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Cactus shelf collapsed after about fifteen years, few really old plants on life support, including 'the old man' which isn't any kind of code.0
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TfL need to pass a rule that means back pack wearers taking their back packs off their back whilst travelling. Just put it by your feet ffs12
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My point still stands, I'd sooner a leader who chose BoJo for that particular job than a leader who chose ThornberryAlgarveaddick said:
It's not about him being mad, it's about May choosing him for a job that no-one who is right in the head would pick him for.i_b_b_o_r_g said:.
As mad as Boris is, I honestly don't think there's any comparison between him and Abbott, or Thornberry for that matter.Algarveaddick said:
So you are saying there's no reason at all for her to have appointed him other than rank lunacy?i_b_b_o_r_g said:
BoJo ain't dipped May thoughAlgarveaddick said:
Theresa May appointed Boris Johnson foreign secretary.i_b_b_o_r_g said:
And the very fact that JC doesn't find it a problem, is a massive problem itself IMOstonemuse said:
She was truly awful, anyone that represented a normal company with such a severe lack of information would be kicked out.Algarveaddick said:
The Tories manage to be disastrous 24/7/365. She's got a lot of catching up to do...Chippycafc said:
She was on lbc this morning.... Disastrousbolloxbolder said:Diane Abbott on both itv and bbc in last 30 minutes. Where's @ibborg when you want him?
(She is a bit of a twat though, you are not wrong there).1 -
I tied someone's to a RussianMcBobbin said:
I tied someone's backpack straps to a pole once after they whacked my face with it. Probably one of my proudest momentscabbles said:TfL need to pass a rule that means back pack wearers taking their back packs off their back whilst travelling. Just put it by your feet ffs
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Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.2
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Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
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Thick people who go on quiz shows.stonemuse said:
Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Honestly, why have you applied to go on a quiz show?
Usually, contestants have some general knowledge or even some specialist knowledge, but occasionally you get someone who appears to be unaware of any trivia, with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. I genuinely can't imagine what sort of questions they're hoping to get.
It annoys me because as I sit there watching them utterly fuck up and win nothing, I think 'Someone with even modest general knowledge could've won that money. You've effectively stopped someone from being able to afford to treat their family to a holiday, a new tv or just a nice meal out. And for what? So everyone in the country can have it confirmed that you are a moron.'4 -
Talking of quiz shows, Tipping Point.
Not the premise as such, but the way the contestants are clearly encouraged to have banter with each other... 'ooo, you might get a bit of lateral there', 'oh unlucky, you've got a riser' etc
None of it genuine.
Make it more life like and verbally abuse each other I.e. 'ffs, you jammy c***' or similar.4 - Sponsored links:
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I remember a girl on Who wants to be a millionaire who went home empty handed. I knew it wouldn't go well when with three lives left on one (of her few) questions she said "I haven't got a Scooby Doo", "I'll go 50-50", dear o dear...lordromford said:
Thick people who go on quiz shows.stonemuse said:
Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Honestly, why have you applied to go on a quiz show?
Usually, contestants have some general knowledge or even some specialist knowledge, but occasionally you get someone who appears to be unaware of any trivia, with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. I genuinely can't imagine what sort of questions they're hoping to get.
It annoys me because as I sit there watching them utterly fuck up and win nothing, I think 'Someone with even modest general knowledge could've won that money. You've effectively stopped someone from being able to afford to treat their family to a holiday, a new tv or just a nice meal out. And for what? So everyone in the country can have it confirmed that you are a moron.'0 -
They are encouraged to do that though.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
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Really? Like for example:MrOneLung said:
They are encouraged to do that though.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Q. Where is the xyz statue? In London, Paris or Rome?
A. Well it can't be Rome because I know from a guided tour I went on in Rome xyz never visited Rome. I also spent many months of my youth in Paris and never heard that the xyz statue was there...so it must be London.1 -
It's true. Mate was on millionaire and said he spent 10 mins or so stood in silence for each question before saying the answer. They told him to talk through it all. Makes good TV apparently.Fiiish said:
Really? Like for example:MrOneLung said:
They are encouraged to do that though.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Q. Where is the xyz statue? In London, Paris or Rome?
A. Well it can't be Rome because I know from a guided tour I went on in Rome xyz never visited Rome. I also spent many months of my youth in Paris and never heard that the xyz statue was there...so it must be London.
Watching him fluff £250000 on a 50:50 was better television.8 -
A lot of people just seem to use it as an excuse to show off how much they've read or how much they've travelled.McBobbin said:
It's true. Mate was on millionaire and said he spent 10 mins or so stood in silence for each question before saying the answer. They told him to talk through it all. Makes good TV apparently.Fiiish said:
Really? Like for example:MrOneLung said:
They are encouraged to do that though.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Q. Where is the xyz statue? In London, Paris or Rome?
