I always end up ordering the same thing at Spoons, even when I tell myself I’ll try something different. Looking for a few solid options that are actually worth switching it up for.
Some of the old housemates must be completely different people now compared with how we saw them in the house. Would be interesting to hear what they made of their time on the show and how they look back on it all these years later.
There’s always one table that somehow gets left empty even when the rest of the pub is packed. Maybe it’s in an awkward spot, right next to the toilets, or just has a weird history attached to it. Every pub seems to have one.
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I love the really dramatic routines, but the fun ones are usually the dances I end up remembering. There’s something about a couple clearly enjoying themselves on the floor that makes the whole thing more enjoyable to watch.
Some couples seem to get really unlucky with the series they’re in. They can be improving every week but still end up going home because the competition around them is so strong. There are definitely a few exits that feel very different when you look back at the whole series.
Late-night kitchen chats are always a different vibe. I’d want someone easy to talk to, who doesn’t take everything too seriously, and would happily sit there eating toast at 2am while everyone else is asleep. Those random conversations usually end up being the best ones.
I can forget something genuinely important that someone told me yesterday, yet somehow remember a random fact I heard on QI years ago.
The best moment is when that completely useless information finally becomes relevant in a conversation and you get to explain it like you've been waiting years for this exact opportunity.
What's a random piece of knowledge from QI that has somehow stayed in your head?
Came in near the back last week after a rough few months of not running and the volunteers who stayed until the very end were still cheering like it was the front of the field. Something about that hit differently than it would have done at the start when I was faster. Anyone else had a moment at parkrun that reminded them why they started in the first place?
Brilliant intimate space that feels completely different to the bigger Shaftesbury Avenue theatres but it rarely gets the same attention as somewhere like the Harold Pinter or the Donmar. When it has the right show in it the atmosphere is genuinely special. What is the best thing you have seen there and do you think it gets booked with shows that match what the space can do.
By the time Final Vows are filmed, contestants have often had months to reflect and hear public opinion. I sometimes wonder if the endings would feel more genuine if the decision had to be made before outside opinions came into the picture. Would you prefer that format?
Whenever people discuss great regeneration episodes, the conversation usually focuses on the actual exits. But rewatching The Doctor Falls, it genuinely feels like the perfect ending for the Twelfth Doctor's character arc. The speech about kindness, standing your ground and doing the right thing without hope or reward still hits just as hard years later.
Every time I think certain Yorkshire words have disappeared, I hear someone casually use them in conversation. Some seem to survive no matter how much language changes. Which Yorkshire word or phrase do you still hear regularly and hope never disappears?