The Culture Cup round 6

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I said it would be Monday morning and, like my milkman, I always deliver.  So here is round 6 of quite possibly the most exciting tournament ever.  Before we move on to round 6 and the poll for 'The best song ever with 3 or more words in the title' lets have a look at what you could have won in round 5.

Round 5 saw the poll for 'Best piece of literature with a name in the title' and threw up some classic works of literature and no small measure of controversy with the 'missing' and 'reappearing' votes scandal throwing the integrity of the whole competition into doubt.  With the mystery still unsolved and the 'missing' votes no closer to being found, I have made the decision to move on, forget the past and continue the competition.  At least I am a man of extremely high integrity and moral fibre so we can proceed safe in the knowledge that the Culture Cup is still on the level.  I have my finest man (Wingrove) on the case to try and find out what happened but until then, lets move forward in peace.

Round 5 was an interesting one with the votes being split across the board resulting in many posters claiming a decent points haul.  Using my complicated results algorithm, you would have only needed to get 1 vote in this round to get 7 points.  Sot its bad luck to Union who received no votes, no points and has subsequently seen his already slim chance of winning almost certainly disappear for good.  What makes it worse it that he had some votes before 'votegate'.  Life can be so cruel.  Hero continues to be Mr Consistent and remains on top of the Christmas tree, just as a fairy should be.  Julius had a stunning reversal in fortune with his pick of Macbeth claiming top spot for this round.  A fair few posters picked up 10 points and at the half way point, the league is still within grasp for a fair few posters.  Here are the runners and riders;

Hero (A Streetcar Named Desire): (10) 46
compelling & rich (Schindler's List): (9): 42
seanmichaels (Oliver Twist): (9) 38
Adam (A Christmas Carol): (10) 37
Azzy (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): (10) 33
onlytreblewinners (Frankenstein): (10) 32
TopHat (Romeo and Juliet): (10) 32
Galted (The World According to Garp): (7) 30
The Womble (Matilda): (10) 31
Rowley (The Picture of Dorian Grey): (10) 29
superflyweight (The Great Gatsby): (9) 29
Dolphin (Winnie the Pooh): (9) 26
The Boss (Gulliver's Travels): (10) 26
bhb (Hamlet): (7) 25
ChequeredJersey (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn): (8) 24
jbeadlesbigrighthand (Count of Monte Cristo): (8) 23
Julius ( Macbeth): (12) 22
Union (Horace) (0) 19

Round 7 is back to films and the question is this: Name the greatest film actor or actress born in the same year as you Best film originally released in the decade of your birth.  You can, of course, lie if you want to but I doubt any of you are that precious.  I will leave it up to your conscience but please PM a couple of choices.

Here is the poll for round 6 and remember, it is open for the whole forum to vote!

PLEASE ONLY VOTE FOR 2 NOMINATIONS  I don't think it will survive another voting scandal.

PLEASE SEE EDITED QUESTION FOR THE NEXT ROUND

seanmichaels wrote:Galted (sorry mate)

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Pretty much how I see it Sean.

I'm relatively happy with my current doppleganger.

seanmichaels wrote:Galted (sorry mate)

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Bang on.

seanmichaels wrote:Galted (sorry mate)

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If I looked like that I'd probably be too busy searching for c***d p**n to bother on any forum, unless it was about c***d p**n.

to be honest i googled 'practical jacket' or something like that and it sent me in a roundabout way to a trainspotting site.

Right I'm off to kick a dentist in the b0llocks.

Well I had lasagne for my tea tonight. Homemade. By me. It was nice.

God I'm bored... early night I think. I might read a book. At least then I'll be able to contribute to the 'What Are You Currently Reading?' thread. What to pick though?

Bloody hell, swanny, how is 21:20 an early night? I don't even stay up that late when I go out burgling.

Went caribbean curry and red stripe last night in the end. It was a bit of a nightmare with the red stripe as the anaesthetic seemed particularly strong for my bottom teeth and I kept gagging as I was inadvertently overfilling my mouth. Good curry though and made enough poudre de colombo spice mix to be used over and again.

You should do a daily Youtube comedy drinking clip. I went out for Thanksgiving dinner, underestimated how rich pumpkin pie is and battled a lot to not vomit on the walk back to London Bridge.

I went out for dinner last night. Covent Garden was beautiful last night. Full of festive cheer.

I had a posh scotch egg for starters that was fantastic. Crispy on the outside and the egg was still hot and runny on the inside. How do they do that?

Had a fillet steak cooked rare for main. Very well cooked and the chips were to die for.

Banana split for dessert. Disappointing. Could have had it in a Little Chef and you wouldn't have noticed the difference.

