The Culture Cup round 6

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I said it would be Monday morning and, like my milkman, I always deliver.  So here is round 6 of quite possibly the most exciting tournament ever.  Before we move on to round 6 and the poll for 'The best song ever with 3 or more words in the title' lets have a look at what you could have won in round 5.

Round 5 saw the poll for 'Best piece of literature with a name in the title' and threw up some classic works of literature and no small measure of controversy with the 'missing' and 'reappearing' votes scandal throwing the integrity of the whole competition into doubt.  With the mystery still unsolved and the 'missing' votes no closer to being found, I have made the decision to move on, forget the past and continue the competition.  At least I am a man of extremely high integrity and moral fibre so we can proceed safe in the knowledge that the Culture Cup is still on the level.  I have my finest man (Wingrove) on the case to try and find out what happened but until then, lets move forward in peace.

Round 5 was an interesting one with the votes being split across the board resulting in many posters claiming a decent points haul.  Using my complicated results algorithm, you would have only needed to get 1 vote in this round to get 7 points.  Sot its bad luck to Union who received no votes, no points and has subsequently seen his already slim chance of winning almost certainly disappear for good.  What makes it worse it that he had some votes before 'votegate'.  Life can be so cruel.  Hero continues to be Mr Consistent and remains on top of the Christmas tree, just as a fairy should be.  Julius had a stunning reversal in fortune with his pick of Macbeth claiming top spot for this round.  A fair few posters picked up 10 points and at the half way point, the league is still within grasp for a fair few posters.  Here are the runners and riders;

Hero (A Streetcar Named Desire): (10) 46
compelling & rich (Schindler's List): (9): 42
seanmichaels (Oliver Twist): (9) 38
Adam (A Christmas Carol): (10) 37
Azzy (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): (10) 33
onlytreblewinners (Frankenstein): (10) 32
TopHat (Romeo and Juliet): (10) 32
Galted (The World According to Garp): (7) 30
The Womble (Matilda): (10) 31
Rowley (The Picture of Dorian Grey): (10) 29
superflyweight (The Great Gatsby): (9) 29
Dolphin (Winnie the Pooh): (9) 26
The Boss (Gulliver's Travels): (10) 26
bhb (Hamlet): (7) 25
ChequeredJersey (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn): (8) 24
jbeadlesbigrighthand (Count of Monte Cristo): (8) 23
Julius ( Macbeth): (12) 22
Union (Horace) (0) 19

Round 7 is back to films and the question is this: Name the greatest film actor or actress born in the same year as you Best film originally released in the decade of your birth.  You can, of course, lie if you want to but I doubt any of you are that precious.  I will leave it up to your conscience but please PM a couple of choices.

Here is the poll for round 6 and remember, it is open for the whole forum to vote!

PLEASE ONLY VOTE FOR 2 NOMINATIONS  I don't think it will survive another voting scandal.

PLEASE SEE EDITED QUESTION FOR THE NEXT ROUND

Welcome back, Galted.

Thank you, Tino. And congratulations on closing up the Culture Cup, don't think that happened with any of the other cups.

Yeah, I was particularly proud of how it went, despite the obstacles thrown at me by certain people.

I am doing a music only cup in the New Year which I hope to wrap up within 8 months.

How was SA? Lots of fumbling around in the bush? Hi-Tec's last the pace?

Left the Hi-Tecs at home, thought I'd buy more but was too hot to be @rsed to do anything.

Arthropods galore - rhino beetles, dung beetles, Galted-eating ants, f*****g huge millipedes. Thought about you often but in a massively gay way.

Galted wrote:Left the Hi-Tecs at home, thought I'd buy more but was too hot to be @rsed to do anything.

Arthropods galore - rhino beetles, dung beetles, Galted-eating ants, f*****g huge millipedes.  Thought about you often but in a massively gay way.

Do you mean not in a massively gay way? I'm assuming that's what you meant. Millipedes are vegetarians, its the centipedes you want to swerve.

Your Reykjavik thread was so popular that it split off in the end due to the volume of posts. It has now morphed into a 'what we had for lunch thread'.

Yes. Yes. That's what I clearly meant. Discovered that dung beetles are a type of scarab beetle and that some scarab beetles make whining sounds when you pick them up. They're also good at landing on their backs. I'm now a mine of possibly incorrect beetle information.

