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To reward people who make good posts (and to encourage people to make further good posts) I've decided to start a classic posts thread. Link to posts that made you laugh, cry or think so that others may join you in your outpouring of emotion. Users who find their posts posted here will earn both glory, and the right to let their hair down and make nothing but rubbish posts the following week.
To link a post, click the image of a folded piece of paper next to the word "posted" at the top of your recommended post (circled red in the image below). Then copy the URL from the address bar and paste it into this thread.
To link a post, click the image of a folded piece of paper next to the word "posted" at the top of your recommended post (circled red in the image below). Then copy the URL from the address bar and paste it into this thread.
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03/09)
I'll get the ball rolling:
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... =12#p36505 - Rosemary Robert's helpful breakdown of the human condition.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 559#p36559 - A classic post by perhaps the best poster on this forum.
EDIT: Also, I'm wondering if this thread might generate too many recommendations, but we'll see how it goes this week.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... =12#p36505 - Rosemary Robert's helpful breakdown of the human condition.
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 559#p36559 - A classic post by perhaps the best poster on this forum.
EDIT: Also, I'm wondering if this thread might generate too many recommendations, but we'll see how it goes this week.
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 753#p36753
Old, but still funny. (Both author and post.)
Old, but still funny. (Both author and post.)
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 991#p36991
It's a post of two halves, Jeff, and they're both good.
It's a post of two halves, Jeff, and they're both good.
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
Had this thread existed all those months ago, I would have proposed this, and this, with one post in advance for context.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
Let's not forget the classic - http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=4723#p4723
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
That's a good one that.Gavin Chipper wrote:Let's not forget the classic - http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=4723#p4723
How about this one as well - http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 474#p14474
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Re: Post of the week nominations (15/03 to 22/03)
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Classic posts
Due to my crippling laziness this thread is now a 'classic posts' thread. Keep on making those classic posts, but don't expect any Virtual Mars Bars from me (besides, reduced Virtual Mars Bar production will increase their value, so maybe this is for the best).
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If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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Re: Classic posts
I just might have something to add to this thread very soon!
It'll be so classic, you won't even believe it!
It'll be so classic, you won't even believe it!
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I'm so excited, I don't believe it already!Jason Larsen wrote:I just might have something to add to this thread very soon!
It'll be so classic, you won't even believe it!
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Re: Classic posts
Michael, I'll give you a little preview of it.
It has something to do with someone you see on UK cable TV.
It has something to do with someone you see on UK cable TV.
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PMSL training. I wonder if they provide clean pants.Charlie Reams wrote:PMSL alert
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Re: Classic posts
Really?
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Re: Classic posts
http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 818#p38818
Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it made me lol heartily.
Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but it made me lol heartily.
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Thank you, Ben, but remember, I apologized!
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http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 206#p39206
A double whammy of wit from Kirk Bevins and Phil Reynolds.
A double whammy of wit from Kirk Bevins and Phil Reynolds.
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Re: Classic posts
Oh, was that wit? It wasn't supposed to be.Ben Hunter wrote:http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 206#p39206
A double whammy of wit from Kirk Bevins and Phil Reynolds.
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Kirk, I've learned that when you're not naturally funny (although I do find you extremely entertaining, tbf) most of your best jokes will end up being completely unintentional. Just sit back and pretend you meant it.Kirk Bevins wrote:
Oh, was that wit? It wasn't supposed to be.
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What, so was it just coincidence that you brought up Pythagoras?Kirk Bevins wrote:Oh, was that wit? It wasn't supposed to be.Ben Hunter wrote:http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 206#p39206
A double whammy of wit from Kirk Bevins and Phil Reynolds.
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I thought wit was supposed to be funny. I didn't find it funny - maybe I find it harder to laugh at things which is why people find some of my stuff funny and I have no idea it is.Gavin Chipper wrote:
What, so was it just coincidence that you brought up Pythagoras?
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What happened to Sid?Kirk Bevins wrote:I thought wit was supposed to be funny. I didn't find it funny - maybe I find it harder to laugh at things which is why people find some of my stuff funny and I have no idea it is.Gavin Chipper wrote:
What, so was it just coincidence that you brought up Pythagoras?
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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I don't get you, he's still around (Simon Myers)Kai Laddiman wrote: What happened to Sid?
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Re: Classic posts
Obviously I've failed...
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That's Kai's fault. He linked to the wrong message which made no sense. Now he's changed it.
He linked to: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 508#p23508
You git Kai, trying to make me look even more stupid.
He linked to: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 508#p23508
You git Kai, trying to make me look even more stupid.
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Er, no I didn'tKirk Bevins wrote:That's Kai's fault. He linked to the wrong message which made no sense. Now he's changed it.
He linked to: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 508#p23508
You git Kai, trying to make me look even more stupid.
