| Friday brain twister 09:26 - Jun 26 with 7872 views | E17hoop |
I saw this on BBC Breakfast this morning and don't have a clue.
“The following teams all play in the British Isles. What else do they have in common with Accrington Stanley?
Stevenage
Wrexham
Sligo Rovers
Carrick Rangers
Colwyn Bay”
I'm not the best with things like this but have no idea of this one. |  |
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| Friday brain twister on 09:32 - Jun 26 with 6642 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Well, Sligo Rovers don't play in the British Isles, but we'll ignore their mistake and get thinking. |  |
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| Friday brain twister on 09:37 - Jun 26 with 6600 views | TwoHalves |
Well that’s my day off ruined. |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 09:38 - Jun 26 with 6593 views | ParkStreetRanger |
| Friday brain twister on 09:32 - Jun 26 by BrianMcCarthy |
Well, Sligo Rovers don't play in the British Isles, but we'll ignore their mistake and get thinking. |
I think they do. The 'British Isles' describes the geographical layout and is not based on national borders. At least, that's my understanding. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 09:44 - Jun 26 with 6570 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Friday brain twister on 09:38 - Jun 26 by ParkStreetRanger |
I think they do. The 'British Isles' describes the geographical layout and is not based on national borders. At least, that's my understanding. |
That's been contested by the Irish Government since 1922, ParkStreet. Obejcted to continually.
'British' has, for many centuries, meant belonging to modern day Britain, i.e. Westminster. Including Irish Isles in the term 'British isles' really needs to stop. | |
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| Friday brain twister on 09:46 - Jun 26 with 6549 views | BrianMcCarthy |
I'm lost on the brain twister, though.
First names?
Sligo means 'place with shellfish' or 'way of the river Sligeach', it seems. Not sure that helps. | |
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| Friday brain twister on 09:47 - Jun 26 with 6540 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 09:38 - Jun 26 by ParkStreetRanger |
I think they do. The 'British Isles' describes the geographical layout and is not based on national borders. At least, that's my understanding. |
Warning! Warning! … Brain Twister thread about to take unexpected turn. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 09:49 - Jun 26 with 6531 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 09:46 - Jun 26 by BrianMcCarthy |
I'm lost on the brain twister, though.
First names?
Sligo means 'place with shellfish' or 'way of the river Sligeach', it seems. Not sure that helps. |
It’s a start, Brian. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 09:49 - Jun 26 with 6531 views | ParkStreetRanger |
| Friday brain twister on 09:44 - Jun 26 by BrianMcCarthy |
That's been contested by the Irish Government since 1922, ParkStreet. Obejcted to continually.
'British' has, for many centuries, meant belonging to modern day Britain, i.e. Westminster. Including Irish Isles in the term 'British isles' really needs to stop. |
Fair enough - I get that. | | | |
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| Friday brain twister on 09:53 - Jun 26 with 6497 views | TwoHalves |
Only a matter of time before the West Lothian question raises its head. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:02 - Jun 26 with 6439 views | BristolR |
| Friday brain twister on 09:53 - Jun 26 by TwoHalves |
Only a matter of time before the West Lothian question raises its head. |
That’s torn it
Those East Lothian fundamentalists will be all over this
Think I’ll stick to Friday tunes 😇 |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:10 - Jun 26 with 6396 views | WatfordR |
They all contain names |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:10 - Jun 26 with 6391 views | Sonic_Hoop |
Boy's names; Steve, Rex, Colin, Stan, Rick and er, bugger.
They all play in red, apart from two of them. |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:23 - Jun 26 with 6330 views | Orthodox_Hoop |
| Friday brain twister on 10:10 - Jun 26 by Sonic_Hoop |
Boy's names; Steve, Rex, Colin, Stan, Rick and er, bugger.
They all play in red, apart from two of them. |
Igor? |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 with 6301 views | MrSheen |
| Friday brain twister on 09:44 - Jun 26 by BrianMcCarthy |
That's been contested by the Irish Government since 1922, ParkStreet. Obejcted to continually.
'British' has, for many centuries, meant belonging to modern day Britain, i.e. Westminster. Including Irish Isles in the term 'British isles' really needs to stop. |
Come on Brian, the Irish government has no more right to pick the names foreigners use for parts of their country than Britain’s does to object to Londres or Londra. Or Erdogan does to insist that outsiders call his country Türkiye. |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 with 6301 views | E17hoop |
| Friday brain twister on 10:10 - Jun 26 by WatfordR |
They all contain names |
Thank you!
Team Hidden name
Stevenage Steven
Wrexham Rex
Sligo Rovers Igor
Carrick Rangers Rick
Colwyn Bay Wyn
Accrington Stanley Stanley | |
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| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 with 6298 views | Sonic_Hoop |
Ooh yeah. And Wyn | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 10:33 - Jun 26 with 6274 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Friday brain twister on 10:10 - Jun 26 by WatfordR |
They all contain names |
Well done.
I couldn't see 'Igor'. | |
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| Friday brain twister on 10:35 - Jun 26 with 6258 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 by MrSheen |
Come on Brian, the Irish government has no more right to pick the names foreigners use for parts of their country than Britain’s does to object to Londres or Londra. Or Erdogan does to insist that outsiders call his country Türkiye. |
Yes, we'll tell the Irish Government to allow Britain to keep calling Ireland Britain.
I did like the line I read recently form a Unionist MP chatting about Derry/Londonderry:
"I don't mind what you call it, if you don't mind what I call it!". | |
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| Friday brain twister on 11:06 - Jun 26 with 6166 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 by MrSheen |
Come on Brian, the Irish government has no more right to pick the names foreigners use for parts of their country than Britain’s does to object to Londres or Londra. Or Erdogan does to insist that outsiders call his country Türkiye. |
Bernard Matthews Türkiye Twizzlers, though? Erdogan didn’t think it through, did he. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 11:21 - Jun 26 with 6112 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 10:02 - Jun 26 by BristolR |
That’s torn it
Those East Lothian fundamentalists will be all over this
Think I’ll stick to Friday tunes 😇 |
You’ll find no respite there, Bristol. I’m working on an East/West Lothian Friday Music thread as we speak. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 11:24 - Jun 26 with 6090 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 10:31 - Jun 26 by E17hoop |
Thank you!
Team Hidden name
Stevenage Steven
Wrexham Rex
Sligo Rovers Igor
Carrick Rangers Rick
Colwyn Bay Wyn
Accrington Stanley Stanley |
Scunthorpe? Well, Thor’s a name, isn’t it? | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 11:40 - Jun 26 with 6034 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Friday brain twister on 11:24 - Jun 26 by TwoHalves |
Scunthorpe? Well, Thor’s a name, isn’t it? |
Brentford - Bren? |  |
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| Friday brain twister on 12:45 - Jun 26 with 5925 views | TwoHalves |
| Friday brain twister on 10:02 - Jun 26 by BristolR |
That’s torn it
Those East Lothian fundamentalists will be all over this
Think I’ll stick to Friday tunes 😇 |
Not to mention the Fundamentalists of East Lothian. | | | |
| Friday brain twister on 13:19 - Jun 26 with 5849 views | Noelmc |
Any Rangers including the famous QPR - Ange (Aussie football manager)? |  | | |
| Friday brain twister on 13:22 - Jun 26 with 5830 views | Sonic_Hoop |
Or Ford | | | |
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