Pick My Postcode’s Survey Draw

Interesting fact: Electric cars and bikes have been commercially available since the 1890's. Amazing to think how different things could have been.

Well I highly doubt any PMP members drive the Batmobile as their main car, since the question was "What powers your main car?" I know there are companies that let you rent a Batmobile for the day (not from personal experience, I saw it on The Big Bang Theory) but I am sure that the rental Batmobiles are not atomically powered and do not have turbines.

And thanks for the video, I have not seen the more modern Batmans let alone an older one, so yes I had no idea what you were referring to.

ALL possibilities Em?

What if I were to say "Atomic batteries to power! Turbines to speed!"?

(You're probably too young.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdYn8v_ITH0

All the above mentioned additives would probably save you on fuel costs as your vehicle will stop working. Definitely save you fuel cost but you will get hefty repair bills to fix it.

The simplest way to save on fuel costs is to sell your vehicle.

Pedal Cars! Yabba dabba doooo! (give us a bump start, there's a pebble under my square wheel)

@steffanbo The way fuel prices are going Flinstones cars could be the way to go. 🤔

For those don't you just flap your arms to make it go?

What about a Flintstones car?

🥺I wonder if anyone has actually done any of these stupid things to their cars🥺

But by all means pour WD40 or Red Bull, squeeze toothpaste or ketchup, or drop washing machine capsules or dishwasher tablets into the hole that smells of petrol... it must be okay - I saw it on the interwebs...

We have to allow for all possibilities. You would hope that a car owner would know but you can't assume anything. : )

These stories are great 😄 (and sad @Enver 😥)

I once had a big veil-tail betta that was a nutter and used to try to bite my hand through the glass. And a tiny frog that got out somehow and I found three days later stuck to the carpet. And I once bought a pair of juvenile female bristlenose pleccos but turned out one of them was hiding a secret and one day I woke up to the tank filled with hundreds of tiny little baby pleccos (and quite a few that had wandered a little too close to the water pump and were sucked into oblivion). Rehoming was a nightmare but luckily I found a few aquarium shops that took them. I gave up keeping fish after that 😅

Ladyfriend got an wee tank & some fish cos she liked the massive 500Ltr aquarium I had in London (with 2 Golden Orf, 2 silver ghost Koi & 2 longtail goldfish). She tipped the whole bottle of Fresh Start (live bacteria) in it thinking it was Methyl blue (oxygenator), instead of a drip or two. They didn't survive despite throwing them in fresh tap water, then changing the water in the tank & washing the gravel quickly. It ate their fins away in a few hours.

Grr! ... ALWAYS READ THE LABEL!

I’ve got a goldfish that is always head down in the pond. When you go anywhere near him with a net he swims off normally. When net danger is gone he’s back with his head down in the water…..weirdo! 🤨

I resuscitated my goldfish once, he lived on for a while after that.😀

Oh no my fishies must be sick 😿 Have you ever had to give CPR to a fish? I have. It's not a place I'd rather go back to.

Same here, not even a tiddler since December.

I'm not getting pollfish. 😢

Did over 20 Pollfish on each of 2 recent occasions, after the same 10 demographic Q's before each, I passed only one small one, & the rest it said "Guess they were looking for ...." or "What happened?" with no payout.

I'm not getting the 5p for screen-outs on Pollfish anymore. Is that a new thing or a glitch?

Our runner beans are showing well & the onions are now visible.

The bean sticks have been up for a couple of weeks now & the tomato plants are coming on well, all of the cucumbers appear to have germinated this year & we've only got room for two or three at a push..

Long time ago I used to grow vegetables. One of my friends said why because when your vegetables are ready to pick there is a glut of them in the shops at cheap prices. He wouldn't believe me when I told him they tasted better. When it was time to harvest I gave him some. He never spoke of it again.

Ooh, Fresh veg is always in demand, always something to do in the garden, will be fabulous in autumn!

