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  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Pulpstar said:

    Starter for ten:

    Famed for a daring raid in World War 2, Guy Penrose Gibson had a pet dog. What was it's colour ?

    Dunno. I've only seen it in that Black and White film...
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    "Opinium figures in the Observer are CON 30%(nc), LAB 36%(-1), LDEM 8%(nc), UKIP 17%(nc)"

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/8596

    Yes, it was linked earlier as a "polling blow for Labour"....though they are all polling blows at the moment, no matter the result.
  • CD13CD13 Posts: 6,366
    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    RodCrosby said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Starter for ten:

    Famed for a daring raid in World War 2, Guy Penrose Gibson had a pet dog. What was it's colour ?

    Dunno. I've only seen it in that Black and White film...
    LOL!!!!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411

    "Opinium figures in the Observer are CON 30%(nc), LAB 36%(-1), LDEM 8%(nc), UKIP 17%(nc)"

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/8596

    Yes, it was linked earlier as a "polling blow for Labour"....though they are all polling blows at the moment, no matter the result.
    Labour 36% ? Distinctly thought I saw Labour 35% earlier.

    36% is pretty good for Labour, 35 less so.
  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815
    Sean_F said:

    JackW said:

    AveryLP said:

    In a rare moment of agreement with Compouter, I can also see that the word is offensive to some people.

    It is a word that belongs in the past even when it is not intended to cause offence..



    MikeK said:


    Who on PB found the word "golliwog"offensive? Who complained? This is utter PC rubbish. And even JackW is appalled at such censorship, so it must be the most complete nonsense ever perpetrated by the moderator.
    I can see why some people may find it offensive, so fully understand the reason behind PB Mods rule.
    Dr Sox

    The word was used strictly in the context of a discussion on Robertson's historic use of a mascot to promote its 'Golden Shred' brand of Marmalade.

    Insofar as a secondary meaning was implied it was clear criticism of party political policies which many perceive to be associated with closet racism.

    But rules are rules. Ours but to do and die.

    ...................................................

    Some "rules" or rulings need to overturned and quickly before this farce brings the site into disrepute.

    We all make mistakes but the moderator has blundered badly and Mike needs to rectify the matter urgently.

    Yes. Using a word to offend other users of the site is unacceptable.

    Using a factual term should not be.



    I'm impressed.

    A fine legal mind at work.

  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815
    edited January 2014

    "Opinium figures in the Observer are CON 30%(nc), LAB 36%(-1), LDEM 8%(nc), UKIP 17%(nc)"

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/8596

    Yes, it was linked earlier as a "polling blow for Labour"....though they are all polling blows at the moment, no matter the result.
    Labour are blowing polls, compouter.

    You are Dr. Spooner and I claim my one pound annual Labour membership fee.

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    I'd be worried if the English cricket team weren't receiving abuse down under tbh.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    RodCrosby said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Starter for ten:

    Famed for a daring raid in World War 2, Guy Penrose Gibson had a pet dog. What was it's colour ?

    Dunno. I've only seen it in that Black and White film...
    Good one there RodCrosby. :D
  • GeoffMGeoffM Posts: 6,071
    RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    Also there's no money to be made in a white person crying "racism".
    The legal system and professional grief-whores have a lot to answer for.

  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Pulpstar said:

    "Opinium figures in the Observer are CON 30%(nc), LAB 36%(-1), LDEM 8%(nc), UKIP 17%(nc)"

    http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/8596

    Yes, it was linked earlier as a "polling blow for Labour"....though they are all polling blows at the moment, no matter the result.
    Labour 36% ? Distinctly thought I saw Labour 35% earlier.

    36% is pretty good for Labour, 35 less so.
    On here, any percentage for Labour is spinned as a disaster.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Mail carrying story that Pietersen won't be playing for England again, unless there is a new captain. See front/back pages from Nick Sutton
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    ...... and as ever, it ends up with this statement.
  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053
    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    According to the Daily Express it is our wettest ever winter.

