Ed Quoththeraven
@edquoththeraven.bsky.social
I run a weekly quiz by email, just a bit of distraction for a Friday morning. I tell people every week not to cheat, and while I'm convinced some teams do, I can't prove it.
BBC News - 'Massive whodunnit' after pub quiz team banned for cheating - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Massive whodunnit. Im guessing it's the team that keeps winning and has stopped turning up.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Massive whodunnit. Im guessing it's the team that keeps winning and has stopped turning up.
'Massive whodunnit' after pub quiz team banned for cheating
A Greater Manchester pub landlord bans a quiz team after its members were caught using their smartwatches to cheat.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I run a weekly quiz by email, just a bit of distraction for a Friday morning. I tell people every week not to cheat, and while I'm convinced some teams do, I can't prove it.
@footballcliches.bsky.social 5 Action showing NFL on Sunday night, their guest was Asmir Begovic. He was introduced by Osi Umenyiora as "he can do it on a cold, wet Tuesday night in Stoke but can he get it done on a Sunday night in our NFL studio?"
Just textbook stuff
Just textbook stuff
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@footballcliches.bsky.social 5 Action showing NFL on Sunday night, their guest was Asmir Begovic. He was introduced by Osi Umenyiora as "he can do it on a cold, wet Tuesday night in Stoke but can he get it done on a Sunday night in our NFL studio?"
Just textbook stuff
Just textbook stuff
Great moment on the Channel 5 afternoon NFL game yesterday:
Officials on the field: personal foul, illegal blindside block.
Ex-player co-commentator: they can't call it an illegal blindside block because of X and Y.
Officials on the field: personal foul, illegal blindside block.
Ex-player co-commentator: they can't call it an illegal blindside block because of X and Y.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Great moment on the Channel 5 afternoon NFL game yesterday:
Officials on the field: personal foul, illegal blindside block.
Ex-player co-commentator: they can't call it an illegal blindside block because of X and Y.
Officials on the field: personal foul, illegal blindside block.
Ex-player co-commentator: they can't call it an illegal blindside block because of X and Y.
Almost didn't celebrate Palace winning 3-1 because I was still celebrating Joe Marler being voted out of the Traitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Almost didn't celebrate Palace winning 3-1 because I was still celebrating Joe Marler being voted out of the Traitors
Why wasn't more made of the revelation in S3E9 of Better Call Saul that Jimmy McGill played for Liverpool in the 1996 FA Cup Final?
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Why wasn't more made of the revelation in S3E9 of Better Call Saul that Jimmy McGill played for Liverpool in the 1996 FA Cup Final?
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social the England men's rugby league team have unveiled their "poppy shirt" for Saturday's match
www.eliteprosports.co.uk/product/engl...
www.eliteprosports.co.uk/product/engl...
England RL Replica Poppy Shirt - Elite Pro Sports
£5 donated to Royal British Legion.– Official England Rugby League 2025 kit by Oxen.– Sublimated red poppy design.– Embroidered England Rugby League logo.– Made from a performance fabric.– Regular fit...
www.eliteprosports.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social the England men's rugby league team have unveiled their "poppy shirt" for Saturday's match
www.eliteprosports.co.uk/product/engl...
www.eliteprosports.co.uk/product/engl...
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social this is from a local Facebook group, I sent this to you on Twitter a few years ago and this is the first time they've done it since.
November 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@remembrancewatch.bsky.social this is from a local Facebook group, I sent this to you on Twitter a few years ago and this is the first time they've done it since.
Just took my son to see Tron Ares.
Bit confusing that one of the main characters is a tech bro with an AI he's determined will change the world. Despite this, for some reason he's a villain.
Bit confusing that one of the main characters is a tech bro with an AI he's determined will change the world. Despite this, for some reason he's a villain.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Just took my son to see Tron Ares.
Bit confusing that one of the main characters is a tech bro with an AI he's determined will change the world. Despite this, for some reason he's a villain.
Bit confusing that one of the main characters is a tech bro with an AI he's determined will change the world. Despite this, for some reason he's a villain.
