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- Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 601530
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
The new Worzel Gummidge over Christmas was better than you might think it would be. I've also just watched the new Dracula. They made up their own story (very little comes from the book really) and I didn't think it was that great really. It was OK, but quite a commitment at 3 * 1.5-hour episodes. ...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:23 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2020 Vision
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12937
Re: 2020 Vision
4) The Countdown high score record to be beaten <snip> 7) Nadal to face Federer in a slam with both having 20 slams each to their name and will be called "The battle of 20-20" Agree about #4. And LOVE #7... it has to happen! :mrgreen: I'm loving the albeit , belated interest in this threa...
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 421581
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Say or write.
Haven't got a problem with someone posting it on say , FB , but not to say it to your face.
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:57 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2020 Vision
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12937
2020 Vision
Remember Old Moore's Almanac. It used to predict events for the coming year as farmer as I can remember So I will make 10 random predictions and see how they pan out. 1. Liverpool will win the league 🙂😀😀 Ok scrub that this is my ten. 1) Donald Trump will win the presidency for a second term. 2) Tott...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:02 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Quizmaster
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3239
Re: Quizmaster
From a few days ago: https://www.itv.com/hub/quizmaster/2a6225a0001 An exciting quiz featuring quite a few of the quizzing greats. Well worth a watch :) I enjoyed it although the format suited some people better than others. Without giving spoilers it seemed speed was more important than pure knowl...
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 7:00 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 287961
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
ASMR is a thing
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 430
- Views: 255734
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Considering I have Netflix , I haven't got round to that one yet.
It seems this year is a good year for comedy actors playing serious roles.
Uncut Gems starring Adam Sandler is superb
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 5:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 430
- Views: 255734
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Jojo Rabbit.
If you like satire and your humour dark then this film is for you.
Laugh out loud moments followed by scenes to make you sob.
I haven't seen a better film at the cinema this year and I've seen over a hundred ( good old Curzon movie pass )
If you like satire and your humour dark then this film is for you.
Laugh out loud moments followed by scenes to make you sob.
I haven't seen a better film at the cinema this year and I've seen over a hundred ( good old Curzon movie pass )
- Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1641
- Views: 1711688
Re: Politics in General
I think the final arbiter must be with the courts.
What prison will you go if you commit a crime.
If you identify as a woman but were born male ?.
What prison will you go if you commit a crime.
If you identify as a woman but were born male ?.
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1641
- Views: 1711688
Re: Politics in General
I'm trying to work out if this is a flouncy castle moment ?
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 7:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 662554
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I should edit mine as it's probably homophobic
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 662554
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I don't know this song .Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2019 11:30 am Why people are allowed to do remixes of "Fairy Of New York". They're never going to match the original and they all sound utterly diabolical.
Is it about Quentin Crisp ?
- Wed Dec 25, 2019 10:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 662554
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
It depends where the company is based.
Just wished my daughter a merry Christmas in Japan and it's like any other day out there
- Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1641
- Views: 1711688
Re: Politics in General
My understanding is that your terms and conditions of your contract which you sign should contain the relevant information. Then it's your choice to sign or not. I know Ts and C's are open to abuse by employers , just recently with Roger Ailes at Fox News treating women like meat because of the NDA ...
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 8:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 287961
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I used to confuse him with Red Adair.
Didn't Fred Astaire dance with the woman with gum disease..... gingivitis
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 287961
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Along with those things you make out of a sheet of A4 with numbers and colours and choices where you put your fingers in and wiggleGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 6:02 pm Those things you have at parties that you blow into and they unwind and make a noise don't have a standard method name.
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 5:59 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 16676
Re: Rachel Riley Post
I wonder if Maven will teach typing ?
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 4:44 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Re: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
Coming back to the original question, I believe that Sir Keir Starmer or Lisa Nandy would be the best choice to lead the Labour party. Given that both candidates are seen as too centrist for Momentum, it's likely to be Rebecca Long-Bailey. None of them will ever be PM, but Nandy stands the best cha...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:12 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Re: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
I don't think it's that at all. You mentioned the press. It's much more how it's presented than the actual policies. So let me get this right. The Labour party just suffered their worst defeat since 1935, and you think it's down to presentation? With hindsight if Corbyn had fallen on his sword earl...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Re: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
You have to appeal to the LCD.
