Question of the Week suggestions
Each week we ask a question. The idea is to generate material that's:
* interesting to read, i.e. we won't get bored of reading the answers after about 10 of them
* not been asked on this site before
* fun to answer
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( , Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
Each week we ask a question. The idea is to generate material that's:
* interesting to read, i.e. we won't get bored of reading the answers after about 10 of them
* not been asked on this site before
* fun to answer
What would you like to ask? (We've left this question open - so feel free to drop in ideas anytime.)
( , Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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Get that man some perspective - FAST!
How about one dealing with experiences of folk chucking thier toys out of the pram over meaningless trivialities? Example:
Myself and t'other half were enjoying an evening in Manchester's gay village recently, and one of the pubs we stopped in was just about to kick off a quiz night. Why not, thought we.
So, with a frankly screaming queen on the pub's small stage reading the questions, the game began. A bloke not far from us wearing a wedding ring was there with his boyfriend (who wasn't wearing a wedding ring) and when the answers were later read, he disagreed with one of them. The queen on stage was fairly polite at first in telling him that's what he had on the paper but this guy got annoyed and started heckling. In response to this heighened state of nastiness the queen told him, on mic, to 'fuck off back to your wife you fat cunt', earning a cheer from the crowd.
Married bloke took exception to this, and turned to me and t'other half with 'is there any need for that'-type witterings. I'd been growing increasingly pissed off with this tubby tit since he started acting up, so I (didn't actually turn around because I was facing him but) said:
"Okay, three things: 1 - If you heckle someone on stage they have carte blanche to take you down in any way they see fit. 2 - Bearing 1 in mind, if you heckle a queen on stage you deserve everything you get and 3 - Truly mate, I wish I had a life as good as yours, where I thought something so trivial as a fucking pub quiz question was worth getting on one about. Get some perspective, eh?"
After which I heard a 'Well said' from behind me - turned out it was our quizmaster who was stood behind me at the bar. Married bloke and his squeeze finished thier drinks and left, and I got a free beer from the bar courtesy of the quizmaster.
( , Wed 14 Apr 2010, 11:45, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
How about one dealing with experiences of folk chucking thier toys out of the pram over meaningless trivialities? Example:
Myself and t'other half were enjoying an evening in Manchester's gay village recently, and one of the pubs we stopped in was just about to kick off a quiz night. Why not, thought we.
So, with a frankly screaming queen on the pub's small stage reading the questions, the game began. A bloke not far from us wearing a wedding ring was there with his boyfriend (who wasn't wearing a wedding ring) and when the answers were later read, he disagreed with one of them. The queen on stage was fairly polite at first in telling him that's what he had on the paper but this guy got annoyed and started heckling. In response to this heighened state of nastiness the queen told him, on mic, to 'fuck off back to your wife you fat cunt', earning a cheer from the crowd.
Married bloke took exception to this, and turned to me and t'other half with 'is there any need for that'-type witterings. I'd been growing increasingly pissed off with this tubby tit since he started acting up, so I (didn't actually turn around because I was facing him but) said:
"Okay, three things: 1 - If you heckle someone on stage they have carte blanche to take you down in any way they see fit. 2 - Bearing 1 in mind, if you heckle a queen on stage you deserve everything you get and 3 - Truly mate, I wish I had a life as good as yours, where I thought something so trivial as a fucking pub quiz question was worth getting on one about. Get some perspective, eh?"
After which I heard a 'Well said' from behind me - turned out it was our quizmaster who was stood behind me at the bar. Married bloke and his squeeze finished thier drinks and left, and I got a free beer from the bar courtesy of the quizmaster.
( , Wed 14 Apr 2010, 11:45, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
I thought the most recent QOTW was all about people chucking their toys from their prams because of meaningless trivialities.
( , Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:34, Reply)
( , Thu 15 Apr 2010, 10:34, Reply)
I love the put downs Drag Queens come up with.
Their vitriol is legendary.
( , Fri 16 Apr 2010, 13:54, Reply)
Their vitriol is legendary.
( , Fri 16 Apr 2010, 13:54, Reply)
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