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Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Who's Isla ? Never has one simple question begged so many puns. Had my first haggis of the season last night. Bought from the butchers up by the Plough. I like haggis.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Surely a beard is such an impractical act of > vanity that it sits alongside binding your feet > and belladonna eye drops? I think you have that the wrong way 'round Huge given that lazy bums who have lost interest in their appearance are rarely clean-shaven - but then I always had you down as a Jacob amongst Esaus.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > West Ham fans obviously delighted that JC the > prodigal son has returned, but I guess less > enamoured at the prospect of Chamakh rolling up. I just hope while he's on loan he proves everyone wrong and manages to change his name from "Oh-no-he's-bringing-on-bloody-Chamakh!" to something a little more positive. Personally I have more hope for the young Waterford striker, Sean Maguire (no, not the Eastenders actor) working his way into the first team.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's the first Friday of 2013 so far

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maxxi Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Parkdrive Wrote: > > > > > > ... And bullying is bullying > > > whether you like it or not or no mater how > you > > try > > > to disguise it. > > > > What the-!? Oh, sorry. I could have sworn I > just > > heard Udt... must be my cold. > > > If you "heard" UDT on here, you have more than a > cold. And a come-back so completely in character! Loving your work Parky.

What H said - also sellers can short circuit sniping by adding a 'buy it now' option at what they think is the top 'achievable' price for the item and if any bidders are desperate for it they'll click on that.

Good to see Boateng refusing to put up with more racist crap - only a friendly but I hope it sets an example- http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/03/ac-milan-walk-off_n_2402378.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-sport

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Good work RD I think that's a great idea and > will > > have a shot. I think you were wise to keep the > > Third Round bankers like West Ham at home out > of > > the mix :) > > It'll be a cracking atmosphere with a big away > support, but I think you'll nick it... Oh great - now you've really gone and nixed it - unless that was your intention in which case as you were B).

Not many home bankers there RD - or ARE there? Brighton 1 V Newcastle 1 Bolton 1 V Sunderland 2 Crawley 0 V Reading 2 Crystal Palace 0 V Stoke 1 Luton 1 V Wolves 2 Macclesfield 0 V Cardiff 3 Peterborough 0 V Norwich 2 Swansea 2 V Arsenal 2 Mansfield 1 V Liverpool 4 Cheltenham 0 V Everton 3 @AM - the one with the lower participation %age has benefitted from more 'maxxi's which, as form has shown, are on the generous side at 5pts ea. so I think RD's right.

Parkdrive Wrote: > > ... And bullying is bullying > whether you like it or not or no mater how you try > to disguise it. What the-!? Oh, sorry. I could have sworn I just heard Udt... must be my cold.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The 15 Minutes of Fame award goes to Mr J, East > Dulwich's very own gigolo and rent boy, who > crashed and burned this lunchtime... 15!? Nonsense RD - rumour has it that he never lasted beyond 3 or 4...

Of course if you want to look a little meaner/tougher or if plaid just aint your thang you could go this way - an Amish/Clockwork Orange kind of deal... http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120828-amish-beard-cutting-910a.photoblog600.jpg

ah, you mean hipster/woodsman porn... the sort they graduated to when Hugh FW stopped eating roadkill.

Great news as long as he passes the medical - back where he belongs... a midfield of Cole, Noble, Nolan and Collison could really click - just need a striker now. Great result for Harry's boys tonight too, should make sure the Ba deal goes through.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...and who exactly is being snotty and obnoxious > on this thread? Unpleasant chippiness is really > just that. > > > quids in sticking up for middle classes shocker That's inflation for you quids... it'll go down with an Alka Selzer

Did you play the fondue game doc? Y'know, lose your bread/potato/crudit? into the fondue whilst dipping and you have to down a schnapps?

Gingerbeer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bah! Lack of forgiveness creates emotional > baggage. My personal preference is one small > carry-on per person. My forgiveness is precariously stored in the overhead locker which means it could fall on anyone - Good Luck to all for the New Year!

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bleeding hell just clocked mick and Maxxi's > scores.....they been on the sauce over Christmas > no doubt......seems to have worked I was so 'score-crazed' by the time it came to predicting week three that I predicted without due care and attention - it's a Big 'Arry Management technique from his WH days "It's crazy Garth you know? I'm down to the bare bones this week so, you know, the team picks itself..." (and sauce natch) Happy New Year all B)

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For outstanding contributions to belligerence and > arrogance goes to Undisputed Truth. Not to mention esoteric soul music and expensive denim trouserings... maybe it's the season but *sniff* I kinda miss him. (Udt - "No you don't. You haven't got the wit or experience to miss me. I once missed something incredible which my friends all know about - but you wouldn't get it.")

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why did the ED resident spend ?250 on a 1970's G > plan sideboard and ?1500 on an Eames chair & stool > ? > > because he works in a creative industry ...and he thought they'd go with his vintage Cuban Film posters...

Back in Nov I suggested a straight-forward predicting all games rather than head to head (from 3rd round onwards) with the bottom two knocked out each round leaving 3 to contest the semis (based on 11 starters) and, with one eliminated then, two in the final. Any ties could be decided by (for example) who came nearest to total goals scored that day or who had most correct predictions over correct sores (or vice versa as long as we knew from the off) or - if still a tie - who had nearest to the correct goal difference between winners and losers on the day. Draws could still score as in the league and if draws featured in a tie and everything else was equal then the replay could decide which player is knocked out. However having thought it through - the predictor league would have none or few prem games on FA cup days and predicting the latter is as difficult as an ordinary weekend (always was on the pools coupon) so maybe leave it as part of the edf league...

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nicely left to the audiences immagination - did he > live or not (think not with the closing credits) > and lots of unfinished sub plots left open. > > Homelands, take note, how to leave things in > eternal suspense. Or until series 2 kicks off anyway... http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/5605-last-tango-in-halifax-to-return-for-series-2... The modern tv mantra - if you've got a good thing going - keep it going... and going...

Merry Xmas to the religious and the atheists, the omnivores and the vegans, the union members and the union bashers, the polite and the rude, the quick to judge and the slow to speak, the tentative and the bold, the newcomers and the 'oldest members'*, the young and the more-mature, the buyers and the sellers, the funny and the frank, anyone not covered on *Bob*'s list and lastly but not leastly those who keep this forum going. *copyright P G Wodehouse

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- At least trees and the like are actually > real. Only if they make a sound when they fall and no one is around to hear them.

Apologies for the foggy metaphor Shaman but I was referring to the fondness some long-term forumites have, when they feel unsettled by parvenu posters, for relating how wonderful the forum used to be 'back then' and how sadly it has been traduced by uppity newcomers; and not to the once fecund woodland that would have covered the locale.