Couple of quizzes to keep you entertained. There are no real rules; I will post the answers after a suitable period of time. Discussion is permitted.
Cwiz 1: Prisons
1. In which novel did Edmond Nantes escape from the Chateau d’If?
2. In which prison was the Marquis de Sade incarcerated?
3. Which South African prison was named after the Afrikaans word for seal?
4. Which Cavalier poet wrote, “Stone walls do not a prison make”?
5. Which US prison took its name from pelicans?
6. Who wrote
I never saw a man who looked,
With such a wistful eye,
Upon that little tent of blue,
Which prisoners call the sky.
7. Tartarus was a dungeon in Greek myth; for whom was it built?
8. Frank Darabont directed which prison movie?
9. Which isolated UK prison opened in 1809 to house Napoleonic War prisoners?
10. In 1952, the Kray twins were held in which historic prison?
This cwiz is courtesy of ProfessorPineapple
Cwiz 2: Scrambled Plays
1. Forgoing toadwit
2. Meth cab
3. Née in lewd farmyards
4. Limp agony
5. Anal seas fathomed
6. Sex up or die
7. A Leo knocking bar
8. See earthling games
9. I scorn hero
10. Sole had soul
Ovally Balls 
@Deebee – they had the good sense not to play in any of those ten matches.
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Anyway I miss Fd. And Suavo. If they were both still around I would have started a very silly conversation about New Zealanders’ sense of humour when someone mentioned OMC not appearing to enjoy themselves in the How Bizarre video the other day.
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CMW – miss them and a lot of other folk from the last few years. Hopefully some will come back! They know they want to.
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@tomp
If book sales won’t make him famous looks like he’ll have to do the stadium tour route. Worked for Jordan Peterson and all it cost him was a prescription drug addiction.
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OT – that’s harsh. Might also have something to do with his wife’s illness.
I know, I know, the man is an arse.
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@craigs
You’re right, we shouldn’t mock a man for his troubles. But it does mean that when he makes himself stupidly wealthy preaching to people about how to take control of their lives when faced with adversity, but then gets addicted to drugs when faced with his own challenges, we can safely ignore his advice.
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I’ve been reading a lot from the Financial Times recently – forgive me, OT.
Just opened it up and settled down for a read.
Big headline: “Meet the estate agents turning themselves into superstars”. Trying to work out which one is Avs.
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I keep mentioning FD and Yos to see if it will summon them like the Kraken. So here goes; FD, Suavo, Yos, Bald…
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FT is no worse than the rest of them, TomP.
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OT – I’m sure he’ll be back.
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Iirc that 2013 fame was when Throbba scored against the Aussies too.
Instant classic.
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I hope that Cat comes back too. He was the Oh.
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Ffs OG.
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This is a proper good story:
https://connectsportsacademy.co.za/lukhanyo-vokozela-lamla-nunu-sign-western-province-rugby-contracts/
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There are two schools of thought on the wisdom of pushing for OH’s return / OG’s return.
On the one hand, the pussycat gave you endless detailed posts on how to make progress in Bloodborne.
On the other hand, the pussycat gave you endless detailed posts on how to make progress in Bloodborne.
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No more Boycott on TMS.
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Bit lost with both Oh and OG.
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I meant to write OG. Stupid autocorrect.
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Tomp – I miss his random and completely unsolicited stories about films with ‘bewbs’ too.
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They were only good if they had stabbery as well as bewbery, and were South Korean.
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@BB- as you say – nothing random about it.
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BB – there was a lot of chat about films which are shit in his opinion, which no one had ever heard of and which no one would ever see.
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If you’d seen a film which no one should ever see and you couldn’t remember what it was then the Cat was the man to help. Useful chap to have around.
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Speaking of OMC:
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All Blacks vs England 1st Test of 2014. 20 minutes in and Robshaw at his barnstorming, rampaging best. Must have made 20m so far! Does mean he made negative ground for the rest of his career though.
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Cat was also good for wild rampages against the Tories around education policy (and much else). And fulminating against the establishment views of Father of Cat. Speaking of the Establishment Blues, some Sixto Rodriguez to kick off the weekend:
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The Hask with a devilish, delightful through the legs pass there! Slightly forward, which was a great shame because the wing was away!
