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Ayatollah Khomenei

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Neil Sedaka

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One of mine is the word Legend where once you needed to pull a sword from a stone to be called one , now its if you bring crisps when its your round

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 28, 2026 2:20 pm On e.g. a Facebook post "Love this!" as a response seems to have become a thing and there's something quite grating about it that's hard to fully explain.

Love this !
( inevitably)

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A 62 year old insta account wont be much but there are 2 open mimes on there...the most recent one i was most impressed with

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https://www.instagram.com/carkcomedy?ut ... U5N2d6cWRz

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A catalogue of errors. 1) they had 2 hours of editing time 2) they put a microphone near his table 3) he could have don a piecexto camera to be shown during the orogram 4) The BBC has made several documentaries about John so they should have known better 5) they edited the bit out when Prince willia...

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First proper gig
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZpNPc ... p=drivesdk

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Robert Duvall

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 3:31 pm How come some glass lets light through but some reflects you right back at you?

Either iron oxide or one side being darker than the other.
I stopped short of saying Mirror.
Aparaently all glass reflects at least 4%

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OK. This isn't REALLY obvious, but I only discovered the other day that the Michael Madsen character in "Reservoir Dogs" is the brother of the John Travolta character in "Pulp Fiction". IIRC , QT wanted John Travolta to play Vic Vega so he put the dance movies in the script for ...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 07, 2026 5:01 pm People who creep at the traffic lights until their car is completely over the line and then stop and wait. You've already gone through the red light. You might as well just go now.

He wouldn't risk that in case his brother was coming from the other side

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Enhanced games.
I cant see the fuss tbh.
There is no way these athletics can compete again conventionally and those athletes getting away with cheating would likely turn to these games as the money is good
Finally will get the answer if drugs work in the context of athletics

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Philip A wrote: ↑Wed Feb 04, 2026 9:25 am John Virgo :_(

Didn't make a century bless him

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Philip A wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 12:16 am Wacky Races only had 1 series.

17 episodes , id watched for years and never knew

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Starting again this sunday , culminating in another show on 29th March.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow , all new material, this time I hope to have a proper script prepared

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Only Connect final tonight.
Good luck the 5kers

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You can decide if its really obvious but im reading Kathy Burkes autobiography ( very good it is too)and Perry out of Kevin and Perry was based on Perry Fenwick ( Billy Mitchell)

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 09, 2026 10:07 am If anyone is considering writing a Trump biography I have a title for you - From Tosspot to Despot.

Dead man walking

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Predictions will stick with 10
Trump
Putin
Attenborough
Van Dyke
Keegan
David Jason
Camilla
Mel Brooks
Shirley Bassey
John Major

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jan 03, 2026 9:09 pm America first.

I remember the good old days when we could all laugh at North Korea

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Three new quiz shows coming in January 2026: 1st January 2026 - Time Is Money, a daytime quick-fire quiz hosted by ex-Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies in which contestants are given the money but must race to keep hold of it - 6 pm, then 3 pm for the rest from Monday; 4th January 2026 - The Floor, a D...

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Three new quiz shows coming in January 2026: 1st January 2026 - Time Is Money, a daytime quick-fire quiz hosted by ex-Dragons’ Den star Sara Davies in which contestants are given the money but must race to keep hold of it - 6 pm, then 3 pm for the rest from Monday; 4th January 2026 - The Floor, a D...

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This may have been done in previous years but I need a marker for my resolutions. 1) to lose 3 stone by Christmas. I have signed up the NHS path to type 2 diabetes remission and it's a years program. 2) to improve my woeful scrabble rating (currently 122 has been 141) by 10 points minimum 3) to bre...

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Brigitte Bardot

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 27, 2025 6:32 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 27, 2025 5:49 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 27, 2025 4:08 pm People who enter their dog into competitions.
Depends on the competition
Does it? What sort of competitions are you thinking of?

Three legged race
A ballet competition maybe
Yes im being flipping flippant

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Why is The Masked Singer on for 1 hour and 30 minutes? That is ridiculously long for a non-live Saturday night show. You could cut it down to just an hour at least! Yeah , thats what the fast forward button is for. 30 minutes of content tops. I do it to Strictly cut the chit chat watch the dance an...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 27, 2025 4:08 pm People who enter their dog into competitions.

Depends on the competition

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The official video is here.
https://youtu.be/XL_o_1XN1jw?si=pfynzBP7yN25vwKb

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 3:27 pm Chris Rea won't be driving home for Christmas; he's on the road to Hell.

