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by Mark James
Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:40 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 224
Views: 78518

Re: Coincidence

In my job I have to claim money for materials used and I was totalling up four fairly random cost amounts and the exact total of the four amounts was 1234.56.
by Mark James
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

No one thinks it's a big conspiracy. That would imply some sort of coordinated effort to not have the party in their twitter bio. It's just someone having a jibe at politicians she maybe doesn't like. The fact you think she thinks it's a conspiracy is more akin to a conspiracy. Also she specificall...
by Mark James
Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:36 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

No one thinks it's a big conspiracy. That would imply some sort of coordinated effort to not have the party in their twitter bio. It's just someone having a jibe at politicians she maybe doesn't like. The fact you think she thinks it's a conspiracy is more akin to a conspiracy. Also she specifically...
by Mark James
Tue Apr 04, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

Disappointing alright. Surely the far left have better conspiracy theories than "Conservatives are mildly embarrassed about their own party". I'd be hoping for something along the lines of Boris Johnson is really an alien or capitalists acquire media empires in an effort to propagandise an...
by Mark James
Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Funnily enough, we call print media "The Press" as well so when I first read your query I was like, no the ad was on TV not in the press, when I did mention the press?
by Mark James
Sun Apr 02, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Gavin Chipper wrote: Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:53 pm The press? Is that an Irish thing?
I guess so. What would you call it? The cupboard?
by Mark James
Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

Sorry, it's not an ad for Heinz, it's for a brand called Chef. The Irish football legend Paul McGrath is in it.
by Mark James
Sun Apr 02, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

So there's an ad for Heinz going around basically saying there's a debate about where you should keep ketchup, in the press or in the fridge? We keep it in the press until we open it and then keep it in the fridge. Is this not what should be done?
by Mark James
Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Stand-up comedy
Replies: 71
Views: 16270

Re: Stand-up comedy

How's Frankie been now after the flak and controversy he'd gotten in the 2000s? I hear he's picked himself up from it and doing pretty alright in the scope of UK comedy. He touches on it I suppose. He's closer to having so called woke values while still being outrageously filthy. He's definitely in...
by Mark James
Wed Mar 22, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Stand-up comedy
Replies: 71
Views: 16270

Re: Stand-up comedy

No. Was an Irish dude from Cork originally.
by Mark James
Tue Mar 21, 2023 10:36 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Stand-up comedy
Replies: 71
Views: 16270

Re: Stand-up comedy

Just back from a Frankie Boyle gig. Very good. Better than I was expecting. Decent support act too but unfortunately I can't remember the name.
by Mark James
Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Eurovision 2023
Replies: 49
Views: 4682

Re: Eurovision 2023

Rhys Benjamin wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:27 pm I ranked all the songs. Go watch. https://youtu.be/X-C809dj8TE
I think there's a tv show that's gonna do that based on how popular the songs are across the whole of Europe.
by Mark James
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

The guy the movie Catch me if you Can is based on lied about his lies.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/catch-me- ... -his-lies/
by Mark James
Sat Mar 11, 2023 4:02 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

So when Gary Lineker tweeted "Bin Corbyn", that wasn't an impartial political tweet that demanded censure? Look, I know pointing out Conservative hypocrisy is next to useless because they don't care but it's still fun I guess. Also I love that pretty much the whole of football is standing ...
by Mark James
Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

So is Gary Lineker a victim of "Cancel Culture"?
by Mark James
Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:12 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Water Boarding sounds fun as fuck until you find out what it really is.
by Mark James
Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209862

Re: Deathwatch 2017

How did you deliver the line though? Was it in that shouty way people normally do Brian Blessed impressions, because that's wrong. In the actual film, when he says the line, it's probably the quietest Brian Blessed has ever been. Yes the shouty voice as tbh Brian Blessed often did it on chats show'...
by Mark James
Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:51 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209862

Re: Deathwatch 2017

How did you deliver the line though? Was it in that shouty way people normally do Brian Blessed impressions, because that's wrong. In the actual film, when he says the line, it's probably the quietest Brian Blessed has ever been.
by Mark James
Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209862

Re: Deathwatch 2017

Marc Meakin wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:37 am Topol.
Im sure he did other work but Fiddler On The Roof is what he will be remembered for
I would have said Flash Gordon was more memorable.
by Mark James
Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
Replies: 26
Views: 3589

Re: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time

Round Britain Quiz on the radio has been going for 76 years.

