Yes.
David Baddiel did a good brief interview on a BBC podcast recently, heard it in BBC Sounds. He explained how people often conflate Israel with Judaism.
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- Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Can you be pro-Palestinian without being anti-semetic?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2522
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 475588
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Surely you're used to pacing yourself in km so that makes sense. My watch is in km, my Edge (used for longer cycles) is in miles. But Strava shows everything in km anyway. You can change your Strava settings to show in miles if you prefer. Personally I always use km unless I'm doing a race that fit...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
- Replies: 252
- Views: 62765
Re: Track and Field (and Road) Athletics
Not sure if we've had this discussion before and it's probably got a simple answer anywhere but the talk of what external advantages a competitive sportsperson can gain are fair and which aren't always makes me think of the doping debate. High level competitive athletes do all sorts of things to giv...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 252
- Views: 89250
Re: Joke Items
I used Click & Collect a lot in lockdown when delivery spots were scarce or reserved for isolating households but I didn't want to go into crowded supermarkets.Since then I mostly either do a normal shop in person or get a home delivery, as Graeme suggested. It's worth noting thought that Click ...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 148259
Re: Countdowners in the news
This is Countdown news.
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17823
Re: Rachel Riley Post
Probably not very well publicised outside of the UK
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 5:38 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17823
Re: Rachel Riley Post
The BBC news article I had read about Greenwood leaving by mutual consent has been updated to say that he could remain at Manchester United, on full pay, until he is sold to another club. I had thought that his contract was being terminated with a negotiated financial settlement, as that is what is ...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 4:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17823
Re: Rachel Riley Post
As for the length of time taken to announce that Greenwood wouldn't be continuing at Manchester United, I'm fairly confident that all just comes down to money. They've made some unconvincing noises about their own processes, their responsibility as an employer, blah blah blah, but as alluded to abov...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Rachel Riley Post
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17823
Re: Rachel Riley Post
I really respect Rachel's comments on the Mason Greenwood topic. Coming from a public figure well known to be a very passionate Manchester United supporter, saying she would stop supporting the team is a significant statement that will surely cause a great number of football fans, who might otherwis...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:33 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown ELO Ratings
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6177
Re: Countdown ELO Ratings
Don't bring them down, Bruce?Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:40 pm Elo is a name, not an acronym. ELO ratings are the kind that you can’t bring down.
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 256404
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Anyone see a bit of Paul Anderson in Cillian Murphy nowadays?
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
- Replies: 773
- Views: 666113
Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?
The crossword one is good
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11605
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 148259
Re: Countdowners in the news
Incredible achievement from Andrew!
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 6:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
- Replies: 48
- Views: 20870
FOCAL Finals and MK Open - 25th November 2023
Twin tournaments to close the season: who will be 2023 FOCAL Champ? https://focalcountdown.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/1500x1000-novotel-milton-keynes-england-foto1.jpg Date : Saturday 25th November 2023 Venue : Novotel Milton Keynes, Saxon St, Leyburn Ct, Heelands, Milton Keynes, MK13 7RA ( map ) A...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:30 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 723752
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
One of the concerns in combat sports is the damage of knocked out fighters hitting their head on the canvas as they fall. There's a great video of a Muay Thai ref showing some amazing reactions to catch a falling fighter's head before he hits the deck; incredible save.
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 2:41 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1615
- Views: 723752
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Why is it that on a forum of several dozen members, half the topics seem to be created by one person? It seems to be the case on every forum I'm on. I'm sure there's some sort of law for it (similar to the square root law of the work force?) The Pareto Principle, there's some really fun examples of...
- Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Glastonbury
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1021
Re: Glastonbury
I only watched Arctic Monkeys and Guns N Roses. I thought Arctic Monkeys were great. Axl Rose's voice was mostly naff although he still hit the biggest notes when he saved himself for them but Slash's guitar solos made it a good show.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: If Sky waved their Chequebook would Colin Murray be tempted?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2437
Re: If Sky waved their Chequebook would Colin Murray be tempted?
