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andrewr
ukp126 in cash and a tenner's worth of drinks vouchers.
Now, if our team hadn't been padded out with 4 other free-loaders we'd have had
a _really_ good night.
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"andrewr" <and...@deguello.org> wrote in message
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> At our local pub quiz.
>
> ukp126 in cash and a tenner's worth of drinks vouchers.
>
> Now, if our team hadn't been padded out with 4 other free-loaders we'd
have had
> a _really_ good night.
I dragged all my workmates to one once and we won first prize (40 drinks
vouchers). The only question we got wrong was 'What was Disney's first
full-length feature?'. Not a very good showing for 12 animators sitting at a
table.
My best showing was with my then bird copping 160 quid between us for a 3
question jackpot. 2 easy political questions followed by a "To the nearest
million how many tv sets are there in China?". Lovely.
Sorry- you were talking about you, weren't you? Carry on.
Champ
<po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>I dragged all my workmates to one once and we won first prize (40 drinks
>vouchers). The only question we got wrong was 'What was Disney's first
>full-length feature?'. Not a very good showing for 12 animators sitting at a
>table.
Snow White, wasn't it?
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"Champ" <ne...@champ.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:25:52 -0000, "porl"
> <po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >I dragged all my workmates to one once and we won first prize (40 drinks
> >vouchers). The only question we got wrong was 'What was Disney's first
> >full-length feature?'. Not a very good showing for 12 animators sitting
at a
> >table.
>
> Snow White, wasn't it?
Yes.
Cane
Another wild night in Nerdistan.
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andrewr
<ha...@ikillclowns.com> writes:
<SNIP>
> You want to try my local pub quiz - no money, and such scintillating
> questions. Example - 'What would you expect to find at the biscuit
> factory? And it isn't biscuits'. WTF?
So, let's get this straight, your pub entices you in by offering to bombard you
with questions that seem to have an near infite number of correct answers[1]
and then, should you get them all right, giving you no reward.
Do they spit in the beer too?
[1] For example, a reasonable set of answers for the biscuit question seems to
consist of; people; production baking equipment; coco powder; a breathable
atmosphere; rats; toilet paper; time moving in a forward direction; gravity; a
canteen; walls; traces of semen on the bosses desk; etc.
Simian
> In article <sve44vsr89b0v7q1f...@4ax.com>, Halla
><ha...@ikillclowns.com> writes:
>
>> You want to try my local pub quiz - no money, and such scintillating
>> questions. Example - 'What would you expect to find at the biscuit
>> factory? And it isn't biscuits'. WTF?
>
> So, let's get this straight, your pub entices you in by offering to bombard you
> with questions that seem to have an near infite number of correct answers[1]
> and then, should you get them all right, giving you no reward.
Pah, the answer is given away by the use of the word 'the' rather than
'a' in "the Biscuit Factory", which is a 'modern art' gallery.
andrewr
writes:
I would say that depends. If the pub happened to be next door a biscuit
factory, which was the major employer in the area, then the use of the
definitive article would be taken to mean the local biscuit factory.
In my neck of the woods Newcastle is refered to as "the town"[1] despite it
obviously not being the one and only town.
[1] Actually it's refered to as "the toon", but let's not split hairs.
ogden
>
> In article <sve44vsr89b0v7q1f...@4ax.com>, Halla
> <ha...@ikillclowns.com> writes:
>
> <SNIP>
>
> > You want to try my local pub quiz - no money, and such scintillating
> > questions. Example - 'What would you expect to find at the biscuit
> > factory? And it isn't biscuits'. WTF?
>
> So, let's get this straight, your pub entices you in by offering to bombard you
> with questions that seem to have an near infite number of correct answers[1]
> and then, should you get them all right, giving you no reward.
>
> Do they spit in the beer too?
>
> [1] For example, a reasonable set of answers for the biscuit question seems to
The answer is 'modern art', you northern dunderhead!
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Simian
>> 'a' in "the Biscuit Factory", which is a 'modern art' gallery.
>
> I would say that depends. If the pub happened to be next door a biscuit
> factory, which was the major employer in the area, then the use of the
> definitive article would be taken to mean the local biscuit factory.
