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Gavin Chipper

This poll expires on 4th January (which is now today) at 5:14pm so get those final votes in!

Gavin Chipper

There have been over 10,000 children killed in this genocide since October. I have no ties to Palestine other than it is inhabited by human beings, but i can’t function as a normal human being while this continues. It’s affecting me pretty badly. I attend the weekly solidarity protests and an left ...

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That's Kirk by the way!

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It's good forum etiquette to say what's behind the link.

Edit - Headline is "Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies" btw.

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An ideal points system would probably take into account odds of dying (incorporating age and known illnesses) and extra points for the better known they are. I don't think you could really formulate a robust enough system for that. Does the frail 95 year old or the very ill 70 year old have a bette...

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3rd numbers - (50+6)×(10+4)-8+3=779

Very similar to the previous numbers.

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2nd numbers - (50+9-5)×(10+8)+6=978

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:18 pm As undignified as this is I deliberately have avoided picking people who already have a life threatening illness that I am aware of

An ideal points system would probably take into account odds of dying (incorporating age and known illnesses) and extra points for the better known they are.

Gavin Chipper

I still have six from my list:

Michael Schumacher
Cher
Daniel Dennett
Mark Serwotka (some union leader guy)
Brian Blessed
Nigel Farage

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What are the prospects of the South Africans succeeding at the ICJ? Does accusing someone of “genocidal acts” bear the same legal weight as accusing them of an outright genocide? Considering South Africa's history in the lady 2 or 3 centuries, one expects it to be laughed at. Pots and Kettles etc I...

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Though not a workforce thing, Labour has used all-woman shortlists for MP candidates in some constituencies. To criticise what Mary Earps was wearing during SPOTY without being accused of misogyny? SPOTY completely passed me by, but there are certain things in life where there are differences in how...

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OK, yeah. I accept that.

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People who give the middle finger wrong. The correct way is to have a closed fist and then raise the middle finger. The wrong way is only curling the knuckles of the other fingers and you thumb sticking out. I've literally never thought about this. I think I have my thumb on the outside actually no...

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Zionism, yes, is the belief of a Jewish nation. No more, no less. Pro-Palestine people like to claim being "anti-Zionist" is not antisemitic, but I have always argued it is insofar as you are not calling for the deconstruction of any Muslim country, Pakistan in particular as it was formed...

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COLIN is like Wimbledon, whereas the FOCAL championship is like the ATP finals.

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I think it's called COLIN.

Gavin Chipper

Stay Another Day isn't a Christmas song. Though if anyone had nominated it, we could have discussed it. Anyway, all nominations went on. Tough luck to all you latecomers! Edit - Proper Crimbo was a bit of a joke entry but both Cliffs were Christmas number 1s. I don't think I can alter the poll with...

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Stay Another Day isn't a Christmas song. Though if anyone had nominated it, we could have discussed it. Anyway, all nominations went on. Tough luck to all you latecomers! Edit - Proper Crimbo was a bit of a joke entry but both Cliffs were Christmas number 1s. I don't think I can alter the poll witho...

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Merry Christmas to you all. Which Christmas Day parkrun are you all doing? I'll be doing my local at Great Notley.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:17 am When does it close?

I set it for 2 weeks. 4th Jan.

Gavin Chipper

It's called favourite Christmas song not songs. You should have only been able to vote for one. Or I should have worded the poll differently. First Past the Post voting is terrible. Consider the wording to be as needed for the poll to make sense. If I change it now, I'm worried it will reset. For m...

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Mark James wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:42 pm It's called favourite Christmas song not songs. You should have only been able to vote for one.

Or I should have worded the poll differently. First Past the Post voting is terrible. Consider the wording to be as needed for the poll to make sense.

If I change it now, I'm worried it will reset.

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Things are hotting up nicely. Four songs are tied for first with 4 votes each. 51 "votes" have been cast but that's votes for songs, not the number of individuals who have voted. It doesn't seem to give that information. Anyway, vote away! Also each song name in the poll links to a YouTube...

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Yeah, it wasn't that big a spoiler.

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Not only do we not need a monarchy, we don't need a head of state.

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What was the word? (Or put it in the spoilers thread.)

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If the dictionary is declared to be Apterous, then it's not really an error or omission, just that CO-events/Apterous are not Countdown, even if they try to emulate it. But it is arguably unsatisfactory.

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Are we voting in the cooments and you update the poll or am I missing something You are missing something. Tick the boxes to vote. Though I wonder if you have restricted access or something based on what you've previously said about polls. Charlie? Ben? Can this be looked at and potentially fixed. ...

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I don't think it was an Elvis song.

