Subject: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 25 Mar 19 - 10:30 AM The TV quizmaster says, Which two foods go together? Fish and 1) aubergines 2) mascarpone 3) chips Now the answer is of course chips. However the contestant doesn't answer directly. Instead, we go through a tour of the alternatives 'Well I suppose it could be fish and aubergines - certainly something like that is rumoured to be Vladimir Putin's favourite breakfast. And if you go round about daybreak to the dockside bars in Palermo, you'll often see the Sicilian peasant fishermen having a breakfast mascarpone cheese and swordfish, washed down with the local brandy before they set out fo the day's fishing. But I think in this case....the answer is ....chips!' |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: punkfolkrocker Date: 25 Mar 19 - 10:43 AM My mrs will sit through hours of this bollocks on the telly if I don't insist I want the BBC news headlines on every now and then... Bloody Sky quiz channels... repeats from donkey's years ago.. Bloody smug contestants.. Pedantic prats with absolutely no personality trying to impress audiences with their vast knowledge and amazing wit... But from a social history point of view we get to see the worst crap shirts and jumpers ever worn in public... |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Mrrzy Date: 25 Mar 19 - 11:41 AM Wait, what do we need a verb for? Dithering? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: punkfolkrocker Date: 25 Mar 19 - 11:51 AM smug waffling... |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Bonzo3legs Date: 25 Mar 19 - 01:08 PM Dithering - corbyning !!! |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: punkfolkrocker Date: 25 Mar 19 - 01:17 PM Bonz - now I wouldn't be surprised if most of these telly quiz contestants are tories...??? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: David C. Carter Date: 25 Mar 19 - 01:34 PM Lavatories. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Mr Red Date: 26 Mar 19 - 04:39 AM verb - thinking aloud - ? Have you ever watched "Pointless"? It is not the questions per se, we can all answer enough to convince ourselves we would win. But with that prog you can play far more games with a decidedly Folk flavour. For those who don't know the formula - the question is always "How many, of 100 asked, gave the answer you are about to give" zero being the best guess. There are real strategies based on personal knowledge and estimation of what Joe public knows. The genres of question vary but always grouped per round. Some quite specialist. Even Folk (as they see it). As a viewer you can have your answers and compare, then guess what percentage knew the answers proffered. Then there is the erudition of the two presenters and their interaction. All in all Pointless entertainment. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Stanron Date: 26 Mar 19 - 05:00 AM I gave up watching Pointless when I realised that there probably had not been any need for research at all. The producers could just give the prize to whoever they thought to be the 'best' looking candidates. You know how, in so called reality TV, producers push the candidates in ways to produce the 'best' program? Nothing to do with reality but everything to do with cooking the books. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Acorn4 Date: 26 Mar 19 - 05:06 AM You don't have to have new verbs you can just turn nouns and adjectives into verbs - it saves money:- To "big up"something. To "medal" at a sports event. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Donuel Date: 26 Mar 19 - 08:12 AM Subspencefully |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 26 Mar 19 - 11:36 AM Circumanswering of the day Who led the British fleet at The Battle of Trafalgar? Was it:- !) Marie Curie 2) Edgar Allan Poe 3) Lord Horatio Nelson Tricky one ! Of Course, Pierre and Marie Curie famously enjoyed several holidays in the Mon Repose Guest House, and Pierre had his dirty postcards business on the front in Whitley bay, which is a bay - not unlike Trafalgar. Edgar Allan Poe was around at that time, but whether his preoccupation with narcolepsy and recreational drugs would have left time for naval engagements is doubtful. Therefore the answer is Lord Horatio Nelson. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 26 Mar 19 - 04:54 PM The new verb is "asterisk". It's an acronym for "ask stupid things even rank idiots should know". |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Donuel Date: 26 Mar 19 - 09:46 PM My favorite game show is 'What's My Disease?' |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Steve Shaw Date: 26 Mar 19 - 10:19 PM A few years ago I was watching the Olympic men's diving on the telly and heard the commentator explain that one chap had scored more points than another in a certain round because, by choosing a more complicated dive, he had out-degree-of-difficultied him. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Steve Shaw Date: 26 Mar 19 - 10:20 PM Difficulted??? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Mrrzy Date: 26 Mar 19 - 11:00 PM Donuel... Firesign Theater? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Acorn4 Date: 27 Mar 19 - 05:06 AM He'd obviously been involved in a bit of "upskilling"? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Donuel Date: 27 Mar 19 - 09:31 AM Mrzzy YES, hand me the pliers. It is glaringly apparent that we are all bozos on this bus. All hail Marx and Lennon. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 27 Mar 19 - 11:08 AM Circumanswering of the day When something is said to be printed in the newspaper, is it said to be there in black and:- 1) proud 2) blue 3) white Very, very tricky one! Of course "I'm black and proud" comes from the Humphrey Bogart /Lauren Bacall Movie , They died with their Boots On. But the black, in that case, referred to boots rather than newspapers. The Black and Blue is the national flag of Central Lesotho. Therefore the answer is white. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Donuel Date: 27 Mar 19 - 11:32 AM Who is diagnosed with Narcissism Disorder? 1 Donald Trump 2 I. Trump 3 Donald Trump Jr. 1 Since there I no Presidential title this would refer to an early Trump when the diagnosis did not exist. 2 is like the movie 'I Frankenstein' where the narrator is the main character and #3 is the early and expensive cloning attempt for organ replacements. So the answer is Trump. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: punkfolkrocker Date: 27 Mar 19 - 12:00 PM Is hosting a telly quiz show... A] a fulfilling showbiz success pinnacle of your career ? B] something you need to have a word with your agent about ? C] the start of a downward spiral into despair, addiction, and tabloid press scandals ? |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Donuel Date: 27 Mar 19 - 12:12 PM There is a Republican bill that makes hosting a telly quiz show a pre requisite for running for President. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 27 Mar 19 - 04:42 PM one word seems a bit inadequate for the present President. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Little Hawk Date: 28 Mar 19 - 01:05 PM How about "codswalloping"? (Blithering on in a useless, pointless, but attention-getting manner.) |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 28 Mar 19 - 02:28 PM one of the following is a breed of dog, which one:- a) German Shepherd b) Texas Longhorn c) Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Crafty one this. An attempt by the quiz setter to really confuse things. A Texas Longhorn is a type of cow that lives in Texas in the Southern part of the USA. NOT to be confused with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, a record featuring the work of Bruce Langhorne. Despite the effort to confuse us with Langhorne and Longhorn - the correct answer is German Shepherd. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Little Hawk Date: 28 Mar 19 - 04:12 PM HA! HA! HA! Very tricky. |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Big Al Whittle Date: 30 Mar 19 - 05:27 PM Winston Churchill was named after: 1) An obscure brand of cigarette 2) The Beatles rhythm guitarist 3) Mr Churchill, his Dad. Embodying all that is best in English sportsmanship the Winston cigarette advert featuring a young tweedy English carrying a shotgun on the grouse moor - that may well have inspired the Churchills to name their son when the ad appeared in Readers Digest. Could Winston Churchill be the Working Class Hero referred to Penny Lane? My instincts lead me to think otherwise..... |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: keberoxu Date: 30 Mar 19 - 06:02 PM You all sound as though you have been spending too much time in and around the dreaded lime jello pit. Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese SURPRISEEEE |
Subject: RE: BS: we need a new verb From: Ebbie Date: 01 Apr 19 - 03:01 AM Whoa, Keberoxu! You could bring me over to the old dude's opinion with that one. |