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Post by everso on Jan 2, 2010 15:53:47 GMT
I watched it yesterday and was shouting out the answers to Anneka Rice's general knowledge questions. I rather think they have dumbed the questions down though (inasmuch as I'm able to answer more of them ) Anneka didn't seem to hear me though.
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Post by trubble on Jan 2, 2010 16:08:46 GMT
That doesn't surprise me, Ev, the helicopter is very noisy. Can you hear me, Annie? Annie? I can't hear you Wincey Willis, are you telling me to run up that hill? No Annie, get back in the chopper. I think she's saying to run up that hill, Grahame, let's go, you take the rear.
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Post by everso on Jan 2, 2010 16:16:16 GMT
That used to be the Eversos' favourite programme. As she said last night, there's no way it would be brought back in the same fashion, as Health and Safety rules wouldn't permit it.
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Post by trubble on Jan 2, 2010 16:29:21 GMT
Talking of Health and Safety, I keep meaning to ask if anyone has watched 'Cat Dancers' (part of the True Stories series on More4). It was repeated over Christmas. The one about Roy and Judy Holiday who performed with tigers and panthers etc? Anyone? It's such a compelling and weird film.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 2, 2010 17:26:09 GMT
What did you think of the Shannon One Designs? They were the boats in the slow drift race. Want one of those an' all!
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Post by Weyland on Jan 2, 2010 17:36:55 GMT
And back on to TV in general: anyone watching Celebrity Mastermind? I am catching up on it, I have got as far as the Stuart Maconie episode. That guy with the Oscar special subject was a bit rubbish - we know this because I beat him not only in his general knowledge but in his subject. And as for the guy who picked motorways... Usually I like Mastermind a lot, but the trouble with this for me is that I've never even heard of most of the "Celebrities". And I can beat them all on general knowledge without breaking a sweat. (Unless it's about soaps or recent entertainers.) What I'd really like to see: Iain (M.) Banks, Bill Bailey, Linda Smith (RIP), David Mitchell.
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Post by trubble on Jan 6, 2010 16:01:18 GMT
Good choices. I'd like to see them also.
But the reason I like Celebridy Mastermind is the dumbing down so that I can play too.
That and it's interesting seeing what people's specialist subjects are. Although I haven't known half of the celebrities either so...
And they give their fee to charidy, don't they? Other celebrity programmes have moved on from that original idea and now the fees go into celebrity pockets, that puts a bit of a taint on things.
I missed this one, I think, was it last year's? Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender:
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Post by trubble on Jan 6, 2010 16:17:10 GMT
I watched it yesterday and was shouting out the answers to Anneka Rice's general knowledge questions. I rather think they have dumbed the questions down though (inasmuch as I'm able to answer more of them ) Anneka didn't seem to hear me though. I've watched that episode now and despite not wanting to shout at Anneka (because I had been forewarned by you about the urge) I shouted. Then it made me laugh that we had both been shouting. Was it the Eddie Murphy question that got particularly loud, Ev? Her pause was so long that I was out of my chair with disbelief on my third time telling her.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 6, 2010 19:16:38 GMT
Good choices. I'd like to see them also. But the reason I like Celebridy Mastermind is the dumbing down so that I can play too. That and it's interesting seeing what people's specialist subjects are. Although I haven't known half of the celebrities either so... And they give their fee to charidy, don't they? Other celebrity programmes have moved on from that original idea and now the fees go into celebrity pockets, that puts a bit of a taint on things. I missed this one, I think, was it last year's? Rick Wakeman and Ian Lavender: What an opportunity! Well done Rick! As for tonight - Michael Winner's bloody useless! ...and kudos to Mishal Husain for that secret Narnia anorakness!
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Post by trubble on Jan 6, 2010 23:37:34 GMT
Poor Old Michael ironically named Winner. That's exactly how I would perform in the seat. Blank mind.
I have picked the winner every night so far except tonight. But I think I shall be allowed that slip up in the circumstances, I had had my money on the runner up, I suspect the Pass system is flawed.
Stewart Lee's face the other day has been the highlight of the series.
