"Currants Bw..."

[Globalgunner]

In other news:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/05/miss-america-swimsuit-contest-no-longer-judge-appearances-feminism

Beauty contest that will no longer judge contestants on their beauty

"We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance. That's huge. And that means we will no longer have a swimsuit competition."

Why dont they save everyone a lot of time by asking the contestants to send in their CV`s and a picture of their pets. That would be totally non sexist.

[Letters]

“who you are as a person from the inside of your soul”.

:lol:

wtf does that even mean?!

[Letters]

Yeah, maybe. At this rate we might just end up in Devon or something <_<

(which wouldn't be that bad actually, nice down there if the weather behaves)

Close. Ended up booking something in Cornwall. Meh. Probably be quite good actually, if the weather behaves.
Some nice places in Cornwall.

[WMUG]

if the weather behaves.

:lol:

:pal:

[Letters]

:lol: Indeed.
This is the problem with holidaying in England.
I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for how beautiful parts of England are, I was down near Beachy Head recently and it was stunning, but it was a lovely day.
A grey, drizzly day and it doesn't look so great.

Meh. Hopefully get some nice days and if not we'll just go to The Eden Project and sit inside and sulk :(

[Marc Overmars]

I was in Snowdonia over the weekend, went hiking up Snowdon and it was absolutely beautiful. From the little villages to the mountain ranges, all of it is stunning.

I’ve always been a bit weird about taking a break closer to home but after this experience I’m definitely going to consider more UK based breaks.

[Letters]

Read "Notes From A Small Island" by Bill Bryson. There are loads of amazing places in the UK.
Only thing here is you can't rely on the weather but when it's nice it's stunning.
Well, not Birmingham, that's a real shithole.

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DfAIEmFW0AA3lmm.jpg

[Letters]

The Lollipop Guild :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44386487

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Read "Notes From A Small Island" by Bill Bryson. There are loads of amazing places in the UK.
Only thing here is you can't rely on the weather but when it's nice it's stunning.
Well, not Birmingham, that's a real shithole.

:gp:

And Luton.

Fuck me what a horrible place.

[Letters]

:lol: MrsL has a real thing about Luton - not sure she's ever actually been there but a colleague who comes from there confirms it's not great.
As it's you, I probably should admit that I quite like Liverpool.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

That's because it's a great place. And you can pretty much walk from one end of the city centre to the other in half an hour.

And cheers all for the suggestions on the day in London. Ended up wandering round St James's Park/Westminster/wherever I got off the tube... I'm not actually sure, going on an-actually decent river ferry cruise thing and ended up at the Tower. Was in Barcelona straight after (Iniesta's last game :bow:). That's a wonderful city, definitely going to go back there. Except for La Rambla. Holy hell. So. Many. Africans. All selling knock off Ray Bans from a rug.

[Cripps]

Yaya :bow:

[GP]

Africans :lol:

To be fair though, they sure know how to wash elephants.

[Letters]

Peter Stringfellow dead.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44394076

Without wishing to speak ill of the dead, he came across as a real prick.

[Globalgunner]

Africans :lol:

To be fair though, they sure know how to wash elephants.

and what are you good at Numbskull?

[GP]

and what are you good at Numbskull?

Trolling on the internet.

[Goonermerree]

That's because it's a great place. And you can pretty much walk from one end of the city centre to the other in half an hour.

And cheers all for the suggestions on the day in London. Ended up wandering round St James's Park/Westminster/wherever I got off the tube... I'm not actually sure, going on an-actually decent river ferry cruise thing and ended up at the Tower. Was in Barcelona straight after (Iniesta's last game :bow:). That's a wonderful city, definitely going to go back there. Except for La Rambla. Holy hell. So. Many. Africans. All selling knock off Ray Bans from a rug.
Ah, the 'Looky looky men'

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44400736

:doh:

[Globalgunner]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44400736

:doh:

Let me see. If the baby has to have a mother, maybe this persons partner can step forward. Unless he doesnt want to identify as a woman.

This stuff makes my head hurt.

[Letters]

I was watching a video about this (possibly posted on here, or just on YouTube, can't remember).
And some "right on" lady was saying "I am a woman, that is my belief system".
It's not your belief system, you silly bint, it's your chromosomes.

:doh:

[Cripps]

Has anyone been to china or japan? Places to recommend..?

[Letters]

Been to Beijing with work.
It's brilliant. Would recommend. Summer Palace, The Forbidden City and it's not far to The Great Wall.

[Cripps]

How many days do you need in beijing? Putting 1 day aside for the great wall.

[Letters]

Well...the only time I had to myself was a weekend, the rest was work. Got a feel for the place but there were things I'd liked to have seen but didn't get time to.
Maybe 4 or 5 days?
Their metro system is brilliant by the way.

[Letters]

Also:

http://newsthump.com/2018/06/11/tommy-robinson-supporter-clearly-articulates-concerns-over-his-incarceration-by-hurling-traffic-cone-at-policeman/

:lol:

[Marc Overmars]

The wife wants to visit Beijing. China has never really appealed to me though, I’d rather go to Japan.

What was the food like? Nothing like what we get here I bet. :lol:

[Letters]

The food was brilliant and actually not too dissimilar to Chinese food here.
Some places though if there aren't English translations (the level of English there is pretty poor) you have to just point at stuff and hope it's OK!
Generally is though.

