david_carnell

Is there a fantasy rugby thread? Where? Sounds good.

Bell's gone. 73-3. Save us KP. Save us!

Aye, but the back-pass to the keeper was "good sensible play" too and that got outlawed for making the final ten mins of games dull - I think the whole dribble-into-the-corner-and-stay-there tactic should be given the same treatment....or we allow Boris style tackles!

Amen

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jose Bosingwa will not face any action for > stamping on the back of Yossi Benayoun in the same > match. > > The Portuguese was not punished at the time and > because the assistant referee admitted seeing it, > the Football Association cannot review the > incident. > > Stupid rule! > > Glad Lampard's card was recinded, but the above > rule is rubbish! If the assistant ref admits to > seeing it, and video shows that it is clearly an > offence, then the player and the assistant should > be punished! Although I agree Keef, who, when watching an opponent time wasting by dribbling into the corner flag and trying to sheild the ball, hasn't wanted to just slide tackle the cheating bastard into the hoardings?! The lad Bosingwa just gave him a friendly nudge. This is the way to do it:

Hot snow-lady! She's 6ft tall too!

A snow-woman! Yeah. Took me a couple of hours, mind you.

He started from the back row or pit lane?

Keef wins (just) with the final three of hit-wicket, timed-out and hitting the ball twice. Well done. You're up.

DaveR - Caught&Bowled only counts as caught I'm afraid. Sorry. So, you've got 7 by my count. Three to get.

Without looking it up, name the 10 methods of dismissal possible in cricket....

Best Law Aston Charlton Kidd Edit....I've added Aston for A....is that right? Bloody Man Utd.....I shouldn't know these things really but "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" and all that.

That'll be Paul Sackey - it was in my Sunday paper too and put me off my sausage sarnie.

MamoraMan - I do not agree that your example of the NHS IT system is evidence of the inefficiencies of a nationalised health care system. If anything it is yet another example of the complete inability of the private sector (who have been contracted to install and run the system) to complete such projects on time and on budget. Fujitsu and Accenture have been responsible for cost over-runs and time delays and yet these are the same private companies that you would happily hand over our health service to. And I'm also in agreement with SeanMcG (unsurprisingly) in his astute assessment of the benefits of a maximum working week. Whilst sacrificing some productivity the resultant social benefits are equally cost saving. Without sounding mawkish, families able to sit together of an evening an be "a family" because Mum and Dad haven't passed out from working a 60 hour week; parents with time and energy to cook fresh meals for their children rather than merely order take-aways; and the health benefits this ensures - these are just two examples of the many benefits. Travailler moins, produire plus.

Atila Reincarnate? With Henry and Bergkamp in your list? AtilatheGooner....is that you?

I'd pick between two if that's OK Steve? First, some British grit - the classic Landrover: http://www.carpages.co.uk/land_rover/land_rover_images/land_rover_series_1_30_06_05.jpg It's the ultimate do anything, go anywhere vehicle. It went, and still goes, to war. It farms, it carries and it never, ever breaks. Ever. I don't specify which Landy (although the picture is a mk1) but the early ones have a rugged beauty that the modern ones don't). Second, some Gallic flair - the beautiful and ingenious Citroen DS: http://filmforno.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/71665.jpg Unique in design, futuristic even at 50 years old, capable of driving on only three wheels, used by French Presidents. A car with character. And I want one. Badly.

That's Gallic not Gaelic, my Irish friend.

An excellent article from today's Guardian, that is close to my own beliefs on these matters and more eloquent than I could be. How Britain Lost Its Way All of a sudden the "flawed" Gallic model looks oh-so appealing.

Rhinestone Cowboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This looks pretty good > > out in March. > > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4ImnSx1HPIw In case anyone hasn't looked this is the trailer for the Damned United - the tale of Brian Clough's 44 days in charge of the greatest football club in the world, Leeds United. And I can't bloody wait to see it. I'm too young to have a genuine dislike for the man when he was at Leeds and so can sit back and enjoy it for a piece of nostalgia. And Colm Meaney as Don Revie.....heh.

Gilles Villenueve John Charles Daley Thompson Diego Maradonna Martin Johnson

Pikeys. Brundle = tit.

Why did he wear Schui's helmet?

The on-off-on again-off again fight between Ricky Hatton and the Pac-Man is back on again and this time looks like it's certain. May 2nd Las Vegas A real shame as an open air fight at the City of Manchester stadium in fornt of 50-60000 would have been amazing. But the casinos pay the big bucks. And money talks. Plus it'll be at some stupid hour of the morning for us UK based fans. Should be a humdinger though. I can't imagine either fighter taking a backwards step. Pac-man fights like a Mexican, so does Hatton and he has a good record against this sort of fighter plus Hatton'll have the size and power advantage with Manny perhaps a bit quicker. If only the Bank of Carnell stretched to plane tickets/fight tickets/hotel bookings/black jack losses then I'd be out there like a shot.

I'd say you were a bloody obsessive if you knew that without looking it up. Congrats though. Your shout for the next question.

The footie focus thread is playing silly buggers again.