Saw this today and was reminded of Fiona's above question:
https://youtu.be/o7d6cZsLo6c?si=Uln7ZlFzRlxPQBsz
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- Tue May 14, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 14949
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15987
Re: The Dead of 2024
Despite his age I was shocked by this. The night prior I had watched a fairly recent debate he had taken part in where he had specifically mentioned a couple of times that he was in good health. Sad times
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Sheffield - Saturday 18th May 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 26898
Re: CO:Sheffield - Saturday 18th May 2024
Gutting. I know of one other place to eat nearby but it's also in Kelham so unlikely to be available.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331069
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
The colours of American pool balls are in numerical order. So the stripes are the same colour as the solid ball that is 8 numbers lower, e.g. the yellow solid is 1 and the yellow stripe is 9, and so on.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:24 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 644
- Views: 331069
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Saw a news headline that said "Kaizer Chiefs Defender Shot" and I thought why would you shoot someone just because they liked that band, then I realised it was a South African footballer who was killed in a car jacking. Woops The band are named after the football team. They are Leeds Unit...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1801272
Re: Politics in General
Why are politicians expressing opinions about the design of a football shirt? I really don't get the big hoo-ha about that cross thing on the England shirt. Total non issue, even at a football/design level, never mind social/political. One of the most acute examples of the depressing tendency for t...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732133
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I take it to mean you should be able to see at least 2 chevrons on the ground between yourself and the car in front.
Agreed it's unclear though.
Agreed it's unclear though.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:35 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732133
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What's so iconic about the Abbey Road album cover? It's just some people walking. My impression is it's more than the album itself is iconic and, many of us being very visual in our thinking/memories, the album cover is the most available candidate to be a visual memory of the album, so it took on ...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:41 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 69
- Views: 16911
Re: The 1% Club
Yep. Maybe OAR in Irish accent?Adam Gillard wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:00 pmHem and Hex alongside Hen in that caseCallum Todd wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:31 pm Regional accents probably changed the answer for that one too. For example I would consider OUR and HEN to be valid answers in my dialect but not in Queen's (King's?) English
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 69
- Views: 16911
Re: The 1% Club
Regional accents probably changed the answer for that one too. For example I would consider OUR and HEN to be valid answers in my dialect but not in Queen's (King's?) English
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766478
Re: Ask Graeme?
My money is on Tom/Thomas. Or maybe Mark.Adam S Latchford wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:42 am What is the most successful first name in countdown (if we say at least 3 people have to have been called this and do it by percentage of games won)
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 298999
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Django Unchained. Good.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 298999
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Poor Things was absolutely batshit. Loved it. Very funny. Off to see Argylle tomorrow. Poor Things second to Oppenheimer as film of the year. Let me know what you think of Argylle I have no real standards when it comes to films. Any light entertainment pap will do me. Argylle was rubbish. Can't rem...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 298999
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Poor Things was absolutely batshit. Loved it. Very funny.
Off to see Argylle tomorrow.
Off to see Argylle tomorrow.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XX- your input desired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4501
Re: COLIN XX- your input desired
I think there's nothing wrong with selling the books to make sure everyone can have one. Obviously FOCAL events are non-profit and all that but given that COLIN has tended to run over budget in recent years and these books could cost you a bit to produce, making it more likely to happen again next y...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:Sheffield - Saturday 18th May 2024
- Replies: 8
- Views: 26898
Re: CO:Sheffield - Saturday 18th May 2024
Going to suggest this place for post-event scran if no plans have already been made:
https://templeof.fun/
https://templeof.fun/
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4251
Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
Stewart Lee for me! Enjoy it Marc
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Agreed, everything Mark mentioned being good about the Fox and Hounds applied to the social club, and in greater measure than the F&H (in its current iteration) is capable of providing. I had to ask some locals how to get to the social club as I had found it but thought I would be breaking and e...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Agreed, it may sound simple but manually redistributing the letters packs is a massive ballache. Please don't mess the packs up when playing with them everyone! I also found the selections benefitted from the marvellous efforts of MSR and Beachy this weekend. I have to say I absolutely adored using ...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Words with disappointing meanings....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3283
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 35604
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
There's a maxmimum amount of times you can do it within a fixed time period. At the moment it's twice in 48 hours. Then you just have to wait for one of the abandoned games to fall out of that time window. So if you abandon two head to head games in 48 hours, you can't start another head to head ga...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Wouldn't a 6 game event on a Friday night be a bit long?Matt Rutherford wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:35 pm Goat/Co Brum will be back in August (will open sign-ups post-Rugby), so some newer stuff could be trialled. From what's written above, my initial thoughts would be...
