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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
So now we have one hairy biker and one fat lady.Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:35 pmYes
Maybe they should team up
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious
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Re: Interesting things that aren't necessarily completely obvious
Back in the day when we used to roller skate the teletext before surfing the internetMark James wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:41 pm I have loads of films recording off the tv on vhs tapes. Apparently it is possible to recover old teletext data from those tapes.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
The hairy biker?
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:25 am
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Re: The Dead of 2024
Very sad about Richard Lewis.
Didnt really know him before Curb but like with Bob Einstein (Funkhouser) I have since checked out his stand up and he was a very funny guy
Didnt really know him before Curb but like with Bob Einstein (Funkhouser) I have since checked out his stand up and he was a very funny guy
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
In defence of Tal (not that he needs defending), he's affected by this shitshow very directly, where as the rest of us have the privilege of commentating from the sidelines. I think if you were designing the solution from scratch you'd have one utopian democratic state where everyone lived happily,...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:55 pm
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- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
This is quite an interesting speech at the ICJ about Israel's crimes against Palestine over the years. I noticed he mentions 1967 but not it's significance. Agreed that the attacks against Israel were not Palestinian but the reason was to create a fortress for Israel. But it's time we had a Palesti...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 71
- Views: 19813
Re: The 1% Club
It's moot unless any of the contestants answered the alternate choices
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I guess the height of the thing gives you a nice view of whatever.Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:18 pm What the hell problem was the penny farthing trying to solve?
If we still used them now you could see how bad the traffic is
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
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Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
One Day on Netflix. Not the sort of show I would usually watch it's basically 15 episodes of a relationship between 2 friends and sometimes lovers Based on the book by David Nicholas. The writing is top notch and the 2 leads are excellent. Its so easy to binge, given that each episode is around 30 m...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:15 pm
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- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
I should have said played by John Savident, I say John Savident 86 RIPMarc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:29 pm Fred Elliott from Corrie has died, I say Fred Elliott from Corrie has died.
RIP
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
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Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
The current and probably last Series of Curb. Still one of the only shows on TV to make me actually belly laugh.... well until the next Tory Party political broadcast at least. I love all the peripheral characters more than Larry, especially Suzie and Leon and now Tracy Ullman getting the best lines...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Too many Mar(k/c)s. Maybe we can refer to Marc James as MJ. Although that may not be a handle he would like under the circumstances. You can call me Meakin for simplicity, my missus does as she had a brother called Mark (though he passed away 6 years ago the name has stuck.) Which will be fun when ...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
Fred Elliott from Corrie has died, I say Fred Elliott from Corrie has died.
RIP
RIP
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
The one I went to was a stag do. Even though I was 18 I was so shy and green I wasn't even sure what was happening apart from that there was a comedian. My older mates said we can get a seat at the front. It was like going to Sea world in ad much as anyone worth their salt doesn't sit in the front r...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 5:18 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Probably not that unpopular within the unrepresentative population sample that is the C4C community, but in the eider world, it seems to be: I, a straight and reasonably normally libidoed man even with the sertraline, have absolutely no desire to go to a strip club After getting humiliated at the o...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
I can fully understand why existing athletes are whinging about this idea, as they've practised for a long time to perfect the take-off. If it becomes just a long jump event rather than a long jump from as close to an arbitary line as possible, then it simply renders a lot of their work obsolete. D...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:11 pm
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- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
That would be very interesting but by reducing the take-off gap to zero, it does kind of break old records. They do generally show the gap to the line nowadays anyway, but I don't know if they know the gaps for the old records of Mike Powell and Jonathan Edwards. I agree that old records should be ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:08 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field Athletics
Aye, but you can't ask people to jump over nothing. The bar provides a point in space to aim for, and tactile feedback, both crucial. I'd agree that the distance above the bar might also be measured by such a method, another way of doing this could be to have them jumping over a large pile of tiny ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
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Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I was toying with posting this in another thread but I've just found out that French people are prone to dipping their breakfast pastries, croissants and baguettes in their hot drink as part of their breakfast ritual
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: The 1% Club
- Replies: 71
- Views: 19813
Re: The 1% Club
Season 3 has started and there has been a significant shift to logic questions over word related ones (apart from the 1% question ironically) I find to make the show more enjoyable towards the sharp end I'm freeze framing the questions to give me enough time to get it right. I usually have to read q...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
Here's a thing. I think the term anti-Semitic (or antisemitic) is generally not a good one to use. If someone is racist against black people, they are racist. If they are racist against Asian people, they are racist. But if they are racist against Jewish people, they are anti-Semitic. Why does it m...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
That too but I remember Ask Elvis. and Gervaisse as two of the best characters in his afternoon show on Radio one in the early 90s
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
If you're happy to count that then why not count Kipchoge's sub-2? Why wasn't it official then? He had pacemakers, and if I remember right, was shielded from air resistance by a vehicle in front of him too, not to mention shoes that were beyond regulations. Pacemakers should be OK though as most mi...