Went round the mates last night so could not be bothered to make anything by the time I got in, so had a crisps sandwich. Wotsits in case any of you were wondering. Am bleeding hungry now though (please note the use of the word hungry not starving, which is not only inaccurate but also a bit offensive. Does not annoy me as much as people who misuse the word literally though.)

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Had a fillet steak cooked rare for main.  Very well cooked and the chips were to die for.  

You really have my dander up this morning, Tino.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Had a fillet steak cooked rare for main.  Very well cooked and the chips were to die for.  

You really have my dander up this morning, Tino.

You know what I meant.

Stop being both pedantic and miserable. You've got a right cob on this morning and I'm not sure why.

Yeah well said Tina, I do pedantic and miserable round here. You don't see me coming on here talking about rubbish footwear and insects, stay off my turf Galted. About time Glated reappeared, I much prefer him.

Rowley wrote:About time Glated reappeared, I much prefer him.

Agreed. Even if Glated does try and groom me, I much prefer him.

Do you want to talk about insects, Jeff? I am always available.

Nah, too old for this gay malarkey. Got cramps from keeping my stomach sucked in and my jaunty gay walk was wreaking havoc with my knees.

I was taken to the Westin Hotel for a buffet last night, as a thank you for doing an unpaid job a while back.

this one:

It was ace.

don't do things by halves these chinese....

Galted wrote:Bloody hell, swanny, how is 21:20 an early night?  I don't even stay up that late when I go out burgling.

 
 
It's all relative Galted, I don't start work at daft o'clock like you do so 11.00 ish is my normal shut-eye time. 9.30 was a very early night!

I never retire before midnight. Last night was a bit of a late one as I was waiting for the PS4 to become available online. John Lewis had it just after midnight, added it to my basket, but by the time I'd entered my card details it was out of stock. Managed to order one on the Tesco site at about 1:20 - should get it tomorrow. It's not for me, in case anyone's wondering - Xmas present for my son.

I immediately imagined your son wearing a monocle whilst playing on the PS4 and swearing at the screen in Latin.

You don't really think I'd let him end up like me do you?

JuliusHMarx wrote:I never retire before midnight.

Me neither. I am a night owl and feel like I am missing out on life if I go to bed too early. Problem is, I think I have only had about 15 uninterrupted nights sleep in the last decade so I am permanently tired and grumpy as I have to get up about 5:00 in the morning.

I often get distracted by things on youtube and find the hours have disappeared. Insect fights, insect documentaries, top 10 videos of venomous spiders, porn. The usual things.

I went to bed at about quarter to 12 last night which is unusually late for me, feel today as though I've had major surgery before going on a michaels-scale binge of vodka and super-T.

I usually drop off at some stage during the news at 10 depending on how much I've had. I barely get past the headlines if I've moved on to red.

My issue is staying asleep, weekends I'm up at 6/7am. Feel like I'm missing out lying in bed all morning

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

I could headbutt the wall when I wake up tomorrow and then we'd be living almost identical lifes.....

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

I could headbutt the wall when I wake up tomorrow and then we'd be living almost identical lifes.....

That would just hurt your forehead. You would be better off getting a small boy to headbutt you in the face.

I am worried that the first thing I think of when I get up tomorrow will be you, now.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

I could headbutt the wall when I wake up tomorrow and then we'd be living almost identical lifes.....

That would just hurt your forehead.  You would be better off getting a small boy to headbutt you in the face.

I am worried that the first thing I think of when I get up tomorrow will be you, now.

That makes me similarly uneasy.

At Uni if ever anybody brought a chick back we'd tell the lucky housemate 'when you're doing her, think of our faces'. Honestly it was a killer. It could have been Weiss or Ryder in the sack and all you'd be able to picture was the smug faces of the housemates.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

I could headbutt the wall when I wake up tomorrow and then we'd be living almost identical lifes.....

That would just hurt your forehead.  You would be better off getting a small boy to headbutt you in the face.

I am worried that the first thing I think of when I get up tomorrow will be you, now.

In a massively gay way?

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

weekends I'm up at 6/7am.

Welcome to my world.

I could headbutt the wall when I wake up tomorrow and then we'd be living almost identical lifes.....

That would just hurt your forehead.  You would be better off getting a small boy to headbutt you in the face.

I am worried that the first thing I think of when I get up tomorrow will be you, now.

In a massively gay way?

 

Almost certainly not. That sort of stuff is better left to Gayted.

seanmichaels wrote:It could have been Weiss or Ryder in the sack

Wladimir Weiss and Jesse Ryder?

