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 
Oi, Charles Moore, go fuck yourself:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EeAUi2NX0AAzE2f?format=png&name=small
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Doesn’t make much sense to me out at Spurs, Trisk. I would go for the simplest logistically, e.g. Twicks or Wembley maybe. Or Bristol even.
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Wonder how Charles conducted his research for that. Vague memories of Hattie Jacques?
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Charles Moore once said this of Thatcher: ‘I think she had much more of a sense of humour than people understand’.
Give me Ms Jacques any day of the week.
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Broad gets his 500th Test wicket! I’ve never really rated him to be honest, but his figures can’t be ignored. Think it’s more his somewhat petulant persona that makes me dismiss him* rather than his ability. What’s quite amazing is that two of the world’s top ten wicket takers are both in the England team today, with Anderson on 589 and Broad now 500 wickets. Apart from the actual number of wickets they’ve taken, their longevity is very impressive – Anderson on 158 Tests and Broad on 139. Most blokes don’t get that many T20 caps even when they’re playing a couple of internationals a day.
* I wonder what that says about me? (Prepares for barrage of short pitched stuff with accompanying sledging).
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According to Wiki, Charles Moore also wrote the following:
In August 2015, Moore received media attention and criticism after he wrote an article for The Spectator about the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, titled “Have Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall got the looks for a leadership contest?”, in which he wrote “there is an understanding that no leader — especially, despite the age of equality, a woman — can look grotesque on television and win a general election”
Charming. A staunch defender of religious freedom as the basis of all freedoms, he defended Donald Trump for banning, er, Muslims, from entering the USA.
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Converted to Catholicism when the CoE allowed women to be ordained too. Probably has the entire catalogue of ‘Busty Nurses of Nightshift’ on autoplay in his office.
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I had assumed you were just making up a generic porno title there, Deebs, but I googled it anyway, and nope, its an actual thing. Shocked, I am. Best get back to cricket.
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Deebee, my sympathies on that insult to your honour. How could anyone doubt your encyclopedic knowledge of porn titles?
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Just been reading this story: https://logicmag.io/failure/how-to-kill-your-tech-industry/
Not sure if the thesis is absolutely correct but really interesting nevertheless.
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Moore is certainly no oil painting himself.
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But he went to Eton. Most of the nurses were probably at day school at best
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Deebee, for you, boss, to get you through the days:
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Do we have obesity data on nurses or are we just going off his experience?
And also, maybe if the hospital food wasn’t so shit patients and staff could eat more healthily. So really, this is an argument for more money to the NHS.
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The word you’re looking for isn’t “experience” but either “ignorance” or “prejudice”.
You can’t just throw money at a problem like that. A bit of Nudge Theory might work. I know from someone on the inside that when people in the UK spent weeks clapping for the nurses that clap also implied “… and lay off the crisps, chubby”.
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Good swerve Ticht. I remember jumping on the Blair Witch bandwagon as soon as it was available for home viewing. I found it entirely pointless because it didn’t convince me it was ‘real’ from the outset. Why traipse into the woods with an amateur dramatics society?
The ‘found footage’ horror genre is tiresome, but there are some pretty good exceptions. My favourites till now are REC., and its sequel, The Bay, and Diary of the Dead (but George Romero always gets a free pass from me).
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Don’t like horror films. Although being a Scottish sports fan, I’ve seen a few over the years.
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TomP, your search engine is obviously better than mine. Googled it too after you commented and whilst there is some interesting, ahem, stuff in that genre, I can’t find my title! I’m now bitterly disappointed. In a professional way.
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I take it you mean SBT, Deebee. Perhaps something, some activity, has done some damage to your eyesight.
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Yes, sorry! The picture you posted below that destroyed my cognitive processes. ***shudders***
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Deebee, back to your cricket post. I was at the Bullring the day Broad ran through SA in 2016. He is a very good bowler. I also don’t like his persona much.
