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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:53 pm Radiohead aren't very good.

To give me some context could you tell me your favourite band.
Btw Radiohead have 3 albums in my top 50 (The Bends, OK Computer and In Rainbows)

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It may be a autistic thing but I seldom do the first 'hello, good morning etc.
I will always reciprocate but there are times when I'm working I seldom speak unless spoken too.
Im not great with small talk

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I may have post this before elsewhere but if I am ever in a buffet/carvery situation whereby you collect your main course and a pudding, at the same time, I prefer to eat my pudding first. Also I have a hot drink and a cold drink at the same time and often drink some of both alternately, especially ...

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Another one is wearing a hair shirt.

I also had to look up what a charley horse is

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Maybe their is a threshold for the saying
Im guessing those under forty may not have heard it used.

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I do refer to my pets as him and her and my family but if I don't know someone's preferred pronouns I would go out of my way to only use their first name.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:14 pm
Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:14 pm Joss Ackland 95.... I know who he is, but I can't remember what I've seen him in. Was he in one of the Lethal Weapon films?
This is what I always think of.

Genuinely loled at that.
Btw did Rolf Harris die of Czech Neck?

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:28 pm
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:26 pm There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.

I use it a a term of endearment for my dog

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Punctuation and grammar is over rated., I don't care about spelling neither if it makes sense. Apart from pedants, who cares about apostrophes. Love the art and not the artist. Polanski is a genius. Funny is funny, there should be no taboos in comedy. I will refer to people by their chosen name and ...

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It's OK to marry your cousin. Men should sit down to urinate. Steve Irwin was really annoying. Alcohol is a scourge on society. The correct way to insert capital letters when using a keyboard is to go caps lock -> letter -> caps lock. Tea and coffee are too hot to drink and when they've cooled down...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 4:14 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:41 pm Anybody travelling up by train that wants to share a cab pm me
Presumably you're going up on the day? I'm going on the Friday.

Yes, Im coming from Euston, Saturday morning

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Anybody travelling up by train that wants to share a cab pm me

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I rang my surgery and they told me to come in. They gave me a tetanus jab and some antibiotics. The nurse told me I could report it but stopped short of saying I should report it. The dog's owner said she would keep it on a lead from now on, so there is that. It's a bit awkward reporting it because...

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If the dog bite has broken the skin then you need a jab.
I realised I need to update my post as I now have an English Bulldog as well as the Frenchie.
I

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Is it better to fill a kettle with cold water or warm water? Why? Well it's said that hot water freezes more quickly so maybe cold water boils faster. But how are you warming the water? If it's from the hot tap it's probably not drinking water. Only if its from a water tank rather than the mains

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True, Clegg really sold his soul and his principles.
He should have picked Gordon Brown

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OK, so back to David Cameron. Rishi Sunak has literally just taken some guy off the street to be his foreign secretary. He is not an MP and was not in the House of Lords. It could have been you. It could have been me. It could have been Brian Cox (either of them). But it just happened to be David C...

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With James Cleverly replacing Suella Braverman as home secretary, it's more evidence that the Tories avoid white home secretaries to avoid accusations of racism when they spout the bile that they spout. No mention of the slimeball David Cameron returning to front line politics. Mind you being the 4...

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The Killer. New film from David Fincher on Netflix. Really enjoyed this, Killer Smiths Soundtrack. Lots of references to 70s TV shows. Internal monologue is right up my street. Michael Fassbender is great in this, barely a dozen words of actual dialogue let he is in every scene. Not a heavy plot dri...

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Flu Jabs. Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu No, you had a bad cold. I used to think the same as you, until one year I really did have the flu. It's another ball game altogether - I could actually understand how people could die of it. I ...

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This is probably ONLY me.
You don't need WiFi to connect devices via bluetooth

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:21 am Airplane mode

It is handy if you go on the continent and don't want unnecessary roaming charges but still want your phone for other things like downloads

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Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:01 pm 1) "Outside in" is not the opposite of "inside out".
2) "Match of the Day" is (likely) a play on words based on "Catch of the Day".

Also match of the day was used for Wimbledon highlights before the football highlights began

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Flu Jabs.
Ive been having annual flu jabs since before covid and within 4 weeks I have always got the flu

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I was fond of the clever ones like Riddle of The Sphinx and Zanzibar.
Also the ones that subvert the genre like Mr King

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Why does the UK persist with BST? It serves no practical purpose We've had a couple of threads on this before. But I think basically, it seems that people don't like it to be too dark in the mornings in the winter (so we need GMT), but other than that they want it to stay light as late as possible ...

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Why does the UK persist with BST?
It serves no practical purpose

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 9:02 am Matthew Perry.

Sad.

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Yeah so basically Israel have taken this terrorist attack as a green light to indiscriminately bomb Palestinian civilians, and the Tories, Starmer etc. are just saying "Israel has an absolute right to defend itself". What they are doing has nothing to do with defence. It's outrageous. Plu...

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Cutting a rug
My missus was shocked that I'm 60 and didn't know it.
I only found out watching the Netflix film Reptile

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The dude from The Bear on Disney plus is the grandson of Gene Wilder

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I feel that some people need to look at the title of this thread, and maybe disappear off to the "interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious" thread. NASA explored the idea of putting Big Bird on the Challenger space shuttle. You know, the one that exploded. I didnt kno...