After being castigated he probably isn't so interested now. 😉

Two female mps admit to watching porn in the chamber, looking at a guys phone over his shoulder, ( how rude is that?), guy gets castigated, no one mentions the womens equally bad ( or worse?) behavior.

@tetleyt - One's got hydraulics, the others ....

@Lol63 - we are to polite to ask why you were on a mucky website. Are you into Mud Wrestling?

You've all lost me now!

@Nick you missed the opportunity to say "alles klar ja?" from the League of Gentleman sketch 😊

@Barrie. Makes sense as Claas is a German company and Klaas is a well known German name. If I hadn't known better I'd have been inclined to spell it with a K.

Sorry Lol 63 I thought you were complaining.

😭 I hate it when everyone misses the joke!

Apparently he had marital problems, and to “reconnect” with his wife he was advised to “do something sexy to attract her…”, but I think he misheard…🤔!

LLAP 🖖!

As a youngster I always thought it was spelt Klaas but I've no idea why.

Spellchecker incorrectly corrected it but I hadn't noticed. Just tried again & as soon as you hit 'space' after Claas it changes to Class. Thanks, I do like to spell things correctly so I'll watch out for that in the future.

@A Nick Name - If he looked for a Class Dominator he was definitely into kinky unless he can't spell Claas Dominator.

I suppose you could say a tractor was a means of 'digging up the dirt'........

Wrong wording in the search bar…..🤔

He was supposedly looking for a Class Dominator. I had a similar problem whilst working in the Commons. I searched kinky girls and it took me to the wrong website as I was trying to find a birthday present for the wife to sort out her frizzy hair.

I give in Enver, what is the difference between a tractor and a bridegroom?

😆😆 you lot.

Maybe “big tyres” is a euphemism for something else? 🤔

Why was he looking at his phone when he was supposed to be working, paying attention to the debates. Phones will need to be taken off MPs like they are from children at secondary school so that they can concentrate. 🤔😂🐷

Is he related to Ford or Massey Ferguson?

Why have such a big lawn he needs a ride-on mower, or is he making crop circles?

What's the he difference between a tractor and a bridegroom?

Why was he buying a tractor when supposed to be working?

The surveys usually give an estimated completion time and an amount of reward so you can choose whether to start or not. If you began, and didn’t get screened out quickly, you could stop at that point. 🙃

Not sure why you're complaining - you got 3.36p per minute by completing the survey, as opposed to 2.5 p for your 'couple of minutes' getting timed out...

You were possibly pre-screened out of the first survey so it punted you to a different one it thought you might be eligible for. Some companies do that (looking at you Your Surveys) but it's often not very obvious that it's happening. Also the length of time surveys take can vary wildly depending on what answers you give, the stated time is just the minimum. And some don't count screening time. Every survey company will no doubt calculate it differently. And some are just bad. But I've had a £6 survey that stated 15 minutes and took only 8 minutes.

🎵🎸 "It's all over everywhere, Covid19, Covid19, Covid19,..

You get it on your clothes & in your hair, Covid19, Covid19, Covid19,..

🎤👩🏼‍🎤 I'll catch it, dunno from where, Covid19, Covid19, Covid19,..

C'mon don't be stingy, gizz another share, Covid19, Covid19, Covid19,.." 🎵🎹

If one more person tells me "it's all over" I will thump them. Oh, no, actually, I won't, because I am too exhausted to lift a finger, let alone a fist!!

Em, I hope you're not suffering too badly. I had it last month, mildly. I wish you a speedy recovery.

My positive LFT test says it's still here. So do my symptoms haha.

In our next weekly meeting I will suggest that members are getting bored of seeing this one, see if it's time to remove it.

Police are getting so lazy these days, they're using survey companies to see who is driving without due care and attention.

@lol63 It is for a bat 🦇

Like that, Barrie!!

Maybe it was a golfing question?

Although upside down is still not a terribly popular position for driving.

Doing deliveries in rural Norfolk I came to a blind bend in the road and was confronted by a car coming the other way on it's roof.

