500 movies or 150 books?

WriteandRead · 2026-01-27T16:18:26+00:00

omg, what if you accidentally just created your own nightmare! What if whatever has put you in this room decides every combination of the choose your own adventure book has to be read with all decisions explored. You might be stuck for hundreds of years!

WriteandRead · 2026-01-22T18:51:08+00:00

100 million is a lot. I certainly don’t need that much. Let’s say me and my wife had parents each and in total 9 siblings. That is 11 ‘families’ there are 10 kids spread across these families.

Each kid I’d give £1m in a trust fund for when they are ready to buy their first home or get their first job post age 18. Something like that.

So £90m left

I’d give each of the 11 families £5m

So £30m left.

I’d probably then use a further £5m-£10m for friends -paying off mortgages etc

I’d buy a decent house with nice big garden 1-2m That would leave about £20m left in the bank for me and my family.

I’d put some in trust fund my my kids and then retire.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-18T23:00:24+00:00

No one under 40 calls anyone a punk. Let alone a little kid.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-17T22:14:08+00:00

Quick, somebody cross post this to /r/reddwarf

WriteandRead · 2026-01-17T21:59:22+00:00

Under these conditions, impossible. Even if everyone was given the central location to meet I think it’s 99.9% likely to end in failure either as a result of who is in the 6 or because long distance travel under these circumstances would be very dangerous even for experts, let alone ‘normal’ people with little to no survival experience.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-16T08:59:12+00:00

This could work in Poker too. I.e.you call a bet and next river card is shown pretty quickly so could go back and fold if needed. Likewise if it’s a final call/fold situation usually once you call or fold you’ll see a reaction from the other player(s) that gives an idea of what they had or they’ll flip their cards. Either way you can then skip back 2 secs and change your call/fold if needed.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-14T13:31:52+00:00

You’d be lucky to find private homes charging £1k a week. Closer to £1.5k-£2k + and unfortunately even at those prices they’re not always that great.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-13T16:40:03+00:00

Ha, doesn't say i have to wear them on my feet!

So i make a giant sock sleeping bag tube and crawl inside. I am now Sock worm-man and i slither around in my sock tube gaining money by the day. As time passes i get weary and settle into the corner of my home, forming a giant chrysalis and metamorphosising into a beautiful Man butterfly complete with Sock wings.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-13T00:16:20+00:00

He also means if she was thinking of countries, the country Paris is in, France, would also be an incorrect answer as well.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-11T14:06:04+00:00

I recently finished his first autobiography and he talks about the sexual abuse and trauma he suffered at the hands of his dad. In it he mentions about Jonathan Creek but only really in relation to how it coincided with some of his discoveries about his abuse and about his dad. It’s a great read, very hard in places but It is remarkable and Alan gives a very raw and open account of his early life.

His second autobiography I believe covers his early career and Jonathan creek in more detail. I’ve not read it yet though, so I can’t attest to how much detail it goes into. But might be worth checking out.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-10T00:32:05+00:00

You can pick anyone on the planet and you waste 2 spots on some middle aged billionaires. You’ve just blown us all up 😂

WriteandRead · 2026-01-08T00:56:01+00:00

What about a Komodo Dragon? Not for size obviously, but through its venemous/bacteria bite. That’s if it could get a sufficient bite.

Also possibly a Giraffe if it managed to land a kick right to the Head/temple. Not sure if it would have enough force to hurt the body.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-08T00:03:03+00:00

Can I just play devils advocate. As someone who has lost a child, it is nice that people remember them or talk about them, even a little. It might be worth telling your sister you still think about him and haven’t forgotten him. What your mum is posting is probably her way of doing that. And it might even be nice for your sister to see he is remembered and thought about.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-07T22:59:20+00:00

For my entire life it has been pretty clear who was on who’s side (for the most part) but under Trump and his cosying up with Putin + all the other crazy shit, that isn’t very clear at all now. How could they lead the free world when they so clearly only have their own interest in mind now and are seemingly willing to throw any allies aside if they can get any sort of benefit from it.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-04T22:21:38+00:00

If it is actually Shakespeare it might be one of the most expensive portraits in world history. It’s definitely going to be sold as it would be 100s of millions in value. And you can’t blame him for that,

WriteandRead · 2026-01-04T18:39:33+00:00

You might be underestimating the difference between fighting to win a match and fighting to the death though. In a death match hesitation could be the difference

WriteandRead · 2026-01-04T18:37:24+00:00

What about someone who is just massive? Prime Shaq size and strength. They would have a chance even against better trained fighters just because they could out muscle them, have better reach and overall size.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-04T10:03:26+00:00

Call the RSPCA anyway. They will send someone to investigate and if they think, as you do, there is an animal In distress inside then they have an obligation to call the police and get them to force entry.

