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by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:24 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)
Replies: 24
Views: 3914

Re: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm

Can you believe the ITN funeral comparison??!! (Sadly, yes)

Michael Jackson 3, Princess Diana 1.

We wuz robbed!
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Torchwood: Children of Earth
Replies: 12
Views: 2287

Re: Torchwood: Children of Earth

I really enjoyed it as well, though felt a tad let down by the final episode... particularly the effort spent chasing down the few children hiding out with Gwen et al. Gonna miss Ianto! However, I think criticism needs to be put in context of the (not as sophisticated as us, generally younger) targe...
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
Replies: 15
Views: 4023

Re: Getting On - Jo Brand

Don't apologise! They're two different types of show, so are naturally going to garner differing reviews. I'm just happy to be able to enjoy both.

BTW, had to laugh at the fact that Jo Brand's character's name is Kim Wilde! JB has written the ideal role for herself!
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:13 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: If you cut a toilet in half, do you get two lavatories?
Replies: 12
Views: 2051

Re: If you cut a toilet in half, do you get two la

http://a367.yahoofs.com/blog/49b655b4zd545ad5c/7/__sr_/8d5b.jpg?mgYmNXKBNxDPoIdV I ticked other, so'd better elucidate. No prizes for guessing, but I sometimes go to the "dunny". Which leads to that great Aussie curse: "I hope your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down!"...
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:48 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

However Indiscretely, Yoda Accessorises.

STAR
by kevin manthorpe
Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
Replies: 15
Views: 4023

Re: Getting On - Jo Brand

But was he a bit harsh on TTF?!! Someone thought so... ;)

What's your opinion?
by kevin manthorpe
Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:12 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Getting On - Jo Brand
Replies: 15
Views: 4023

Re: Getting On - Jo Brand

I really enjoyed the whole show... spot-on target humour (I've worked in the NHS), and very dry. Brilliant writing! On at the same time is Taking the Flak which, while more slapstick in style, has some great insight and clever humour. The scene with the two BBC reporters in the minefield is hilarious!
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: RIP Jacko.....
Replies: 51
Views: 4735

Re: RIP Jacko.....

Background:"Countdown"in Australia was like our Top of the Pops.

So for all you MJ afficionados, here's some background of his impact/influence.

Follow up if you dare for further instalments on Roo-Tube
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has the Internet killed porn?
Replies: 51
Views: 4193

Re: Has the Internet killed porn?

Whatever. I just can't believe that a thread with "porn" in the title is stilll only on the first page.

Maybe it's just a no brainer that if it weren't for porn, the internet would be dead. (see Phil's post above)
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:03 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

Beerboarding Excites Anal Neocons.

CRAP

(NB if you guys can't be arsed to play along (hello maxine?) maybe it's time this thread was closed)
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Wordplay on FIVE
Replies: 26
Views: 6285

Re: Wordplay on FIVE

Or alternatively, a cunt smasher? That would be wishful thinking from what I've heard! (insert yr own sarcastic font) My show aired on Tues Feb 3rd. Let us know when it's available to watch! Did you have to restrain your sense of humour? Or Jeff? Bet you weren't wearing the leathers... :( .... thou...
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:51 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm, BBC4)
Replies: 24
Views: 3914

Re: Charlie Brooker's Newswipe (Tuesdays @ 10.30pm

Cue Matthew Green...

or has he run out of screen wipes?
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: RIP Jacko.....
Replies: 51
Views: 4735

Re: RIP Jacko.....

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by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
Replies: 26
Views: 4041

Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th July

Sorry! Didn't even notice!

I am sure there's a line somewhere given Innis's hobby of trumpet playing and your avatar, but blow me if I can't think of it!
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Has the Internet killed porn?
Replies: 51
Views: 4193

Re: Has the Internet killed porn?

Sue Sanders wrote:Do we think it's also responsible for the demise of horrifying 1970's style monterous hairy growlers??
!!!
No, they've just resurfaced as "bears"!