I guess that driver could answer that question with a yes.

They were looking for stunt drivers.

@Barrie I think they just use drugs now.

When I was at school one of our teachers advised us to use them while taking exams to keep our concentration high.

I got through all three inboxes yesterday and answered everything that came into PMP, WAD and FML. Chances are your email provider has blocked my reply to you. My email provider tells me when a customer has viewed my reply and we get the occasional email that says we never responded and when I search I can see that my response was not viewed. Which therefore means that my reply probably got blocked by that persons email provider. I was all up-to-date yesterday so it was either that or we have not received your email.

If you use Facebook, send us a private/direct message using Facebook Messenger telling me what your email address is and I can search for it. Please don't share your email address on public comments like this though.

Adding your bonus to what?

Have you checked the FAQ page? There are answers to most things there.

Hi Anonymous. Please take a look at this FAQ article:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/31-how-do-i-change-my-email-address-or-postcode

Answers to most questions can be found in our FAQ which is linked at the bottom of every page. : )

Hi Anonymous. Sounds like that particular Survey ID has perhaps become stuck on your account ID. Please email us at admin@pickmypostcode.com so that we can look into this. Thank you.

My favourite Ken Dodd joke:

That moment when you're doing your very best at 'romancing' your wife, and she suddenly says "Look at the state of this ceiling. I shall have to get a man in."

I worked in car parking and when Ken Dodd was on we knew we'd be working late as we stayed open until he finished.

Ken Dodd was similar, you went out to enjoy yourself & damn it you were going to.

I saw Frank Carson on stage at one of the pier theatres in Blackpool. 75 minutes of jokes we'd all heard before and we still came out with our sides hurting.

It's the way he tells em.

My wife met Frank Carson several times & he never stopped telling jokes even when he wasn't on stage even though he knew that they were silly.

Q1: Do you drive?

A: No

Q2: What make and model vehicle is it that you do not drive?

A: Huh?

It reminds me of the old Frank Carson joke about Murphy at the scrap yard discovering that a door for a Transit van is cheaper when they have none in.

Some questions are so stupid you may as well guess answers.

I had a survey the other day (not here) Question - Do you buy beef steak?

Yes I do at restaurants & pubs but I answered No.

Question 2 - Which of these beef steak packages do you prefer?

None

Question 3 - Why not?

Offered a series of answers but had to tick Other but no way to give a reason.

@CS - Indeed, and I wouldn't have minded being screened out at the beginning but they lure you down an ever deeper, ever darker tunnel THEN they switch the lights off. That helps neither them nor us.

@¡ әա 𝖽ɿәʮ, In some ways you've answered your own thoughts about the survey, as it seems it was only interested in those who eat meat. Surveys can sometimes be very narrow in their requirements

I was kicked out of a survey on meat products recently for straightlining. In answer to the questions "In the last three months how many times have you eaten/prepared: beef; lamb; pork; venison; rabbit..." 🐮🐑🐷🦌🐰

I answered "None; "None"; "None" "None"; "None"... Then the trapdoor opened. In a meat survey they really should have asked respondents at the beginning whether they were vegetarian. 🥩🤮

Exact same thing happened to me on a Pollfish survey about shopping, I had already completed one Pollfish but this second one put me back to the start twice for rushing, I wasn’t rushing. When I got the same message a third time having deliberately been slow, I came to the conclusion that the poor old orca was in a bad mood so I tiptoed away from the survey, no point aggravating an orca. 😂😂🐷

If you email us, admin@pickmypostcode.com, I can add a screen out bonus to your account for the trouble.

It was Pollfish, I didn’t bother doing it again. Obviously I must type too quickly!

If you answer too quickly it might think you are trying to 'play the system' and stop you.

Sounds like Pollfish, and not unusual, you always need to take your time with surveys. Lucky you got to do it again, some would chuck you out.

Look out for Flash Fivers when down the foot of pages (example near top of draw page).

