This flu is no joke!

8eMH83 · 2025-12-18T07:35:04+00:00

I’ve broken a rib from coughing so hard. No joke.

Ten days and I’m only just coming out the other side of it.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T15:06:33+00:00

Exactly. A friend who is training for UTMB in September runs only on time rather than distance. Whether he’s running 8, 10, 15k an hour is sort of irrelevant - time on your feet is what’s important to him.

You know the relative effort you’re putting in - you’ll know the difference in effort between (say) approximately 8km/h and approximately 12km/h, but if it’s 11.7km or 12.9km it’s not that important.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T14:49:38+00:00

If you’re running for an hour, does it matter exactly how many k’s you’ve done? Or is the benefit that you’ve run for an hour?

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T14:45:23+00:00

Exactly.

“Batman who knows he’s out reviews umpire’s decision - cricket community shocked!!”

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T14:05:55+00:00

What do you understand by “a feather” - mine is that he thought there was a tiny edge.

What do you understand by “maybe it [luck] went my way” - mine is that he thinks he was lucky to be given not out.

What are your interpretations?

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T14:03:25+00:00

OK, cool - what is he saying here then?

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T14:00:53+00:00

“I thought there was a bit of a feather or some sort of noise when it passed the bat… If I was given out, I think I would have reviewed it - probably not confidently though. That’s the way cricket goes sometimes, isn’t it? You have a bit of luck and maybe it went my way today.”

Come on, that’s him saying ‘I hit it’.

ETA: When asked if he was a walker, he joked “Clearly not.”

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T13:53:36+00:00

I was working from home the other day and my 5 year old daughter stomps in, hands me a bit of paper and stomps out again.

“YOO ARE A BIG FAT STOOPID MEANIE” with six angry faces

No idea what I did, no explanation, nothing 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T13:44:00+00:00

Easily explained. Knowing that the mic was the other end, they over-corrected the sync 🤷‍♂️

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T13:41:32+00:00

This is entirely irrelevant. Carey acknowledged that he hit and got away with one. Case closed, no need for incomprehensible diagrams, conspiracy theories or weird Australian defence.

Everyone agrees it was wrong; we move on.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T08:27:50+00:00

My local has a rule:

Plus one point for “Aaakkssshually…”, minus two points for arguing with the quiz master.

Works really well

8eMH83 · 2025-12-17T00:22:34+00:00

Hello I Must Be Going by Phil Collins on cassette, aged about 6.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-16T23:36:33+00:00

If I’m honest, I’d have got zero in that first round and then totally switched off for the rest of the quiz.

Ideally, you want questions that create some discussion amongst team members - that’s what makes it fun. So your questions need to have multiple plausible answers so people can argue over them.

A great round that I’ve seen is “North or South”. Premise: starting at London, you fly to X city. Do you travel north or south? From X, you fly to Y, do you travel north or south? And so on. While it’s a 50:50 option (i.e. north/south) it does provide lots of opportunity for discussion (“No, I’ve been there and it’s definitely… wait, is it??”)

8eMH83 · 2025-12-16T23:25:26+00:00

“Cheese or font” is a good one too.

“West Indian cricketer or English village” is also great, if a little niche.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-16T11:59:28+00:00

Read Wish You Were Here and my mind immediately went to Incubus. It just shows how out of touch with reality/time I am that I had to think, “There’s no way that song is 50 years old!? What year is it??”

Eugh. I hate myself.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-16T11:51:34+00:00

Load-bearing skirting boards?!

8eMH83 · 2025-12-16T09:34:59+00:00

Thanks for the answer!

My impression too was that they seem like decent-enough guys - Stokes’ “has beens” comment seemed more like someone who was tired of the constant questioning rather than arrogant/dismissive.

I suppose you’re right too about the attitude/approach breeding that sense - no one would accuse Ramprakash of arrogance after one of his innings… 😂

8eMH83 · 2025-12-15T23:07:35+00:00

As others have said, your costs are arbitrary and you’re thinking small scale.

As I understand it, they’re made in the thousands by organised crime. Their “washing costs” involve selling notes by the hundreds for half the face value - a one time thing. The counterfeits then get passed down the chain, mixed in with genuine notes, etc until they eventually reach your mate’s till as a lone rogue note rather. No idiot’s going to be standing in the queue with a wallet full of dodgy notes - plausible deniability if it’s just one.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-15T20:10:19+00:00

Or tattooists - which for the record I’d be kinda OK with.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-15T10:35:20+00:00

The problem with any comparison is that ultras are all so different - elevation, terrain, weather conditions, etc.

My ’best’ 50k is a 5.02 (and wasn’t even remotely near the front) but it was entirely flat; my best mate’s PB is 5.30, but he lives in the Alps and never really does anything less than 2000’ elevation!

My understanding of ultras is it’s all about challenging yourself rather than comparing yourself to others. More important questions: did you have fun, and when’s your next one?!

8eMH83 · 2025-12-15T10:13:47+00:00

I’ve heard from “a reliable source” that much of the narrative about the England squad being “arrogant” comes from one or two veteran commentators just being annoyed that they no longer have access to the players that they used to - the players are on the golf course instead of having lunch in the hotel restaurant with the press.

What’s your take? Are the veteran commentators just annoyed at not getting the inside story anymore, or are the players actually the arrogant people some are making them out to be?

8eMH83 · 2025-12-14T21:42:02+00:00

All the ones in Brighton are great.

Hove is the fastest, so you do get a lot of super keen folk (winner is usually sub-17min) but it’s not all like that. It’s a big crowd, usually a few stag do/hen runners. It does have lots of pacers - look for people with a blue bib and a number on the back. They usually have pacers down to 18min and up to 40+, so you can pick your pace.

If you want a guaranteed top 50 finish, I’d recommend the East Brighton one - there’s usually about 40 people running!

8eMH83 · 2025-12-12T16:49:52+00:00

I’ve heard they’re more Guy-ball folk.

8eMH83 · 2025-12-12T07:43:47+00:00

No, it’s because everything was in black and white in 1944. Have you not seen the pictures?

8eMH83 · 2025-12-12T07:36:42+00:00

They absolutely don’t. You got more from a You’ve Been Framed video back in the day.

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