-Have both Goat and Co at six games.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:19 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The Countdown Android App is now out!
- Replies: 156
- Views: 35604
Re: The Countdown Android App is now out!
[*] Rate Limiting for Abandoned Games: To encourage fair play. If you abandon multiple games, you'll be rate limited. Please make sure to finish the games you start. Loving the head to head feature, thanks Jack. Can I ask what "rate limiting" means please? Sorry if I'm being thick but I d...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
- Replies: 70
- Views: 31245
Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
I have no... dog in this fight (re: Jeanne Calment) but I enjoyed the joke
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 24022
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Yep, good luck to him when he gets drawn against Dan and Latchford in Round 1Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:52 pm Tim finally found a way to break the Tim Down curse and get an actual good seeding then
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:00 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 14949
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
Yeah I did wonder what the difference between eating a dog and eating a cow is. Come to think of it, I think all the animals we traditionally eat are vegetarian - we don't generally eat carnivores - wonder why that is.... Lots of reasons, it's not just humans who play at this. Generally speaking mo...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 14949
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
You all (recent commenters) seem to be putting the cart before the horse. Persons under the rainbow flag(s) all deviate from societal norms of fitting with binary gender roles, which is much wider than who/what someone is attracted to. Anyone in these groups has endured, and continue to endure, att...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Being trans is not really related to being gay, except in a superficial sense, and the concept of an LGBT (plus some extra letters maybe) "community" is somewhat bizarre. I basically feel this way too, except I realise I don't know very much about this so it's very possible I'm missing so...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 151746
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Euthanasia, isn't it time to decriminalise this
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2628
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:19 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Your favourite Christmas song
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5558
Re: Your favourite Christmas song
Hadn't heard Kelly Clarkson's before this poll. Its relative success here inspired me to give it a listen. It's made my Christmas playlist. Thank you c4cers!
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:33 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 732133
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Stealing hubcaps was definitely a big thing when I was a kid. (I did not partake!)
Re: Music
A Spaceman Came Travelling
I Believe in Father Christmas
Xmas Wrapping
Stop the Cavalry
Step into Christmas
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Also contenders
I Believe in Father Christmas
Xmas Wrapping
Stop the Cavalry
Step into Christmas
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
Also contenders
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: December Decathlon: 9th December onwards in the App
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7469
Re: December Decathlon: 9th December onwards in the App
Yeah thanks Jack, Great idea and it works amazingly well on the app. Some super play from everyone, should be a great final.
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:29 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 12534
Re: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?
Regardless of the sentiment, "check your privilege" is one of those American imports that's basically meaningless in British English. Ridiculous phrase. The exact phrase is kind of annoying, but the meaning it carries is definitely not meaningless. Those of us with privilege should take t...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
I'm with Gavin on clothes. Either these opinions aren't unpopular enough or I'm just an unpopular kind of guy.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
I'm with Ell on the crisps thing. And with Mark on Nickelback.
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 12534
Re: What's the minimum time you have to be resident in the British Isles in order to qualify for Countdown?
I understand Adam G's point, assuming that it is something like: the ability to travel for leisure is a luxury and that many who "spend their whole life working a day job" do so out of financial necessity so it's unfair to criticise them as "boring" for that. But I think it's a r...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
I didn't take Mark's post to mean that tuition fees should be paid all up front Neither did I. Or was that more to Marc? (Also, I read your Mark as Marc when I first replied pre-edit.) It was in reference to both posts quoted talking about payment up front, although I recognise your post was itself...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
You should have to pay university tuition fees. If you had to pay upfront then Universities would be elites and only a privilege for rich people. I think like sport, universities should be available for all. However, there should be a better way to pay as presumably you should get a well payed job ...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Some of the opposition to the whole Rwanda plan for migrants is itself somewhat racist, or at least chauvinistic.
