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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: rogerjstocker on July 20, 2015, 05:49:58 PM
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I have had a letter from the Police confirming they have closed the case and are not taking any further than David Scott. Unfortunately they can not help anyone get their money back. Also had a letter from David Scott's wife saying she was not involved and can not help.
Like no-one wants to help and the money must be sitting there somewhere !!!
Has anyone made any progress with getting their money back? I am looking at the small claims court or getting people together with a solicitor to share costs
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I have had a letter from the Police confirming they have closed the case and are not taking any further than David Scott. Unfortunately they can not help anyone get their money back. Also had a letter from David Scott's wife saying she was not involved and can not help.
Like no-one wants to help and the money must be sitting there somewhere !!!
Has anyone made any progress with getting their money back? I am looking at the small claims court or getting people together with a solicitor to share costs
Unless there are any assets in the guy's Estate all you'd get from the Court would be a Judgment you can't enforce.
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Is this the case where the chap committed suicide?
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Yes it was. Most people paid the money into his wifes account
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Please guys respect for the deceased , RIP. Please close off the thread.
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Is this the case where the chap committed suicide?
The bloke in question is dead, not read of any inquest verdict ruling in a suicide. I'm not local so I could have missed it.
Without wanting to start any arguments, and acknowledging that it's easy for me to say as I'm not out of pocket. I don't think perusing his widow is particularly tasteful. (I may be using the wrong word there but you get my drift) Some people are down some money, she has lost her husband and her kids have lost their Dad. I hope that thought will give people a sense of perspective.
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I think the thread should be closed.
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Is this the case where the chap committed suicide?
The bloke in question is dead, not read of any inquest verdict ruling in a suicide. I'm not local so I could have missed it.
Without wanting to start any arguments, and acknowledging that it's easy for me to say as I'm not out of pocket. I don't think perusing his widow is particularly tasteful. (I may be using the wrong word there but you get my drift) Some people are down some money, she has lost her husband and her kids have lost their Dad. I hope that thought will give people a sense of perspective.
Whilst feeling sorry for the bloke's widow, people have lost hundreds of pounds in some cases and should be entitled to pursue it. It would be easy to identify the money, so it should simply be returned.
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Perusing widows is not tasteful under any circumstances.
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This thread is most distasteful.
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Exactly - estimated 150 fake tickets at approx £400 each. If that's true it could be c£60k.
Add to that the Wimbledon scam and the sums could be well over £100k.
In my view that should be sorted out. Are the police really saying they can't track these sums? It shouldn't be rocket science.
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It's not about pursuing the widow, it's about tracking down huge sums of missing money. If the widow has it, well then she shouldn't. If not, then no problem for her.
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Maybe give the family a bit of time first, eh?
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Is this the case where the chap committed suicide?
The bloke in question is dead, not read of any inquest verdict ruling in a suicide. I'm not local so I could have missed it.
Without wanting to start any arguments, and acknowledging that it's easy for me to say as I'm not out of pocket. I don't think perusing his widow is particularly tasteful. (I may be using the wrong word there but you get my drift) Some people are down some money, she has lost her husband and her kids have lost their Dad. I hope that thought will give people a sense of perspective.
Whilst feeling sorry for the bloke's widow, people have lost hundreds of pounds in some cases and should be entitled to pursue it. It would be easy to identify the money, so it should simply be returned.
I agree entirely.
If the money really was paid to his wife, then she should be returning it.
Losing her husband must be terrible, of course, but I don't see how that makes it acceptable for her to be holding on to thousands of pounds of money he conned out of people.
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Read this:
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/tragic-ticket-dave-accused-over-9495947
This wasn't a small time guy making a few quid on the side, this was someone who systematically conned people. These are huge sums of money which should be tracked down. If the widow is involved she should be prosecuted. If not, then she has nothing to worry about.
