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So I saw. If we all liked the same things it'd be a dull world.

Pub crawls have their place, that place usually being one's twenties, which I took the OP to probably still be in. I still like the idea in principle, I'm just incapable of managing more than two any more.

But a good start at recovery. I doubt there's much around here that's not known about, though Le Moulin seems to have an SEP field around it. It has its yeasayers around here (most notably the legendary Louisa) but I haven't been. If I get an urge for angel delight and prawn cocktail* I'll be willing to give it a go. I second Ganapati, the closest thing we have to a hidden gem in the area. * in all fairness I may be doing the place a disservice, especially never having been.

There's a one where it isn't?

Hoopers to you can do in 5-6 minutes walking (though maybe not after 6 pints). If youre really desperate you could jump on the bus I guess.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=216362421585134779964.0004a377e78ab8618b74c&z=14 random suggested pub crawl. 13 pints and 2.25 miles as the crow flies, less than 3 in total for sure. I'll annotate the pubs later as I only just got away with making the damn map in the office to bemused looks.

It is a poor squad to be fair. I gather there's some talent coming through the academy. Maybe a couple of years in the championship might teach them a thing or two about grit and commitment and keep their feet on the ground as their careers become somewhat rosier ie nabbed by Leeds(well, maybe not these days)/Chelsea/Spurs/Man u etc etc :-(

I think sadly that goes for anyone with half a brain, which doesn't bode well. Hmmmm, maybe I should apply....

I suppose best to pull the plaster quickly as it were, our one game left only technically means we're still in the premiership. In essence this is our new home. Soooooo, manager choices. Would love to see Bilic, was a big fan back in the day and he's done well with the Croats; obviously Martin O'Neill would be great but probably priced out of current ownership's plans. Warnock, surely not even Sullivan and Gold could be that crass?

"I suppose it would be pointless to wonder whether Azerbaijan is in Europe?" You should see the football European conference. Kazakhstan with a hundreds of miles bordering China and it's eastern edge almost on a latitudinal par with the likes of Burma?!?! Maybe any country with an 'irish' pub in it counts?

Actually I am aware, I just didn't think I'd mentioned it. Tank girl was never a particular favourite comic as it happens, I just always went for women with soemthing of the tank girl about them. (to anybody in their twenties reading this, don't, it always ends badly). Otta's right though, Daphne was quite a honey!!

Cheers kpc. They are pretty nasty bunch aren't they. This has made me chuckle. 1/3 Steve McLaren 7/1 Chris Hughton 7/1 Kevin Keen 9/1 Neil Warnock 10/1 Sam Allardyce 12/1 Slaven Bilic 14/1 Martin O'Neill 14/1 Brendan Rodger I can only imagine one or two of those names (well one in particular) has been included for comedic effect. Will Steve McLaren (heaven forbid) adopt an amusing mockney accent if he gets the job?] Bilic would be cool.

I think you're more Brian than Peter Griffin there HB. But hope springs eternal I guess.

"He has great dignity and character, but these characteristics do not win you points on the pitch" Likewise Avram Grant. A pretty decent fella that, as quids says, was completely out of his depth. I have more issue with the management and directors than I do him. Firstly it was a weird appointment that most suspected would not work, and secondly they should have done something when the first point was obvious to everyone. Oh well, Selhurst Park and 'life outside premiership' thread here we come....woo. blimey if you google 'life outside the premiership' EDF is number one hit!!

I quite like Martinez so would like to see them stay up and have never had much issue with Wigan. Obviously given the choice Bolton, though the maths seem to be conspiring to deny me that one. Yeah, I'd go along with Birmingham and Blackburn, mainly by elimination. Blackpool stay for guts and style (if not resilience). Close between the brummy teams though as I can't stand McCarthy, but I think I'm just more indifferent to Birmingham's charms, manager notwithstanding.

I was unaware I had a predilection for ink based ladies. Lois from Family Guy is quite a lady mind. And if we can get all anthropomorphic for a moment... rrrrroowwrrrr, always outnof dogtanian's league.

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*whistles* *draws figure of 8 patterns in the soil with toes* *ooh, a shiny penny*

The cryptic crossword does it for me, and a really good album on the stereo.

A man running with a bag over the shoulder is assumed to be a robber? Please tell me you had a black & white stripy jumper and a robin style face mask too. A thousand bonus points if your bag was marked "swag"

I partially agree with you about Ireland, but I think the main difference is that Scotland did really very very well out of Britain, and particularly empire, it's alwalys had a disproportionate representation among the generals, adventurers, entrepreneurs and politicians of Britain. Plus it joined out of choice (mostly because it was bankrupt) rather than coercion.

A sort of homogenous mongrel if that's possible. One of the difficulties of trying to tease apart the genetic history of the British Isles, particularly in terms of Scots to Ireland and vice versa is that the genetic markers of pretty much everyone in the British Isles are basically the same so you can't really tell who went where within it. Irish, Welsh, Scottish and English are geographical and cultural identities. Genetically we're one big happy family*. *ish, there are more hispanic markers in the atlantic fringe and more germanic markers in East Anglia, and most notably parts of eastern Scotland.

Nice comment piece from David Mitchell.

Cried the other day when mum was diagnosed with breast cancer, but only after I decided to cope by drinking about 12 pints. Drinking their way through problems is what real men do :-/