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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s I would rather see the original band and I used to be a bit dismissive of tribute bands, but then my daughter joined Rumours of Fleetwood Mac in the Christine McVie role, so i re-evaluated. G...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
I wonder about the logic behind the UK system though, I'm all for a parliamentary system where parliament elects the head of government. But what's the point of the constituencies? How is it fair that a party get 43% of votes but 56% MP seats, or 12% of the votes and only 1.7% of the MPs? I get the...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Better in what way though? If it's just about sound quality you might as well just listen to a recording and not see anyone live. I meant if you want see a live band then a tribute version of Duran Duran would have a more competent singer than Simon Le Bon. You could have said that in 1982 too thou...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s Better in what way though? If it's just about sound quality you might as well just listen to a recording and not see anyone live. I meant if you want see a live band then a tribute version of...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Relating to my politics thread post I think if a leader of the elected government leaves or dies in office it should be in the constitution that a general election should be triggered within 6 months
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I liked the final episode of Curb. Especially poignant with Richard Lewis having a prominent role and the call backs to Seinfeld. Truly the best Comedy of the 21st Century. Only a month until the last Series of Inside No 9. This year will truly be the end of an era. Also watching the grossly under-r...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
Amirite that all the 4 leaders of the home nations and also the Republic of Ireland were not elected by the people?
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 25930
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
This might be more apt for the Apterous thread but how about a Countdown Game with 14 rounds 5 of every permittable vowel and consonant combinations ( for each player to choose) numbers rounds with every combination ( from 6 small to 4 large) and a conundrum as usual at the end
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
Lets be honest, Israel would not have the support it has if it wasn't for the collective guilt of the holocaust.Tal Lessner wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:20 amWhy appalling? It's quite trueRhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:50 pm Not quite appalling as Owen Jones's latest brain rot though, which is that Germany are only supporting Israel because of the Holocaust.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1759
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 4th April 2024 (Series 89, Heat 68)
Second time is the charm.
Hope to live long enough for a 2032 comeback
Hope to live long enough for a 2032 comeback
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 310995
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Now that's what I call an item of of late newsGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:35 am I wonder what your reaction will be when you hear that Franz Ferdinand has been shot.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Mandy Season 3 on the Iplayer. Its probably not for everyone but I find it hilarious though episode 5 is fucking scary. Only 20 minutes an episode. Diane Morgan is very good and how she contorts her face and walks is an art in itself. I think this is an under-the-radar classic programme. It's more ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
Would the last person defending Israel please turn off the lights. Never would defend Benni Until I got to this forum, I didn't know you gentiles refer to Bibi as Benni. I just refer to him as "that insane guy who holds Israel hostage and will continue shitting everything up until he dies (hop...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Mandy Season 3 on the Iplayer.
Its probably not for everyone but I find it hilarious though episode 5 is fucking scary.
Only 20 minutes an episode.
Diane Morgan is very good and how she contorts her face and walks is an art in itself.
Its probably not for everyone but I find it hilarious though episode 5 is fucking scary.
Only 20 minutes an episode.
Diane Morgan is very good and how she contorts her face and walks is an art in itself.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I think Seinfeld is more hit and miss than Curb. I still like it but it's not among my very favourites. Seinfeld was better when David was at the helm apart from the finale which was a fuck you to everyone. Curb is mostly great, sometimes brilliant and occasionally meh. Still the best, mostly unscr...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
Never would defend BenniGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:16 am Would the last person defending Israel please turn off the lights.
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5101
Re: Interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious
The order of adjectives in English Grammar. Opinions, size, age, shape, colour origin material and puepose If you get them in the wrong order it doesn't sound right. My fat, big Greek wedding being an example of getting it wrong Edit : typically there are exceptions like big bad wolf but there is pr...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is TV making a comeback?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1325
Re: Is TV making a comeback?
