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Nethybridge

939 posts

13 months

Wednesday 20th September 2023
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No being a fan I got the James Bond one quite quickly, Pierce [ Pearce? ] with 4 .







Edited by Nethybridge on Wednesday 20th September 15:56

pingu393

7,823 posts

206 months

Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Nethybridge said:
No being a fan I got the James Bond one quite quickly, Pierce [ Pearce? ] with 4 .
Edited by Nethybridge on Wednesday 20th September 15:56
Yes, I got it as well. The wife was arguing with me that it should have been Lazenby with one, but that's not THE sequence.

lornemalvo

2,173 posts

69 months

Thursday 21st September 2023
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Truckosaurus said:
MXRod said:
...we were totally distracted by the mask ,why ,what was the significance of it ?
To get viewers to ask 'what is the significance of the mask?' ?
She has sufficient distractions without adding more, She's some woman (am I allowed to say that nowadays?)

Bonefish Blues

26,793 posts

224 months

Thursday 21st September 2023
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lornemalvo said:
Truckosaurus said:
MXRod said:
...we were totally distracted by the mask ,why ,what was the significance of it ?
To get viewers to ask 'what is the significance of the mask?' ?
She has sufficient distractions without adding more, She's some woman (am I allowed to say that nowadays?)
Her book 'For Richer, For Poorer' is a great read.

PinkTornado

810 posts

63 months

Thursday 21st September 2023
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Bonefish Blues said:
Her book 'For Richer, For Poorer' is a great read.
You want to give 'Once More With Feeling' a go. The woman shot her own porn film!

Scabutz

7,632 posts

81 months

Thursday 21st September 2023
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I was just reading her Wiki entry. Apparently she was afraid of flying and was seeing a counselor about it who died in a plane crash.

Nethybridge

939 posts

13 months

Tuesday 10th October 2023
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If I can be picky, last time I saw Haim they had a male drummer
[ coz as any fule kno girls cant drum ] so not really an all girl band.

Nethybridge

939 posts

13 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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Miss Coren for the second time
calls Roald Dahl a "nasty old racist", he may
well have been such a thing, but in the
interests of BBC fairness can we expect
Philip Larkin, Ginny Woolf,
Graham Greene, Agatha Christie and
many other
early 20th century
literary giants to to feel the rough side of
Vicki's woke tongue during an Only Connect episode ?


sixor8

6,299 posts

269 months

Friday 20th October 2023
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I believe she's Jewish, which makes a difference. Roald Dahl actually admitted being an anti-semite so it isn't derogatory!

From a BBC article after his family apologised:

In an interview with the New Statesman in 1983, he said he believed that there was "a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity".

Seven years later, in a piece in the Independent, the author acknowledged he had "become anti-Semitic".

Stan the Bat

8,935 posts

213 months

Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Finishing off with a double entendre last night. wink

Stealthracer

7,732 posts

179 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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And having another go at Raoul Dahl this week.

I'm sure many PHers would have noticed the mistake! There is no such thing as a Ford Edsel. Edsel was a separate make alongside Ford, Mercury etc.

Nethybridge

939 posts

13 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Spooky about Gary Newman and Gary Oldman being
so close in ages, although Newman's birthname is Webb.

The demise of Edsel was probably due to Ford's inability to read the market, wrong car at the
wrong time, and nothing to do with the Edsel's front grille resembling a lady's part.

Bonefish Blues

26,793 posts

224 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Stealthracer said:
And having another go at Raoul Dahl this week.
The face of the contestant when VC-M said it was priceless!

Jordie Barretts sock

4,170 posts

20 months

Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Bonefish Blues said:
Stealthracer said:
And having another go at Raoul Dahl this week.
The face of the contestant when VC-M said it was priceless!
As was the almost theatrical intake of breath.

BananaFama

4,404 posts

80 months

Monday 8th January
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Great to see this back to conclude the series ,such a close finish tonight ,no spoilers .

Zero points for me until missing vowels . loser

Enjoyed all the Christmas specials with previous players back for more ,especially with Uber geek ,Frank Paul . thumbup

Abbott

2,415 posts

204 months

Monday 8th January
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I got the Dames question after 2

BananaFama

4,404 posts

80 months

Monday 8th January
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Abbott said:
I got the Dames question after 2
I didn't know or had forgotten that Olivia Newton John was a dame so no clue here .

And I didn't know that Dame Kiri was the singer of the 2nd clue ,so not a hope .

daqinggregg

1,518 posts

130 months

Tuesday 9th January
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Cracking episode, liked Victoria’s, sarcasm at the end.

PinkTornado

810 posts

63 months

Tuesday 9th January
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daqinggregg said:
Cracking episode, liked Victoria’s, sarcasm at the end.
Yes, I very much felt that she was talking to me there!

NerveAgent

3,324 posts

221 months

Tuesday 9th January
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PinkTornado said:
daqinggregg said:
Cracking episode, liked Victoria’s, sarcasm at the end.
Yes, I very much felt that she was talking to me there!
I felt attacked hehe