
Re: Countdowners in the news
The attraction isn't the crime. It's fucked up, but it's not the crime. The acting on it, that's the crime.
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 160082
Re: You Are The Ref
Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:35 pmI opened this thread at the latest message without having read the previous half dozen or so, and I choose to believe that this is a dance move.
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 136896
- Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Safeguarding at and around co-events
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8420
Re: Safeguarding at and around co-events
This I appalling, surely not during an event? In a pub afterwards when people are drunk I would suspect. Of those that I know, yes. I don't however think the delineation between event and the rest of the day matters too much - I appreciate it might to organisers and FOCAL people, but, to the attend...