Gary McAllister on Radio 5 and BBC Sport

[MarkM]

For those who questioned my spelling...

"Those torches that light up the paths of death throw light for dying eyes upon the spectacle of a life's mistakes and sins; the carved stone figures express great ideas, they are symbols of a fact in human experience."

Counsin Pons by Honorde Balzac

My Cantona quote moment

[Bad English]

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Nobody questioned your spelling. Whatsoever. ;-)

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[damon loves JT]

For those who questioned my spelling...

"Those torches that light up the paths of death throw light for dying eyes upon the spectacle of a life's mistakes and sins; the carved stone figures express great ideas, they are symbols of a fact in human experience."

Counsin Pons by Honorde Balzac

My Cantona quote moment

But I prefer

Language is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will move the stars to pity

[Bad English]

Not as profound as

"Some brazen bint slid herself between the two of us us and asked her where the bogs were in the frigging house because she had to change her tampon."

Echine 1988

[Mister E]

However, I prefer "Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true." - Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses.

[mozza]

GMc  mentions players playing for their pride, the fans and the jersey etc,....

The time for talking is over and done with till the final whistle v Liverpool -

It's what the players do on the pitch wearing Villa colours -

It's what the supporters do at Villa Park and at the four remaining away fixtures
to encourage the players and management to get this club to safety -

For my sins I've experienced relegation three times following Aston Villa and
for those who aren't old enough to say you've been there and done it - a word
of advice DON'T

(footnote - mind you .....had some cracking away days in the old Third Division)

[adrenachrome]

When William Burroughs wrote that language was a virus from outer space, he wasn't kidding around.

[not3bad]

But I prefer

Language is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will move the stars to pity

Damn!  Just a few characters to long to tweet!!

[philthebar]

Nev,,,,your a twat ,,withe was a scouse !!!!!

I'd never seen a post in Javascript before

I think he should post only using 0's and 1's. We will understand more. Some thing like "00001111000011110000110111111100000000010110"

How dare you, that's 0001100111000011ing libellous

[damon loves JT]

But I prefer

Language is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will move the stars to pity

Damn!  Just a few characters to long to tweet!!

It's easily the most quotable bit of Flaubert, but weirdly, very uncharacteristic of his writing. Usually he stopped short of saying anything that explicit.