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The Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar 2020!

Electric Nitwit · 2020-11-24 11:54:09

One week until December, so it's time to roll out... The Forum Games Sheepish Advent Calendar 2020! Like last year, there will be one Christmas themed question each day from the 1st to Christmas Eve. Unlike last year, the answer each day will be a number. Your score will depend on how close your answer is to everyone…

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#1892 17-12-2020 10:54AM

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Do people still call their boys Mary? I knew a whole family of about 7 all with the middle name of Mary.

I had a mate whose brother's middle name is Mary. He'd be late 40s now, I'd say you'd be hard pushed to find too many younger than him with it as a middle name. The awful thing for him is that he has a terrible first name too, but he didn't even have the option of going by his middle name like some do.

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#1893 17-12-2020 10:55AM

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Zaph wrote:

I had a mate whose brother's middle name is Mary. He'd be late 40s now, I'd say you'd be hard pushed to find too many younger than him with it as a middle name. The awful thing for him is that he has a terrible first name too, but he didn't even have the option of going by his middle name like some do.

Yeah one of my uncles has a middle name of Mary too.

And my dad is arguably worse with Augustine :pac:

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#1894 17-12-2020 11:00AM

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My dad's middle name is Mary. He's in his 60's though. I blame him for giving me this terrible boring name.

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#1895 17-12-2020 11:30AM

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Nitty must be getting broody :rolleyes:

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#1896 17-12-2020 11:35AM

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the purple tin wrote: »

Nitty must be getting broody :rolleyes:

Ha ha - 3 month old and 2½yr old here, definitely not looking for any more chaos :pac:

...neither called Mary, in case that helps

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#1897 17-12-2020 11:42AM

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Instantly regret my answer, I've gone way way way too low...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMNize7s8nc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ps9wj8ukJY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpT7hbVWJDQ

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#1898 17-12-2020 12:03PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcCzEB_-NTs

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#1899 17-12-2020 12:06PM

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Well if we're doing Mary songs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1L2lToMlB4

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#1900 17-12-2020 12:09PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYAcB_Ph7DM

Stay tuned to MARY-FM for more mary-tastic hits :pac:

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#1901 17-12-2020 12:11PM

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Next we have a special request for LB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfyEpmQM7bw

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#1902 17-12-2020 12:12PM

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Holy Mary Mother of God

That's a lot of Mary songs

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#1903 17-12-2020 12:14PM

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For the season that's in it, you'd have to give a shout out to......

https://youtu.be/cmm1gt_2SkQ

ETA - ......., aaaaand it appears I still can't embed videos :mad:

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#1904 17-12-2020 12:16PM

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HeidiHeidi wrote: »

For the season that's in it, you'd have to mention

https://youtu.be/cmm1gt_2SkQ

This is my birthday song :pac:

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#1905 17-12-2020 12:17PM

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the purple tin wrote: »

Stay tuned to MARY-FM for more mary-tastic hits :pac:

Oh, Wind Cries Mary, how did I not think of that?
Absolutely love that song!

My mum's claim to fame is that she hugged Jimi Hendrix. After a gig she saw him and ran up, screaming "I love you Jimi", he hugged her and said "chill, baby, chill"

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#1906 17-12-2020 12:18PM

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*looks at the question*

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#1907 17-12-2020 12:20PM

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HeidiHeidi wrote: »

https://youtu.be/cmm1gt_2SkQ

ETA - ......., aaaaand it appears I still can't embed videos :mad:

Just need the final bit of the youtube code, cmm1gt_2SkQ

Stick that between {youtube} and {/youtube}, but with square brackets

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#1908 17-12-2020 12:23PM

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Wayyhayyyy, it works!

Ok, for the season that's in it, Take 2.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmm1gt_2SkQ

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#1909 17-12-2020 01:05PM

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Someone should start a thread in the Music forum about songs with Mary in the title! You have all those examples and here's another:
Mary by Supergrass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLWm5ceH3PQ

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#1910 17-12-2020 01:26PM

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Always liked this

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#1911 17-12-2020 01:46PM

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Forgot about this one, been ages since I've listened to the Born This Way album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFwmKL5OL-Q

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#1912 17-12-2020 01:54PM

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https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=115636721#post115636721

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#1913 17-12-2020 01:56PM

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Bonus question, will the number of Mary songs in this thread today be more or fewer than the number of Mary's born yesterday?

This is brilliant too ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYOmxGgXzw

Love Scissor Sisters, their debut album is a stone cold classic

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#1914 17-12-2020 02:02PM

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Bonus question, will the number of Mary songs in this thread today be more or fewer than the number of Mary's born yesterday?

This is brilliant too ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYOmxGgXzw

Love Scissor Sisters, their debut album is a stone cold classic

I edited my post in the other thread to include that one!

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#1915 17-12-2020 02:54PM

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Q17: We now all know there were 60,000 babies born last year. How many of them were called Mary?

Late lunch bunch. Only 28 answers in, what are you all doing?!

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#1916 17-12-2020 02:56PM

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Electric Nitwit wrote:

Late lunch bunch. Only 28 answers in, what are you all doing?!

Conducting a baby name census amongst work colleagues one would assume.

Not that I did that or anything

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#1917 17-12-2020 02:59PM

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Late lunch bunch. Only 28 answers in, what are you all doing?!

Maybe they're worried that if they answer, tomorrow's question will be how many people in the world are called Jesus?:D

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#1918 17-12-2020 03:01PM

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khalessi wrote: »

Maybe they're worried that if they answer, tomorrow's question will be how many people in the world are called Jesus?:D

Don't encourage EN please!

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#1919 17-12-2020 03:02PM

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khalessi wrote: »

Maybe they're worried that if they answer, tomorrow's question will be how many people in the world are called Jesus?:D

As if I'd do something like that!

...scurries off to look that up...

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#1920 17-12-2020 03:04PM

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Electric Nitwit wrote: »

As if I'd do something like that!

...scurries off to look that up...

I did warn you Khalessi!

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#1921 17-12-2020 03:11PM

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the purple tin wrote: »

Next we have a special request for LB

<snip>a "music" (and I use that word lightly) video from Creedance Crapwater Revival</snip>

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