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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,790
    kingstongraham said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Can anyone do bikle? My knowledge of five letter cyclists is too limited.

    I just got today's in four guesses.
    It's quite difficult to fail, to be honest.
    I just can't come up with enough 5 letter cyclists.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,993
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Can anyone do bikle? My knowledge of five letter cyclists is too limited.

    I just got today's in four guesses.
    It's quite difficult to fail, to be honest.
    I just can't come up with enough 5 letter cyclists.
    As long as what you enter isn't a cyclist, it's not accepted so if I use the ones with vowels in to work out what's there, it's then a question of filling in the gaps with what sounds like it might be a name. Over and over.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,422
    Tactics in curling, not a clue what they are trying to do but it is strangely exciting.

    Steve Cram seems surprisingly clued up and seems to call things well
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,190
    Pross said:

    Tactics in curling, not a clue what they are trying to do but it is strangely exciting.

    Just the same as bowls but on ice isn't it?
    With the addition of the people with brooms who can affect the outcome.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    So I was right at the age where everyone *loved* jackass.

    Honestly, I really can't fathom why it's so popular. It's just people claiming to be friends bullying and really hurting each other, really quite badly.

    Caught an interview by chance of someone selling the new film. They did some stunt where some guy kicks them in the nuts as hard as they can. Anyway he burst and lost one of his testicles doing it and he's laughing it off saying it's all worth it.

    I don't get it.

    #nerd.
    _
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    Apparently, curling was going to be in the Summer Olympics, but they put that idea on ice.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,207
    Steve Cram is a good commentator.
    Better than some of the other Beeb one's. Especially that one that does the cycling. Don't know his name.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    The Biathlon commentary was a bit weird on Eurosport.
    Woman’s 15k I think, 3rd place skier on last leg from shoot to finish bonks massively, limps across the line in about 7th and collapses to be aided by skiers and officials.
    Commentator claims she is so upset at being passed for 3rd she stops trying and needs consoling.
    Wtf are you going on about? Can you actually see the pictures?
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    masjer said:

    Apparently, curling was going to be in the Summer Olympics, but they put that idea on ice.

    That's a clear red card.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    So I was right at the age where everyone *loved* jackass.

    Honestly, I really can't fathom why it's so popular. It's just people claiming to be friends bullying and really hurting each other, really quite badly.

    Caught an interview by chance of someone selling the new film. They did some stunt where some guy kicks them in the nuts as hard as they can. Anyway he burst and lost one of his testicles doing it and he's laughing it off saying it's all worth it.

    I don't get it.

    #nerd.

    when he said it was worth it maybe he was looking at jis bank balance and queue of "chicks" outside his trailer
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    edited February 2022
    Apparently, members of a curling team are obsessed about their weight.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    edited February 2022
    I heard on the radio that curling uses a huge amount of data analysis to predict the opponents' shot selection and probability of success.
    Here's a snippet of what they're talking about:
    A three-dimensional empirical state space model and three-dimensional homogeneous and heterogeneous Markov models to estimate win probabilities throughout a curling match. The Markovian win probabilities were derived from the observed scoring probabilities using recursive logic............................
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    Apparently, curling is the least racist sport, half of the game they are taking the knee.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,015
    masjer said:

    Apparently, curling was going to be in the Summer Olympics, but they put that idea on ice.

    The idea was to adapt the rules of bowling, but the use of a lawnmower ahead of the ball during competition was deemed too dangerous.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,993
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Can anyone do bikle? My knowledge of five letter cyclists is too limited.

    I just got today's in four guesses.
    It's quite difficult to fail, to be honest.
    I just can't come up with enough 5 letter cyclists.
    Two days in a row that it's been someone I've heard of.

    I like it.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,207
    First.Aspect said:

    masjer said:

    Apparently, curling was going to be in the Summer Olympics, but they put that idea on ice.

    The idea was to adapt the rules of bowling, but the use of a lawnmower ahead of the ball during competition was deemed too dangerous.
    Ben6899 said:

    masjer said:

    Apparently, curling was going to be in the Summer Olympics, but they put that idea on ice.

    That's a clear red card.
    I would have said "I don't get it" and then he would be jumping about a bit in both amazement and frustration.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    Apparently, drug cheats in curling are known as stoners.

  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,190
    Has there been an early outbreak of curling crackers?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,993
    I called my local curler and said "I want a skip outside my house", he said "I'm not stopping you".
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    Apparently, it's very easy to spot where curlers live, they've got the cleanest driveways.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,207
    @masjer Are you okay hun?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,624
    pinno said:

    @masjer Are you okay hun?

    I'm having a `wobbler`, but I'll be fine.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,207
    masjer said:

    pinno said:

    @masjer Are you okay hun?

    I'm having a `wobbler`, but I'll be fine.
    Oh good. Have fun while it lasts.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,790
    Sky Glass. A lot of people don't need a new TV.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TheBigBean said:

    Sky Glass. A lot of people don't need a new TV.

    I did and I didn't go for it. TV wasn't really good value for the spec.
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,790
    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Sky Glass. A lot of people don't need a new TV.

    I did and I didn't go for it. TV wasn't really good value for the spec.
    If they can't even win that niche market, then surely it has no hope. I'd be interested in the box without the TV.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TheBigBean said:

    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Sky Glass. A lot of people don't need a new TV.

    I did and I didn't go for it. TV wasn't really good value for the spec.
    If they can't even win that niche market, then surely it has no hope. I'd be interested in the box without the TV.
    I was put off that you can't record anything, so you're entirely at the whim of the tv provider to make it available to watch later.
    _
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,790
    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    rick_chasey said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Sky Glass. A lot of people don't need a new TV.

    I did and I didn't go for it. TV wasn't really good value for the spec.
    If they can't even win that niche market, then surely it has no hope. I'd be interested in the box without the TV.
    I was put off that you can't record anything, so you're entirely at the whim of the tv provider to make it available to watch later.
    That's even worse than I thought.
  • thedirector135
    thedirector135 Posts: 142
    Elderly ladies in mini clubmans. And London Irish.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,993
    edited February 2022
    I still don't get NFTs. https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/417/lot/175690?url=/auctions/catalog/id/417

    Fair play to Julian Lennon for getting someone to pay $22,400 so they can not own a guitar.

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