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If you want a largely unbiased insight into the middle East crisis from an historical position then this is worth watching
https://youtu.be/xAs5EOBUDcs?si=iIgNrPdmAkf-mAG4

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I feel that some people need to look at the title of this thread, and maybe disappear off to the "interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious" thread. You've got me doubting myself on this next one : Apparently I have been pronouncing (Martin) Scorcese wrong all this tim...

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I feel that some people need to look at the title of this thread, and maybe disappear off to the "interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious" thread. You've got me doubting myself on this next one : Apparently I have been pronouncing (Martin) Scorcese wrong all this tim...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:46 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 8:52 pm I assume there is evidence that jesus existed and also the apostles and probably the crucifiction
That's not old testament

Oh I agree the old testament is just a story, which was why I asked if ANY of the Old Testament was factual though I concede that some of the new testament possibly is

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I assume there is evidence that jesus existed and also the apostles and probably the crucifiction

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I suppose it doesn't matter too much. It's not like it's true... Genuine, question. Is there anything in the old testament that is based on fact? I'm sure the new testament is fairly factual though What would you classify as being factual within it? Some of the jesus parts are true surely. Also the...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 6:51 pm I suppose it doesn't matter too much. It's not like it's true...

Genuine, question.
Is there anything in the old testament that is based on fact?
I'm sure the new testament is fairly factual though

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RIP Siry Bobby Charlton, the best footballer England ever had I don't remember the 1966 World Cup Final, but I remember watching the entire match some 30 years on and being struck by the way the West Germans approached the game. Beckenbaeur, along with his teammates, had been instructed to ensure C...

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RIP Siry Bobby Charlton, the best footballer England ever had. Survived the Munich air crash and went on to win three titles an fa Cup and a European Cup along with, of course helping England win the World Cup. I will fact check but he scored 48 goals for England which was only beaten by Rooney and ...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67164888
Interesting read about coaching

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I remember as an 8 year old before tinternet, game consoles etc. I used to look for 'treasure' walking the streets I know it was the late 60s early seventies but there was still bomb sites from WW2. I sometimes would find costume jewelery and I was convinced I'd found real diamonds and my elder brot...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2023 12:52 pm Rishi Sunak has visited Israel and is cosying up to the war criminal.

I didnt know Tony Blair was there

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When I was a youngster, I kinda believed in God as I went to Sunday school (probably so my parents could have some afternoon delight on a Sunday) it was fun and there is nought wrong with Christian values. As I got older, growing up with the Troubles being only a few hundred miles away and then spil...

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samir pilica wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 4:57 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:24 pm Why is VCM being so unkind to Roald Dahl
Was an ardent anti=Semite,wasn't he ?

It would appear so from what I have since read along with Dickens and probably Shakespeare

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It's a doc not a film but if you think fake moon landing conspiracydocs are crazy JFK X is a doozy.
Well put together but it's a crazy as fuck conspiracy.
On Amazon Prime

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What in particular about Owen Jones? I dont like the cut of his jib. Like Piers Morgan whose politics are probably diametrically opposite of his, he strikes me as an arrogant, self serving, prick. About the only thing I agree with him on is that Kier Stamer will win the next election. The biggest s...

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Why is VCM being so unkind to Roald Dahl

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Mark James wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:32 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:39 pm Not according to the Guardian

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609

I'm looking forward to Owen Jones comments
Is it not too soon?

Not for posting here but certainly for a national (toilet) paper

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Not according to the Guardian https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609 I'm looking forward to Owen Jones comments Do you think it's anti-Semitic? The Shylock link seems tenuous at best. No, I posted it as a topic to discuss. Its actually based on a cartoon of LB Johnson during the Vietn...

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Not according to the Guardian

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67122609

I'm looking forward to Owen Jones comments

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Had, had gets used a lot too

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There is a sentence with 5 successive 'and's that makes sense

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Ian Volante wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:47 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:54 pm Is it only mammals that yawn?
Ive seen most mammals yawn at some point but not other species

Edit Giraffes don't yawn
Most vertebrates do apparently.

I go to a wildlife park and the staff told me birds and reptiles do but although I have read fish do too I've yet to see it

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Also I re-read that post a few times before posting it as I feel more pressured to be word-perfect in case I imply something that I didn't intend. That's because I'm not a disinterested observer in this and I do worry about a backlash. I'm still not entirely happy with the post but I felt like I wa...

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/ The current state of Israel is a terrorist organisation as much as Hamas is. They are committing war crimes. It is not antisemitic to point this out. Left wing labour would have been elected if it had ...

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:28 pm Yes.

David Baddiel did a good brief interview on a BBC podcast recently, heard it in BBC Sounds. He explained how people often conflate Israel with Judaism.

I'm still learning about Zionism

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Yes it should be debated but neccessarily by someone with no skin in the game. I think, for example news night with the foreign secretary, the shadow ( incumbant) foreign secretary A prominant Jew (Miriam Margoles has attacked Israel before for atrocities) and a pro Palestinian, preferably a histori...

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Chesney Hawkes is He Cheesy Wanks

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