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Films - The Shawshank Redemption, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Where Eagles Dare, Se7en, Pulp Fiction
TV Shows - Gold Rush, The Grand Tour, Banger & Cash, Only Fools & Horses, Traffic Cops
Actors/ Actresses - Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Alicia Rhodes
Musicians/ Bands - Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Shonen Knife, Motorhead
Comedians - Chubby Brown, Bernard Manning, Les Dawson, Jim Davidson, Freddie Starr
Holiday Destinations - Australia, The Caribbean, Scotland, Amsterdam, Thailand
Home Cooked Meals - Sunday Roast, Spaghetti Bolognese, BBQ`d stuff, Chicken Chow Mein in the wok, Salmon fillets
Takeaway Meals - Curry, Fish & Chips, Chinese, Pizza, KFC
Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates - Chocolate Digestive, Toffee Crisp, Cheese & Onion crisps, Roses chocs, Doritos
Drinks - Guiness, Heineken lager, Rudgate Battleaxe, Red Wine, Whiskey
Board Games - Draughts, Trivial Pursuit, Ludo,
Computer Games - None
Sports other than football - Cricket, Snooker, Darts, Tennis, Ladies Athletics
 
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Films -
Aliens, The Bourne Identity, Charade, Fargo, Last Train to Buscan

TV Shows -
Red Dwarf, Porridge, Elementary, Blackadder, The Planets (by Dr Brian Cox)

Actors/ Actresses -
Audrey Hepburn, Al Pacino, Robert Deniro
Sidney Poitier, Audrey Tautou (though this choice may be lust)

Musicians/ Bands -
The Jam, The Clash, Left Field, Grandmaster Flash, Stone Roses

Comedians -
Frankie Boyle, Fern Brady, Milton Jones,
Richard Prior, Linda Smith

Holiday Destinations -
Wales, Iceland, Lisbon, Grand Canyon, Barcelona

Home Cooked Meals -
toasted cheese sandwich, lasagne, fajitas, roasted veg with hullumi cheese, saltfish with ackie, calaloo, sweet potato and fried bake

Takeaway Meals -
tandoori king prawn with saag aloo and rice, crabmeat and sweetcorn soup, fried ho fun with seasfood, egg florintine pizza, fish and chips.

Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates -
Kettle plain crisps, white chocolate twix, white chocolate smarties, fruit pastels, plain hola hoops

Drinks -
mango juice, lime coke, coffee, lemonade, mint tea
(hardly ever drink alcohol)

Board Games -
snakes and ladders, ludo, draughts, monopoly, trivial pursuits

Computer Games -
Doom, Doom 2, water sort, candy crush, patience

Sports other than football -
Snooker, American football, international 20/20 cricket, formula one, rugby union
 
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remembercolinlee said:
Home Cooked Meals -
toasted cheese sandwich, lasagne, fajitas, roasted veg with hullumi cheese, saltfish with ackie, calaloo, sweet potato and fried bake
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Still yet to try that, despite the fact I’ve been going Caribbean restaurants/ takeaways for like 20 years, lol.

Always picking curry goat/ oxtail/ jerk chicken dishes.

Gonna make it a mission that next time I go one I’m gonna try it.
 
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Dier Hard said:
Still yet to try that, despite the fact I’ve been going Caribbean restaurants/ takeaways for like 20 years, lol.

Always picking curry goat/ oxtail/ jerk chicken dishes.

Gonna make it a mission that next time I go one I’m gonna try it.
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One of the few things my arsehole family taught me was how to cook this. Its great with sweet potato and yam too... God I'm making myself dribble <laugh>
 
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Films
Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shawshank Redemption, Leon

TV Shows
Six Feet Under, The West Wing, Paranoia Agent, Spaced, Borgen

Actors/ Actresses
Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence...no, wait, that was my Celebrity "I'd Hit That" List

Musicians/ Bands
Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Incubus, Rammstein, BAND-MAID

Comedians
Bill Hicks, Rhod Gilbert, Dylan Moran, John Oliver, Bill Bailey

Holiday Destinations
Tokyo, San Diego, Copenhagen, Tuscany, Cannes...no, wait, the last one was for work

Home Cooked Meals
Creole chicken, Korean-style stir fry, pulled pork sandwich, whatever that pancetta/olive/mushroom pasta I make is called, whatever that chicken/chorizo/mushroom/bell pepper pasta stew I make is called

Takeaway Meals
N/A. Have you seen the takeaway options in Croydon???

Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates
Just throw a bag of Manomasa tortillas at me and I'll be happy. Except the olive & manchego ones, they taste like dog farts

Drinks
Budvar, Staropramen, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni, Estrella Galicia

Board Games
Escape from Atlantis, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect 4, Battleship, Cluedo

Computer Games
Final Fantasy VII, Persona 4, Rome: Total War, BioShock, Mass Effect Trilogy (not a cheat, thanks to the Legacy Edition)

Sports other than football
Wrestling, basketball, sumo, That kickboxing, happy slapping
 
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Roo said:
Due to lack of time to reply properly at the minute, I’ll just pick a couple of categories for recommendations.

TV/Series - “Dark” on Netflix. Never seen anything like it before, and it’s well worth a watch.

Travel - Tokyo. What an incredible city, would highly recommend to anyone thinking of heading East. Infact, Japan in general is utterly amazing.
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Except Tabayama

Never, ever go to Tabayama

Fukushima is preferable...
 
Films - Pulp Fiction , City of God , The Terminator , Sin City , Blazing Saddles
Bands - Jam , Clash , Stiff Little fingers, John Martyn , Robert Cray
Games - Chess , Monopoly , Formula 1 , Escape to Colditz ,
Computer Games - Sensible soccer , Chaos Engine , GTA ,
Drink - Red Wine , Beer , 10 year old Auchentoshan , Marsala , Water
Meals - Cod Loin & Prawn Pilaff , Paella Roast Pheasant
Other Sports - Cycling , Cricket
TV - The Likely Lads , Boys from the Blackstuff ,Porridge , The Wire , Not the Nine o Clock News
 
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Films
The Empire Strikes Back, Fargo, Apocalypse now, Pulp Fiction, Singin’ in the Rain

TV Shows -
Detectorists, Anything by David Attenborough, Spooks, Humans, The Office

Actors/ Actresses -
Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Stephen Graham, Nicole Kidman, Michael Caine


Musicians/ Bands -
The Who, Pink Floyd, The Moody Blues, ELO, Renaissance

Comedians -
Paul Merton, Linda Smith, Mark Steel, Jennifer Saunders, Eric Sykes

Home Cooked Meals -
Spaghetti in meat sauce, Sausage and mash, Liver and bacon, Shepherds’ Pie, lentils

Take aways
Fish and Chips, duck in plum sauce with special fried rice, King prawn biryani, Chicken Korma, Kentucky Fried Chicken

Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates -
Wispa Gold, Cadbury whole nut, Ritter Sport marzipan, Butlers choc box, Twirl

Drinks -
Guinness, Chateau D'Yquem, Woods Rum, Rioja, Alsace Reisling

Board Games -
Chess, Risk, Diplomacy, Therapy, Jenga

Sports other than football -
American football, Cricket, Downhill skiing, Rugby union, Curling
 
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Billy The Spur said:
Films - The Shawshank Redemption, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, Where Eagles Dare, Se7en, Pulp Fiction
TV Shows - Gold Rush, The Grand Tour, Banger & Cash, Only Fools & Horses, Traffic Cops
Actors/ Actresses - Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Alicia Rhodes
Musicians/ Bands - Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Shonen Knife, Motorhead
Comedians - Chubby Brown, Bernard Manning, Les Dawson, Jim Davidson, Freddie Starr
Holiday Destinations - Australia, The Caribbean, Scotland, Amsterdam, Thailand
Home Cooked Meals - Sunday Roast, Spaghetti Bolognese, BBQ`d stuff, Chicken Chow Mein in the wok, Salmon fillets
Takeaway Meals - Curry, Fish & Chips, Chinese, Pizza, KFC
Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates - Chocolate Digestive, Toffee Crisp, Cheese & Onion crisps, Roses chocs, Doritos
Drinks - Guiness, Heineken lager, Rudgate Battleaxe, Red Wine, Whiskey
Board Games - Draughts, Trivial Pursuit, Ludo,
Computer Games - None
Sports other than football - Cricket, Snooker, Darts, Tennis, Ladies Athletics
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Shonen Knife <applause>
Didn’t see that coming
 
littleDinosaurLuke said:
Shonen Knife <applause>
Didn’t see that coming
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I am a Nirvana fan also and Shonen Knife toured with them in 1991 as the opening act, that`s how I got into them, they have been around for over 40 years and still going strong, Naoko the lead singer and founder member must have turned 60 now.
 
