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- Wed Sep 05, 2018 5:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
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Re: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
I watched Alpha recently about prehistoric man and his bond with dogs.It was in a made up language with subtitles
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:42 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Lunch at Breakfast time
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Re: Lunch at Breakfast time
Problem I have is I can't wake up get washed and dressed and then eat a breakfast.
I have always needed a couple of hours between waking up and eating.
Although weirdly enough I have no problem with eating a meal just prior to sleeping
I have always needed a couple of hours between waking up and eating.
Although weirdly enough I have no problem with eating a meal just prior to sleeping
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Lunch at Breakfast time
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Lunch at Breakfast time
I have to leave for work around 4 and I don't get a break at work until around ten.
I quite often eat a curry or soup as my brain thinks it's lunchtime .
Other people I work with can't get their heads around that and think it weird that I don't eat a breakfast.
Is it really that odd?
I quite often eat a curry or soup as my brain thinks it's lunchtime .
Other people I work with can't get their heads around that and think it weird that I don't eat a breakfast.
Is it really that odd?
- Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:29 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
I watched The Thing the other day. Thought it was quite good. A bit silly really, but entertaining enough. One of my favourite Sci-fi films. It's almost like a whodunnit with special effects. That film is 25 years old and the special effects still look superb. The Thing was released in 1982, so 36 ...
- Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:37 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
One of my favourite Sci-fi films.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:59 pm I watched The Thing the other day. Thought it was quite good. A bit silly really, but entertaining enough.
It's almost like a whodunnit with special effects.
That film is 25 years old and the special effects still look superb.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:14 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
Not seen the remake.Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:44 am I watched The original Omen and the remake on Friday. Marginally prefer the original, I think it did the atmospherics better.
The music in the original Omen was epic
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:02 am
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
Just watched Hereditary very good horror movie that looked at bit rushed at the end.
Also saw Ghost Stories a very good British horror film that's quite clever, made by Derren Brown's mate
Also saw Ghost Stories a very good British horror film that's quite clever, made by Derren Brown's mate
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
- Replies: 134
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Re: Deathwatch 2018
Neil Simon
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4677
Re: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
yeah, a lot. Don't mind subtitles (much prefer them over a bad dub), to the point where I often subtitle stuff in languages I can understand in case I miss a word or something to save me scrolling back a few seconds or whatever every time How many languages can you understand?! I often watch stuff ...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
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Re: The Irish Question
I'm guessing as I am not he, that he assumed the guilty parties name would not be known AFTER the verdict
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
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Re: The Irish Question
Name the defendants as there was little justification in keeping the defendants names secret .
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:20 am
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- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
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Re: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
Did like Run Lola Run.. (visual films are better if you have to read subtitles.
Apocalyptico is good until the last scene when the Spanish turn up
The usual Mel Gibson directed anachronisms... see Braveheart for better examples
Apocalyptico is good until the last scene when the Spanish turn up
The usual Mel Gibson directed anachronisms... see Braveheart for better examples
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:46 am
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- Topic: Do you watch foreign language movies ?
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Do you watch foreign language movies ?
I've just watched two brilliant films recently. Oldboy a Korean twisted revenge thriller and Incendies, an amazing film , in French, set in the Middle East, which does more to show the horrors of religious conflict than anything I've seen in years. I usually avoid foreign language films as I was too...
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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- Views: 286707
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Just Watched the original version of Oldboy.
Fantasticly twisted film.
I will watch the other films in the Vengeance trilogy ( this is the second one ) as they are anthology rather than episodic
Fantasticly twisted film.
I will watch the other films in the Vengeance trilogy ( this is the second one ) as they are anthology rather than episodic
- Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
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Re: The Irish Question
Fascinating read. However misguided, I can understand why he did it but not agree with the way went about it. Reporting restrictions and anonymity of defedent's is always a difficult issue. I think , however unless children are among the defendants or Terrorism is involved, I find it difficult to ac...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
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Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
Also whilst we are talking toilet habits.
Am I the only one who can take a shit and then after I have wiped and washed my hands, can then immediately take a piss.
Maybe it's an age thing
Am I the only one who can take a shit and then after I have wiped and washed my hands, can then immediately take a piss.
Maybe it's an age thing
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
- Replies: 18
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Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
It has been brought to my attention that I rarely go to the toilet. It began when I went to Los Angeles on a work trip and went the entire way from baggage drop-off to baggage reclaim without going for a wee. (Hopefully one day I get sent to Australia and do the same. The idea of going from London ...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16561
Re: The Irish Question
Yes! This!! This is why C o C law exists!!! Championship of Champions? The alignment of Paisley and Adams with Farage made me laugh. Paisley of old (I assume you’re talking about Sr.) obviously used to just spew a lot of hate filled bile, but in his later years, he definitely did a lot to remedy so...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 11:22 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
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Re: The Irish Question
No Not taking the piss. But from my understanding he read out a statement , which was filmed , about the case from the BBC website AFTER the Trial had ended and the Jury was considering its verdict. But if this statement is not fact then I will drop the matter. I still feel that there is a general a...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How often do you go to the toilet?
