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tubeguru wrote:Andi, I've often wondered how you quantify the last claim in your signature - "Most successful tube challenger ever". What' the criteria for that?
well apart from bob 8 (i only see 6 on the past records) i have held london 5 times,1 new york,2 random 15 championships,2 zone 1 day wins so apart from berlin the other recognized record i have held nearly everything apart from these silly records.
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tubeguru wrote:Andi, I've often wondered how you quantify the last claim in your signature - "Most successful tube challenger ever". What' the criteria for that?
well apart from bob 8 (i only see 6 on the past records) i have held london 5 times,1 new york,2 random 15 championships,2 zone 1 day wins so apart from berlin the other recognized record i have held nearly everything apart from these silly records.
To be fair, only those records recognised by Guinness should count shouldn't they? After all, isn't the R15 a "silly challenge"? :lol:
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It's the 'premier league' of tube challenging and a test of skill. Clearly only the best challengers about win, except some freakish occurrence last season. ;)
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Why are we celebrating the Queen's 90th birthday this weekend? Tomorrow is her official birthday, not her actual birthday. But she's only had an official birthday since 1952, so tomorrow is only her 65th official birthday.

Alternatively you could say that tomorrow is the Queen's 155th birthday :)
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The Queen's not on the forum, so there's no need to worry so much.
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tubeguru wrote:The Queen's not on the forum, so there's no need to worry so much.
How do you know? Maybe an older member such as Krollo is secretly her...
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tubeguru wrote:The Queen's not on the forum, so there's no need to worry so much.
But she's got her own line now!
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Whoever just tried to register the user "queenelizabethii" - ha bloody ha.
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If the queen were ever to 've on forum,I hope her first words would be this to tubeguru. "Off with his head"
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tubeguru wrote:Whoever just tried to register the user "queenelizabethii" - ha bloody ha.
You then discover it was the Queen, wanting to comment on 'her' line...............!

I know it wouldn't have been
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A Challenge wrote: I know it wouldn't have been
How?....

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I note that everyone on the news has been saying "official 90th birthday" rather than "90th official birthday", which cleverly gets round the problem!
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Happy birthday to the Tube Challenge King :P (The old git that he is :wink: )
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I'm not the tube challenge king that's Geoff title and when I take Berlin or now Paris I like to be tube challenge supremo. Sir
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Ok then. If you're not the Tube Challenge King, I give you the title.

Da. Incredible. Challenge. King.

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