I don't think that is an unpopular opinion at all. Most people I know prefer The Bends.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 1:16 pm The Bends is a much better album than OK Computer even though it's always ranked in below it
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- Sat May 04, 2024 2:27 pm
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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:53 pm
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- Topic: No More FA Cup Replays
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Re: No More FA Cup Replays
I'm still pissed off that they got rid of multiple replays. Trying and failing to remember whether a second replay was played at a neutral venue or not. I know it was in the Rugby League Cup. Second replays were always at a neutral venue. Settling the tie on the day is actually advantageous to the ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:33 pm
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Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s I would rather see the original band and I used to be a bit dismissive of tribute bands, but then my daughter joined Rumours of Fleetwood Mac in the Christine McVie role, so i re-evaluated. G...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:14 pm
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Good tribute bands are better to see live than the original band if that band was from the 70s or early 80s I would rather see the original band and I used to be a bit dismissive of tribute bands, but then my daughter joined Rumours of Fleetwood Mac in the Christine McVie role, so i re-evaluated. G...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:36 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
Its probably in my top ten of best American movies of all time. IMDB has it as no 5 in the all time ratings. (Oppenheimer is 88) So for context Oppenheimer not bad but 12 Angry Men is exceptional Am I right in saying there were no women in this film? No women main characters. Maybe milling about in...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:06 pm
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Why can't you use a mobile phone on a petrol station forecourt? Is there a brand of phone that gives off sparks when you're using it? Are there any recorded instances of mobile phone related accidents at petrol stations?
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:44 pm
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Same could be said for Dark Side of the MoonMark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:16 pm What's so iconic about the Abbey Road album cover? It's just some people walking.
(What's so iconic, not "It's just some people walking.")
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:52 am
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It was a way of thinning the herd.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:44 pm Why did people have to wire their own plugs in the past? Stuff came without a plug on. Insane.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:23 am
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- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
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Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
True Detective. Night Country.
A bit confusing at times, but it all made sense in the end. Jodie Foster was very good, as was her co-star, Kali Reis.
A bit confusing at times, but it all made sense in the end. Jodie Foster was very good, as was her co-star, Kali Reis.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:35 pm
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- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
Yes
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:56 am
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Countdown guest Dave Myers, age 66. RIP.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 8:56 pm
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When did roof racks stop being a thing?
You used to see them all the time in the 70s, but I can't remember the last time I saw one.
You used to see them all the time in the 70s, but I can't remember the last time I saw one.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:34 pm
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Ian Lavender RIP
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:21 pm
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Annie Nightingale, 83. RIP
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:13 pm
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- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
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- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:02 am
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Back in the 70s/80s cars just came with standard wheels. Hubcaps were an accessory. They were easy to remove and had a resale value.Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:05 am What was with that "steal your hubcaps" stereotypical joke about Scousers? Why would anyone steal hubcaps?
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 am
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Ryan O'Neal, 82. RIP
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:30 am
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- Topic: Trade Secrets
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Aluminium foil is recyclable, but don't put individual pieces in your recycle bin. Instead, screw it up and keep adding to it, until it is about the size of a tennis ball, then place it in the bin. This way it will be detected and reused at the recycling centre. Don't do this with aluminium foil tha...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:06 am
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- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
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Re: Deathwatch 2017
Henry Kissinger...100 RIP
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:03 pm
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- Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:45 pm
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JFK was assassinated by lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. Timothy Dalton was the best James Bond. The Terminator (1984) was a much better film than Terminator 2. Judgement Day (1991). Black (liquorice flavour) Midget Gems are better than all the other Midget Gem flavours, Ultravox! were a better band ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:02 am
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- Topic: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
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. Wasn't there a cartoon strip in The Beano called "His Nibs" about a group of mice? Apparently, it was called "The Nibblers" and ...
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:16 pm
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Wasn't there a cartoon strip in The Beano called "His Nibs" about a group of mice?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.
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:14 pm
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- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
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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?
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:29 pm
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- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
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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...
Re: Religion
I assume there is evidence that jesus existed and also the apostles and probably the crucifiction The earliest Gospels were written some 50-100 years after his alleged death, and none of them are thought to have been written by eye-witnesses. Jesus is not mentioned in any historical documents. The ...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:54 pm
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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...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What’s the most remarkable anagram you know of?
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Re: What’s the most remarkable anagram you know of?
Sir Alex Ferguson = Refusing oral sex
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 12:42 pm
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Not at all....the article I read didn't give his birth year...but, yeah, RIP
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 12:20 pm
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Sir Michael Gambon...82
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:21 am
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David McCallum 1933-2023 RIP
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:02 pm
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- Topic: Celebrities that are all round good eggs
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Syd Little... I've met him several times and also worked with his wife. Affable chap and a true gent.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:19 pm
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Hardly a "joke item" though.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:25 am
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Mike Yarwood. Seriously, I thought he died years ago I thought so too, but then I saw a photograph of him with Richard O'Sullivan. They were both in the same retirement home for ex-actors. Mike Yarwood was a huge star in the 1970s. His 1977 Christmas day special holds the record for the biggest aud...