Don't go to a hotpot place though. Bloody awful :sick:
One of my colleagues out there is very proud of one place and always takes people. You get a boiling pot of water with a burner under to keep it hot and they give you strips of meat which you have to pick up with chopsticks, deposit in said water for about 10 seconds so it boils (they're very thin strips and boil quickly) and then eat with various sauces. There are also vegetables and mushrooms.
Overall was very unimpressed, my ineptitude with chopsticks doesn't help, admittedly.

[Cripps]

Looking at 3 days in Beijing and around a week in Japan :popcorn:

[WMUG]

The food was brilliant and actually not too dissimilar to Chinese food here.
Some places though if there aren't English translations (the level of English there is pretty poor) you have to just point at stuff and hope it's OK!
Generally is though.

Don't go to a hotpot place though. Bloody awful :sick:
One of my colleagues out there is very proud of one place and always takes people. You get a boiling pot of water with a burner under to keep it hot and they give you strips of meat which you have to pick up with chopsticks, deposit in said water for about 10 seconds so it boils (they're very thin strips and boil quickly) and then eat with various sauces. There are also vegetables and mushrooms.
Overall was very unimpressed, my ineptitude with chopsticks doesn't help, admittedly.

Hotpot in Sichuan was brilliant, it's a shame it's not as good in Beijing. The variety of things to dip in is much bigger than what you've described, not just strips of meat, and the pot has stuff already in to give everything a base flavour.

Doesn't hurt that it's all spicy as hell, which I love.

[Letters]

The one I had was pretty bland :(
And I didn't like the sauce which was supposed to give it some flavour :sick:
Meh, each to their own. Our host loves it there.

[GP]

Chinkys :bow:

[Letters]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DqvweTYTI0

[Globalgunner]

How come we didnt have a thread for the Raccoon. After his heroics in Avengers infinity war, he did even better climbing a 23 storey building in 1 day.

Proper hero. some people cant even see 2 flights of stairs without opting for the lift.

[Letters]

Whilst the raccoon's efforts were admittedly impressive, I think "hero" is a stretch.
He didn't save a single child, the lazy bastard.

[dazthegooner]

Hiya peeps need a bit of help...
Those lovely people (I jest) on Facebook when trying to sign in got this response (Unfortunately, you won't be able to access your account while we're reviewing these additional documents. We appreciate your patience, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.) had anyone else had this as I now cannot get into fb...

[Letters]

How strange. I've never heard of that but there's some info here:

https://ccm.net/forum/affich-823627-can-t-access-facebook-we-re-reviewing-these-additional-documents

https://www.facebook.com/help/153265828135764

No idea why it would suddenly be doing that though.

[dazthegooner]

Cheers think I've looked there but will have another look otherwise will have to wait 24 hours (at least)

[Letters]

Dirty Den :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44494734

[GP]

Upskirts :bow:

[LDG]

VELVET THUNDER

[GP]

VELVET THUNDER

Holt :bow:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44575229

Jog on, mate.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Harsh on Voldemort tbf.

[Cripps]

https://youtu.be/WWPCueVgGjA

:haha: :haha:

[Goonermerree]

Actually, there are better female commentators than Vicky Sparks, I find her a bit irritating as well.

[GP]

No TV and no beer make GP... something something...

[Niall_Quinn]

Most of the players are women, so I no longer see a problem with women commentators. It's a woman's game now. Daisy belles rolling all over the place, screaming and trying to get other young lady men sent off. Embarrassing. Football has no testicles any more. Actually, I don't watch women's football, but do the girls roll around like that too, and cry? I bet they don't. Jesus. Embarrassing.

[Cripps]

:lol: suicidal NQ :bow:

[Niall_Quinn]

Maccy - NOTHING will change until Letters does the right thing.

And if you think you can block me, with all due respect, You can't. Just believe that. Tell him to do the right thing. It's that simple. And then all back to normal. No fuss. I absolutely fail to believe you think that he was in the right. BUT - I understand why you have to eat his shit. He's a total embarrassment, what can you do? I actually admire you for somehow finding a way to carry his shite. But I won't be subject to it. On principle. You get that, right? He can't prevail, not even on a little forum like this. So find a way to allow him to win, but lose, if you see what I mean. And then all will be well. Otherwise ban me forever. Because it won't end until he is forced to consider his actions. Years I have posted here. Have I ever done this before? Do you think I'm not serious? If you have to pick him over a regular poster then fine. But just do it for real. Stop fucking around.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It was my decision but fine, you say you're not willing to change, even slightly.

So goodbye.

[Marc Overmars]

NQ. :rose:

He was a good guy.

[Letters]

One of my favourite posters back in the day tbf, but he's obviously not going to back down so what are we supposed to do?

[GP]

He was a fuckin fruit loop.

He's gone nuts because a mod moved a post to a different section of the board. Mental.

[Letters]

Thread moving and editing make NQ something something.

[Marc Overmars]

Despite being a nut job I always felt there was a point he was trying to get across.

Now it just seems like he's spamming the shit out of every thread with pure bile. Shame.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I think he just needs a shag personally.

[Letters]

He's very principled and believes what I did was wrong.
And that's fine, we're not all going to agree about everything. I did it because the last few years have seen every sodding thread in Arsenal Debate infected with anti-Arsenal bile.
To an extent, as tiresome as it was, it was fair enough. We all wanted Wenger to move on and till he did what else was there to talk about?
But he's gone now so I just thought it was time to keep Arsenal Debate for thinking more positively about the future. I wasn't stopping anyone posting about Wenger but I don't think it was so unreasonable to put that in a the non-Arsenal section of the forum. No posts were edited or deleted.

