The Off Topic Topic

[Richard Hakluyt]

Jolly good, I shall look out for them, I'm visiting London later this month 

Now Manchester, the problem there is I always end up going to Liverpool instead.

[Sheilbh]

Now Manchester, the problem there is I always end up going to Liverpool instead.

Well that's just having good taste

[Maladict]

There are a couple of those in my town:


And our beloved Nijntje:



And some weird shit down south

[Oexmelin]

Nijntje! 

(Though my 5 y.o. self knew her as Miffy in French)

[Richard Hakluyt]

Yes, Miffy in England too 

[Josquius]

Korea looks to do elections rather differently.

https://youtu.be/-fHymWCcuTA

[celedhring]

Korea looks to do elections rather differently.

https://youtu.be/-fHymWCcuTA

The Mad Max theme is weird (or maybe prophetic  ).

[Admiral Yi]

It was one of the mumblier NPR dudes so don't quote me on this, but I think Jessie Smollet got 15 days in the can and 30 months probation.

[grumbler]

It was one of the mumblier NPR dudes so don't quote me on this, but I think Jessie Smollet got 15 days in the can and 30 months probation.

150 days.

[HVC]

Should have gotten much more. He's still denying it. Also, had a weird break down where he kept yelling he's not suicidal as he was dragged away after the verdict.

[Barrister]

So I've been doing Wordle along with Mrs B.  Spoilers if you're also playing.











Wordle 265 X/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

I failed.  I've hit this once before, where you hit on 4 letters, but the fifth latter has multiple possibilities.  In this case I tried match, hatch, and latch.  Turns out the word was watch, but batch, patch and catch would have also worked, so that's seven possibilities right there, and you only get 6 guesses.


It's not as good, but I've also been playing the Wordle-inspired game Globle:

🌎 Mar 11, 2022 🌍
Today's guesses: 5
Current streak: 1
Average guesses: 7

https://globle-game.com

Like I said, not as good because it's not as shareable.  It's a game where you try to guess the country, and it gives kind of a hot or cold answer - when you type in a country it light up on the globe, and the closer you are the darker in colour the country you type is.

So I go with Nepal - stone cold.  Then Panama, also cold, then France - still ice cold.

So... maybe somewhere in the Pacific?

So I pick the most obscure country in the pacific I can think of - Nauru.  Bam - that's it.  But otherwise, I could have spent ages guessing on obscure pacific island states.

[Eddie Teach]

Ah, so it's Jotto under a new name.

[Josquius]

Worldle is the one I've been using.

https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/

[Barrister]

Ah, so it's Jotto under a new name.

Never heard of it, but googling suggests it's pretty similar.  I've usually heard it compared to Mastermind.

It's the once-per-day, and shareable nature of it that makes it interesting though.

[Richard Hakluyt]

Beeb...the seven possibilities, for your 5th turn you should have tried something like CHAMP, no need to repeat the last 4 letters as you know them already for your final guess.