One quiz at a time

[djewesbury]

Management are always coming out with sly tactics like this. The strike goes on. If any blacklegs want to answer Julian's question, they may do so, but they will have to cross the picket line.

[jdaw1]

Run away?

I apologise and retract the wicked libel. It should have been apparent to me that you were checking the soundness and security of your cellar, and whilst there, realised that several of the bins might need their contents re-checking too, so carefully selected from each a bottle of median fill level. A very sensible absence, and a brief one.

[jdaw1]

Both involved registering a domain name?

Nothing like that at all.

[LGTrotter]

Management are always coming out with sly tactics like this. The strike goes on. If any blacklegs want to answer Julian's question, they may do so, but they will have to cross the picket line.

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

No idea.

[jdaw1]

but they will have to cross the picket line.

But that was on the previous page. This is a different entrance to the works. (Yes, I know what post is coming next.)

[jdaw1]

I think that folloowing a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

The bribe worked perfectly.

Though I have realised that LGTrotter+JDAW+PhilW can drink Quinta do Noval Nacional.

[djewesbury]

The strike has crumbled thanks to Owen (aka 'Silver Birch') and his Nottinghamshire, UDM dogs.

We never gave in.

Did it involve Companies House?

[DRT]

I just remembered that I gave up on socialism in the 1980s.

What is the new question?

[jdaw1]

The strike has crumbled thanks to Owen (aka 'Silver Birch') and his Nottinghamshire, UDM dogs.

You crumpled too soon. I was about to observe that DJ+DRT+DRT+DJ+DJ+DRT+DRT+DJ can drink Quinta do Noval Nacional, but instead the bottle can go back in the cellar.

Did it involve Companies House?

Each and every random question I or somebody else has asked has not been ‟important to this thread”. (That’s a no.)

[jdaw1]

I just remembered that I gave up on socialism in the 1980s.

What is the new question?

I have a good question, but it has only a few hours shelf life remaining. So I’d like to win. But this objective is slightly hampered by my having no idea what the answer might be.

Something happened last Friday. Something similar happened previously, and was important to this thread. What did the two things have in common?

[LGTrotter]

The strike has crumbled thanks to Owen (aka 'Silver Birch') and his Nottinghamshire, UDM dogs.

We never gave in.

Only after a fair ballot of all members, Arthur.

You went to a ball as 'O'. From the story of O.

[djewesbury]

You bought slippers. From that new shop on Burlington Arcade, "World of O Slippers".

[DRT]

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

[LGTrotter]

You put on an owl mask and roamed Hampstead Heath.

[jdaw1]

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

Completely wrong, but worth following.

[jdaw1]

You bought slippers.

I do not own any slippers.

You put on an owl mask and roamed Hampstead Heath.

I do not own an owl mask. Nor have I ever worn one.

[djewesbury]

You put on a pussycat mask, and roamed Hampstead Heath.

[jdaw1]

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

(Aside: is that all for yourself, all for this evening? My!)

[PhilW]

Each and every random question I or somebody else has asked has not been ‟important to this thread”. (That’s a no.)

Both involved registering a domain name?

If the domain in question had been theportforum.com it would have been important to this thread as it couldn't have existed otherwise.

Did you watch a quiz show being recorded live? (stretching "important" too far, probably)

[jdaw1]

You put on a pussycat mask, and roamed Hampstead Heath.

No.

[LGTrotter]

I note you haven't ruled out the 'O' possibility.

Did someone ask a question without getting an answer.

[DRT]

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

Completely wrong, but worth following.

Is that:

a) worth following that line of thought to get to the answer, or;

b) worth following the incidence of new participants in the quiz for some other reason.

[jdaw1]

Did you watch a quiz show being recorded live? (stretching "important" too far, probably)

You seem to know that this is wrong.

[djewesbury]

Is port involved in any direct way?

[jdaw1]

I have a good question, but it has only a few hours shelf life remaining. So I’d like to win. But this objective is slightly hampered by my having no idea what the answer might be.

Something happened last Friday. Something similar happened previously, and was important to this thread. What did the two things have in common?

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

Completely wrong, but worth following.

Is that:

a) worth following that line of thought to get to the answer, or;

b) worth following the incidence of new participants in the quiz for some other reason.

a.

[LGTrotter]

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

(Aside: is that all for yourself, all for this evening? My!)

How very puritanical (almost American?) of you to notice. The champagne I shared, the rhone I drank myself and the port I doubt I shall get too far with.

[jdaw1]

Is port involved in any direct way?

There are two things. Port was involved in both of them, as you know for the one important to this thread.

[jdaw1]

Each and every random question I or somebody else has asked has not been ‟important to this thread”. (That’s a no.)

Both involved registering a domain name?

If the domain in question had been theportforum.com it would have been important to this thread as it couldn't have existed otherwise.

Important to this thread, but not of greater importance.

[jdaw1]

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

(Aside: is that all for yourself, all for this evening? My!)

How very puritanical (almost American?) of you to notice. The champagne I shared, the rhone I drank myself and the port I doubt I shall get too far with.

I was concerned for you. Knowing, as I do, that the Tesco 1994 does not come in magnums, I wondered whether the night-cap would be brandy or whisky.

[djewesbury]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

[djewesbury]

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

(Aside: is that all for yourself, all for this evening? My!)

