jevansio Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 OK, so I may have had a glass of wine. 15 people, straight questions - if you get the question right, you nominate the next person. Battles take place, but ultimately you can't hide from the trivia. It's relentless. William G Stewart takes no nonsense. Yeah, the list of winos grows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 How does 1 to 15 work? Contestants had to count from one to fifteen and the person who does it slowest is battered unconscious with a hammer and fed to hungry robins. Pulled in millions of viewers in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 It's written all over the face of that one who won millionaire, she looks nervous every day. . Conclusive, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Contestants had to count from one to fifteen and the person who does it slowest is battered unconscious with a hammer and fed to hungry robins. Pulled in millions of viewers in the 90s. That would be genius! I saw one of my mates from back home last week and he was gushing over UFC. I have no knowledge of this so asked what the rules were, and the only one he could come up with was 'if the bloke is on the floor, you can't kick him in the face'...!? and that's a sport these days? Can you imagine the possibilities if you introduced general knowledge to the equation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Conclusive, then. It helps me sleep at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I saw one of my mates from back home last week and he was gushing over UFC. I have no knowledge of this so asked what the rules were, and the only one he could come up with was 'if the bloke is on the floor, you can't kick him in the face'...!? and that's a sport these days? Can you imagine the possibilities if you introduced general knowledge to the equation? Well, I'm not trying to be a n*b (honest) but I think your mate doesn't know UFC too well. I mean, it's not boxing, but there are loads of regulations: no headbutting, gouging, groin shots, biting etc. I'm pretty sure elbow strikes aren't allowed and that you can tap out. No general knowledge component, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 so... what if we dropped those rules and bring in all of those things.. and possibly some weaponry? and then bring in William G Stewart to fire questions in between blows. Get Endemol on the blower! I think we've got a winner! I can hear Bravo writing cheques as we speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I saw one of my mates from back home last week and he was gushing over UFC. I have no knowledge of this so asked what the rules were, and the only one he could come up with was 'if the bloke is on the floor, you can't kick him in the face'...!? and that's a sport these days? I love UFC. It's the best sport on TV, IMO. There are actually quite a lot of rules but it's the brutality of it that makes it so compelling. It's the nearest thing to real fighting there is without people actually being maimed for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I'm pretty sure elbow strikes aren't allowed and that you can tap out.Elbow strikes are legal in UFC and actually are a massive part of it for some fighters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Elbow strikes are legal in UFC and actually are a massive part of it for some fighters. Gotcha. I was mixing it up with chess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Gotcha. I was mixing it up with chess. I have vague memories of introducing my elbow to an opponents chin after they demonstrated the En passant move during a chess club meet back in school... apparently elbows were definitely not allowed and En passant was legit, who'd have thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I don't think it'll be long before a gameshow called "Toss the Coin" comes along where that's all they do for an hour, and it'll still get massive TV audiences with phone in advert games Edit I've already PP'd that name BTW Do you remember "Touch the Truck"? Gotcha. I was mixing it up with chess. Were you thinking of Spassky and Fischer, '72, when Spassky leant over and knocked Fischer unconscious in the first round, only for Fischer to come round and stab Spassky in the penis with a cocktail stick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Do you remember "Touch the Truck"? Were you thinking of Spassky and Fischer, '72, when Spassky leant over and knocked Fischer unconscious in the first round, only for Fischer to come round and stab Spassky in the penis with a cocktail stick? The one where the last person to let go of the truck won a truck, yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 One of the reasons Charlie Brooker gave up making TVGoHome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 One of the reasons Charlie Brooker gave up making TVGoHome. Really? Presumably because you can't really satirise something if the actual programme is more ludicrous than the parody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Really? Presumably because you can't really satirise something if the actual programme is more ludicrous than the parody? Eloquent, very eloquent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yes, I read it somewhere on-line in an interview with him. I could just imagine reading Touch the Truck in one of his listings. I'm waiting for Jade Goody's Cervical Challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 So this isnt a topic about david beckham then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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