    Is that factually accurate ?
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    Amazing really, how a banning of a single word on a website can bring out someones inner Nick Griffin.
  • GeoffMGeoffM Posts: 6,071
    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    It's not just Tory MPs who want to know what Mr Cameron's reformed EU looks like:

    "The confusion also seems to have caused some consternation in the chancelleries of Europe. Mr Cameron made a great noise about renegotiation and now he cannot tell other member states what such a process might involve if he wins the election. The EU finds itself threatened with the possibility of British withdrawal in three years’ time, without being told what would avert it."

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100255455/leadership-hopeful-osborne-gave-tories-the-meat-on-the-eu-theyve-waited-months-to-hear-from-cameron/
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014
    Pulpstar said:

    According to the Daily Express it is our wettest ever winter.

    Is that factually accurate ?

    It wasn't that long ago it was going to be months of snow according to The Express.
  • GeoffMGeoffM Posts: 6,071
    Pulpstar said:

    According to the Daily Express it is our wettest ever winter.

    Is that factually accurate ?

    Does it matter? Some watermelon lunatic will be along soon enough to remind us that Global Warming is the cause of:

    * All wet weather
    * All dry weather
    * All weather in between

    and we have to give him money to do Something or else we're all Doomed (tm)

  • GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

  • FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    The mask has well and truly slipped tonight
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
  • GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
    Excellent.

    Kill the argument, perfect.
  • FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    If UKIP voters wrote a British constitution they'd put in the right to use racist language but forget to specify who the legislature should be
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
    Excellent.

    Kill the argument, perfect.
    There is no argument. The rules have been stated numerous times tonight. Either observe them or your post gets pulled. Coming back on and complaining about posts being pulled after being told the rules is acting like a big tart. If you are that upset about the rules, there is a whole internet out there.
  • GeoffMGeoffM Posts: 6,071

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
    Excellent.

    Kill the argument, perfect.
    Indeed. That's what the Left do when they need to close down an argument.
    First play the man, not the ball and then play the Race Card.
    And in this case as a bonus they get to hide behind an absent Mike.
    At this point it's worth just walking away whilst they circle-jerk themselves into a frenzy. Off to play on twitter for a bit.

  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    "That's what the Left do when they need to close down an argument" - What, ask you to abide by the rules?

    Hope you enjoy twitter.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    @GeoffM Whats your twitter nick ?
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014
    Pulpstar said:

    @GeoffM Whats your twitter nick ?

    @OffIflouncefromPBGeoffM
  • GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
    Excellent.

    Kill the argument, perfect.
    There is no argument. The rules have been stated numerous times tonight. Either observe them or your post gets pulled. Coming back on and complaining about posts being pulled after being told the rules is acting like a big tart. If you are that upset about the rules, there is a whole internet out there.
    Of course there is no argument, Socialists say so.

    Ever wondered why UKIP are doing well, and not just nicking the Tory vote but the blue collar vote as well?
  • RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    Amazing really, how a banning of a single word on a website can bring out someones inner Nick Griffin.
    So you are claiming that JackW is a closet BNP fan? Amazing really how any argument on freedom of expression inevitably ends up with some thick, pig ignorant lefty comparing half the posters to racists.
  • Freggles said:

    The mask has well and truly slipped tonight

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    You have put it quite politely, I was about to post if you do not like it, there is no requirement for you to post on this site or read it.Or as my father once said "if you don't like it....F Off."
    Excellent.

    Kill the argument, perfect.
    There is no argument. The rules have been stated numerous times tonight. Either observe them or your post gets pulled. Coming back on and complaining about posts being pulled after being told the rules is acting like a big tart. If you are that upset about the rules, there is a whole internet out there.
    So why are they pulling posts which do not use the offensive word? Is even criticism banned now?

    I find you deeply offensive but I honestly don't want to get you banned.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    RodCrosby said:

    CD13 said:

    An interesting discussion.

    I remember John Snow in the 1960s, an English fast bowler who was one of the first to sport a perm. In Australia, he was barracked by the crowd with "Get back on the jam jar, Snowy!"

    He was white, but was he being racially abused?