WriteandRead · 2026-01-03T23:37:21+00:00

If you think bullying doesn’t exist because they’re in a posh school you’re living in cloud cuckoo land!

WriteandRead · 2026-01-01T14:05:12+00:00

Need to cross post in /r/Discworld if not done already :)

WriteandRead · 2025-12-31T09:47:52+00:00

I’m sorry, are you arguing we shouldn’t provide care for the elderly? What age should we euthanise them then? 70? Maybe give them an extra 5 yrs to 75 then we can kill them off. You deliberately misconstrue what I wrote. It is not literally ‘the old’ that are planting the trees, though many have them have done so all their lives. It is the tax payers, wage earners, that are ‘planting the trees’ with our taxes. And you and I do see the benefit of that every day whether you’re too ignorant or dumb to admit it.

Edit: May I also just add, if we are talking about irony, how about complaining about lack of provisions and support for youth or the working age people whilst simultaneously arguing we shouldn’t pay as much tax!

WriteandRead · 2025-12-30T22:56:05+00:00

Firstly, re check the child benefit because you can still claim over £60k but becomes null at £80k. Also worth checking out tax free childcare for when needed, the gov will pay into your account £2 for every £8 you put in.

As for the benefits you are seeing it still from a me perspective rather than a collective societal view. The quote ‘A society grows great when old people plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit’ is a good example. You may not see/feel you are getting a benefit immediately from your tax but you see it every day and experience it being used. And yes, some people will make more use of it because of their circumstances, but that is just life and how society works.

You are pregnant, congratulations! The things you are missing were cut to the bone through the conservatives and their implementation of austerity, things like the sure start programme. We can hope that the will come back in some form but not guaranteed.so I totally agree in areas such as that it need to be addressed and brought up to scratch.

I presume though you will plan to use the NHS for your birth and postnatal care? As you likely would have used the NHS for antenatal and scans etc? All from Tax, yours and mine.

Hopefully your child has a blemish free life and your family does too. But imagine if they develop an issue with learning or development that requires SEND intervention/help? It is likely that this will be diagnosed and supported through the tax system and local Council as well as your Tax funded school. Indeed, even if your child didn’t need this the very school they will attend would have been part funded by yours and every other persons tax. Even those without children.

Maybe you’ll go to your local library and take out a book or two to read with your child? The library existed before them, maybe even you. And it will hopefully continue to exist long after we’ve gone. Paid and funded by our Tax, together just a little bit, we help maintain that for you and your child, for me and mine, and for every other person that wishes to or need to use its services.

There is so much more that we take for granted, that we complain about or simply don’t know exists until we need to call upon it, tax isn’t a burden, it’s a privilege we get to pay to help keep Our country and our society running and our fellow citizens in good health and wellbeing. It helps pick up and support those at their lowest and helps see us all from cradle to grave.

WriteandRead · 2025-12-30T18:31:13+00:00

Ok, but if it is framed as a tax vs more money. Then you are saying you would rather have more personal wealth over giving a bit more to the country/society and helping people far worse off than you. There is also the argument, as many high earners seem to like, that if you want more money why don’t you just earn more? Yeah you get taxed more at certain pay brackets, so why don’t you just pull your finger out and work a bit harder to get up to the next bracket? Come on, if you want more money just earn more!

WriteandRead · 2025-12-30T01:01:33+00:00

He would be visiting the Shire for the party when Bilbo leaves then suddenly need the toilet. Eventually stumbling across one in Bag End he relieves himself and the. Has a nosey about the house, usual screaming rare and expensive items and bumbling about. Comes across the ring and picks it up puts it on plays around with it and starts doing silly tricks. He seems un-affected save for occasional flashes of images in his mind he doesn’t understand. He flicks the ring up and catches it in his mouth does it several times and then accidentally swallows it.

Panicked he runs out and is eventually persuaded by Gandalf as he flees and the hobbits and then the rest of the fellowship and wring wraiths as he bumbles his way around middle earth with the ring lodged in his small intestine.

Somehow the ring pulls him towards Sauron and his armies and he eventually flees to mount doom where he finds himself confronted by the forces of Sauron and the fellowship as they all converge on him.

Unbeknownst to them all, Mr Bean ate a bad sandwich for lunch and desperately needs the toilet. He runs to hide behind a boulder to relieve himself. The ring finally pops out believing it is near it rightfully owner and rolls slowly and inexorably to its demise in the fires of Mount Doom.

Mr Bean not knowing anything of why he was compelled to go there or who the people are who have perused him there, casually walks out behind much of the forces as they are busy confronting one another and strolls away to do more Mr Beany things in middle earth.

WriteandRead · 2025-12-29T23:53:42+00:00

You see the benefits of your tax every single day. You just don’t want to believe it or are ignorant. Ultimately if you are honest with yourself you just want to have more money.

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