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  • @desperatedan, that's way too easy.

    Really enjoyed the Dr Who chatter from an earlier page. Was I lurking or did I get a lift in the TARDIS off Jodie again?
    Favourite Dr is a generational thing. Mine was always Tom Baker. He had a 600 ft scarf for goodness sake. Also when faced with decisions where the future of the Universe was at stake(shall I cut the green or the blue wire? mmm.?)His disposition was serene, like a man who had to choose between a custard cream and a bourbon to go with his tea. (custard cream obviously).
    Agree with whoever said cyber men were most scary. Daleks always seemed like exotic dustbins with acne and a toilet plunger stuck on their heads. Before they 'learned to fly' you just had to stand at the top of a flight of stairs to beat them.
    I know @desperatedan you're a fan of both Dr Who and Viz. You'll like this. Others of a nervous disposition will not.
    https://youtu.be/QiCcp4Jk-34
  • Although I lost interest during the Colin Baker/Sylvester McCoy era the reboot from Eccleston onwards has been superb. Matt Smith edges it by a fez. Plus he had Karen Gillan as an assistant. Hot as Hellllll and a great actress. Although he did introduce himself by dipping a fish finger into custard and describing it as yummy. Definitely an alien.


  • Well I've been away for a few weeks and I'm still talking to myself. Anyone heard the mystery voice from the ether?
  • Yes, Matt Smith did rock his fez. Hmmm, did the TARDIS transport The Doctor’s fez here to the BP!?!
  • If anyone is interested in helping

    https://gofund.me/491002fc
  • @brianN's suggestion must be discounted on the grounds that Tom Baker is not Welsh and it was a number two.

    See what I did there?

    Anyway, this was a number one and it was a cover of a Karl Wallinger (I.e. World Party) song. So half Welsh?
    https://youtu.be/sVaRHJn_dgM
  • The BP really kicking in on today's Challenge. @karen68 in Superb Owl mood.
  • @HunnyBunny the clue was very easy for Ricky Valance. Would never have thought he was Welsh. But our great Scottish comedian Billy connelly more than out classed him.
    https://youtu.be/qJfTZLFSISI
  • Well Dan, that Tom Baker joke was a real stinker. Since no one else mentioned it better reveal the answer to your palindromic pop poser was Abba with S. O. S. Can only think of one other palindromic pop group with a UK No 1.Anyone else got it?
  • I hate Space, well done @Karen and @desperateDan
    Couldn’t improve
  • And on the ten Welsh number ones, yep, definitely Dave Edmonds
    I just remembered the others from Tenable (a British Quiz Show, hosted by Warwick Davis, an Ewok and Professor Flitwit, if you know Star Wars and Harry Potter)
    They often get things wrong...
  • Did you get that from Tenable as well? I think Alan Partridge said it better. Well done HB.
  • Of course, the very first palindrome was spoken in Garden of Eden. "Madam, I'm Adam".
  • Did someone mention Dave Edmonds?

    https://youtu.be/S4TzjRFfsJs
  • I suppose you're all wondering what I've been up to this last few weeks?
    "No! Go away, you're persona non gratta round here!"
    Aw shut up, you know I'm going to tell you anyway. Pal of mine said "Now that you're not spending time with those wasters at the BP maybe you could come up with something to help my golf game. It's really stressing me out just now."
    "I'll see what I can do."
    This is what I came up with...


    https://images.app.goo.gl/hgZXfss2azbYB8ze7

    Did think about changing the colour and calling it redball. As it is not only does it have wings, but GPS coordinates. As long as no-one sees the remote control in your pocket stress free golf results.
    Haven't cleared it with the R & A yet.
  • I also came up with the cure for the common cold...

    https://images.app.goo.gl/NZhukpGsUV2tkERa8
    No idea who that clown is.
    It also works for hay fever...
    https://images.app.goo.gl/1jZGMfngsMvPpHuy9
    Not sure this guy has grasped the concept.
  • There is a storm coming, but I'm off to sleep now.
  • https://youtu.be/XbBepI5FVgo
    Bit of a naff video but one of my favourite songs of this century
  • So, here's the quiz, linked to the last song. Australian acts that had UK number ones up to 2000. I think there are about 8.
  • Just had a quick look at the challenge today. By his own admission it took asher 5 days to get a score 2k below top score. Feeling lucky punk?

    I'll get the ball rolling with @desperatedan's quiz. Kylie, Olivia Newton-John, Men at Work, INXS,? The Seekers. I think I know a few others but will wait for someone else to have a go.
  • Just Popping to say hi :)
    I'm out of the loop on this quiz, as I said prior not good with songs and artists,I did know the palindrome 'Madam I'm Adam ' though I failed to guess cuz I didn't know it was a song :/
  • @brianN the guy with bubble may not have cracked hay fever or the common cold, but he certainly knows how to shut you out of The Bloated Pig!
    I disagree with Olivia, she was born in Cambridge, so technically not Australian
  • Natalie Imbruglia Torn 1999
  • Just some admin to catch up on...
    @kathy, Madam I'm Adam was not a song, it was just a palindrome.
    @hunnybunny, ONJ does qualify as Australian, although maybe only 50%. And Torn was one of those great singles that didn't make it to number one, kept off the top by Barbie Girl
    @brianN, one of your answers is wrong and I think you know which. And you are correct about the Challenge. But if you read the comments there was another score 6k higher that was disqualified, so maybe it's possible.

    There's a couple of obvious ones missing.
  • Now here's a thing. ONJ's mother was Welsh. Does that qualify her for both lists?
  • Jason Donovan must be right
  • Danii
    But probably not
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