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I'm sure it could all be sorted out without her having to do much. The police can apply for permission to review the accounts and then it can be easily seen if the money is still there. If David Scott sent it elsewhere before killing himself, then it may be difficult to track, but if not she's sitting on a pile of cash stolen from other people. It's not her fault, but it's also not the fault of the people who were defrauded. The distasteful act was stealing money off fans, I don't believe that discussing the efforts to try to get it back is distasteful.
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My guess is that upwards of 120% of the proceeds of the various cons has already been spent.
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This wasn't a small time guy making a few quid on the side, this was someone who systematically conned people. These are huge sums of money which should be tracked down. If the widow is involved she should be prosecuted. If not, then she has nothing to worry about.
This.
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Perusing widows is not tasteful under any circumstances.
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It takes all sorts I guess but perusing widows does seem a little distasteful.
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As others have said, I'm not sure why there is any need for the widow to be inconvenienced in the slightest unless she was in receipt of any of the payments, in which case she's involved and will need to assist the police in recovering the monies. If I die tomorrow my debts will be passed to my next-of-kin. Why is that any less distasteful than this situation?
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In the early days of the internet I lost money on some six nations tickets.
I put it down to experience and moved on.
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In the early days of the internet I lost money on some six nations tickets.
I put it down to experience and moved on.
That's easier to handle, though, on account of rugby being absolutely SHIT.
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In the early days of the internet I lost money on some six nations tickets.
I put it down to experience and moved on.
That's easier to handle, though, on account of rugby being absolutely SHIT.
The man speaketh the truth
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Rugby being shit ???
15 men belting out the national anthem then putting there bodies on the line for 80 minutes
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P.s.
Good luck getting your money back
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Rugby being shit ???
15 men belting out the national anthem then putting there bodies on the line for 80 minutes
I'll be honest, you're not convincing me.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
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I don't look at it as the heartless harassment of a grieving widow, but rather legitimately pursuing a fraudster's estate for financial redress. If there's nothing there, so be it, but at least allow those who were scammed the opportunity to exhaust all avenues in attempting to get their money back.
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What's the big deal about the anthem? I wouldn't pay tuppence to watch fifteen men belt it out or mumble it. Anyway, England football games are nearly as shit as rugby.
There's a reason why footballers get £200 grand a week. They're playing a much better game.
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percy
Villa till I die for me at club level but rugby all day long at international level. 200k a week cuz it's a better game or 200k a week cuz of sky.
Maybe we should start another thread
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Rugby's just a game for fat blokes who are too unfit to play football.
Footballers earn £200k a week because football is a televised phenomenon. If so many people cared about Wherevertheyplaythisweek Wasps, they'd earn the same money. But they don't, for the same reason that the local Amateur Dramatic Society don't earn the same money as Johnny Depp.
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If she has the money then surely she can't spend any of it without word getting around.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
If you love Rugby so much why are you posting on here, and not on Cauliflower Ears & Saracens?
Mind you, I bet the membership would rival TBAR's.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
If you love Rugby so much why are you posting on here, and not on Cauliflower Ears & Saracens?
Mind you, I bet the membership would rival TBAR's.
Yes because we are only allowed to like one sport,because you said so.
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Sympathies and all that to his wife, but if the money is going into her account she must have some knowledge of its whereabouts, transferred to etc
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That's what I was thinking. She will have seen statements unless she can prove otherwise and wondered where all that money had come from. She would have known something was up.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
If you love Rugby so much why are you posting on here, and not on Cauliflower Ears & Saracens?
Mind you, I bet the membership would rival TBAR's.
Yes because we are only allowed to like one sport,because you said so.
Yes, that's exactly what I said. Word for word.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
Golden generation, more like a fucking golden shower.
I too don't really dig rugby but I'll be a bit more grown up than some on here and say each to their own, if you like it good for you. And it's better than cricket, now that is fucking shit. :-)
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You're just showing yourself dissing cricket.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
Golden generation, more like a fucking golden shower.
I too don't really dig rugby but I'll be a bit more grown up than some on here and say each to their own, if you like it good for you. And it's better than cricket, now that is fucking shit. :-)
Oi! Griswold. You, me, outside, NOW.