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
12 Years a Slave, better
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Why wasn't it official then?Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:25 pmIf you're happy to count that then why not count Kipchoge's sub-2?Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:16 pm I reckon if the enhanced games happen then sub 2 hours will happen
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:06 pm
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- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
Genuinely shocked and upset about this.
RIP Steve Wright a legend of radio 1 and 2
RIP Steve Wright a legend of radio 1 and 2
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:16 pm
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- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
The thing is Kiptum was the sub-2 hour hope. He was also fun to watch. He'd take the first half of his marathons fairly easily and then just go in the second half. With better pacing, sub-2 looked a formality. Also, for whatever reason, the women's marathon records are often set by people you've ne...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Ive never experienced this but my step daughter (in her early thirties) says it happens whenever she hears a cat scarerMark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:47 pm What's that whole thing about when your ear goes PING and then you're deaf for a few seconds?
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:46 pm
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
If the enhanced games ever actually happens, what legal records are most likely to be bettered?
Probably more women's records than mens but I'm wondering about the Marathon and cycling records being most likely to be challenged
Probably more women's records than mens but I'm wondering about the Marathon and cycling records being most likely to be challenged
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Real life situations that made you laugh
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Re: Real life situations that made you laugh
Yes and although that was deliberate it probably explains why I made that typoGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:56 pmYou did that before!Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:54 pm Just made a typo talking about tonights American football ended up writing Superb Owl
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Real life situations that made you laugh
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Re: Real life situations that made you laugh
Just made a typo talking about tonights American football ended up writing Superb Owl
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
If you are with kids at a football match (be it your own or others) and you drink alcohol in any quantity, that is irresponsible and shitty. In addition, pubs should not serve booze to any group of people with kids regardless of how much. Be a proper parent and leave the booze for fucks sake (Poste...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Trade Secrets
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Re: Trade Secrets
Or eat pulses.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:40 pm I don't know if anyone actually needs this advice, but people are often depicted as straining when they are struggling to go. But anyway, never strain. Pulse.
Apart from the occasions I've been hospitalised for an operation I've never had a problem though I'm a huge coffee drinker
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: MEAKIN THREAD
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Re: MEAKIN THREAD
Putting this here as I can't think where else to put it
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68237123
Its about Everest and poo
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68237123
Its about Everest and poo
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:47 pm
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- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
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Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Cats and dogs are the same. People think cats are cold and heartless and dogs show love. Bullshit. They've both learned to manipulate humans to get food. This is a good one. I find it odd when people paint dogs as being "they love you unconditionally and will protect you at all costs". If...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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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...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
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- Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO:parkrun Recaps
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Re: CO:parkrun Recaps
Why is it off putting?
Ive never considered the concept of Parkrun being competitive but more collaborative
But then I haven't dipped my toe in yet
Ive never considered the concept of Parkrun being competitive but more collaborative
But then I haven't dipped my toe in yet
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 1:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Which foodstuff has the biggest retail profit margin? I would have said crisps or popcorn (especially in a cinema) but one of my managers said it was bread but I'm not convinced Well if you're allowed to specify the place (e.g. in a cinema) there's a lot of places that hike up prices if you're in a...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:22 am
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Which foodstuff has the biggest retail profit margin?
I would have said crisps or popcorn (especially in a cinema) but one of my managers said it was bread but I'm not convinced
I would have said crisps or popcorn (especially in a cinema) but one of my managers said it was bread but I'm not convinced
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:30 pm
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
Poor Things second to Oppenheimer as film of the year.Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:53 pm Poor Things was absolutely batshit. Loved it. Very funny.