If people disagree with what I did then fine but it wasn't the worst thing that's ever been done on a forum, I didn't deliberately make NQ the author of the thread, it just happened to be the first post I moved and that's how VBulliten works apparently. I also gave NQ the option to pick a different thread title to the one I chose which was admittedly provocative. He declined so when someone else suggested something I went with that.

I don't think there is any forum where you can spout this level of bile in every post - a lot of it aimed at me - and not face censure.

Not quite sure what else we're supposed to do :shrug:

[Cripps]

:lol: has he been banned?

Losing HCZ and NQ - two of the biggest posters - in a short space of time. GW :rose:

Letters you rub people up the wrong way, there's no denying that :lol: There's a common denominator in these fall outs :lol:

[Letters]

You say "these fall outs", no-one else has lost their shit at me like this. I've had my run-ins with others but nothing like this before.
HCZ left for...well, I don't know why but it was nothing to do with me.

[Cripps]

MK, SWAYR, that guy that campaigned for you to step down years ago which you did but then came back. That's just off the top of my head. Even MO is calling you out nowadays :lol:

[Letters]

So that's 3 people over the whole history of GW :lol:
SWAYR is the only one of those I even know what you're talking about. I banned him because he was a cock.

[Cripps]

As I said, I named 3 off the top of my head in around 5 seconds :lol:

You're the Diego Costa of the forum :lol: You antagonise and rub people up the wrong way right up until the line but never cross it yourself :lol:

[Letters]

And as I said, there's only one of those I even know who you're talking about and that one I didn't antagonise, he was just a WUM who was rightfully banned.

Anyway, I thought we were bffs again now ;)

[Power n Glory]

Someone explain what happened here. NQ banned for good?

[Letters]

See his post 2 pages back.
In fact, see the previous 2 pages.
I'd be very happy to have him back if he posted like he used to but he's made it clear he won't so not sure what we can do
:shrug:

[Power n Glory]

See his post 2 pages back.
In fact, see the previous 2 pages.
I'd be very happy to have him back if he posted like he used to but he's made it clear he won't so not sure what we can do
:shrug:

Did he off on one and get personal? It looks like some posts have been deleted.

Even I'll admit the cynicism was a drain. I thought it was a temporary ban.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

That was the intention but then he went off on one again. He essentially said doing that (thread bans, edited posts) is pointless as he won't post any differently.

What he posts isn't to the betterment of the forum anymore so he had to go.

[Letters]

Did he off on one and get personal? It looks like some posts have been deleted.

Even I'll admit the cynicism was a drain. I thought it was a temporary ban.

I haven't deleted any posts but I did edit that one 2 pages back. Call me a snowflake, but I'm not being called "the c word" 10 times in the same post. I've let it slide quite a few times when he's called me it recently but there are limits.
It all stems from when I moved those posts. He was getting more and more abusive to me after that, in the end I banned him for the evening to let him calm down.
Unbanned him the following morning although he didn't post for a while. When he did he would make the odd Grimes-esque comment towards me and was generally ANGRY NQ but nothing too out of character.
Yesterday every post in the match thread was full of bile, I had a private conversation with Maccy about whether we should ask him to tone it down a bit. He was asked to, refused to Maccy banned him from that thread only.
Then he posted the thing 2 pages back - as discussed, I then edited it. He's made it clear he doesn't accept what I did and won't change the way he's now posting unless I...well, I don't know what actually. Not sure what he expects me to do.
So we banned him.

He'd be welcome back if he posts like he used to, as I said he was one of my favourites (I know we're not supposed to have favourites, I love you all equally really). But he's made it clear he won't so I'm not sure what we can do :shrug:
As GP said, this is all because I moved some posts into a new thread. I've explained above why. Fine to disagree but this is all a massive over-reaction, no?

[GP]

Cunt

[Power n Glory]

I haven't deleted any posts but I did edit that one 2 pages back. Call me a snowflake, but I'm not being called "the c word" 10 times in the same post. I've let it slide quite a few times when he's called me it recently but there are limits.
It all stems from when I moved those posts. He was getting more and more abusive to me after that, in the end I banned him for the evening to let him calm down.
Unbanned him the following morning although he didn't post for a while. When he did he would make the odd Grimes-esque comment towards me and was generally ANGRY NQ but nothing too out of character.
Yesterday every post in the match thread was full of bile, I had a private conversation with Maccy about whether we should ask him to tone it down a bit. He was asked to, refused to Maccy banned him from that thread only.
Then he posted the thing 2 pages back - as discussed, I then edited it. He's made it clear he doesn't accept what I did and won't change the way he's now posting unless I...well, I don't know what actually. Not sure what he expects me to do.
So we banned him.

He'd be welcome back if he posts like he used to, as I said he was one of my favourites (I know we're not supposed to have favourites, I love you all equally really). But he's made it clear he won't so I'm not sure what we can do :shrug:
As GP said, this is all because I moved some posts into a new thread. I've explained above why. Fine to disagree but this is all a massive over-reaction, no?

Shame really. He was a good poster. Somehow politics and football started to blur the lines. Posts became more intense and extreme. Misplaced anger.

[Letters]

I should add here that Maccy edited one of my posts the other day.
(HOW DARE HE! DOESN'T HE KNOW WHO IS THE BOSS AROUND HERE?! :fury:)

Anyway... Personally, I thought it was a bit silly.
I made a joke, but he doesn't like those kinds of jokes (it was a false report about a goal being scored, I even explained in the post immediately it was a joke) so he edited the post to remove it.