There’s a FAQ for everything. 😊

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/16-what-are-the-different-draws

6pm till 2am

It’s shown at the bottom of each page and the draw is at 6pm. First claimant wins all.

Then please just select 'Prefer not to say.' Thank you.

Both mean " survey designed by idiots".

They’d have to go at night, when it’s dark….🌚🤪!

LLAP 🖖!

Addendum: Just had the “Walk on the Sun…” survey, and got the same “Unknown Error” fault (first time I’ve seen that - guess it makes a change from “There was an issue with your answers…”!

Wibble

2 years? I've been here since 2016 and still waiting 😂

It's become such a habit to check everyday though that I have to check, is that an addiction? Haha

It won't appear till someone registers with it, after that it's random for all those registered..

@Anon Never mind, Worlds End is 6 miles West of PO8 9JD so it's literally not the end of the world 😏

my post code has never come up since pmp started. but doesn`t stop me living in hope that it one day will lol

Hi Anonymous, each member’s entry has the exact same chance of being selected in a draw. 

If one postcode is entered more than once it is more likely to be selected (like names in a hat). 

If a certain postcode area (eg. BA1) appears to not win often that is because there aren't many entries for that area.  If a postcode area seems to win more often it must mean that there are more entries from that postcode area.

You can look up how many entries there are from a postcode here: https://pickmypostcode.com/entries-search/

You can also look up past winning postcodes (or partial postcodes) here: https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/

You can check winners in your area here: https://pickmypostcode.com/winners-map/

You should find the ratio between entries and winners is roughly the same for different postcodes/areas.

There is no geographical bias in the selection procedure. The computer doesn't know (or care) where anyone lives!

Also, if you're only checking one draw per day, then you're missing out on many more opportunities to win!

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/16-what-are-the-different-draws

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/13-what-time-are-the-draws

Lastly, please do remember this is a lottery, you're best to hope you'll win, not expect to! :) 

Someone asked a similar question on the Main Draw page. Have a look at the detailed explanation in answer to a post from Ruby. 😊

Wishing you a quick and full recovery, Em…🤞👍

LLAP 🖖!

Thank you all for the messages : )

My brain's got semi-permanent smog, not sure where it's coming from. Tired & disorientated. Get well soon Em.

Well at least one person got it. My humour was affected by Covid long before anyone else had even heard of Covid.

Speedy recovery, Em.

Get well soon, Emma.

Get well soon, Em. 💚

Get well soon, Em.

Poor you, Em. Know just how it feels. For me, the cold/flu symptoms lasted a week but the tiredness and "brain fog" are lingering longer. Plus aching arms, for some reason! Take care of yourself.

@Em, just the wrong time to be getting it too isn't it 😉 Hope you recover from it quickly. 🤞

@Em Oh no! If Covid affects your sense of humour then maybe everyone here should get tested? 😳😆 Take care and get well soon 🤗

Thanks all, it's just cold-like symptoms at the moment, it's the tiredness is the worst. So I am not too bad. Have had all 3 jabs so I am sure it won't last too long. Beauty of working from home is I can still work, just slower (and perhaps less switched on/able to spot a joke) than usual.

Sending very best wishes Em, take care.

Hope you soon recover, Em.

Excuses, excuses. 😈

Get well soon Emma.

Oh heck. Get well soon Em!

I walked right into that one didn't I! I am Covid positive right now so my head's a bit foggy. Or maybe as well as taste, Covid also impacts your sense of humour ... I was just trying so hard to have my moderator head/hat on and work through the fog ... bear with me folks!

Got this when I googled it, a call sign for a fishing boat and not a postcode, lol

SEALADY (Fishing Vessel) - IMO 8505692, MMSI 235000340 ...https://maritime-database.com › vessel

Its IMO number is 8505692 and the current MMSI number is 235000340. The vessel has callsign ZQMT4. Summer deadweight is 101. 👍😂😀🙃🦈

The OP is either trying to have a laugh, or trying to stir up more “me too” comments. 😌

Ain't such a postcode

Hi A Nick Name. Please do remember that this is a lottery and it is better to hope to win than to expect to. Please also take a read of my reply to Anonymous (green and white) in the thread above. Thank you.

