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Forum Games Sheep Advent Calendar!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Oh lordie , well Ace , here I come !!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    Are we allowed put answers in thread in the hopes of getting others to change onto your choice and in doing so, make it a sheep that mighn't have?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    sKeith wrote: »
    Are we allowed put answers in thread in the hopes of getting others to change onto your choice and in doing so, make it a sheep that mighn't have?

    I'll disqualify everyone who changes to beer after seeing Zaph's post ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    One hour warning for Ectoplasm and Merrick Ashy Sax!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Me nerves!! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    OK folks, time's up

    We have a few answers with a pretty clear sheep, as well as a couple of aces

    Did you pick one of these?

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    Scores to follow...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Before the scores, some of my favourite comments today... :)
    Ooooohhhh egg nog or mulled wine? A conundrum. I've never tasted it but I think more people will go for Egg nog so that's what I'm going with. Fingers crossed.
    I'll have a mulled wine please! And make it a double with a Christmas Star :D
    Oh god, Eggnog better not sheep :o
    The stress. C'mon Mulled wine, c'mon :D
    Hmmmm will people be clever and go for eggnog or will they just be Wally's and pick random drinks??
    Mulled wine, and I'll put my star on it because it's the only correct answer and anyone who doesn't submit it is wrong. Eggnog isn't really a thing, it's just a fake news drink that only exists on American TV shows
    Sherry or eggnog, eggnog or sherry... I'll go with sherry
    Whiskey, cos it makes Santa frisky :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Scores this round, before any stars...

    Mulled Wine - 18
    bubblypop
    Cathmandooo
    conor222
    Cork Lass
    Homer J. Fong
    jordata
    kitten_k
    Kolido
    Mam of 4
    mustang shelly
    osh
    quickbeam
    Sabre0001
    Scorpion Sting
    sKeith
    Strawberry Milkshake
    Ted_YNWA
    Toto Wolfcastle

    Eggnog - 9
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Collie D
    Hyblaeus
    irishejit
    Mollyb60
    Posy
    Sheridan81
    tusk
    Zaph

    Baileys - 5
    BuileBeag
    Deja Boo
    Loughc
    Siobh73
    Spook_ie

    Sherry - 1
    aaronjennings

    Whiskey - 1
    Necro

    No answer - 0
    Ectoplasm
    Merrick Ashy Sax


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Whew!!!!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Quickbeam maintains the lead with a perfect record so far. There's not a lot in it though

    Good stars from Homer and Cath today

    Player | Answer | Star | Score | Previous total | Total
    quickbeam * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 112 | 130
    Toto Wolfcastle * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 108 | 126
    mustang shelly * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 107 | 125
    Hyblaeus * | Eggnog | | 9 | 112 | 121
    bubblypop * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 103 | 121
    tusk * | Eggnog | | 9 | 110 | 119
    Zaph * | Eggnog | | 9 | 110 | 119
    Strawberry Milkshake * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 101 | 119
    conor222 * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 100 | 118
    sKeith * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 100 | 118
    Ted_YNWA * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 99 | 117
    Also Starring LeVar Burton * | Eggnog | | 9 | 105 | 114
    kitten_k * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 96 | 114
    jordata * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 93 | 111
    osh * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 93 | 111
    Collie D * | Eggnog | | 9 | 101 | 110
    Loughc * | Baileys | | 5 | 103 | 108
    Mollyb60 * | Eggnog | | 9 | 99 | 108
    Homer J. Fong * | Mulled Wine | * | 36 | 71 | 107
    Kolido * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 89 | 107
    irishejit * | Eggnog | | 9 | 97 | 106
    Sheridan81 * | Eggnog | | 9 | 97 | 106
    Posy * | Eggnog | | 9 | 94 | 103
    Deja Boo * | Baileys | | 5 | 96 | 101
    Cathmandooo * | Mulled Wine | * | 36 | 65 | 101
    Spook_ie * | Baileys | | 5 | 92 | 97
    Mam of 4 * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 76 | 94
    Cork Lass * | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 74 | 92
    Necro * | Whiskey | | 1 | 89 | 90
    Scorpion Sting | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 67 | 85
    Siobh73 * | Baileys | | 5 | 78 | 83
    aaronjennings * | Sherry | | 1 | 82 | 83
    BuileBeag * | Baileys | | 5 | 71 | 76
    Ectoplasm | | | 0 | 53 | 53
    Sabre0001 | Mulled Wine | | 18 | 31 | 49
    Merrick Ashy Sax | | | 0 | 24 | 24