Tony Blair knew that and cosied up to Murdoch to get the Sun readers onside.
I think only a Centrist will do nowadays
Put simply as long as the haves outnumber the have nots then the Tories will keep on winning
Tony Blair knew that and cosied up to Murdoch to get the Sun readers onside.
I think only a Centrist will do nowadays
Put simply as long as the haves outnumber the have nots then the Tories will keep on winning
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:11 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Re: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
Sounds like a no brainer except the majority didn't think so.
That is my point.
The caring , sharing make the most noise.
But the greedy and the selfish keep winning
That is my point.
The caring , sharing make the most noise.
But the greedy and the selfish keep winning
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Re: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
I have to go with Kier Starmer He is centrist. A sobering though is that the last truly left wing government was elected in 1974. I think Marxism and Communism is a dead duck in the UK. Anyone for New , New , Labour 😀 How are you defining Marxism and Communism? Which Labour policies in particular a...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would you like to lead the labour Party
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13446
Who would you like to lead the labour Party
I have to go with Kier Starmer
He is centrist.
A sobering though is that the last truly left wing government was elected in 1974.
I think Marxism and Communism is a dead duck in the UK.
Anyone for New , New , Labour
He is centrist.
A sobering though is that the last truly left wing government was elected in 1974.
I think Marxism and Communism is a dead duck in the UK.
Anyone for New , New , Labour
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 8:52 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 421581
Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who wear the wristbands from concerts and festivals months laterGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:32 pm People who have had their hand stamped at some event and are wandering round the next day without having properly washed it off.
- Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 662554
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Everything for sale has a buyer somewhereMark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 12:45 pm Why steal famous art? You can't display it or sell it to anyone who intends to display it, so where's the value?
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Is Jeremy Corbyn electable as Prime Minister ?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10260
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 5:04 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2019 General Election Predictions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2432
Re: 2019 General Election Predictions
We have a winner
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2019 General Election Predictions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2432
Re: 2019 General Election Predictions
What about the youthquake ?
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: 2019 General Election Predictions
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2432
2019 General Election Predictions
Ok just for fun.
What is your prediction for the general election today.
I think another hung parliament.
But Labour to have most seats.
As a caveat , I am on strong pain meds
What is your prediction for the general election today.
I think another hung parliament.
But Labour to have most seats.
As a caveat , I am on strong pain meds
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 662554
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
More importantly , what pastel colour will Jo Swinton be wearingGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:14 pm When Prince Philip dies on Thursday (he's pretty old so this will probably happen) will we still get the through-the-night election coverage, or will it all be about a gaffe-prone out-of-touch buffoon? Or maybe Prince Philip?
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Alex Rivers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8418
Re: Alex Rivers
Matthew Green was such a piss taker I assumed this was a jokeMatthew Green wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:44 pm I exposed him as a paedophile and he fucked off back to his bedsit.
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Alex Rivers
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8418
Re: Alex Rivers
Is this the same guy ?
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 640
- Views: 287961
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Having recently damaged my right knee o ordered a walking stick from Amazon.
I opened it and started using my right hand with the stick
Only to realise that you use the hand on your good leg instead.
Totally counter intuitive to my brain.
But it works.
Am I the only one to not get it
I opened it and started using my right hand with the stick
Only to realise that you use the hand on your good leg instead.
Totally counter intuitive to my brain.
But it works.
Am I the only one to not get it
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 11:47 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 421581
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Or saying can I finish or can I just say say something ?
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1641
- Views: 1711688
Re: Politics in General
If Amazon ,Starbucks etc paid all the tax that they morally should , then maybe we don't need to tax the wealthy so much...maybe 49%
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 5:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 228294
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Sad day
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:35 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 228294
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: 4567
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: 8994
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: 4567
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: 4567
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: 16676
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: 287961
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: 1214
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: 9658
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: 14626
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: 14626
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: 14626
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: 662554
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: 662554
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: 287961
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: 287961
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: 10260
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: 662554
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: 662554
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: 10260
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: 10260
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: 10260
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: 10260
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: 10260
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...