Another 21 Pollfish & some others mostly screenouts or took me to blank page, got £4.60p bonus for 3 of them. Maybe worth doing if you have lots of time to kill.

Don't Pollfish give 5p for screenouts or unsuitable surveys anymore? A lot of duplicated general demographics on each, soon as I get into ye survey I get kicked out. Few surveys said eg 20mins, several parts say "This section will take xx minutes", after 25mins I look at the progress bar, says 25%, jumped out & closed window. Pfft. Most are on brands I never use, BORING.

Anonymous, you are not the only one who gets frustrated with them don't worry. But sadly there level of technology is not always at the level that either you our members or we at PMP would wish it to be. Unfortunately, they are out of our control.

All we can do is apologise, add the Screen Out Bonus or the full bonus amount depending on the scenario and our system will remove any links to problematic surveys once enough people have used the reporting tool ‘Bad experience? Report this survey’.

Please email us at admin@pickmypostcode.com letting us know what happened and if possible, including screenshots. Thank you.

I’m certainly finding them worthwhile. 😀

If you complete a survey but don’t get the bonus, just follow the instructions and Admin will check for you. If bonus is due they always add it.

So you completed the 'Bad Experience' report and emailed admin@pickmypostcode.com with the full details that they have often explained about. Then they will look into it and if appropriate, credit manually. Em has explained that some companies technical knowhow is not good.

Most of us complete many of the surveys, and know what to do if there's a problem.

There's no obligation to do them anyway, so perhaps think about doing that.

Foiled again!

P.S. I do like the little froggy emoji you added to my name.

@Sandy🐸 Your computer/device will be using a Spanish IP address so everything can tell where you are from that.

@Chocolate Spaniel - No, I don’t use a VPN - but how did Cint/YS know that I wasn’t in the UK? I replied to the “ticket” they sent me, explaining the situation, and they answered very quickly. It appears you can’t complete surveys if you’re not physically in the same country where you’re registered. I had also contacted Em at Admin and later forwarded the reply I’d received from Cint. Emma has now added this feature to the FAQ’s so hopefully it will help others in the same situation.

At least I am able to check all the draws every day, and read and reply to posts!

@Sandy, if you use a VPN you most definitely would get blocked, and you wouldn't use one on here anyway, same with an adblocker, would you?

Apart from being blocked by Your Surveys, I actually was able to log into a Samplicio-us survey - from which I was promptly screened out. Then I got a rare as hen’s teeth Pollfish with all the questions in Spanish! I answered most of them, then ran out of time, unfortunately. Many of the ads I see are Spanish, too. I wonder if it’s because I’m in Spain at the moment?!? But how do they know? VPN?

@LeeLee - commiserations to you, too. I also have a good quality score of 104. Who knows what goes on in their minds? No rhyme nor reason to it.

Sandy, I’m blocked too. However my quality score is “Good” and I have no tickets. Their whole page contradicted itself. 😆

Alcito, please do email us as Choc Spaniel suggested.

Sandy, Your Surveys/Cint systems do tend to block people too quickly, in my opinion. If their system thinks the person is using a VPN or proxy server or if they answer too quickly they will think they are trying to 'play the system. Many members don't even know what a VPN is, so don't understand that given reason, so I do think their system is too sensitive.

Please email us at admin@pickmypostcode.com and grant us permission to share your email address with our contact there and he can get his tech team to look into your block. I have shared with my contact that many people don't know what a VPN is and have politely suggested their system needs reviewing. Whether they will take my feedback on board I don't know.

If the block is because your quality score has become too low, that will reset in three months time but I can ask them to consider lifting the block sooner.

I’ve just been blocked from Your Surveys, I know not why. I filled in their “ticket”, whatever that is and await their reply with bated breath - not.

