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@Smylers2

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Geek; spouse of @librar1; computer programmer; #OnlyConnect question-writer; Ilkley; Christian, at @AllSaintsIlkley; Perl; HTML5; conference speaker

Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK
Joined September 2009
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The kids have asked for macaroni cheese. I've never even made a white sauce before. I'm going to roux the day I let the children choose what's for lunch.
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@selz_j The Real Thing also made me think of the Tony Di Bart song ... but that didn't help either! #PopMaster
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@melv4760 (Ditto on not liking one-hit-wonders as a bonus category, I mean — not that your sister also phoned me. )#PopMaster
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@mrliamdurkin Something for the weekend there, Liam.
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@mrob1960 Impressive longevity, Miller! #PopMaster
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@ItsAndyRyan @TheSimonEvans Colin Murray replacing Anne Robinson on ‘Countdown’ has been a massive improvement, but I feel that doesn't really count because there were earlier hosts who were also good.
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@ItsAndyRyan @TheSimonEvans Interesting. On occasions when the current host is making the show too much about them, my memory is of Angus Deayton being a more detached host, chairing the event but leaving the discussions to the teams, and I think I preferred that. But my memory may be faulty. Or selective.
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@Maria717690281 @mrliamdurkin It'd be a miracle if you did!
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@Poptones64 Also 27 for me. I wasn't sure whether to go Westlife or Boyzone until Ken said 1999. I remember they did Comic Relief 80s covers 2 years apart, and Boyzone came first. #PopMaster
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@rock_odyssey Well predicted on Belinda Carlisle, except … One Round Out! #PopMaster
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@selz_j Also 15 for me — none of the bonuses (I wouldn't've picked 80s) but I I thought I did quite well on the rest! #PopMaster
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@LesleyB58051421 @mrliamdurkin You're missing an ‘Ed’ and an ‘on’ for that one!
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@mrliamdurkin All I ever needs is you, Liam.
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@mrliamdurkin If 2 singles by an artist are different recordings and have different titles, they count as 2 for #PopMaster 3-in-10, yes? Cos it seems the original was ‘I'm Gonna Be’, and the charity version ‘500 Miles’ (each with bits in brackets, but you don't need those bits for 3-in-10).
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@melv4760 Erm, the year *was* 1978 — so give yourself another 3 points! I said 1977, and was One Year Out. Just 12 for me on those, no bonuses. #PopMaster
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@KayleighAnslow Same 3 Dions (on my shirt) for me, though I then had to check for ‘It's All Coming Back to Me Now’ that it wasn't just the Meat Loaf version that made the charts. #PopMaster
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@SARamsay1 Yes, ‘Downtown’ was a bonus — one of those confusing ones where they play an Emma Bunton song that you've never heard before while the actual question is “Guess which Petula Clark hit I'm thinking of.” #PopMaster
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@VincentVanCloth It could've been: I got 33 on that round (after 9 on round 1!), and several of my answers were guesses. #PopMaster
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@Elizabeth241072 It followed the rule: If you don't know a #PopMaster missing-word question, guess “Love”. Doesn't always work, but gets points often enough to be worth trying.
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