Didn't agree with his decision, I still don't. But I somehow managed to get over it (TILL THIS POST. SERIOUSLY, HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED... :fury: ).
All I did was post a slightly sulky reply in the thread, I haven't spent the rest of the week calling him a c*** in every post and going all Frank Grimes on his ass.

Anyway, NQ would be welcome back here if he posts like he used to but he's made it clear he's not going to until...well, I'm not clear what actually. He says I need to do "the right thing" but I'm honestly not clear what he thinks that is. I already did what I think is the right thing, if I didn't think it was the right thing I wouldn't have done it. :blink:

[Xhaka Can’t]

So for future reference, 9 is ok but 10 times is a bannin?

In all seriousness I don’t know what is wrong with NQ, but for the guts of a month, his posting has been unacceptable.

I have no problem with a regular poster losing their shit every once in a while, but this prolonged posting style is not on.

[Cripps]

I should add here that Maccy edited one of my posts the other day.
(HOW DARE HE! DOESN'T HE KNOW WHO IS THE BOSS AROUND HERE?! :fury:)

Anyway... Personally, I thought it was a bit silly.
I made a joke, but he doesn't like those kinds of jokes (it was a false report about a goal being scored, I even explained in the post immediately it was a joke) so he edited the post to remove it.

Didn't agree with his decision, I still don't. But I somehow managed to get over it (TILL THIS POST. SERIOUSLY, HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED... :fury: ).
All I did was post a slightly sulky reply in the thread, I haven't spent the rest of the week calling him a c*** in every post and going all Frank Grimes on his ass.

Anyway, NQ would be welcome back here if he posts like he used to but he's made it clear he's not going to until...well, I'm not clear what actually. He says I need to do "the right thing" but I'm honestly not clear what he thinks that is. I already did what I think is the right thing, if I didn't think it was the right thing I wouldn't have done it. :blink:

Step down maybe? You're quite a divisive character, maybe it's time for a new era at GW :unsure:

[Cripps]

So for future reference, 9 is ok but 10 times is a bannin?

In all seriousness I don’t know what is wrong with NQ, but for the guts of a month, his posting has been unacceptable.

I have no problem with a regular poster losing their shit every once in a while, but this prolonged posting style is not on.

It can all be traced back to the moment Tommy Robinson was jailed.

[Letters]

:d


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l65rt0o8aLU

[GP]

https://i.redd.it/256v1z4ist711.jpg

[Letters]

Should I know who those people are? :unsure:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Think Nat and Georgia Simpson

[Letters]

...I get that they're brother and sister and he has his hand on her arse which is objectively weird.
But are they famous?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

They are now.

[Letters]

Prolly would, in his defence ##

[Marc Overmars]

Yes I like a bit of booty on a chick.

[Letters]

I believe Sir Mix-a-lot put it best...

[GP]

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-angry-baby-blimp-gets-green-light-to-fly-over-london-during-presidents-visit-11426665

:lol:

[Letters]

:lol: Khan :bow:

[GP]

:gp:

Best Mayor we've had since Boris

[Letters]

Oh yeah, forgot about that :sick:

[Cripps]

A muslim doing a fine job :bow:

[Letters]

I got cramp in my leg in the middle of the night :blink:
Wow, it's painful. I can't remember ever getting that before.
Could hardly walk this morning although it's starting to loosen up now. Have a bit more sympathy for footballers to get it now!

[Cripps]

I got cramp in my leg in the middle of the night :blink:
Wow, it's painful. I can't remember ever getting that before.
Could hardly walk this morning although it's starting to loosen up now. Have a bit more sympathy for footballers to get it now!

Old age :pal:

[Letters]

Pretty much :(

[Goonermerree]

I got cramp in my leg in the middle of the night :blink:
Wow, it's painful. I can't remember ever getting that before.
Could hardly walk this morning although it's starting to loosen up now. Have a bit more sympathy for footballers to get it now!

It's the heat. Are you taking in enough salt? Both my calf muscles nearly went into cramp on consecutive nights, I've been running in the heat and probably not taking in enough salt, so I increased my intake, been all right since.
Increased my run to 5 miles this morning, so I'd better make sure I have some extra salt.

[Letters]

Running :lol:

I probably don't drink enough. I don't think salt is the issue, I'd put salt on salt pie, me.

[Goonermerree]

Running :lol:

I probably don't drink enough. I don't think salt is the issue, I'd put salt on salt pie, me.

Probably just because you're an old git then.

[Letters]

Thank you all for your sympathy :(

[Marc Overmars]

This is what happens if you're old, don't do some form of moderate exercise and eat lots of cake.

[Goonermerree]

Thank you all for your sympathy :(

:haha: You're welcome.

[Letters]

But cake is really nice :(

[Goonermerree]

Let them eat cake and run.

[Cripps]

It's the heat. Are you taking in enough salt? Both my calf muscles nearly went into cramp on consecutive nights, I've been running in the heat and probably not taking in enough salt, so I increased my intake, been all right since.
Increased my run to 5 miles this morning, so I'd better make sure I have some extra salt.

:pal:

[Letters]

http://newsthump.com/2018/07/06/brexiters-unhappy-at-football-coming-home-to-england-via-schengen-area/

Brexit :lol:

[Cripps]

http://newsthump.com/2018/07/06/brexiters-unhappy-at-football-coming-home-to-england-via-schengen-area/

Brexit :lol:

What hotel did you stay at in Beijing? And do you recommend it?