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Aawww. Of course my first thought was mulled wine! But then I thought maybe people would say drinks that realistically Irish people actually consume around Christmas and settled on Bailey's as a popular Christmas choice since it's not only drank but consumed in desserts and creams.

    I could well end up with my first wooden spoon! :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Am being very quiet here , am afraid to jinx myself , but I sheeped two days in a row !

    It's truly a Christmas Miracle :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    Mulled wine can go and suck a fat one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    OK it's no starred turkey but I'm happy with that.

    Well done mam, I love a Christmas miracle :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    Am being very quiet here , am afraid to jinx myself , but I sheeped two days in a row !

    It's truly a Christmas Miracle :pac:

    We’ve obviously landed on your specialist subject - food and drink!


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    This is great btw EN.

    I have my advent calendar to cheer me up in the cold mornings and this advent sheep to cheer me up in the dark evenings!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Baileys never entered my mind, wouldnt associate it with Christmas. I was torn between wine, eggnog, and sherry, with a dash of port.

    Glad I went with wine.


  • Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭Siobh73


    Yeah, everyone makes mulled wine but who actually likes the stuff?? Bailey's on ice all the way


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,952 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    We’ve obviously landed on your specialist subject - food and drink!

    I think it was sleep deprived inspiration posting during the middle of the night tbh :D


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,979 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I was gonna pick eggnog but thought it was more of an American thing.


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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,979 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    I was also tempted to say Guinness cause of the Guinness Christmas ad :P


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Siobh73 wrote: »
    Yeah, everyone makes mulled wine but who actually likes the stuff?? Bailey's on ice all the way

    Oh god yeah, it's vile stuff. But question wasn't favourite drink :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    I don’t even know what eggnog is apart from something in films. And I actually like mulled wine. Stupid answer.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Whats wrong with you people? Mulled wine is delicious, as long as you don't put somethimg weird like liquorice in it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭Siobh73


    I prefer a nice hot fruit punch with a dash of brandy myself...try it and I bet it'll be sheeping next Christmas


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Liquorice? Urgh, shudder!!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Ah f**k it. I was gonna go with Mulled Wine, but then thought most people might go with Eggnog because of american TV shows... I overthunk the s**t out of it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭osh


    I know I flipped between the two. I’d say a lot of mulled wine picks were close to going for eggnog either.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Liquorice? Urgh, shudder!!!!

    Just when you thought that mulled wine couldn't get any worse...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Scores this round, before any stars...

    Mulled Wine - 18
    bubblypop
    Cathmandooo
    conor222
    Cork Lass
    Homer J. Fong
    jordata
    kitten_k
    Kolido
    Mam of 4
    mustang shelly
    osh
    quickbeam
    Sabre0001
    Scorpion Sting
    sKeith
    Strawberry Milkshake
    Ted_YNWA
    Toto Wolfcastle

    Eggnog - 9
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Collie D
    Hyblaeus
    irishejit
    Mollyb60
    Posy
    Sheridan81
    tusk
    Zaph

    Baileys - 5
    BuileBeag
    Deja Boo
    Loughc
    Siobh73
    Spook_ie

    Sherry - 1
    aaronjennings

    Whiskey - 1
    Necro

    No answer - 0
    Ectoplasm
    Merrick Ashy Sax

    Ah come on really, if it wasn't for Christmas Bailey's wouldn't exist


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  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    Ah come on really, if it wasn't for Christmas Bailey's wouldn't exist

    You say that like it's a bad thing :pac:


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    quickbeam wrote: »
    Liquorice? Urgh, shudder!!!!
    Zaph wrote: »
    Just when you thought that mulled wine couldn't get any worse...