Has any other quiz had a host wake up naked and terrified in a hotel having had their clothes, wallet and the answers to their next quiz stolen by a one night stand?
by Mark James
Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
Replies: 26
Views: 3589

Re: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time

Actually, having thought about it a bit more, it's probably the case that all quiz shows are game shows but not all game shows are quiz shows. Which means the Chase is the best overall for me. I wonder would it survive without Bradley though in the way Countdown did without Richard?
by Mark James
Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time
Replies: 26
Views: 3589

Re: This house believes Countdown is the greatest gameshow of all time

I don't think the answer to the question of Best Game Show should be a quiz show. They are distinct enough as a genre. I feel like a lot of people use the word game show and quiz show so interchangeably that it just loses all meaning, though. But those people are wrong. Jenny Ryan did a piss poor a...
by Mark James
Fri Feb 24, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
Replies: 103
Views: 12234

Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary

Is there a genuine dislike of Scrabble on this community? I sure hope so. Anyway the feeling seems to be mutual. I went to one scrabble event in Dublin and it was full of old ladies who didn't like Countdown. They seemed to have a problem with Rachel in particular and this was long before they woul...
by Mark James
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

What is up with burial/cremation costs? Shouldn't it be free, or at least state funded? Isn't it in society's interest that we dispose of dead bodies in an appropriate manner? What happens to bodies when there is no next of kin to cover funeral costs? What if you are next of kin but didn't like the ...
by Mark James
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:27 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Censorship
Replies: 25
Views: 2505

Re: Censorship

The most important thing to remember is that this is a business decision to sell more books and the blame can be laid squarely at the feet of free market capitalism rather than some lefty, PC gone mad, "cancel culture" boogie man.
by Mark James
Fri Feb 24, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with. I didn't know about this but I don't think so. People are hardwired not to think of siblings in that way aren't they? Yeah, but have you seen them? That's kind of the jok...
by Mark James
Thu Feb 23, 2023 1:01 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
Replies: 1615
Views: 630725

Re: Questions you've always wanted answered

So, gears on a bicycle. I have an 18 speed bike. Who are gears 1 to 15 for?

I was trying out a new bike yesterday and it was in 1st gear and I thought the chain had fallen off it was so loose.
by Mark James
Wed Feb 15, 2023 1:12 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: How autistic are you?
Replies: 125
Views: 18607

Re: How autistic are you?

I got the average for most men ,17.

https://twitter.com/wejustnormalmen
by Mark James
Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:27 am
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3907

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

This has been my favourite thread in a long time on C4C.
by Mark James
Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

Is it any surprise Jim Corr went off his nut? Imagine being in band with three gorgeous chick's that you can never hook up with.
by Mark James
Tue Feb 14, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3907

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

I thought you could press space but it's not working for me.
by Mark James
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3907

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

Also, I wish the timer didn't start until you've pressed the first 1. Having to click play with the mouse is losing time.
by Mark James
Tue Feb 14, 2023 12:36 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3907

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

I'm averaging 200 - 210 having moved to two hands. I have a faster rhythm using one hand but make more mistakes on the keyboard. I reckon I would make less mistakes with a video game controller. Although when you put it as "20 presses a second" I'm less confident.
by Mark James
Mon Feb 13, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: Games and Puzzles
Topic: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)
Replies: 33
Views: 3907

Re: Button Bashing Mayhem (another Sporcle game)

If I could map the two buttons to a video game controller I would complete it. I was great at those Olympics games on console where you had to press two buttons in quick succession to make your character run. Keyboard buttons are two chunky to get a good rhythm and you can forget about doing it on t...
by Mark James
Thu Feb 09, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Extractions
Replies: 9
Views: 1057

Re: Extractions

I was 50 minutes in the chair once getting a tooth out because it had decayed so much the dentist couldn't get a proper grip on it. Then he said not to smoke or drink until the wound had healed but instead I went to a friend's house and had a rake of cans and joints.
by Mark James
Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:01 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
Replies: 32
Views: 3861

Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/mind-shift/202106/are-pedophiles-born-or-made Not saying this was the case with Jim but no one knows what's going on in people's brains. It goes without saying that those with children, especially young children will be far more vitriolic in their condemnation...
by Mark James
Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Stand-up comedy
Replies: 71
Views: 16270

Re: Stand-up comedy

Hadn't heard of Daniel Sloss but checked out an appearance on Conan O'Brien on youtube and he's not too bad. Wouldn't be paying in to see him myself but he has a fantastic anti abortion joke that cracked me up. Hadn't heard of Rhys Thorne either but checked him out and he's shockingly bad. It was li...
by Mark James
Wed Feb 01, 2023 11:03 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83920

Re: Music

There's the line from Wayne's World where they say Led Zeppelin didn't write tunes that everyone likes, they left that up to the Beegees. I personally would have picked ABBA for the example to make the point but yeah, Beegees is fair enough. Great song writing. I think Toto are underrated in that re...
by Mark James
Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Music
Replies: 295
Views: 83920

Re: Music

Anyone else get that thing where, it's not that a song is stuck in your head, but you just get obsessed with listening to one song over and over again for like a week? I recently found this fantsstic video https://youtu.be/eGQQL29-2b0 of the isolated guitar track on Toto's Africa. You can barely hea...
by Mark James
Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 758
Views: 565438

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Cheers Mark.

