Coming soon. The Culture Cup

No, the Culture Cup isn't a really poor Boy George tribute act, it is the next installment of the v2 voting competitions.  We have had music, TV and film, and now comes a bit of a mixture with some books thrown in for good measure.  

It will follow the usual format of a category being put up, the contestants PM'ing me their choices and then a poll being set up for the wider 606v2 community to vote for their favourites.  It will hopefully contain 3 x TV, 3 x Music, 3 x Film, 3 x Books and maybe a bonus round.

Adam has already got second place tied up as he is a perennial runner up in real life and on 606v2, but the winners spot is up for grabs.  The prizes are excellent.  The winner becomes undisputedly the most cultured poster across the whole internet, they get my respect and most importantly, they get 3% of all the advertising revenue that Adam coins in from the site.  That is 3% of a lot of money.  Not to be sniffed at.

Places are limited, so if you're interested in showing off what a culture vulture you are, then please let me know on this thread.  Unless you are Adam, Jeff, Union, Galted, The Womble, compelling and rich or Dolphin in which case, you crazy kids are already entered.

Good luck.

Edit:

Here are the first two questions.  Starting off with a couple of easy ones to get things up and running.

1) Best book ever.  Quite simple really, what is the best book you have ever read?  For those of you too dim to read, just make one up.  If you're desperate to win then go for something popular.  Alternatively, be true to yourself and pick your own favourite.

2) Greatest song never to reach the top 5 in the UK charts in the year of their release.  Quite an open field, but we will be narrowing things down the further on we go.  Thought about having songs that had never made the top 10 but decided that was too difficult.

Please PM me a couple of choices for each question in case you don't get your first pick.  I will PM you if you don't get your first choice.  If you don't hear from me, assume you got it.

Please can you send answers by the end of play Friday.  When the poll is up, you can vote for yourself because I don't know how to ban it happening.  If you can live with the self-loathing, then knock yourself out.

Good luck.

Hang on.

Shouldn't someone cultured be running this?

sodhat wrote:Hang on.

Shouldn't someone cultured be running this?

That is why I have declared that I won't be entering.  And anyway, they let you run the music cup?

Do you want to have a go?

Ah, the music cup. No one was a winner after all that, some real terrible fare.

I could have a go but I don't know if I am a particularly well rounded and cultured individual. If you had an ale cup I'd enter.

Have you seen the people entered so far? Hardly the most cultured bunch of people on t'internet.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Have you seen the people entered so far?  Hardly the most cultured bunch of people on t'internet.

Screw you Tina, I am a very cultured man

Rowley wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Have you seen the people entered so far?  Hardly the most cultured bunch of people on t'internet.

Screw you Tina, I am a very cultured man

Having butter on your toast rather than lard doesn't make someone cultured, Jeff.

Id imagine Hero would enter, not sure when hes back from his hols though.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Have you seen the people entered so far?  Hardly the most cultured bunch of people on t'internet.

oi! i'm right cultured I am.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Id imagine Hero would enter, not sure when hes back from his hols though.

Yeah, I will stick him in.

And I'm from Cambridge, kiss my cultured feet.

Put me down for it please. Being from Cheshire, I am all about culture!!

bhb001 wrote:Put me down for it please. Being from Cheshire, I am all about culture!!

Same here bhb, same here.

Quite a good chance of you winning now, even if no-one votes for you.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:And I'm from Cambridge, kiss my cultured feet.

Lovely city, Dolphin.

I was there on Saturday. The Grand Arcade shopping centre. The women in John Lewis are glorious.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:And I'm from Cambridge, kiss my cultured feet.

Lovely city, Dolphin.

I was there on Saturday.  The Grand Arcade shopping centre.  The women in John Lewis are glorious.

I'm originally from Hounslow in west London but now live in Doncaster. Two beautif........oh who am I kidding!!

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:And I'm from Cambridge, kiss my cultured feet.

Lovely city, Dolphin.

I was there on Saturday.  The Grand Arcade shopping centre.  The women in John Lewis are glorious.

I'm originally from Hounslow in west London but now live in Doncaster. Two beautif........oh who am I kidding!!

 

You know how to pick them, Womble. Don't worry though mate, I lived in Runcorn which is an overspill from Liverpool. You can read between the lines....

Doncaster is lovely.

I grew up in Newport (Arson capital of the UK), moved to Glasgow (the knife capital of the UK) and married a woman who grew up in Nottingham (gun capital of the UK).

My children shall be glorious!

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:And I'm from Cambridge, kiss my cultured feet.

Lovely city, Dolphin.

I was there on Saturday.  The Grand Arcade shopping centre.  The women in John Lewis are glorious.

I'm originally from Hounslow in west London but now live in Doncaster. Two beautif........oh who am I kidding!!

 

You know how to pick them, Womble.  Don't worry though mate, I lived in Runcorn which is an overspill from Liverpool.  You can read between the lines....

I certainly do. I lived in Leeds for a couple of years!

Rowley wrote:Doncaster is lovely.

You been on the ale Rowley?

Sign me up. I'm living in the East Midlands cultural Haven of Lincoln!

The Womble wrote:

Rowley wrote:Doncaster is lovely.

You been on the ale Rowley?

