BRIG BOTHER IS ON HIATUS

By | October 23, 2010

Hello everyone,

Basically, my Dad died suddenly at work this evening. I am currently in a state of shock and trying to tie-up some loose ends. I’m afraid Bother’s Bar is going to be much less exciting for a while. I’m also cancelling Fantasy X Factor, sorry.

I will set up new posts for Schlag den Raab and Million Pound Drop for Monday. Please use them, in my absence I expect you lot to keep the end up.

I will still be checking in from time to time. In the meantime, thanks for your understanding, stay safe, see you soon.

Thanks,
Brig

Question Genuinely Too Esoteric For Only Connect

By | October 22, 2010

It’s a sequence, it’s also a picture round. What would you expect to see in the fourth picture? Good luck!

Picture 1

Picture 2

Picture 3

 And the answer ISSSSS:

A rabbit in a hat, with a bat.

A very big WELL DONE to one-time record-exec James Williams, who got it in the final twenty minutes. It is, OF COURSE, things wished for in 1995 rap classic I Wish by Skee-Lo:

I wish I was a little bit *taller*,
I wish I was a *baller*,
I wish I had *a girl who looked good*, I would call her,
I wish I had *a rabbit in a hat with a bat* and a ’64 Impala

Well that was fun, well done everyone and especially congrats to James – two points.

It’s Schlag den Raab tomorrow.

What is point?

By | October 21, 2010

They’re making a Minute to Win It Wii and DS game in the US.

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but surely for the inevitable price of the game where you can do these things for pretend, you can buy actual real things and play for real. Would anyone like to explain what a video game version of the show that prides itself on having games you can recreate really easily at home would add to the experience?

Meanwhile whilst we’re here, let’s have a round of Good News Bad News:

GOOD NEWS! Amazon have finally got round to stocking the The Cube Electronic Game!

BAD NEWS! It’s an eye-watering £48.99.

GOOD NEWS AGAIN! It’s still £24.99 at Argos.

BAD NEWS AGAIN: It doesn’t look they have any in stock, not online at any rate.

Anyway! If you’re watching Deal or No Deal tomorrow, it looks like there is going to be some sort of Twitter commentary experiment. Truly, it could be the Digitiser/GamesMaster live chat crossover for the new milennium.

Questions too Esoteric for Only Connect DOUBLE BILL!!!!

By | October 19, 2010

What do we fall back on when we can’t be bothered to have an opinion on something? Why Questions Not Good Enough For Only Connect of course! And today it’s a DOUBLE BILL!

Question 1: What connects the following?

  • Bill Cullen
  • Tokyo Sexwale
  • Martha Stewart
  • Alan Sugar

The correct answer is, of course, they are all Apprentice bosses – Bill Cullen is the Irish one (I was hoping you might have gone down the US game show host route, but I under/overestimated you), Mosima Gabriel “Tokyo” Sexwale is the South African boss, Martha Stewart was the boss for one series of the US show (usually it’s Donald Trump, obviously) and, of course, grumpy grumpy Alan Sugar is the UK boss.

Dave was the first person to get a correct answer in, so well done to him. He has done a fun Puzzgrid.

Question 2: What comes fourth in the sequence?

  • Birmingham
  • Carlisle
  • Dublin
  • ?????

This stumped all of you for a long time, although it is a bit cruel. It is, of course, Panic by The Smiths where there was “panic on the streets of London, panic on the streets of Birmingham,” then some other stuff, “but there’s panic on the streets of Carlisle, Dublin, Dundee, Humberside…” they are the named places where there is panic on the streets in Panic by The Smiths and the fourth in this sequence is therefore Dundee because I was mean in starting partway through the song.

Congratulations to last year’s Fantasy X Factor winner Mark D for working that out after three clues.

I have a stormer of a connection for tomorrow, but it’s so good (or I think so anyway) I might have to offer it to David B first this evening, once I’ve sourced the pictures. Thanks for playing!