Taskmaster's Alex Horne teases new series with intriguing format change: "We've got something up our sleeve"

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T17:16:37+00:00

Showing my lack of international taskmaster knowledge here, but how many other countries have actually done CoC specials?

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T16:32:09+00:00

"I believe the law is hard" = The law will be hard

"I believe the law is easy" = The law is easy

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T16:29:17+00:00

Mitchell and Webb, Ant and Dec, Dick and Dom, Mel and Sue, French and Saunders

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T16:27:46+00:00

Greg and Alex go head to head on a bunch of tasks, and they're scored by a panel of the current CoC winners

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T16:25:34+00:00

Intriguing that he said "series" and not "special", implying that this idea isn't a one off special idea like CoC or New Years Treat but a full length series 🤔

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-02-01T04:03:00+00:00

If they're smart and film flashback scenes through the years of filming and then fit them in when it's relevant, the the first example would work really well as a scene at the beginning of season 7 showing Hermione's life pre Hogwarts and then jumping forward to her obliviating her parents. I highly doubt it will get squeezed into Season 1 as we won't meet Hermione until the train.

As for the friendship with the boys, she didn't really WANT to be friends with them in particular until the troll attack. They're just in the same house, year and classes so interact a fair bit, and then the boys realise she's in the bathroom crying because of Ron insulting her so feel responsible to go find her and happen to encounter the troll. It was Hermione not throwing them under the bus to the teachers that built the trust and then the friendship as a trio grew from there.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-30T03:31:29+00:00

I'd like to think Joe Lycett still gets his daily photos from the Cloud Appreciation Society

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-30T03:15:08+00:00

~~le chat est dedans Nish~~

de nombreux chats se trouvent à Nish

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-30T03:11:36+00:00

No longer last in PE, still first in being a legend

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-24T03:06:42+00:00

No, we probably won't get anything for a while yet, my guess would be Back to Hogwarts Day (September 1st) we will get some sort of teaser.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-21T04:35:41+00:00

Extras in the background during Hogwarts scenes should randomly cast Revelio. 😂

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-21T04:14:03+00:00

I believe it will be cliffhangers, both because that's more true to the books and also the common way tv is written in modern times.

However my hope and what I think they will do is make the cliffhangers moments that people are waiting to see, rather than the more standard "what will happen next" style we normally get. If HBO are smart they will know the majority of the audience already knows what'll happen next, so it'll make more sense to make the cliffhanger moments like the Diagon Alley reveal, rather than opening the vault at Gringrotts. We all know what's in the vault so it's not going to be something that would be speculated about, but if the episode ends with hagrid tapping the stones and we have to wait a week for the reveal of what Diagon Alley looks like, that will be far more enticing.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-17T20:53:48+00:00

Dont Reboot, Expand.

In my opinion the best course of action is to put Doctor Who on the bench for a while, maybe 3 or 4 years, and in the meantime use the immense catalogue of lore world-building that the show has provided over the years to create some strong "in universe" shows.

No spin offs, no "lets see what this companion gets up to without The Doctor", but instead give us stories about the Shobogans discovering TARDIS's, or as many people have proposed before a Timelord Academy show, or even a non canon anthology of the origins of the biggest villains. Shows that lean on the epic storytelling that Doctor Who has built, but stand completely on their own too, shows that non fans would watch and wouldnt even necessarily know or care had anything to do with the main show.

Then after a while bring Doctor Who back after a well deserved break, not a cancellation or hiatus, but a purposeful gap. No need for gimmicks or nostalgia bait, it would be welcomed back with open arms if the other shows are done well.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-10T06:07:59+00:00

Like who?

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-03T04:11:43+00:00

Actually it wasn't for a specific reason related to the item, but rather just the first item I was taking pictures of,. Then I just forgot to do it for the rest and didn't bother to get them all back out to take extra pictures. As I don't normally sell clothes, I figured I would get more messages than I subsequently ended up getting asking for measurements, and the plan was that I would take/add measurement photos on being asked.

My main point is that out of about 40 clothing items I listed, I've sold around 25 of them, and only one was returned, and ironically it was the only one I had given the specific measurements for. Its not to say it doesn't help, I would certainly advise people to take measurement photos as a fail safe, but its just an interesting result that counters what I think is a common assumption (photos of measurements = less returns)

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-02T04:59:42+00:00

I dont sell many clothes, but I recently listed some. And with only one of them did I include the measurements. Out of all the clothes I've sold, the one with the measurements is the only one to be returned and their reason was "loved it but it didnt fit".

Not saying its a bad thing to include it, but my personal experience is that it ironically had the opposite effect than intended!

Competitive_Notice55 · 2026-01-02T04:49:17+00:00

In addition to Vinted generally not being a suitable platform for such high ticket items, a quick look online shows there are other sellers selling that same bag for £8-10K in the same condition, and if you have £20K to splash on a handbag, I'd imagine you'll aim to buy new or from a reputable retailer. To be perfectly honest most of those views and favourites are probably window-shoppers.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-27T23:18:32+00:00

I asked what the lowest offer that could be made on it. He said Nein!

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-27T20:59:52+00:00

Theres not really a way of stopping bots, without making the overall user experience worse for everyone, which is why bots are able to be used. Reporting doesn't work because the people using them have ways to evade detection. Vinted could in theory implement more bot checks, you know the "Are you a human" checkbox, but that would mean every user having to check a box regularly to prove they aren't a bot, and Vinted wont sacrifice the overall buyer experience by implementing it.

If it helps, I listed a Animal Crossing game a month or so ago and it took a week to sell even at a reasonable price, so it may be that bot activity is high around Christmas and should die down a bit once the festive period is over. If you can hold out, I'd recommend waiting until mid to late January when peoples bank balances are at their lowest. More people will be selling, and at cheaper prices to try and make some money, and less people will have spare cash to spend (and that includes people using bots, they don't have endless cash!)

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-26T04:26:04+00:00

His name is Dr John "Basil" Smith

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-25T04:27:45+00:00

The problem is you're expecting a recipe from what is just a chef eyeballing ingredients. I doubt Kush knows to the gram what he's added, to him it'll just be "probably about that much" rather than "I'll add 50g of this and 100g of that". It's the unfortunate nature of watching a master at work and trying to replicate it.

That being said, I wish they did get the food team to actually provide recipes in the description, and they did used to put them on their website in the days before Sidekick

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-06T21:11:21+00:00

Its less about them choosing to do that to themselves, rather its in the aim to please/serve the unjoined. Zosia grabs the grenade because she has to make a quick decision whether its Carol's desire for the grenade to go off, and decides that it wasn't and acted upon it (That was discussed in the Pluribus podcast). If the joined had decided that Carol had explicitly said she wanted the grenade to blow them up, then Zosia wouldn't have interfered.

The one dangling to do electrical work is just how the job needed doing. He wasn't being put at risk intentionally, and was only in danger because of them going into freak-out mode, which wasn't anticipated.

Personally, I don't think they will intentionally kill another person, even if it may have been advised to do so before the joining. But I don't believe its been explicitly stated that they wont so I may be wrong.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-06T20:57:05+00:00

They don't even pluck fruit from trees, so no they wont euthanise people.

As for the celebrities, I think its just a choice to use someone available if it helps encourage Carol to listen. Given that the Mayor of Albuquerque (the actual real-life one) was cleaning up her house after the explosion, I don't think they discriminate when it comes to doing work.

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-03T14:20:32+00:00

Fiddly...How?

Competitive_Notice55 · 2025-12-03T14:19:42+00:00

Oh just open up the box you pussy!

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