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  • #6392
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 56,516 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    mfceiling wrote: »
    North or South?

    South.


  • #6393
    stephen_n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭stephen_n


    pickarooney wrote: »
    They're luring people in with a vaccine and injecting them with heroin?

    Both can lead to flu like symptoms.


  • #6394
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    mfceiling wrote: »
    North or South?
    This sounds like it's about to descend into an argument over which buckfast is better, green or brown bottles :D


  • #6395
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,756 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Best line from Series 2 Episode 6

    “Cook the Mandalorian some eggs”


  • #6396
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    jacothelad wrote: »
    .



    Here is the front elevation which has 20 windows in all.


    IMG-4512.jpg
    I really loved the house but it went through heating oil like a WW1 battleship..:D

    Aha! Jaco is Basil Fawlty!


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  • #6397
    jacothelad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Aha! Jaco is Basil Fawlty!
    This will make you laugh. The house is actually called 'The Towers' because of the towers on each corner. I used to use 'Basil' as part of a password.


  • #6398
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    jacothelad wrote: »
    There is a house 400m away on the market for £1.000,000. Go figure.

    Does that say one pound, a thousand pounds or a million pounds?


  • #6399
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Does that say one pound, a thousand pounds or a million pounds?

    It’s one pound accurate to 6 decimal places, pretty sure


  • #6400
    jacothelad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,067 ✭✭✭jacothelad


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Does that say one pound, a thousand pounds or a million pounds?
    irishbucsfan wrote: »
    It’s one pound accurate to 6 decimal places, pretty sure


    Sorry. £1,000,000. I need new specs but can't get an eye test thanks to Covid....:D It is a lovely house though.


  • #6401
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    jacothelad wrote: »
    Sorry. £1,000,000. I need new specs but can't get an eye test thanks to Covid....:D It is a lovely house though.

    I’m only insulting your eyesight to cover up how jealous I am of your taste in houses


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  • #6402
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Why are the UK in eurovision? What was that whole brexit thing about?


  • #6403
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Why are the UK in eurovision? What was that whole brexit thing about?

    Aren't Australia and Israel in it?


  • #6404
    errlloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,640 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    dregin wrote: »
    Aren't Australia and Israel in it?

    Sure Baku has hosted it. And Baku is further east than Baghdad.


  • #6405
    Shaka Hislop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭Shaka Hislop


    Just in case you haven't seen the new ROG & Drico :)
    https://twitter.com/StevenPConnolly/status/1395405630328950786?s=19


  • #6406
    Darian Spoiled Comic
    Posts: 24,798 ✭✭✭✭ Darian Spoiled Comic


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why are the UK in eurovision? What was that whole brexit thing about?

    never mind that, my Ma gets absolutely wound up any time there's a UK winner of the EuroMillions now! :pac::pac:


  • #6407
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,429 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Why are the UK in eurovision? What was that whole brexit thing about?
    Well they got nul points, so honour is satisfied. :D


  • #6408
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    prawnsambo wrote: »
    Well they got nul points, so honour is satisfied. :D

    Where does the expression 'nul points' come from?


  • #6409
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 33,836 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Where does the expression 'nul points' come from?

    It is "nil points" au francais.


  • #6410
    b.gud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭b.gud


    Does anyone know was the song completely rubbish or was it a bit more of a "political" thing because of Brexit?


  • #6411
    Shaka Hislop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 486 ✭✭Shaka Hislop


    b.gud wrote: »
    Does anyone know was the song completely rubbish or was it a bit more of a "political" thing because of Brexit?

    Didn't watch it, but I'd say the latter if I was a betting man.


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  • #6412
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    Well having seen the garbage that won, I can't imagine I ever want to hear the song that scored nul points!


  • #6413
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,238 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    b.gud wrote: »
    Does anyone know was the song completely rubbish or was it a bit more of a "political" thing because of Brexit?

    Well they did say they wanted nothing from Europe.


  • #6414
    hold my beer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    The winning song was terrible. Looked like one of them was caught snorting a line on TV too

    https://www.thejournal.ie/maneskin-members-deny-doing-cocaine-5445698-May2021/


  • #6415
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    b.gud wrote: »
    Does anyone know was the song completely rubbish or was it a bit more of a "political" thing because of Brexit?

    Definitely the latter.


  • #6416
    hold my beer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    Big Phil heading for his 6th major, at the grand age of 50


  • #6417
    Former Former Former
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,042 ✭✭✭Former Former Former


    b.gud wrote: »
    Does anyone know was the song completely rubbish or was it a bit more of a "political" thing because of Brexit?

    Not a rubbish song but just not what Eurovision is about any more, just like our entry.

    Brexit isn't relevant because a heap of countries aren't even in the EU. Why would the Georgian or Azerbaijani juries care if the UK left the EU?


  • #6418
    Bazzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,047 ✭✭✭Bazzo


    Former Former Former wrote: »
    Not a rubbish song but just not what Eurovision is about any more, just like our entry.

    Brexit isn't relevant because a heap of countries aren't even in the EU. Why would the Georgian or Azerbaijani juries care if the UK left the EU?

    They wouldn't be relevant either way unless it was a particularly good song. The UK missed out on a heap of votes from Western countries they would have got in the past because of the current mood, no doubt. The vast majority of Eurovision songs aren't my bag at all but even I think the song they entered didn't deserve 0 points, there was some unbelievable ****e in there that picked up the odd few pity points.


  • #6419
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,485 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    It is "nil points" au francais.

    It isn't though, or anything like it.


  • #6420
    aloooof
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,944 ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Bazzo wrote: »
    They wouldn't be relevant either way unless it was a particularly good song. The UK missed out on a heap of votes from Western countries they would have got in the past because of the current mood, no doubt. The vast majority of Eurovision songs aren't my bag at all but even I think the song they entered didn't deserve 0 points, there was some unbelievable ****e in there that picked up the odd few pity points.

    To marry the Brexit and Eurovision themes further, Amanda Holden dropped a clanger that just came across completely un-self-aware and insular:

    https://twitter.com/DrClaireH/status/1396349670708981760


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  • #6421
    hold my beer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭hold my beer


    pickarooney wrote: »
    It isn't though, or anything like it.

    I think it comes from the French points giver, speaking in English in years gone by, and their pronunciation sounding half English half French.


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