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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 6:19 am
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Fri Mar 13, 2020 9:49 pm Not even CO-VID?
I went to CO-VID 19.

Or CO-494 as it should be known

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No ?
Just trying to lighten the mood

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Inside No 9 season 5 episode 6.
Another well written episode.
No spoilers but definitely deserves a second watch

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For those of you who like your animals dead and on your plate - I always hear that when it comes to cooking meat, you have to do it properly, make sure it's cooked through etc., so you don't get things like salmonella or E. Coli. But then why does that all go out the window when it comes to steaks?...

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Finally got around to watching Chernobyl. I thought it was really good. Reading about it after though, the historical inaccuracies were a bit annoying. I thought it was a bit unfair on the "villain", the head guy in the reactor. I felt his assholeness was played too over the top. And I'm ...

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Finally got around to watching Chernobyl. I thought it was really good. Reading about it after though, the historical inaccuracies were a bit annoying. I thought it was a bit unfair on the "villain", the head guy in the reactor. I felt his assholeness was played too over the top. And I'm ...

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Hope all International women have a great day

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Maus ,
I'm a bit behind with these affectionate terms , Tin

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I think it borrowed heavily from the film Identity but the acting was superb again and the reveal seemed rushed because 29 minutes had elapsed.
I wish Netflix comes calling so they can expand their stories more

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:57 am
Martin Peters wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:21 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:19 pm Yesterday's Inside No. 9 reminds me a little bit of Martin Peters and his family.
In what way Gevin Chapwell?
Have you seen it? It won't need explaining.

The best Episode yet , this series

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It's t wehe age-old question. It's awkward either way. It depends on how many stops I have left. If it's a long journey I will move as I hate being on the end as invariably someone will jog into me and as I have a delicate knee then it's a worry , but I have the three stops rule, if I've three stop...

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Martin Peters wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:35 pm
Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:34 pm If you're a HoG fan, check out Andy Platt's fb group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/305752400278560/
I saw that ages ago.

Yeah I'm a bit slow on the uptake.
See also my lack of knowledge about Innis Carson

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 7:34 pm If you're a HoG fan, check out Andy Platt's fb group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/305752400278560/

Thanks Fiona , I have asked to join

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I know some of you must watch Richard Osman's house of games.
Surely the second best quiz show on TV at the moment
Just for fun , come up with the longest or most novel answer smash using your name (front or back )
Here is mine
Marc Meakindian rubber plant

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Was there any need to out Innis ?

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I like a huge debate

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The recent Oscars highlighted the manipulation of a situation to suggest The Academy is sexist and racist ( which it probably is ) which was wrong. The Best film and director nominations where on merit. Katherine Bigalow , Spike Lee , Denzel Washington and Barry Jenkins didn't make a film last year ...

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Going off at a tangent. This business with Philip Schofield coming out as gay in his late fifties. Am I the only one to find all these comments of 'brave ' and the like a bit distasteful. I mean another partner has not been mentioned yet ( Andi Peters is s very private person 😀) but he effectively h...

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I’m not sexist or homophobic I just believe that LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 people get mentioned more and they have LGBT month, why don’t we have Heterosexual month??? The need for any event like this is effectively showing two fingers to those who would wish to oppress people of whatever the group is in question. ...

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Mar 02, 2020 12:55 pm I'm too busy to learn three-letter words.

Maybe there could be a variant where only 4 letter word and above , plays are permitted.
The board could resemble a rather long snake at the end

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You'll be asking for White history month and international men's day next

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There are always going to be differences between men and women and ethnic minorities. Women generally would prefer going to knitting or sewing circles although men are capable of both activities. I have been a rambler for many years and the amount of ramblers that are people of colour is almost nil...

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There are always going to be differences between men and women and ethnic minorities. Women generally would prefer going to knitting or sewing circles although men are capable of both activities. I have been a rambler for many years and the amount of ramblers that are people of colour is almost nil....

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Going back to the trans debate, there's a BBC news article here about it and whether children can give informed consent to block puberty etc. Obviously we can go round in circles talking about what it means to be a man or a woman, but it's interesting that the prevailing "liberal" view se...

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Going back to the trans debate, there's a BBC news article here about it and whether children can give informed consent to block puberty etc. Obviously we can go round in circles talking about what it means to be a man or a woman, but it's interesting that the prevailing "liberal" view se...

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My first Scrabble game was in 1986. Then it was a high scoring game. The Americans had been playing to win for ages. So to join in the world Scrabble scene the UK had to follow suit. It suddenly became an us and them situation. Top serious players alienating the weaker play for fun players. The Scr...