    You can't racially abuse a white man. We don't have such an inferiority complex...
    Amazing really, how a banning of a single word on a website can bring out someones inner Nick Griffin.
    So you are claiming that JackW is a closet BNP fan? Amazing really how any argument on freedom of expression inevitably ends up with some thick, pig ignorant lefty comparing half the posters to racists.
    It would actually help your point if you traced back who's quote I was responding to before attacking me, eh.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @StevenGeorgia: Labour MPs call for @edballsmp to be axed claiming he has 'lost his mojo' in tomorrow's Mail on Sunday http://t.co/vgKTceKNlk #PaulFlowers
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Scott_P said:

    @StevenGeorgia: Labour MPs call for @edballsmp to be axed claiming he has 'lost his mojo' in tomorrow's Mail on Sunday http://t.co/vgKTceKNlk #PaulFlowers

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @JohnRentoul: Looks as if @OpiniumResearch has Cam/Osbo preferred to EdsM&B on the econ by 33% to 18% http://t.co/Smh0c6vnW9
  • FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    Compouter, what happened to your old account?
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Freggles said:

    Compouter, what happened to your old account?

    I have two accounts, one on one computer and one on the other. Also, I need two to hold both of Avery LP's polling crossover goalposts.
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    edited January 2014
    Sky: Mother arrested and charged in Edinburgh...
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Scott_P said:

    @JohnRentoul: Looks as if @OpiniumResearch has Cam/Osbo preferred to EdsM&B on the econ by 33% to 18% http://t.co/Smh0c6vnW9

    That is such a shock I have just dropped my marmalade.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    The same has been going on in plenty of grounds in the PL (with exception of the away end obvioulsy). If your postcode isn't local, they refuse you a ticket.
  • Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    The same has been going on in plenty of grounds in the PL (with exception of the away end obvioulsy). If your postcode isn't local, they refuse you a ticket.
    How does that work at Man Utd?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
  • MikeSmithsonMikeSmithson Posts: 7,382
    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453


    How does that work at Man Utd?

    The ground isn't in Manchester
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    The same has been going on in plenty of grounds in the PL (with exception of the away end obvioulsy). If your postcode isn't local, they refuse you a ticket.
    How does that work at Man Utd?
    Obviously not there, but I know of at least six teams who are/have been in the PL and have used this policy. I would also add all of these teams do not/did not sell out their home games either.
  • I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
  • Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    The same has been going on in plenty of grounds in the PL (with exception of the away end obvioulsy). If your postcode isn't local, they refuse you a ticket.
    How does that work at Man Utd?
    Obviously not there, but I know of at least six teams who are/have been in the PL and have used this policy. I would also add all of these teams do not/did not sell out their home games either.
    Name them so I can check you are not talking bollocks.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    Golly gosh !
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    The same has been going on in plenty of grounds in the PL (with exception of the away end obvioulsy). If your postcode isn't local, they refuse you a ticket.
    How does that work at Man Utd?
    Obviously not there, but I know of at least six teams who are/have been in the PL and have used this policy. I would also add all of these teams do not/did not sell out their home games either.
    Name them so I can check you are not talking bollocks.
    What would I talk bollocks for about teams who do not give tickets to people who apply to them from not near their ground?

    Before anyone asks, I now do not live near the place where the team I follow is from, so it is not as if they knew I was following the away team. In fact with three of the teams I live nearer to their ground now than I do to the team I support.

  • SocratesSocrates Posts: 10,322
    The BBC on tomorrow's papers once again have two guests on agreeing that Conservative policies are just "dog whistles" and "pandering". When have they ever had two guests gang up against Labour from the right?
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    Christ on a bike!!!

    Does that make him a spokesman?

    Or a salesman peddling his wares?
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Tim_B said:


    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    After another season ends before January, I wouldn't admit to it either...
  • TomTom Posts: 273
    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Pulpstar said:

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    Golly gosh !
    The alternative was Jesus Wept!
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:


    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    After another season ends before January, I wouldn't admit to it either...
    I am told - by a fan obviously - that Dallas is just an owner away from a Superbowl.
  • Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    Careful. An admission like that could get you banned.
  • SocratesSocrates Posts: 10,322
    Freggles said:

    GeoffM said:

    MikeK said:

    Begorrer! And other Irish words. I've had a post dissolved - the colour must have leached out.

    I've lost a good half a dozen tonight in quick succession, but the deep stain of thought-control and lefty dogma it's revealed won't wash out with the next drop of rain.

