THE CONCRETE ROUNDABOUT (TCR)

Name your:-

Favourite Film
Favourite Book
Favourite Single/Track
Favourite Album
Favourite Sportsman/Woman
Favourite Actor/Actress
Favourite Alcoholic Drink
Favourite Meal
Favourite Quote
Second Favourite Football Club

Favourite Film - Watchmen
Favourite Book - Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Favourite Single/Track - Chains of Love by Erasure (changes a lot, but recently this is the one I've been listening to most frequently)
Favourite Album - Gold by ABBA (assuming we're not being music snobs and allowing greatest hits)
Favourite Sportsman/Woman - Simon Church
Favourite Actor/Actress - Jason Statham
Favourite Alcoholic Drink - Don't do alcohol, so Lilt Zero for me
Favourite Meal - Pizza; if I have to be specific, Domino's Meateor but with pineapple instead of bacon (don't knock it til you've tried it)
Favourite Quote - "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel" - Homer Simpson
Second Favourite Football Club - Mandos Athletic (my five a side team in Bristol). Otherwise Tottenham if Dele's playing

Obviously, few of the things listed below are rock solid. Mostly there's a large group for each category and so the list is just the faves at this very moment.

Favourite Film - Pulp Fiction
Favourite Book - Money by Martin Amis
Favourite Single/Track - Sex Machine by James Brown
Favourite Album - Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
Favourite Sportsman/Woman - Muhammad Ali
Favourite Actor/Actress - Michael Caine
Favourite Alcoholic Drink - Lagers & Beer. As it's Crimbo, let's say chocolate porter.
Favourite Meal - spaghetti vongole
Favourite Quote - It's Christmas so I'm having two (both similar):
"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof" - John Kenneth Galbraith
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt" - Bertrand Russell
Second Favourite Football Club - ManYoo

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Favourite Film - The Dark Knight
Favourite Book - Reading is for wimps
Favourite Single/Track - changes every day, but today it’s Like a Hurricane by Neil Young
Favourite Album - Falcon by Courteeners
Favourite Sportsman/Woman - Other than footballers, Andy Murray.
Favourite Actor/Actress - Robin Williams
Favourite Alcoholic Drink - Strongbow Dark Fruit is getting a run for its money by Gordon’s Pink Gin
Favourite Meal - Spaghetti Bologna’s. No cheese or anything on top. Ruins it. Plain old Spag Bol.
Favourite Quote - “Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has A Future” an Oscar Wilde quote I have tattooed on my right arm
Second Favourite Football Club - Hibernian Football Club

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Favourite Film A Clockwork Orange
Favourite Book I like autobiographies, Tony Adams was a good read
Favourite Single/Track Will You, Hazel O Connor
Favourite Album Alladin Sane, David Bowie
Favourite Sportsman/Woman non football, Mo Farrah
Favourite Actor/Actress Helen Mirren
Favourite Alcoholic Drink Single Malt Whisky
Favourite Meal Roast Dinners
Favourite Quote We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Oscar Wilde
Second Favourite Football Club N/A

Favourite Film... Grosse Point Blank
Favourite Book... 1984, Orwell
Favourite Single/Track... Start Me Up, The Stones
Favourite Album... Rocket To Russia, Ramones
Favourite Sportsman/Woman... Colin Stein
Favourite Actor/Actress... De Nero, but only the early stuff. He was however, fantastic in Heat.
Favourite Alcoholic Drink... Guinness
Favourite Meal... My wife's spaghetti
Favourite Quote... Room for improvement. Helmut Schmidt
Second Favourite Football Club... MK Dons

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For those that like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.

Favourite Film - Home Alone
Favourite Book - David "Bumble" Lloyd's autobiography - Last in the tin bath. Special mention for Danny Baker's autobiographies too
Favourite Single/Track - Pjanoo by Eric Prydz
Favourite Album - Not really a buyer of many albums, but I have all of Calvin Harris' albums and liked them
Favourite Sportsman/Woman - Gary Anderson (darts), Graham Hick and Moeen Ali (cricket), and Andrew Jordan (touring car driver)
Favourite Actor/Actress - Not really got a favourite. Maybe Michelle Keegan, but not for her acting ability
Favourite Alcoholic Drink - Lager, although I don't drink much these days
Favourite Meal - Fish and chips
Favourite Quote - You don't win anything with kids
Second Favourite Football Club - Glasgow Celtic

Favourite Film - Die Hard (1988) or Victoria (2015)
Favourite Book - Don't read enough to have one
Favourite Single/Track - Codex - Radiohead or True Faith - New Order or A Little Respect - Erasure
Favourite Album - Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Favourite Sportsman/Woman - Tyson Fury
Favourite Actor/Actress - Ben Mendelsohn and Jodie Comer
Favourite Alcoholic Drink - Dark and Stormy with Angostura bitters or Bourbon and coke with Angostura bitters
Favourite Meal - Rib of Beef with Bordelaise sauce and Dauphinoise potatoes
Favourite Quote - Don't have one
Second Favourite Football Club - Liverpool (all of my family except me are hardcore Liverpool supporters)

Favourite Film. Godfather 2
Favourite Book. The Moons a Balloon . David Niven
Favourite Single/Track . The Long and Winding Road . Beatles
Favourite Album. Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd
Favourite Sportsman/Woman. Lester Piggott
Favourite Actor/Actress. Anthony Hopkins
Favourite Alcoholic Drink. None
Favourite Meal. Tatties and Mince
Favourite Quote. "Celtic fans wives used to thank me because their men were home early from the game". Slim Jim Baxter
Second Favourite Football Club MK Dons.

Mince and tatties are the bollocks. Had it last night. Drowned in brown sauce.

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The most optimistic pessimistic person on this forum.

Apparently.

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