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My brother's interpretation of The Avengers

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So my brother came up with a brilliant idea for a post. I will interview him, he will tell me the plot of Avengers: Endgame and I will upload the transcript of that conversation. To tide you over in the meantime though, I asked him to name all the main Avengers. There are six; he managed 14. Probably most entertaining is him trying to remember Hawkeye, and somehow thinking he was played by Liam Neeson. For comparison: Source:  https://9gag.com/gag/6390968 My personal favourite though is his third suggestion. See if you can guess who he was talking about, and how he got there. Answer in the next Avengers post (I may decide to do other posts before then). Thor Black Spider The Gruffalo Spiderman Loki The Guy with the Arrow - no - the Phoenix - no - The Falcon - he's played by Liam Neeson Chris Pratt Captain America "They go for a picnic and everyone disappears" Thanos and his One Child Policy - He wanted to retcon this and clarify that he does not think that Thanos is an Av

I broke the rules of boules!

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 That title only works if you say it out loud and pronounce boules correctly (and I'm not even sure about that). I am a poet but I am not aware of this. The Rules of Boules Here's a brief explanation of the rules for anyone who hasn't heard of boules (probably most of my target demographic). Warning: badly drawn diagrams approaching. Ingredients I've forgotten the actual word. You will need: A number of players (you and friend(s)). We will call the number of people playing n. n x 2 balls. Each player needs two balls which should ideally be marked in some way (colour, stripes etc.). One smaller ball. This is the jack. A large (preferably flat-ish) playing area. This is sometimes called the green, mostly because it usually is. The diagrams will use two players, with the jack being black, player 1's balls being red and player 2's balls being blue. Object Get your balls (or boules) closer to the jack than the other player. Gameplay Firstly, one player throws the jac