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:02 pm
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Most Brits won't know who he is. I can only name two songs: Margaritaville and 5 O'clock Somewhere.Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 4:59 pm Jimmy Buffett. I had previously thought he died sometime in the '00s or '10s to be honest.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:47 pm
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If you're in court and the judge says, "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?" What happens if you say no? "I'd say "Yeah.....I'll tell you about as much truth as the people who wrote that bible, how do you like that?""....George Ca...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 3:21 pm
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Manchester United have announced that Mason Greenwood is to leave the club.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:50 pm
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Sinead O'Connor. Just 56yo
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
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Finished 18th. A cool $345,000. I wouldn't be surprised if he's sold some of his action, but this is a great result for Andrew, and confirms him as a world class player, in my opinion. I've been fortunate enough to play with him a couple of times, and he does come across as being an elite player.
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:02 am
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- Topic: Countdowners in the news
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Andrew Hulme, known on the poker circuit as "Stato" is 4th out of 149 at the end of day 5. He's guaranteed $67,700, but unlikely to be busting out any time soon! This years WSOP pays the winner $12,100,000
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Words You Would Have Thought...
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I declared SUBFINITE in a game last month, assuming it would be valid, but it wasn't.... It's a mathematical term.
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 11:32 pm
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Seeing as the pro is getting paid handsomely, can we go with the original idea of £100 bet, rather than the paltry £20?Martin Hurst wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:13 am He's getting paid handsomely to try and make you fail, so is trying his best.
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:01 pm
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The itching caused by mosquito bites is due to the release of histamine in response to the mosquito saliva. By the time you start to itch, the mosquito is long gone. If you find that you are often targeted by mosquitos when people sat with you are left untouched, it may be because of a lack of Vitam...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 12:59 pm
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It's not really achieving what was intended though. You're generally aiming for a reasonable net clearance as going too close has a high risk of netting (or hitting the top and actually giving your opponent an easier shot if it loops up and drops nicely as a result). It's objectively a bad shot if ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 9:36 am
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Why do tennis players apologise when they hit a return and it clips the top of the net for a winner? For me, this is the equivalent of an in off the post in football, or a double in snooker, More like a fluke in snooker than a double A fluke is slightly different as it involves a degree of luck. A ...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 2:32 pm
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Why do tennis players apologise when they hit a return and it clips the top of the net for a winner? For me, this is the equivalent of an in off the post in football, or a double in snooker,
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:59 pm
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Is that comment really necessary?Josh Hurst wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 5:25 am The fact that Rhys has probably never set foot in a charity shop aside, I can envisage him acting similarly to Barlow in that sketch if he did...
- Thu May 25, 2023 5:31 pm
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Your last sentence is exactly MY point - this is why the N-word adds nothing, because we already know the major is an out-of-touch buffoon. At that point, it's just using the word for the sake of it. I think using the word (outside of being a direct insult) wasn't quite as taboo back then so I don'...
- Thu May 25, 2023 4:11 pm
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Whereas the Major using the word in Fawlty Towers didn't add anything (it wasn't funny and didn't develop the character or plot; it was just a bit egregious) and could.probably be done without. The point of the exchange between Basil and the Major in Fawlty Towers is that it shows that the Major is...
- Wed May 24, 2023 11:21 pm
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Stanley Baxter, 97
- Mon May 22, 2023 3:34 pm
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Arthur Scargill, 85yo.... I always assumed he was much older when he was leader of the NUM.
Also, Boris Spassky*,86yo, former World Chess Champion, who was defeated by Bobby Fischer in 1972.
*Shamelessly nicked from a Mark Deeks post on FB
Also, Boris Spassky*,86yo, former World Chess Champion, who was defeated by Bobby Fischer in 1972.
*Shamelessly nicked from a Mark Deeks post on FB
- Thu May 11, 2023 2:22 pm
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It can't be that difficult to keep fixtures apart. Man Utd and Man City never have home games on the same day. The police wouldn't allow it.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:28 pm How can teams share a stadium? Aren't there ever fixture clashes?
- Mon May 08, 2023 11:14 am
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- Topic: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
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Re: Is it time to end, the Monarchy?
You've convinced me. The Monarchy has to go.
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:29 am
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Kenneth Cope....92yo. He played Marty Hopkirk in the 1970s series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased),
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 1:38 pm
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I'm not suggesting cows supplement their diet by eating cows from rival herds, btw.
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 1:36 pm
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Gorillas are vegans too.
(Chimpanzees will supplement their diet with meat, often other chimpanzees from rival groups, but gorillas only plants)
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:39 am
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He took a part in ITVs "The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe", as recently as 2002.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:30 amIs he still working?Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:32 am You'll have to been born before 1970 to remember him, but Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies is still alive, and still working, apparently.
I loved him in Funny Bones
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:32 am
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You'll have to been born before 1970 to remember him, but Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies is still alive, and still working, apparently.
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:25 am
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Mystic Meg..... I didn't see that coming.
- Fri Feb 24, 2023 1:33 pm
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Tom Lehrer