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6965
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
Yeah I think anyone who's ever organised a co event will realise it's impossible to determine beforehand that a provided lunch is a requirement. Most venues don't offer it and if they do then it's normally: - a ballache to organise - difficult to cater for allergies/dietary requirements - poor value...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 321
- Views: 69800
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
It seems impossible to enforce any limit that controls or restricts people's reproductive capacities wiothout being actively murderous. So any opinion along those lines isn't going to find any popularity with me. Education of responsibilities and ethics is all good though. Largely agree with all the...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
I do very literally this. I have above-ground space for one or two trophies so the most recent one or two take pride of place. The rest go subterranean.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21572
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
I think the conundrums were great. The one thing that's pretty clear from the above comments is that there was a good range of difficulties and feels to the conundrums, which is exactly what you'd want from a co:event in my opinion. Some of the conundrums even have a wide gap in perception of diffic...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
2) Prizes at Events: The variation in prizes between events is fine, and I have no suggestions for improvements. Hosts are doing a great job with prizes. While trophies are a nice reward for winning an event, I understand that sourcing them adds extra time and financial burdens for hosts, so their ...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1743
- Views: 766478
Re: Ask Graeme?
Oh wow that's cool!Steve Hyde wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 2:57 pm In today's episode a contestant scored points by declaring 99 in a numbers round. Has this ever happened before?
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 171568
Re: You Are The Ref
You're at a co:event. This is a co:event. It's not Countdown. It's not apterous. It's a co:event. So you're at a co:event and it's Bristol style. Conundrum time. It's a crucial conundrum. Pretty important game in the context of the day too. Both players buzz at around about the same time, although i...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
By the way, on the topic of writing numbers down, I would advise players to try one classroom event where they don't write the numbers down and see if they feel it's better for them. Unless you have eyesight problems, or are really far away from the screen, then not writing numbers down has multipl...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Not really an addition as much as a 'keep it up' but I thought the adjudication of the crucial conundrums on Saturday by other players was a great idea and I would love to see it kept up if possible. I've not done a Bristol style event in years but this definitely made it much more enjoyable and fa...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 37350
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
If it's awkward to copy the numbers down from right to left, then perhaps the easy answer is to have them appear from left to right? The only reason the TV show does it right to left is because the target button is on the left so it makes sense for Rachel to be there after putting the numbers up. T...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:35 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21572
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
Thank you to everyone who came to the event yesterday, and special thanks to Fiona for the excellent new big-screen graphics software and Adam for capping off a year of fantastic contributions to the community with an amazing job as host. Results are as below: FOCAL Finals and MK Open 2023 Novotel, ...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 252
- Views: 90916
Re: Joke Items
The Deathwatch "2017" thread on this forum
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co Event Calendar 2024
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4920
Re: Co Event Calendar 2024
https://focalcountdown.com/upcomingevents/
Has a list of events that have confirmed venues for 2024. Webpages with full details to be posted once all requirements are confirmed with FOCAL. more details are already available on this forum
Has a list of events that have confirmed venues for 2024. Webpages with full details to be posted once all requirements are confirmed with FOCAL. more details are already available on this forum
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 8:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21572
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
Also sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to meeting you, Marc! Btw, does it say in the opening post where in the hotel the event is taking place? Sorry should have specified. It's the Willem room on 1st floor. Can't miss it really just follow signs for Conference Rooms and it's the biggest on...
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 21572
Re: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
Sorry to hear that Marc was looking forward to meeting you! Get well soonMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:43 am Can't today sadly as I have had some kind of reaction to my Covid Jab yesterday
Weak and I'll today
If anybody here wants to take my place they can with my blessing
Have fun
Re: Religion
How can it be meaningful if it's false? Spending your one and only brief shot at life with the false hope of having a better afterlife seems a terrible waste. The best way to get meaning from life is the here and now - make your impact on the world a positive one (something you've definitely embrac...
Re: Religion
[...] religion is not a requirement to live a [...] meaningful life. I think it could be said that religion is a requirement to live an objectively meaningful life, with the caveat that it is almost certain that the objective behind that meaning is false. I believe that's essentially the main reaso...