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Liam Tiernan

Looked up this song because I'd believed for years that the line "Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow" couldn't possibly be right and this was a good example of a mondegreen. Turns out I'd actually got it right for once. One that I did get wrong was the line "now my poor heart breaks...

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The main factor for me is that AV greatly reduces the significance of tactical voting, and allows people to more honestly represent their preferences. It's all well and good to say "well don't vote tactically, vote honestly!" (and I try to follow that) but wouldn't it be nicer to have a s...

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Oliver Garner wrote:Vicky Coren
uhhh

Oliver Garner wrote: (calm down Charlie + others)
Too late.

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Making her debut in DC this week it's Carol Smillie. :mrgreen: Once in a pub quiz I the question was "Which celebrity is an anagram of LOCAL MISERY?" so obviously everyone was looking at me telling me to solve it. It took me like a good 5 minutes to unscramble it and then I complained to ...

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Kai Laddiman wrote:My game against the Tourney Owl got two records for me: (joint) most maxes in a game and highest score in a game. However, the former is reported as such, but my highest 15-round score is still listed as 135.

Just takes a little longer to update, I think , Kai. Says 137 on your stats now.

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Basically I am turning into a boring old bastard. Young whippersnappers don't know anything, etc. There's a theory that somewhere between the ages of 25 and 30 is the point where people stop trying to be different from their parents and start becoming their parents. So you're only a little ahead of...

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Thomas Carey wrote:
Joseph Krol wrote:I didn't get an almanac for this round: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ga ... 0#r6184710. The country in question is Cuba.
I've got an almanac! You haven't!

Almanacs are only given for English variants Rhys. And I've got 18 of them, Thomas. So there!

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Martin Gardner wrote:What a shame to travel 500 miles and get 27

Probably not a big deal to him, considering he has to travel 700 each way to get laid.

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Jon O'Neill wrote:
Lesley Hines wrote:cf CF
In haven't got this joke twice now.

Does this help?

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Lesley Hines wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:
Mark James wrote:You should spend the money pimping your ride.
What would my ride be? (I don't have a car.)
cf CF

Looks like Marc's not the only one who recycles.

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Also, well done to Joseph on beating Chris , but should the system not knit the two games together like an ordinary 15 rounder, rather than effectively applying flat scoring, and allowing both players to get points for the conundrum? Had this match happened head-to-head, Chris would have won 95-73....

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I'm amazed only one's put Return of the Jedi - Empire Strikes Back was my favourite but on a forum of red-blooded males I was expecting someone to pipe up about Princess Leia in the gold bikini, if only for the Jennifer Aniston cover. Nope, Ross's mother kinda permanently ruined that image for me t...

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James got a silver pencil for SIMCHA but it's not showing up here: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=-1225300791899677126 And indeed it says the word isn't pencilled in... Actually, same thing's happened to me for SENHOR . Well spotted that man :) Reported six days earlier , the first time i...

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19/20 number 14

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Lesley Hines wrote:they'd put the heaviest ones on the bottom row for demonstration but put light ones on the bottom for the punters so they're really tough to knock off.

Other way around, surely?

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Chickened a max
Edit:And again, the very next game

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Count me in.

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Lesley Hines wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:BTW. got me a table but no chairs any advice on free furniture that doesn't involve breaking the law.
There's obviously Freecycle .......

HTH

I don't think Marc wants anything more to do with free cycles for a while.

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Charlie Reams wrote:
Soph K wrote:
Matt Bayfield wrote:Atari 2600
Never heard of the 'Atari 2600'. What exactly is it? What's it similar to? A DS? A PS3? A Wii?
Have you heard of Google?

Once a company man, always a company man.

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I think you are being unfair Liam. I wouldn't expect many people to know the answer to all of them at all..................... The first question you posted about the Rose Bowl I think is very understandable people not knowing that. And the Marshall Plan one. I would have thought most of those were...

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The BBC are really scraping the bottom of the barrel in their search for contestants on The Weakest link.The standard in yesterdays show was absolutely abysmal. These are just some of the wrong answers ( I'm not even mentioning all the simple answers that were just passed. "What county cricket ...

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Is he a comedian?
Is it Lenny Henry?

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Chat said that Stuart had been awarded a SILVER pencil here but according to LEXPLORER the word has yet to be pencilled in.

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Just checked the BBC site again. There are now 79 walls up, if anybody's interested.

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Stern John (Southampton & Coventry City)

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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Mark James wrote:I thought of MARMOSET immediately too. Does this mean I'm gay?
If you haven't made up your own mind on that one by the age of 29 then I can't help you I'm afraid. Was you second choice CLOSET by any chance?

**** LIKE****

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Michael Wallace wrote:Yeah, Roxx and Myth were awesome. I particularly enjoyed the juxtaposition of mad rockers and a teatime quiz show.

Mad rockers? Roxx turned out to be a Science teacher, ffs.

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What amused me most was that after Dictionary Corner suggested FLATLINE for 8, Jeff commented "a couple of 8s there". So it sounds like Susie offered FELLATIO as well, but this was edited out of the broadcast. Those who attended the recording will presumably know for sure! Yep, you got it...

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Well done Andy and very unlucky, Adam. Great comeback from so far behind to take the game to a crucial.
FLENSER as an appropriate equaller to FLAYERS in the final letters round.

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Marc Meakin wrote:Moving to Milton keynes and taking my ,then, girlfriends nephew as my lodger.
Oh and sending death threats to geeks.

