+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Babel fish - HHGTTG by the late great Douglas Adams? Man gets himself killed by twisted logic or similar? Quote Link to comment
+castagnari Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (and for extra kudos, how does man get himself killed?... - After disproving the existance of god, man goes on to prove that black is white, and gets killed on the nxt zebra crossing Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Babel fish - HHGTTG by the late great Douglas Adams? Man gets himself killed by twisted logic or similar? That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Ta! What revolutionary engine powered the 'Heart of Gold', the space ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 That's a big-ol' DING for The Patrician. Over to you. (...and a side order of kudos to castagnari - which sadly doesn't let you set the next question but might give you the warm fuzzies Ta! What revolutionary engine powered the 'Heart of Gold', the space ship stolen by Zaphod Beeblebrox? That'll be the Infinite Improbability Drive, then. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 That'll be the Infinite Improbability Drive, then. That'll be DING! Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Can I has cheeseburger? Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 What is the particular favourite fast-food of Lolcats? Can I has cheeseburger? (sorry for the delay... I've been out caching all day and only just got back in) DING!!!! Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 What was recorded on the film commonly know as the 'Zapruder film'? Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Just a guess... Assassination of JFK? (Strictly speaking the last answer should have been "I Can Has Cheezburger") Edited January 6, 2012 by MTH Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Assassination of JFK? DING! Over to you.... Quote Link to comment
+mellers Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Just a guess... Assassination of JFK? (Strictly speaking the last answer should have been "I Can Has Cheezburger") I wasn't about to go all pedantic for spelling! LOL! But of course you are correct in the above. All cheezburgers are belong to cats. Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 (edited) Never mind the cheezburger, I've just discovered our cat pig likes shortbread. Where would you find the original Ice Hotel? I want country and village please (but I'll be generous on the spelling) [since I'll be off-line most of the weekend feel free for a self-DING if you know you've got it right] Edited January 6, 2012 by MTH Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Too hard? OK, I'll take the country only just to get this moving... Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Too hard? OK, I'll take the country only just to get this moving... Sweden Quote Link to comment
+MTH Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 DING It's in Jukkasjärvi, a small village not far from Kiruna. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 DING It's in Jukkasjärvi, a small village not far from Kiruna. Thank you.... The 'Chelonauts' trained long and hard for their expedition to answer one of the fundamental questions of the universe. What was that question? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The sex of the turtle? Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 The sex of the turtle? Yes indeed.... DING Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thanks. Moving to a different author. Thomas Covenant was seen by many as the reincarnation of Berek Halfhand, wielder of wild magic; but what artifact reputedly gave him his great power? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 His white gold ring wasn't it? I always thought the author of this series, whose name escapes me, relied a bit too much on Tolkein for his ideas. Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Thomas Covenant.... Wasn't he the one with leprosy or am I thinking of some other hero? Quote Link to comment
Pajaholic Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 His white gold ring wasn't it? I always thought the author of this series, whose name escapes me, relied a bit too much on Tolkein for his ideas. DING! Even though his wife divorced him during an extended stay in a leper colony, he couldn't part with his white gold wedding ring; and white gold had magical powers in The Land. Even though Donaldson has been called a 'latter day Tolkien' I found Donaldson addictive but found Tolkien too much like hard work. So I hold Stephen R. Donaldson in much higher regard that Tolkien. After all, very little is new. Tolkien seems to have borrowed much from the Brothers Grimm. Terry Pratchett borrowed (and twisted) much from others and also from real life, e.g. the Clack seems uncannily like Murray's six-shutter optical telegraph and the concept of the world supported on the back of four elephants standing on the back of a turtle seems adapted from Greek mythology. The tradition of borrowing and making something your own continues with J.K. Rowling, as so much of what's in Harry Potter seems adapted from previous exponents of the Fairy Story (including ancient mythology). Anyway, over to you. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 DING! Even though his wife divorced him during an extended stay in a leper colony, he couldn't part with his white gold wedding ring; and white gold had magical powers in The Land. Even though Donaldson has been called a 'latter day Tolkien' I found Donaldson addictive but found Tolkien too much like hard work. Sorry to diss your favourite author! In which decade were L-plates made compulsory for all learner drivers in the UK? Quote Link to comment
