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  • Started 7 years ago by FOAD
  • Latest reply from beau-jolly

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  1. Spartacus

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    That is a brilliantly self-congratulatory Wikipedia page. Interesting that “he” won various things, with his teams almost mentioned as an afterthought, and yet once you take him out of a team he’s not so good. Almost as if he was being carried by the others.

    If you put me in a 5 man quiz team with 4 people who knew the answers to every question asked then I’d probably do quite well.

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  2. Midfield Diamond

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    His specialist subject was the most interesting though. Personally speaking I mean.

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  3. Titus

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    "Double-sided carpet tape should hold it in place. Ease up on the polish first, mind"

    Oi! Don't take the piss out of us egg-heads!

    (That's about the only thing Oxbridge and I have in common though. His head clearly isn't as empty as mine.)

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  4. Titus

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    "His specialist subject was the most interesting though. Personally speaking I mean."

    Indeed. Not sure if I'd ever want a solicitor acting for me whose head was filled with footie facts.

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  5. Al OPecia

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    HI Oxy - just a suggestion for next time - it looked like you knew some of the specialist round answers before he finished - you could interrupt and give the correct answer before he finshed, might get an extra point or two out of the round - he could hardly complain, could he now?

    Best

    Al

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  6. sillybugger

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    Might I advise Oxy? Get loads of questions right - it seems to be a winning formula. PS Which trade magazine, I ma dying to know...Rebellions weekly? Historical Detail monthly? Go on, you know you want to spill..

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  7. Sinnick

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    I'm sure he'll tell you exactly what he's editor of.

    By way of general info, there's plenty of background on the WoM authors here

    Note, I'm not there, but I can say I do a lot of twitching.

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  8. Titus

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    Probably the Journal of the Committee of Public Health and Safety. They are the people who make sure that the safety catches on guillotines work (and can be released).

    Vive la Republique.

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  9. Ironduke

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    Stainer's page contained this total gem, reproduced here for your delight:

    "After trouncing the opposition in the first round of the very first Cleverdicks[5] show he was an unlucky victim of the format in the next round."

    A. Victim. Of. The. Format.

    That is brilliant. Beautiful. Absolute get-out-of-all-situations masterpiece.

    Presumably in Mastermind he was a victim of the format whereby the person with the most correct answers wins the round?

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  10. Sir Lupus

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    is anyone here registered to edit Wikipedia? Surely Mr Stainer's page deserves a note of his Mastermind defeat, for completeness sake.

    on a more positive note, well done Oxy! I might even watch it now

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  11. FOAD

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    "After trouncing the opposition in the first round of the Second World War, Mr. Hitler was an unlucky victim of the format in the next round."

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  12. Al OPecia

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    Mr Stainer walked confidently, and at some speed, into the entrance of the Grande Casino, stepping onto the entrance rug which, being unsecured, propelled him reluctantly across the lobby before depositing him in a disorganised and embarrassed heap at the foot of the Reception Desk.

    He had become a victim of the floor mat.

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  13. Titus

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    So were many citizens of France during the revolution.

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  14. beau-jolly

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    @ Silly bugger: I expect it is something absolutely hilarious like "Speciality Chemicals Magazine" Ahahahahah!

    oh shit

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  15. sillybugger

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    @ BJ thankyou for that. A little disapointed it wasn't historical but gotta put it to Oxy he is a talented man. And sadly I am impressed as I find that whole field quite interesting and appeals to my nerdy side.(as should you as wine is all chemistry)

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  16. Ironduke

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    So if you could edit that wikipedia page, might it look something like this?

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  17. Spartacus

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    Good work ID.

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  18. Oxbridge

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    Harsh.

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  19. Midfield Diamond

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    But fair.

    I met some people who were into speciality chemicals at this year's Glastonbury. I wonder if they subscribe to Oxy's publication.

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  20. nickb

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    Let's try and get stainer onto these pages so he can be "trounced" in the humour stakes THe re-introduction into my vocabulary of this word is another bonus to this heartening affair

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  21. Oxbridge

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    We also cover fine chemicals, the ones used in drugs. I'm in Frankfurt for the world's biggest exhibition in that field next week. Rock and roll.

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  22. Titus

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    I await shock horror headlines "Outrage As Drugs Baron Wins Matermind"

    (Er, that is of course "... Alleged Drugs Baron ...")

    Posted 7 years ago #
  23. Paddy Berzinski

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    Can't help wondering if Mr Stainer has recovered from his defeat yet. Something tells me not.

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  24. FOAD

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    With a name like Stainer, he probably had a bit of a rough time at school. I wonder what his nick-name was?

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  25. sillybugger

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    There was a young man called Stainer
    Whose ambition just could not be plainer
    When Stainer was trounced
    He came up with a flounce
    Newsbiscuit: it couldn’t be lamer

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  26. Al OPecia

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    Was he a sailor at some point?

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  27. Stan

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    Cool work, Oxy. I learnt a lot watching that episode. Had no idea that Godfrey and Frazer had fought at the Somme.

    Suggestion for next specialist subject: Great NewsBiscuit Flounces 2006 - 2013

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  28. Titus

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    Yeah - what is your next specialist subject going to be, Oxy?

    (Of course, as a wind-up, you could choose "European Football Championships 1980 to current date". If they didn't allow that, you could choose something different but sufficiently similar to make it obvious that you were taking the piss.)

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  29. Spartacus

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    Porn.

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  30. Al OPecia

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    And you were on "Goggle Box" last night as well Oxy - the fat bloke on the sofa shouted "Uncle" at you but you just ignored him.

    Posted 7 years ago #

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