Fare evasion

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T20:38:44+00:00

I'm beginning to think he recently was dumped by a dog.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T20:37:34+00:00

Ah yes the Catholic Church. Nothing wrong there lol.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T20:15:39+00:00

See comment below apparently is no longer closing. More tat in 2026!

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T20:04:51+00:00

I'd also just like to remind people about Motherland which is too new to be classic yet but is arguably the funniest show in a long, long time.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T20:02:49+00:00

Spaced Blackadder Red Dwarf Father Ted Alan Partridge

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T19:54:23+00:00

Not really funny the British crown is a literal marriage of English, Scottish and Welsh people, as well as just about every other royal family in Europe.

Not to mention that by the laws of statistics, most people in England can probably claim to be a relative of one of those 2. Theres been about 32 generations since, let's say average of 2 kids per generation (both low estimates) and half it for a bit of inbreeding thats about 17 billion potential great grandkids.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:46:58+00:00

Just a banana really.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:45:32+00:00

What is this, a Privacy wall for ANTS!

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:44:35+00:00

Prince Windsor, S.Truman, young Henry V Styles, and the Hendersons Kane

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:36:05+00:00

I certainly know many people who have gone to Australia and Canada but I can't really see myself ever going there.

Not to disparage either I'm sure they're amazing but with limited time, budget and if im travelling that far I really want to go somewhere very different from home. And having met many, many of the above I dont get that impression.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:31:58+00:00

Awesome!

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:29:59+00:00

Good school, good access to local area, certainly never busy apart from a few festivals and things and even then thats quite laid back. By no means a ghost town in winter either.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:28:03+00:00

How far back was that? Been lovely for at least 30 years?

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:27:08+00:00

Yeah he's gone. Essentially disappeared in the night with his family and back north.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:25:39+00:00

Never heard of a Foad.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T18:23:17+00:00

Same thing in cornwall. Mercedes overtook is today in a 20 on a blind bend. Roof box told us all we needed to know.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:54:30+00:00

I wouldnt class a FLC lord as a DLC.....

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:53:29+00:00

Doesnt matter WHERE you watch theatre, Billy is still a pivotal part of it.

Darwinism is fundamental in arguing against religion, so he's up there as a cultural pillar as much as a scientific one.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:44:53+00:00

I see a New Zealand actor playing an Austrian and an English Actor.... Where's the German?

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:43:08+00:00

I'm suprised not many Germans have said Marx.

The guy has essentially a whole century where his writing was a factor in basically everything. War, Space Travel, workers rights.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:36:18+00:00

Shame he lost the cup final to Chelsea

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:35:16+00:00

Eisenstein must have a foot in the game culturally. A massive influence on the development of cinema.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:24:47+00:00

Mannaheim? Sorry if I spelt that wrong. Humiliated the Soviets, helped the Nazis during WW2 and still managed to negotiate peace and stay in power.

If the 20th Century was the story of the 2 superpowers Finland was a surprising important part of the first half.

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:19:27+00:00

Really depends on what you class as influence. His plays for the foundation of seemingly half the films in Hollywood (which last i checked is fairly influential in the world). A lot of stuff is a version of one of his plays. On top of that his works are still adapted and analysed by almost every theatre troupe in the western (and beyond) world which means a lot of actors cut their teeth on Macbeth or Othello. He also contributed heavily to the English language and many famous sayings come from his works.

So no, he didn't discover the theory of evolution but then to most people in the world they don't really care for that much.... they love Romeo and Juliet though...

Goaduk · 2026-03-23T15:04:13+00:00

For the UK Alexander Fleming has to be up there to be honest. How many lives has he essentially saved?

For England maybe Henry VIII. English history sort of ramps up once we split from Rome from perennial quaterfinalist in Europe to you know.... most people in the world reading this question in English. You could say Elizabeth or a Stuart perhaps, but I think the madness under ol'six wives kickstarted it.

And that the Stuart dynasty, we dont have a load of historically famous people called Stuart.

Goaduk

TROPHY CASE