The promotion of morons as role models vs. the demotion of talented, intelligent people for fear of meejah criticism - no conflict of opinion there.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Makes you think.
― Captain Save-Ahlo (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/flip/
Clever people - do what you like. "Morons" - know your place.
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Someone needs to Photoshop Carlos Tevez into that Corpus Christi team...
― Roque Santa Gold (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Marcello being very cynical on this thread or just being honest
― caek, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Quite agree, Dorian.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I think Dorian's comment was summing up your position.
― zero learnt from nero (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
And I was agreeing with his comment.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Classic thread.
― Captain Save-Ahlo (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Inimitable
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
No LJ though : (
― caek, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Keen to hear his thoughts.
― caek, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:35 (fifteen years ago) link
do they have tasers?
― bitch hooligan, pussy ass nobrain dårk (country matters), Monday, 2 March 2009 18:06 (Yesterday) Bookmark
― they probably drink corporate water (country matters), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago) link
irl lol
― Judd Nelson (special guest stars mark bronson), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:37 (fifteen years ago) link
hahah
― caek, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope this doesn't mean Trimble now takes the Nuts offer
― tuomasters at work (blueski), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
rules of the game and filming schedule are made pretty clear at the audition stage and teams have a reserve player so these guys have no excuse
oh except they're the master race of course
― admin log special guest star (DG), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I am interested in the opinion of Fabio Capello, Pavel Nedved, Fabio Cannavaro and a few members of the Bullingdon Club for good measure.
― Roque Santa Gold (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 12:43 (fifteen years ago) link
teams have a reserve player so these guys have no excuse
Do they? That, then.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:02 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:02 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Yeah, they do. Believe this rule was introduced when one team had a fundamentalist Christian in the team who wouldn't go to recordings on a Sunday.
― Captain Save-Ahlo (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
This Corpus Christi mob also changed their captain in the course of the series - which I've never seen happen before
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:09 (fifteen years ago) link
and they're all Satanists
― tuomasters at work (blueski), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I get the impression you're not taking this matter very seriously
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 13:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I hope it does - time to put all those morons in their place. Or something.
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The Unionist bias on this thread is shocking.
― Roque Santa Gold (Matt DC), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, bowler hats and sash would make good props for a Nuts photoshoot
― Queueing For Latchstrings (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
What I would give for a suggest ban every time someone uses the term 'Meejah'.
― dowd, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
You can have one for free if you like.
― Peaches Gandalf (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Buy one get two free
― caek, Tuesday, 3 March 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
average age 30? fack off.
york's main girl was some kind o' something.
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Kinda sorta.
We've thrashed thru the idea of a handicapping system for oldsters before but this wd discriminate against the Open University and presumably there's the odd Oxbridge college for the menopausal and time rich too?
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 September 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
she was hot.
st georges' team leader looked like the bastard offspring of paxo and lady di.
― butchered in the spooky twilight (stevie), Monday, 28 September 2009 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
this was average age 30 vs 19.
lol i mean im a 29-y-o postgraduate student, and if i went on (with some science dudes lol) i'd rock the shit. but i wouldn't go on!
so maybe my compromise position is allowing mature students, i.e. doing their first degrees.
xpost
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
I agree the age ish is a problem but wd allow one post-grad per team so I don't have to give up my dream of killing on this one day.
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 September 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Unless they do a "The Unprofessionals" special series.
yeah watching this just thinking average of 30 a bit of a swizz and then they had all they anatomical questions and that too. a bit much
― conrad, Monday, 28 September 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Joe Satriani in the music round- nice.
― Neil S, Monday, 6 September 2010 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
got every one of those questions (possibly first round where that was e'er true)
― Chaki doesn't have beef with unicorn (stevie), Monday, 6 September 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I only got the Neil Innes one, but was thrown by Paxman saying (or me mishearing) that the rip-off was from 1984.
― Neil S, Monday, 6 September 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Does Joe Satriani actually exist? I thought he was an archetype of self-indulgent masturbatory noodling invented by nervous indie fux to justify their lack of instrumental talent.
― no time for the prussian death cult (nakhchivan), Monday, 6 September 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought the Satriani one was ripped off by Dancing in the Moonlight by Toploader. Got the rest of them though.
― ailsa, Monday, 6 September 2010 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't that toploader song a cover of an old soul hit though?
― Chaki doesn't have beef with unicorn (stevie), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh probably, I don't pay much attention to the career of Toploader tbh.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:47 (thirteen years ago) link
doubtless a wise approach!
― Chaki doesn't have beef with unicorn (stevie), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 07:54 (thirteen years ago) link
posh kids struggling w/tube map :D
― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, 11 October 2010 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
and pop music.
― mmmm, Monday, 11 October 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
and barnes wallis
― former moderator, please give generously (DG), Monday, 11 October 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
curses. the one tv show I can't seem to download from the US :( well, this and Only Connect.
― Not the real Village People, Monday, 11 October 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Only Connect is so good, I love how it makes University Challenge feel like Deal Or No Deal
― get the fuck out of my mouth (boxedjoy), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 09:23 (thirteen years ago) link