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Old 04-11-2013, 21:11
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Love the idea of him eating cheese from a Billy Goat.
Glad I'm not the only one who though that.
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Old 04-11-2013, 21:12
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Can't take to either of these teams tonight, but especially Jamie.
Not sure I've had such a negative visceral reaction to a contestant before. Good Lord.
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Old 04-11-2013, 21:12
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Can't take to either of these teams tonight, but especially Jamie.
An insufferable bell-end of the first order. If ever I prayed to Almighty Thor to give me Scanners powers and let me explode a head via sheer contempt, it was tonight.

Sadly, Thor let me down. His smug face, jowly chops and rapidly receding hairline went un-detonated. Anyone need any goat entrails? They're going spare.
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Old 04-11-2013, 21:46
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Dear lord, that man's fuzzy head is so up his own bum! And what kind of doctor doesn't know that you can't get milk from a male mammal?! Nice to see that Emma has got over her stage fright, she seems much more relaxed this time.
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Old 04-11-2013, 21:53
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The fact that he didn't know that Swansea was in Wales, when being in Wales at the time was just staggering.

You wonder how these people cope in real life. I wouldn't be confident of having him as my doctor. He must have some brains somewhere to get to that level.
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Old 04-11-2013, 21:53
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Dear lord, that man's fuzzy head is so up his own bum! And what kind of doctor doesn't know that you can't get milk from a male mammal?! Nice to see that Emma has got over her stage fright, she seems much more relaxed this time.
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Old 04-11-2013, 22:13
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The calculator question was stupid, using an LCD font made it far too obvious. And why was 070616 the 1 point? Surely 5318008 was by far the most common clue? I don't ever remember spelling "gigolo" on a calculator...
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Old 04-11-2013, 22:34
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<Sigh> she has chosen to live as a woman - who are you to judge?
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Old 04-11-2013, 22:42
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Old 04-11-2013, 22:56
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I was rather upset that they seemed to be given 2 or 3 points that they hadn't earned. How on earth could they be given the point for hush a bye baby? Surely mentioning the song has to be essential? There a couple of other instances which escape me at the moment. Okay, they were never going to win, but OC is not that type of show.
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Old 04-11-2013, 23:05
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Can't take to either of these teams tonight, but especially Jamie.
I feel the same as when he was on University Challenge, that he felt his own performance (and what a performance!) was more important than actually playing the quiz. If the Lasletts hadn't solved the wall so damn quickly they could have edited out more of his tedious waffle.
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Old 04-11-2013, 23:06
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Oh don't start all that again. :sleep:
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Old 04-11-2013, 23:11
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I was rather upset that they seemed to be given 2 or 3 points that they hadn't earned. How on earth could they be given the point for hush a bye baby? Surely mentioning the song has to be essential? There a couple of other instances which escape me at the moment. Okay, they were never going to win, but OC is not that type of show.
It was scandalous they got a point for round the world when they had absolutely no clue why. How can anybody have avoided hearing about Palin's travels? Bloody hell.

On a tangent, in University Challenge there was a question about the first messages sent via SMS, telegraph etc, exactly as appeared on OC a couple of weeks ago. Now I don't believe in coincidences, and this happens fairly often, so do all the question setters get together and swap ideas, or have they come from a common origin? I assume the programmes are recorded at widely spaced intervals in time and distance.
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Old 05-11-2013, 00:00
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On a tangent, in University Challenge there was a question about the first messages sent via SMS, telegraph etc, exactly as appeared on OC a couple of weeks ago. Now I don't believe in coincidences, and this happens fairly often, so do all the question setters get together and swap ideas, or have they come from a common origin? I assume the programmes are recorded at widely spaced intervals in time and distance.
Uni Challenge is well known for pilfering other quiz show's questions.
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Old 05-11-2013, 00:12
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It was scandalous they got a point for round the world when they had absolutely no clue why. How can anybody have avoided hearing about Palin's travels? Bloody hell.

On a tangent, in University Challenge there was a question about the first messages sent via SMS, telegraph etc, exactly as appeared on OC a couple of weeks ago. Now I don't believe in coincidences, and this happens fairly often, so do all the question setters get together and swap ideas, or have they come from a common origin? I assume the programmes are recorded at widely spaced intervals in time and distance.
They both would have been recorded earlier in the year, could just be that the two question compilers saw the same article in one of the papers or a news item and thought it would make a good question.
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Old 05-11-2013, 00:30
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Anyone see Emma in the latest episode of this series. She made me laugh. She looked like a guy! I think she was a pre-sex op man. No offence meant but I struggled not to laugh out loud. It was like something out of a comedy sketch show. Emma - you are a star!
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Old 05-11-2013, 00:36
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once again the 'play along' walls aren't up when the programme is broadcast (or still even, 4 hours later)

this happens quite regularly now


oh and is it me, or was tonights show veering on pantomime? Between the man-in-drag, idiot clown guy with the wild hair, mindless banter, easy questions and dumb answers.... it was like watching a comic relief parody

I think Only Connect is beginning to circle the shark.
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Old 05-11-2013, 00:50
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I was before, and I am again so depressed by some people's attitudes towards Emma. I don't know if they're on the wind up or not.

I will however admit that the Board Gamers (well Jamie mainly) get on my nerves. The way he goes on bantering with Victoria. They could've at least edited it out but I guess when the Lasletts finished the wall so quickly they had to fill in. Victoria seemed to really like them. I pray they don't get through to the semis.
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Old 05-11-2013, 01:10
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Anyone see Emma in the latest episode of this series. She made me laugh. She looked like a guy! I think she was a pre-sex op man. No offence meant but I struggled not to laugh out loud. It was like something out of a comedy sketch show. Emma - you are a star!
Are you one of those people who points and laughs at people in the street?
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Old 05-11-2013, 01:11
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I will however admit that the Board Gamers (well Jamie mainly) get on my nerves. The way he goes on bantering with Victoria. They could've at least edited it out but I guess when the Lasletts finished the wall so quickly they had to fill in. Victoria seemed to really like them.
I think that was obvious. As I said earlier, she virtually gifted them the round the world point instead of taking their first answer.
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Old 05-11-2013, 01:32
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once again the 'play along' walls aren't up when the programme is broadcast (or still even, 4 hours later)

this happens quite regularly now .
I think you must be looking in the wrong place, I had the walls up and was playing along during the original broadcast.
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Old 05-11-2013, 01:56
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I think you must be looking in the wrong place, I had the walls up and was playing along during the original broadcast.
weird. they're still not up for me:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lskhg/features/quiz

the last wall is #369 which was last weeks
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Old 05-11-2013, 02:06
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Not sure what's going on then because when I click on your link I can see walls 373 and 374.
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Old 05-11-2013, 02:12
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I was using Firefox and I just tried with IE and the new walls are up!

weird
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Old 05-11-2013, 03:20
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If you don't refresh your cache, it's possible the walls don't appear for you. So hammer F5 next time.
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