Thanks for the lunch thread info, will join it as soon as I have a large chicken burrito.

Galted wrote:Left the Hi-Tecs at home, thought I'd buy more but was too hot to be @rsed to do anything.

Arthropods galore - rhino beetles, dung beetles, Galted-eating ants, f*****g huge millipedes.  Thought about you often but in a massively gay way.

Freudian slip of epic proportions. Book-marked.

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Galted wrote:Left the Hi-Tecs at home, thought I'd buy more but was too hot to be @rsed to do anything.

Arthropods galore - rhino beetles, dung beetles, Galted-eating ants, f*****g huge millipedes.  Thought about you often but in a massively gay way.

Freudian slip of epic proportions. Book-marked.

Yeah, he can try and back track all he wants but we know better.

May have been Freudian but why the assumption that it was a slip? Arthropods have turned me.

Why am I being shunned? It's like reliving my 6th birthday party.

Galted wrote:Why am I being shunned?  It's like reliving my 6th birthday party.

I wouldn't say I am shunning you. Just don't really know how to react to your new found gayness.

I am happy for you that you're seeing the joys to be found in the arthropod world, but that world turning someone gay is not something I have encountered before.

You should give it a go, it seems to have many benefits, tried something called a "cappucino" earlier (it's a bit similar to coffee), was thoroughly delicious. Going to watch a bit of Alan Carr and Graham Norton on Youtube later and see if I find them funny now.

Do gay people wear Gore-Tex?

Not sure, have been wearing the Jack Wolfskin 3-in-1 with detachable hood and fleece. Will try on the Gore-Tex when I get home and see if I'm still gay.

I know this is not the lunch thread but I have a dilemma. Forgot my wallet at home so have no money. However, on Monday I sold a Nintendo Wii to a girl in the office (hot) for £20. In a laissez-faire manner I told her to give it a whirl and then pay me when all is fine. It is now Wednesday and no £20. Just walked past her and nothing? And I'm starving...

seanmichaels wrote:I know this is not the lunch thread but I have a dilemma. Forgot my wallet at home so have no money. However, on Monday I sold a Nintendo Wii to a girl in the office (hot) for £20. In a laissez-faire manner I told her to give it a whirl and then pay me when all is fine. It is now Wednesday and no £20. Just walked past her and nothing? And I'm starving...

You're not starving, you're just hungry.

Just ask her for the money you big blouse.

seanmichaels wrote:I know this is not the lunch thread but I have a dilemma. Forgot my wallet at home so have no money. However, on Monday I sold a Nintendo Wii to a girl in the office (hot) for £20. In a laissez-faire manner I told her to give it a whirl and then pay me when all is fine. It is now Wednesday and no £20. Just walked past her and nothing? And I'm starving...

How much do your work mates hate you that none of them will lend you a fiver?

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I know this is not the lunch thread but I have a dilemma. Forgot my wallet at home so have no money. However, on Monday I sold a Nintendo Wii to a girl in the office (hot) for £20. In a laissez-faire manner I told her to give it a whirl and then pay me when all is fine. It is now Wednesday and no £20. Just walked past her and nothing? And I'm starving...

How much do your work mates hate you that none of them will lend you a fiver?

You really need to ask?

just googled jack wolfskin 3 in 1:
 

Spoiler:

Fair point Tina but I would lend Truss a fiver if he was hungry and he is Truss.

Rowley wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I know this is not the lunch thread but I have a dilemma. Forgot my wallet at home so have no money. However, on Monday I sold a Nintendo Wii to a girl in the office (hot) for £20. In a laissez-faire manner I told her to give it a whirl and then pay me when all is fine. It is now Wednesday and no £20. Just walked past her and nothing? And I'm starving...

How much do your work mates hate you that none of them will lend you a fiver?

It is the other way round.

You could grab something off the shelf at Pret and leg it. The staff are too busy asking people in the queues if they want a skinny latte to bother chasing you.

Galted wrote:You could grab something off the shelf at Pret and leg it.  The staff are too busy asking people in the queues if they want a skinny latte to bother chasing you.

There is no pret in bracknell. They are rejoicing in the local rags that the new town centre redevelopment will have a primark.

I had two tuna mayonnaise sandwiches on granary.  Still having to break food up into small pieces so I am a bit limited.  Haven't eaten an apple for over a week.

Just about to eat a wagon wheel for dessert.  Need to break it up though so I am apprehensive about how much biscuit will fall on my desk.