    Seriously, what's the issue? It's Mike's manor, so its Mike's rules. He's asked that certain words aren't used. Why not just accept it and move on?
    You're embarrassing yourself, and making the site look juvenile.

    If UKIP voters wrote a British constitution they'd put in the right to use racist language but forget to specify who the legislature should be
    Surely that'd be Labour. They're the ones who have senior figures in good standard believing certain races "like to play divide and rule".
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    Tom said:

    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.

    It's probably worth pointing out that there is no concept of 'the away end' in American professional sports. No attempt is made to separate fans of opposing teams at venues. I've usually sat next to fans of the opposing team at baseball, football and hockey games.

    College sports is different, because of the block ticket allocations.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    edited January 2014
    Tom said:

    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.

    Tom - I was actually told by one of the teams that they only sell to postcodes in a specific area when I rang up and asked where my tickets were. I eventually got a friend who lived within minutes of the ground to get me a couple. The ground was about 8,000 short of capacity. They are currently in the top half of the Championship, which is a shame as it was one of the best away grounds to go to. They gave a large pub to the away fans which was about 200 yards from the ground (those who go to away games in the PL will most probably know where I am talking about).
  • I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    I am a Christian and have to say I find that remark highly offensive.
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669

    Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    Careful. An admission like that could get you banned.
    Living where I do, I'm probably more sensitive to the use of the word in question than even Mike is. I'm on his side on this one.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    I am a Christian and have to say I find that remark highly offensive.
    So am I, however, neither me or thee are OGH, and unless he finds it unacceptable or it breaks the site rules, I will continue to use it.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    As a Christian myself, I must point out that our Lord is omnipresent, and therefore on a bike amongst many other places.

    He is also quite used to being mocked!

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    I am a Christian and have to say I find that remark highly offensive.
  • SocratesSocrates Posts: 10,322
    I know we're not allowed to talk about moderation, but are we allowed to talk about the rule that we're not allowed to talk about moderation? I have an opinion about it, but wouldn't want to accidentally breach the wise and benevolent rules that have been kindly bestowed upon us.
  • Tom said:

    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.

    Tom - I was actually told by one of the teams that they only sell to postcodes in a specific area when I rang up and asked where my tickets were. I eventually got a friend who lived within minutes of the ground to get me a couple. The ground was about 8,000 short of capacity. They are currently in the top half of the Championship, which is a shame as it was one of the best away grounds to go to. They gave a large pub to the away fans which was about 200 yards from the ground (those who go to away games in the PL will most probably know where I am talking about).

    Tom said:

    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.

    Tom - I was actually told by one of the teams that they only sell to postcodes in a specific area when I rang up and asked where my tickets were. I eventually got a friend who lived within minutes of the ground to get me a couple. The ground was about 8,000 short of capacity. They are currently in the top half of the Championship, which is a shame as it was one of the best away grounds to go to. They gave a large pub to the away fans which was about 200 yards from the ground (those who go to away games in the PL will most probably know where I am talking about).
    In the Upper West Stand at Chelsea they refuse to sell tickets to anyone from the UK as it is reserved for tourists only.

    At least it seems that way if you ever sit there.
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669

    I've been warching 2 hours of the Bridge and am only just catching up with the site.

    If people seek to use what I regard as offensive terms then they will get posts deleted and, if they persist, find themselves not wanted here.

    If you want to moan about it go some place else.

    Do I make myself clear

    Yes.

    Here are the latest results:

    Hacked Off 1 Freedom of Speech 0

    Common Purpose 1 Common Sense 0
    Christ on a bike!!!
    I am a Christian and have to say I find that remark highly offensive.
    I am too, and oddly enough I don't.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Tim_B said:


    I am told - by a fan obviously - that Dallas is just an owner away from a Superbowl.

    Yeah, cos Jerry hasn't wasted NEARLY enough money so far...
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    edited January 2014
    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:


    I am told - by a fan obviously - that Dallas is just an owner away from a Superbowl.

    Yeah, cos Jerry hasn't wasted NEARLY enough money so far...
    You'll have to define 'wasted'. The Cowboys are hugely profitable, and the world's most valuable sports franchise.

    - at least, that's what a fan tells me.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Pulpstar said:

    nigel4england into the sinbin !

    Say Hi to James Kelly for me there.

