The Culture Cup Round x - Adam is a naughty naughty boy

First topic message reminder :

Once I caught a fish alive.

Oh right. Once is okay but don't make a hibbit of it will you?

Did someone mention Reykjavik?

Galted wrote:Did someone mention Reykjavik?

No.

Debbie Ghibbzon

And I'm on tonight
You know my hibbz don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Galted wrote:Did someone mention Reykjavik?

No.

What's Split like this time of year?

The Loaded Dog wrote:What's Split like this time of year?

A little bit bloody, swollen, and the area around it is bruised. But then again Tino's face is like that all year round, its wonder social services haven't stepped in and moved him to a safehouse.

ShahenshahG wrote:

The Loaded Dog wrote:What's Split like this time of year?

A little bit bloody, swollen, and the area around it is bruised. But then again Tino's face is like that all year round, its wonder social services haven't stepped in and moved him to a safehouse.

I know a good cosmetic nurse who knows a good cosmetic surgeon if he needs one.

The Loaded Dog wrote:

ShahenshahG wrote:

The Loaded Dog wrote:What's Split like this time of year?

A little bit bloody, swollen, and the area around it is bruised. But then again Tino's face is like that all year round, its wonder social services haven't stepped in and moved him to a safehouse.

I know a good cosmetic nurse who knows a good cosmetic surgeon if he needs one.

Good idea, he can have a detachable nose collection and keep attaching a new one each time his son has a tantrum

Morning peeps

fist

1 -tokyo?
2
3 - ivy league
4 - Patrick Duffy (scuzzlebutt)
5 -  forget how to work this out
6 - 5?
7 - GBS
8 - Bob Beaman - Mike Powell
9 - £20
10£ keith Duffy

Good answers, Rick - but ultimately futile as jules will get mixed up and award the points to sean.

Still sore about that super? Just remember the 2 steps to success

1) never reveal everything you know.

Morning mate, how's life north of the border? Am I avoiding you this week? (or did you palm it off?)

I'm in Leeds next Thursday but will be stuck in a meeting all day while a client tries to explain some big IT project to me.

Bradford possibly at the beginning of March but that's looking less likely. It's a shame because Bradford in Spring is on my bucket list.

super wrote:It's a shame because Bradford in Spring is on my bucket list.

It is a wonderous place super, the grass looks greener when all the feral horses (which is an actual thing in Bradford I sh1t you not) eat it in spring, then crap under the blossoming trees to fertilise the ground, and lo, the circle of life begins.

If you adhere to the string Theory's holography theory... The Trueman Show might not be that far off.

Morning Ricko, 'Fly

Alas raf, the general stoppers on the holography theory, which currently lie in the inability to take into account the mathematical imprecision involoved in storing the relevant amplitude of any data form, especially light and mass.  Has not stopped Truman show like attrocities showing up on my phucking TV.

If they spent more time analysing potential life changing theoretical physics, and less time trying to make z-list celebrities be sick on a kangaroo b0llock the world would be a better place for it.

Morning.

Take it you're not a big fan of the String Theory then Rick? To be fair, it's in the name. Theoretical Physics. Given the death of philosophy, we had to find a way to pay really intelligent people huge sums to do absolutely nothing for humanity.

Morning all.

06:41, RiCk? You're an inspiration to us all.

I don't think string theory works raf and gets bandied around far too often to "explain" the inexplicable, basically it equates to the deus ex machina of the physics worls until something new comes along.

I am generally an early bird Tino, though normally doing the law, today it is PDR's, the cup is infinitely more interesting.

Morning

superflyweight wrote:Good answers, Rick - but ultimately futile as jules will get mixed up and award the points to sean.

And then 'fly will get mixed up and forget that I awarded them to Shah.

rick_dagless wrote:I don't think string theory works raf and gets bandied around far too often to "explain" the inexplicable, basically it equates to the deus ex machina of the physics worls until something new comes along.

I am generally an early bird Tino, though normally doing the law, today it is PDR's, the cup is infinitely more interesting.

Morning

What's a PDR?

And while we are at it, what does 'deus ex machina' mean?

It's all very intelligent on here this morning.

Tino wrote:What's a PDR?

And while we are at it, what does 'deus ex machina' mean?

It's all very intelligent on here this morning.

1 - PDR is the end of year review of staff (performance dev review)

2- Deus ex machina, literally means from God the machine, colloquially it means a device whereby a thing happens for no other purpose than to explain or solve an otherrwise unsolveable problem, Tolkein used it all the time in his novels (see big phuck off eagles when tiny people in the shizz) an ideed made jokes about it himself.

Round 1 - Hello
1. What is the world’s most populous city?
Tokyo - Joe rick
2. Who was the England cricket captain when they regained the Ashes in 2005, after 18 years?
Michael Vaughn - Tino
3. Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University are collectively known as what?
Ivy League - FLY!
4. Who played Bobby Ewing in Dallas?
Patrick Duffy - FLY!
5. What is 100 degrees Celsius in Fahrenheit?
212 - kingraf
6. In old money, how many shillings were in a crown?
5 - rick
7. Who wrote the plays ‘Man and Superman’ and ‘Pygmalion’?
GB Shaw -FLY!
8. For one point each, who held the world long jump record from 1968 to 1991 and who broke that record in 1991, and is still the world record holder?
Beamon, Powell - FLY!
9. In the National Lottery, how much do you win for 3 matching numbers?
10. Which member of Boyzone also starred in Coronation Street?
Keith Duffy - Tino

Everyday is a school day.