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Another thread goes off on a classic H&V tangent
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As the great Stuart Maconie wrote, the only good thing about rugby is the opportunity to punch an off duty policeman or solicitor without fear of getting nicked.
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Also, does an arsehole stop being so just because he's dead?
Go after your money fellow villains.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
Golden generation, more like a fucking golden shower.
I too don't really dig rugby but I'll be a bit more grown up than some on here and say each to their own, if you like it good for you. And it's better than cricket, now that is fucking shit. :-)
Stop being so bloody silly.
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Is this the case where the chap committed suicide?
The bloke in question is dead, not read of any inquest verdict ruling in a suicide. I'm not local so I could have missed it.
Without wanting to start any arguments, and acknowledging that it's easy for me to say as I'm not out of pocket. I don't think perusing his widow is particularly tasteful. (I may be using the wrong word there but you get my drift) Some people are down some money, she has lost her husband and her kids have lost their Dad. I hope that thought will give people a sense of perspective.
Whilst feeling sorry for the bloke's widow, people have lost hundreds of pounds in some cases and should be entitled to pursue it. It would be easy to identify the money, so it should simply be returned.
I agree entirely.
If the money really was paid to his wife, then she should be returning it.
Losing her husband must be terrible, of course, but I don't see how that makes it acceptable for her to be holding on to thousands of pounds of money he conned out of people.
He left it for her in his will?
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The lack of respect shown in this thread is staggering, I honestly think it's a new low where H&V is concerned. I'm sickened by what I have read.
Cricket is bloody wonderful.
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You're only saying that because Yorkshire are top t' bluddy table.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
Golden generation, more like a fucking golden shower.
I too don't really dig rugby but I'll be a bit more grown up than some on here and say each to their own, if you like it good for you. And it's better than cricket, now that is fucking shit. :-)
I'd like cricket more than football if it weren't for this bastard emotional attachment to the Villa.
Appropriate Weller lyric time:
Gentle rain, here it comes again,
Rattling round your window, threatening pain.
Turning like a wheel dragging a heavy stone.
A weight that ties you down that you will never own.
If I could be the sun I'd shine in your life,
If I could be the rain I'd rain from your eyes,
And wash away the emptiness you feel inside.
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I too think Cricket is shit. Any sport where they call it a draw if it rains is not a sport in my opinion. It's just a game, like tiddlywinks or garden-sized Jenga. Just less enjoyable.
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I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.
I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.
The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"
That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.
Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).
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What about darts?
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Rugby is basically 15 coppers/doctors/lawyers/ex miners playing British Bulldog against another 15 coppers/doctors/lawyers/ex miners.
You could argue from now until the end of time what was the greatest goal ever whereas in Rugby, only one picturesque try has ever been scored and that was in a glorified friendly so shouldn't even count.
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Ok Paulie
You will have to stick to watching those 200k a week Prima donnas mumbling the anthem then a piss poor performance.
Golden generation ??
3 lions on my shirt ???
I'm trying
Golden generation, more like a fucking golden shower.
I too don't really dig rugby but I'll be a bit more grown up than some on here and say each to their own, if you like it good for you. And it's better than cricket, now that is fucking shit. :-)
I'd like cricket more than football if it weren't for this bastard emotional attachment to the Villa.
Appropriate Weller lyric time:
Gentle rain, here it comes again,
Rattling round your window, threatening pain.
Turning like a wheel dragging a heavy stone.
A weight that ties you down that you will never own.
If I could be the sun I'd shine in your life,
If I could be the rain I'd rain from your eyes,
And wash away the emptiness you feel inside.
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest....
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I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.
Its just Rounders ;)
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I'm still struggling to get to grips with the fact that the quality of a sport should be judged by how loudly or otherwise the players sing the national anthem.
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Football then chasing cheese down a hill for me.
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There is something wrong with a man who doesn’t like cricket.
The failure to appreciate the complete physical, mental and technical brilliance of the sport indicates a deep wrongness with that individual. It’s an oozing and seeping wrong that drips to and eventually swarms the soul with its vile corruption.
