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Marc Meakin

I've forgotten how you make a poll here (maybe it's been removed since the spate of polls in the noughties)
I was thinking of favourite Christmas Song.
Surely only 8 titles plus other would suffice

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Some of us did a tournament for Christmas songs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Slade one won. We did something similar at work and The Waitresses won (that's the band not the cafe staff) I had to look it up . I'm amazed it won when it's a song I'm not sure I've even heard before. But one of the comme...

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OK, if you take 7 members of one family, get them to pick 8 songs each, then pick a few more between you to get it up to 64 and then do a knockout voting tournament, which song do you think wins? It may surprise you, but the answer is Instant Crush by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas (from Th...

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Shirley Anne Field not to be confused with Sally Ann Field (which I did)

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One I've only heard recently.
Not my Circus, not my monkeys

Marc Meakin

I flew in on the red eye so I'm very tired

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Does it? That doesn't make sense. The tiredness one does make sense. On reflexion, yes it does mean tiredness as the flight isn't long enough for a night's kip, I was misinformed 30 years ago and haven't checked since Ah you want the "incorrect things you realised 30 years ago" thread! Fo...

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Victoria Coren-Mitchell is the worst quiz show host since Max Bygraves

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The redeye as in a flight from an airline refers to the colour of the plane lights at night rather than your eyes being red because of tiredness Does it? That doesn't make sense. The tiredness one does make sense. On reflexion, yes it does mean tiredness as the flight isn't long enough for a night'...

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 4:59 pm I thought red eye was what happened in photographs when your eyes come out red.

I've edited my post for clarity.

Marc Meakin

The redeye as in a flight from an airline refers to the colour of the plane lights at night rather than your eyes being red because of tiredness

Marc Meakin

What is it with this really weird singing voice that some people have adopted in recent years? It's difficult to describe except that there seems to be something a bit piratey about it. But to give some examples - Lewis Capaldi , Tom Walker *, Jess Glynne , and not forgetting Adele , although hers ...

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Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:01 am Ryan O'Neal, 82. RIP

Good actor in Barry Lyndon.

Marc Meakin

Elliott Mellor wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:27 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 6:24 pm This government (since Theresa May) is the worst in living memory (I've recently turned 60) I include Thatcher in this
I think you forgot the "un" part of this thread.

I dont think it will universally be agreed with, on here, however

Marc Meakin

This government (since Theresa May) is the worst in living memory (I've recently turned 60) I include Thatcher in this

Marc Meakin

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 4:22 pm Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID.

Are you saying he faked it?
Too many people involved for it to totally faked but 'nearly dying' may have been an exageration

Marc Meakin

I'm with Gavin on clothes. Either these opinions aren't unpopular enough or I'm just an unpopular kind of guy. Why not both? ;) I also somewhat agree with clothes - especially the "must get a new suit/dress/whatever for this event" mentality, when there are 15 others in your wardrobe that...

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Crisps are too greasy and leave you with a very undesirable layer of grease on your fingers that then transfers on to surfaces. Owing to the inconvenient nature of this, it is perfectly acceptable to pour a bag of crisps in to a bowl and eat them with a spoon if in the comfort of your own home. I w...

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Bacon is overrated. Sausages are just way better. Nickelback are fine. People just pile on because people are like that. Even the most attractive people look better clothed than naked. Language is a powerful tool that, when well crafted, can inform and entertain like no other human construct, but t...

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Buying new clothes all the time is ridiculous and if someone says something like they haven't bought any new clothes for over a year it should get massive respect. The fashion industry is largely a joke item. I guess it depends on your social life I bought a suit for a wedding this week but I shall...

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The generations like Gen X, millennials etc., are arbitrary, confusing and ultimately just stupid. It makes no real sense to say that you are in the same generation as someone because you fall the right side of some arbitrary boundary. You might be in a "different generation" to someone b...

Marc Meakin

Crisps are too greasy and leave you with a very undesirable layer of grease on your fingers that then transfers on to surfaces. Owing to the inconvenient nature of this, it is perfectly acceptable to pour a bag of crisps in to a bowl and eat them with a spoon if in the comfort of your own home. I w...

Marc Meakin

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 ...

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If lunch is provided the downside is the catering cost will up the entry fee or any prize fund

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Matt Rutherford wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:17 pm Sod the hand sanitizer, can I please have some mind Harpic pronto-much appreciated.

(Just wash your sodding hands people xD)

Tbf I never said I DIDNT wash my hands afterwards just that I think washing them before is just as valid.

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Dec 05, 2023 1:26 pm And I'm pretty sure a "member" that has spent its day fermenting in sweaty underwear in close proximity to a bumhole isn't quite as clean as you might imagine. (Note to self - take hand sanitiser to my next scrabble tournament)

Who mentioned underwear

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If i started a debate about the IRA or the UDF being a terrorist organisation, I would expect Mark James and other people here who have grown up in Ireland or Northern Ireland to have an opinion and it would be legiiiised by that even if I disagreed but what gets the backs up of most Jews are these ...

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We need some kind of national structure with electric scooters. Milton Keynes and other cities seem to embrace them, other cities ban them and that means the pavements are not safe. Its a clean transport so a licence to use it and some mot to make sure they are legal and roadworthy and fines and con...

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It's fine for cyclists to break traffic lights. Don't get me wrong, I don't think you should go full pelt through them, I treat red lights like a yield sign rather than a stop sign. If it safe to do so, and you are keeping an eye out for potential pedestrians I don't think it's that big a deal to g...

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Although marriage is a good thing, legally at least when it comes to pensions and inheritance etc, weddings are generally an overblown mess, vastly expensive, a free for all for people you probably hardly ever see.
I'd rather get two witnesses and send FB messages from my very expensive honeymoon

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The whole digitisation of services has gone too far, and is really just the result of high-ups being lazy and not wanting to do any work or employ anyone. This applies to things such as car parks where you have to pay using your phone, anywhere that insists you download an app in order to use a ser...