Films: The great Escape , Outlaw Josey Wales , The Apartment, Pulp Fiction , Zulu
TV Shows : Band of Brothers , Whitehouse and Mortimer go Fishing , Better Call Saul , Countdown , Taskmaster
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemon : Gene Hackman, Al Pacino , Denzel Washington
Musician /band : joni Mitchell , Nick Drake, Talking Heads , Neil Young , Steely Dan (too many to mention )
Comedians : Billy Connolly , Micky Flanagan, Omid Djalli , Phil Kay , Victoria Wood
Holiday destinations : Bali , Mexico, Caribbean, French Atlantic coast, North Devon
Home cooked meal : Sunday Roast , Lasagne, Dahl and Dosa, Spaghetti Carbonara , Fish pie
Take away: Fish and Chips , Korean BBQ, local Southern Indian , local independent Pizza, Thai
Sweets/ crisps :walkers Bovril crisps , Tunnocks Teacakes, Wholenut chocolate, chocolate digestives, peanuts
Drinks : IPA real ale , Red wine G nT , Mount Gay Rum, Guinness
Board Games :Trivial Pursuit , Snap with the grand kids , ludo
Computer Games: Doom, Turok the Dinosaur Hunter , Goldeneye (yes old git)
Sport other than football: Cricket , Rugby union, Moto GP , Archery , Road and track cycling
This list would change by next week without doubt
 
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Films
Dead Poets Society, Godfather,The Shawshank Redemption, Citizen Kane, Goodfellas

TV Shows
Lillyhammer, The Shield, Southland, Only Fools & Horses, Cheers

Actors/ Actresses
Robert DeNiro, Clint Eastwood, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicolson & Denzel Washington

Musicians/ Bands
Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Eagles, Elbow, Ludovico Einaudi, Dolores O'Riordan

Comedians
Sean Lock, Dame Edna Everage, Jimmy Carr, Tommy Cooper, Micky Flanagan

Holiday Destinations
Australia, Ireland, Vietnam, Thailand & Balearic Islands

Home Cooked Meals
Anything cooked by others

Takeaway Meals
Indian

Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates
Yorkie and Pringles

Drinks
Guiness, Bailey, tea, Cappuccino, water

Board Games
Chess, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble

Computer Games
None

Sports other than football
Rugby Union
 
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Films:
In Bruges; Heat; Airplane; The Sea Inside (El mar a dentro); The Long Good Friday; Young Frankenstein; Inception

TV Shows:
HIGNFY; Not the Nine O'Clock News; Breaking Bad; NYPD Blue; The Bridge; All Attenborough docs

Actors/ Actresses:
Al Pacino; Clint Eastwood; Brendan Gleason; Helen Mirren; Gene Wilder; Maggie Smith

Musicians/ Bands:
Porcupine Tree; Genesis (pre: '80); Yes; Steely Dan; Brand X; Peter Gabriel; Neil Diamond; Joni Mitchell; Santana

Comedians:
Eddie Izzard; Bill Hicks; Ronnie Barker; Billy Connolly; Victoria Wood; Morecambe & Wise

Holiday Destinations:
Ulusaba (Kruger, SA); Mallorca; St Lucia; Valentia (Kerry); Lynmouth

Home Cooked Meals:
Lasagne; Beans on toast; Chowder; Sunday Roasts; Full Irish

Takeaway Meals:
Indian; Chinese; Pizza

Sweets/ Crisps/ Chocolates:
Yes.....

Drinks:
Rioja; Argentine Malbec; Vodka, Gin; Irish Whiskey; Diet Coke; Cranberry Juice

Board Games:
Monopoly; Scrabble; Uno

Computer Games:
Donkey Kong; Cheops Tomb (ZX); Homeworld

Sports (other than football):
Rugby Union; Cricket; Athletics;
 
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Alfie Conn said:
Films: The great Escape , Outlaw Josey Wales , The Apartment, Pulp Fiction , Zulu
TV Shows : Band of Brothers , Whitehouse and Mortimer go Fishing , Better Call Saul , Countdown , Taskmaster
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jack Lemon : Gene Hackman, Al Pacino , Denzel Washington
Musician /band : joni Mitchell , Nick Drake, Talking Heads , Neil Young , Steely Dan (too many to mention )
Comedians : Billy Connolly , Micky Flanagan, Omid Djalli , Phil Kay , Victoria Wood
Holiday destinations : Bali , Mexico, Caribbean, French Atlantic coast, North Devon
Home cooked meal : Sunday Roast , Lasagne, Dahl and Dosa, Spaghetti Carbonara , Fish pie
Take away: Fish and Chips , Korean BBQ, local Southern Indian , local independent Pizza, Thai
Sweets/ crisps :walkers Bovril crisps , Tunnocks Teacakes, Wholenut chocolate, chocolate digestives, peanuts
Drinks : IPA real ale , Red wine G nT , Mount Gay Rum, Guinness
Board Games :Trivial Pursuit , Snap with the grand kids , ludo
Computer Games: Doom, Turok the Dinosaur Hunter , Goldeneye (yes old git)
Sport other than football: Cricket , Rugby union, Moto GP , Archery , Road and track cycling
This list would change by next week without doubt
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Are we related, Alfie? <yikes><laugh>
 
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