I have no scientific evidence to support this, but people who don’t like cricket (or love it) are the sort of people who put small kittens in microwaves for their warped pleasure. That’s 100% scientific fact.
Union is a great sport to. There is nothing wrong with walking round like a Brummie Steve McQueen in your waxed Barbour jacket either. The quilted Barbour are for Scousers and other assorted oiks, with no sense of style, granted.
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I'm still struggling to get to grips with the fact that the quality of a sport should be judged by how loudly or otherwise the players sing the national anthem.
I don't understand the reasoning behind that either. Spain are quite good at football and none of their players have to sing an anthem.
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I have no scientific evidence to support this, but people who don’t like cricket (or love it) are the sort of people who put small kittens in microwaves for their warped pleasure. That’s 100% scientific fact.
Ads, I'm fairly certain you are correct. They also sit in the 'reserved for disabled or elderly people' seats on public transport and put their bags on the seats of packed trains.
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And half of them don't even regard themselves as Spanish!
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This thread's actual topic can no longer be seen with binoculars
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I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either
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I'm still struggling to get to grips with the fact that the quality of a sport should be judged by how loudly or otherwise the players sing the national anthem.
See (the brilliant) David Squires in the Guardian.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2zU21_CIAEfbK3.jpg)
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Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.
*rocks back and forth*
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I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either
You not a fan of drinking real ale out the back of your Range Rover? Pft.
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Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.
Let this not, however, distract from the fact that cricket is utterly, utterly shit.
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Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.
"Never mind the ball, get on with the game"
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Once again H&V proving that you should never judge a thread by it's title.
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Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.
*rocks back and forth*
It was Arsenal, not England.
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03311/1_BIG_466627380_3311954k.jpg)
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Nobody knows the true meaning of pain and suffering until you've sat in the row in front of the band at an England game.
*rocks back and forth*
It was Arsenal, not England.
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03311/1_BIG_466627380_3311954k.jpg)
christ Joe....was there any need to use them ? >:( :( :o
UTV
The Doc
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I'm instinctively suspicious of any man who likes Rugby Union and I trust my instincts totally. The whiff of public schools doesn't endear me to the sport either
Not a fan of the old bog brush up the arse before Latin prep then Chico?
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I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.
I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.
The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"
That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.
Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).
Perfectly put. Football is just intrinsically a more beautiful game to watch than rugby. There are too many rules in rugby and who would want to watch a try of the season highlights show? And while diving in football is annoying, at least you don't get people sticking their fingers up opposing players' anuses in scrums, last time I checked. You also don't get many 18 stone fatties making a career in top flight football.
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I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.
I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.
The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"
That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.
Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).
Perfectly put. Football is just intrinsically a more beautiful game to watch than rugby. There are too many rules in rugby and who would want to watch a try of the season highlights show? And while diving in football is annoying, at least you don't get people sticking their fingers up opposing players' anuses in scrums, last time I checked. You also don't get many 18 stone fatties making a career in top flight football.
Grant Holt might disagree.
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Rugby's biggest downfall as a spectator sport is how infrequently the ball is actually visible (in my opinion). In sports like Football and Tennis they're instinctively watchable because the ball is always the focal point. In Rugby the location of the ball is not always apparent, as often under a pile of bodies, especially when you're actually watching the game in the stadium. It's also nowhere near as fluid as football. People aren't allowed to move ahead of the ball, and rarely play it forward, which makes it much more basic from a viewing point.
Let this not, however, distract from the fact that cricket is utterly, utterly shit.
Don't let the fact that it is beyond your limited comprehension lead you to the conclusion that it is shit to those who understand it.*
*Half-joking.
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Having attended both Rugby and Football at non-league/amateur level, I can safely say that the difference in crowd behaviour is rather stark.
The rugby crowd treated the match as a social occasion first and a sporting occasion second, the opposite really to football. At the final whistle in the Rugby hardly anyone left, preferring to carry on yacking and drinking, as they had done throughout the game. Compare that to the rush to leave a football match even prior to it's conclusion.
