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Title: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Westmarcher on 23 March 2016, 01:00:40 PM

[no cracks please about this thread] :P

Painting boiled eggs at Easter when you were a kid and rolling them down hill. Kept stopping. Wouldn't crack. And when they did crack open (with some judicious use of force), the egg got all dirty. Where was the fun in that? What a disappointment! =)

Happy Easter break everyone!

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Post by: fsn on 23 March 2016, 01:04:31 PM

My father used to enthuse about a "tattie-craw". This turned out to be a potato with some crow (or other large avian) feathers stuck in it.

You then threw it into the air, and it, as these things are wont to do, fell back to earth.

Trust me, it's not as much fun as it sounds.

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Post by: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 01:09:40 PM

Life ;)

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Post by: fsn on 23 March 2016, 01:10:43 PM

Battlestar Galactica (the more recent porn version, not the 1970's one)

Painting a fence (damn you, Tom Sawyer!)

Watching football

Game of Thrones

Pong

Amanda Jeavons

Calligraphy (That's just writing neat)

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: FierceKitty on 23 March 2016, 01:48:29 PM

Team sports.
Parties.
China.

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Post by: Roy on 23 March 2016, 01:49:54 PM

Quite the number of wargames rules.

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Post by: Techno on 23 March 2016, 01:56:29 PM

Virtually every televised sport nowadays.

Especially Sumo Ball and Formula 1......I used to enjoy both of those hugely, in the past !
Kiss ball (as Nosher calls it !).....That's got one redemption this year, as there's a completely 'non trendy' team that might win the Premiership (I SO hope they do.)

I'm with Nobby on 'Game of thrones'......Can't get into that, at all.

More later. ;D

Cheers - Phil

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Post by: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 01:57:13 PM

Watching motor racing

Deer hunting

Taffy pulling

Cricket (unless playing full contact)

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM

How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

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Post by: FierceKitty on 23 March 2016, 02:03:52 PM

Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

Aka Tits and torture.

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 02:06:22 PM

Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

Well - fsn is not just "anyone" - I think a different plain of existence may be envolved.

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Post by: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:43:08 PM

Quote from: FierceKitty on 23 March 2016, 02:03:52 PM
Aka Tits and torture.

Actually Tits and Dragons if Ian McShane (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/11/ian-mcshane-game-of-thrones-is-just-tits-and-dragons/) is to be believed :)

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Post by: Techno on 23 March 2016, 02:47:53 PM

Quote from: Ithoriel on 23 March 2016, 02:01:08 PM
How can anyone NOT like GoT!?

I was given series one as a prezzie.
I watched the first three episodes, and found it really tedious, I'm afraid.

I'll give it another go, if it 'gets on with it'. ;)

Cheers - Phil

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 23 March 2016, 02:54:23 PM

Quote from: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 01:57:13 PM

Cricket (unless playing full contact)

Wow, hold on! Contact cricket?!? What!

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Roy on 23 March 2016, 03:07:55 PM

Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 March 2016, 02:54:23 PM
Wow, hold on! Contact cricket?!? What!

Its when the ball hits you in the nuts and your not wearing a cup

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Post by: jimduncanuk on 23 March 2016, 03:12:02 PM

Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 23 March 2016, 03:07:55 PM

Its when the ball hits you in the nuts and your not wearing a cup

What is the 'cup'?

Was called a 'box' in my six hitting days.

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Post by: Roy on 23 March 2016, 04:10:46 PM

Same thing, different name.
The term 'Cup' is probably more North American influenced, as it fits inside the jockstrap, and I've picked it up as its more commonly referenced in the sports I've seen in the past.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Cricket-Abdominal-Guard.png)
"Box", Cricket abdominal Guard.

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/TradCup.jpg)
"Traditional Cup" to be fitted inside a Jockstrap

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Jockstrap_Front%2C_Side_and_Rear.jpg)
Frontal, side and rear views of a man wearing a jockstrap ???

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Raider4 on 23 March 2016, 04:37:34 PM

Quote from: FierceKitty on 23 March 2016, 02:03:52 PM
Aka Tits and torture.

There's a video of all the nudity in the first 3 seasons. It boiled down to about 16 minutes out of 30 hours.

Cheers, Martyn
--

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Nosher on 23 March 2016, 04:42:23 PM

School

Kiss ball

Television in general

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 04:53:19 PM

Quote from: mad lemmey on 23 March 2016, 02:54:23 PM
Wow, hold on! Contact cricket?!? What!

