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Ponders Revisited

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Sorry if this has been done before, but I enjoy seeing what you guys have as personal preferences.

What or who would you take away to a desert island (yes, a desert island with electricity)?

Only one answer per question allowed.

1- Film - The Day Of The Jackal
2- Album - Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water
3- Book - Ken Follett's Eye Of The Needle
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Edward III - Morrissey
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - UK Battlefields.

Cheers, boys.
 
Film - Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
Album - ouchh, not too sure on that one, possibly Nevermind by Nirvana
Book - Candide by Voltaire
Famous Dinner Guest - Stephen Fry (alive) Voltaire (dead)
Website to Browse - NewsnowCharlton
 
1- Film - Great Escape
2- Album - ZZ Top Eliminator
3- Book - Pillars of the Earth-Ken Follett
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Winston Churchill
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - SkySports
 
1- Film - Apocalypse Now
2- Album - Maze - Live In New Orleans
3- Book - The Historian
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Marilyn Monroe
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - SkySports
 
1 - Film - Leon
2 - Album - Johnny Cash - the man comes around (this was by far the toughest decision!)
3 - Book - Catch 22 Joseph Heller
4 - Famous Dinner Guest - Nelson Mandela
5 - Website - Mousebreaker.com
 
1 - Film - Ferris Beulers day off
2 - Album - Stereophonics, just enough education to perform. but this would change weekly with me (Radiohead, coldplay etc)
3 - Book - Alex James Autobiography (bit of a blur)
4 - Famous Dinner Guest - Man - Jimmy Carr, Woman - Famke Janssen
5 - Website - isohunt/piratebay
 
1- Film – Carlito’s Way/Papillon (sorry ponders I just can't seperate them :steam:)
2- Album - Kisstory
3- Book – The Big If (life and death of boxer Johnny Owen)
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) – My late father, Muhammad Ali
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) – ebay (there are others that probably aren’t suitable to mention on here <laugh>:emoticon-0165-muscl)
 
1- Film &#8211; DeerHunter
2- Album - Raintown - Deacon Blue
3- Book &#8211; The Long Firm
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) &#8211;John Smith (ex Labour leader) Milton Jones
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) &#8211; BBC
 
Film cars 1/ 2 double DVD
Album Hunky Dory Bowie
Book The last Great Fight Joe Layden
Famous Dinner Guests Mike Tyson Tintin Rampage Jackson
Favorite Website Boxing Asylum
 
1- Film &#8211; Carlito&#8217;s Way/Papillon (sorry ponders I just can't seperate them :steam:)
2- Album - Kisstory
3- Book &#8211; The Big If (life and death of boxer Johnny Owen)
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) &#8211; My late father, Muhammad Ali
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) &#8211; ebay (there are others that probably aren&#8217;t suitable to mention on here <laugh>:emoticon-0165-muscl)
Excellent book choice very moving account of the life of johnnt owen
 
1- Film - Shawshank Redemption
2- Album - Whats the story Oasis
3- Book - Birdsong S Faulkes
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Alan Pardew
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - BBC News site
 
1- Film - Zulu
2- Album - Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
3- Book - Sharpe's Waterloo
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Wellington and Napoleon
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - www.cafc.co.uk
 
1- Film - The Shawshank Redemption
2- Album - The Listening by Little Brother
3- Book - Valley of Dreams by Curbs
4- Famous Dinner Guest (Dead or Alive) - Esther Baxter (just google her, you'll see why)
5- Website To Browse (but not Not606) - skysports.com
 
1.- Film - Apocalypse Now
2. - Album - best of the specials
3. - book - war stories
4. - famous dinner guest (fiction or non-fiction) - spongebob
5. - website to browse - sky sports.com
 
Film - The Long Good Friday
Album - The Beatles Abbey Road
Book - 1984
Dinner Guest - Ray Davies
Website - Wikipedia
 
Excellent book choice very moving account of the life of johnnt owen

I wouldn't class myself as being a softie by any stretch, but this book actually made me <wah>...!! A deffo must read for any boxing fan. I didn't know there was a book out about the Tyson/Douglas fight. I have just ordered myself a copy off Amazon... Cheers Mike.
 
Film: Usual Suspects
Album: Crooked Rain,Crooked Rain by Pavement
Book:High fidelity
Dinner Guest:Oooh Toughy...Syd Barrett or Kurt
Website:Youpor....Er....Newsnowcharlton!(wife was standing over my shoulder)!