Swindon is Britain's most ignorant town

[bogeyman]

I think it´s really Alan Davies that makes it worth watching.

Yes. He's the token 'everyman'.

Apparently he's a bit of git in real life though.

[Mich the Tester]

Yes. He's the token 'everyman'.

Apparently he's a bit of git in real life though.

Mmm, I think lots of well known people have a very different real life persona to their TV persona. Last week I was in a bar in the Hague and chatted to the guy who is in charge of all the speed cameras on the Dutch motorways; he's on telly quite a lot, being a prick and patronising people, and comes across as the kind of person you'd really like to punch. Hard. Several times. In real life he's actually a very nice bloke and quite humorous.

[Ignis Fatuus]

What's the difference between an octopus' arms and its legs? Sure, they may push off with their back arms, but why are they called legs, or is this just rubbish? Is there an armatomical difference?

It's just matter of usage. In the case of arthropods you even speak of "walking legs" to distinguish them from the same appendages on other segments, that are not used for walking.

[bogeyman]

Mmm, I think lots of well known people have a very different real life persona to their TV persona. Last week I was in a bar in the Hague and chatted to the guy who is in charge of all the speed cameras on the Dutch motorways; he's on telly quite a lot, being a prick and patronising people, and comes across as the kind of person you'd really like to punch. Hard. Several times. In real life he's actually a very nice bloke and quite humorous.

Yes. I suppose some people have to cultivate a public persona. I'm sure that old witch Ann Robinson is quite nice in real life (err, not).

Alan Davies likes to bite the ears off vagrants, allegedly.

[Wodewick]

Best is when they pose the same question a series later with the answer changed, the previous one now being wrong, though I don't have any instances in memory.

One example might be about "Cruithne" (sp) being the earths 2nd moon... and then not... or maybe or something!

[DimPrawn]

Property prices reduced in christmas run-in « Express & Star


Research by property portal Zoopla on their blog showed that many sellers had lowered their expectations in the hope of landing a buyer before Christmas, making now a great time for buyers to try to land a bargain.

In their top ten areas, Birmingham was number seven with 44.2% of listings having had an average price reduction of 6.65% or £10,533.

Top of the list for bargain hunters was Swindon, where 49.5% of listings have had an average price reduction of 5.14% or £10,299.
A further £500m has been slashed off UK asking prices since August of this year.

[AtW]

What about Newcastle?