I conjecture a few logical rules changes envolving wickets and bats - and - of course - three fielders from the at-bat side - call them offensive fielders. Baseball would be amenable to similar rules. TV ratings would go WAY up.

Roy seems to have the sense of it :)

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Post by: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 05:00:09 PM

Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 23 March 2016, 04:10:46 PM
Same thing, different name.
The term 'Cup' is probably more North American influenced

Definitely what we call it here. Incidently there used to be a joke in American football that if you took a shot to the jewels - grab your helmet - cause NOBODY wants to watch you grab the actual area of injury :)

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: fsn on 23 March 2016, 05:03:00 PM

Quote from: Nosher on 23 March 2016, 04:42:23 PM
Kiss ball

Wha....??? Explain, please. Unless it's what I think it is then please don't bother.

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Techno on 23 March 2016, 05:20:11 PM

Kiss ball = Football/Soccer. Nobby.
Sumo ball = Rugby Union.

Quote from: Raider4 on 23 March 2016, 04:37:34 PM
There's a video of all the nudity in the first 3 seasons. It boiled down to about 16 minutes out of 30 hours.
Cheers, Martyn

Good grief....It seemed far longer than that, in just the 3 episodes I struggled through.

Cheers - Phil

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Post by: Westmarcher on 23 March 2016, 05:40:46 PM

Quote from: d_Guy on 23 March 2016, 05:00:09 PM
Definitely what we call it here. Incidently there used to be a joke in American football that if you took a shot to the jewels - grab your helmet - cause NOBODY wants to watch you grab the actual area of injury :)

Unfortunately, on this side of the Atlantic, it is likely you would still be grabbing the actual area of injury, the word "helmet" being a colloquialism for the glans .... :-[

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Leman on 23 March 2016, 06:03:13 PM

Well tits, torture, dragons, wildfire, jousting knights, mayhem - jeez I absolutely love it! Watching series 5 at the mo. Would have thought it was right up the fantasy brigade's street. No tanks, wehrmacht, waffen ss, red army, d day, m3,4,5,6,7,8 etc so probably unlikely to be FSN's cup of tea.

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Post by: Leman on 23 March 2016, 06:05:04 PM

Oh yeah, forgot to mention aircraft museums, particularly when there's no string and canvas about.

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Post by: Subedai on 23 March 2016, 06:36:46 PM

Golf

Darts

American Football

Tennis

Soap Operas, Game shows, reality shows, most crime programmes either real-life or made for tv.

F1 (don't drive, no interest)

Golf

DAYTIME TV!!! Who the feck thought the programmes on there would be remotely interesting???

Watched the first series of GoT and read the first five books. Bit tricky to follow the books when there are more than 50 main characters! Never got round to watching any of the others.

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Post by: fsn on 23 March 2016, 06:38:03 PM

Quote from: Leman on 23 March 2016, 06:03:13 PM
Well tits, torture, dragons, wildfire, jousting knights, mayhem - jeez I absolutely love it! Watching series 5 at the mo. Would have thought it was right up the fantasy brigade's street. No tanks, wehrmacht, waffen ss, red army, d day, m3,4,5,6,7,8 etc so probably unlikely to be FSN's cup of tea.

Tush and fie! I likes me a bit of personal armour, "Cry God for Harry, England and Susan George", can't beat of bit of Dark Age butchery and who can resist a Hoplite? On Fantasy, I feel I peaked in the early '80s with Ian Holm and Michael Horden on Radio 4 doing "Lord of the Rings". After that, I just can't seem to get me dragon out the starting block. Then again, I'm not one for these never ending series that seem to meander around without reaching a point, what are they called? HBO.

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Post by: Fenton on 23 March 2016, 08:57:57 PM

Bolt Action
Flames of War
DBM
Tennis
London
Salute
Plastic 28mm figures
Caravaning
Pot Noodles

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Post by: Bodvoc on 23 March 2016, 09:13:00 PM

After several pints I always thought Pot Noodles were quite good :)

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Post by: mollinary on 23 March 2016, 10:15:05 PM

Quote from: RoyWilliamson on 23 March 2016, 03:07:55 PM
Its when the ball hits you in the nuts and your not wearing a cup

A cup?!? What the .... Is that? Everyone knows that cricketers wear a box! Cup, what is the world coming to? Has someone let a colonial into the forum? I think we should be told.

