DavidM Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I’m in the middle of Sons of Sam and This Is A Robbery - The Worlds Biggest Art Heist on Netflix . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Eurovision: Loved Slovenia, Romainia,Azerbaijan Misunderstood Russia Cyprus Disliked Ukraine Israel Malta Malta was so awful she couldn't raise her bingo wings as high as her dancers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Liked Aussies, Croatia, Hated N Macedonia ,Ireland, Norway, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Malta's a hot favourite, apparently. But it's just a Britain's got Talent reject, singing a song that rips off large chunks of Israel's 2018 winner, a song which was rotten to the core to start with. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCKonstantine Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Had my nerves going when they didn't announce Ukraine til last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Drake Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 These were my tips for the top. Lithuania Russia Sweden Ireland Cyprus Norway Belgium Azerbaijan Ukraine Malta 9 out of ten got through. Only Ireland let me down. Pipped by Israel. I know my stuff! 1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 58 minutes ago, Johnoco said: What sort of crazy world are we living in when Ireland don't get in the Eurovision song contest? Well, it does cost a lot for the winners to host the competition... Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled Townie Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Watching 'Domina' on Sky Atlantic at the moment, tells the 'true' story of Livia Drusilla, a naïve young girl who goes on to marry the emperor Augustus and become one of the ancient world’s most powerful women. It's the story from the perspective of the women of ancient Rome. Although I will probably watch all the episodes, it hasn't really grabbed me (like 'I Claudius' did all those years ago) as there is not one character that you actually feel any empathy for. Jam Eater 1.(noun. jam eeter) A Resident of Whitehaven or Workington. Offensive. It is now a term of abuse that both towns of West Cumbria use for each other especially at Workington/Whitehaven rugby league derby matches. St Albans Centurions Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Exiled Townie said: Watching 'Domina' on Sky Atlantic at the moment, tells the 'true' story of Livia Drusilla, a naïve young girl who goes on to marry the emperor Augustus and become one of the ancient world’s most powerful women. It's the story from the perspective of the women of ancient Rome. Although I will probably watch all the episodes, it hasn't really grabbed me (like 'I Claudius' did all those years ago) as there is not one character that you actually feel any empathy for. Tiny Ginger is doing an essay on Livia at the minute. If it is following the truth - or at least an interpretation of it given that quite a lot is open to doubt - then the reason you don't have anyone to feel empathy for is because they were all awful people. 1 Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 1 hour ago, gingerjon said: Tiny Ginger is doing an essay on Livia Newton - John ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, DavidM said: Newton - John ? I'd get that joke. He would not. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirlin Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Lady Parts. could be worth a watch. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/we-are-lady-parts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glemiln Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) George Gently, Inspector- series 1-4 (3,4,2,2 episodes) - full series made from 2008-2011. Amazon Prime. https://watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?asin=B083C5NB69&territory=GB&ref_=share_ios_season&r=web Peter Flannery and Alan Hunter (novelist) are the main writers on this very good series, starting in 1964. Flannery was of course behind the brilliant Our Friends in the North. This series shares some of its grittiness and subject matter, with a plethora of excellent actors; set/filmed in the North East, but also filmed in Ireland! The attention to details of the era is very good. From a late episode: [WPC Coles has tracked down a suspect that Gently and Bacchus have been trying to trace]: John Bacchus: So what you are going to do after you've nicked me job then, Rachel? Are you going to surgically remove me balls, are you? Rachel Coles: No you can keep those for decorative purposes. You might run out of fluffy dice for your car window. John Bacchus: Well I don't have any fluffy dice. Rachel Coles: And you don't have any balls, either. Note that Amazon has the full series of 8, which ended in 2017. However, this is not available under Prime. Edited May 20, 2021 by glemiln 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Between the performances and the results, Eurovision had a little flashback. Remember Ruslana? Yes, I bet you do. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Futtocks said: Between the performances and the results, Eurovision had a little flashback. Remember Ruslana? Yes, I bet you do. What about a flashback to the Polish milk maids? Next door to Ukraine. Good enough reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapologetic pedant Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) On 19/05/2021 at 08:32, Futtocks said: Well, it does cost a lot for the winners to host the competition... In 1995, after they`d won the three previous contests, the Irish were desperately hoping they wouldn`t win again. Their entry that year must have felt like cannon-fodder. Just when they thought they were out of the woods, they won again in 1996. Edited May 20, 2021 by unapologetic pedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 The UK's Eurovision Final results. Jury vote: zero points Public vote: zero points We were the only country with a par score. Woohoo! Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Funny as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I literally cheered when our final score was announced! More of an achievement to come bottom and get absolutely nothing than come bottom and get just a few points. I think we can be proud of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Decimus Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 See you all next year when we'll again enter some random bloke from the pub singing a rubbish song and then cry politics when he doesn't do well. 1 A Widnesian in Ireland blog What is the best system for Super League? An honest appraisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said: See you all next year when we'll again enter some random bloke from the pub singing a rubbish song and then cry politics when he doesn't do well. Exactly this. Song wasn't too bad this year but it didn't stand out, it was staged on the cheap and, compared to 90% of the entries, the bloke singing it lacked charisma. But, yeah, it's because of Brexit, you see. Europe, all of them, hate us because of that. And, anyway, Europeans don't really understand pop music anyway. It's all David Hasselhoff over there. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 8 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: I literally cheered when our final score was announced! More of an achievement to come bottom and get absolutely nothing than come bottom and get just a few points. I think we can be proud of that! I did hope that politics might give us a few points over Israel on the basis that if you can’t be less unpopular than them at the moment it may be time to give up and go home. After watching it I think our entry was so poor that it outrated the political element in it’s awfulness to call it lacklustre is to over praise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 9 hours ago, Futtocks said: The UK's Eurovision Final results. Jury vote: zero points Public vote: zero points We were the only country with a par score. Woohoo! Why? I know the song was rubbish, but so many others were too. Fall out from Brexit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Bleep1673 said: Why? I know the song was rubbish, but so many others were too. Fall out from Brexit? Might we have done something in the last few years to become a pariah state in European eyes? I wanted Ukraine and Cruella d'Orville to win. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Just a special mention for Amanda Holden's toe-curling appearance as the score announcer for the UK. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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