I struggle to find any great excitement or interest in Rugby, I've tried and failed and the social make-up of the majority of those involved doesn't help someone from the left side of Politics. I must say I'm dreading the World Cup.
My dislike was also cultivated by the boorish fuckers crashing into the pub on a Saturday night after the game with their thick necks, red faces and stupid club blazers, barging us out of the way to make clumsy attempts to chat up the Women.
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Lee b
Never said I love rugby that much it's villa before anything for me and everyone knows that.
I love formula one to and athletics
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Also my apologies to the original poster of this thread for mentioning rugby then all hell let loose
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Compared to Formula One rugby is brilliant!
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Compared to formula one shopping with the missus is brilliant.
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I don't mind cricket. I just don't really understand it to any depth.
I am a great fan of sticking it up the Australians (not literally), though, in any form that can take, so keep an eye out on the Ashes and stuff like that.
The thing that pisses me off about rugby is that whole "yeah, but like, footballers are all practically gay look at the way they dive, it's not a civilised man's sport like rugby"
That's rugby where players punch shit out of each other on the pitch, or where you get things like players biting into vials of fake blood.
Then there's other annoyances - the Barbour jacketed pissed up twats who watch it, the piss-drinking pissed up twats who play it, the fact that it basically seems to consist of kick and rush these days (get enough of that watching Villa).
Perfectly put. Football is just intrinsically a more beautiful game to watch than rugby. There are too many rules in rugby and who would want to watch a try of the season highlights show? And while diving in football is annoying, at least you don't get people sticking their fingers up opposing players' anuses in scrums, last time I checked. You also don't get many 18 stone fatties making a career in top flight football.
Grant Holt might disagree.
So would Edison Cavani on the ass fingering issue.
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This is a h&v classic!! I love this place!
What are people's thoughts on women's cricket?
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Better than the men at the moment.
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This is a h&v classic!! I love this place!
What are people's thoughts on women's cricket?
It is my understanding that it was the only sporting event that David Scott didn't source tickets for.
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Lee b
Never said I love rugby that much it's villa before anything for me and everyone knows that.
I love formula one to and athletics
I was only taking the piss a bit anyway, don't worry about it.
Chasing the egg is cool with me, always kept the clumsy boys occupied at school. And those with confused homo-erotic feelings.
I've always felt the key difference between the two sports is that when a goal is scored in football it is the moment of ecstasy that is generally celebrated wildly, and in Rugby it's like someone has let a balloon down, the noise just farts away into polite clapping.
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Lee b
Never said I love rugby that much it's villa before anything for me and everyone knows that.
I love formula one to and athletics
I was only taking the piss a bit anyway, don't worry about it.
Chasing the egg is cool with me, always kept the clumsy boys occupied at school. And those with confused homo-erotic feelings.
I've always felt the key difference between the two sports is that when a goal is scored in football it is the moment of ecstasy that is generally celebrated wildly, and in Rugby it's like someone has let a balloon down, the noise just farts away into polite clapping.
But it's a "proper" man's game they keep telling me - not like football...
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This is a h&v classic!! I love this place!
What are people's thoughts on women's cricket?
It is my understanding that it was the only sporting event that David Scott didn't source tickets for.
Or not, as the case may be.
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The rugby crowd treated the match as a social occasion first and a sporting occasion second
That's because even they knew that rugby is shit
*nods*
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Compared to Tennis, Formula One is brilliant.
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Compared to Tennis, Formula One is brilliant.
But Rallying has far more to offer.
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I don't mind tennis. I always wonder why they only play two weeks a year though.
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Tennis commentary on the radio is almost as ridiculous as tennis on the TV.
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Tennis commentary on the radio is almost as ridiculous as tennis on the TV.
Oh, I say!
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Tennis commentary on the radio is almost as ridiculous as tennis on the TV.
Oh, I say!
Chalk dust!
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You cannot be serious
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Does Alan Green still commentate on the golf?
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'The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey.'