Mollinary

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Post by: fred. on 23 March 2016, 10:17:22 PM

Quote from: Bodvoc on 23 March 2016, 09:13:00 PM
After several pints I always thought Pot Noodles were quite good :)

That is a common effect of several pints on many things!

Quote from: Fenton on 23 March 2016, 08:57:57 PM
Caravaning

I'm not sure anyone has ever claimed caravanning to be fun!

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: d_Guy on 24 March 2016, 02:58:36 AM

Quote from: mollinary on 23 March 2016, 10:15:05 PM
Has someone let a colonial into the forum?

Mollinary

Since this thread now has elements of a cultural exchange - a box over here in the colonies may refer to the same anatomical area that we have been discussing - but in the opposite gender. In fact when we came to understand that you have a Boxing Day - we were like - good on you!!

I certainly will now have complex thoughts when I next see a football helmet :o

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Post by: FierceKitty on 24 March 2016, 07:26:44 AM

The term certainly carried that sense in South Africa too. Probably still does.

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Post by: Leman on 24 March 2016, 07:54:43 AM

Could the M&Ms photo now be relabelled as a box of chocolates?

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Post by: fsn on 24 March 2016, 08:48:52 AM

Quote from: Techno on 23 March 2016, 05:20:11 PM
Kiss ball = Football/Soccer. Nobby.

I knew that. :-[ That's what I was thinking.

Of course.

Wasn't thinking anything naughty.

Nothing at all.

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Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 24 March 2016, 12:02:33 PM

Quote from: fsn on 24 March 2016, 08:48:52 AM
I knew that. :-[ That's what I was thinking.

Of course.

Wasn't thinking anything naughty.

Nothing at all.

Why is your nose growing then....

IanS

Title: Re: Things that were made out to be good fun but turned out to be boring.
Post by: Techno on 24 March 2016, 12:07:01 PM

Age ? ;D ;D ;D
Cheers - Phil

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Post by: FierceKitty on 24 March 2016, 12:11:04 PM

Ballet.

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Post by: Tawa on 24 March 2016, 03:03:16 PM

I am the god of tits and wine..... ;D

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Post by: Nosher on 24 March 2016, 03:29:54 PM

Flames of War ;D

Warhammer ;D

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Post by: DanJ on 06 April 2016, 03:16:09 PM

Oysters

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Post by: Leman on 06 April 2016, 03:47:23 PM

DBM

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Post by: Matt J on 06 April 2016, 05:55:28 PM

My ex wife

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Post by: d_Guy on 06 April 2016, 06:27:47 PM

Matt's ex-wife.

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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 06 April 2016, 06:42:10 PM

d_guys description of Matt's ex wife...

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Post by: Sandinista on 06 April 2016, 07:50:25 PM

Saga, what a bloody awful game. Tried it a few times and it just irritated me >:(

Cheers
Ian

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Post by: Ithoriel on 06 April 2016, 09:42:16 PM

Quote from: Sandinista on 06 April 2016, 07:50:25 PM
Saga, what a bloody awful game. Tried it a few times and it just irritated me >:(

Cheers
Ian

I liked Saga a lot.

I suppose my equivalents are Maurice/ Blucher and Impetus - dull as butter knives.

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Post by: Leman on 07 April 2016, 07:00:36 AM

Agree on Blucher, and the problem with Maurice was the in ability to win without taking the objective. I played it many times with different opponents and the attacker never won. Impetus, on the other hand, is a great game so long as you resist the temptation to add in all the extra rules from the various supplements. I tried playing that version, but it was so dense it became unmanageable.

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Post by: FierceKitty on 07 April 2016, 12:00:13 PM

Bolt Action.

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Post by: skywalker on 07 April 2016, 12:35:29 PM

I like Bolt Action for all its faults. :D

Star Wars Armada it had such much promise for playing with the big ships but for me the force wasn't strong with this one :-B

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Post by: Leman on 07 April 2016, 06:38:51 PM

Maths. Maths is fun. Utter bollocks unless you're one of those geek brain types.

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Post by: Subedai on 08 April 2016, 08:41:56 AM

I can honestly say that maths beyond basic algebra, trigonometry and numbers is a complete waste of time unless you are going on to higher level. I can do 'basic' in all of them but speaking from experience I suffered theorem after boring theorem in trig and, even after 44 years after leaving school, I have yet to find a single use for a quadratic equation or an algebraic graph!

