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James Roper
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by James Roper » Sun May 05, 2013 6:45 am
So, what did you learn today?
I'll start: Hitting an object until it works is known as 'Percussive Maintenance'
Zarte Siempre
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by Zarte Siempre » Mon May 06, 2013 11:58 pm
Ooh - I do like this idea... let me think.
I learnt that my Dad does a worryingly good camp voice.
Possibly the first contestant to accelerate with a mic clipped...
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by Ian Volante » Tue May 07, 2013 12:16 pm
James Roper wrote: So, what did you learn today?
I'll start: Hitting an object until it works is known as 'Percussive Maintenance'
I prefer 'impact engineering'.
meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
Mark Deeks
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by Mark Deeks » Tue May 07, 2013 12:35 pm
Eoin Monaghan wrote:
He may not be liked on here, but you have to give some credit to Mark
James S Roper
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by James S Roper » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:42 pm
I learnt my account was approved. Yay
Also, I learnt that playing countdown by the urban dictionary's a lot harder than it looks.
(Hosted the first ever game of countdown by that 'lexicon')
Dan McColm
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by Dan McColm » Thu Aug 22, 2013 2:53 pm
Yeah, I was also witness to that Hyper Urban Dictionary game between Innis and Andy. Innis took an early lead with WANKBAGS for 8, Andy tried to pull it back by trying ARSEMANGLING for 12, but sadly it was disallowed. OCTOPENIS appeared as a beater at one point as well
James S Roper
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by James S Roper » Thu Aug 22, 2013 3:05 pm
Dan McColm wrote: Yeah, I was also witness to that Hyper Urban Dictionary game between Innis and Andy. Innis took an early lead with WANKBAGS for 8, Andy tried to pull it back by trying ARSEMANGLING for 12, but sadly it was disallowed. OCTOPENIS appeared as a beater at one point as well
T'was actually MANBAGS, WANKBAGS was a later but nonetheless good spot.
James S Roper
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by James S Roper » Fri Feb 21, 2014 6:49 pm
I learnt that the J in Michael J. Fox stands for Andrew...... yup.