Just report the details to admin, they'll look into it and credit the appropriate amount.

Don’t know how near the end I was, but after about 20 mins of their estimated 15 (!) I must have been pretty close. Instructions said not to refresh, but I tried it anyway and the 400 page just came back,

I hesitate to call it a scam, but obviously something dodgy about the Your Survey site.☹️

Had a few like that and found that if you refresh the page, it returns and credits, (if you had got to the end that is)

@¡ әա 𝖽ɿәʮ D'oh who did I accidently marry? Now's not a good time, I just had a very messy pon farr 😔

Careful Tweek 😮 On Vulcan that counts as a marriage.

I do 🙂🖖

Anybody other than me get what Trekker22 is on about?

A character played by both Richard Montezuma and Benecol Cummerbund.

PALL 🖖

There I was thinking N was for eggs. Perhaps I will Lay that one to rest.

“KHA_…!!!!!!”

LLAP 🖖!

...E14 tennis

N E More?

...dless responses ?

Royal ..field Bullet?

...lightenment 💡

Edit: Oops. Sorry @CS I didn't see yours up there. (It's not as though I can say it was too dark)

... croach?

umpty..

ding 👍

... is for nodules?

..ATO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnevkyxyDkU

@ Not Anonymous, Merely Nameless... Lol 😅

..ver's reduced bargains?

…Ema

...cyclopedia ?

.ncore

OPQR

... lightenment?

…igma?

...igmatic?

Like Adventures in Babysitting became 'A Night on the Town'.

In answer to @Admin Em - yes, it was the Survey Draw page question. (I wasn't really complaining, just being pedantic. I know it's not the most important thing in the world, nobody died.)

(Spoiler: Actually from Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire onward, someone did. Quite frequently.)

And @Gwanny, I understand that to be a true story about The Madness of King George. At least that's what Alan Bennett claimed, and he's not averse to a little embellishment. Great film if you've never seen it by the way. With Nigel Hawthorn and Helen Mirren you can't go wrong.

@Gwanny. Yes.

😆😆

So, American Gangster becomes British Knave. 😉

So why didn't the UK get a title, "Darling I shrank the children"?

👨🏻‍🔬🔊_🧑🏻👧🏻_👨🏻‍💼👩🏻‍💼_👩‍👦_👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻_🧎🏻‍♂️🧎🏻‍♂️_▪▪_🔎..

@Lol63 you're such a nerd 😅 I mean that in a nice way 😊

Was the film question ours, in our blue box? If it is, I can make the argument that we are a UK site and the name should be the way we know it. : ) But if a company is paying us to do a poll we might have to stick to their wording.

(Don't worry we never share any data, we just share percentages: "_% out of x number asked have/have not done this or feel a certain way")

I love the story behind the name change of The Madness of George III - is the population really so dim?

When I was in junior school I was given 5 pence a day, then he asked if I wanted to see some puppies, but my parents found out and told me not to talk to strangers.

I remember them, Lol 63. Those really were the days.

When I was in senior school I was given 5p a day for the bus, which was 3p in the morning and 2p in the afternoon because it was off-peak.

If I walked instead (2.4 miles each way) by the end of the week I could buy a 25p Airfix kit from the series 1 range. Those were the ones which had all the parts in a clear plastic bag with the folded instruction card stapled to the top. The newsagent had them all dangling from a display carousel.

I suspect that Airfix kits have increased in price a bit since then, and the bus fare would no longer be 3p/2p.

Tweek is correct about the 5p's mounting up. I should know, I have had tons of them!!

@Tweek, Ipsos give you 3p (sometimes multiples of) and Nectar Canvass give you 2p, Lifepoints do 2p as well.

Soon mounts up though 🙂 You'll be rolling in 5p's eventually. Plus I don't think anywhere else gives you 5p for being screened out.

If you use the reply link ↘️↘️↘️ it puts your response below the thread you're answering instead of starting a new one.

