mostly david ephgrave

Tonight was notable for two reasons: (1) I managed to watch and tweet along to the University Challenge Christmas special, which I keep missing and not doing ‘live’ over the last few days, and (2) for the debate that kicked off regarding the beasts on Paul Ross’ shirt. On first glance, I was certain his outfit was covered in rams, but soon found out they were actually dogs, which was a shock to the system, as I’d never had difficulty distinguishing between the two species in the past. How will I ever be able to trust my own instincts again, when I so clearly made such a grave misstep tonight? How often to I get my creatures mixed up? Thank God I’m not a veterinary surgeon, or I’d be responsible for some terrible, terrible things. See below for my tweets and for the clothing debate; enjoy. Kent Vs. Leeds (27.12.16) 7:31pm: Paul Ross: such a Kent. 7:33pm: Shiulie Ghosh isn't gauche. 7:37pm: Paul Ross' shirt has a ...

I was in the strange position of seeing someone I knew on tonight’s festive University Challenge. The second installment in the Christmas series to feature familiar ex-students competing saw Kent and Sussex lock antlers, with the comic Hattie Hayridge taking part on the latter side. Hattie has played Mostly Comedy a couple of times and is a lovely person, so there was no chance of me teasing her on Twitter, but this didn’t stop me mocking some of the other contestants; it seems I can’t help myself. Here’s what I posted on Twitter tonight; it probably reads best if you’d watched the show. Kent Vs. Sussex (20.12.16) 7:31pm: Paxman has no concept of jolly. 7:33pm: As good a time as any to post this. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Box-Canvas-Print-Paul-Ross/product-reviews/B001N6W8U0 7:35pm: "Hello, I'm Tim O'Shea." 7:37pm: ...we like Hattie Hayridge. #MostlyComedy 7:38pm: I'm enjoyi...