I was screaming MEL GIBSON AND BIG MELONS, but other than that... sheesh.
― mike t-diva, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
To which my partner said,”Is that true, then? Does she have big...”“Darling, Mel Gibson is a man.”“Oh yeah.”
― mike t-diva, Monday, 3 February 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
> Getting all the plaudits despite scoring one less than I did on general knowledge at the same stage two years ago :-)
ha ha. i literally saw just the MM score reveal at the start of my recording of OC and it probably looked more impressive because of the lower scores of the others.
didn't get the smiths question but did get 100:100 without knowing the exact reason why (but they were obviously converging). also: big melons.
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
(the % of % thing is also just square numbers. 98 squared is 9604...)
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link
ha ha, was just reading the Reveal Your Uncool Conservative Beliefs Here thread and the post under the fold, from 2 months ago, was talking about the silk screen that was an answer on UC last night. and the phrase baader meinhof popped into my head. and that was also an answer.
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 02:37 (four years ago) link
you'll be seeing it everywhere now
― Number None, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 06:01 (four years ago) link
lol, bobby seagull
also, there is a 0th law of robotics (so 4 in total) from one of the later books - "must not harm humanity" trumps "must not harm a human"
― koogs, Monday, 10 February 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
wow at the commodore 64 question
― koogs, Monday, 10 February 2020 21:00 (four years ago) link
this week's lol, u r old question was the culture novels of iain m banks.
― koogs, Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
fuckin state of yerman in his dungarees, delighted they got a thumping tbh
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 February 2020 18:58 (four years ago) link
Bet that lad didn't sleep that night
― Dunty Reggae party 🎉 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 March 2020 21:02 (four years ago) link
brutal
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 2 March 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
Such a shame for him. Saying that, Jones has been really good, and probably overshadowed by the comedy TV stylings of Brandon and Wang over the piece, so I'm glad her team are through.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
And speaking of brutal: that second connecting wall, oof. Total game changer.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 20:51 (four years ago) link
Today I discovered that both me and Mr kinder have the Eldorado theme tune seared into our brains despite never knowingly watching it
― kinder, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
Lol I knew it was a soap theme, can't remember what I thought it was
Made up for by the time excitement of the Elder Scrolls music on UC afterwards
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
confession: I only watch OC now and not UC
― kinder, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
I haven't watched either for ages, kinda got back into them the last month or so
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 22:49 (four years ago) link
shocking lack of sang froid from this lad on Mastermind
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
limmys nephew
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
really or just joshing?
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
soz
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
That's alright, it seemed possible, it's not like I got all excited. Anyway, shame on him
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:11 (four years ago) link
From a convo with a friend the other day:
i think it's structured terribly. the walls aren't much fun to play at home because the contestants give you hints before you've had time to think, the whole show often comes down to that last round which really isn't true to the spirit of the main idea, and the longer it's gone on the stupider some of those missing vowels have got
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:29 (four years ago) link
the contestants give you hints before you've had time to thinkthat's what the mute button is for.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
Good idea! But, y'know, being arsed
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
none of Oxford can say their own names
but they're good
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:41 (four years ago) link
haigh and prance are sheer league of gentlemen
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:42 (four years ago) link
Both teams good in patches, both a bit nervy I think
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Monday, 16 March 2020 20:57 (four years ago) link
Kraftwerk/ Aphex Twin / Burial / Massive Attack was good
― Neil S, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
The Sony movie channel was showing Marie Antoinette earlier in the evening and that also featured aphex twin ("July 14").
And that bbc4 Art Of The Image thing which was on later mentioned the female collage artist that was another answer, Hannah Hoch.
― koogs, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
Is the competition done and they're just showing them now, or will it get shut down?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 01:42 (four years ago) link
xp really enjoying the art of the image
― BSC Joan Baez (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
University Challenge?
I'm pretty sure it was all filmed months ago, like Summer 2019.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
― Neil S, Monday, 16 March 2020 22:24 (yesterday)
Lol at the girl all pumped for the electronic music round then not knowing her Aphexes from her Mobys.
― chap, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:48 (four years ago) link
the contestants give you hints before you've had time to think
We pause it as soon as it comes on the screen and give ourselves three minutes to see what we can do before they start.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
You used to be able to play the wall yourself online which was good.
I guess the fact that I don't wanna go out of my way to interrupt the flow of just watching the show says I'm not that bothered. I have always thought that the show's poorly structured in terms of rounds/points tho, and crush on Victoria or not the whole arch style is just - not very good - tbh.
― ---------------six feet----------------- (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
I don't know, I find OC pretty good in terms of flow, from my point of view. Taking Pointless as the low point of final rounds (I often skip the final round altogether, especially if they choose sports).
― trishyb, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
UC was filmed a while ago, yeah, you'll get the whole of this series. Though the next series of Only Connect was due to start recording this weekend, so suspect that may be canned.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 22:05 (four years ago) link
Speaking of bobby seagull... He was on radio 4 talking about books, specifically Johnathon Livingstone Seagull, after which he is named. His dad read it and was impressed enough to give 2 of his 4 kids the surname Seagull (the mother wasn't too pleased, apparently, and the other two escaped with Seagull as a middle name)
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 02:48 (four years ago) link
Just got the South Park bit of the wall and gave a happy lol
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
ha
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 23 March 2020 20:23 (four years ago) link
got the live aid connection after 2 - had (and have) the book with numerous photos in chronological order - still didn't get the last one.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
OC questions I got right that the teams didn't: Sonny & Cher (I Got You Babe going backwards); spotted the South Park characters in the wall
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 01:14 (four years ago) link
I was surprised they missed the football scores question
― koogs, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 05:41 (four years ago) link
Counting the vowels is such an obvious OC question but I missed that one
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 06:04 (four years ago) link
yeah i saw football teams and tuned out!
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Wednesday, 25 March 2020 07:30 (four years ago) link
it's not an ip address ffs, it's got a 612 in it
― koogs, Monday, 30 March 2020 19:38 (four years ago) link
Savage
― Let's kill the Queen and be legends (Noodle Vague), Monday, 30 March 2020 19:58 (four years ago) link
be a good one this imo
― ole uncle tiktok (darraghmac), Monday, 6 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link