Sleepiestpeep

I'll stick with Raif Dizdarevic. Thanks!

There's a search function for the forums. You can use it before posting to see whether anyone has already said what you're about to post.

I don't agree that it's superfluous - the two have different meanings. Hating something can be passive - you can hate the NHS, in this example, without ever saying something about it. Hating on something, on the other hand, is vocally and publicly criticising it - which is something you can also do if you don't feel hatred towards the thing.

10th Nov 24 30 Noam Chomsky +1 29 Sonny Rollins +1 27 Dennis Skinner 27 Roberta Flack 26 Joanne Woodward 26 Patricia Routledge 26 Esther Rantzen 25 Jean-Marie Le Pen 25 Stanley Baxter 25 Norman Tebbit  24 Linda Nolan  24 Gene Hackman 24 Cleo Laine  23 Ted Turner 23 Dick Van Dyke  23 Raul Castro 23 Imelda Marcos 23 Jimmy Carter +2 22 Pete Murray 22 Alan Greenspan 22 Josef Fritzl  21 Nigel Starmer-Smith  21 Sandy Gall  21 Tom Brokaw 21 James Whale 20 Denis Law 20 Hans Blix  20 Mel Brooks 20 Pope Francis 18 Vanessa Redgrave  17 Desmond Morris 16 Brigitte Bardot 15 Sly Stone  13 Buzz Aldrin -2 12 Clint Eastwood 11 Willie Nelson -4 10 Robert Duvall 10 Tom Baker 09 Daniel Barenboim 09 Prunella Scales 5/20 eliminated

9th Nov 24  27 Jimmy Carter +2 24 Noam Chomsky +1 23 Patricia Routledge 22 Linda Nolan  22 Esther Rantzen 22 Stanley Baxter  22 Norman Tebbit  22 Raul Castro  22 Alan Greenspan 22 Roberta Flack 22 Joanne Woodward  21 Imelda Marcos 21 Jean-Marie Le Pen 21 Dennis Skinner  21 Gene Hackman 21 Cleo Laine  21 Sonny Rollins 21 Sly Stone 23 Ted Turner 20 Dick van Dyke 20 Pete Murray 20 Sandy Gall  20 James Whale 20 Clint Eastwood  20 Brigitte Bardot 20 Daniel Barenboim  20 Tom Brokaw 19 Denis Law 18 Mel Brooks -2 17 Pope Francis  19 Hans Blix 19 Louis Farrakhan  19 Vanessa Redgrave  19 Desmond Morris  19 Tom Baker  19 Nigel Starmer-Smith +1 18 Willie Nelson 16 Buzz Aldrin 18 Josef Fritzl  17 Robert Duvall 16 Prunella Scales  16 Joe Bugner 13 Dick Cheney  11 Robert Wagner -1 0 Julie Walters -3  Eliminator score: 1/20

Ah, every so often I find myself thinking that maybe you get an unfairly bad rep... and then you go and ruin it by posting something

wishing you all the best with the surgery, and a full, swift recovery.

I mean, no, but I'm also not sure why you imagine that would be a dunk

Has anyone ever explained to you that someone not finding you personally funny isn't quite the same thing as not having a sense of humour?

Ian McKellen pictured on Wednesday night visiting the cast of a new play in Colchester - had we seen any pictures of him since the fall?

Raif Dizdarevic please!

20th August 27 New Order - Blue Monday 88 25 Roy Orbison - You Got It 24 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance +4 23 Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don’t Care 23 Danny Wilson - Mary’s Prayer 22 Queen - I Want It All 22 Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi 21 Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War (Ben Liebrand Remix) 21 Aztec Camera - Somewhere in My Heart 21 Paula Abdul - Straight Up 20 Iron Maiden - Can I Play With Madness 20 Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car 20 Sabrina - Boys (Summertime Love) 20 Everything But The Girl - I Don’t Want to Talk About It 20 Kim Wilde - You Came 20 B.V.S.M.P. - I Need You 20 Womack & Womack - Teardrops 20 Chris de Burgh - Missing You 20 Bananarama & Lananeeneenoonoo - Help! 20 Donna Summer - This Time I Know It’s For Real 20 Lynne Hamilton - On The Inside 20 Madonna - Cherish 20 Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could 20 Soul II Soul - Get a Life 19 Angry Anderson - Suddenly 18 Rebel MC & Double Trouble - Street Tuff 17 Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It’s True 17 Taylor Dayne - Tell It to My Heart 14 Krush - House Arrest 12 D Mob ft. Gary Haisman - We Call It Acieed 11 Liverpool FC - Anfield Rap (Red Machine in Full Effect) 05 Cliff Richard - I Just Don’t Have the Heart -6

Just back from Green Man festival for the fourth time. The setting is beautiful so there's an inherent sort of magic - but some personal highlights this year... Sampha - Sunday's main stage headliner. Process has been in my frequent album rotation since 2017 - his voice is incredible, everything about it was on point & the energy was captivating Lynks - absolutely bizarre for a midday set. Queer, explicit, hilarious, chaotic, perfectly choreographed and frankly just a series of absolute bops. Big Thief - Saturday headliner. Stripped back, absolutely none of the showiness you'd expect from a headline set, but just breathtakingly gorgeous Gia Ford - on the rising stage for upcoming artists, but absolutely had the stage presence for a larger crowd. I'm not sure the recording of this does her justice as a live performer! Omar Souleyman - sometimes you just need to dance in a field to a Syrian uncle with the vibes of a wedding DJ and zero stage presence (imagine the clip of him clapping here, without the dancers in the background, for an hour) doing an electronic version of a dabke and it's great, actually. Honourable mentions to Porridge Radio, Ellie O'Neill, Jess Williamson, Wednesday, the Mary Wallopers, Lambrini Girls, Hotline TNT, and John Francis Flynn. Dishonourable mention to the pizza stall because I can't believe I paid £12 for a pepperoni pizza with a measly 7 slices of pepperoni on.

There's got to be something about the continuous increasing difficulty going through these events year-by-year - maybe we're seeing the point where that risk tips over into people falling more often, when fatigue gets factored in?

A shame about the couple of stumbles in this Japanese floor routine - it felt fun to watch otherwise!