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Post by: d_Guy on 08 April 2016, 03:43:38 PM

Quote from: Leman on 07 April 2016, 06:38:51 PM
Maths. Maths is fun. Utter bollocks unless you're one of those geek brain types.

Is "Maths" what we call "Sums"? Still working on my translation database.

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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 08 April 2016, 03:54:34 PM

Maths is a shortening of mathematics or arethmetic...
And having been a maths teacher, yup, it's dull!

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Post by: Leman on 08 April 2016, 04:13:25 PM

Quote from: d_Guy on 08 April 2016, 03:43:38 PM
Is "Maths" what we call "Sums"? Still working on my translation database.

In the UK we find it very odd that you shorten the plural mathematics to the singular math.

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Post by: d_Guy on 08 April 2016, 04:33:11 PM

Quote from: Leman on 08 April 2016, 04:13:25 PM
In the UK we find it very odd that you shorten the plural mathematics to the singular math.

It's a number theory thing.

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Post by: FierceKitty on 08 April 2016, 11:42:52 PM

China.

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Post by: Orcs on 09 April 2016, 08:59:11 AM

Etch a Sketch
Spirograph
Mousetrap

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Post by: Leman on 09 April 2016, 10:41:18 AM

Feeding ducks.

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Post by: Subedai on 09 April 2016, 10:52:36 AM

Feeding ducks to what?

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Post by: Techno on 09 April 2016, 02:05:32 PM

Quote from: Leman on 09 April 2016, 10:41:18 AM
Feeding ducks.

Feeding swans is brilliant though.
Especially when you end up having a tug of war with one, over the bag of feed you bought to share amongst a lot of varied water fowl at a garden centre.
(I won !.....Just.)

Cheers - Phil

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Post by: fsn on 10 April 2016, 11:20:21 AM

Techno, old buddy, old pal. Were you the inspiration for Frank Spencer?

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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 10 April 2016, 11:54:56 AM

CoC when the lads at our club play it, as it inevitably grinds down to a 'we aren't moving coz we will be shot' draw!

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Post by: Techno on 10 April 2016, 01:38:02 PM

Quote from: fsn on 10 April 2016, 11:20:21 AM
Techno, old buddy, old pal. Were you the inspiration for Frank Spencer?

:P ;)
Cheers - Phil

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Post by: Leman on 11 April 2016, 07:20:38 AM

Call of C'thulu (:|

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Post by: FierceKitty on 11 April 2016, 07:22:48 AM

Any movie by Tarantino.

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Post by: Ithoriel on 11 April 2016, 10:43:17 AM

Quote from: Leman on 11 April 2016, 07:20:38 AM
Call of C'thulu (:|

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn"

The "Call of Cthulu" campaign I briefly took part in was lots of fun. Different strokes and all that, I suppose.

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Post by: Ithoriel on 11 April 2016, 10:47:40 AM

Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 April 2016, 07:22:48 AM
Any movie by Tarantino.

For me, Tarantino movies are either awesome or awful. Django Unchained, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds and Pulp Fiction being the bulk of the former.

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Post by: Subedai on 11 April 2016, 03:06:29 PM

I have yet to say I have enjoyed any of his films. To me they are far too wordy and usually add only a little to the plot before mayhem suddenly breaks out. The start of From Dusk Till Dawn and the table conversation in the cafe in Inglorious Basterds being two prime examples.

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Post by: Leman on 11 April 2016, 04:39:31 PM

The British Museum (heinous I know, but how much carved stone does one want/need to see). Only ever been in the free bit though.

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Post by: FierceKitty on 11 April 2016, 04:50:52 PM

A lot, as long as it's good stuff.

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Post by: Last Hussar on 11 April 2016, 11:59:25 PM

Painting figures

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Post by: FierceKitty on 12 April 2016, 06:21:56 AM

Do you mean you wouldn't enjoy tickling Ms Knightly with a paintbrush?

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Post by: Roy on 12 April 2016, 09:01:19 AM

[British] GQ Magazine subscription.

Haven't renewed, and they're now pestering me via phone and mail.

I only succumbed to resubscribing last time as they gave me 2 years subscription for £18, along with, free, £20 worth of some't or other (forgotten what, so it obviously was highly of use!) and some vouchers to exchange for a tie that retailed at £20+.

Its got to be good when they cut the price to less than £1 an issue, and then throw in a load of stuff worth more than you've spent.

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