Curmudgeon
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5 hours ago, alta-pete said:
@Curmudgeon WTAF is your entry all about please? I might be wrong but I don’t think you get double points for a double entry (wrong movie maybe?)….
I wanted to come up with a theme that was even more ridiculous than last year's alphabet themed entry and this is what I came up with.
I had a couple of setbacks during the year as originally I was going to go with 7 pairs of names with number 15 being Andy Goram (before he even announced he had cancer), but that idea was scuppered. I also had to drop James Caan from my list when he selfishly kicked the bucket.
Fortunately there were no other deaths in my list that that gave a reprieve to Brian Cox and Alex Jones who were on standby.
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I'd be very disappointed if the Vatican wasn't colloquially known as Frankie and Benny's when both Popes were alive.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats markf268 by resignation.
No blunders from my opponent, but a series of small wins was enough to deliver the points.
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5 hours ago, FFCinthearea said:
I% is still 1% that won't make it's way into an already shattered economy. Is it fair that someone in Scotland earning £25k is paying 2% more than the rest of the UK? They're not exactly high earners FFS.
It doesn't seem fair at all. Although someone in Scotland earning £25k pays less income tax than someone in the rest of the UK so perhaps you should direct your scorn towards Westminster.
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@Richey Edwards in my opinion you're definitely one of the top two P&B posters in your household.
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16 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said:
I'm confused by the system again.
According to Wikipedia, they've already decided who plays in the semi-finals, to be played around the New Year.
But, BT Sport are listing a bunch of quarter-finals being shown this weekend?
So are the playoff teams set or not? If so, what are the BT games for and do the playoff teams just sit around twiddling their thumbs for three weeks? Why don't they play more rounds?
This weekend's games are for the level below so a different set of playoffs altogether. That's the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision), the more familiar league is the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision).
There's no promotion or relegation between the two, but occasionally a team from the FCS might get invited to join the bigger league.
The FBS playoffs are due to expand to 12 teams in a couple of years' time, which considering there's about 130 teams seems overdue.
Absolutely agree that it's a confusing setup.
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44 minutes ago, tamthebam said:
Peggy Mount
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8 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:
I'd take that Bald Eagle more seriously if it didn't walk like Bernie Clifton.
You've embarrassed yourself here, sarge. It's the ostrich that has the strange walk while Clifton is clearly sitting on its back trying in vain to control the thing.
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26 minutes ago, RedEd said:
As someone who was on that ferry
Hmm, it's a mystery who initiated the food flinging in the first place.
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1 hour ago, Kitty_Boy said:
How is it taking 4 hours for this guy to get from Fife to Ayr?
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19 minutes ago, D.V.T. said:
Seems to be conflicting reports around his health. 2023 might be shout. Or he could be the new Clive James.Still showing an inability to turn stiff it appears.
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I'd be surprised if they didn't give it to TCU as they're more deserving of it than Alabama. As they only lost the conference championship game by a bawhair they might even be kept at #3 ahead of Ohio State. My guess is the semi finals might be something like this-
Peach Bowl - Georgia v Ohio State
Fiesta Bowl - Michigan v TCU
Just to see how badly I can get this wrong here's my predictions for the rest of the big bowls.
Rose - Utah v Penn State
Sugar - Alabama v Kansas State
Orange - Clemson v Tennessee
Cotton - USC v Tulane
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5 hours ago, Shandon Par said:
Some Attenborough nature show on TV. He’s talking to a CG dinosoaur.
”wow, where did they get that dinosaur from?” asks Mrs.
He's been doing nature programmes on the BBC for decades.
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1 hour ago, Tony Ferrino said:
Crows are far too hard to get this woke shit. They play rugby with dead swans heads.
Until they catch Corvid-19.
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On 08/11/2022 at 10:57, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:
In days gone by, if you got a visit from the joiner you knew your time was up.
They would always carry an umbrella, (more subtle than a foot rule) to measure you up with, (2 umbrellas and a handle) for example.
I can't read this in anything but Abe Simpson's voice.
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2 hours ago, SweeperDee said:
Can anyone tell me why this rook sacking is considered “Brilliant”?In this case the sacrifice speeds up checkmate.
After the pawn takes, follow up with Bc3+
Kb1 Qxb3+
Kc1 Qb2#
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In the crucial Division A clash Ziggy_The_Spider comes out on top against Board_stupid.
I blew up part way through the game after being in a good position. Ziggy played a bold (or reckless, I'm not sure) knight sacrifice which meant I had to do some serious defending.
I think if I'd managed to come through that spell without losing a piece I might've been ok, but alas it wasn't to be.
I believe that means that Ziggy is this season's champion, a position he very much deserves.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats AH13STU by resignation.
I was up against it for much of the game after Stu had the better of the opening. I somehow found myself about even as the end game was approaching, but there was a sucker punch when Stu left his bank rank vulnerable.
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5 minutes ago, Aim Here said:
Madwullie Cup
Arch-nemesis Board_Stupid puts in a huge effort to win back a pawn I pinched back in move 10, and then promptly blunders mate in 2.
AimHere beats Board_Stupid by resignation
Well played. I was a bit behind for most of the game. According to the analysis I pulled it back dead level, but then made a complete SweeperDee of it at the end.
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21 hours ago, Ziggy said:
Sorry guys, It was my birthday party this week, things got a bit confusing…….and some people were saying it would be rude to play chess at a party.
I can't believe nobody has replied yet.
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Division A
Board_stupid beats Arabjoe.
A slightly unconventional and scrappy opening from both of us, but it led to me being up a piece. After that it was a matter of trying to make that extra piece count which is ultimately what happened.
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1 hour ago, Aim Here said:
That would involve telling people they have to be playing at one or other specific time. It would be a nighmare to set up the rules in a completley fair way to handle players in alternate timezones or on nightshifts or whatever. Even just tightening up the time controls is messy - anything faster than one move per day, and you're starting to interfere with people's real lives, potentially forcing them to interrupt their workday or get up in the middle of the night.
The answer is chessboxing.
Three minutes of chess followed by a three minute bout of boxing. Continue alternating until with the first player to get a checkmate or a knockout is declared the winner. BBC Alba to broadcast it live.
Alternatively a draw in the third match sees black progress. This also has the effect of partly reducing the advantage of being drawn as white.
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The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2023
in The General Nonsense Forum
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As there's been some interest in my team here it is so you can admire its genius/idiocy without having to go looking for it.
Frank Field politics
Frank Field heimlich manoeuvre
John Gorman entertainer
John Gorman football
Don McLean music
Don MacLean entertainer
Randy Jackson music
Randy Jackson music
Mick Jones music
Mick Jones music
Roger Taylor music
Roger Taylor music
Tommy Lee music
Tommy Lee Jones actor
Tom Jones music
I've basically already conceded any chance of winning, but I'm hopeful of avoiding finishing pointless.