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Are we voting in the cooments and you update the poll or am I missing something You are missing something. Tick the boxes to vote. Though I wonder if you have restricted access or something based on what you've previously said about polls. Charlie? Ben? Can this be looked at and potentially fixed.

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Following on from the discussion here , here is the poll for the best Christmas song. It's obviously not an exhaustive list, but I think I've included most of the "main" songs, and everything that got suggested. Some songs have been sung by several people and don't necessarily have a "...

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Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:42 pm no crisps before conundrums

It's OK if you've got a spoon.

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Tops sold for cycling have pockets. Why don't running tops have pockets? Don't know but I have pockets in my shorts. Edit - I suppose it's that if you're cycling, you can't really use pockets in your shorts as easily so you use your top. Whereas it's not as necessary for runners who can use the poc...

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Passing saves time. It's the cheap way out. That's the advantage. So getting the same number right without the passes is better in that sense.

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What was with that "steal your hubcaps" stereotypical joke about Scousers? Why would anyone steal hubcaps? Back in the 70s/80s cars just came with standard wheels. Hubcaps were an accessory. They were easy to remove and had a resale value. Stealing car badges were a thing in my neighbourh...

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I'll try and do it tomorrow.

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:32 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:21 pm Also I'll be running the poll with the same sensible voting system as the greatest episode poll. Basically you can vote for more than one option and also change your vote until the deadline.
Drums, fingers.....

I've been busy!

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I thought "fr." under the name of each recipe in my mum's copy of Mrs Beeton meant "fried" - even though that seemed really weird sometimes. (she did rely on her frying-pan for using leftovers) And what did it mean? And what does it mean here ? Was it really them who got HARUSPE...

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Watching golf on the TV I'd occasionally see players sporting the brand 'Tit-leist', which I parsed similarly (second half rhyming with 'heist'). That's how it's pronounced in our house. I don't understand how else it would be pronounced, I assume the 'correct' makes it sound like "tight least...

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Apr 01, 2023 6:29 am I used to think that canned laughter was real.

A lot of the time the laughter on comedy shows is real isn't it?

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Also I'll be running the poll with the same sensible voting system as the greatest episode poll. Basically you can vote for more than one option and also change your vote until the deadline.

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The IDF's mask has completely slipped now that they've murdered three Israeli released hostages. This is just the tip of the iceberg though. This behaviour happens as a matter of course, but it made the news because they killed citizens of their own country. It would be a pretty massive coincidence ...

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Cop 28. Hopefully in a year or two Electric cars will be more viable, by which I mean every main petrol station will have fast charging ports, the cost of Buying Electric cars will fall Mind you this doesn't help https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67693935 Automatic driving features aren't reall...

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Horsemeat scandal all over again.

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I'll start the poll next week some time btw.

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This is my top 5 5. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens 4. Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) - The Darkness 3. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 2. All I Want for Christmas is You - Mariah Carey 1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl Really disappointed in your number 2. ...

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Callum Todd wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:29 pm
Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:35 pm There's no denying Bush had some swag about him.
https://youtu.be/TCm9788Tb5g?si=M2cm3_iDopAMtmRV

Top comment is "This is how the Golf War started."

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:25 pm I've always pronounced LinkedIn as Linkydin

We've discussed this before but I pronounce it Linked Ln because that's what it deserves to be called given how they present it.

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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 I could create a poll for this. I can include any songs people nominate (unless it gets to a ridiculo...

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As a Countdowner he's just a good player who has a good chance of becoming an octochamp but isn't a definite.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:32 pm People who don't sneeze properly - they do this weird suppression thing.

I was right. It's bad for you.

Gavin Chipper

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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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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As TCap says, get the players to look away if need be. Put the conundrum in the right orientation on the table and cover it with an object other than your hand. Something like a phone works well. Don't have the object physically touching the conundrum paper though. Place one edge of the phone in fro...

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Yeah, I think it comes across as quite combative, though in a given situation, the person's tone might not be. More difficult to tell in writing, but I doubt Adam was trying a start a fight with Dan. (And he apologised for his strong response anyway.)

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Yeah, I mean you both know I was talking about the phrase and not the sentiment though, as that was what I said. Just to clarify.

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I thought red eye was what happened in photographs when your eyes come out red.

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Regardless of the sentiment, "check your privilege" is one of those American imports that's basically meaningless in British English. Ridiculous phrase.

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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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Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID. Is that really an unpopular opinion? Probably not but people just say he did like it's an established fact and no-one questions it. Boris Johnson did not nearly die of COVID. Are you saying he faked it? Too many people involved for it to totally faked but ...

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