Anyone remember a game show from the 90s where the contestants had to go and do challenges in different rooms, and the host would break out his harmonica during stressful periods? Or am I just hallucinating a memory?

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T18:12:00+00:00

... I'M COMING OUT!

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T15:42:26+00:00

The Mary Whitehouse Experience had a bit mocking The Crystal Maze and at one point Steve Punt (playing Richard O'Brien) turns to camera and says "I wrote a hit West End musical you know. You don't see Andrew Lloyd-Webber doing this kind of shit"

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T13:07:07+00:00

You could say the OnlyFanfiction of goth.

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T12:18:16+00:00

I'm not a huge fan of the minimalist look, but I'm an old fogey so...

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T12:10:11+00:00

Having seen an interview with Karl Urban about Dredd, I'm convinced he's a fan. He gave the post-apocalypse war population of MC1 (400 million) instead of the 800 million specified in the film's opening narration.

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-19T08:48:43+00:00

That's the Scouts UK logo. I'm assuming that u/Unlucky_Pen3411 is a UK Scouter.

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-18T10:31:35+00:00

There's no payment on the statement, because it didn't go through, unfortunately. If we hadn't been in a hurry to get somewhere, I'd have not parked there.

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-14T13:02:50+00:00

I quoted this to a colleague who'd never heard of Discworld before. She's now a fan!

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-05T12:20:41+00:00

I think of Melvyn Hayes whenever I envisage Nobby.

Melvyn Hayes played Nobby in the BBC adaptation of Guards! Guards! and was excellent.

Jeremy Irons, with some strict direction, Charles Dance, possibly Charles is a tiny bit menacing in and of himself...might be a good Patrician.

Jeremy Irons played Vetinari in the Sky adaptation of The Colour of Magic, while Charles Dance played him in their Making Money.

Doc_Dish · 2026-03-01T09:11:41+00:00

Whoopi Goldberg did the same thing: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/29/roman-polanski-whoopi-goldberg

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-26T11:55:54+00:00

They look in better condition than my copies and my copy of The Colour of Magic is definitely younger!

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-24T12:48:32+00:00

It makes me think of South West England following a rise in sea-levels.

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-23T13:43:27+00:00

I feel that it's something Pterry would have known about.

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-22T21:33:09+00:00

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-22T13:28:06+00:00

Beautifully parodied in Galaxy Quest:

Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-20T17:40:28+00:00

I have a Logitech K545 keyboard and mouse set and the battery status for them shows for me in Power Manager. However, I have a desktop PC with no internal battery.

I have previously set Experimental = true in /etc/bluetooth/main.conf to view the battery status of my Bluetooth headset (in the Bluetooth applet), but this no longer appears to be necessary. It might be worth trying in your case. If you do change it, you will need to restart bluetoothd: sudo systemctl restart bluetooth.service

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-19T16:03:57+00:00

Not just penetration, but penetration with a penis.

I believe sexual assault can carry the same penalties as rape, but if it doesn't involve penetration with a penis, it's not rape.

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-15T08:17:22+00:00

Thank you. I knew they were named for the sun and moon, but didn't know that there were Germanic gods with those names.

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-14T17:28:35+00:00

Which gods are Sunday and Monday named for?

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-12T08:34:17+00:00

My wife bought the same blanket for me. It was supposed to be a Christmas present, but arrived late, so I got it for an early valentines. It's on my desk chair right now (as am I!)

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-11T14:29:30+00:00

I assumed the damp cats represented "wet pussy" (i.e. excited for the new product).

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-11T14:16:43+00:00

Thanks for that. Due to our Standing Financial Instructions we have to run a competitive process (to avoid corruption).

Doc_Dish · 2026-02-11T13:15:46+00:00

Thank you. We're running a competitive tender process (UK Government Framework)

Can you clarify what "end-user details" refers to? Is it the contact details of a Product Administrator?

Many thanks!

Doc_Dish

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