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Well, Class-of-82, the ruggeristas aren't always so tolerant of the anthem. When I was at school I made my debut and swansong against the Ercall Wood XV. I, as you put it, belted it out and I was the only one! I was treated like a pariah afterwards too.
Yes, I may be biased, but in my opinion Ce Ce Peniston 's You Got The Love never sounded so poignant as on that Wednesday afternoon in Shropshire in November 1993.
Shame on you.
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'The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey.'
Other way round.
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'ooh Aggers do stop it!'
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'The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey.'
Other way round.
Are you sure? The bowlers Willey,the batsman's Holding isn't the slightest bit amusing.
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'The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey.'
Other way round.
Are you sure? The bowlers Willey,the batsman's Holding isn't the slightest bit amusing.
It is if you're Yoda.
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Having attended both Rugby and Football at non-league/amateur level, I can safely say that the difference in crowd behaviour is rather stark.
The rugby crowd treated the match as a social occasion first and a sporting occasion second, the opposite really to football. At the final whistle in the Rugby hardly anyone left, preferring to carry on yacking and drinking, as they had done throughout the game. Compare that to the rush to leave a football match even prior to it's conclusion.
I struggle to find any great excitement or interest in Rugby, I've tried and failed and the social make-up of the majority of those involved doesn't help someone from the left side of Politics. I must say I'm dreading the World Cup.
My dislike was also cultivated by the boorish fuckers crashing into the pub on a Saturday night after the game with their thick necks, red faces and stupid club blazers, barging us out of the way to make clumsy attempts to chat up the Women.
like these arses :)
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The Doc
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I caught a train from Euston with a load of rugger buggers a few years ago. I can honestly say I have never in my life smelt so many pungent farts in my life. The stench was absolutely appalling.
Serves em right for getting on a train with me after I've had a skinful.
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I caught a train from Euston with a load of rugger buggers a few years ago. I can honestly say I have never in my life smelt so many pungent farts in my life. The stench was absolutely appalling.
Serves em right for getting on a train with me after I've had a skinful.
It sounds like the stench of a folk and blues festival. Silent real ale farts stinking out the place.
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
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I caught a train from Euston with a load of rugger buggers a few years ago. I can honestly say I have never in my life smelt so many pungent farts in my life. The stench was absolutely appalling.
Serves em right for getting on a train with me after I've had a skinful.
Well done Sir!
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I caught a train from Euston with a load of rugger buggers a few years ago. I can honestly say I have never in my life smelt so many pungent farts in my life. The stench was absolutely appalling.
Serves em right for getting on a train with me after I've had a skinful.
Well done Sir!
No-one should cross me when I'm batting on a sticky wicket.
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
I think there are some good commentators / analysts on cricket (Vaughan for thought, Boycott for forthright opinions) but the TMS programme just leaves me reaching for the vacuum cleaner.
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TMS is superb radio. However, I would drop Blowers from the team.
Da Beeb should try to get Ed Smith on more, with the aim of him taking over from Aggers at some point
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Well, Class-of-82, the ruggeristas aren't always so tolerant of the anthem. When I was at school I made my debut and swansong against the Ercall Wood XV. I, as you put it, belted it out and I was the only one! I was treated like a pariah afterwards too.
Yes, I may be biased, but in my opinion Ce Ce Peniston 's You Got The Love never sounded so poignant as on that Wednesday afternoon in Shropshire in November 1993.
Shame on you.
Candi Staton did "You Got the Love", Ce Ce Peniston's hit was "Finally", which she seemingly released dozens of times in the 90s.
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
I think there are some good commentators / analysts on cricket (Vaughan for thought, Boycott for forthright opinions) but the TMS programme just leaves me reaching for the vacuum cleaner.
TMS is my favourite thing on the radio and puts the Sky commentary team to shame who sound like a bunch of ex players all trying to outdo each other in the bar after a round of golf. It is defintely time to say goodbye to Henry Blofeld and limit Graeme Swann's appearances and 'comedy' turns, I was impressed with Jonathon Trott when he made an appearance
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Well, Class-of-82, the ruggeristas aren't always so tolerant of the anthem. When I was at school I made my debut and swansong against the Ercall Wood XV. I, as you put it, belted it out and I was the only one! I was treated like a pariah afterwards too.