[Letters]

Been there twice and stayed in two hotels

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g294212-d301762-Reviews-The_Great_Wall_Hotel-Beijing.html

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g294212-d1021813-Reviews-The_Westin_Beijing_Chaoyang-Beijing.html

Both quite nice, believe Obama stayed in the latter one time he went there.

Note they were chosen in part because they're close to our office there. Although Beijing is very big so whereever you stay you'll have to travel to get to stuff.
Their metro system is brilliant though.

[Cripps]

:good:

[GP]

What's the difference between football and Tommy Robinson?

Football's coming home.

[Letters]

:d

[GP]

Get dat fetus

Kill that fetus

[Letters]

If you fancy spending Wednesday evening being sprayed with beer by 30,000 morons then the Hyde Park screening is your friend:

https://www.bst-hydepark.com/events/detail/croatia-v-england/

Fun that shizle.

[Letters]

Also, we got this email earlier:


As you may be aware, the President of The United States is visiting the UK this week. A number of rallies have been organised and there will be disruption around this area of central London.

Must make a note to myself to remember to bring in my bottles of piss later in the week. :popcorn:

[GP]

Trump raped his daughter.

[Letters]

Bear gets hit in the nuts :haha:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wt1EnCEDpY

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Let me know if I've missed any of "Cripps" spamming.

[Marc Overmars]

I thought I had imagined those posts.

Weird.

[Letters]

I think between us we've got them all :lol:
Haven't checked everywhere though.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I thought I had imagined those posts.

Weird.

What a crap post it was to spam too.

[Letters]

He never understands (if it is THE Cripps) the difference between WUMming and BEING a WUM.
We all WUM here and there, and that's fine up to a point. But BEING a WUM. Every post being a WUM.
That's where it all gets rather tiresome...

[GP]

What did I miss?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

The same message repeated across many threads (one of the threads from years and years ago) with the same timestamp.

[Goonermerree]

I thought I was going a bit mad when I read it on the Wimbledon thread!

[GP]

What a silly sausage.

[Letters]

What a silly sausage.

Those were my exact words :lol:

[GP]

Those were my exact words :lol:

Halal sausage, obviously.

[Letters]

https://image.ibb.co/dmom6o/Halal.jpg

Peter Kaye :bow:

[Goonermerree]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44780489

Trump winding everyone up as usual. I did think it was a bit silly of Germany to close down all their energy providing plants relying largely on Russia for it.

[Letters]

Central London is going to be chaos over the next couple of days with Trump in town.
Must remember to bring in those bottles of piss I've been saving up.

[GP]

He's not even going to London :lol:

[Letters]

What? :blink:

Really? We had this email about all these protests and how it might affect us...and he's not even going to be in town? :doh:

[Globalgunner]

His big baby doppelganger is around.

[GP]

What? :blink:

Really? We had this email about all these protests and how it might affect us...and he's not even going to be in town? :doh:

He's going to Blenheim Palace, Windsor Castle, The US Ambassador's residence (by helicopter) and then off to Scotland.

He's avoiding Central London because he's a giant orange Snowflake.

[Letters]

He's going to Blenheim Palace, Windsor Castle, The US Ambassador's residence (by helicopter) and then off to Scotland.

He's avoiding Central London because he's a giant orange Snowflake.

Oh. I'll keep the bottles of piss in the fridge then :(

[Letters]

His big baby doppelganger is around.

If it's high enough I should be able to see that from here :d

[GP]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dh0_Mv6X0AUKmAF.jpg

[Goonermerree]

Trump 'We are the bestest at everything.'

[Letters]

No sign of the Trump Baby yet. Maybe that's tomorrow.

[Goonermerree]

'And don't forget, I am the bestest too, the bestest of all Presidents'

[Goonermerree]

No sign of the Trump Baby yet. Maybe that's tomorrow.

Dunno, I can see a Trump baby holding a press conference.

[Letters]

Dunno, I can see a Trump baby holding a press conference.

Literally cannot believe he is president.
I was in Washington when the "grab 'em by the pussy" story broke and I remember thinking what was it for Trump.
Over here a person caught doing that would have been deselected. They went and elected him :doh:
Not that I think Clinton was a great alternative.

[Goonermerree]

Literally cannot believe he is president.
I was in Washington when the "grab 'em by the pussy" story broke and I remember thinking what was it for Trump.
Over here a person caught doing that would have been deselected. They went and elected him :doh:
Not that I think Clinton was a great alternative.

I like the way Trump is grabbing other leaders and issues by the scruff of the neck, but he is an odious character. I'm not sure I agree with people in our country demonstrating against him though, he was fairly elected by the people in a democratic process. Plus it costs us a lot when people take to the streets.

[Letters]

People have a right to protest but I don't know what they're protesting about or trying to achieve.
That he was elected president? I'm upset too, but he is so waving placards isn't going to change that.
That he's coming to England? Well, he is the POTUS, whatever we think about that we have to engage with him.

[GP]

I like the way Trump is grabbing other leaders and issues by the scruff of the neck, but he is an odious character. I'm not sure I agree with people in our country demonstrating against him though, he was fairly elected by the people in a democratic process. Plus it costs us a lot when people take to the streets.

The right to protest is an absolute cornerstone of our democracy.

[Goonermerree]

The right to protest is an absolute cornerstone of our democracy.

Yes but in this case, what's the point? Get rid of him as President, what?

[GP]

Yes but in this case, what's the point? Get rid of him as President, what?