That day was a bit of a disaster cos I like seeing the good batsmen bat but they started earlier than the previous day and we missed Joe Root in the morning, then AB got a duck or a one. Eventually Root got in again but I think Nick Compton played the longest innings of the day.
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Interesting vignette of every day life in a big city in the US, not hitting mainstream media.
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Well done Broady, by the way. Personality issues or no, its a pretty big achievement.
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I’ve been worried for some days now by the term ‘beaver whisperer’
…….I’m now stuck with strange imagery and naughty thoughts……………………….
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Australian Rugby League invented the Baywatch credit sequence:
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Andy Haden has left us…
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/29/andy-haden-new-zealand-mourns-death-of-trailblazing-former-all-blacks-captain
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He made me cry when I was 6 years old.
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Growing the game:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/29/russian-2027-rugby-world-cup-bid-gets-backing-of-vladimir-putin
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……….take the money!
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It’s what Andy Haden would’ve done.
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just seen the playing schedule for Exeter (I assume other teams are similar):
15/8 -Leicester (H)
21/8 – Sale (A)
25/8 – Bristol (A)
30/8 – Worcs (H)
………………………………………going to be some tired and sore bodies after that.
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…..plus another 5 Premiership games, plus Heini etc etc
Teams will need injury luck and a big squad
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……………..apart from Sarries of course………………….te-he!
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Tomp – experience as a subjective concept. I.e. ‘in my experience….’ so absolutely loaded with his ignorance and prejudice etc.
Having a food healthy option in hospitals wouldn’t harm anyone.
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Rip Andy Hayden.
TomP, I’m not sure if you saw, but Kaunda Ntunja of the fabulous Xhosa commentary fame has died. Only 39, i think. Massive loss – you didn’t need to speak isiXhosa to love his infectious enthusiasm and love for the game. Ex-SA Schools skipper too.
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I wonder which side of the Mahler fence John Barry sat on
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See Exeter are getting rid of their mascot!
But keeping name and logo.
Wow. That’s tellin’ them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/53587404
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I loved playing recreational rugby. This would have made it even better,
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I’ve scene several versions of this explanation and wasn’t sure about it but it is true. I’m not sure if it was related to Native Americans
Their 2nd team is known as the Braves. I wonder if that’s also been used for 100 years.
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Lockdown reviews:- Mostly Scandi Noir with subtitles, not found much else to entertain on the small screen, but did enjoy I May Destroy You. Books have been rather disappointing on the novel front, but this was OK:-
Not sure what the film is like, but the book basically has a best of list of Hitchcock/Hitchock homage films to check out, may be going black and white in the short term.
DNS malarkey keeps me entertained with NRL, couple of full games a week + extended highlights, and I thoroughly enjoy some of the talk shows on channel 9, all you need is a New South ales post code and a proxy server. SUper Rugby harder to get outside vip streaming, but I find it hugely unsatisfying when I do watch it. Looking forward to the return of the Premiership.
Thaum, are you short on ATL material? Maybe could do a letter from America style New England job ?
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Also been reading up heavily on War of Independence and ( First ) Civil War, amusing to be far more informed than the average native, but I guess the same could be said for UK too ( maybe possibly ). Still have absolutely no idea how the political system works.
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Morning!
EXeter should really drop the name/imagery………………………put it to bed gracefully and celebrate the history.
Take a new direction and keep the fans and players on-side.
The squad don’t need distractions.
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SBT – yes please!
Also, I will try I May Destroy You.
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Why not just a minor change to Exeter Chieftains? Fans can dress as either a Celtic type warrior (although that may be seen as switching one cultural appropriation for another) or a main battle tank and blast the oppo fans with a 120mm gun?
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Thauma, my Kinshasa Part 2 is a work in progress. I hope to have it finished sooner than Larry’s report backs from any number of rugby matches.
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Or should that be reports back?
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Don’t go a-fretting, Deebs.
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Exeter Captains
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It’s sad to see the mascot, any mascot, cast aside. No mascot means no mascot solemnly bowing their head in the minute’s silence:
https://twitter.com/mascotsilence?lang=cs
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