Spoiler alert : may contain pics of naked men!
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:07 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Dumb Band Name Guessing Game
Replies: 36
Views: 4197

Re: Dumb Band Name Guessing Game

My contribution to the list...

TISM. (This Is Serious, Mum)
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:55 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Contestants You'd Like Too See Given Another Go
Replies: 124
Views: 23372

Re: Contestants You'd Like Too See Given Another G

Irrespective of what has been posted already, has anyone considered that there are only a finite number of contestant places per series? If there are more applicants than available positions, as evidenced by people being knocked out at the audition stage, then why should the producers agonise over w...
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th July
Replies: 26
Views: 4041

Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th July

Was this the first audience-conundrum-shot in modern times? Did anyone get the conundram at home? I was nowhere near, not that that says anything. I remember reading somewhere on here that throwing the unsolved conundrums back to the studio audience was a direct response to audience feedback reques...
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:57 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Jellyman's Thrown A Wobbly
Replies: 17
Views: 3399

Re: Jellyman's Thrown A Wobbly

Kudos, Kai!!
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:26 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Honest opinions
Replies: 21
Views: 3465

Re: Honest opinions

Sounds good! You might even like to try a "moonwalk around the handbag" competition!
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:00 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Which two letters come next in the sequence?
Replies: 81
Views: 9608

Re: Which two letters come next in the sequence?

Aaaargh! Still not got it, and bored trying.

Please, it's been a month now, could someone PM me the answer please?!
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1027335

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

Hi Sarah, that's not boring at all! In fact, you remind me of a woman with the same first name and hairstyle who I used to work for back in Oz. Can't be the same person, surely?!!
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th June 2009
Replies: 18
Views: 2617

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30th June 2009

Wow! I guess somebody took notice of my post yesterday....

Rachel is looking tres chic today. Back on form!
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29th June 2009
Replies: 28
Views: 3042

Re: Spoilers for Monday 29th June 2009

Hmmm Methinks that by her surprise Rachel may not have got that second numbers round. Well done Innis! And to balance all the blokey football talk (Aussie Rules rules!), what about Rachel's outfit today? I'm a big fan and she usually dresses really well, but today's IMHO looks like a teatowel wrappe...
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown 13th April
Replies: 8
Views: 2223

Re: Countdown 13th April

I'm not much of a roo-tuber myself, Doug, but did a few searches anyway. Couldn't find what you were after. But I did find this: Gotcha which I hadn't seen before on the net. (Neither was I in the country then, and not yet a countdown afficionado FWIW) You may have to make do with the recap of the g...
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th June (Innis Carson)
Replies: 46
Views: 4709

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th June (Innis Carson)

50*10 = 500
100-(9+4-1) = 88
and add!
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

Dolmades? Or Nobody Noshing?

BEAN
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:42 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What's the best car you've ever had?
Replies: 31
Views: 6424

Re: What's the best car you've ever had?

... I liked the Fuego the best of the above and managed to get it going allegedly at 115 (top speed given as 107 in the handbook) in the inside lane of an abnormally quiet M25. But it was a good car whatever the speed. The only drawback was that its super aerodynamic wedge shape meant that if you s...
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

You could put it on Roo-Tube!

Happily, Everyone Likes Phil.

SIGN
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

Rabid, Uncontrollable Dalek Exterminated. BTW thanks for the avatar compliment, Maxine! Yours is pretty cool, too. I wonder if some academic boffin has ever written a research paper about them?! I also would've thought that some of the other contibutors to this forum might've taken part a bit more.....
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:16 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

Existentialists: Never Underestimate Immortality

RUDE
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: A strange Countdown image
Replies: 15
Views: 2709

Re: A strange Countdown image

Yes, and I had the same idea too!

American humour (what little I see of it, anyway) seems to be getting drier.
by kevin manthorpe
Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:49 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Alternative Pastime
Replies: 68
Views: 10136

Re: Alternative Pastime

Eoin Monaghan wrote:How U Make Pizza?