Thanks.

5. 212 farenheit

Fahrenheit

Tino wrote:Everyday is a school day.

Thanks.

It is indeed Tino, it is indeed, the late starters are going to be gutted about all the learning missed here.

kingraf wrote:5. 212 farenheit

I find the string Theory interesting enough. Hard to believe that you can come up with a universal theoretical umbrella of sorts to explain the universe, but that doesn't mean you can't of course. The real issue with string theory is by design it can only be tested using mathematical models.

Had no idea what deux ex machina meant

JuliusHMarx wrote:

superflyweight wrote:Good answers, Rick - but ultimately futile as jules will get mixed up and award the points to sean.  

And then 'fly will get mixed up and forget that I awarded them to Shah.

I know exactly where you handed my points out. You're fast becoming my least favourite culture cup member, Jules. No mean feat given Tina's membership.

Rick - is it pronounced machina or machina?

super wrote:Rick - is it pronounced machina or machina?

Machina super, though machina is also ok

superflyweight wrote: No mean feat given Tina's membership.

Membership? F*cking 'membership'? I started the bastard thing. Weeks (and weeks) of collating peoples nominations. Distributing points, writing hugely witty and entertaining synopsis every week.

Then it was Galted and I that first started talking b*llocks on the threads that morphed into the beautiful thing we now have.

Don't ever make the mistake that I don't own this thing, 'Fly. Don't f*cking mess with me, pal. You'll find you're out quicker than TopHat can clear a buffet.

And while we are at it, don't f*cking start on Jules. He'll smash you up you c*nt.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

superflyweight wrote: No mean feat given Tina's membership.

Membership?  F*cking 'membership'?  I started the bastard thing.  Weeks (and weeks) of collating peoples nominations.  Distributing points, writing hugely witty and entertaining synopsis every week.

Then it was Galted and I that first started talking b*llocks on the threads that morphed into the beautiful thing we now have.

Don't ever make the mistake that I don't own this thing, 'Fly.  Don't f*cking mess with me, pal.  You'll find you're out quicker than TopHat can clear a buffet.

And while we are at it, don't f*cking start on Jules.  He'll smash you up you c*nt.

True. 'fly is a 'light

He can give me sh*t all he likes, but I'm not letting him tee off on you, Jules.

No sir.

Morning all. On a train, to London. Nothing further to report.

Did you take the morning train Jeff? Do you work from 9 to 5 and then, do you take another home again, to find TSMR waiting for you?

Reasonably accurate Jules. I work till six, but this is too minor a point to undermine what was a beauty of a post.

Maybe if you cut out the movie, restaurant and slow dancing you'd be home by 5.

Isn't the sting theory where he can jizz without him, or anyone else touching, it

The Loaded Dog wrote:Maybe if you cut out the movie, restaurant and slow dancing you'd be home by 5.

Yes, but then he wouldn't be able to show up all the southerners when he rolls in on his pump trolley.

If he cut out the movie, restaurant and slow dancing he wouldn't need to leave home at all.

The Loaded Dog wrote:Maybe if you cut out the movie, restaurant and slow dancing you'd be home by 5.

Do that and it would be pointless visiting the Big City

9. £25

I answered this one yesterday.

Although according to Schroedinger's cat I both did and I didn't, so perhaps I didn't, but I know I did. I know it is £25 because I won the other week.

DAVE667 wrote:

The Loaded Dog wrote:Maybe if you cut out the movie, restaurant and slow dancing you'd be home by 5.

Do that and it would be pointless visiting the Big City

Unless the Nolan Sisters were there too.

Union Cane wrote:9. £25

I answered this one yesterday.

Although according to Schroedinger's cat I both did and I didn't, so perhaps I didn't, but I know I did. I know it is £25 because I won the other week.

Correct. Either I didn't see your post or thought 'fly had given the answer and so ignored it.

Won 25 pounds on the premium bonds. Was Frak delighted until I realised I'd ticked reinvest on the form. No weed this week

Round 2 - Paperback
1. How many Sherlock Holmes novels did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write?
2. Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise are the two main characters in which classic Beat Generation novel?
3. Who was the author of the Paddington Bear stories?
4. Who wrote the novels The Running Man, Misery and The Green Mile, all of which were made into films?
5. Who created Batman?
6. Which publisher published the Harry Potter books in the UK?
7. Which crime writer disappeared for 11 days in December 1926, sparking a search involving 1000 police officers and 15000 volunteers?
8. Which author of romantic fiction author was born in Edgbaston in 1901 and wrote more than 700 novels?
9. Under what pseudonym did Theodor Geisel write ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’?
10. Who wrote the classic Lost Generation novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’?

3 - michael bond
4 -stephen king
5 Bob Kane (or bill finger) depending on which answer you want
6 - Butterworths (came up in a quiz last night so will get it wrong)

9 - Dr Seuss