Pass the Bomb!

Advantages: great game, really gets you thinking
Disadvantages: you can be made to look v.stupid!

...I don't know about you lot, but it seems to me that every time we have family over for Christmas or New Year, after dinner we end up playing some sort of board game! This is ok to start with, but does tend to get rather dull after a while. On boxing day of the Christmas just gone, yes you've guessed it - we ended up playing a board game. A member of the family brought it round and it was called Pass the Bomb! Sounds ominous I know (don't worry its not a real bomb!). Well, it was great fun and very different to the usual type of games which go on for hours and people lose interest. The game starts by drawing a card from the pack which is shown to all players. Each card has letters on it and can be two or more letters. A dice is then rolled which tells all players whether the letters shown by the card must be at the start, middle or end...

beanie8844 07.04.2008 · Read review
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From Someone Who Took FOUR Times To Pass...

Advantages: The feeling you get when you pass!
Disadvantages: The anxiety/worry/stress knowing you have to keep taking the test.

...OK so I took four attempts to pass my driving practical test. This review is probably going to be helpful and encouraging to those who suffer with nerves or just need encouragement to finally rip up those L plates. It may also just assist those who are unsure about what to expect on their practical driving test. BACKGROUND I'd been learning for 6 months with a man (let's call him Gary) and things had been going Ok. I am quite a slow learner - I am extremely academic and always been good at school, but just a bit useless when it came to driving. I read up on this and found out that generally people who are more academic are most likely to fail their driving tests a few times. Obviously this isn't true for everyone but hopefully will give some of you out there a bit of hope! Gary was a pretty good instructor - had a Renault Clio...

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PASSED FIRST TIME

Advantages: GOOD TIPS
Disadvantages: JEALOUSY

...Hi there, I had my first practical test yesterday and was convinced i would not pass! I can drive well but struggled on m,y manouveres big time! I used to read all your experiences everyday and found comfort in them(even though most of you had failed!)............well guess wot.............I PASSED! only got 3 minors! although reading all your experiences helped i think praying to god helped too! i dont know how religious any of you are but im telling you i have never carried out a reverse park and reverse around the corner so perfectly and back to back, i always mess them up 100 times! I think someone was defo helping me because i was amazed at wot ease i was able to do them. But enyway feel odd now all that build up, da buzz, butterflies, sickness as soon as you start driving your on your way, wen the test starts u soon relax v...

REABLE 16.02.2008 (14.02.2008) · Read review
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The Simpsons: Backstage Pass review

Advantages: Amazing writing, hilarious
Disadvantages: None

...The Simpsons: Backstage Pass is a collection of four episodes featuring some of the best bands of the past and the present. The four episodes are "Homerpalooza", "A Tale of Two Springfields", "The Otto Show" and "Homer's Barbershop Quartet". "Homerpalooza" is one of my personal favourites and concerns Homer, who seems to be having a mid-life crisis, so he takes Bart and Lisa to the Hullabalooza festival where, through some bizarre coincidences that could only happen in The Simpsons, he gets to fulfill his rock star dreams by touring with the festival. The bands here are amazing, from classic rockers (Peter Frampton) to newer, indie rock (Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins) and really shows the difference in musical tastes between then and when the show started, and also since Homer was a teenager as well. "A Tale of Two Springfields...

Walter_Kovacs 08.01.2009 · Read review
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Pass me that Pass!!!

Advantages: Superb value, all Tussauds attractions included, great discounts, Now Unlimited Entry!!!
Disadvantages: Up-front expense

...also get invited to exclusive Annual Pass holders events, like the opening of the Parks - so you can get on the new rides before the general public! You also get to jump the queue at Madame Tussauds - no more queueing for an entrance ticket! CAN I RENEW IT? Absolutely, the Annual Pass can be renewed up to one month after expiry for £70. EDIT (April 2007) Along with the basic price increase the renewal has also increased; £75 for an individual renewal or £245 for a family renewal. WHAT CAN I SAVE?? Well thats a bit like asking 'How long is a piece of string?' but based on 2 visits to each of the six attractions and a small saving of about £2 on food/souvenirs at each visit - you could save a massive £220!!! OK most people won't want to visit Theme Parks/Attractions 12 times throughout the year BUT you only have to visit Thorpe Park...

philwalsham 28.04.2006 (12.09.2008) · Read review
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To Roam aroun Rome by a Roma Pass!