WINK
How Undergraduates Make Pizza:

With Instinctive, Natural Knowledge.

BLOG
by kevin manthorpe
Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: A question for old people
Replies: 18
Views: 2230

Re: A question for old people

Matt Morrison wrote:Is it also only old people that put two spaces after a full stop before the next sentence? That really hurts me.
"...old people that..."? Try who. That really hurts me.

Old, though, is a very subjective term.
by kevin manthorpe
Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78701

Re: Coincidence

I can't remember the names of any of the bars though. FYI and to in rememberance to my misspent youth, you most likely went to The Albury, The Exchange, Midnight Shift and possibly even Patches! And to bring this thread back on topic, I once chatted on Omegle to the only female bartender at the Shi...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Limerick Competition
Replies: 36
Views: 4525

Re: Limerick Competition

I've selected an inverted T With the target one hundred and three Six plus five is eleven And times by the seven... Oh no, sorry, I've gone wrong. That gets my vote. Me too! I really did LOL - quite embarassing when my housemate was at his PC on the table next to me; a bit like LOL on the train wit...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:19 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Welcome! - Post here first
Replies: 1961
Views: 1027335

Re: Welcome! - Post here first

I had a quiet afternoon so decided to Google (is that in the dictionary yet, I wonder?) Countdown I can't give you any references, but I am sure that I've heard it said that "google" is in the dictionary as a new verb, note with a lower case "g". It might even have been the grea...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:14 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Good news, everyone!
Replies: 11
Views: 1533

Re: Good news, everyone!

I hadn't seen South Park for ages, then got a good chuckle from this episode that I found on Google Videos: South Park - World of Warcraft
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78701

Re: Coincidence

I went into a pub in Sydney once :o :shock: ;) So did I. The Lord Nelson, if I remember correctly, in The Rocks. What a coincidence. You only went to one pub in Sydney? Did anyone tell you about Oxford Street? And what's even more of a coincidence is that I was told a supposedly true story there, a...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri May 29, 2009 6:08 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Jo Brand interview
Replies: 1
Views: 720

Jo Brand interview

I know Jo Brand is quite popular with the C4C community, so if you didn't see the interview in "The Independent", here it is: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/jo-brand-this-charming-woman-1692330.html Semi-spoiler : I've only skimmed it but I don't think Coun...
by kevin manthorpe
Sun May 24, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Arrive at/in/into (pedantry)
Replies: 34
Views: 2728

Re: Arrive at/in/into (pedantry)

Gavin Chipper wrote:... I must of forgotten.
There's my bugbear!
by kevin manthorpe
Mon May 18, 2009 11:40 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Important issue of the day
Replies: 36
Views: 2466

Re: Important issue of the day

http://www.theconlincompany.com/realityshows/thumb_whenanimalsattack.jpg Don't forget the "after" shot, Charlie!! *BURP* And if you think they're so fucking cute, Matt, watch out!! http://blog.earnmydegree.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/attack_animals_kitten.jpg But is revenge a dish best...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri May 15, 2009 3:18 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The new important issue of the day
Replies: 21
Views: 2681

Re: The new important issue of the day

Image

Has a raccoon ever come close to winning "The Apprentice"?
by kevin manthorpe
Wed May 13, 2009 1:15 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The new important issue of the day
Replies: 21
Views: 2681

Re: The new important issue of the day

Image

Can you get as many mpg out of a raccoon??
by kevin manthorpe
Tue May 12, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision 2009
Replies: 81
Views: 7205

Re: Eurovision 2009

Great opening line:

"Don't vote now, or the fairy gets it!"
by kevin manthorpe
Fri May 08, 2009 12:33 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: New numbers interface: Your comments please
Replies: 111
Views: 13700

Re: New numbers interface: Your comments please

Tidy! Just a couple of minor requests to perhaps make it a tad more visually user-friendly... -Can the declaration target be more prominent or centred? -Is it possible to (quickly) undo an operation after a slip of the mouse? -And could the <Give Up> button be a bit further away or off centre from t...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri May 08, 2009 12:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: On the blog
Replies: 0
Views: 596

On the blog

Now I'm no techno-geek, but has anyone else heard BBC's "On the Blog" radio programme? It's hilarious! Check it out on the i-player and post your thoughts...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri May 08, 2009 12:11 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Into dance music?
Replies: 6
Views: 1252

Into dance music?