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Refit – still can’t think of a front man with less charisma than him.
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Neil Tennant?
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I’m only putting this here – as long, long ago (on a blog far, faraway) I said I was thinking about hiring said device to clear some gorse and @Ticht said something to the effect “go ahead – just remember if it goes wrong it’s not going to just leave a bruise”
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There is a headline in the Kipper, with quite a sub header
‘Joe Marler ends retirement speculation by re-signing with Harlequins
Paul Gustard heralds Marler as “arguably the very best scrummaging loosehead prop in the modern era”‘
Marler didn’t ask for the title, but I got to half a dozen before I stopped counting – taking “modern era” to mean the professional era
To paraphrase Jasper Carrott, I’m not even sure he’s the best scrummaging loosehead England have had in that time.
I’m not having a pop at Marler, I’m having a pop at Gustard
(for the record, and in no particular order, Tony Woodcock, Cian Healy, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Marcos Ayerza, Andrea Lo Cicero, Tendai Mtawarira, there are probably countless Georgians and other French and South Africans who would make the list.)
Andrew Sheridan destroyed an Aussie scrum like almost no one else has done
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I don’t recall that, Trisk, but it is the kind of thing I would say regarding said implements
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@ticht
I told my wife of your advice and we laughed and then said “..err… let’s not… ”
Anyway, “not just going to leave a bruise” has stuck with us as the measure of how dangerous any course of action might be……
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Just watched the two Bok-Wales Tests out here in 2014. 1st Test in Durban, the Boks hammered Wales. The 2nd at Mbombela (Nelspruit) saw Wales rush out to a 17-0 lead, lose two to the bin before half time and turn with a 3 point lead and then seemingly put the match to bed before Liam Williams no-arm tackle on Cornal Hendricks saw Steve Walsh award the penalty try that won it for the Boks. Helluva match which Wales were desperately unlucky to lose.
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Walsh really was a egotistical tit though.
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@Ticht – Corbisiero too so Marler can only really be in a battle for third for England.
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@Deebee – North (I think) should have made the tackle on Hendricks, was never sure LW could really have managed a legal tackle after that that would have stopped the try.
We managed to get the two players binned effectively conceding the same try. Walsh was desperate to card the second one.
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Traumatic game for me that 2nd test. Liam W’s massive cheating and then the hopeless drop goal attempts. A couple of years later it all came back when Scott Williams did a horrible knock-on right on our line but somehow we survived.
Cuthbert scored a wonder try when we were 30 down in the first test. And was a menace in the 2nd test.
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CMW, There’ve been a few times over the years – Scotland v England in 2019 comes to mind as well – where you think that it’s worth letting the opposition score the try as the kick’ll be much more difficult.
The shoulder tackle in the corner is Welsh tradition mind:
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Ticht, One of my rules of journalism/commentary is that “arguably” always means “not”
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@TomP – of course. Can’t help feeling they’d have made the kick regardless though.
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“Responding to the story confirming that Boycott’s TMS innings had come to an end, a Twitter contributor wrote: “White, male, straight, tory and knows about cricket. Surprised he lasted this long at the BBC.”
Geoffrey Boycott could end TMS career after BBC omit 79-year-old from lineup
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Boycott retweeted the comment, adding: “Absolutely right”, before later deleting it.”
That hotbed of leftwing politics and diversity that is Test Match Special. I suppose John Arlott was a Liberal…
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North should have got Hendricks, for sure. Watching the match now I remember how frustrated I was watching it live. The Boks just weren’t at the races and Wales punished them for it, other than two periods of a few minutes each late in each half. A great escape in the end.
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Morne Steyn on kicking duty so you’re probably right. That tackle was the last major Liambility ever I think.
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“White, male, straight, tory ”
Is Boycott the new Director-General?
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TomP, the second drop attempt in particular was silly. Wales were grinding forward a foot at a time and had gone through 15 or so phases already. Biggar was so far back he added another 10 yards or so to the kick.
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Not to mention GB has a conviction for assaulting his then girlfriend in France. Always amazed that this is never brought up when discussing him.
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@Deebee – don’t worry, Tuffnell will still be there so having assaulted your girlfriend will still probably be more common than voting Labour on TMS.
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As it happens I like GB as a commentator and am sad to see him go.
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