The major changes for me is that apart from sports, I rarely watch TV in the moment I record everything and cut out ads or watch when it's convenient. It can present problems as I recorded the 1% Club to watch this morning but forgot about spoilers on social media which I luckily scrolled past. I ha...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 43
- Views: 12282
Re: Genius things
Photoshop (hopefully use it Wednesday)
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Big wedding ceremonies are a waste of money, You spend thousands and relatives you don't see from one year to the next all expect invites a fortune on a dress /suite,. Better to just get married with a couple f witnesses and take your family out for a meal at a later date Which is what I'm going to...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Big wedding ceremonies are a waste of money, You spend thousands and relatives you don't see from one year to the next all expect invites a fortune on a dress /suite,. Better to just get married with a couple f witnesses and take your family out for a meal at a later date Which is what I'm going to ...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
It's time to stop making Sundays special in retail especially. Most workers are on single time anyway so why restrict trade to 6 hours As for Easter Sunday meaning most shops are shut, because it's not a bank hokiday you are still expected to work. Surely practising Christians are in the minority in...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Edge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2077
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:53 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The Edge
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2077
The Edge
Really enjoying this daytime quiz with bowling. I like the format although two things are interesting. You can be a rubbish contestant on general knowledge but if you are excellent a bowling it doesn't matter. The second thing is the end game is interesting in so much that if you use one ball you ge...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Not that he's in it all the time, but the death of Richard Lewis probably makes it less likely if anything. Bob Einstein died, (Marty Funkhouser) and he was in it more regularly than Richard I think unless David gets killed off in the end then even if he ends up in jail, as is likely he could do an...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Late Night With The Devil.
Alan Partridge meets The Exorcist.
Great slow burn horror that starts out as a comedy but gets darker.
Im not a fan of horror films but this was highly original.
Good to watch in the cinema with a crowd of jumpy students
Alan Partridge meets The Exorcist.
Great slow burn horror that starts out as a comedy but gets darker.
Im not a fan of horror films but this was highly original.
Good to watch in the cinema with a crowd of jumpy students
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Not that he's in it all the time, but the death of Richard Lewis probably makes it less likely if anything. Bob Einstein died, (Marty Funkhouser) and he was in it more regularly than Richard Lewis. I think unless David gets killed off in the end then even if he ends up in jail, as is likely he coul...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Yeah Curb is still going strong, I do hope Larry David changes his mind and makes another series
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Watched Immaculate
A nunexploitation film that has a lot of gore.
Having watched Polite Society recently I realised Immaculste basically copies the same subplot.
Still a good horror film
A nunexploitation film that has a lot of gore.
Having watched Polite Society recently I realised Immaculste basically copies the same subplot.
Still a good horror film
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 642553
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
I've been working my way through Yes Minister / Prime Minister on the iPlayer. They've been repeating them on Tuesday evenings and leaving them on the iPlayer for a month (rather than indefinitely as they do with some programmes). But the last couple of Tuesdays it hasn't been on for some reason. A...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Finally watched Sexy Beast and Layer Cake. Enjoyed both but Sexy Beast was my favourite. Layer Cake was good but there was something about it. People rate it higher than the likes of Lock Stock but I don't know. I prefer Guy Ritchie to Vaughan. I have Sisu ready to watch and I'm going to see my fav...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 139772
Re: Countdowners in the news
https://www.facebook.com/reel/379298445016075
Not so much in the news but on the podcast
Not so much in the news but on the podcast
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:57 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9873
Re: The 1% Club
I've noticed the questions are becoming much more solvable but there is more emphasis in being against the clock whereby a lot of question require counting quickly
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
And less consonantsIan Volante wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:13 pmI like my women with more chin.Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:50 am The Marchioness of Cholmondeley is better looking than Kate Middleton.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 310995
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Both countries combined constituting more than a third of the world population is insane Similarly, the US still being third if you added another billion people to it Article in the Sunday Times today. The population of Africa is similar to that of India and China, about 1.4 billion. Projections fo...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 310995
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
The most recent Taoiseach is of mixed race and is gay
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1757448
Re: Politics in General
I've noticed that the first minister of the home nations tick a lot of the diversity boxes and gender (in the case of Norther Ireland.
