Coming soon. The Culture Cup

First topic message reminder :

No, the Culture Cup isn't a really poor Boy George tribute act, it is the next installment of the v2 voting competitions.  We have had music, TV and film, and now comes a bit of a mixture with some books thrown in for good measure.  

It will follow the usual format of a category being put up, the contestants PM'ing me their choices and then a poll being set up for the wider 606v2 community to vote for their favourites.  It will hopefully contain 3 x TV, 3 x Music, 3 x Film, 3 x Books and maybe a bonus round.

Adam has already got second place tied up as he is a perennial runner up in real life and on 606v2, but the winners spot is up for grabs.  The prizes are excellent.  The winner becomes undisputedly the most cultured poster across the whole internet, they get my respect and most importantly, they get 3% of all the advertising revenue that Adam coins in from the site.  That is 3% of a lot of money.  Not to be sniffed at.

Places are limited, so if you're interested in showing off what a culture vulture you are, then please let me know on this thread.  Unless you are Adam, Jeff, Union, Galted, The Womble, compelling and rich or Dolphin in which case, you crazy kids are already entered.

Good luck.

Edit:

Here are the first two questions.  Starting off with a couple of easy ones to get things up and running.

1) Best book ever.  Quite simple really, what is the best book you have ever read?  For those of you too dim to read, just make one up.  If you're desperate to win then go for something popular.  Alternatively, be true to yourself and pick your own favourite.

2) Greatest song never to reach the top 5 in the UK charts in the year of their release.  Quite an open field, but we will be narrowing things down the further on we go.  Thought about having songs that had never made the top 10 but decided that was too difficult.

Please PM me a couple of choices for each question in case you don't get your first pick.  I will PM you if you don't get your first choice.  If you don't hear from me, assume you got it.

Please can you send answers by the end of play Friday.  When the poll is up, you can vote for yourself because I don't know how to ban it happening.  If you can live with the self-loathing, then knock yourself out.

Good luck.

So no-one is getting any votes in round 1? This is going to be a good cup

I expect a plethora of votes.

Galted wrote:I expect a plethora of votes.

Sell out...

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Galted wrote:I expect a plethora of votes.

Sell out...

 

it's more to do with my superabundance of taste and culture

Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothing comes out when they move their lips
Just a bunch of gibberish
And motherf***ers act like they forgot about Willy

I am just waiting on one person so as soon as I have his/hers/its nomination, I will set the poll up.

jbeadlesbigrighthand, I am looking at you, sunshine.

Sorry, Tino, forgot to mention that jbeadle pm'd me by mistake.

Book choice was Celebrate by Pippa Middleton (hardcover version) and song choice was Friday by Rebecca Black.

TopHat24/7 wrote:

Don't encourage him, TopHat.

If it wasn't for the fact that jbeadle has such a funny username, I would disqualify him but I am willing to give him benefit of the doubt.

have you PMd him?

Adam D wrote:have you PMd him?

Not yet but I will if I don't hear soon.  I have a list for these things.

1) PM him
2) Request that you write a sternly worded global thread asking for his nominations
3) Send Wingrove round to retrieve the information.

He really doesn't want to get to number 3.

 

You could put the thread up but leave jb'sbrh as TBA?

He'd still probably get more votes than me.

Union Cane wrote:You could put the thread up but leave jb'sbrh as TBA?

You're right, I could.

He's on the footy forum now, have given him a prod.

I say, tally ho

TopHat24/7 wrote:He's on the footy forum now, have given him a prod.

Is there a football forum on here? How ghastly.

Sorry chaps. Nominations on their way...

Galted wrote:Sorry, Tino, forgot to mention that jbeadle pm'd me by mistake.

Book choice was Celebrate by Pippa Middleton (hardcover version) and song choice was Friday by Rebecca Black.

I suspect that song choice might have got more votes than what I eventually went for. In my haste to send through my nominations I didn't strike an adequate balance between pretentious and populist. Oh well, at least my book choice was semi-high brow and accessible. That Pippa's a fine writer.

Any chance of the main thread today Tino?

I can't wait to find out just how badly I have misjudged the sort of thing I should have been picking.

Union Cane wrote:Any chance of the main thread today Tino?

I can't wait to find out just how badly I have misjudged the sort of thing I should have been picking.

I have just posted it in the book section. Can you or Adam move it to global please?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Can you or Adam move it to global please?

I can't do that as a measly blue badged moderator, back when I was verdantly bedecked I could have done it, but they took that away from me.

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Can you or Adam move it to global please?

I can't do that as a measly blue badged moderator, back when I was verdantly bedecked I could have done it, but they took that away from me.

I have asked Adam to move it for us.

You look better in blue anyway.

I can do it but also can't do it if that makes sense.

Rowley wrote:I can do it but also can't do it if that makes sense.

More than your usual posting.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Can you or Adam move it to global please?

I can't do that as a measly blue badged moderator, back when I was verdantly bedecked I could have done it, but they took that away from me.

You look better in blue anyway.

Bit gay......

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Union Cane wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Can you or Adam move it to global please?

I can't do that as a measly blue badged moderator, back when I was verdantly bedecked I could have done it, but they took that away from me.

You look better in blue anyway.

Bit gay......

Are you?

Please f off with the wise-cracking, Tino. I've developed Friday afternoon hysteria and my ribs are aching - the bit about your car and upgrading to a Greyhound was particularly painful.

Galted wrote:Please f off with the wise-cracking, Tino.  I've developed Friday afternoon hysteria and my ribs are aching - the bit about your car and upgrading to a Greyhound was particularly painful.

And it is buried away in the lonely Off Topic section as well. I was particularly proud of that one.

Did a cracking limerick with Kenny as well. It contained rimming, Bruno Mars and the word 'minge'. It ain't getting better than that.