Advantages: Queue jumping, don't have to worry about entrance fees
Disadvantages: Can not be cost effective

...The Roma Pass was something a work colleague mentioned to me, although she did not know the name just there was some card thing that gets you benefits. So I looked up things to do in Rome and eventually came across the website for the Roma Pass through a link from another website. The Roma Pass website is: http://www.romapass.it/?l=en The website gave me a great insight as to what the card was, there are 2 types of cards, so it explains what both offer and how much they cost. The standard (red) Roma Pass costs 23 Euros, and the Roma & Piu (blue) Pass costs 25 Euro's. The website goes on to have tabs for museums, events, a virtual tour, information, download and buy. I opted not to buy ours online, and decided I would get them when there. The website sells the cards with this strap line "The Cards that offers you...

Absy_Baby 28.07.2009 · Read review
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Pass The Bomb - Careful It Might Go Off

Advantages: Improves Vocabulary, Family Torture At Christmas
Disadvantages: Sweet Mother Of God It's Annoying

...I was introduced to the game by The Blonde's parents at a large family gathering on Boxing Day this year. I used to like those people. Pass The Bomb - The Explosive Game That Will Blow Your Mind... No, No it won't. No really, it won't. The premise is incredibly simple. Start the timer (Conveniently shaped like a bomb; see what they did there!) and draw a card with a selection of letters on that must be contained, in that order, within the word you put forward. When the "Bomb Goes Off" the person left holding it is out. Also forbidden is repetition and making words up, they will also lead to you being out. Which apparently is a bad thing... So, the length of the game depends on 3 things. When will the timer go off? Can you actually remember the words you used to pick up on repetition and vocabulary knowledge (Although...

beevorm 30.12.2006 · Read review
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Breakheart pass

Advantages: Good Adaptation of a MacLean novel
Disadvantages: Film a bit grainy

...This MGM production of 1975, is a good 70s western, that differs from the rival spaghetti westerns of the time, in that it doesn't focus on gufighters or shoot outs. Based on the novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean, the storyline in the main stays close to the original, not suprising in that the author also wrote the screen play for the film. The film is also produced by the same people who made Where Eagles Dare and When Eight Bells Toll Set in 1870's Utah, it is about a train journey to relieve a western fort. Onboard the train is a section of troops, the local governor (Richard Crenna) and his girlfriend (Jill Ireland), a preacher and a doctor, along with all of the railroad employees. On stopping in the town of Myrtle, we also come a cross a Deputy Marshall, Nathan Pearce, (Ben Johnson) who is trying to hitch a lift as he...

mrtimharry 19.02.2008 · Read review
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The Pass

Advantages: Nice deisgn
Disadvantages: Needs more content

...OK. You are bored, the kids are bored, even the goldfish looks a little jaded. So, what are you going to do about it? Feed the goldfish (that's his idea of a good time!) and as for you and the rest of your family? Visit www. the-pass.co.uk. The first thing you will notice about www. the-pass.co.uk, is not only is it an extremely interesting website to visit and use, it is also extremely easy to navigate, too. And to be fair to www. the-pass.co.uk, that's not always the case with other websites, is it? Some of them are designed by people who want to show off their skills or who are totally inept at good website design. Of course, some of the websites that I have visited have apparently been designed by people who, although totally inept, want to show off their "skills." Not so with www. the-pass.co.uk! This web site is user...

Martinscholes 13.11.2005 · Read review
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Merlin Annual Pass - now has restrictions

Advantages: Unlimited 12 month access to the attractions
Disadvantages: It has restrctions in February, August, October and December (2009 so far)

...£400 £320 £300 Family of 5 £480 £384 £375 Disabled (including complimentary Carer Pass) £150 £120 £100 I have used Tesco's Clubcard deal i.e. exchange £37.5 clubcard vouchers for each annual pass (no cheaper price for children). This is a lot of money spent in Tesco to get this amount of vouchers. Well, there is always a first time. I may not renew it next year. What does it include? The official line from Merline Entertainment: Enjoy 12 months? unlimited* entry to all these top attractions: Alton Towers Resort THORPE PARK Chessington World of Adventures & Zoo LEGOLAND® Windsor London Eye Warwick Castle Madame Tussauds London SEA LIFE Centres...

volcano 11.08.2009 (31.10.2009) · Read review
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