The fact that you don't understand the point of peaceful protest is not surprising, given your ignorance in general.

[Letters]

Calm down.

Surely the point of protest is to try and effect change, yes? What are they going to change here? Him being president? Well, he is. I don't like it, but he is.
The fact he's visiting? Well, again, he's on the plane so...
If it's just to register dissatisfaction in the fact he's been invited at all? Well, fair enough I suppose, but he's the POTUS, we can't just ignore that fact.

It does seem pretty pointless, but they have the right to do it.

[Goonermerree]

The fact that you don't understand the point of peaceful protest is not surprising, given your ignorance in general.

I've forgotten, I don't generally reply to your posts because you're an idiot!

[GP]

no u

QE2

[Marc Overmars]

Is it true Trump shagged his daughter?

[GP]

Is it true Trump shagged his daughter?

100%

[Letters]

It's 100% true that he wants to, and that's weird enough.

[GP]

Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me.

[Letters]

Right. Right...

Ordered a camera on Monday after an incident on a recent holiday involving my old camera and some sea water did not end well for the camera.
I have Amazon Prime, ordered it in the evening so figured I'd have it by Wednesday.

Wednesday I had an email saying they'd tried to deliver it but no-one was in so they'd try again the next day.
I wasn't sure anyone would be in the next day either and I really wanted it for this weekend so I asked if they could deliver it to my work address.
No, they said. No explanation, just "'puter says no" (for those of you in the UK).
So I asked if they could maybe leave it with a neighbour the following day if no-one was in. They said they would and I'd have it by the weekend. Hurrah.

Was out watching England on Wednesday when I had an email saying they'd delivered it to my neighbour Ian. I don't have a neighbour called Ian.
The tracking information says they delivered it just after 6pm. I was in just after 6pm, I didn't go out to watch the game till half past. There was no information about which house they'd left it at.

Spoke to Amazon again Thursday morning, they told me it was 3 doors down. Our neighbour, who has lived in the street 20 years, didn't know of anyone called Ian living close by, you'd think if there was someone called Ian 2 doors down from him he'd know about it, especially as he's quite a friendly chap.

Multiple attempts to retrieve the package last night, left a note which was still poking out of the door this morning. Basically, I think they're on holiday, Ian doesn't exist and the delivery bloke has just stolen the camera figuring I'd get a replacement anyway or a refund so no harm done.

Amazon have now said they can't re-order the item because it's not in stock so they'll give me a refund (their website says I can re-order it for delivery on Monday). They've offered me £10 compensation.

They can f***. Right off. Twunts.


And...breathe.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/10/281x351/49787_1.jpg

[Letters]

Is that Ian Beale? :unsure:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Is that Ian Beale? :unsure:It was meant to be. I'm not even sure now :lol:

[Cripps]

Thought I'd leave on my own terms. See ya :tiphat:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

You've been banned.

[Letters]

You've been banned.

:lol: Now what?

[GP]

:doh:

[Globalgunner]

Maccy in real life is Thanos. One snap of his fingers and.......

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I can't actually snap my fingers. :haha:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

:lol: Now what?

Spamtastic.

Even got as far as about 15 threads in Arsenal debate this time.

I think ultimately he has shown himself up to be a child.

[GP]

I did not hit her, it's not true! It's bullshit! I did not hit her! I did not!



Oh hi, Mark.

[Marc Overmars]

Met Donald Glover this morning in London, he was staying in the same hotel. His security guard was getting ready to throttle me though until he stepped in to say hello to me. What a man. :bow:

[Letters]

I wouldn't have had the balls to approach him.
Actually probably wouldn't have recognised him out of context.

[GP]

Donglover :bow:

[Globalgunner]

Childish GambiMO

[Letters]

So this one then.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44820086

She sounds like a massive attention-whore...but, the bloke was convicted so...not sure what to make of it all.

[GP]

I don't believe a word she says.

[Letters]

It's certainly suspicious that she has apparently already written a book about her "ordeal". But, as I said, the bloke was convicted which gives some credence to her story.

[GP]

Elon Musk :doh:

[Letters]

Elon Musk :doh:

Calling someone else a pedo with no basis? Yes, what kind of arse would do that?



:whistle:

[Xhaka Can’t]

Letters, you’re a pedalo!

[Xhaka Can’t]

WTF happened with Cripps this time?

[Letters]

WTF happened with Cripps this time?

He started spamming the forum during a World Cup game so he got banned.
Unbanned him the following day figuring he was just having "a moment".
He was ominously quiet for a while and then went on another spamming spree so Maccy banned him again. This time for good. :lol:
Cripps :rose:

He'll be back...

[GP]

WTF happened with Cripps this time?

Too much noncing.

[Letters]

If it's good enough for Alan... PBUH.

[Letters]

Cliff :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44871799

Not a Nonce: Official.

[GP]

Says you.

[PGFC]

Cliff :bow:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44871799

a Nonce: Official.

Surely you mis-spoke...

[Letters]

Surely you mis-spoke...

See you in court...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll move out the World Cup threads where in theory the discussion can continue later.

Will hide the forum as of tomorrow. :rose:

[Letters]

Russia 2018 :rose:

Not the highest quality but overall I enjoyed it as a tournament. England were a pleasant surprise. Didn't have the quality to ready the final and even the semi final was in part because of the draw opening up for us. Generally enjoyed our campaign though.

It's coming home! Just later than advertised.