A. Well it can't be Rome because I know from a guided tour I went on in Rome xyz never visited Rome. I also spent many months of my youth in Paris and never heard that the xyz statue was there...so it must be London.
Watching him fluff £250000 on a 50:50 was better television.0 -
I heard Voltaire say something similar in a missive of his I picked up at a craft shop in the Everest base campFiiish said:
A lot of people just seem to use it as an excuse to show off how much they've read or how much they've travelled.McBobbin said:
It's true. Mate was on millionaire and said he spent 10 mins or so stood in silence for each question before saying the answer. They told him to talk through it all. Makes good TV apparently.Fiiish said:
Really? Like for example:MrOneLung said:
They are encouraged to do that though.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Q. Where is the xyz statue? In London, Paris or Rome?
A. Well it can't be Rome because I know from a guided tour I went on in Rome xyz never visited Rome. I also spent many months of my youth in Paris and never heard that the xyz statue was there...so it must be London.
Watching him fluff £250000 on a 50:50 was better television.15 -
This all day long - I may have said similar earlier in the thread (when I was still in my thirties). On Pointless when they say "Well it's not really my specialist subject" to every effing question that comes up, sport, politics, geography, music... you name it, they know fuck all about it. What did you expect questions on, you spanner, "Your Mum"? I love that Richard has no truck with the "It's before my time..." line either. Long before he started berating contestants for it I was doing the same in the quizzes I host; when anyone wails about it I say something like: "Who was that bloke in Germany with the silly mustache that started WWII?", "Hitler" - well that was before your time, and you know that. The world didn't begin when your memory did mate...lordromford said:
Thick people who go on quiz shows.stonemuse said:
Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Honestly, why have you applied to go on a quiz show?
Usually, contestants have some general knowledge or even some specialist knowledge, but occasionally you get someone who appears to be unaware of any trivia, with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. I genuinely can't imagine what sort of questions they're hoping to get.
It annoys me because as I sit there watching them utterly fuck up and win nothing, I think 'Someone with even modest general knowledge could've won that money. You've effectively stopped someone from being able to afford to treat their family to a holiday, a new tv or just a nice meal out. And for what? So everyone in the country can have it confirmed that you are a moron.'
Oh and while I am at it, at the other end of the scale, Eggheads. "Oh yes Jeremy, we are the Wyre Piddle historical society". Then between five of them all they know about is politics, literature and history. They all look at each other tutting when sport, music or film come up, despite the fact that over 1600 episodes have been broadcast and one of those subjects has come up in every single show since day one. Get out more you elitist twonks, find mate not stuck in the 1950s...10 -
I'd love to go on something like the Chase as can do quite well at home answering the questions.
I know though that the moment that camera is pointing at me on the set I'd fall to pieces and look as thick as shit3 -
Slugs and snails munching my hostas.1
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I think you have hit the nail on the head there. Most people fall to pieces when put on the spot.ForeverAddickted said:I'd love to go on something like the Chase as can do quite well at home answering the questions.
I know though that the moment that camera is pointing at me on the set I'd fall to pieces and look as thick as shit
I'm brilliant at Pointless, sitting on my sofa on my todd. I named four pointless FA Cup winning managers in the final a few months back. But if went on I'd probably draw questions on well known Eastenders characters and behave like a mumbling fool.0 -
Do you get many come back for a second quiz @Algarveaddick?Algarveaddick said:
This all day long - I may have said similar earlier in the thread (when I was still in my thirties). On Pointless when they say "Well it's not really my specialist subject" to every effing question that comes up, sport, politics, geography, music... you name it, they know fuck all about it. What did you expect questions on, you spanner, "Your Mum"? I love that Richard has no truck with the "It's before my time..." line either. Long before he started berating contestants for it I was doing the same in the quizzes I host; when anyone wails about it I say something like: "Who was that bloke in Germany with the silly mustache that started WWII?", "Hitler" - well that was before your time, and you know that. The world didn't begin when your memory did mate...lordromford said:
Thick people who go on quiz shows.stonemuse said:
Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Honestly, why have you applied to go on a quiz show?
Usually, contestants have some general knowledge or even some specialist knowledge, but occasionally you get someone who appears to be unaware of any trivia, with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. I genuinely can't imagine what sort of questions they're hoping to get.
It annoys me because as I sit there watching them utterly fuck up and win nothing, I think 'Someone with even modest general knowledge could've won that money. You've effectively stopped someone from being able to afford to treat their family to a holiday, a new tv or just a nice meal out. And for what? So everyone in the country can have it confirmed that you are a moron.'