>
> In my neck of the woods Newcastle is refered to as "the town"[1] despite it
> obviously not being the one and only town.
If you were in a pub in Newcastle, you might very well be just down the
road from the Biscuit Factory, so ner.
porl
"ogden" <og...@pre.org> wrote in message news:3E4248FD...@pre.org...
> andrewr wrote:
> > [1] For example, a reasonable set of answers for the biscuit question
seems to
> > consist of<snip>
>
> The answer is 'modern art', you northern dunderhead!
Yes, you're very clever but showing off your culture factor still scores
secondary points to Andy's amusing reply.
Ergo, you're a (the) spaz.
ogden
>
> Ergo, you're a (the) spaz.
Er, er, er....takes one to know one!
WSotW
wrote:
I pass the biscuit factory everyday on may way to work...it's in
sheildfield just off New Bridge street....
so yes fairly close to town
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Simian
The Biscuit Factory
16, Stoddart St
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE2 1AN
Tel: 0191 2611103
HTH.
andrewr
writes:
We is getting that cos we is geet ded culchard up here, like.
We also gotten a geed ded big flour mill what is now all like art and shit.
Plus we's got lurds ov the bestest pavement instalasions in the whole counry,
like "Man sleeping in own puke", "He was asking for it so I glassed the
fucker", "Bloke shouting RONNIGAL!"[1] and "Dog that was run over just before
christmas".
We is so fuckin posh we doesn't even let the queen come up here.
[1] I was just saying to Lisa, last night, that I'd lived in Newcastle area
nearly all my life and still hadn't met the bloke that all of the newspaper
vendors know, Ronny Gall. Lisa, likewise, lived in Coventry for much of her
life and never met his midlands counterpart, Elly Graf.
porl
> We is so fuckin posh we doesn't even let the queen come up here.
'Doesn't'? Surely that should be 'Divven't'? Are you really a Geordie?
Simian
Do Not Did not
yes?
porl
"Simian" <Sim...@simian.org.uk> wrote in message
news:v44oocf...@news.supernews.com...
Possibly, I don't know where up north is let alone the intricacies of their
dialect. Now fuck off and let me get back to haranguing the wanker.
andrewr
Sir John Gielgud did appear in "Caligula" _and_ he hold the thespian record for
holding your breath while submerged in a vat of beans, so you're both right.
Now fuck off and don't do it again.
Simian
> On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:37:33 +0000, ogden <og...@pre.org> blethered:
>>
>>The answer is 'modern art', you northern dunderhead!
>
> 'the' rather than 'a' in "the Biscuit Factory", which is a 'modern
> art' gallery."
>
> quiz? :-)
I'm crap at pub quizzes, they always seem to ask questions about
football and east enders and popular music.
Eddie
Not really. But he's a Mackem, so we have to expect these mistakes.
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andrewr
<ha...@ikillclowns.com> writes:
<SNIP>
> >[1] For example, a reasonable set of answers for the biscuit question seems
to
> >consist of; people; production baking equipment; coco powder; a breathable
> >atmosphere; rats; toilet paper; time moving in a forward direction; gravity;
a
> >canteen; walls; traces of semen on the bosses desk; etc.
>
> Apparently the answer was 'art'. We think he meant 'flour mill' rather
> than 'biscuit factory'.
Um, I think you should have read the rest of this thread before you posted
that.
porl
I feel for you. There certainly is a marked lack of coverage of caravans,
small yappy dogs on string and hand-knitted jumpers.
Champ
wrote:
>[1] I was just saying to Lisa, last night, that I'd lived in Newcastle area
>nearly all my life and still hadn't met the bloke that all of the newspaper
>vendors know, Ronny Gall. Lisa, likewise, lived in Coventry for much of her
>life and never met his midlands counterpart, Elly Graf.
You are Ronnie Barker AICMFF copies of the Eeny Stanart.
