university challenge

[wtfisgoingonhere]

Did that girl really just say she is studying SPHINCTER PRESERVATION? ?

[DrDreReturns]

It was definitely sphincter preservation, I replayed that bit to check!
It's a shame that team lost as they were all women. It's really boring that most of the University Challenge teams are male dominated. Sometimes I think they should introduce a rule saying that there must be two members of each sex in every team (except for single sex institutions).

[grovel]

Who's got an IQ of 200 and green pubic hair? Bamber Grassgroin.

[Poledra]

MrsMorton, after a bit of childish sniggering DH said exactly the same thing - sphincters are important, he's glad there's someone out there studying how to preserve them

[TalkinPeece]

Back in the stone age, Southampton got banned from University Challenge for a season or two because they threw stuff at the other team
which went off the screen top right and reappeared bottom left

[Bogeyface]

And after you have finishing the coving, I hope your recovery is going well too!

[Bogeyface]

Oh dont get me started on fecking Pointless!

I wouldnt mind if they at least posted the Pointless answers to the final round on the web so you can check later, but when you make a guess they dont mention then how on earth are you supposed to know if you had a pointless one or not?! Boils my piss to surface of the Sun levels :o

As for "oh he was in that thing...with...oh you know...whatsername....they stole a car and robbed a bank....no it was a boat and they stole some diamonds....." followed up with "Yes! Thats it, Pride and Prejudice!" and I dont even have Chemo Brain Fog to excuse it, I think I am just a bit stupid!

H's thing is films so he will snap out the answer to the one film Q on UC and then guess "America" to a policticky Q and look all smug. Did he know that answers to the music, literature, history, geography or art questions I answered? No he fucking didnt, but he is the hero of the hour. Glad to know that someone else feels the pain!

Hope you are recoving well :)

[shadowfax07]

Me too, Bogey. I'm slowly fighting my way out of 'chemo brain fog', I'm really happy when I can actually answer a question on UC, OC (or even Pointless, ffs) before the person on screen, without flapping my hands and saying, 'Oh you know, that one that was in thingammy, I can see his face but I can't remember his name'.

Whereas I have to cheer loudly and congratulate DP if he gets even one non-football question right

[Bogeyface]

I shouted out the Abba one and got the album right too, I got from 'im indoors....

[BagelwithButter]

Sorry, it was Lovelady; even better

[BagelwithButter]

Yup, even geeks should know Abba! Completely missed the sphincter preservation bit, bet that's a showstopper at parties

Look at this

My daughter got 8 tonight, she was so pleased.

Lovely name tonight too - Yolanda Loveday iirc

[Bogeyface]

shadow thank you! I know it seems mean spirited but FFS does he have to make any little win I have to be all about him?! :o

[Bogeyface]

Grizzle did I see a slight smirk, as if she knew what reaction she was going to have to that?! :o

[shadowfax07]

Grizzle, that's lovely. DP and I did raise eyebrows at each other when she said what her field was though. (Sniggering may have been heard, but we're childish like that, nothing personal).

Bogey, not just your household

[GrizzlebertGrumbledink]

[Chippednailvarnish]

I'm assuming she's in the medical field, opposed to art and drama!?

[GrizzlebertGrumbledink]

Yes, sphincter preservation. She's a friend of mine and she's absolutely awesome

[Bogeyface]

We rewound 3 times and put the subtitles on in the finish!

Does anyone else have a "quizzy" brain so you do well at UC, OC, MM etc but when the person you are watching with gets one...one question right they act like brain of Britain despite the fact that you have just answered loads?!

You may be able to sense a small issue chez Bogeyface.....:o

[Fatmomma99]

I pinched when she said it. I think it helped.

Good result on UC tonight, i thought.


And I got a music question on OC, so a good night!

[Horsemad]

Snap Leeds - I always wanted to be on the top row !!

[bearleftmonkeyright]

I remember how it looked Leeds2

[Jeffreythegiraffe]

I got a connection! My life is fulfilled.

[Leeds2]

I went to the final of UC once. As audience! We won. It was a great day out. TV paid for the coaches and, I think, food. Always shocked me that "live", the teams sat in rows next to each other, on the same level. On TV then (no idea what it is like now) the teams were pictured one above the other. I am talking Bamber Gascoigne days.

[bigbadbarry]

Never mind University Challenge, who's watching Only Connect? Do you think they show all the preliminary rounds - probably every other week there is a team that VC says have been on before but we don't remember them at all. Tonight, the Cluesmiths.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

My son summed this match up as foreigners vs women. It is indeed noteworthy when there's more than one woman out of eight competitors. Hope QM come back as a highest scoring loser, I liked them. Also liked the foreigners, though.

[Ohwhatfuckeryisthis]

She had very swooshy hair...