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Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Classic posts
Wit is the speedy connection of different ideas to generate amusement, though I can see why the notion of Pythagoras coming back from the dead to play in a series final of Countdown might only be perceived as a sobre and serious observation for some.Kirk Bevins wrote:I thought wit was supposed to be funny. I didn't find it funny - maybe I find it harder to laugh at things which is why people find some of my stuff funny and I have no idea it is.Gavin Chipper wrote:
What, so was it just coincidence that you brought up Pythagoras?
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To somebody with a working prototype time machine it might come across as a serious suggestion, somebody without one might consider it wistful and slightly sad. But I don't see how it could ever be funny.Ben Hunter wrote:I can see why the notion of Pythagoras coming back from the dead to play in a series final of Countdown might only be perceived as a sobre and serious observation for some.
Re: Classic posts
Bet he wouldn't be any good at all the letters rounds anyway...
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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This just tickled me, I think because I was trying to think of a similar joke and couldn't come up with one.
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This made me LOL so L that my mom had to come in to see if I was alright.
Oh and [url=http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 468#p40468] etc, obviously.
Oh and [url=http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 468#p40468] etc, obviously.
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16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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A perfectly pitched troll, shame there's probably no one here stupid enough to bite.
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It's a quote from The Simpsons!Charlie Reams wrote:A perfectly pitched troll, shame there's probably no one here stupid enough to bite.
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Lol this one from Ben made me chucle
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I always wondered about the inspiration of their song but I've now found out: http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/viewtopic. ... 008#p52008
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I can't work out if it is a joke or not?
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I was just saying to Charlie that that was why I didn't facepalm it. The last bit about hating the law and old people was just too silly.Jon O'Neill wrote:I can't work out if it is a joke or not?
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I lightly chuckled the first time I read this, but upon rereading it and giving it the full attention it deserves, I've totally A-lolled. Getting the wrong end of the stick, and then running with it as hard and fast as you possibly can. Awesome.
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Excellent one from Phil Reynolds which, though not strictly on topic, gave me (and I'm surely the relevant forumite when he reads it) a good chuckle.
Living life in a gyratory circus kind of way.
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Lolz! Although it took me ages to get it as I pronounce it dill-emma so thought there was some dirty verb "to dill" that I was missing out on
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It didn't take me 'ages' but yeah, when Phil made that joke I read it as 'dill' too the first time - although filling in a dirty verb was fucking easy for me, just think of it as an abbreviationDinos Sfyris wrote:Lolz! Although it took me ages to get it as I pronounce it dill-emma so thought there was some dirty verb "to dill" that I was missing out on
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Interesting - I've always pronounced dilemma with a long i on the first syllable, but on looking it up I see that either way is valid. Seems a bit odd; I can't think of another word having a di-, bi- or tri- prefix (meaning 2 or 3) that has the same dual pronunciation.Matt Morrison wrote:It didn't take me 'ages' but yeah, when Phil made that joke I read it as 'dill' too the first timeDinos Sfyris wrote:Lolz! Although it took me ages to get it as I pronounce it dill-emma so thought there was some dirty verb "to dill" that I was missing out on
That'll be dil(annoyed grunt), then.filling in a dirty verb was fucking easy for me, just think of it as an abbreviation
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Bin-oculars / Biy-noculars ? They both sound fairly valid to me, I think I've probably used both myself too.Phil Reynolds wrote:I can't think of another word having a di-, bi- or tri- prefix (meaning 2 or 3) that has the same dual pronunciation.
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Yeah OK. Actually, I think I always pronounce this one with a short i, although again both are apparently valid.Matt Morrison wrote:Bin-oculars / Biy-noculars ? They both sound fairly valid to me, I think I've probably used both myself too.Phil Reynolds wrote:I can't think of another word having a di-, bi- or tri- prefix (meaning 2 or 3) that has the same dual pronunciation.
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I'm with Phil on this one. BY-focals......yes : BY - nockerliers......noPhil Reynolds wrote:Yeah OK. Actually, I think I always pronounce this one with a short i, although again both are apparently valid.Matt Morrison wrote:Bin-oculars / Biy-noculars ? They both sound fairly valid to me, I think I've probably used both myself too.Phil Reynolds wrote:I can't think of another word having a di-, bi- or tri- prefix (meaning 2 or 3) that has the same dual pronunciation.
'This one goes up to eleven'
Fool's top.
Fool's top.
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THIS Warning contains "spoilers"
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Sometimes one post justifies the existence of an entire thread.
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I actually totally missed it, probably something to do with it being a lot less funny when your name is Matt and you hear it at least bi-monthly for your whole life! Well slipped in though (ooh matron).Phil Reynolds wrote:Sometimes one post justifies the existence of an entire thread.
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Why, Phil?
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Why what, Jason?Jason Larsen wrote:Why, Phil?
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Why would one post justify the existence of my recap thread?