What are your kids getting for Christmas Tina? You should get Galted round as Santa.

seanmichaels wrote:What are your kids getting for Christmas Tina? You should get Galted round as Santa.

 

Perish the thought. Although he could bore them to sleep talking about Gore-Tex and comfortable footwear.

They are getting various things, apart from the one that headbutted me. He is getting f*ck all. Little wa*nker.

seanmichaels wrote:What are your kids getting for Christmas Tina? You should get Galted round as Santa.

F*** that, I'll probably end up listening to his missus droning on about what Xmas was like in the Great War.

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:What are your kids getting for Christmas Tina? You should get Galted round as Santa.

F*** that, I'll probably end up listening to his missus droning on about what Xmas was like in the Great War.

She ain't that old!

You shouldn't dismiss it so readily, Galted.  You know who has a house in the next village.  I could show you where it is and you could break in and wear one of her thongs whilst using Daniel's toothbrush.

 

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You shouldn't dismiss it so readily, Galted.  You know who has a house in the next village.  I could show you wear it is and you could break in and wear one of her thongs whilst using Daniel's toothbrush.

Cheers, I'd love to know "wear" it is.

Well done.

boom

Tina do you want me to edit/delete some posts to make Galted look stupid?

Rowley wrote:Tina do you want me to edit/delete some posts to make Galted look stupid?

Most people are probably thinking that you don't really need to edit/delete anything to make me look stupid.

Rowley wrote:Tina do you want me to edit/delete some posts to make Galted look stupid?

Thanks for the offer but I am above all that.  Pedantry is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

I will just re-post his "massively gay way" comment when I want him to look stupid.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Rowley wrote:Tina do you want me to edit/delete some posts to make Galted look stupid?

Thanks for the offer but I am above all that.  Pedantry is the last refuse of the scoundrel.

I will just re-post his "massively gay way" comment when I want him to look stupid.

Actually, patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

This weekend I removed the hood from my Jack Wolfskin 3-in-1 as it wasn't raining that much, effectively making it a 2-in-1. Weiss made a huge fuss over me as she was absolutely convinced that I'd bought myself a new coat. She never was the sharpest pencil in the box.

Galted wrote:This weekend I removed the hood from my Jack Wolfskin 3-in-1 as it wasn't raining that much, effectively making it a 2-in-1.  Weiss made a huge fuss over me as she was absolutely convinced that I'd bought myself a new coat.  She never was the sharpest pencil in the box.

You've never met Wladimir Weiss.

I have a smoothie with me this morning, Galted. Mango and passion fruit, Innocent smoothie. The wife apparently bought a load over the weekend as they have just appeared in the fridge. I borrowed one this morning but haven't tried it yet. I will report back later.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You've never met Wladimir Weiss.

Damn you, Tino, damn you to hell!

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I have a smoothie with me this morning, Galted.  Mango and passion fruit, Innocent smoothie.  The wife apparently bought a load over the weekend as they have just appeared in the fridge.  I borrowed one this morning but haven't tried it yet.  I will report back later.

I'm familiar with the mango and passion fruit smoothie, not bad though far from my favourite.  I normally alternate between the acai and the strawberry and banana, there's a coconut and pineapple which I have occasionally even though I hate pineapples and coconuts.  Hopefully this is the start of a wonderful new chapter in your life.

Smoothies are prohibitively overpriced in my opinion, £3 gets you a 4 pack cider of a 3 litre bottle with change left over. I just can't justify it.

A while back I made my old man 3 litres of carrot juice. That was good but the kitchen looked like someone had put a stick of dynamite up David Dickinson's backside afterwards.

Galted wrote:Hopefully this is the start of a wonderful new chapter in your life.

Done.  It was alright.  Little sweet for my liking and I can't see it replacing black coffee as my drink of choice but it was perfectly pleasant.  I was expecting a rush of energy and goodwill as the fruit coursed through my body but nothing really happened.  Perhaps my expectations were too great.

I actually thought of you over the weekend, Galted, although not in a massively gay way.

I was having a relaxing cup of coffee with the family on Saturday when a lady came in to the coffee shop.  She was on her own and carrying a rucksack.  Nothing remarkable about that but the straps on her rucksack were attached to the front of her coat with press studs.  It was fascinating stuff.  I wish I had asked her all the questions I now have in my mind but I didn't want to interrupt her coffee.  Did she buy them together?  Did she buy the coat separately with the intention of finding a compatible rucksack?  Has she ever met Galted?  All these unanswered questions.  Remarkable piece of kit though although perhaps dangerous if she fell into a fast running river with the rucksack attached?

She also had a Gore-Texish coat on and very practical hiking shoes.  I should have got her number for you.