Harsh

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Andy McGurn wrote: ↑Wed Dec 17, 2025 5:47 pm I just saw Jafar Panahi’s “It was Just an Accident”.

This was a fantastic movie

Indeed it was , brilliant film both satirical and serious.
Not bad from a director under house arrest for the last 10 years

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 10, 2025 6:39 pm The Ballad of Wallis Island.
British film of the year
Tim Key is fantastic in this funny ,melancholic bromance/Rom Com.
It's very funny and also quite sad

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pr1njl9vo
Life imitating art here

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Gonna do it again in the near year.
Won't put myself family through it again ( mainly the travelling ) but maybe more friends this time.
29th March 2026

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The not dead of 2025 , Dick Van Dyje is 100 today

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 2:02 pm Another one from your era, comedian Stanley Baxter aged 99.

Paul's already done it

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Two Authors Joanna Trollope and Sophie Kinsella

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Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:22 pm Stanley Baxter, comedian and actor. Aged 99 RIP

Im shocked he was still alive.
A comedy genius....I hope they put a tribute on soon

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Maus was on fire yesterday well done all. Must have been the first 5 pointer in a quarter final surely ?

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Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Mon Dec 08, 2025 10:58 am Well done Marc - great job

Cheers

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Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Sun Dec 07, 2025 9:35 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Dec 06, 2025 1:29 pm https://photos.app.goo.gl/2UzTjhHweL2594t59

How about this ?
That worked.. very funny (as expected!)

Cheers , went off script (hardly surprising) , nerves , but loved it and have signed up for next year (January to March) but this time will stick to one theme

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Architect Frank Gehry

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/2UzTjhHweL2594t59

How about this ?

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Not sure if this link works. In lieu of the official video here is my gig on a relatives phone https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17YZ8qcbgK/ I think it's friends only. Would it be possible to make it set to everyone for a wider audience? You could friend request me 😄 I will try and work it out in th...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Fri Dec 05, 2025 9:04 pm Good stuff - had me chuckling a lot!

Are you tempted to have a go after James and myself ?

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Not sure if this link works.
In lieu of the official video here is my gig on a relatives phone
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17YZ8qcbgK/

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I started watching season 7 of Black Mirror , episode 1 "Common People" very dark

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Embarrassingly being a cockney I should know where the origins of blowing a raspberry comes from
Raspberry tart/Fart

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I survived got a lot of laughs hit 4 and a half minute before finishing my set. Nobody knew I left stuff out due to poor memory and time constraints I stupidly practised my set without allowing time for laughter. Would recommend but its a o e and done for me...have to wait six to 8 weeks for the upl...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 29, 2025 7:57 pm I won't be able to make this unfortunately. There will be a video online though right?

Eventually...you know me will share it here.
If my sister in law videos it you may get it sooner

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I have a ticket for free for my comedy gig tomorrow.
It's a long shot but pm me and I will send you ticket its in the Backyard Club in Bethnall Green 1pm for 1.30 start

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Nov 29, 2025 6:49 pm Anyone else p(h)ard should be worried.

When I heard Jack Shepherd had died I thought it was David Platt from Coronation Street

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Tom Stoppard

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Why are you able to buy flight tickets months in advance but, depending on the airline, you are only able to check in and print boarding passes within 48 hours? I know most people just use their phones now but I prefer to print off the boarding pass and I would like to be able to print the return f...

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Delete if not allowed. We shook hands when we met in the green room during the recording of the 2019 Champion of Champions and the first thing said to me was, “Nice to meet you in person.” He was eccentric, but did not seem dangerous in any way shape or form at the time. I wasn’t aware he had schiz...

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Delete if not allowed. We shook hands when we met in the green room during the recording of the 2019 Champion of Champions and the first thing said to me was, “Nice to meet you in person.” He was eccentric, but did not seem dangerous in any way shape or form at the time. I wasn’t aware he had schiz...

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4drldz5eyo

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr4drldz5eyo
Not sure if here is best but anyways

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Apparently there's going to be a pay-per-mile tax on electric vehicles from 2028. But this is some self-declared thing where you just check your own mileage. Aside from anything else, it's adding extra bureaucracy into the lives of electric car drivers (I literally never look at my mileage), and as...

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Jack Shephard , actor and playwright famous for playing Wycliffe

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Jimmy Cliff
https://youtu.be/-y9Q7ud7Or0?si=1Eqp7pDK9VqBAkLL

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