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Offline Holy Trinity

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2010, 05:04:34 PM »
Who isn't?

 second time i almost wet myself reading this thread lol ouch

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2010, 06:57:36 PM »
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Nearly a century later, Joyce’s influence still remains strong at Villa Park. According to Earwicker, his ghost has often been witnessed sitting on the top deck of a bus that passes close to the ground and shouting abuse from the terraces. Most touchingly, perhaps, many of his early, lyrical poems have formed the basis of some of the club’s most enduring supporter chants. These include the touching ‘We Love You Villa, We Do’, the rousing ‘We are the Boys from the Holte Army’ and, of course, the ever-popular ‘Shit on the City.’

How could you possibly think that's true?


Lighten up for chrissakes.

Offline willywombat

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2010, 10:25:55 PM »
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Nearly a century later, Joyce’s influence still remains strong at Villa Park. According to Earwicker, his ghost has often been witnessed sitting on the top deck of a bus that passes close to the ground and shouting abuse from the terraces. Most touchingly, perhaps, many of his early, lyrical poems have formed the basis of some of the club’s most enduring supporter chants. These include the touching ‘We Love You Villa, We Do’, the rousing ‘We are the Boys from the Holte Army’ and, of course, the ever-popular ‘Shit on the City.’

How could you possibly think that's true?


Oh dear  ::)

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2010, 11:15:50 PM »
Who is James Joyce, never heard of him before. He is not famous like William Shakespearce or Charles Dickens or Ian Fleming or J. K. Rowling

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2010, 01:17:07 PM »
That's funny, I've read Villa match reports that are just like small James Joyce sentences.

Offline KevinGage

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2010, 01:47:14 PM »
Who is James Joyce, never heard of him before. He is not famous like William Shakespearce or Charles Dickens or Ian Fleming or J. K. Rowling

Well he's not a patch on the latter two admittedly.

But then who is?

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2010, 02:30:36 PM »
Sarah Ferguson, and Budgie the Helicopter is up there with all of them.

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2010, 02:44:07 PM »
Sarah Ferguson, Andy McNab and Maeve Binchy will have their work dissected and debated for generations to come.

Great minds of our times.


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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2010, 03:00:31 PM »
"I looked at BabyG, glowing on my wrist. Facking hell! No beer for me for another six weeks. Never on a job! As I mixed chewing gum and the grease off an old Durex wrapper to make a nuclear incendiary device, I was reminded of when in the 'Regiment' (because we don't call it the SASS, remember), Wee Jockie in Boat Troop got buggered to death in Iraq by a goat. But I was soon brought back to reality as I heard Metal Mickey arriving in Trap 3. Soon he was farting for England. Fuck, I don't know how to end this."

"Examine the use of hypodiegetic narrative in McNab's "Bolt Shot""


Offline adrenachrome

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2010, 06:06:34 PM »
Who is James Joyce, never heard of him before. He is not famous like William Shakespearce or Charles Dickens or Ian Fleming or J. K. Rowling

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... if it is thus, I ask emphatically whence comes this thusness.

Offline Martyn Smith

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2010, 08:20:27 PM »
One day and a very good day it was a moo-cow was walking down the road and this moo-cow...oh shut up. Crap...

Offline willywombat

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2010, 11:12:12 PM »
"I looked at BabyG, glowing on my wrist. Facking hell! No beer for me for another six weeks. Never on a job! As I mixed chewing gum and the grease off an old Durex wrapper to make a nuclear incendiary device, I was reminded of when in the 'Regiment' (because we don't call it the SASS, remember), Wee Jockie in Boat Troop got buggered to death in Iraq by a goat. But I was soon brought back to reality as I heard Metal Mickey arriving in Trap 3. Soon he was farting for England. Fuck, I don't know how to end this."

"Examine the use of hypodiegetic narrative in McNab's "Bolt Shot""

I was getting really engrossed in that, proper exciting!!



Offline Irish villain

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2010, 08:49:27 AM »
I've read Dubliners and struggled through sections of Ulysses...Ulysses is almost impossible to get through.

Offline peter w

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2010, 08:50:55 AM »
Isn't that the city of Gold?

Offline darren woolley

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Re: James Joyce Villa Fan
« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2010, 08:18:20 PM »
I must admit i had never heard of James Joyce before i read that article now i might have to go out and get one of his books to read out of curiosity.

 


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