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Re: How often do you go to the toilet?
I average 2.5 just for a no 2.
I usually go for a wee every 3 hours, but I drink a fair bit of coffee
I usually go for a wee every 3 hours, but I drink a fair bit of coffee
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16561
Re: The Irish Question
Why should a contempt of court arrest, (which the defendant pleaded guilty to) make the news? Just because the defendant is somewhat famous and backed by a crowd of morons? There's probably loads of contempt of court cases that will never make the news. It was only the protests that made it newswor...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:27 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
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Re: The Irish Question
I can recommend Cavan as a nice place to visit in Ulster ( one of the three in the Republic ). On a not disimilar theme with regards news reporting, I couldn't believe the virtual news black out of all the protests etc about the Incarceration of slightly right of centre, Tommy Robinson shocked me a...
- Sun Aug 19, 2018 1:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
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- Views: 111886
Re: Deathwatch 2018
That might Ghana some interest
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
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Re: Deathwatch 2018
Show a little RESPECTGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Aug 16, 2018 4:20 pm Aretha Franklin. I wonder if she died of a urinary tract infection.
- Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16561
Re: The Irish Question
On a not disimilar theme with regards news reporting, I couldn't believe the virtual news black out of all the protests etc about the Incarceration of slightly right of centre, Tommy Robinson shocked me as I remember when the Soviet Union and China suppressed news coverage I thought the people of t...
- Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:45 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Irish Question
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16561
Re: The Irish Question
I can recommend Cavan as a nice place to visit in Ulster ( one of the three in the Republic ). On a not disimilar theme with regards news reporting, I couldn't believe the virtual news black out of all the protests etc about the Incarceration of slightly right of centre, Tommy Robinson shocked me as...
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:27 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Looking to sell my laptop prize
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9446
Re: Looking to sell my laptop prize
I reckon you'd have no trouble finding a good home when you go to the CofCs....looking at your first round opponent maybe offer it as a bribe
- Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What Degrees do you have
- Replies: 28
- Views: 25818
Re: What Degrees do you have
I guess back in the day ( using this sentence officially means I'm old ) Reading books was the only way to get information , and entertain yourself on long journeys. I stopped reading books with the advent of the portable DVD player and the Audio book (on my Walkman ). Now I only read a book if some...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 6:17 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like Tournament Scrabble
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Re: Why don't you like Tournament Scrabble
I was at that Tourney too, I was going to introduce myself but never found the opportunity . I think the die hard Scrabbler don't embrace change easily. Look at the furore over the introduction of tablet Scrabble. I'm going to a tablet tournament in London in September, though it's a early-ish start...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Erosion of Manners
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Re: The Erosion of Manners
It's not even about youngsters tbh its people generally.
I was trying to establish if queuing and letting people off first was an English thing.
Even the custom of keeping left in corridors etc doesn't happen anymore and I must stress this only in London
I was trying to establish if queuing and letting people off first was an English thing.
Even the custom of keeping left in corridors etc doesn't happen anymore and I must stress this only in London
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like Tournament Scrabble
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Why don't you like Tournament Scrabble
I thought I would try and find out why forumites , mostly, don't play competitive Scrabble. I have been playing Tournament Scrabble for around twenty years. Recently I have noticed that really have not been attracting new, younger players. Is it because playing on Facebook meets your needs. Or simpl...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
Is that due to the diet.Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:15 am Most recreational basketball is outdoors for facilities reasons, in all countries. The wind makes such an impact on shooting that the pro game is played inside, though.
Sorry couldn't resist
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:21 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Erosion of Manners
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The Erosion of Manners
Is it just me (I'm in my mid fifties ) or has basic manners like please and thank you, saying sorry when you bump into someone, letting passengers get off the train first. Even queuing is a dying art. Especially in London. Now London, especially East London is about as diverse and cosmopolitan as yo...
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 11:13 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
Probably the lack of a jumpers for goal posts element , as mentioned earlier is a big thing.
I personally would be more inclined to go watch if it was an outdoor game I've been walking my dog in the park and watched a few games
I personally would be more inclined to go watch if it was an outdoor game I've been walking my dog in the park and watched a few games
- Mon Aug 06, 2018 10:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I would like to know the percentage of 6 foot 7 plus people living in the UK.
I suspect that answer will explain the lack of participation.
But never give up as it has taken decades for America to accept soccer as a viable sport and I suspect come 2026 they may come close to winning the darn thing.
I suspect that answer will explain the lack of participation.
But never give up as it has taken decades for America to accept soccer as a viable sport and I suspect come 2026 they may come close to winning the darn thing.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:33 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
What about smaller hoops.
They made the pockets smaller in snooker.
They made the pockets smaller in snooker.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
Is it big in Japan ?
