catching celebrity episode from last night and look its not my shtyle to notice but
jeremy vvvv quick to bark at brunel for time while the decidedly posher and whiter reading are being woejusly indulged
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
The only thing is that the edit means you can't really tell how it played out in real time but I wouldn't give that dick the benefit of the doubt
― I Accept the Word of Santa (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
BRUCE DICKINSON <3
he seems hugely endearingly ADD
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
OC cupwinner's cup is barely entertaining - it's far too difficult for us mortals.
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link
Ah, the missing vowels round is always a good pub closer
― Mark G, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
not that one! missing owls!
that's usually the round i do best on - i got all of them on monday, all before the teams (yeah, there's a delay). i got two tonight. (nght, and two of the cluedo things slower than the teams)
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:25 (five years ago) link
Weirdly I had a brilliant night tonight - five in R1 and R2 on the second clue and both complete walls before every missing vowels.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 22:42 (five years ago) link
So, you up for a team next series?
(I'm not, hoo no)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 10:07 (five years ago) link
I'm not nearly good/dedicated enough.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 10:47 (five years ago) link
Do it. I genuinely can't recommend it highly enough.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
fuck a sports theme, imo
― koogs, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah, didn't enjoy that very much.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
was waiting for the "bt tldr nds htt lcck" missing vowels clue. it never happened.
― koogs, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 21:56 (five years ago) link
oh cmon that was totally gladys knight
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:46 (five years ago) link
the arsehole on the left seems to be an arsehole
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
I had one of those OC moments when you come up with a different but valid sequence in R2.
(The one where the substituted letters were Q-U-I-Z, they also substituted the first, then second etc letters so the fourth could have been COUNT>COURT.)
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
and i came up with a third, unless i misremember the letters switched in each instance were alphabetically sequential so my answer was a pair of four letter word where the last letter of the second was +1 of the first
but i couldn't think of one
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
PI>QIBALL>BULLcan't remember the third
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
chop-> chip
oh well it was a good theory in real time
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
Pretend you've received a condescending VCM look to keep you warm.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 20:59 (five years ago) link
'A jolly roger for Michael Portillo'? I'm going to need some help here.
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Monday, 7 January 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
i think it's a thing, innuendo aimed at portillo
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/24/call-me-anything-but-humourless-michael-portillo-only-connect
"It was mainly an excuse to mention Michael Portillo. My Only Connect persona – who is very like me, but just different enough to maintain sanity – is always talking about Michael Portillo. He’s perfect for her. Dark, enigmatic, faintly Spanish… Knowledgeable, quirky, with hints of a sexually adventurous past… I once ended a show by saying: “I’m going to hurry back to my dressing room where I hope to find Michael Portillo, sitting naked atop a crate of rioja, challenging me to wrestle him off.” (I was quite proud to get that past the censors.)"
― koogs, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
i see. her sign off gags usually have a bizarro world feel to them, this explains if not excuses.
― large bananas pregnant (ledge), Tuesday, 8 January 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
"I said Biggie Smalls"
― Number None, Monday, 14 January 2019 21:06 (five years ago) link
Those high fives were grim also
― Number None, Monday, 14 January 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
I watched Only Connect before and one of the teams was called The Poptimists
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 14 January 2019 21:10 (five years ago) link
This is how I feel about Champions League Popmaster as well. I've stopped listening to it. I never get a question right.
We did abysmally on OC last night. Our worst performance in ages.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 12:22 (five years ago) link
i remember shouting answers at the tv last night, can't remember whether it was OC or UC.
i live alone, there is no reason to shout anything.
― koogs, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 12:42 (five years ago) link
We did abysmally on OC last night.
Surely kbrady got Cadabra for 5? Privileges removed if he didn't get it at Backrub.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 12:56 (five years ago) link
No, he never gets those ones. But then he gives you loads of ancillary facts AFTER the question, to prove that he really did know it, and then you miss the next question, and then we have a row.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
Shocked, I tell you.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
That team on UC last night is incredibly terrible at high fiving, but they look like they will be pretty tough to beat.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 15 January 2019 14:05 (five years ago) link
They're a bit of a one man team, but that one man is kind of shit hot at it. I think the guys who decided to make stars of Monkman and Seagull are trying to wedge him in to all of that stuff.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
this lad (who also has an issue with high fives funnily enough) is still the one to beat imo
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/09/04/09/4FAECBBC00000578-6129329-image-a-3_1536051113590.jpg
― Number None, Tuesday, 15 January 2019 23:32 (five years ago) link
only kicking off now and hate o'dowd already
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
i mean you have to do something in the evenings dont u
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:43 (five years ago) link
yerman is distractingly like charles dance at certain angles
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
god its golfinos that annoyed everyone then huh
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Wednesday, 16 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
Hey am I crazy or is there an ILXOR in Only Connect tonight? I recognized yr last name from Facebook and just literally shouted at the tv ILX! ILX! That’s Ailsa from ILX! :)
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 4 February 2019 20:21 (five years ago) link
Good job, Ailsa! Was fearing for you with that run of mixed up Shakespeare
― Your dad's Carlos Boozer and you keep him alive (fionnland), Monday, 4 February 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
aw missed it
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Monday, 4 February 2019 20:35 (five years ago) link
otoh execute this man
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Monday, 4 February 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
*dies of embarrassment again*
― ailsa, Monday, 4 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
No! It’s awesome :).
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 4 February 2019 20:40 (five years ago) link
Well, that was an excellent display of how *not* to play a buzzer quiz. Paxo's "hurry up, we'll be here all night" was amusing.
― ailsa, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:23 (five years ago) link
"as you sometimes think you are", lol
― mike t-diva, Monday, 4 February 2019 21:53 (five years ago) link
:D
― ailsa, Monday, 4 February 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
Two nail-biting quizzes this week. Very good value, everyone.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 5 February 2019 00:19 (five years ago) link
ailsa you must tell us what it was actually like taking part in Only Connect, I would love to apply except I have no intellect or knowledge and nobody to piggyback on the intellect or knowledge of
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 10:34 (five years ago) link
She has done some of that telling, up thread.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 13:39 (five years ago) link