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Kelly Holmes double gold in Athens was the greatest British performance at a single Olympic games

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Ronnie O Sullivan is the greatest English sportsman of all time

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It's not that unpopular. I do recommend you watch those videos with the ambassadors by the way. They are quite long but I think worth the time. Or just start watching them and see how you find them. The differences between them are clear quite early on. It's also generally accepted that the Israeli...

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Wait until next week and buy next year's advent calendars at half price
It might benefit you storing them in a freezer though as sell by dates won't be next December

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If you buy a headtorch that had a lithium battery in order not to have to ride blind on country roads all of a sudden, charge it up daily I barely go 30 minutes from 1 charge (2 journeys to work)

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First of all, Hamas likely exists in the form it does because of the oppression by Israel on the Palestinians for decades. It breeds terrorism. Also far more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces over the decades than vice versa. Does it make such a difference that Hamas killed a lot of I...

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It's probably more hygienic for a man to wash his hands before taking a piss than afterwards although preferably both.
I get my hands dirty at work so will always wash before.
I know my member is clean and I do believe urine is sterile.

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The Bee Gees have better hits than the Beatles. VAR isn't ruining football (The standard of referees however.... ) Christmas is vastly over rated (interested in how unpopular this is) The 1970s is the most over rated decade in pop music Actors and comedians apologising for content that made them a l...

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Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 am Top tip for theatre designers. Don't build theatres that contain areas with restricted views.

Irony is it's The Marlowe Theatre about 6 years old (rebuilt)

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Dan Byrom wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:15 pm Picnic is the best chocolate bar

Wouldn't call it unpopular.
Boost or Double Decker maybe

Have you tried those new mars bars with fruit in very tasty

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Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:26 pm Great thread. Some truly horrendous stuff. It's also amazing what people feel compelled to reply to.
I think it would be good to list these out and all have a vote on how appalling we all find each one so there is a winner.

Just give me the trophy now to save time

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 4:39 pm Certain interests in this country would like people to believe that all the UK's monetary problems are caused by the poor and uneducated (and immigrants obviously). They are not.

I wouldn't have said it was unpopular unless you are in the Tory party

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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Nov 30, 2023 2:45 pm Shane MacGowan and Alistair Darling. Big week for death.

Where is Aaron Ramsey playing these days?

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How exactly would you enforce parenting skills classes before starting a family for the millions and millions of children, self included, whose conception was neither planned nor anticipated? When a woman gets pregnant that gives most couples 4 or 5 months to get parenting classes organised. It wou...

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Anyone having more than 2 children should be taxed. Equally, tax breaks for married couples without children. Also it should be compulsory for couples to have parenting skills classes before starting a family But who suffers the most in these bigger families when they're taxed more? Especially the ...

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Can the Countdown app be modified for face to face games making organising a Co event much easier

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Anyone having more than 2 children should be taxed.
Equally, tax breaks for married couples without children.
Also it should be compulsory for couples to have parenting skills classes before starting a family

Marc Meakin

Shamima Begum was a child victim who was groomed by a terrorist organisation, and should be treated as such (that is not saying she should be absolved of any responsibility for any crimes she committed, but that she is also just as much a victim as a the children who were groomed by Harvey Weinstei...

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As if you don't get enough of this shit on FB. Anyway, I recently watched Life of Pi at a Matinee at my local theatre, I had a crappy seat with a restricted view. Five minutes before the performance I got moved to a much better seat as they were largely unsold and it looks good for the performers eg...

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When I play Scrabble at my Scrabble club it's much more relaxed.. Pre Covid there was a TabScrab community playing face to face scrabble on phones and tablets and they were held in pubs and noise wasn't discouraged. Its a shame as I embraced TabScrab as there was no maths needed and no phonies and g...

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Twitter is an abomination and should either be banned or be a subscription service so there is no anonymity and people should be charged for making tweets with the money going to all bullying charities.

Mobile phones should be switched off and handed in at, cinemas, theatres and restaurants.

Marc Meakin

OK, time to join the fun... -It would be better for people to save having sex until after marriage (not that I will judge anyone who does not) -Cursive handwriting should not be taught in schools. Once kids have got writing, they should focus on typing skills. In addition, much more of education sh...

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Maybe a weekend tournament with a variety of different ganes like 9 rounders 15 rounders Numbers only Letters only Scrabble /Countdown crossovers Scrabble with vowel and consonant bags to pick frim but OED dictionary Or even a two day event with say saturday Countdown and Sunday Scrabble or vice ver...

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Creating more CGI and animated porn for the enjoyment of paedophiles would likely reduce offending and therefore be a good thing. Jeez. I thought liking black midget gems was going to be controversial..... This is fucking mental. A lot of the time people base their morals on the " yuck factor ...

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No, it's the same as the show So if the target is not revealed until the TD is happy that everyone has written the numbers down then how is there any advantage on numbers? If there is a long time delay, people can start working out what solutions might be possible with the numbers. With 6-small the...

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Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:10 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:01 pm Is the target revealed BEFORE the numbers are chosen?
No, it's the same as the show

So if the target is not revealed until the TD is happy that everyone has written the numbers down then how is there any advantage on numbers?

Marc Meakin

Is the target revealed BEFORE the numbers are chosen?

Marc Meakin

Sorry if I'm spouting bollocks but could you have a ratings system so that groups of players can be paired or grouped with players of similar ability. Having not broken my Co event duck yet I'm not sure how things work over a season. You could also have spot prizes for lowest winning score or highes...

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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 Thank you. Unless another event goes on the Calendar, Reading...

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