Regardless of what happens in the Celebrity Traitors final, we should all be braced for the inevitable deluge of videos of gurning rugby union players doing impressions of Joe Marler, which banter sites will insist are hilarious.
I mean the bridge walk, not the other stuff
I mean the bridge walk, not the other stuff
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Regardless of what happens in the Celebrity Traitors final, we should all be braced for the inevitable deluge of videos of gurning rugby union players doing impressions of Joe Marler, which banter sites will insist are hilarious.
I mean the bridge walk, not the other stuff
I mean the bridge walk, not the other stuff
What's up with people going by their first and middle names?
Michaela Anne has launched a Kickstarter for her new album. I'm proud to be Backer number 1 on this, it's going to be brilliant
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What's up with people going by their first and middle names?
Michaela Anne has launched a Kickstarter for her new album. I'm proud to be Backer number 1 on this, it's going to be brilliant
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Michaela Anne has launched a Kickstarter for her new album. I'm proud to be Backer number 1 on this, it's going to be brilliant
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mic...
Told Elles Bailey I'd met two incredible musicians, she said they were awesome
Went to see the True Strays, met two of them.
Absolutely brilliant show
Absolutely brilliant show
October 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Told Elles Bailey I'd met two incredible musicians, she said they were awesome
Went to see the True Strays, met two of them.
Absolutely brilliant show
Absolutely brilliant show
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Went to see the True Strays, met two of them.
Absolutely brilliant show
Absolutely brilliant show
Wait what two nights in a row? Yes, I've been to another gig
Back again with a PSA that the best album to listen to on the way home from a gig is Harlem River Blues by Justin Townes Earle.
October 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Wait what two nights in a row? Yes, I've been to another gig
There is no more upsetting indicator of the passing of time than the man who was Troy in the TV series of Midsomer Murders now being Barnaby in the stage adaptation
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There is no more upsetting indicator of the passing of time than the man who was Troy in the TV series of Midsomer Murders now being Barnaby in the stage adaptation
I'm at a gig in a @thornbridge.bsky.social #pub. This is what heaven is probably like
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm at a gig in a @thornbridge.bsky.social #pub. This is what heaven is probably like
🎶 Duns-more Play Park, I'll be serving pizza at the Dunsmore Play Park 🎶
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🎶 Duns-more Play Park, I'll be serving pizza at the Dunsmore Play Park 🎶
Went to see a singer I really like, wearing the shirt of a mutual friend (at her request). Then got recognised by the singer after the show.
I know some great people
I know some great people
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Went to see a singer I really like, wearing the shirt of a mutual friend (at her request). Then got recognised by the singer after the show.
I know some great people
I know some great people
This again
Back again with a PSA that the best album to listen to on the way home from a gig is Harlem River Blues by Justin Townes Earle.
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This again
One of my low key self esteem issues is that if I ever went on Only Connect I don't think there's very much Victoria Coren-Mitchell could say to introduce me
October 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One of my low key self esteem issues is that if I ever went on Only Connect I don't think there's very much Victoria Coren-Mitchell could say to introduce me
Either Frank de Boer or Alan Pardew.
Statistically it's de Boer but on vibes Pardew definitely has the edge
Statistically it's de Boer but on vibes Pardew definitely has the edge
Who is the worst manager that your football team has had?
October 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Either Frank de Boer or Alan Pardew.
Statistically it's de Boer but on vibes Pardew definitely has the edge
Statistically it's de Boer but on vibes Pardew definitely has the edge
🎶You wouldn't think a man so weak, would post so strong.🎶
Could have fleshed this out to the whole song but ...
Could have fleshed this out to the whole song but ...
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🎶You wouldn't think a man so weak, would post so strong.🎶
Could have fleshed this out to the whole song but ...
Could have fleshed this out to the whole song but ...
@footballcliches.bsky.social "absolute scenes" in the Children's Booker Prize judging 😆.
So many reasons why this is going to be a good thing but this is top of the list
So many reasons why this is going to be a good thing but this is top of the list
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
@footballcliches.bsky.social "absolute scenes" in the Children's Booker Prize judging 😆.
So many reasons why this is going to be a good thing but this is top of the list
So many reasons why this is going to be a good thing but this is top of the list
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