How very puritanical (almost American?) of you to notice. The champagne I shared, the rhone I drank myself and the port I doubt I shall get too far with.

I was concerned for you. Knowing, as I do, that the Tesco 1994 does not come in magnums, I wondered whether the night-cap would be brandy or whisky.

Of course: as in, "Is that all?"

[jdaw1]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

[jdaw1]

I think that following a ballot of my members (me, the dogs, an empty half bottle of champagne, a half full bottle of Rhone and a full decanter of Tesco 94) I am instructing my members to return to work.

(Aside: is that all for yourself, all for this evening? My!)

How very puritanical (almost American?) of you to notice. The champagne I shared, the rhone I drank myself and the port I doubt I shall get too far with.

I was concerned for you. Knowing, as I do, that the Tesco 1994 does not come in magnums, I wondered whether the night-cap would be brandy or whisky.

Of course: as in, "Is that all?"

Old chap, of course. At this time of year he wouldn’t have had much Pimms in the afternoon, but he might have started with a warming ale or three.

[djewesbury]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

Someone needs now to ask a question relating to the exponential growth of this thread. But it's not my turn.

[DRT]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

Behind the scenes collusion by participants intended to prolong the agony of a questioner?

[DRT]

exponential growth

I warned you never to utter those words in front of him. There is nothing I can do to help you now.

[LGTrotter]

There would appear to be a rival question being played out in 'Rubbish' next door.

Do I need a calculator for this question? Glenn's question is nice. C'mon Julian show a bit of leg!

[jdaw1]

Someone needs now to ask a question relating to the exponential growth of this thread. But it's not my turn.

Do you know what an ‟exponential” function is, and what its properties are? Look us in the eye and say that you do.

(Reminder: my undergraduate degree was in mathematics. Choose your squabbles well.)

Edit: DRT’s post just seen. Quite.

[DRT]

exponential growth

I warned you never to utter those words in front of him. There is nothing I can do to help you now.

I can't watch. This is going to be horrible.

[jdaw1]

C'mon Julian show a bit of leg!

You really wouldn’t enjoy seeing my legs. However, I remind you:

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

Completely wrong, but worth following.

Is that:

a) worth following that line of thought to get to the answer, or;

b) worth following the incidence of new participants in the quiz for some other reason.

a.

[LGTrotter]

I want to propose that we do a 'greatest hits' of questions on this thread. Introduced by Webb from Mitchell and Webb it could go on for five hours on E4.

Seriously we should do it.

[DRT]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

Behind the scenes collusion by participants intended to prolong the agony of a questioner?

?

[djewesbury]

Of course I do. Are you still over-excited? Were we to plot the frequency of postings on this thread on a graph, we would see a logarithmic curve described. To me, that is 'exponential growth'.

[jdaw1]

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

Behind the scenes collusion by participants intended to prolong the agony of a questioner?

Nothing relevant to this question is ‟behind the scenes” by me. You all have equal information, if only you could remember it.

And that didn’t seem likely to ‟to prolong the agony of a questioner”.

[DRT]

I want to propose that we do a 'greatest hits' of questions on this thread. Introduced by Webb from Mitchell and Webb it could go on for five hours on E4.

Seriously we should do it.

Do you want to propose it but are too shy or are you actually proposing it?

[LGTrotter]

Of course I do. Are you still over-excited? Were we to plot the frequency of postings on this thread on a graph, we would see a logarithmic curve described. To me, that is 'exponential growth'.

Eek. Maths klaxon. Daniel; just go to page 183 and look at what happened new. OK.

[DRT]

Of course I do. Are you still over-excited? Were we to plot the frequency of postings on this thread on a graph, we would see a logarithmic curve described. To me, that is 'exponential growth'.

I think we would see spikes followed by periods of nothingness with occasional sustained plateaus of high activity. That isn't an exponential curve.

[LGTrotter]

I want to propose that we do a 'greatest hits' of questions on this thread. Introduced by Webb from Mitchell and Webb it could go on for five hours on E4.

Seriously we should do it.

Do you want to propose it but are too shy or are you actually proposing it?

Er.. what? I'm not too shy as anyone on #nudieselfie can vouchsafe. I just thought it was a scorcher of an idea. But I have been drinking.

[jdaw1]

periods of nothingness

So close.

[jdaw1]

I have a good question, but it has only a few hours shelf life remaining. So I’d like to win. But this objective is slightly hampered by my having no idea what the answer might be.

Something happened last Friday. Something similar happened previously, and was important to this thread. What did the two things have in common?

A person won the quiz for the first time, therefore giving us a new questioner?

Completely wrong, but worth following.

Is that:

a) worth following that line of thought to get to the answer, or;

b) worth following the incidence of new participants in the quiz for some other reason.

a.

Each and every random question I or somebody else has asked has not been ‟important to this thread”. (That’s a no.)

Both involved registering a domain name?

If the domain in question had been theportforum.com it would have been important to this thread as it couldn't have existed otherwise.

Important to this thread, but not of greater importance.

The something that happened last Friday; was this a 'public' or 'private' occurrence? Would we have read it in the newspaper, or would we have been told about it by a friend?

Both were private, but you have previously been told about the one ‟important to this thread”.

periods of nothingness

So close.