[Globalgunner]

Im going to change my signature to "World Champion"

[LDG]

Russia 2018 :rose:

Not the highest quality but overall I enjoyed it as a tournament. England were a pleasant surprise. Didn't have the quality to ready the final and even the semi final was in part because of the draw opening up for us. Generally enjoyed our campaign though.

It's coming home! Just later than advertised.

Much like I enjoyed that amazing season in 92/93

[Letters]

Much like I enjoyed that amazing season in 92/93

I believe that was the season during which, now we had the new screens installed, my dad exclaimed during one game
"You'd think they'd show some cartoons on the screens to entertain us!"

Thoroughly enjoyable, it was. Thoroughly.

[Marc Overmars]

Went to see The Book of Mormon today. Very good. :bow:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

World Cup section has been booted. :rose:

[Letters]

Went to see The Book of Mormon today. Very good. :bow:

Hmm. Never liked South Park much so not sure about this one.
And being a regular Charlie Church it might offend my delicate sensibilities (although I'm not too precious about this sort of thing and am by no means a Mormon)

[Letters]

So...is it just going to be hot forever now? Is that England's new thing?

[Marc Overmars]

Hmm. Never liked South Park much so not sure about this one.
And being a regular Charlie Church it might offend my delicate sensibilities (although I'm not too precious about this sort of thing and am by no means a Mormon)

The chorus to one of the songs is “fuck you god”, so yeah it’s definitely going to offend some. :lol:

The story is decent though and I can see why it’s recieved such good reviews.

[GP]

So...is it just going to be hot forever now? Is that England's new thing?

It can fuck off, quite frankly.

[Letters]

The chorus to one of the songs is “fuck you god”, so yeah it’s definitely going to offend some. :lol:

The story is decent though and I can see why it’s recieved such good reviews.

I...don't think I'll take MrsL to this one :lol:

[Letters]

It can fuck off, quite frankly.

Global warming :lol:
Awlful hoax.

[LDG]

Global warming :lol:
Awlful hoax.

This is all down to the jet stream innit, and nothing to do with the effects of global warming.

[Letters]

This is all down to the jet stream innit, and nothing to do with the effects of global warming.

*Googles*

Hmm. So it is. I think just generally though we're on course for another year which will go down as one of the hottest on record.

[LDG]

*Googles*

Hmm. So it is. I think just generally though we're on course for another year which will go down as one of the hottest on record.

Last one with this level of heat was '76. I equally remember years where we have had no summer, and it pisses with rain constantly.

Every year the papers say "hottest day on record" or whatever, but that's usually sensationalism.

The earth is getting warmer, no doubt, but I reckon if you want back in time (not just the last 100 years, which is all we have record of realistically), you'd find the climate changes all the time. I bet it would have been much hotter than this many times over the last few million years.

We probably have an impact on it with all of our human fuckduggery, but I somehow think the most powerful elements which rule our climate far outweigh what we do.

[Marc Overmars]

It was snowing in March so the winters are lasting a little longer now. I wouldn’t be surprised if we still had pleasant weather come October.

[Letters]

Yeah. I was in Hyde Park last Sunday watching Paul Simon, we didn't go all day so we didn't get heat stroke and I was remembering how other summers some of the concerts have had to be cancelled because it's rained so much the whole place has been a quagmire.

Agree about the papers. "IT'S HOTTER THAN THE BAHAMAS" or "IT'S COLDER THAN ANTARCTICA" (the latter of these particularly silly when our winter = their summer).

The scientific debate about the globe getting warmer and our idiocy contributing to that seems to be pretty much over. If you go back in deep time there were periods where overall it was hotter so there are other forces at work. It's the speed of change which we seem to be contributing to and the consequences of it which mean we should do something about it though.

[GP]

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/fisherman-who-exposed-himself-in-northern-ireland-tesco-blames-language-mixup-during-sausage-theft-interview-37140818.html

[LDG]

Yeah. I was in Hyde Park last Sunday watching Paul Simon

2013 for The Stones at Hyde Park was a fucking scorcher. 34 degrees I think. I even wore shorts, which is unheard of for me.

[Letters]

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/fisherman-who-exposed-himself-in-northern-ireland-tesco-blames-language-mixup-during-sausage-theft-interview-37140818.html

I thought the language mix-up was a hilarious misunderstanding over the word 'sausage'.

[Letters]

http://newsthump.com/2018/07/24/uk-and-usa-military-combine-forces-to-destroy-the-sun/

:lol:

[GP]

Webinars

:ilt:

[Marc Overmars]

Ok, I'm done with this weather now as well. It's ventured into that horrible Dubai hairdryer style heat which you have to be a sick fuck to enjoy.

Thankfully storms are brewing.

[Letters]

At least in Dubai they're set up to deal with it, air-con everywhere. You can't go outside but inside it's fine.
Here it's horrible inside too :(

[Letters]

Rain :bow:


Still stinking hot though <_<

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45074955

Barry Chuckle
:rose:

[PGFC]

"to me...
to me...
to me...
oh.:crying:

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45157596

Not a bad way to check out, I guess.

[GP]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-woman-81-claims-benidorm-13075153

On second thought, maybe Brexit is for the best.

[Marc Overmars]

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/british-woman-81-claims-benidorm-13075153

On second thought, maybe Brexit is for the best.

:lol:

Silly old bint.

I went to Madrid recently and met some English slags on a hen do. They were so relieved to, in their own words "finally meet some English people out here". :doh:

[Globalgunner]

:lol:

Silly old bint.

