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
I saw that. He gave up trying to lie halfway through, which is a first for a politician.
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‘The Liberals are an embarrassment – have a read of their 2019 election report, it’s astonishing.’
Ugh. They’ve been such a disappointment in recent times. Seen a summary of that election report. What a clusterfark of uselessness. I gave up on them long ago.
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OT, those are particularly egregious examples. Memory fades, maybe it’s always been this bad.
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For sure …they’ll need to be very clear as to how play restarts… if there’s no reset possible are refs more likely to let play on or award pen or fk?
There’s also an assumption that the ball will be playable by the 8 or 9 or not playable at all – what happens if it comes back out the tunnel or flies out the side – doesn’t happen much in top level rugby but you see it all the time in ‘grassroots’ rugby. Play on or fk ? If back rows figure there’s a fair chance scrum won’t complete – they’ll be binding on by the fingertips ready to run….
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The SNP might be ‘no great shakes’. but they are umpteen levels of competence above what is happening in Westminster. And yes, that does include the various mistakes that have been made around the lockdown.
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BB, Labour in Wales are awful but still better than the Westminster government. The SNP just get a relatively easy ride for existing as an alternative to the Tories. I’d probably vote for independence if I lived in Scotland.
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‘Once in a generation’
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Chimpie, they’ve been disappointment since about 1914 I think.
They tasted a bit of government 2010-15 and have rightly got their arses handed to them ever since – European elections in 2019 apart.
Someone* on the old site claimed that the 2019 Euro election result was the herald of a new alignment of UK politics cos the Libs came a fairly distant second to the Brexit party on a 40% turnout. That’s ok for a punter on here but it seemed to inform the party’s thinking after.
* I think I remember who but don’t want to get it wrong.
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The good thing about the House of Lords is you get the most talented people in it and they have a range of experience etc etc etc:
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At least Sugar’s managed to tweet without being a racist or an anti-Semite this time.
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Shit! I’m a year out!
At least until 5th July.
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Haha BB me too.
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Is the Jewish Alan Sugar an anti-semite now?
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Talking about the worst of the British public face, Supersport are showing the Racists versus the Fraudsters in the 18/19 Final. Dreadful examples of English arrogance, both.
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Anyway, apparently today is World Otter Day! (Sorry Clyde, don’t know when World Beaver Day is).
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Rob Baxter interviewed after about 25 minutes – how refreshing to hear a head coach actually talk sense and give honest assessments whilst the match is underway. C’mon Exeter!
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I like otters
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Otterly fabulous.
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Otters cute, sea otters REALLY cute.
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OT – who knows? If he is then I blame Mary Wakefield.
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Trisk – it’s potentially a very good thing. It may also negate the need for traditional props which would ruin the game.
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Might as well get rid of the flankers , lineouts etc etc
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Chimpie – well no they’d be more like flankers.
This is all wild and idle speculation on my part. Please run this through your normal filters and ignore as necessary.
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@OT – he used anti-Semitic tropes to attack Corbyn.
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Genealogy news: Mary Wakefield’s great-uncle was former England rugger skipper Wavell Wakefield. He was the first Englshman to be selected for the International Rugby Hall of Fame.
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And MP for Swindon 1935-45.
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I hope Fd’s book is selling as well as this one:
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‘Foreword by Newt Gingrich’ surely means it’s Trump’s personal colouring in book?
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Best-selling author Newt Gingrich. I think he adds intellectual heft to the tome.
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If anyone watched the utter shambles of Johnson’s appearance before the liaison committee, you’ll like this: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/may/27/boris-johnson-showman-out-of-his-depth-john-crace
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Daily Star tomorrow, apparently…
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“Otters cute, sea otters REALLY cute.”
It’s a shame for them that a killer whale needs to eat seven of them a day to get by.
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Clyde’s cold-hearted dismissal of lovely and CUTE animals destroys notablog.
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Orcas also play tennis with cute ickle seal pups
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No recorded eating of people by Orcas though. Obviously to clever to be found out.
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After 10 minutes it’s Brisbane Broncos 0, Paramata Eels 6.
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Just realised there’s fake crowd noise on the Fox Sports broadcast. Nice touch.
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I’d have loved to have shown this to Sag, it’s a brilliant look at one of the many brilliant works of art that are Joni Mitchell songs
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There’s a few folk I’d like to feed to orcas though. Mainly Conservative government ministers and advisers. Mind you, the discerning orca probably wouldn’t go within miles of them.
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@ticht
Am sure you still could. Is DCI still in contact with the great man?
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OT, the Guvnor and I “spoke” about this when the old site disappeared and he said that he was as mystified as the rest of us and didn’t receive replies to emails to Sag.
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Such a shame. He reminds me so much of a bloke I know/used to know back home. Similar thing – everyone loves him but disappeared all of a sudden.
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In better news:
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A wee while ago (in the Before Time) I was at a course in the Mitchell for the morning, but had the afternoon to wander, so took a hike around Kelvingrove Park and its surrounds. Was very tempted to walk around shouting ‘SAG!’, but as I didn’t particularly want to be arrested, I didn’t bother. Was also tempted to look at some of the name plates by the doors roundabout where I think he lived, but didn’t, again due to the arrested thing.
Did see a wee guy disappear into the park at some point. Couldn’t see if he was ginger or not though.
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BB, was the guy you saw practising the Ash Splash before disappearing into the bushes?
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No, but there was a cloud of (I suspect) some herbal-based product floating around him….
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@OT
……………skilled work force, modern factory and loan repayment risk outweighs tariff risks ………………
I had believed that Nissan were going to withdraw back to Japan as part of range electrification
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