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Post by trubble on Jan 6, 2010 23:49:35 GMT
What did you think of the Shannon One Designs? They were the boats in the slow drift race. Want one of those an' all! No you don't, well, you might, but what you really want is its slightly better forerunner, the Water Wag. Trust me on this. The Water Wag looks pretty much the same as the Shannon One Design and races slowly too. This will mean nothing to you because it's a bit like you talk about classic cars and I say 'very nice, that one's pretty' and miss the point..but the Wag is sailing history because it's the very first single-design racing boat in the world. Before the wag, all sailing races were performed in different style boats but the wags were built so that every sailor would be in the same machine and therefore the sailing would be tested, not the boat. That sounds unremarkable because that's the way all racing is carried out now. But it was the Water Wags who started it. So called because the well-to-do gentlemen that invented the idea thought they were pretty hilariously clever so they used the term 'wag' meaning 'wit' to describe themselves, and the name just stuck to the boats. There are only two places in the world (last I heard) that they exist - A particular bay in India, and right here in Dublin. Colonial connections, you see. They are an endangered species and all made by hand, lovingly, tenderly, restored from the skips and bottoms of lakes they were found on etc. I was very disappointed that the 3 men did not take up this story. Maybe they didn't know and should write to tell them?
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Post by Patrick on Jan 6, 2010 23:55:30 GMT
I understand everything perfectly! Just not necessarily in the right order.I was very disappointed that the 3 men did not take up this story. Maybe they didn't know and should write to tell them? Tell him! Tell him! twitter.com/daraobriain
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Post by trubble on Jan 7, 2010 0:03:17 GMT
Here they are racing on the Shannon, they usually race in Dublin Bay but there's a September trip up to meet the One-Designs and show 'em how it's done. I will tell him. I'll tell him a few other things too like how they should have gone upstream, not downstream. And that some of us Irish people ARE mad enough to holiday there in october. It's just...I don't understand how to use that twitter stuff - what do I have to do?
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Post by everso on Jan 7, 2010 0:05:28 GMT
I understand everything perfectly! Just not necessarily in the right order.I was very disappointed that the 3 men did not take up this story. Maybe they didn't know and should write to tell them? Tell him! Tell him! twitter.com/daraobriainSurely that man has one too many i's in his surname?
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Post by Patrick on Jan 7, 2010 0:08:58 GMT
Just stick @daraobriain At the front of whatever you want to say - Like you'd stick @stubcrouch on the front of a message to me!!! Example: @stubcrouch I'll bring the picnic if you bring the wine and we'll go down the Shannon together!
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Post by trubble on Jan 7, 2010 0:11:43 GMT
And I'll tell him which boats are the fun barges to be on with wood burning stoves and drunken captains, and show him the Moon River Boat Pub, and they could go all the way up to Enniskillen, and they could have a much more interesting time if they followed my advice.
If only I understood how to do it.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 7, 2010 0:14:04 GMT
........and you'd do it in 140 characters too I'm sure!
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Post by trubble on Jan 7, 2010 0:15:30 GMT
I understand everything perfectly! Just not necessarily in the right order.Tell him! Tell him! twitter.com/daraobriainSurely that man has one too many i's in his surname? There's a reason we're called the Ir ish in Ireland, Ev. My name is actually spelt iTruibbile but I anglicised it to fit in here. You'd be known as Eiversi here.
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Post by trubble on Jan 7, 2010 0:17:47 GMT
........and you'd do it in 140 characters too I'm sure! I could Haiku him while I'm at it. Come back to boat in Ireland This time flow upstream Wags of all types will please you Edit Oh I don't believe it! I got the haiku rhythm backwards. Oh no. I have invented an Irish Haiku whilst strengthening the stereotype. Someone please put me out of my misery.
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Post by everso on Jan 7, 2010 0:17:59 GMT
Surely that man has one too many i's in his surname? There's a reason we're called the Ir ish in Ireland, Ev. My name is actually spelt iTruibbile but I anglicised it to fit in here. You'd be known as Eiversi here. I know that when I found out one of my family branches came from Cork I got into all sorts of difficulties trying to pronounce the lingo. How it's spelt and how it's spoken are two entirely different things.
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