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 
@tomp
Did it look like this?
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Ha!
More tap dancers, fewer fountains.
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Pfft! I woulda scored 251 if you didn’t have to pick up your ball at some stage on the 1st hole. Oh. Different sport?
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Poor Roy. Died from too much trumpet.
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Thankfully that clip was free of Norris McWhirter, a man who gave the love of facts a bad name, the Nigel Farage of the 1970s.
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@Deebee – in that sport everyone playing against him would presumably have been playing off 54. Something they get right and cricket would seem to have got wrong on this occasion.
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Record Breakers needs to return today with Tommy Robinson as the in house expert.
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Ticht – I like saison. The only French beer worth brewing (sorry flair). Traditionally just left outside and fermented with the wild yeasts that landed in it.
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@craigs
I’ve always associated Saison beer with Belgium* (it originated in Wallonia I believe) so I expect Flair won’t mind.
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this is great
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Nigeria prides itself on drinking more Guinness than Ireland does and now they’re taking aim at the Scots too:
Africa’s first-ever dedicated curling facility is set to be constructed in Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in the south eastern region of Nigeria. This was announced by Mr. Daniel Damola, the President of Nigeria Curling Federation (NCF). Damola said that the project has already begun with the clearing works and fencing of the site where the facility will be erected. The entire project is expected to be completed by December next year. Upon completion, the facility will have two ice facilities. One for curling-a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles- and the other one for other ice-related sports such as ice skating, figure skating, ice hockey, etc. It will also have restaurants, bars, shopping centres, a gym, conference rooms, and a training centre.
World domination is surely not far off.
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OT – that is an excellent analysis. World domination is surely not far off.
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@deebee
Thing is the analysis also showed how it can be beaten
1. Miss pass to avoid that onrushing defender. Farrell is able to do it (e.g. vs Ireland) but didn’t in the final.
2. Keep the ball out of the tackle. England nearly dragged themselves back into the game by doing that backwards running into contact thing but the SA defenders could still slow them down. I’d suggest taking a 7s, or RL power-play-on-the-last-tackle, approach and not letting the ball go to ground might work.
3. Hire someone with a big gob to follow the fitness coach around and shout over him. I’d do the job as I’m certainly loud enough but will have to work in my fitness.
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OT – French speaking part though.
In that case France has contributed nothing to the world. Nothing.
Ahem.
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OT – great video. I posted his Eng vs Abs analysis a while ago. That’s worth checking out too.
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Thing is the analysis also showed how it can be beaten
Absolutely, no plan is unbeatable, especially once you’ve gone over the strategy and found the chinks in the armour. But you have to be able to execute and England were off the mark on the day. I think we can all agree as well that the Kiwis and Aussies have decided to have their own Super rugby competitions because they realised that the Sharks were gonna cream them and Jake White’s Bulls would smash them too. Seems only the brave Celts of ProWoo have the guts to take on the might of Saffer rugby at the moment.
Galactic domination is surely not far off. Especially with TomP’s Pretoria’s favourite son Elon Musk heading up the inter-galactic side of things.
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When I started playing (in my early 20s), it was ‘instant release’ after the tackle – so you’d always turn side on / backwards to get the ball away otherwise you’d have literally throw it away when you hit the ground or get pinged for ‘not releasing’
It’s an interesting analysis. Although, I got the impression you badly need Faf de Klerk to make it work (and it’s a bloody marvellous tackle he pulls off on Billy Vunipola – needs to be shown to every small player)
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Trisk – Faf is my fave non English player at the moment. Best scrum half in the world by a long way.
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I’ll whisper it, but Faf has improved hugely since moving north. Whether that’s natural progression or exposure to new coaching and styles of play, I dont know. He’s definitely a more mature player and better option taker.
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Oi! Worrabout Ruan?
And our Cooney has been growing leaps and bounds.
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Worrabout Ruan? Fabulous Faf is far fancier than Routine Ruan.
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He might even be better than Richard Wigglesworth.
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Probably the most underrated English scrumhalf, ole Dickie Wiggles.
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Brad Barritt retiring from Saracens at the end of this season. Jake White signs Jan Uys (who?) from Brive and Mickey Cheika is linked with a sensational return to coaching at the highest level – French D2. Apparently Beziers are courting investors from the UAE to restore them to former glory, so not sure why the link to Cheika?
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Deebs – Brad Baritt copped some unfair criticism on the pitch imo but he’s a great lad by all accounts.
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40 years of Girlschool.
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Presumably the Tiggers won’t be allowed to train since Leicester’s back in enhanced lockdown? I can hear hearts bleeding all over the land.
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Carl Reiner lived a good long life. Lots of stuff to choose from but let’s go with this:
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So with the outbreak of rugby likely in September I’m starting to think about predictions. Obviously all the teams are nicely rested so I think we’ll see Clermont, Toulouse, Exeter and Saracens all go through.
There’s always an upset and I’m hoping it’s not Ulster this year.
Soz.
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Super Rugby doesn’t count as an outbreak given the cleanliness of the Kiwis.
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Ned Hannigan’s starting at lock for NSW at the weekend. That’s an outbreak of something.
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Never saw Shaun Fitzpatrick in action did you? Or his mini-me Dane Coles. Although to be fair to Fitzy (spits into crooked elbow and sanitises immediately) his was more niggly than the spiteful shit Coles gets involved in.
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How despicable those Soviets were. This actual footage of a Moscow-trained Macaw attacking Magnum PI and his moustache:
http://magnum-mania.com/Video/Macaw_Attack.html
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What are the Aussies calling their tournament? Super Disappointing?
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Chiliboy Ralepelle gets 8 years after his doping appeal here failed. The ever-circumspect reporter postulating that it ‘may signal the end of his professional career’. Not sure even the Joburg Lions would sign a 41-year old with a penchant for supping from the naughty cup.
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He could coach the Lions. Your mob aren’t averse to getting drug cheats on the coaching panel.
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Pfft! A desperate once-off offence from a shy youngster trying to make his mark after suffering a terrible, career-threatening injury? You’re cruel, TomP. Didn’t hear many complaints from Glos fans when he made them into a decent outfit either. Or that future England flank Ruan was probably conceived whilst he was on the juice making him a modern day Obelix, just without the loyalty, wit and wisdom.
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Sorry, when did Gloucester become decent?
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Decent for the premiereship
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Better than Leicester.
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9th is decent in an 11-club league.
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Could maybe beat the drags, zebre or Kings.
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I suppose 9th is quite a decent standing when you are a Scottish rugby supporter.
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Damn you tomp
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*gazes at Embra standing proudly atop conference B*
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Ruined a sick burn there bruh
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Possibly the Os too on current standings.
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Been a while since we had a decent domestic leagues snark-off. I miss rugby.
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*gazes at Embra standing proudly atop conference B*
Decent for the pro woo.
Could probably beat the Ealing Trailfinders.
Probably.
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Embra’s last meetings with a premiereship team:
Embra 9 Wasps 7
Embra 31 Wasps 20
Wasps decent for a premiereship side at 5th in the table.
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