Off to see Argylle tomorrow.
Let me know what you think of Argylle
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:31 am
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- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
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Re: What films have you watched lately?
Watched about 10 films at the cinema already this year. Stand outs are American Fiction. Yes Americans really can do satire, really funny. The Zone of Interest, probably told more about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps than Schindlers List.everyone should see it but I think only once Argylle,...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
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Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
I'm guessing he was shaken but not stirredMark James wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:03 pm https://twitter.com/ChudsOfTikTok/statu ... 8869177654
Don't name your child James Bond.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:50 am
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Roof boxes are more popular these days.
I used to have one and a small trailer.
I used to have one and a small trailer.
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:31 pm
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why does the medical profession come up with terms like Chronic Kidney disease then say its nothing to worry about.
I mean Chronic and Disease is bad enough and add kidney to the equation and you can see why I was worried.
Still it was nice to see my GP and to check his satellite signal
I mean Chronic and Disease is bad enough and add kidney to the equation and you can see why I was worried.
Still it was nice to see my GP and to check his satellite signal
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Dead of 2024
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Re: The Dead of 2024
I think I might have backed the wrong horse
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:22 pm
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Re: The Dead of 2024
Don't tell him PikeGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:30 pm Wow. That's Dad's Army gone then. I was hoping for another 20 years.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:15 pm
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
That's a nice quiz question I can give you a clue it wasn't a misspelling
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:52 pm
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Quite a funny joke rendered useless now I've corrected my typoGavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 03, 2024 3:10 pm There's better satellite coverage just outside the Grim Reaper's house.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 2:27 pm
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- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
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Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why are GPs not working as they were pre Covid 19.?
I have to be at deaths door to get a face to face appointment these days
I have to be at deaths door to get a face to face appointment these days
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:24 pm
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- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
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Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
I'm old and forgetful, even though I posted only a year agoMatt Morrison wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:48 pmProbably because it already exists (I was sure I'd posted an answer to this sort of question before so searched).
Tony Law.
Tim Key.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:10 pm
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- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
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Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
Sad to say since he's since become a zionist boomer on a complaining about PC gone mad kick in recent times but Jerry Seinfeld was probably the best live gig I saw. My face was hurting from laughing. Other highlights would be Jackie Mason, Billy Connolly, Bill Burr, Tommy Tiernan, Reginald D. Hunte...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:05 pm
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- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
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Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
Interestingly, in his set Stewart Lee had a little dig at Frankie Boyle for using a team of uncredited writers. (Lee writes his own material) for his stand Up
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:02 pm
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- Topic: Politics in General
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Re: Politics in General
This means nothing to me.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:16 pm Just to add to the above, Sunak speaking out in that way suggests delusions of grandeur. His opinion is irrelevant. The ICJ is much bigger than him in this regard.
I have delusions of Midge Ure
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
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Re: People you shouldn't trust
Anyone who writes/participates in the articles that have the caption "I bought my own house at 22 whilst working at Asda. Here's how you can do the same!" Two lines in: "Michael got a gift of £100,000 from his parents to help towards getting his house, but it was definitely the worki...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:31 pm
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- Topic: Which Is Your Favourite Joke?
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- Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:00 pm
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- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
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Re: Favourite Comedy Gig
It was great really good seats in row D but luckily for me I wasn't wearing a T Shirt as he picked on a few people.
First time I've seen him
One of the few comedians both myself and my partner like.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:48 pm
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- Topic: Favourite Comedy Gig
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Favourite Comedy Gig
As I am about to see Stewart Lee tonight I though why not a thread for stand up performances.
Up until now, Frank Skinner in 1997 is my favourite, it was a tough gig, coming days after Princess Diana's funeral but he was great as was Bob Monkhouse in 1981 at Butlins in Skegbess
Up until now, Frank Skinner in 1997 is my favourite, it was a tough gig, coming days after Princess Diana's funeral but he was great as was Bob Monkhouse in 1981 at Butlins in Skegbess
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
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Re: People you shouldn't trust
People who use the term Netizens when referring to the online community on their socials.
Actually people who use the term socials.
Confirming what I always suspected I don't trust myself
Actually people who use the term socials.
Confirming what I always suspected I don't trust myself