the ginger tony blair is about the most punchable individual on tv atm
― the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
we've dubbed him "the Belle & Sebastian fan"
― zappi, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I was more weirded out by the magician.
― emil.y, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
haha thats what we called him as well!
― zappi, Monday, 21 March 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh he's more than mere belle and sebastian fan, he's a vital part of a clone continuum where the variable is effeteness:
http://i55.tinypic.com/2iqfg3a.jpg > http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxpo3lBSmY1qa7pcjo1_400.jpg >>>>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00085/david-moyes_85824t.jpg
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 21 March 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
His resemblance to Stuart Murdoch has not gone unnoticed in our household either.
― ailsa, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually competed against the mister and kept score tonight. 19 for me, which I'm pretty pleased with. Though it's probably nothing to you lot.
â emil.y, Monday, March 21, 2011 8:46 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I was doing this weekly with my housemate for a while when I was still in the UK - 13 or 14 was a typical high score, 19 is good! NB he only beat me once.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Monday, 21 March 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I keep forgetting to do this, but I reckon I was in the 20s tonight. Was quite chuffed with myself for Peru/Lima which smuggo Murdochalike didn't get.
― ailsa, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
anything more than ten is good for me i think, tho the q's are pretty biased towards, eh, university grads. I'm aware how ridiculous a complaint that is btw.
― the '' key on my keybord is not working (darraghmac), Monday, 21 March 2011 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Argh, we actually guessed Lima, Peru for the first one in that round and then both of us failed to say it to the right question, getting no points out of it. Annoying.
Also annoying - I really like Magritte, but for some reason I *always* forget his name, so when that picture popped up I knew I wasn't going to get it in time. Bugger.
― emil.y, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
ha, me too, I was all "argh, that Belgian bloke, argh, what's his name!"
― ailsa, Monday, 21 March 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
this fuckin guy
These ppl are pretty poor as far as uc standards go?
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Monday, 5 September 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
Only Connect isn't as smart as it likes to think it is tho. I auditioned with a friend's team for this series - didn't get on :( but aren't that bothered tbh.
â Sidonia von Bork Bork Bork (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 11:14 (10 months ago)
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 5 September 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
totally caned tonight's questions btw ;_;
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
NEXT WEEK GUYS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014jbyp
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
YOU CAN DO IT.
I'M OPTIMISTIC TO A FAULT.
― known for melding an outrageous stage presence with tenacious hooks (Merdeyeux), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
gmit castlebar never got an invite onto uc iirc
Act of union 1870 regum donum me bollix
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
I love Only Connect. One of the online quiz connections was Natasha Bedingfield singles; I killed that one.
― kinder, Monday, 5 September 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
my sister got the "kids in The Cosby Show" after 2 clues last week, she was v. v. happy
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 September 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
I keep forgetting to watch it. Remind me next week!
― ailsa, Monday, 5 September 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
i watched a couple of only connects with the friend i watch with tonight (we always end up missing it live and saving it from iplayer and watching loads in a session) and we utterly raked (ravaged?) the one that included the cosby show question. we would've beat either team easily, but that was after being terrible on the first one. unlike university challenge where i'll consistently get ~25 questions right, with only connect, as nv seems to tragically hint towards, you can be generally pretty good at it but on a particular set of questions end up with nothing.
― known for melding an outrageous stage presence with tenacious hooks (Merdeyeux), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
difficulty can be quite variable yeah, but they definitely seem to ramp it up in later rounds
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Monday, 5 September 2011 23:50 (twelve years ago) link
They're really taking the piss with the lack of popular music rounds this series
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
uc?
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
who UC? don't mind too much, the music rounds are generally poor and at least tonite i got to sing "Kill the wabbit" a few times
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, UC. They are usually easy, but i like to mock the teams when they get incredibly obvious ones wrong
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway darragh, you should've gone on "Challenging Times". It was only slightly tougher than Blackboard Jungle
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
age you think i'm ffs
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
It ended in 2001. Not beyond the realms of possibility?
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
i didnt hit thirclevel til 2001 tbh
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:16 (twelve years ago) link
Re the music rounds on UC, lots of classicz on I know the Music round is my chance to score points on University Challenge, but for gods sake!!!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
my fav:
Recently, they had a round where they played brief snips of the intro for all the tracks off an album. Kinda easy, and the team got them all except for:"tinklytinkly/BAMBAMBAMBAM/skirrrrskirrrr"Stude: "Um, The Velvet Underground?"Paxo: "No, that's the third album, this was the Velvet Underground and Nico.."â Mark G, Thursday, 7 October 2010 13:11 (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
"tinklytinkly/BAMBAMBAMBAM/skirrrrskirrrr"
Stude: "Um, The Velvet Underground?"Paxo: "No, that's the third album, this was the Velvet Underground and Nico.."
â Mark G, Thursday, 7 October 2010 13:11 (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Mark G, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
also Carmody is on that thread
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
I'm getting on average 8-12 questions right per episode this series. That seems unusually high??
― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
that's what i was thinking last night, yeah
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
It means you're getting older, boys
― Euripides Trousers (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
man i was on fire last night
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
I've been too hungover on Mondays recently to really make a go of this.
8-12 is an okay score but it's not "unusually high", whatever that means.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
It's higher than I used to get only a year or two ago. And I've not been reading up on anything.
― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
Pro tip: I watch UC on catch up, because yeah - Mondays are a bit heavy for me.
1st round questions on UC are easier anyway iirc. last night was mostly a doddle.
― placeholder for weak pun (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
This is true - by the semis it is noticeably more difficult.
As I say, I was too hungover to concentrate properly, but the 'name the dinosaur' round was too easy to pass up.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
Team not getting the velociraptor right was 0_0
― Euripides Trousers (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:21 (twelve years ago) link
... and I was a 10 year old a lot longer ago than any of them!
They tried to be too clever by half saying Compsognathus. It was obviously a raptor!
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
ya, that was more 'the obvious dick is obviously a dick' tbf
― Jolout Boy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:23 (twelve years ago) link
I liked goth guy, glad goth is still a thing.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
Goth Doctor!
― Euripides Trousers (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 12:27 (twelve years ago) link