CT
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:57:09 +0000, and...@deguello.org (andrewr)
> wrote:
>
> >[1] I was just saying to Lisa, last night, that I'd lived in Newcastle
area
> >nearly all my life and still hadn't met the bloke that all of the
newspaper
> >vendors know, Ronny Gall. Lisa, likewise, lived in Coventry for much of
her
> >life and never met his midlands counterpart, Elly Graf.
>
> You are Ronnie Barker AICMFF copies of the Eeny Stanart.
I could be wrong[1] but ISTR that was Morecambe and Wise?
And possibly Morny Stanart? Or maybe one was just a rip off
of the other?
[1] And frequently am.
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Simian
>> football and east enders and popular music.
>
> I feel for you. There certainly is a marked lack of coverage of caravans,
> small yappy dogs on string and hand-knitted jumpers.
"SYFF"
ogden
>
> OK, so where were you pair of smart arses when we needed you at the
> quiz? :-)
Living a life of leisure in Her Majesty's South, of course.
porl
Fair play.
Tell you what though, come spring cleaning there'll be fuck all to do around
here. It'll be spick [1] and span.
[1] [No, don't]
Simian
>
> Tell you what though, come spring cleaning there'll be fuck all to do around
> here. It'll be spick [1] and span.
Spring cleaning? Is that some PC version of 'the revolution'?
porl
UKRM version, yes.
porl
"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimlycur...@nothotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:38:12 -0000, "porl"
> <po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> >Tell you what though, come spring cleaning there'll be fuck all to do
around
> >here. It'll be spick [1] and span.
>
Yes, of course I have.
In conclusion: No.
Ben Blaney
>Have you cleaned that pan yet?
Speaking of which, did we get a conclusion [0] on the best method?
Only, I've got a fucked up stockpot that I need to sort out.
[0] Here?
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darsy
wrote:
>Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
>
>>Have you cleaned that pan yet?
>
>Speaking of which, did we get a conclusion [0] on the best method?
>Only, I've got a fucked up stockpot that I need to sort out.
>
>[0] Here?
seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/ water
left overnight.
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sweller
>>Speaking of which, did we get a conclusion [0] on the best method?
>>Only, I've got a fucked up stockpot that I need to sort out.
>>
>>[0] Here?
>
> seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/ water
> left overnight.
Aluminium pans?
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darsy
>darsy wrote
>
>> seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/ water
>> left overnight.
>Aluminium pans?
wouldn't have one in the house, dear boy.
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sweller
>>> seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/
>>> water left overnight.
>
>>Aluminium pans?
>
> wouldn't have one in the house, dear boy.
>
Neither would I, but I *do* worry that some poor unfortunate may.
darsy
>darsy wrote
>
>>>> seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/
>>>> water left overnight.
>>
>>>Aluminium pans?
>>
>> wouldn't have one in the house, dear boy.
>>
>Neither would I, but I *do* worry that some poor unfortunate may.
let them find out the hard way.
"It's only porl and Blaney".
Actually, Ben mentioned a "stockpot" - that's more than likely to be
ceramic, which soda crystals will bring up a treat.
porl
"darsy" <da...@sticky.co.uk> wrote in message
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You mean soda crystals that I used to clean exhaust pipes out with?
Ben Blaney
>seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/ water
>left overnight.
Thank you. I will.
darsy
<po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
[soda crystals]
>You mean soda crystals that I used to clean exhaust pipes out with?
I don't know - what soda crystals do you use to clean exhaust pipes
out with? I'm talking about the "soda crystals" that are marked "soda
crystals" on the box, and can be bought in any major supermarket.
sweller
> "It's only porl and Blaney".
true
> Actually, Ben mentioned a "stockpot" - that's more than likely to be
> ceramic, which soda crystals will bring up a treat.
true
christofire
(n...@mztech.fsnet.co.uk) said...
> darsy wrote
>
> >>Speaking of which, did we get a conclusion [0] on the best method?
> >>Only, I've got a fucked up stockpot that I need to sort out.
> >>
> >>[0] Here?
> >
> > seriously - listen to me on this one - soda crystals, and /cold/ water
> > left overnight.
>
>
> Aluminium pans?