    That was a once-off, at a hotel for our work Christmas party. I don't think anyone liked that particular batch. Some recipes call for star anise, which is basically the same flavour and wholly unnecessary.

    A bit of orange and cinnamon, and maybe some lemon, is all you really need for a proper delicious Glühwein.


  • Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭irishejit


    Why waste a perfectly good bottle of wine by firing all that other muck in it????

    It's like people putting blackcurrant into pints of Guinness......shame on you all!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    Bailey's have a Belgian chocolate variant now and is delish


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Ah f**k it. I was gonna go with Mulled Wine, but then thought most people might go with Eggnog because of american TV shows... I overthunk the s**t out of it...
    osh wrote: »
    I know I flipped between the two. I’d say a lot of mulled wine picks were close to going for eggnog either.
    I went as far as writing 'mulled wi...' in the PM.
    Then overthinking it. Then deleting it. Then thinking again. Then decided on Eggnog, and sent my answer fast, because at that stage Baileys had popped into my head I was going to have a breakdown if there was another option to agonize over.

    Just a game though, right? :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Posy wrote: »
    I went as far as writing 'mulled wi...' in the PM.
    Then overthinking it. Then deleting it. Then thinking again. Then decided on Eggnog, and sent my answer fast, because at that stage Baileys had popped into my head I was going to have a breakdown if there was another option to agonize over.

    Just a game though, right? :pac:

    Yeah, just a game... :rolleyes:

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    Nah mate, it's F**KING WAR!!!! :D


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    tusk wrote: »
    Bailey's have a Belgian chocolate variant now and is delish

    Haven't seen that, but in general I find Bailey's too sweet and sickly. However I was over in England recently and was given a taste of this. Sweet baby Jebus, it's absolutely incredible, not overly sweet at all. Unfortunately due to our licensing laws they can't sell it here, which is doubly annoying as according to the website the country of origin is Ireland. I see they also now have a mint version. If she were still alive I'd sell my granny to get my hands on a bottle of that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    Zaph wrote: »
    Haven't seen that, but in general I find Bailey's too sweet and sickly. However I was over in England recently and was given a taste of this. Sweet baby Jebus, it's absolutely incredible, not overly sweet at all. Unfortunately due to our licensing laws they can't sell it here, which is doubly annoying as according to the website the country of origin is Ireland. I see they also now have a mint version. If she were still alive I'd sell my granny to get my hands on a bottle of that.

    You can get it in the airport. Well that's where I saw it anyway. Could have just been a promo thingy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    As you guys seem to be around, and I'm hoping to sleep tonight...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Good morning elves, welcome to day six of the Forum Games Sheep Advent Calendar!

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    Ah, that's better!


    Today we're looking for festive famous people!

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    noelle-name-meaning-baby-girl-h.gif

    Question 6: Name a famous Noel or Noelle

    6pm deadline as always, good luck!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Argh! This is probably the most stressful one yet...

    My anxiety is through the roof!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


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    Was torn between 3 people, had a gut instict but made an initial choice against said gut instict, then immediately changed it to the 3rd option. This won't end well...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭sKeith


    already decided. took me 0.2 seconds to decide.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Done! :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭Siobh73


    I fear a generational divide on this one!


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Was I first?


  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've decided, no thinking in sheep.
    First thing that comes into my head is now the answer!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    I could only think of 1 so that was pretty easy


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,637 ✭✭✭Mollyb60


    ****ing eggnog! :(

    This is a tough tough question. So many variables.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,324 ✭✭✭✭Cathmandooo


    Nooooelle, Noelle, Nooelle, Noelle, born is the King of Isss ray elle :o That's going to be in my head all day now

    This is the best way to count down to Christmas ever \o/ Thanks EN


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