I live in Rotherham, gives you a whole different perspective around where you set the bar.

I lived in Lincoln for 5 years Boss, it is a lovely place.

Having said that I did move there from Grimsby, so I suppose anywhere would have seemed a lovely place after that.

I've been here 4 months and the top end of town up the Bale does look nice but there's not even an Irish bar Union! Like come on!

I'm in Tina, you crazy bitch!

I'm in. I like culture - i grow it between my toes

I'm in

Rowley wrote:

The Womble wrote:

Rowley wrote:Doncaster is lovely.

You been on the ale Rowley?

I live in Rotherham, gives you a whole different perspective around where you set the bar.

Wow. Sorry to hear that Rowley. You have my sympathies

The only culture around here is the mould growing around the v2 shop - but if you want some acidic content to counter the sickly sugar that permeates a lot of the global posts then let me know

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It will follow the usual format of a category being put up, the contestants PM'ing me their choices and then a poll being set up for the wider 606v2 community to vote for their favourites.  It will hopefully contain 3 x TV, 3 x Music, 3 x Film, 3 x Books and maybe a bonus round.

 
Have a favourite serial killer round and get the 667 murderer involved.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It will follow the usual format of a category being put up, the contestants PM'ing me their choices and then a poll being set up for the wider 606v2 community to vote for their favourites.  It will hopefully contain 3 x TV, 3 x Music, 3 x Film, 3 x Books and maybe a bonus round.

 
Have a favourite serial killer round and get the 667 murderer involved.

Is that Dave?

Adam D wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:It will follow the usual format of a category being put up, the contestants PM'ing me their choices and then a poll being set up for the wider 606v2 community to vote for their favourites.  It will hopefully contain 3 x TV, 3 x Music, 3 x Film, 3 x Books and maybe a bonus round.

Have a favourite serial killer round and get the 667 murderer involved.

Is that Dave?

 
Bl00dy hell, that's brazen to the point of libellous but, yes, he does bring a certain angry sophistication to threads.

I'm in

I would join but sadly I dont read books. Never seen the need, all the good ones are films anyway.

This has the potential to be a screamer of a competition. I am fully expecting to see both ends of the cultural spectrum in this, with nothing in between.

Is there going to be a YouTube series round?

I think everyone should be forced to make Youtube videos to make their nominations, then give us 20 seconds on why they should win

Nobody would watch that. I barely read the sentences people put forward

I'd watch the first round noms, then perv at Hero throughout the rest of the rounds.

I couldnt even be bothered to ask people for their reasons after round one cos no one seemed that eager. I like the reasons part but it is a hassle having to read more than one reason. Top of the list start getting my vote by default

Azzy Mahmood wrote:This has the potential to be a screamer of a competition. I am fully expecting to see both ends of the cultural spectrum in this, with nothing in between.

Are you actually in then, Azzy?

ChequeredJersey wrote:Is there going to be a YouTube series round?

No sure pal. Do you mean series only shown on YouTube and no-where else?

I only really watch YouTube for insects fighting or girls in see-through leggings.

I only really watch YouTube for insects fighting or girls in see-through leggings.

How young? Didn't have you down as the full on paedo type, Tina. Always thought of you more as the over familiar avuncular type who likes a slow dance at weddings.

superflyweight wrote:

I only really watch YouTube for insects fighting or girls in see-through leggings.

How young?  Didn't have you down as the full on paedo type, Tina.  Always thought of you more as the over familiar avuncular type who likes a slow dance at weddings.  

Well, they look 'old enough' in the video's. You're a lawyer, does that stand up in court?

I hate dancing actually. Slow or fast variety. Fantastic use of 'avuncular' though.

Lumbering_Jack wrote:I would join but sadly I dont read books. Never seen the need, all the good ones are films anyway.

On the plus side though reading the odd book would perhaps help with the always tricky spelling of the word don't.

Rowley wrote:

Lumbering_Jack wrote:I would join but sadly I dont read books. Never seen the need, all the good ones are films anyway.

On the plus side though reading the odd book would perhaps help with the always tricky spelling of the word don't.

He has got a point though. Most of the good ones are films.

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather

I can't wait for the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:

Lumbering_Jack wrote:I would join but sadly I dont read books. Never seen the need, all the good ones are films anyway.

On the plus side though reading the odd book would perhaps help with the always tricky spelling of the word don't.

He has got a point though.  Most of the good ones are films.

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather

I can't wait for the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey.

 

This probably isn't the greatest start possible for the Culture Cup.

Catcher in the Rye
The Dice Man
American Pastoral

Not all great books are made into films. There are also more categories of books than fiction. Personally if I want to learn about the second world war would rather do it through an Ian Kershaw book than by watching a Hollywood film.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I can't wait for the film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey.

If Henry Cavill plays the fella, nor can I  

Rowley wrote:Catcher in the Rye
The Dice Man
American Pastoral

Not all great books are made into films. There are also more categories of books than fiction. Personally if I want to learn about the second world war would rather do it through an Ian Kershaw book than by watching a Hollywood film.

You're taking this very seriously, Jeff.

Give yourself a pat on the back.

Do you think Shia LaBeouf could play Holden Caulfield?