    OGH - There is the line now don't cross it

    Nigel - Takes a huge run up and catapults himself over it

    Cue my maker on the bike.
  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    I had some little Robinson statuettes, dressed for football.

  • TomTom Posts: 273
    Was grateful for ipswich's rule as it saved me from seeing a 5-1 drubbing. Funnily enough I've seen punch ups at 2 of the three baseball games I've been to although the phillies and Yankees were the visiting teams who I understand are among the more obnoxious baseball fans.

    Oh for the anonymity of the terraces when you were allowed the englishmen's right to tell Cyril Regis he looked like Barnes Wallace's dog before Doreen Lawrence introduced all seater stadia
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371

    Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    I had some little Robinson statuettes, dressed for football.

    If they are the original ones from years ago they could be worth a few bob.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Tim_B said:

    the world's most valuable sports franchise.

    The most expensive team not to make it to the playoffs. Again.

    More investment required.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,963
    edited January 2014
    YouGov/The Sunday Times

    Con 33

    Lab 39

    LD 8

    UKIP 13

    Clegg ranks lowest of the three party leaders with an approval rate of -51. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is on -35 and David Cameron on -15.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Tom said:

    Was grateful for ipswich's rule as it saved me from seeing a 5-1 drubbing. Funnily enough I've seen punch ups at 2 of the three baseball games I've been to although the phillies and Yankees were the visiting teams who I understand are among the more obnoxious baseball fans.

    Oh for the anonymity of the terraces when you were allowed the englishmen's right to tell Cyril Regis he looked like Barnes Wallace's dog before Doreen Lawrence introduced all seater stadia

    There is nothing worse than being an away fan in the home end and having to stand up and clap a home goal because the stewards are staring in the stands to see if anyone didn't celebrate. I have been many an away game and seen people sniffed out by that and evicted from the ground.
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669

    Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    I had some little Robinson statuettes, dressed for football.

    I had those plus instrument players - banjo, saxophone etc.
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371

    A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times has the Lib Dems on just 8%, five points behind UKIP. Labour is on 39% and the Tories on 33%.

    Clegg ranks lowest of the three party leaders with an approval rate of -51. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is on -35 and David Cameron on -15.

    ......and on it rolls.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411

    A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times has the Lib Dems on just 8%, five points behind UKIP. Labour is on 39% and the Tories on 33%.

    Clegg ranks lowest of the three party leaders with an approval rate of -51. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is on -35 and David Cameron on -15.

    Taxi for Clegg !
  • Tim_BTim_B Posts: 7,669
    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    the world's most valuable sports franchise.

    The most expensive team not to make it to the playoffs. Again.

    More investment required.
    It is true that America's Team is the ultimate .500 team: 136-136 since 1997.

    If I was a fan I'd be depressed, but as I'm not :-)
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411

    A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times has the Lib Dems on just 8%, five points behind UKIP. Labour is on 39% and the Tories on 33%.

    Clegg ranks lowest of the three party leaders with an approval rate of -51. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is on -35 and David Cameron on -15.

    ......and on it rolls.
    Fetch the goalposts.
  • MonikerDiCanioMonikerDiCanio Posts: 5,792
    edited January 2014
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    It definitely worse when you leap up and cheer an away goal instinctively, then catch the faces of the home fans around you!

    Could I take this opportunity to point out Leicester City are top of the league?

    Tom said:

    Was grateful for ipswich's rule as it saved me from seeing a 5-1 drubbing. Funnily enough I've seen punch ups at 2 of the three baseball games I've been to although the phillies and Yankees were the visiting teams who I understand are among the more obnoxious baseball fans.

    Oh for the anonymity of the terraces when you were allowed the englishmen's right to tell Cyril Regis he looked like Barnes Wallace's dog before Doreen Lawrence introduced all seater stadia

    There is nothing worse than being an away fan in the home end and having to stand up and clap a home goal because the stewards are staring in the stands to see if anyone didn't celebrate. I have been many an away game and seen people sniffed out by that and evicted from the ground.
  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746

    Tim_B said:

    Scott_P said:

    Tim_B said:

    An interesting way to keep home field advantage.

    If you want to buy a ticket for tomorrow's game in Seattle between the Seahawks and the 49ers, you can't buy any if you have a California address on your credit card.

