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Right. Let's have another crack at this. 13 people gave themselves an avatar last time we did this early this year, and, as I'm sure they'll confirm, their lives have been enriched considerably by doing so. So, the message to these faceless fuckers: SHOW YOURSELVES. Get an avatar. It doesn't even have to be all that good. @CoffinLodger @The Old Crem @CastAway @Fergie86 @Life Is Beautiful @ebless @JiroemonKimura @Exu @ImissMontpellier @Steve @Deathrace @BeretBleu @RolandDeschain @Arsewipe @The Watcher @The Red Death @JeffreyTheSuperSnail @Philip @Swagmasta @toldyouiwasill @John Robinson @openviews @Funeralopolis @IRememberTheDayZsaZsaDied @Tou @Khoi Huynh EDIT: Nice one MA, frleon, JR976evil & mollyafox!

Yeah, fighting for podiums this year though with a pink-painted copy of Mercedes’ car from last year. Why isn’t there a motorsports thread in ex. curricular??

Cheers for hosting Roey, good job man. I did say at the start of this that I'd offer to host next year but it's looking like that ain't gonna feasibly work, or at least certainly not on my own - my work life will not be scaling back for another couple of years, plus I do have a (little) project in the works that'll hopefully see the light of day on here later this year (though it won't be labour-intensive like this, I'm hoping!) I'm sure none of us would be willing to see this format die, it's one of the best, so whatever happens, even if we had more than one host, I'm sure this will continue for years to come.

Oh god, another football reference that makes me feel marginally less of a man Help me out here, I don’t suppose you follow F1 and like Racing Point do you? Oh, and the Saturday total was 74. Sunday: 22

Ooh marvellous, a new government Covid advice poster! Remember guys: Wash cover make, hands face space.

@An Fear Beag, that was a blinding performance. Good to see a rookie win, and win well.

And I do at every opportunity!

THE Katie Lowes???

Here's what the totals look like (as of Monday 3rd August): Grim Up North is controlling the pace out front, whilst Quim makes an astonishing pass round the outside of Crem to cheers (and an equal measure of jeers) from the grandstands. Lots of wheel-to-wheel action in the midfield pack, with MPFC having just gone wide after passing Paul and ending up back level with him. 1) Grim Up North - 255 2) paddyfool - 245 3) The Quim Reaper - 235 4) The Old Crem - 230 5) BuffaloPhil - 220 6=) Exu - 155 6=) maryportfuncity - 155 6=) Paul Bearer - 155 9) redrumours - 145 10) The Unknown Man - 115 11) Kenny McCormick - 55 12) Genfærd - 5 (inactive) 12) Joey Russ - 35 13) Sir Creep - 20 14=) Miracle Aligner - 15 14=) Bentrovato - 15 16=) the_engineer - 10 16=) chilean way - 10 16=) DevonDeathTrip - 10 19=) Youth In Asia - 5 19=) SusanStoHelit - 5

I’ll do an update for the total scores when I’ve a moment. But 100 points in a month is mighty fucking impressive. Saturday: 54

This is what we in Essex call Fahhhkin roastin. My plums have poached, and everyone having a temperature check has been erroneously diagnosed with Covid. And that's the BBC Weather, more in the next hour.

Andrew Marr, off of strokes, is 61 today And Jonathan Dimbleby, off of not David, is 76

I’ve made better calls, I’ll be honest.

I hate the British press, and, what’s more, I hate it. A convicted sex offender is “naughty”? Oh sure. And I suppose an elderly-targeting fraudster is ‘a bit of a card’ and a serial murderer is ‘a loose cannon’. And look, tiny picture of the perpetrator, Tory ex-MP convicted sex offender Charlie Elphicke, huge picture of the woman who left him. It’s getting worse and worse and will continue to while Big Job is still in office.

Perez’ stand-in is likely to be Esteban Gutierrez given that he and Stoffel Vandoorne are Racing Point’s reserve drivers, but Vandoorne is in Berlin for the Formula E. And as for next year, as we know, it’ll be Stroll and either Perez or Secrashtian Vettel. The only way I see a future in F1 for Hülkenberg is in a Haas. Grosjean is hanging by a thread and Magnussen’s maverick style might piss them off once too many.

Friday: 86

That’s a shame.

Going into Batalla this round...with Francisc.

Kate Bush is 62 today

There’s probably at least as many crashes in Formula 1 while Romain Grosjean still has a drive.

Exactly Mr Madeley, that’s a completely different conversation. You asked “which cents are going on the list next year”, like it’s some kind of obligation to include a load, for the purpose of some cheap hits. And the two you named are pretty borderline in terms of renownedness.

Thursday: 62

Than what? The Parthenon?

Toast, honestly, thank you for saying this. I’m sick to the back teeth of the young getting the blame pinned on them for everything so it fills me with pleasure to see some of those shitty, withering, unjust assumptions about them challenged. Sorry, I wouldn’t normally react but I’ve seen so many recently it just wound me up.

Wednesday: 92