Only for cleaning silver. Add water, bit of salt, warm it up a bit and
drop the tarnished silver in. Apparently it sets up a small battery,
using the aluminium and the silver as electrodes and turns the tarnish
back into silver. The alu pan can be replaced with any container with
some alu foil in the bottom.
I've not tried it yet - sounds a bit too good to be true, i.e. too close
to a proper blaney solution to something. Anyone done this?
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> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:20:38 -0000, "porl"
> <po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> [soda crystals]
> >You mean soda crystals that I used to clean exhaust pipes out with?
>
> I don't know - what soda crystals do you use to clean exhaust pipes
> out with? I'm talking about the "soda crystals" that are marked "soda
> crystals" on the box, and can be bought in any major supermarket.
I can see where a mix up like this is going to have amusing results ...
... amusing only if you're not in the same room though :)
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darsy
<bastardUND...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>So you mean baking soda while he means caustic soda?
don't think so. I'm certainly not talking about baking soda - I mean
this:
http://www.dripak.co.uk/sodacrystals.htm
porl
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:05:11 -0000, Bear
> <bastardUND...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >So you mean baking soda while he means caustic soda?
>
> don't think so. I'm certainly not talking about baking soda - I mean
> this:
>
> http://www.dripak.co.uk/sodacrystals.htm
Hmmm...nope. Still not getting it.
Bear
...
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:05:11 -0000, Bear
> <bastardUND...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >So you mean baking soda while he means caustic soda?
>
> don't think so. I'm certainly not talking about baking soda - I mean
> this:
>
> http://www.dripak.co.uk/sodacrystals.htm
There's a huge difference :)
darsy
<bastardUND...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <6n874vg0oqeqo54fv...@4ax.com>, darsy wibbled
>...
>> http://www.dripak.co.uk/sodacrystals.htm
>
>That's washing soda, not caustic soda.
well, it's definitely not "baking soda".
>There's a huge difference :)
I can imagine.
Dr Ivan D. Reid
> In article <11674vks6vc8ln924...@4ax.com>, darsy wibbled
> ...
>> On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:20:38 -0000, "porl"
>> <po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>> [soda crystals]
>> >You mean soda crystals that I used to clean exhaust pipes out with?
>> I don't know - what soda crystals do you use to clean exhaust pipes
>> out with? I'm talking about the "soda crystals" that are marked "soda
>> crystals" on the box, and can be bought in any major supermarket.
> So you mean baking soda
Probably sodium carbonate; baking soda is usually marked
"sodium bicarbonate".
> while he means caustic soda?
> I can see where a mix up like this is going to have amusing results ...
Oops!
> ... amusing only if you're not in the same room though :)
Can you say "amphoteric", boys and girls?
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Dr Ivan D. Reid
wrote in <MPG.18adab887...@News.CIS.DFN.DE>:
>> Aluminium pans?
> Only for cleaning silver. Add water, bit of salt, warm it up a bit and
> drop the tarnished silver in. Apparently it sets up a small battery,
> using the aluminium and the silver as electrodes and turns the tarnish
> back into silver. The alu pan can be replaced with any container with
> some alu foil in the bottom.
> I've not tried it yet - sounds a bit too good to be true, i.e. too close
> to a proper blaney solution to something. Anyone done this?
The chemistry is impeccable, but I don't have any silverware.
I did try it on one of those silver-ingots-on-a-chain once with, IIRC,
inconclusive results. Some people say to use bicarb soda rather than
salt, but it shouldn't make any difference.
geoff
<da...@sticky.co.uk> writes
>On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:20:38 -0000, "porl"
><po...@LADIDAGUNNERGRAHAM.btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>[soda crystals]
>>You mean soda crystals that I used to clean exhaust pipes out with?
>
>I don't know - what soda crystals do you use to clean exhaust pipes
>out with? I'm talking about the "soda crystals" that are marked "soda
>crystals" on the box, and can be bought in any major supermarket.
That's Sodium Hydroxide, last time I bought some it cost 10 quid for a
20 kilo bag, good for itchy skin (if you don't have it already that is)
--
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Mark Olson
Don't think so- soda crystals are sodium carbonate, (Na2CO3),
sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is known as caustic soda. Not a good
idea to confuse the two.
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