Things that shock / surprise / amaze you.....

[W12GT]

I am just watching Celebrity Crystal Maze and have just seen James Argent on there. At first I thought he was in a fat suit. But he isn’t!

How can you go from this in 2017...




To this in 2019.....


I am not being size-ist just genuinely amazed

[The Vambo]

W12GT said:

I am just watching Celebrity Crystal Maze and have just seen James Argent on there. At first I thought he was in a fat suit. But he isn’t!

Must have been the first time that a whole zone was an automatic lock in.

[W12GT]

anonymous said:

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Of course.....but it looks like he’s eaten her.

[Tom _M]

I thought he seemed to be morphing into Brian Butterfield

[anonymous-user]

You can get a lot of cake eating in 2 years. Most people put it back on after it's been off, which is a genuine shame.

In this case, given who it is, I'm a bit skeptical as it could be for reasons..reality tv special, excercise dvd (do people still buy them?) or whatever.

[Pericoloso]

He was terrible on Celebrity driving school ,couldn't hold concentration for 2 minutes.

I have no words for his Mrs.......

[bristolbaron]

This may save someone else having to google who you’re on about too..

Wikipedia said:

James David Thomas "Arg" Argent (born 5 December 1987)[1] is an English television personality. He is known for being a former cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex from 2010 to 2018. He has appeared in other reality series, such as Sugar Free Farm and The Jump, and as of 2019, he presents the entertainment segment on Good Morning Britain.

[anonymous-user]

bristolbaron said:

This may save someone else having to google who you’re on about too..

Wikipedia said:

James David Thomas "Arg" Argent (born 5 December 1987)[1] is an English television personality. He is known for being a former cast member on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex from 2010 to 2018. He has appeared in other reality series, such as Sugar Free Farm and The Jump, and as of 2019, he presents the entertainment segment on Good Morning Britain.

Thanks. My first thought was "who?" Same as yours appears to have been.

Although I'm still non the wiser really

[Pericoloso]

keirik said:

Thanks. My first thought was "who?" Same as yours appears to have been.

Although I'm still non the wiser really

No one in their right mind watches TOWIE.

Unfortunately after gaining "fame" in that bilge , they turn up on other stuff I might want to watch.

[cherryowen]

Something that aligns with the OP title:

A few weeks ago, we went for a long weekend in Madeira, flying from Birmingham. Taking off directly South, a little while later - looking out of my window - I noticed the Isle of Wight below. Effectively, that was Birmingham to Southampton in less than 30 minutes, which was less time than Telford to B'ham (30-odd miles) airport parking!

[Roofless Toothless]

I am listening to the French GP qualifying on the radio, and to give my eyes something to do, skimming through a few sites on the Internet. I thought I would Google the most popular sports in the world.

Motorsport is not listed in the top ten, whatever list you care to turn to. Things like table tennis and hockey (grass not ice) are in the top ten, but no car or bike racing.

I am amazed that all these years I sort of assumed that F1 was one of the most followed sports globally, I don't know why. It seems I was very wrong.

[FredericRobinson]

cherryowen said:

Something that aligns with the OP title:

A few weeks ago, we went for a long weekend in Madeira, flying from Birmingham. Taking off directly South, a little while later - looking out of my window - I noticed the Isle of Wight below. Effectively, that was Birmingham to Southampton in less than 30 minutes, which was less time than Telford to B'ham (30-odd miles) airport parking!

Similarly I've found walking to be slower than driving, the world's an amazing and confusing place

[Johnspex]

Roofless Toothless said:

I am listening to the French GP qualifying on the radio, and to give my eyes something to do, skimming through a few sites on the Internet. I thought I would Google the most popular sports in the world.

Motorsport is not listed in the top ten, whatever list you care to turn to. Things like table tennis and hockey (grass not ice) are in the top ten, but no car or bike racing.

I am amazed that all these years I sort of assumed that F1 was one of the most followed sports globally, I don't know why. It seems I was very wrong.

Surely tghey mean particiapnts rather than spectators.

[anonymous-user]

Always amazes me how eager people are to volunteer their political affiliations.

Within 4 hrs of starting a contract gig this week, I discovered that my colleague is a remainer and a labour voter.

[Pericoloso]

Vandenberg said:

Always amazes me how eager people are to volunteer their political affiliations.

Within 4 hrs of starting a contract gig this week, I discovered that my colleague is a remainer and a labour voter.

If he /she wanted to reveal they are Vegan ,would have been 4 minutes....

[slopes]

Pericoloso said:

Vandenberg said:

Always amazes me how eager people are to volunteer their political affiliations.

Within 4 hrs of starting a contract gig this week, I discovered that my colleague is a remainer and a labour voter.

If he /she wanted to reveal they are Vegan ,would have been 4 minutes....

4 seconds more like

[Jasandjules]

Pericoloso said:

If he /she wanted to reveal they are Vegan ,would have been 4 minutes....

4 minutes before you started work..

[bristolbaron]

Pericoloso said:

If he /she wanted to reveal they are Vegan ,would have been 4 minutes....

We had a woman start work at my old place who couldn’t go a whole conversation without mentioning she and her wife were vegan.
She left after about 6 months, I asked my normally very PC female boss what happened. She replied ‘I think she’d told everyone so has gone to start elsewhere’

[Cantaloupe]

Quite frankly I would be more amazed if I knew who Mr. Argent was.

[Roofless Toothless]

Johnspex said:

Roofless Toothless said:

I am listening to the French GP qualifying on the radio, and to give my eyes something to do, skimming through a few sites on the Internet. I thought I would Google the most popular sports in the world.

Motorsport is not listed in the top ten, whatever list you care to turn to. Things like table tennis and hockey (grass not ice) are in the top ten, but no car or bike racing.

I am amazed that all these years I sort of assumed that F1 was one of the most followed sports globally, I don't know why. It seems I was very wrong.

Surely tghey mean particiapnts rather than spectators.

No. Clearly motorsport is not going to chart in terms of participants. Try googling it. This is a typical link that comes up. Listed in order of fans following the sport.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-m...