That was a serious question btw and not a pop song reference.
That was a serious question btw and not a pop song reference.
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I think there are some sports that are quintessentially American like Baseball that , if it was ever gonna take off globally would have by now We dabble in American football and Basketball and to a lesser extent Ice Hockey but I think they are only going to be massive in North America. It's part of ...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:08 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
- Culture-wise, basketball shits on football, and indeed all sports. The NBA is extremely good at this. How do you mean 'culture-wise', and what in that respect does basketball do better? The NBA is cool. It has dominant market share in fashion, music and culture. To massively oversimplify this and...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:51 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
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Re: Why don't you like basketball?
At the risk of making the OP feel a bit shat on Just to add to this - who else here does a job whereby people, after asking what you do, you have to (a) explain it for ages, and then (b) have people say it's cool, but then at the same time (c) have the same people tell you they don't like it? Happe...
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2018
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- Views: 111886
- Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
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- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I do believe Space Jam 2 is coming out soon so that may be a way of getting kids interested
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:32 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I reckon if there was a scaled down version for short arses then it might be a more popular sport for the masses
- Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent's Two Words
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14097
Re: Susie Dent's Two Words
Highest score 799.
Now beating Susie Bot 1 in 3 games
Now beating Susie Bot 1 in 3 games
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Looking to sell my laptop prize
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9446
Re: Looking to sell my laptop prize
You should go back to Countdown and swap it for the Dictionaries.
BTW , how much for your Countdown teapot, asking for a friend
BTW , how much for your Countdown teapot, asking for a friend
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent's Two Words
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14097
Re: Susie Dent's Two Words
I'm guessing to keep the Hasbro Lawyers at bay
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
Also football is an outdoor sport (apart from 5 a side )
That makes a big difference in atmosphere etc.
You should be trying to attract fellow indoor sports enthusiasts like Table Tennis, Tennis, Badminton and Boxing fans
That makes a big difference in atmosphere etc.
You should be trying to attract fellow indoor sports enthusiasts like Table Tennis, Tennis, Badminton and Boxing fans
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
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- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
This explains it very well
https://www.quora.com/How-is-or-isnt-ba ... tact-sport
https://www.quora.com/How-is-or-isnt-ba ... tact-sport
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 2:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
Basketball is absolutely a contact sport and the idea that it isn't is a big misconception that needs addressing. It is a non-collision sport, yes, but that's very different. Well that's a distinction that needs clearing up I assumed that you couldn't touch your opponent , only the ball. I'm curiou...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Why don't you like basketball?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 43310
Re: Why don't you like basketball?
I have watched football for the best part of fifty years. It has changed a lot over the past twenty years making it almost a non contact sport. Which is why I'm not so keen on basketball as it is non contact. I liked the Harlem Globetrotters though and will watch any needle matches at the Olympics. ...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 9:18 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent's Two Words
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14097
Susie Dent's Two Words
Just downloaded her Two Words App and it's very addictive
Can thoroughly recommend it.
Free with adds or
£2.99 without
Can thoroughly recommend it.
Free with adds or
£2.99 without
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:20 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11520
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
Well now you're just forcing the banter. OTHER THREAD IDEAS - - If given a licence to kill one person with no repercussions, who would it be - What are your own personal kinks - How much meat would you eat if you had to do all the killing yourself - What is the worst thing you've ever said out loud...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11520
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
Another good question is what proportion of your facebook friends have you never met
Mine is less than 10%
Mine is less than 10%
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11520
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
Just found out my stepdaughter has 12 friends who have died, thinking of unfriending her just to be sure
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11520
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
That's what was done for my brother in law.Peter Mabey wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:49 pm When one of my friends died his family kept his site up so that his friends could post in remembrance
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 11520
Re: How many of your Facebook friends are dead?
Only if it was after they diedPaul Worsley wrote: ↑Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:38 pm One of my Facebook friends died last year, but I unfriended him. Is that bad form?
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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- Views: 1773760
Re: Politics in General
Society seems to think you can't be pro Palestinian without being accused of being an anti-semite.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:28 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 435
- Views: 286707
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Watched Ready Player one on DVD Problem was I got a little bogged down with finding the Easter Eggs I spent more times pausing the action that I forgot to enjoy the film. But the best film I've seen recently is Tully. Brilliant film about the struggles of motherhood, Charlize Theron's best film sinc...
Re: Music
Probably Pink Floyd but as soon as I got into Radiohead I stopped listening.
Another artiste I don't like as a recording artist is Bob Dylan but I do like his lyrics.
Everyone that's ever covered his songs improve them
Another artiste I don't like as a recording artist is Bob Dylan but I do like his lyrics.
Everyone that's ever covered his songs improve them
- Fri Jul 20, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Change one word in a film title to make a different film
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7389
Re: Change one word in a film title to make a different film
Saving Ryan's Privates (transposition, rather than insertion ).