leemond2008 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 No quiz team is complete without my mum we went to a quiz night , there was a really tricky question , me being a walking knowledge base of useless stuff knew the answer , nobody else in the room even lifted their pen .... cue my mum looking at the answer I'd written and then saying " oh I went to jersey the other year , it was really nice " ... cue lots of teams picking up their pens and writing "jersey" (it was the right answer btw ) I haven't done a pub quiz in ages I think the last one I done I got thrown out of I was pissed up and thought it would be funny to shout MADONNA as the answer to every single question how many stars are on the american flag MADONNA what is the capital of England MADONNA etc etc anyway the bloke reading out the questions was getting rather pissed off with me and threatened to kick me out so I shut up for the next question, all was going well until the one that followed it was something along the lines of who sang the theme tune 'beautiful stranger' as the soundtrack to austin powers the whole pub went silent and everyone turned and looked at me and I couldn't let them down so I shouted out MADONNA at which point the whole pub burst out laughing and the bloke complained to the gaffa and I got kicked out to a chorus of boo's from everyone who was in there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 In a pub quiz in Istanbul there was a tie-break question. It was basically who could shout out the answer first. Question: How do you greet a duke? Cue one team member from one of the teams shouting "Shalom!" and turning around and celebrating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Am I the only one trying to position myself in front if the tv so I can look up Jessica Ennis's skirt as she is on The Graham Norton show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 7, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 7, 2012 Was it the F1 one? I would have won, but only had one pointless answer No. Countries with capital cities starting with the same letter. Djibouti, Mozambique & Niger. I also picked Burundi & Sao Tome & Principe but that'd be showing off ... I got a double pointless in the F1. I went with von Trips, Ascari & Fagioli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 8, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2012 I got lucky. I went for Hakinnen as my third as a guess and got it. My other guesses (Patrese and Rosberg) were no good. I haven't done a pub quiz in ages I think the last one I done I got thrown out of I was pissed up and thought it would be funny to shout MADONNA as the answer to every single question how many stars are on the american flag MADONNA what is the capital of England MADONNA etc etc anyway the bloke reading out the questions was getting rather pissed off with me and threatened to kick me out so I shut up for the next question, all was going well until the one that followed it was something along the lines of who sang the theme tune 'beautiful stranger' as the soundtrack to austin powers the whole pub went silent and everyone turned and looked at me and I couldn't let them down so I shouted out MADONNA at which point the whole pub burst out laughing and the bloke complained to the gaffa and I got kicked out to a chorus of boo's from everyone who was in there I think I'd have thrown you out myself to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milfner Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Is there a way to clear the entire forum or do you have to do it section by section? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted December 10, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 If by "clear" you mean "mark as read", there's a "mark community read" option at the bottom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Checked last night and my 2 children (5 months and 2 years) have 22 presents each, just off us I'm pretty sure I never had anything like that as a child. Not even including the rest of the family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 Jesus. I got one present at xmas from my parents (or "Santa") and then a stocking full of small stuff like socks and fruit. I'd have exploded if I had 22!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 They'll have a good dozen each off their Nanna (My MIL) and then a couple off each other relative. Mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 10, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 Even I never got anything like 22, and I was a spoiled only child. 6 or 7 would have been about it, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 It is what Jesus would have wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 My hairdresser was telling me how she'd bought something like 80 presents so far this year, she didn't look overly impressed when I told her that I'd bought 2, and one of those was for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I have 14 parcels just from my parents this year, and I'm a 28 year old man . Think it's because it's the first Christmas they've had me for in 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'll buy 8. One each for members of my immediate family. And one each for the members of the family (my mom's sister's) that we always go and see at xmas. Last year I managed it in under 90 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 10, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2012 Is a 3-pack of boxers 1 present or 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 Depends if you wrap them seperately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Why do people buy so many presents? Do people really care if they don't get a present from someone? I guess different families have different... politics, but I've never had loads of family members turn up with gifts and I've never held it against them for not doing so. I get something from the parents and that is that. I don't ask for anything, either, not since I was a wee'un after a Playstation and fifa 98. I've only bought gifts when there has been a lady to please. So all this mad rush to buy 50 gifts is beyond me. Save yourself the money, buy a few bottles of wine, turn up at their house during the holidays and have some conversation. Balls to the rest of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 A lot of the stuff we've bought are more practical day-to-day stuff like sleep wear for both children for example. Its not 100% toys and goodies. Its a new thing for me as, like many of you have said, I used to be thrilled with half a dozen present on Christmas day. Its something that my wife's family have always done. Shed loads of presents to open yet a lot are problably bits and bobs they'd buy anyway and just use right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 10, 2012 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2012 I ask for stuff. But only because people buy me stuff anyway, so they may as well buy something that I actually want. If I got NO presents I'd be a bit miffed. I like the gesture. But I'd not be fussed if I don't get a lot, which I usually don't. I'll admit to being a little annoyed 2 years ago when my parents got me, for a combined birthday AND xmas gift, a single jumper. And it was horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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