Not to mention of stealing a bike from your place of work in full view of security cameras.

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Eoin Monaghan wrote:Can't stand Harry Hill, the most unfunny man in the world.

Seconded. Second most unfunny "comedian" in the world after Tommy Tiernan (no relation).

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Request for topic to be deleted. God knows why I ever created this. Denied! Arse. My reputation (if I ever had one) is quickly becoming embarrassing with every post I make. I feel like I am in the gutter with the disgraced Meakin. Could be worse, Ryan. Imagine finding out you're actually related to...

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Soph K wrote: The only bad thing is that you can't click 'View Active Topics' or 'View New Posts' unless you go onto the Index Board again which is slightly fiddly and sometimes annoying.

I have"View active topics" on my browser bookmark toolbar. Saves a lot of fiddling around.

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Just remembered a famous one that happened during Pope John Paul II's visit to Ireland. As he stepped off the plane at Dublin Airport and went into his usual schtick off kissing the ground, the band played "The Holy Ground" (a traditional Irish ballad). Very appropriate, you might think, i...

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Again I don't see the connection between paying your taxes and being allowed to vote (lots of people in the country don't pay taxes but can still vote). It's an argument that was used back in the day for votes for women. The connection is that taxes pay for the government to do their business. If y...

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Losing this game really pissed me off, especially considering velvets PB going into the game was 138.

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Just wondering, Marc, has it ever occurred to you that your boss could be reading all of this? Some of your posts here over the past few months would not exactly inspire confidence in you as an employee, especially someone responsible for building maintenance. Who knows what sort of practical jokes ...

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DEFATTED rd 3

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Flight A: Liam Tiernan vs. Peter Lee
Liam 94-85 Peter
Liam 99-96 Peter

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Clever conundrum scramble.

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Junior Mint: Liam Tiernan vs. Hugh Binnie
Liam 110-96 Hugh
Liam 102-95 Hugh

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Junior Mint: Liam Tiernan vs. Tom Chafer-Cook
Liam 116-106 Tom Double max game. My first Junior 15 max. Insanely tense.
Liam 104- 98 Tom Very close contest again. Tom was very unlucky not to win both.

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Flight A:
James Hall 71-62 Liam Tiernan
Liam Tiernan 80-41 James Hall
Liam Tiernan 101-96 James Hall

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Let me explain the type of person i am in this recent anecdote:(mostly in lower case, thanks Ryan) I was trying to get to east london by tube the other day from russell square but i was skint (quelle suprise)so i told the station supervisor that i couldnt get a ticket cos i couldnt get my damaged d...

Liam Tiernan

Looks like Jack is coming good just at the right time.

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Hybrid sports are usually crap, Marc. The Gaelic football/Aussie rules hybrid is a good example of this. Nobody wants it anymore except the players (and they only want it for the free holiday).

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Where did the 2 come from in Jack's method for R14? Wouldn't have changed the result, but would have set up a crucial... He started off by doing 100 - 8 for the 92. He was then going to multiply by 75 then divide by 25, basically times by 3. So, 3 x 92 = 276. 50 / 25 is the 2, so by adding that 50 ...

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Nominate Jack for best numbers solve by a contestant. That would definitely qualify for an oxygen mask, if not a spacesuit.

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James Robinson wrote:Unless, I'm not mistaken, that's only the 2nd time that Jack has ever been behind.

Murray Walker would be proud of you, James. Are you really Robert Baxter?

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Travellers Almanacs count is broken, and probably has been for months.

ps: Why no almanac for WALES? It is a country, isn't it?

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Gavin Chipper wrote:How important is the Ascension in the scale of things?

Third, after Easter and Christmas.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:
Liam Tiernan wrote:
Rhys Benjamin wrote:rewinder as a beater in round whatver (i think 8)
Only 1 R, Rhys
shoot

I would, if you quit dancing around and stand still for a second.

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Rhys Benjamin wrote:rewinder as a beater in round whatver (i think 8)

Only 1 R, Rhys

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Junior Mint: Liam Tiernan 2-1 Peter Lee
Liam Tiernan 87-83 Peter Lee
Snatched on a crucial.
Peter Lee 98-37 Liam Tiernan
13 maxes from Peter.
Liam Tiernan 105-66 Peter Lee
Rd 6 had a single 2-letter max. Very unusual.

Liam Tiernan

Firstly, No.2 Seed Eoin Monaghan - 8 Wins, 898 Points Highest Score: 121 vs. Dave Rudd (4th Game) Lowest Score: 100 vs. Clive Myers (5th Game) 9's Achieved: 5/7 Total Points/Max/%: 898/1031 (87%) Letters Points/Max/%: 609/711 (86%) Numbers Points/Max/%: 229/240 (95%) Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/80 (...

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GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES I before E for GRIEVOUS. ;) Great stuff, Eoin 8-) The first two quarters were relatively easy to call, the next two are tricky. Bloody Hell! I even checked it on Lexplorer before posting to make sure I had it right way round,and I still end up putting in the wrong spelling.

Liam Tiernan · Re: Spoilers for Friday 10 December 2010 GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES

GREIVOUS to equal VIRAGOES

Liam Tiernan · Re: Spoilers for Friday 10 December 2010 UNCREASE in the CENSURE round.

UNCREASE in the CENSURE round.

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I've just noticed that it says something totally wrong on some games when you have finished, in the chat bit, regarding your rating. Could be showing ratings for the wrong people? Probably refernced earlier in the thread, or it could just be me. Probably one of those two. :D JK There are different ...

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