Back atchya Em.

Those of retirement age have the time to complete surveys so that age bracket gets filled up very quickly. They want a nice even spread between demographics.

Sorry if I am telling you something you already know : )

Have a great weekend everyone!

Good point, LeeLee.

A member, who was top of the leaderboard for a long time, with thousands from survey bonuses, proved the age issue was wrong. He is I believe, in his 80s? 😊

I've tried a few surveys but as soon as they ask my age I get a well placed boot in the nether regions. I've come to the conclusion they don't think I'll live long enough to complete the survey 😁😁😁

Sorry about the estimated time very often not being close to the actual time taken. Our system can only go by the information their systems give us. We do appreciate the frustration.

All we at PMP can do is apologise for problems/frustrations, manually add the Screen Out Bonus or full bonus amount depending on scenario and our system will remove any problematic ones once enough people have used the reporting tool ‘Bad experience? Report this survey’.

I do feel the frustration. Please do email us if you need to - admin@pickmypostcode.com

My wife keeps mentioning she doesn't like the length to bonus ratio. I wasn't even aware she was doing the surveys but she must be.

Copy that, LeeLee!!

They are all voluntary. Most surveys give you an estimated time. Pick and choose whether to start, stop or continue.

Most of us are constantly screened out. It’s nothing personal.

Truly, if you get so irritated with lengthy surveys, just don’t do them. 😉

I get screened out b4 the survey loads often&wen I do manage to get 1 it's 30mins long~so irratating

If you don't like the length to bonus ratio don't do the survey but sometimes you get rejected very fast for a 5 pence bonus.

Hi LeeLee…. Yes, depending on the time you go they do have live music, sometimes a string quartet, sometimes even a bit of opera! Agree about the meals there - when we went with our friends one of them enjoyed their chocolate dessert so much she actually licked the plate…!😋

LLAP 🖖!

Trekker - I had a fab meal there - going back a few years now - we all ate the Turkish choices. We all thought it was crazy but a unique experience and definitely not bland!😆😆

PS. I seem to recall there was music too?

Hi A N N…. Yes, I totally agree that the place definitely isn’t to everyone's taste, but it is - erm…- interesting, to say the least. We went there a couple of years ago with some friends from the ‘States and they found it fascinating - a change from the “cookie cutter” types of restaurant that you usually get in London.. If everyone liked exactly the same things, the world would be a boring place, don’t you think!

LLAP 🖖!

Trekker22 Just googled it out of curiosity as I'd no idea what you meant. The restaurant is bad enough, in my opinion, don't know if I could stand to eat there, not to my taste, but the toilets are enough to put me off my dumplings.

If you’re interested in the decorations that can be seen in Gent’s toilets (not that I am, of course….Ahem..!), I suggest you visit a London restaurant named Sarastro’s, in Drury Lane. The place itself is worth a visit just to see the decorations (you wouldn’t think there was that much red and gold paint in the world…), but the loos… Oh my, the loos…. There used to be a warning before you went in - not sure if there still is, but you definitely get an education…😲🫣! Food’s not too bad, either😋!

LLAP 🖖!

Someone trying to promote Mr Holmes? Everyone's going to be watching it now just to see the cinema. It certainly got me interested as I know of an independent in Skipton and wondered if it was that one. My favourite part of the cinema is the gents toilet, it's papered with old comic book paper. I spent more time in the cinema but the loo is worth a view. Don't know what the ladies is like, probably little furry kittens, or is that sexist?

I still can't remember that bit, I'll have to get the DVD out & watch it again.

@Barrie, it was a short scene with him sitting in the cinema seat watching a film adapted by Dr Watson of himself in a deerstalker.

Mr, Holmes is a brilliant film, nothing happens & it's thoroughly entertaining but I can't remember a cinema in it.

We have a great, independent, charity supported cinema in our town: never go anywhere else. If there's something I want to see, I just wait till it comes there. It was featured in the film Mr Holmes with Ian McKellen.