Isn't it time The Tea Shop was a first minister of colour
Isn't it time The Tea Shop was a first minister of colour
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Rose Hanbury.Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:50 am The Marchioness of Cholmondeley is better looking than Kate Middleton.
Is she the one that Prince William was knobbing.
Yes I shouldn't kick a man when he is down, (wife and dad with cancer an estranged from his brother)
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended. Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time. IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88) So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional Am I right in saying there wer...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:53 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
12 Angry Men. Forget Oppenheimer. This is a film. Very much recommended. Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time. IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88) So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional Am I right in saying there wer...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700301
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
That's what I meant, and if it cut the accelerator when activated it might encourage safer drivingIan Volante wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:34 pmWhy use AI when a simple distance sensor would do the job?
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700301
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Maybe in the future AI will stop cars going too closs
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 10273
Re: The Dead of 2024
Most here will need to Google but one of my favourite singers of the 70s, Steve Harley has passed away
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 310995
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Both countries combined constituting more than a third of the world population is insaneGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:12 pm It's possible I was aware of this at the time but forgot, but India apparently overtook China as the most populous country last year.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
One of the few subjects I can profess to be something of an xxpert on is the Oscars. There have only been a handful of films to win the big four. I do take your point that best picture winners tend to win multiple awards but that's understandable. The Last Time best film and Actor was from the same ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 431
- Views: 280243
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Oppenheimer. Mostly tedious and far too long. Also what a coincidence that when the hive mind decides a film is the best of the year, it also has e.g. the best actor in it as well. Not sure why people pay attention to the Oscars. It's just the incestuous film industry getting together to self-congr...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3625
Re: FOCAL Belts
Only if you bring an Ouija boardMatt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:30 pm Will probably have to wait a while before we can get all the Sex Offender's Register Belt contestants together, but there should be a decent entry.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700301
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 ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 700301
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Is it a rule everywhere? I've never noticed a sign at my local Tesco when filling up. I wouldn't know not to play on my phone at the same time. It could be a rule that has changed without the signage having come down. I still see the odd stay 2 metres apart sign from the days of covid in various pl...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
People walking their dogs should have poo bags on them anyway and are part of the wider dog walking community, so if they see some dog poo that didn't come from their own dog, they should pick it up anyway and not be all "Well it's nothing to do with me" about it. Especially on that bridg...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
I guess a discarded burger could be mistaken for a dog pooDavid Williams wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:22 am It would be nice if the wider McDonalds-eating community acted in similar fashion.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 311
- Views: 49824
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
People walking their dogs should have poo bags on them anyway and are part of the wider dog walking community, so if they see some dog poo that didn't come from their own dog, they should pick it up anyway and not be all "Well it's nothing to do with me" about it. Especially on that bridg...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3625
Re: FOCAL Belts
Lucky losers ie player with the closest set of losing games.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3625
Re: FOCAL Belts
One time Countdown appearance over 60 and bald.
Surely the best chance for me to win a belt
Surely the best chance for me to win a belt
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3625
Re: FOCAL Belts
Just a fun idea. If across FOCAL tournaments there were belts different categories like in boxing. Examples - Over 40s - Ladies - Hasn't been on the show - Tom (there's enough Toms to justify it) What categories would you have? The first two would be interesting, with Countdown dominated by men und...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9873
Re: The 1% Club
I can't remember how the question was worded.
Even though each answer decreases by 22
Lee said 10 was the answer because it was the numerals in descending order.
Even though each answer decreases by 22
Lee said 10 was the answer because it was the numerals in descending order.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9873
Re: The 1% Club
2 x a half is 1 so sequentially it would workElliott Mellor wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:17 pmWhy would a half be an acceptable answer?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
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9873
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
Spoilers below
Would a half been acceptable given the sequence before?
Also each sequence is 22 greater than the one below
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9873