Only Connect

[superthunderstingcar]

"... United by a shared first language, they are The Britons."

[kalowski]

"United by a common genital, they are The Pricks"

[C_Larence]

"United by a shared eye, they are The Graeae"

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

United by shared internal organs, they are the conjoined triplets

[amateur]

United by their shared interests, they are the Shared Interests

[jobotic]

United by all having one letter N in their names, they are the N-Onces

[Maureen Brontë]

Dreamt last night I was taking part in a game show called Only Conkers. Nothing in common with Only Connect, it was basically kids playing conkers against each other with the losers being set upon by a bunch of harder lads who descended from the audience. TV execs, you can have that idea for free.

[Hank_Kingsley]

Good episode this week, proper close finish and, best of all,

Spoiler alert

the Mercians won

[close]

Edit: nah, I don't need to be mean about the Only Connect contestants, they're just normal men (and women).

[kalowski]

Ah, falling in love with Rachel from the Stitchers

[JesusAndYourBush]

I was expecting the final joke to mention "taking a pounding in the ring" but she took it in another direction.

[neveragain]

I'm sorry, I haven't a clue how she gets away with those.

[Ray Travez]

"That's Michael Portillo showing us his big hard cock & balls, next"

[JesusAndYourBush]

"In the next programme Michael Portillo interviews people who like to turn their tv's off as quickly as possible whenever a show comes on that they dislike. That's 'Whacking it off with Michael Portillo' up next."

[Angst in my Pants]

"In the next programme, Michael Portillo confesses that he always fast-forwards through the Only Connect introductions and switches off once the final scores have been revealed.
That's 'Victoria starts without me, and I still finish before her climax', up next."

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

"In the next programme, Michael Portillo tours houses and fastidiously tidies up. That's 'Michael Portillo: Getting Anal', up next."

[ErnestTakadichi]

Time to mute not only the intro, ending and singalongs, but also the overlong, fawning explanations of anything to do with the royal family.

The Roald Dahl stuff is starting to get a bit weird, as well.

[Hank_Kingsley]

Two lovely teams again this week. I was prepared to hate the Isotopes when I first saw them (I have very strong bully urges) but they're such sweethearts and not at all obnoxious or abrasive. The Gardners, well, they're just a nice family with good smiles.

Coren's Royal Family thing is weird, especially given her Roald Dahl comments, I mean, c'mon Victoria do you think the Royal Family isn't antisemitic? They're certainly racist.

[Alberon]

Am I the only one who really likes the jokes? The more forced the pun is the funnier it gets.

[dissolute ocelot]

Two lovely teams again this week. I was prepared to hate the Isotopes when I first saw them (I have very strong bully urges) but they're such sweethearts and not at all obnoxious or abrasive. The Gardners, well, they're just a nice family with good smiles.

Coren's Royal Family thing is weird, especially given her Roald Dahl comments, I mean, c'mon Victoria do you think the Royal Family isn't antisemitic? They're certainly racist.

And her brother's well known for racism, as well as using a secret Twitter account to send antisemitic abuse (although Twitter is so broken these days I can't find evidence of the actual Tweets), as well as abusing Poles, working class people, women, etc.

[gabrielconroy]

One of my very few claims to fame is that I lived with Frank, captain of the team that won Champion of Champions, for a couple of years at university. I see he's published a book of fiendishly creative quiz questions and has been interviewed in the Guardian about it.

[FeederFan500]

I don't want to go too far with this but the captain of the Gardners' smile puts me in mind of Keira Knightley when she just hung around being pretty early in her career*. Couldn't tell you exactly why that is but I can't unsee it, smiley but a bit shy.

For me, the only thing worse than the jokes on Only Connect is when you get some sycophant laughing like it's An Audience With Billy Connolly. She's not going to let you do her, mate.

*this is being a bit unfair

[cacciaguida]

I don't want to go too far with this but the captain of the Gardners' smile puts me in mind of Keira Knightley when she just hung around being pretty early in her career*. Couldn't tell you exactly why that is but I can't unsee it, smiley but a bit shy.

For me, the only thing worse than the jokes on Only Connect is when you get some sycophant laughing like it's An Audience With Billy Connolly. She's not going to let you do her, mate.

*this is being a bit unfair

She gives off huge "Head Girl at an all girls boarding school" vibes

[JesusAndYourBush]

"Next, we'll be watching someone removing four of the picture cards from a pack of cards.  That's 'Jacking off with Michael Portillo', up next on BBC2.

[touchingcloth]

And her brother's well known for racism, as well as using a secret Twitter account to send antisemitic abuse (although Twitter is so broken these days I can't find evidence of the actual Tweets), as well as abusing Poles, working class people, women, etc.

Her dad wasn't in any way sketchy, though.

[Emotional Support Peacock]

Unlucky Stanley. With your Mr Show reference there you've outed yourself as a CaBber.

[touchingcloth]

Have they ever done a wall that had It Follows, Cloud Atlas, Something Else, and Poker Widower on it?

[jobotic]

Fancy not getting Mary Anning and Plesiosaur Skeleton







_{the only one I got}

[touchingcloth]

Plesiosaur Skeleton

The Only Connect hieroglyphs have let themselves go.