Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: brian green on May 03, 2015, 02:26:58 PM
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Once upon a time a very rich man, who had lots of other things, decided to buy a goose. He bought a very fine goose that had laid lots of eggs in the past and was well disposed and did not peck people very much.
The rich man engaged a reputable gooseherd and on his advice built the goose a new shed, dug her a pond and fed her the very best and most expensive food. The goose laid well and the owner was pleased with his investment.
But one day the gooseherd went mad and ran away. The owner was very displeased and engaged a French gooseherd of world renown for his production of foie gras. However, that gooseherd fell sick and the goose stopped laying so the owner took on not one but two Scottish gooseherds but the goose hated them both and refused to lay any eggs at all. The owner grew very angry and told a servant to take the goose to market and sell it. Very soon a merry young varlet from Hertfordshire came strolling to the goose pen. He looked at the sad goose and said "I know why you are afraid but Mr Fox is a friend of mine and I promise he will not eat you. He is young and only likes junk food."
Once the goose stopped being afraid she started to lay lots of eggs again and the rich man took the strolling varlet on as a temporary gooseherd.
One day the varlet took the owner an egg the goose had laid on a trip to London town which had the sheen of purest gold. The rich man looked at the golden shining egg and told the varlet to put the goose in a cage to be taken to some Chinese gentlemen in the market and bring back the small amount of money they would hand over to him.
The End.
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This is an analogy of some kind isn't it?
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This is an analogy of some kind isn't it?
Yeah!! - an analogy for smoking too many funny fags.
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Besides, Chinky/yank/ruskies/outer-monfucking-golians for all i care, as long as they have the cash and the clubs interests at heart
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Pass the Dutchie, man
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Well I liked it.
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I never knew the Chinese liked goose. Duck, yes but goose?
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Well I liked it.
So did I.
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Well I liked it.
I didn't.
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
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The King Brothers...Wan and Fu.
*sorry*
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This is what happens when you start drinking too early at the weekend.
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Delph is the goose and he's going to be sold to Carson Yeung?
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I agree. the very first thing I do after a sherbet or two is dash off a few football themed parables whilst channelling my inner Hans Christian Andersen.
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a fine allegory Brian, the children really should take more notice..
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I like the description of Sherwood as a strolling varlet.
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I like the description of Sherwood as a strolling varlet.
Yes, that was good. Also it rhymes with "harlot" which reminded me of a wholesome Hertfordshire harlot from Welwyn Garden City that I once met in the Lanes of Brighton. Or should I say, she once met me.
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Besides, Chinky/yank/ruskies/outer-monfucking-golians for all i care, as long as they have the cash and the clubs interests at heart
Ya darf racist
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-takeover-chinese-consortium-5555974
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-takeover-chinese-consortium-5555974
Lets hope this has a happier ending than the last proposed Chinese takeover of a Birmingham institution.
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
I know some Chinese businessmen, Mr pang and Mr Wang. Never mentioned football to me.
I'd count them out.
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Where was Ashley Young in all of this?
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This is like one of those French films where a compelling story is dashed on the rocks of a weak denouement that poses more questions than answers and there's no chance of a sequel though there may well be terrible Holywood remake.
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No, i reckon it'll end with a black and white shot of grass overhanging the edge of a beach with a backdrop of cliffs. And a fraying black and white photo is left in the foreground of a man holding someone's hand.
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This is like one of those French films where a compelling story is dashed on the rocks of a weak denouement that poses more questions than answers and there's no chance of a sequel though there may well be terrible Holywood remake.
I think this is the remake.
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-takeover-chinese-consortium-5555974
I stopped reading as soon as I saw "also interested in West Brom".
That's like going out to buy a car and saying I'll go to the Jaguar dealership because they've really turned things around and started producing some attractive models, but I'll pop into the Dacia dealership on the way home. Well it's a car so it must be sort of the same. Not so classy, but it doesn't hide what it is,
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But hasn't The Goose just lost his place in the team?
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Does anybody know who these potential Chinese owners are that Brian refers to?
Definitely the couple who run The Lantern House in Olton.