Oh and while I am at it, at the other end of the scale, Eggheads. "Oh yes Jeremy, we are the Wyre Piddle historical society". Then between five of them all they know about is politics, literature and history. They all look at each other tutting when sport, music or film come up, despite the fact that over 1600 episodes have been broadcast and one of those subjects has come up in every single round since day one. Get out more you elitist twonks, find mate not stuck in the 1950s...
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The disproportionate cost of individual drill bits, and the multitude of unwanted screwdriver bits that come with a set. If I have no use for the first 12 point flange bit, I have no use for the second and third ones either.1
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Do you get many come back for a second quiz @Algarveaddick?Algarveaddick said:
This all day long - I may have said similar earlier in the thread (when I was still in my thirties). On Pointless when they say "Well it's not really my specialist subject" to every effing question that comes up, sport, politics, geography, music... you name it, they know fuck all about it. What did you expect questions on, you spanner, "Your Mum"? I love that Richard has no truck with the "It's before my time..." line either. Long before he started berating contestants for it I was doing the same in the quizzes I host; when anyone wails about it I say something like: "Who was that bloke in Germany with the silly mustache that started WWII?", "Hitler" - well that was before your time, and you know that. The world didn't begin when your memory did mate...lordromford said:
Thick people who go on quiz shows.stonemuse said:
Always gets me when they say it is an 'educated' guess when it's far from that ... also dickheads.Fiiish said:Quiz show contestants who when faced with a choice of answers methodically and tediously rule out the other answers out loud before choosing the only answer they haven't eliminated. You're not clever or worldly, you're a dickhead.
Honestly, why have you applied to go on a quiz show?
Usually, contestants have some general knowledge or even some specialist knowledge, but occasionally you get someone who appears to be unaware of any trivia, with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. I genuinely can't imagine what sort of questions they're hoping to get.
It annoys me because as I sit there watching them utterly fuck up and win nothing, I think 'Someone with even modest general knowledge could've won that money. You've effectively stopped someone from being able to afford to treat their family to a holiday, a new tv or just a nice meal out. And for what? So everyone in the country can have it confirmed that you are a moron.'
Oh and while I am at it, at the other end of the scale, Eggheads. "Oh yes Jeremy, we are the Wyre Piddle historical society". Then between five of them all they know about is politics, literature and history. They all look at each other tutting when sport, music or film come up, despite the fact that over 1600 episodes have been broadcast and one of those subjects has come up in every single round since day one. Get out more you elitist twonks, find mate not stuck in the 1950s...
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Algarveaddick said:
I may have said similar earlier in the thread (when I was still in my thirties). On Pointless when they say "Well it's not really my specialist subject" to every effing question that comes up, sport, politics, geography, music... you name it, they know fuck all about it. What did you expect questions on?
To be honest Jon, I think that's a little unlikely to come up.jonseventyfive said:Slugs and snails munching my hostas.
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HMRC
Bunch of bullies and it wouldn't surprise me if they trained Katrien's private goons.
Certainly have the same cowardly mentality in only going for soft targets and an equal apparent lack of accountability too.3 -
Anyone who gets on a bus, arrives at underground barriers etc. and then starts looking for their Oyster card...you know you will need it put it in your pocket FFS. Numpties of the first order.8
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Same for people in shops etc. who haven't got their money out yet, especially if there is a queue.daveaddick said:Anyone who gets on a bus, arrives at underground barriers etc. and then starts looking for their Oyster card...you know you will need it put it in your pocket FFS. Numpties of the first order.
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Why oh why do people lie about having computer skills on their CV.
New starters this week for a job where, as a bare minimum, having intermediate Excel skills and all round generally good computer skills is an entry requirement. This would have been on the job advert. The rest of the team is too busy to have to train people in anything other than what is bespoke to the firm (which, in this industry, should be very little).
Day 2 and these people never heard of Undo or copying and pasting.11 -
How old is this person (people)?Fiiish said:Why oh why do people lie about having computer skills on their CV.
New starters this week for a job where, as a bare minimum, having intermediate Excel skills and all round generally good computer skills is an entry requirement. This would have been on the job advert. The rest of the team is too busy to have to train people in anything other than what is bespoke to the firm (which, in this industry, should be very little).
Day 2 and these people never heard of Undo or copying and pasting.
I'm an old git and am terrified of computers instinctively but, with much stress, have managed to learn enough to cling on to a job by my fingernails.
Computers seem to rule everything these days and the ability to use one appears to overrule any other skills and experience one might possess in the eyes of many employers.
That I suggest is why otherwise highly competent older employees, still desperately needing to work, may lie about or embellish their computing skills.
In many other areas of business, fobbing off disgruntled customers for example, lying appears to be a de rigeur requirement so why not for IT skills?5