+Unobtainium Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 In which decade were L-plates made compulsory for all learner drivers in the UK? Pure guess, 1960's Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 In which decade were L-plates made compulsory for all learner drivers in the UK? Pure guess, 1960's Nope! Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 My guess would be around the time provisional licences were introduced, so 1930s? Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 My guess would be around the time provisional licences were introduced, so 1930s? Ding! 1935 Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I would guess about then. I remember my grandad telling me he never took a car test..... Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 My Dad never took a car test either, he had a provisional and then was conscripted. He did a truck driving course but was sent somewhere else the day of the final test. He was then posted to Egypt and cos he didn't have a test pass, the officer wrote one out for him LOL When he left the army, this was duly converted to a UK full driving licence, which he held for the rest of his life, he never actually took a test. Now to the next question, keeping with the motoring theme. Some road crossings are better than others for disabled people, which crossing is best for blind and visually impaired people and what two features make it so? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Some road crossings are better than others for disabled people, which crossing is best for blind and visually impaired people and what two features make it so? I'll have a guess at the Toucan, it has the twirly knob under the button box so they know when the little man goes green (but don't they all now?), and it has sensors so that the lights won't change while there's someone on the crossing. Quote Link to comment
+The Patrician Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Tactile paving and bleeping when the man turns green? Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Oh it's 50/50 so far, so the first person to correctly name both aspects which are specifically for disabled pedestrians as opposed to all pedestrians gets it. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) The twirly knob and the tactile paving? Crossings with central reservations, and those with multiple crossings on different roads don't bleep due to the risk of hearing the wrong bleep and setting off. Edited January 11, 2012 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Bridge, underpass, rotating knob under button and bleeping all should help. Cheers MaxKim Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 The twirly knob and the tactile paving? Crossings with central reservations, and those with multiple crossings on different roads don't bleep due to the risk of hearing the wrong bleep and setting off. DING DING! Over to you sir! Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Name the Great Lakes, of North America. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Michigan (which I have cached by), Huron, Erie, Superior, Ontario Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Name the Great Lakes, of North America. Michigan, Ontario, Superior, Huron, Erie. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Name the Great Lakes, of North America. Michigan, Ontario, Superior, Huron, Erie. DING Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Did they have to be in some sort of order then? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Did they have to be in some sort of order then? I'll hazard a guess and say there's something screwy with the forum software, as your answer wasn't there earlier. But fair's fair - you take it.... Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Did they have to be in some sort of order then? I'll hazard a guess and say there's something screwy with the forum software, as your answer wasn't there earlier. But fair's fair - you take it.... When I DING'd Keehotee Dorsetgal's reply wasn't there for me to see, so looks like the board update was a bit screwy. So both are right, and the times on the posts now show Dorsetgal got in there first! Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) OK thank you. At the International Gymnastics competition at North Greenwich Arena this week, which I had the pleasure to attend, the GB men's team qualified for the Olympics. Please name our gymnast who excels on the pommel horse. He won a bronze in Beijing. Ready, steady, go! Edited January 15, 2012 by Dorsetgal & GeoDog Quote Link to comment
+eusty Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I don't know his name but he lives in our area as he was on the local news....does this count as half a ding??? Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Mrs MartyBartfast (who knows much more about such things) says Lewis Smith. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Kind of a ding! His name is Louis Smith :laughing: Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Oops, forgot about this. What was the name of the supertanker which sunk between Cornwall & the Scilly isles in March 1967, which was subsequently bombed by the RAF to break it up and burn off the oil ? Quote Link to comment
+Dobunnis Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 That would be the Torrey Canyon, Helen Quote Link to comment
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