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Re: My New Topic
« Reply #360 on: February 23, 2014, 04:41:52 AM »
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« Reply #361 on: February 28, 2014, 15:26:06 PM »
I found out yesterday that Lauren Bacall is a cousin of Shimon Peres.

Also that the actor who played Alfred in Batman was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain. Not so surprised by that one.
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« Reply #362 on: March 04, 2014, 14:35:45 PM »
The Eurovision Song Contest is regarded quite differently in Ireland than it is in the UK. They are quite proud of having won it more than anyone and the lead-up is an established landmark in the year.

It all kicked off on Friday night when The National Song Contest was incorporated into The Late Late Show. A panel gave comments after each singer and the manager of one them objected to Louis Walsh being on the panel when he has links with two of the contestants (who ended up finishing first and second btw). Linda Martin, who was also on the panel, looking as much like a drag queen as ever, represented Ireland twice in the Eurovision, coming second in 1984 and winning it in 1992, both songs written by Johnny Logan. She is part of Louis" in-crowd and set about the complainant.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6nOWx7tqXw[/youtube]

This was Linda doing what she does best:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkDKRN1Y6_k[/youtube]  [youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTPtDFxQgn4[/youtube]
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« Reply #363 on: March 04, 2014, 14:40:56 PM »
Crackerjack pencil for anyone identifying who the complainant is.
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« Reply #364 on: March 04, 2014, 14:50:39 PM »

Crackerjack pencil for anyone identifying who the complainant is.


Doh, clue is in the youtube title :-[
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« Reply #365 on: March 04, 2014, 15:05:24 PM »
I see he"s from the same area as you. I thought you were going to tell us that he"s your cousin.
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« Reply #366 on: March 04, 2014, 16:31:57 PM »

I see he"s from the same area as you. I thought you were going to tell us that he"s your cousin.


No not cousin John, we were pals as kids, nonetheless, he"s a really nice guy and makes a valid point.
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« Reply #367 on: March 06, 2014, 08:17:22 AM »
The live stream from the Oscar Pistorius trial doesn"t seem to be working today! FML!
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Re: My New Topic
« Reply #368 on: March 16, 2014, 23:00:19 PM »
One more chance for a result. Currently 20/53 from 6k+ in the Micro-Millions Stud Hi-Lo. Could this be the one? I"ll let you know how I get screwed over.




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6th for $494. Went 2nd, but then lost both sides of a monster multi-way hand.

I was still 4th then, but played the last hand terribly. Deserved to get knocked out for that.
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« Reply #369 on: March 28, 2014, 20:03:16 PM »
So you"re on Wheel of Fortune and you get just about as unlucky as you could get. You only hit two letters from the ones they give you and none from your own letters, leaving you with an impossible puzzle. The board is NE_   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _. So what would you guess? New Year Party? New York Times? New Blue Shirt? Maybe Net Debt Ratio is the first thing to pop into your mind. The answer is nothing as easy as that, but last week this guy got it straight away in one second. If you want to try it yourself, you"ll have to stop the video pretty smartly before he gets the correct answer out. With instincts like that, I need this guy on our poker team.

Good to see that Vanna White, turning those letters for the last 32 years, is still going strong and looking good at the age of 57.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEuBOZwH_E[/youtube]

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« Reply #370 on: March 28, 2014, 21:26:25 PM »

So you"re on Wheel of Fortune and you get just about as unlucky as you could get. You only hit two letters from the ones they give you and none from your own letters, leaving you with an impossible puzzle. The board is NE_   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _. So what would you guess? New Year Party? New York Times? New Blue Shirt? Maybe Net Debt Ratio is the first thing to pop into your mind. The answer is nothing as easy as that, but last week this guy got it straight away in one second. If you want to try it yourself, you"ll have to stop the video pretty smartly before he gets the correct answer out. With instincts like that, I need this guy on our poker team.

Good to see that Vanna White, turning those letters for the last 32 years, is still going strong and looking good at the age of 57.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEEuBOZwH_E[/youtube]
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« Reply #371 on: April 01, 2014, 01:56:00 AM »
Just had a bizarre finish. You know how people often say that they are bored, usually as a cover for a dodgy call? Well it seems this guy was telling the truth. He played for a couple of hours and then just gave up. He shoved a load of hands in the NL games and, when I asked him why, he said he was bored. Then this hand, where he put 12,000 chips in and then folded, deliberately leaving himself with 506 chips and all-in next hand with less than a small blind. He hadn"t buggered off or disconnected - he acted in the next hand, standing pat on all draws, even though he had junk, in an apparent attempt to lose and end the game. Pretty strange.

Full Tilt Poker Game #34081029020: A Quick 10-Game (265851656), Table 4 - FL Badugi - 1500/3000 - 01:19:26 WET - 2014/04/01 [20:19:26 ET - 2014/03/31]
Seat 3: MintTrav (35,494)
Seat 6: Belper (12,506)
Belper posts the small blind of 750
MintTrav posts the big blind of 1,500
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MintTrav [2s 4c Jd 8h]
Belper raises to 3,000
MintTrav raises to 4,500
Belper: here, take it
Belper raises to 6,000
MintTrav calls 1,500
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Total Pot: 12,000, 2 Players)
MintTrav stands pat on [2s 4c Jd 8h]
Belper discards 2 cards
Belper is dealt 2 cards
MintTrav bets 1,500
Belper raises to 3,000
MintTrav raises to 4,500
Belper raises to 6,000
MintTrav calls 1,500
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Total Pot: 24,000, 2 Players)
MintTrav stands pat on [2s 4c Jd 8h]
Belper stands pat
MintTrav bets 3,000
Belper folds
Uncalled bet of 3,000 returned to MintTrav
MintTrav mucks
MintTrav wins the pot (24,000)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24,000 | Rake 0
Seat 3: MintTrav (big blind) collected (24,000), mucked
Seat 6: Belper (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
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Re: My New Topic
« Reply #372 on: April 03, 2014, 00:26:16 AM »
The Name of the Year competition is currently taking place. These are all real people whose names have cropped up in the news in the past year. The 64 nominees for the 2014 competition, divided into Regionals named after previous winners, are:



It takes all sorts - Karhonda Porcha was arrested for hiding drugs in her "crotch area", but I can"t see her winning. The favourites must include Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam and Loki Skylizard, Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Monmouth Medical Center, New Jersey.

Personally, however, I"m most looking forward to the match-up between Eve Gruntfest, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado and Ginger Pinholster from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

There is a British interest to support in Becky Leckey, England Pool B-International.
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« Reply #373 on: April 03, 2014, 08:29:10 AM »
This one might be easier to read. I don"t know why they don"t allow more space for the names.This version includes Bamboo Dong, Managing Editor of Anime News Network, who seems to have been withdrawn from the later version for some reason.



In the final of last year"s competition,  Leo Moses Spornstarr, aspiring actuary, beat footballer Pornsak Pongthong, by 482 votes to 481.
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« Reply #374 on: April 07, 2014, 08:22:25 AM »
They are down to the final eight in the Name of the Year:

Curvaceous Bass v  DeQuarium Lumpkin

Loki Skylizard v  Shamus Beaglehole

Equanimeous St. Brown v  Eve Gruntfest

S hitavious Cook v  Chillie Poon

For my money, Loki is home and hosed, and I would go as far as to predict a Skylizard-Gruntfest final, but you never can tell in these things.
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