So why would Keys proving himself a bellend lead to Stelling leaving Countdown, which appeared to me to be the cause and effect being pointed out. When Keys got sacked from Sky, Jeff Stelling replaced him on some of his presenting duties I believe, leading to Jeff not having enough time in his sche...
- Tue May 30, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: If Sky waved their Chequebook would Colin Murray be tempted?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2437
Re: If Sky waved their Chequebook would Colin Murray be tempted?
I read Lav's message as Keys is a bellend, rather than Jeff. I think Jeff is fairly universally liked. Seems a decent chappie.
- Thu May 25, 2023 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
- Replies: 161
- Views: 14518
Re: Kurt Zouma and animal abuse
I recently read a book that covers a lot of the trickier questions that have come up in this thread, including many that were put towards me and I was unable to answer effectively, such as Elliott's excellent question. The book is called Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility and it's by...
- Thu May 25, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791056
Re: Politics in General
I did Of Mice and Men in my English GCSE and thought it was really good. We read it aloud in class when we first went through it and I remember it was a friend of mine who came to the first use of the N-word and hesitated, looked to the teacher for approval, and was given it, so went ahead. I have r...
- Tue May 23, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd May 2023 (Series 87, Heat 87)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1621
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd May 2023 (Series 87, Heat 87)
Congratulations Ronan; a fantastic achievement! I hope you had lots of fun filming.
- Tue May 23, 2023 6:14 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: This Morning
- Replies: 6
- Views: 923
Re: This Morning
Really don't get why the whole Schofield thing is such a big story. Just strikes me as another incidence of celebrity piffle.
- Tue May 23, 2023 6:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Wildlife Parks are they a good thing.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 863
Re: Wildlife Parks are they a good thing.
I did speak to the owner about why they don't keep elephants and he said that the enclosure needed would be too vast to make it (financially) viable that jarred me a bit as I always assumed owners were philanthropists. If I'm correcting in reading this as you thinking that "philanthropists&quo...
- Sun May 21, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 473957
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Excellent. For me the most bizarre part of that dream is the dimensions of the snooker table. The angles would be completely different to a normal size table. That won't do.
- Sun May 21, 2023 10:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791056
Re: Politics in General
It's like the famous saying says (I'm probably paraphrasing here) "I might not agree with what you are saying but will fight to the death for your right to say it" Voltaire When I spoke at the Oxford Union last year about the alarming recent popularity of people filming things vertically ...
- Sun May 21, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Wildlife Parks are they a good thing.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 863
Re: Wildlife Parks are they a good thing.
Good topic. Historically zoos have been bad; they started as little more than circuses. Nowadays most of them are improving and have better standards. But a lot of them are still quite bad, and there's a softer less utilitarian objection one might have to even the best of them. There's a chapter in ...
- Mon May 08, 2023 2:39 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Goat/Co:Brum 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9680
Re: Goat/Co:Brum 2023
Keen on this one, should be able to sign up shortly. I'd be interested to hear what hotel others have booked if they have done so already, especially the Parkrunners!
- Mon May 08, 2023 2:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Countdown In Newcastle upon Tyne (CoNuT) - Saturday 8th July 2023
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9365
Re: Countdown In Newcastle upon Tyne (CoNuT) - Saturday 8th July 2023
Is there a hotel of choice for those that have already booked? Looking at my options for this event, I intend to be there
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:54 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Goat:Leeds 2023, Saturday 15th April 2023
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10430
Re: Goat:Leeds 2023, Saturday 15th April 2023
Thank you Fiona for posting the results, and a big thank you for hosting and doing all the atropine work on the day! Congratulations Rob on another event win sealed with another 9 great performances. George won the Yorkshire T award for picking the letter T most often, and there was a great competit...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791056
Re: Politics in General
I understand Stephen Hendry's response. Clearly what he drew from the Just Stop Oil protestors' actions is that when our purpose of being here is dependant on the health of a wondrous but fragile greenscape, we must do everything we can to repair it when damaged and protect it from harm by anyone wh...
- Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:20 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown adjudication dictionary
- Replies: 103
- Views: 13363
Re: Countdown adjudication dictionary
All this talk of what a dictionary should be like for Countdown is pretty meaningless unless Countdown has any influence over the dictionary, which I don't think it does (no idea what this legendary "deal with Oxford" looks like). As far as I can see Countdown just has to choose an existin...
- Sun Feb 05, 2023 1:38 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Veganism Discussion
- Replies: 117
- Views: 11605
Re: Veganism Discussion
Graeme Souness mentioning ethics as the main reason for not eating meat again on Sky Sports during their eco focus. Go on Graeme! Unlikely champion of ethical veganism on sports TV!
- Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: You Are The Ref
- Replies: 355
- Views: 168959
Re: You Are The Ref
Meh, I think it's fine to award it to P1. Otherwise P2 could just force a redraw on a conundrum they've lost by doing this deliberately. If you say the answer uninvited after a close buzz without waiting for the host, you've forfeited the conundrum. Tough luck.
- Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 40341
Re: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
I hear the Fox and Hounds have closed their Mike Brown-approved kitchen. Wherever are we to scran?
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL website down
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1782
Re: FOCAL website down
Yeah sorry about this folks the website domain has been a very silly goose recently. focalcountdown.com is the way to go on. Going to get it all up to date this weekend.
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: New Countdown Host To Be Revealed TODAY…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1409
Re: New Countdown Host To Be Revealed TODAY…
Steph's Packed Lunch today also featured an exclusive reveal of Charles as the new King, and a groundbreaking scientific report from ecologists in Canada who have discovered that bears shit in the woods.
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:34 am
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordiply (from The Guardian)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7890
Re: Wordiply (from The Guardian)
Well done Marc!
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:21 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: Wordiply (from The Guardian)
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7890
Re: Wordiply (from The Guardian)
🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #16
Length Score: 100%
Rare long word found!
Letter Score: 111
Play Wordiply: https://www.wordiply.com
Today's starter: 🄰🅁🅃
Big score today. Only really needed to know one word. I quite light this game but expect the novelty will be short-lived for me, like with Wordle.
Length Score: 100%
Rare long word found!
Letter Score: 111
Play Wordiply: https://www.wordiply.com
Today's starter: 🄰🅁🅃
Big score today. Only really needed to know one word. I quite light this game but expect the novelty will be short-lived for me, like with Wordle.
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Finals Location
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1157
FOCAL Finals Location
Hello. We did the FOCAL Finals in MK last year and I think it went very well. There's been some discussion behind the scenes about what might be the best venue for the FOCAL Finals going forwards. It has previously been in Birmingham/West Midlands, and given the popularity of some of our northern ev...
Re: Religion
Fiona's story is a great modern-day example of one of the ways in which religion can be advantageous to societies, as we've discussed before on this thread and elsewhere, I think.
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:03 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Next Champion of Champions series
- Replies: 197
- Views: 29571
Re: Next Champion of Champions series
1. Ahmed Mohammed (bottom) 2. Sam Cappleman-Lynes (top) 3. Elliott Mellor (bottom) 4. Tom Stevenson (top) 5. Eddy Byrne (bottom) 6. Luke Johnson-Davies (bottom) 7. Florence Cappleman-Lynes (top) 8. Dan Byrom (bottom) 9. Dinos Sfyris (bottom) 10. Matt O'Connor (top) 11. James Haughton (top) 12. Stu ...
- Sun Jan 01, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 40341
Re: "What is COLIN?" and other questions
It's been down a few weeks now. Some domain problem. On it.
- Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Merry Xmas C4C! 2022
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2656
Re: Merry Xmas C4C! 2022
Merry Christmas folks, lovely sentiments, love you guys x
- Fri Dec 23, 2022 1:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Is Colin Murray making Countdown too competitive?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5092
Re: Is Colin Murray making Countdown too competitive?
Yeah I think it's absolutely fair enough. Actually it's a nice touch to share an element of the game that most competitive players keep an eye on (close games particularly at a high level are constant underlined by the effort to establish an 11+ gap by round 13 or 14 for this very reason) with the v...
- Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:34 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C appears to have been pwned
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2472
Re: C4C appears to have been pwned
'I can see you're trying to maximise paperclips. Would you like some help with that?'
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Joke Items
- Replies: 252
- Views: 89250
Re: Joke Items
Treadmills Useful for agoraphobics Forgot to respond at the time but fair point, I concede that for a minority of people in specific situations a treadmill might be their only feasible way of running. Was reminded of this by the fact I've skipped the last two parkruns because of ice. If I had acces...
Re: Religion
If you use the tool on the website I linked to choose different Bible versions, many of them are quite explicit in saying "have sexual relations with a man" or similar. So, the KJV's flowery language aside, it's fairly well agreed what that bit means. Essentially, to counter my original po...
Re: Religion
That's the way I interpreted it. But what's the Bible reference? And what translation are you using? This is one of the starkest examples. You can choose whichever translation you like on that website. But in order to interpret "as he lieth with a woman", you need a pre-established norm. ...
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 256404
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
The new Team Principal of McLaren F1, Mike Brown
- Sun Dec 11, 2022 11:43 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Genius things
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13278
Re: Genius things
This sounds promising
Re: Religion
No it's not. I'm pretty sure that Callum means that it is (scientifically) true that the bible says it! That's the way I interpreted it. But what's the Bible reference? And what translation are you using? This is one of the starkest examples. You can choose whichever translation you like on that we...
Re: Religion
Ha, oops! That phrasing certainly sounded a lot clearer in my head the first time round. I would hope it's obvious from the context of the post that sentence was in that I wasn't being homophobic. I meant what Fiona said.
Re: Religion
Yes, the is-ought problem is what I intended to highlight. I don't think "more and better science" solves that problem or necessarily gives us an objective morality (although I am sympathetic to the attempt to ground morality in objectivity), just that it solves the problem of traditional ...
- Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 294080
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Matilda the Musical Film. I love Tim Minchin but wasn't sure his Matilda musical would be my thing so a film version was perfect for me. Emma Thompson is superb as Miss Trunchbull; I really wasn't expecting the film to be so damn funny but I laughed very hard so many times when she was on screen. I...
- Wed Dec 07, 2022 5:04 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Do you keep a personal diary?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1481
Re: Do you keep a personal diary?
I think it's been found in studies and shit that keeping a diary is very helpful for organising your thoughts and stuff. So the comments above about thinking whatever you would write would be uninteresting sort of miss the point; the utility of a diary is in writing rather than reading it. No, I don...
Re: Religion
I've been reading a bit of Yuval Noah Harari recently and think that those of you who find this topic interesting might enjoy his discussions about religion. If you don't have time to read Sapiens and Homo Deus then just whack his name into YouTube along with a topic name such as "religion"...
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:06 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What films have you watched lately?
- Replies: 438
- Views: 294080
Re: What films have you watched lately?
Matilda the Musical Film. I love Tim Minchin but wasn't sure his Matilda musical would be my thing so a film version was perfect for me. Emma Thompson is superb as Miss Trunchbull; I really wasn't expecting the film to be so damn funny but I laughed very hard so many times when she was on screen.
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 12:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Politics in General
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 1791056
Re: Politics in General
It's more the repeated questioning and implied disbelief that's so egregious: 'no, where are you really from?' after being told Britain several times is just awful. It beggars belief that someone in such a high profile role that likely involved speaking diplomatically with people from all sorts of d...