Sorry, Didn't mean to hijack the TV thread. To get back on track, I haven't really been watching anything new these days. My friend highly recommends Yellowstone if that's any use to anyone.
by Mark James
Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:47 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
Replies: 758
Views: 565438

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

It is a record. And don't call me Shirley. On a serious note, fuck. Jim was one of the first people who drew me in to apterous based on this forum. My first live event was Co:lon where I met Charlie, Matt Morrison, Heather, John O'Neill, Anne Dibben, Gev, Corby, and many more than I would like to me...
by Mark James
Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

Not really. I'd equate it with the voting for the leopards who eat people's faces meme.
by Mark James
Mon Jan 23, 2023 12:40 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

the gay Conservative who will be first in the fire if his fascist party actually got to implement thier ultimate agenda. You have no idea about the party. It's a twink fest. It may be but do you think you are a twink? Keep dreaming. As I said, you'll be first in the fire. And the fact you can't see...
by Mark James
Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Politics in General
Replies: 1604
Views: 1652381

Re: Politics in General

I'm currently drunk off my ass in lanzarote so should probably stay out of it but fuck me. This thread is hilarious. You have douchebag L'oisleatch who thinks the culture war is an actual thing to be worried about and Rhys, the gay Conservative who will be first in the fire if his fascist party actu...
by Mark James
Wed Jan 18, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?
Replies: 70
Views: 24935

Re: Was Jeanne Calment a fraud?

Saw a tweet lamenting that the oldest person in the world is always some withered French nun and never a thawed out caveman.
by Mark James
Tue Jan 17, 2023 9:12 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Deathwatch 2017
Replies: 467
Views: 209862

Re: Deathwatch 2017

I used to watch top gear, watch tons of YouTube and big into my video games. Have to say, I'd never heard of the chap.
by Mark James
Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strange things you used to believe as a child
Replies: 32
Views: 6039

Re: Strange things you used to believe as a child

I thought my parents knew what they were doing. I thought at some stage you just become an adult and have everything figured out. I'm 40 now and realise that doesn't happen so they've gone up in my estimation. When adults say they don't feel like adults it's likely to be because they haven't shaken...
by Mark James
Wed Jan 11, 2023 3:47 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Strange things you used to believe as a child
Replies: 32
Views: 6039

Re: Strange things you used to believe as a child

I thought the word capacity was pronounced kappa city. I thought Jimmy Saville's first name was Jimil and Fixit was his surname. I thought my parents knew what they were doing. I thought at some stage you just become an adult and have everything figured out. I'm 40 now and realise that doesn't happe...
by Mark James
Tue Jan 10, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

When a footballer fakes a shot so that the goalie dives and makes it easier to score with a real shot, what they've done is essentially lied. This creates a culture of dishonesty. Is it any wonder players also pretend to be fouled to win free kicks and penalties? I doubt if you do actually believe ...
by Mark James
Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:25 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

When a footballer fakes a shot so that the goalie dives and makes it easier to score with a real shot, what they've done is essentially lied. This creates a culture of dishonesty. Is it any wonder players also pretend to be fouled to win free kicks and penalties?
by Mark James
Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

There was an episode of QI where they mentioned a guy in history who could read silently and without moving his lips and this impressed people at the time and, if that's true, I've just realised that the first person who sang and played guitar at the same time must have seemed like a fucking wizard ...
by Mark James
Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena
Replies: 11
Views: 1883

Re: In a Darts style, what music would Countdowners want playing when they enter the Countdown arena

Can yis put name of the song in your post not just the link.

Anyway, I'd go with Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse.
by Mark James
Sun Jan 01, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: What films have you watched lately?
Replies: 428
Views: 240964

Re: What films have you watched lately?

Was hoping to catch a few more movies over Christmas but only got around to three I hadn't seen before. Mullholland Drive. Not as good as Blue Velvet but David Lynch is certainly something. Glass Onion. Brilliant. Like Knives Out it once again makes the case for a best Ensemble Cast Oscar. Daniel Cr...
by Mark James
Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:09 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

I'm probably never going to do anything of note because nobody is following me around with a video camera, getting footage for the inevitable documentary about me.
by Mark James
Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: World Cup 2022 Qatar
Replies: 54
Views: 4468

Re: World Cup 2022 Qatar

It shouldn't have been in Qatar, it shouldn't have been in the winter but in fairness, that was a great World Cup. Brilliant final, and probably the right result. Great entertainment overall.
by Mark James
Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:38 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
Replies: 630
Views: 275561

Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised

That guy was right not to invite Jaques to the party and the M&M's were wrong.
by Mark James
Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:29 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140939

Re: Religion

E.g. "the bible says it is wrong for two men to have sexual relations together" is an 'is' statement that is scientifically true. No it's not. I'm pretty sure that Callum means that it is (scientifically) true that the bible says it! I did suspect that may be the case. Cheers for the clea...
by Mark James
Sat Dec 10, 2022 9:21 am
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Religion
Replies: 548
Views: 140939

Re: Religion

Callum Todd wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:39 pm E.g.
"the bible says it is wrong for two men to have sexual relations together" is an 'is' statement that is scientifically true.
No it's not.
by Mark James
Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:21 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Do you keep a personal diary?
Replies: 16
Views: 1215

Re: Do you keep a personal diary?

I started doing an exercise where you write out all your fears and resentments, then you ask (God, the universe or whatever higher power even if you don't believe in that stuff) for all your fears to be released and then you meditate for about 20 minutes. I do this at least once a day. It's supposed...