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So good I watched it twice.
Inside No 9 season 5 episode 4 , misdirection.
Best of the series so far for me.
The writing and directing were superb.
Pemberton and Shearsmith are the best writers working for the BBC

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I did enjoy the episode quite a lot. I wouldn't put it up there with the best 30 minutes of TV this century that is The 12 Days of Christine. ( Would love them to do a play or a film version of it btw ) But I would say that I loved the advent calendar vignettes but I think maybe the no 9 should have...

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Procrastination , it's taken me long enough to post this :D Now's the time to post those things that you haven't got round to . Maybe posting here will give you the impetus to do that shredding. Clearing the loft/shed . Akphabetising your dvd/cd collection. Mine seems to be to watch all those films ...

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Curious if he was the only guy being Mr Blobby He was one of several. One for each limb, and someone doing the torso and head? That reminds me of how many versions of The Drifters there are. I remember one year in the eighties they were appearing simultaneously at Butlins in Minehead and Majorca. A...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 12:30 am Actually I can top my daughter's achievement!

Applied for WWTBAM (don't we all?)

My audition included a guy who used to be Mr Blobby

Needless to say he made it to the next stage - I didn't

Curious if he was the only guy being Mr Blobby

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Itching to watch this so I can comment.
Last week's one with the Sowerbutts from Psychoville was inspired.

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I would happily sign one
With my reputation it would prolly be compulsory

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That was probably the most unlikely of all your predictions

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 5:36 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:03 am
Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:55 pm the outsider
Good ?
absolutely. tense, creepy, slightly scary, exciting. not sure what's going to happen. highly recommended so far.

I'm currently binging Sense8 but it will be next on my list

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Late to the Party I know , but started watching Sense8 by the Watchowski's
So far so good , a bit too much gratuitous sex for my liking but interesting and the first decent trans character I've seen.
This ticks all the diversity boxes and spans four continents

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:55 pm the outsider

Good ?

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Just started watching Avenue 5.
A welcome return to comedy for Hugh Laurie.
Started watching Veep as it's made by the same man .
And Season 10 of Curb.
Steer clear if you are a snowflake , woke or easily offended ( is that tautology ? )

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I'm a bit premature , we are still European

until 11pm

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Well , like it or not , today is indedepence day.
What is likely to happen ?
Should we rejoice ?
Should we campaign for s referendum to let us back in ?
I am just going to wait and see.
I think on the whole this will eventually be a good thing.
Hopefully in my lifetime

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It's interesting to see how many of his journalistic colleagues have backed him up . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51307706 People of colour outside of his journalistic community have backed him up. A lot of my friends and members of my family who have been subjected to racists behav...

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How could we possibly function in this extreme society, where teachers aren't allowed to beat the shit out of a child, or comfort them? How are fictional men supposed to live with the sceptre of sexual assault accusations looming large over their heads every time they want to sexually assault someo...

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I thought as an old person , I wanted to start a thread about how crazy the world is today with regards offending people or being offended , especially on social media. Alastair Stewart has had to resign fro ITN for quoting Shakespeare which he often does ( Google it ,I'm not spoonfeeding you ) to i...

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Still can't believe Kareem Abdul-Jabar is still the highest NBA points scorer.
Although I really only know him from films (Game of Death and Airplane )

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I find Basketball boring , most of it is about the last three minutes.
But having watched Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems , I have a new respect for the sport

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I once served Dave Gorman in John Lewis at Stratford and even though his order took ages due to a computer malfunction he was quite cheery.
Seemed like a genuinely nice person

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Yeah I saw that already.
Hope I can get lucky with the others though

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James Robinson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:20 am
Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 9:47 am At Uni, a flatmate's girlfriend was the niece of Darth Vader.
Body or voice?

Or face

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I was once waiting at a cashpoint in Fenchurch Street behind Sir Geoff Hurst .
He played association football for West Ham and England in the sixties and seventies won a medal at a global event as I recall

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I once directed a little old lady to the nearest post box as she couldn't see very well due to forgetting her glasses.
Turned out to be Imelda Staunton in make up .
I think she was rehearsing in a theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:24 pm Some time around 1984, I was walking round London with my mum, and she told me we passed Richard Stilgoe going the other way. I didn't see him.

Are you sure it wasn't Jeremy Corbin

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I once bought Roger Whittaker's sofa

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On Pointless Richard Osman says things like "teams in the 2018-19 Champions League" and I have no idea what that means. I know the names of some football teams, so I could have a wild guess, but I have no idea whether I'm meant to be guessing local or national teams or whether they have t...

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On a similar sporting theme .
When medals are calculated for each country why isn't the physical amount of medals added up.
For example in rowing , whoever wins the coxless eights would be awarded 8 physical medals but only one is added to the nation's talky

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I remember when Bobby Moore got a hundred caps I remember a photo with him and the caps in the background.

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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. ...

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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...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:38 pm People who say "Happy belated birthday".

Say or write.
Haven't got a problem with someone posting it on say , FB , but not to say it to your face.

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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...

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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...

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