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Original poster

Only Connect could be a great quiz....

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PinkyPinkerton · 01/02/2021 20:37

.....if VCM calmed down a bit.

I like Only Connect, but my word, Victoria Coren Mitchell is, as my teenage DD would say, totally cringe.

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dramaticpenguin · 01/02/2021 20:39

oh I quite like her... I always feel incredibly thick when I watch it though!

Rillington · 01/02/2021 20:39

I love her. She's great.

Radio4Rocks · 01/02/2021 20:39

I wish she'd stop trying to be funny.

Embarrassing

mechanicalwonder · 01/02/2021 20:40

agree....but I hate that quiz.mainly because I never get anything right.

ArosGartref · 01/02/2021 20:40

@Radio4Rocks

I wish she'd stop trying to be funny.

Embarrassing

That's the joke.
YukoandHiro · 01/02/2021 20:41

Nope, you're wrong! She's magnificent. Fully willing to be herself and doesn't care if you cringe. If I could be any famous person I'd be her (minus her husband, who seems lovely but I just don't fancy him.... And not sure I could stick being related to her utter twat of a brother either).

theconstantinoplegardener · 01/02/2021 20:41

I quite like her! She has a very unique style. My theory is that her unfathomable jokes at the end of each episode are actually coded messages for the Secret Service.

HorseradishSnowflake · 01/02/2021 20:41

She's great, she is not trying to be funny, that's the point.

ImAllOut · 01/02/2021 20:42

The whole point of her cringe is that it's intentional.

Ringshanks · 01/02/2021 20:46

I think she’s great ; witty, clever and v attractive with it !

Gilead · 01/02/2021 20:47

I wish women would stop knocking other women.

Original poster
PinkyPinkerton · 01/02/2021 20:47

It's not just the jokes though, it's also the uncomfortable forced singing.

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KatyClaire · 01/02/2021 20:48

I love her, she’s brilliant

LadyMonicaBOOddingham · 01/02/2021 20:48

My girl crush. AND she hooked David Mitchell 😏

BobbinThreadbare123 · 01/02/2021 20:49

Tonight's is the only episode I can recall where there's been singing. The cringe is on purpose. The Wall is the best bit.

Original poster
PinkyPinkerton · 01/02/2021 20:53

@Gilead

I wish women would stop knocking other women.
Why do you think I'm a woman?
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Murmurur · 01/02/2021 20:55

I wish they'd move on from the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

They make them sing often, I'm never really sure why.

Litthefirealready · 01/02/2021 20:56

She is absolutely awesome! I would love to be her, her jokes are ridiculous and brilliant.

singsingbluesilver · 01/02/2021 20:57

She is amazing. Sadly she suffers from the affliction of being a very intelligent, successful women.

splishsplashsploosh · 01/02/2021 20:57

I love her and the show!

HandsFaceSpaceHopper · 01/02/2021 20:58

@splishsplashsploosh

I love her and the show!

Me too!

Murmurur · 01/02/2021 21:00

Yes I'm still enough of a nerd to consider it one of the best things on TV. But it would be better without the hieroglyphs.

gabsdot45 · 01/02/2021 21:01

I watched the beginning of it this evening and she was singing.
If was very cringe

MojoJojo71 · 01/02/2021 21:02

I love her, she’s so clever and very funny. I often think about how great it would be to be invited round for dinner with her and David.

Downton57 · 01/02/2021 21:02

I love Only Connect. Feel inordinately proud when I get a question right.

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