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:You could grab something off the shelf at Pret and leg it.  The staff are too busy asking people in the queues if they want a skinny latte to bother chasing you.

There is no pret in bracknell. They are rejoicing in the local rags that the new town centre redevelopment will have a primark.

Is there a Greggs?

I had a large chicken burrito with chilli sauce. Disappointing, don't think the Polish chap who makes them was too impressed when I reminded him that I have aubergines instead of salsa.

Galted wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:

Galted wrote:You could grab something off the shelf at Pret and leg it.  The staff are too busy asking people in the queues if they want a skinny latte to bother chasing you.

There is no pret in bracknell. They are rejoicing in the local rags that the new town centre redevelopment will have a primark.

Is there a Greggs?

Yes.

You could grab something off the shelf at Greggs and leg it. The staff are too busy being fat to bother chasing you.

Galted wrote:I reminded him that I have aubergines instead of salsa.

Is that a euphemism in the cottaging world?

Has anyone ever been to Reykjavik?

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:I reminded him that I have aubergines instead of salsa.

Is that a euphemism in the cottaging world?

Not sure, still learning the ropes and haven't progressed as far as cottaging. I do a mean "oooooooooooooooohhhhh" though.

JuliusHMarx wrote:Has anyone ever been to Reykjavik?

I haven't but I'm planning on going in February. Am thinking of starting a thread on it.

Rowley wrote:Fair point Tina but I would lend Truss a fiver if he was hungry and he is Truss.

Not sure a fiver would be enough.

she paid her debt 10 mins before the canteen closed. no panini's or baguettes left so had to have the £2.56 ham cheese and coldslaw roll. Not bad but the contents were too chilled and played havoc with my fillings.

You have to pay in your canteen?

Ours is free.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You have to pay in your canteen?

Ours is free.

Not to the Democratic Republic of Congo it isn't.

seanmichaels wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:You have to pay in your canteen?

Ours is free.

Not to the Democratic Republic of Congo it isn't.

Very good.

I remember the program. Do you have any dealings with Middle Earth? Those dwarfs had sh1t loads of gold just lying around in piles gathering dust.

seanmichaels wrote:I remember the program. Do you have any dealings with Middle Earth? Those dwarfs had sh1t loads of gold just lying around in piles gathering dust.

No, Middle-Earth isn't a real place.

I'm going to watch that gravity film tonight. My arse is already in pieces after a 2hr talk from the CEO and COO.

seanmichaels wrote:I'm going to watch that gravity film tonight. My arse is already in pieces after a 2hr talk from the CEO and COO.

I want to watch that. I like sci-fi.

Let me know what its like.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I'm going to watch that gravity film tonight. My arse is already in pieces after a 2hr talk from the CEO and COO.

I want to watch that.  I like sci-fi.

Let me know what its like.

It pulls you in.

I think it may be dark....

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

seanmichaels wrote:I'm going to watch that gravity film tonight. My arse is already in pieces after a 2hr talk from the CEO and COO.

I want to watch that.  I like sci-fi.

Let me know what its like.

I will do a review for you tomorrow.

Gravity.....

Pro's: Not a bad film. My first experience of 3D which is a bit wierd - I think people must have thought I was a div when tried to catch a teardrop that passed over my shoulder. Clooney is very good, Bullock good as well although it was only afterwards that I learned that it was her and not Julia Roberts. Nevertheless she looks hot in a pair of skimpy shorts and singlet. Special effects are pretty amazing.

Con's: Needed an Alien and I think there was an unnecessary, subliminal message from the God squad in there

Great OK review sean. Thanks.

I like aliens. I am almost certain they exist.

Probability would suggest that they definitely do exist.

Wingrove made an alien trap out of a wheelie bin and superglue but so far he's only caught cats and squirrels.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:Great OK review sean.  Thanks.

I like aliens.  I am almost certain they exist.

I was being considerate to others. Could have gone in to more detail but then would have had to put spoilers everywhere. Can't get Bullock's skimpy shorts / singlet combo out of my mind. She has one of those proper gaps between her legs (her inner thighs don't touch) where the smelly bridge is. Marvellous sight for someone her age.

It's just a pity that the bottom part of her face is a man's.

Galted wrote:It's just a pity that the bottom part of her face is a man's.

That must be deeply confusing for you given your recent revelation.