    Ditto the game in Denver between the Broncos and the Patriots. If you have a New England address, they won't sell you any tickets.

    Pretend you're a Dallas fan from Georgia...

    Oh, sorry.
    You know perfectly well - I am not a fan!!!!!

    Speaking of Robertson's marmalade - I used to have dozens of those character badges as a kid!
    I had some little Robinson statuettes, dressed for football.

    If they are the original ones from years ago they could be worth a few bob.
    Poo. I've got no idea where they are now.

  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    Some belgian pol, angling for the EU President gig, put Mr Farage into his vote-for-me-video.

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100255166/is-this-the-worst-campaign-video-ever-made/
  • TomTom Posts: 273
    My one remaining good football bet this year is Leicester to win the championship. Big underperformance last couple of years given the team and they have a decent manager. Not there yet but late winners in tricky away games is the stuff of promotion.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    Great picture of Farage, had someone spilled his pint?
  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371
    Pulpstar said:

    A YouGov poll for The Sunday Times has the Lib Dems on just 8%, five points behind UKIP. Labour is on 39% and the Tories on 33%.

    Clegg ranks lowest of the three party leaders with an approval rate of -51. Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is on -35 and David Cameron on -15.

    ......and on it rolls.
    Fetch the goalposts.
    Don't need to fetch them, I am still bloody carrying them, awaiting for a time in the future I can plonk them down. I know I will end up picking them up again, looking helplessly for somewhere else to place them, but at least it would give my back a rest for a few months.
  • AveryLPAveryLP Posts: 7,815

    Great picture of Farage, had someone spilled his pint?

    It is a pity that the picture has been cropped.

    I would have liked to discover the disposition of his left hand.

    I have my soubry suspicions.

  • compouter2compouter2 Posts: 2,371

    It definitely worse when you leap up and cheer an away goal instinctively, then catch the faces of the home fans around you!

    Could I take this opportunity to point out Leicester City are top of the league?


    Tom said:

    Was grateful for ipswich's rule as it saved me from seeing a 5-1 drubbing. Funnily enough I've seen punch ups at 2 of the three baseball games I've been to although the phillies and Yankees were the visiting teams who I understand are among the more obnoxious baseball fans.

    Oh for the anonymity of the terraces when you were allowed the englishmen's right to tell Cyril Regis he looked like Barnes Wallace's dog before Doreen Lawrence introduced all seater stadia

    There is nothing worse than being an away fan in the home end and having to stand up and clap a home goal because the stewards are staring in the stands to see if anyone didn't celebrate. I have been many an away game and seen people sniffed out by that and evicted from the ground.
    I have come accustomed to the stay seated if you score /stand and clap if they score routine. In fact the only time I have ever jumped up when we scored was a Leeds away game. The police came running up the stands to see who had jumped up and no one grassed me up. They must have felt sorry for me or thought I was a bit deranged.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    Only football that needs fans seperating !
  • Tom said:

    Many clubs won't sell tickets to someone with no booking history who is not local for a game when the away end is sold out. Crystal palace, Southampton and Ipswich in the last couple of years against west ham.

    Don't Fulham FC have a "neutral stand" ?

  • MikeKMikeK Posts: 9,053

    Great picture of Farage, had someone spilled his pint?

    Well the guardian would pick a photo of Farage in the worst possible light, wouldn't they?
  • From the Sunday Times

    UP TO 450,000 Poles are being mobilised by pro-EU campaigners to vote in Britain’s European elections after David Cameron’s call for a crackdown on their benefits.

    Campaigners are also playing on migrants’ fears over the Conservative promise of a referendum on European Union membership by 2017. They are sending letters to Polish migrants stating: “This may be your last chance to vote in Britain” and “Your future and that of your family, community and friends may depend on it.”


    Others such as the Italians, French, Germans etc are being targeted by pro-EU activists in the hope their support will help defeat UKIP and Eurosceptic Tory candidates in the May election. In all, they account for 2.6m migrants in Britain.
  • Some belgian pol, angling for the EU President gig, put Mr Farage into his vote-for-me-video.

    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100255166/is-this-the-worst-campaign-video-ever-made/
    Dear God.
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