C4C has the next big thing, coming to a club near you, here!!! Osaro, "We Be"

Sound quality is not ideal, so check out this too: select Osaro

Took me a couple of listens to get it, but remember where you heard it first!
by kevin manthorpe
Tue Apr 14, 2009 2:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April
Replies: 45
Views: 5969

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 14th April

just checked this.... MONIKERS r6
by kevin manthorpe
Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:30 am
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: new feature - challenge
Replies: 1
Views: 678

new feature - challenge

Thanks to Charlie for the new attribute of apterous to check words longer than those declared, as if they were risky "declaration + 1" 's. SURPRISE!! It was a bit of a puzzler, but figuring it out and then having Susie in DC say ' "butyouvegotthebiggestwangiveeverseen" isn't in t...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:58 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Red Dwarf returns
Replies: 25
Views: 3820

Re: Red Dwarf returns

Will The Cat win 'best dressed' at the "Rovers Return"? Undoubtedly. Just as Craig Charles will win 'Best Regional Accent'
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't exist
Replies: 74
Views: 9162

Re: Health and safety on the railways? It didn't e

Times gone by... but more they stay the same. It seems for some reason you get paid more for sitting on your arse than performing a useful function for society.

Write that book, George!
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:41 pm
Forum: Other game shows
Topic: The Weakest Link
Replies: 204
Views: 28991

Re: The Weakest Link

I look forward (more than usual) to watching. I've applied recently myself, though am reticent about letting you lot in on too much detail, haha. Mind you, were I to do any good, here is where I'd come first! For those even remotely interested, I found Phil's journal fully informative (as recommende...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:25 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Twisted Bond Villains
Replies: 7
Views: 1787

Re: Twisted Bond Villains

Careful you guys don't make Phil jealous now!
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:22 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433672

Re: Feature requests

You're absolutely right, it's just so boring to do stuff like that that I've totally avoided it so far. Fair enough, but how many new financial members might you be losing because they run out of patience trying to figure things out? Or if they can't, just give up totally? I'm prepared to help (in ...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:59 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Feature requests
Replies: 1956
Views: 433672

Re: Feature requests

On the main apterous menu index page, how about an option with INSTRUCTIONS? I am grateful for help I received familiarising myself with shortcuts and inputting tips (thanks esp to lesley) and spent much time trawling the forums for others, eg FAQ, that seem fairly basic now. And yes, there are prac...
by kevin manthorpe
Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:02 pm
Forum: apterous.org
Topic: Crawling reports
Replies: 16
Views: 2589

Re: Crawling reports

Heaps better, even with a busy room.

It's prob unlikely, but could lots of chat in general room (not game specific) slow it down perhaps?
by kevin manthorpe
Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:29 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Crossword clue help
Replies: 6
Views: 1282

Re: Crossword clue help

18 ac: MELD
by kevin manthorpe
Mon Apr 06, 2009 3:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009
Replies: 25
Views: 3989

Re: Spoilers for Monday 6th April 2009

Last letters round... If someone can be booky, ie bookish, then is BOOKIEST ok?

"Booky" is in Webster's, but I don't know if it's in the Countdown ref dictionary? Shamefully I can't remember which one this is, but I'm sure someone will oblige....
by kevin manthorpe
Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:59 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: The Apprentice - Series 5
Replies: 49
Views: 9037

Re: The Apprentice - Series 5

I hope you mean brilliant as in brilliantly retarded...the guy was pathetically awful. Because of that he was funny, I thought, as well as being cute. (Just not kosher!) I think The Apprentice , like BB and their ilk, has slipped in quality as it aims for more outrageous cringeworthy, "car cra...