I went to Madrid recently and met some English slags on a hen do. They were so relieved to, in their own words "finally meet some English people out here". :doh:

Do continue yr story MO.......

[Marc Overmars]

Happily married man I'll have you know.

:ninja:

[GP]

Smashed their back doors in :coffee:

[Letters]

Happily married man I'll have you know.

:ninja:

What happens on tour... ##

[Letters]

Aretha Franklin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45169609

:rose:

[Globalgunner]

Aretha Franklin

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45169609

:rose:

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

[Letters]

Kofi Annan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892

:rose:

[Globalgunner]

Kofi Annan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45232892

:rose:

Again RESPECT. He held possibly the most impossible job in the world at a really torrid time. He tried his best.

[SMatthews]

Two strikes in a week and I don’t think Ramsey has even had a shot on target yet.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45246009

Anyone who is upset about this needs to fuck the fuck off

[GP]

I like a jerk every now and then.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45359395

I'd be willing to lend them some money, for a very reasonable interest rate, obvs...

[Master Splinter]

Rashford sent off!

[Letters]

Average managers doing well in the World Cup. Wenger to manage a team in 2022?

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45429664

Excellent news for Indian bummers.

[GP]

Burt Reynolds is dead.

[GP]

There's a new guy in my office who, every time he logs into his computer, mutters his password to himself.

Yesterday, he had 6 packets of crisps for lunch.

[LDG]

There's a new guy in my office who, every time he logs into his computer, mutters his password to himself.

Yesterday, he had 6 packets of crisps for lunch.

When he dies from being fat, you can log in to his computer and steal his money.

[Letters]

Crisps :bow:

[GP]

When he dies from being fat, you can log in to his computer and steal his money.

That's the thing, he's about 8 stone.

He didn't want to go for after work drinks as he "wasn't thisty"

I think he's one of those lizard people.

[Letters]

Probably told this story before.
Many moons ago I had to go and do some work on a client’s computer.
This was before the days of Remote Desktop, I had to go there early one morning before he got in.
He got permission from his manager to give me his password.
He came to write it down and realised he couldn’t remember it.
Bearing in mind this was the password he used to log into his computer every day...

He decided to reboot hoping that when he saw the login screen it would inspire him. It did and he managed to log in ok.
He wrote down his password for me and...it was his surname

:doh:

So...he had his surname as his password.
And then he forgot that that was his password

:doh:

(He was a Spurs fan. Obviously...)

[Marc Overmars]

Office freaks. :lol:

We all have them. I’m pretty sure we have a serial killer in ours.

[LDG]

Crisps :bow:

Is he still banned?

[Letters]

Is he still banned?

And how :cool:

IIP :bow:

[Letters]

http://newsthump.com/2018/09/14/luftwaffe-just-wanted-to-see-st-pauls-cathedral/

:lol:

Not as good as Salisbury though, obviously.

[GP]

I think Jeff Bezos is a wanker, but I still buy tons of shit from Amazon.

Does that make me a hypocrite?

[Letters]

The thing about Amazon, right, is it's brilliant.
I mean, some of their practices are...questionable at best but they pretty much deliver stuff the next day if you have Prime and one time recently they made a mess of things they gave me a refund and a voucher as a soz.
I tried to get the item elsewhere and it was £50 more expensive so I just reordered it from them in the end.

[GP]

It is brilliant, and Prime is good value for what you get.

And they pass the slavings onto you.

[Coney]

I think Jeff Bezos is a wanker, but I still buy tons of shit from Amazon.

Does that make me a hypocrite?

I find it hard to believe that the government can't work out tax laws so that they (and others - Starbucks, Facebook, etc.) have to pay their fair share. We are missing out on bollions. How hard can it be ffs? Instead of trying to find the (estimated) £2bn that is being wrongly paid out in benefits, it would be more helpful to get the £85bn that is being evaded and avoided by scumbags not paying their fair share. Makes us all have to either pay more tax or suffer cuts. If they tax dodging was stopped, we would not need the austerity claimed as essential.

[Letters]

I hope we can find those missing bollions :(

:ninja:

[WMUG]

Probably told this story before.
Many moons ago I had to go and do some work on a client’s computer.
This was before the days of Remote Desktop, I had to go there early one morning before he got in.
He got permission from his manager to give me his password.
He came to write it down and realised he couldn’t remember it.
Bearing in mind this was the password he used to log into his computer every day...

He decided to reboot hoping that when he saw the login screen it would inspire him. It did and he managed to log in ok.
He wrote down his password for me and...it was his surname

:doh:

So...he had his surname as his password.
And then he forgot that that was his password

:doh:

(He was a Spurs fan. Obviously...)

Decent strategy for a moron.

[Letters]

Denis Norden :rose:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45569460

[Globalgunner]

These sicko crusaders wont even allow me to reminisce about my childhood in peace

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sesame-street-writer-says-bert-ernie-gay-couple-show-quickly-denies-194918716.html

Next thing they will say Cookie monster isnt real and Oscar actually hates living in a dustbin

[Letters]

He was called Oscar the Grouch, it seems pretty clear he hated living in a dustbin.

[Globalgunner]

That was a seriously well appointed Dustbin from what i could tell. It had at least 3 levels to it though you'd never guess from outside.

[GP]

Like a rubbish Tardis.

A Turdis.

[Letters]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45613563

Chas :rose:
Dave :hug:

[Coney]

I hope we can find those missing bollions :(

:ninja:

Sometimes I write complete bollions.

[GP]

Jews, am I right?