Yes, I may be biased, but in my opinion Ce Ce Peniston 's You Got The Love never sounded so poignant as on that Wednesday afternoon in Shropshire in November 1993.
Shame on you.
Candi Staton did "You Got the Love", Ce Ce Peniston's hit was "Finally", which she seemingly released dozens of times in the 90s.
Oh great, thanks. By association I've now got that ginger caterwauler going through my head.
There's only one way to get rid of this; altogether now:
'the wheels on the bus go round and round...'
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'The batsman's Holding, the bowlers Willey.'
Other way round.
Are you sure? The bowlers Willey,the batsman's Holding isn't the slightest bit amusing.
That was an answer on Only Connect this week.
Who remembers when Heroes and Villans was an answer on Only Connect? Meaning the fanzine, not the Beach Boys song or any other meaning of the phrase.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Well, I'll stand shoulder to shoulder with you then, Chris. "Only Connect" is just a total festival of smugness. And Victoria Coren is particularly unfunny on it.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Her brother is an absolute twat as well.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Her brother is an absolute twat as well.
Robert ?
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
Even though he is a biased Lancashire bloke, Bumble when he does the county 20/20 is hilarious. The other week the Bears were away at Lancashire and the camera panned to a family in the crowd wearing Hawaian shirts. Bumble said 'Look at this lot here, come all the way from Hawaii to spend two weeks in Manchester.'
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
Even though he is a biased Lancashire bloke, Bumble when he does the county 20/20 is hilarious. The other week the Bears were away at Lancashire and the camera panned to a family in the crowd wearing Hawaian shirts. Bumble said 'Look at this lot here, come all the way from Hawaii to spend two weeks in Manchester.'
Ooh me poor sides, stitch me back up etc 😉
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Everytime I see her im reminded of Damons comment about her smelly hair.
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Right, that's quite enough.
On actual topic, the sane answer came, I think, on page one, the cash is likely tobe in dead blokes estate. I see no taboo in questioning the dealing of a dead person, especially when they've had the effrontery to shaft innumerable people.
Rugby, as a former player I'd like to say that you are all girls of the lipstick wearing, high heel worshipping, fashion following kind. Rugby has been professional now for many years and the days of the "18 stone fatty" are long gone. I have never expeienced fingers up my anus during any match. "The ball can't be pased forward as that would be a forward pass and is against the rules. "Clumsy attempts to chat up The Women, really? Really? I think I accidentally stumbled upon a therapy session for social i adequate.
Cricket- those not liking cricket should be publicly flogged and stripped of their citizenshsip and Transported to Australia preferable Perth where they will live out a gloomy, sweaty existence forever waiting for the air con engineer. Cricket is a glorious sport, an ancient sport, a sport requiring physical prowess, mental agility and trousers with an extra wide crotch to house the "box" - something with which you ladies will be unfamiliar.
Now pipe down girlies. Up the Villa.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Well, I'll stand shoulder to shoulder with you then, Chris. "Only Connect" is just a total festival of smugness. And Victoria Coren is particularly unfunny on it.
It's not really supposed to be funny is it?
It is the best quiz show on TV though.
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I like Only Connect. You can feel pretty smug when you get one right.
It's good that the BBC still does telly which isn't aiming for the lowest common denominator.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Well, I'll stand shoulder to shoulder with you then, Chris. "Only Connect" is just a total festival of smugness. And Victoria Coren is particularly unfunny on it.
It's not really supposed to be funny is it?
It is the best quiz show on TV though.
I wouldn't know, i've never watched it.
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Villa Norse villain
Shame on me for what have I missed something ???????
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Can anyone remember what this thread was originally about
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I like rugby. There, said it. Union and League but prefer Union.
I like cricket.
I like Formula 1
I like certain golf tournaments
I like athletics
I like darts
I like snooker
In fact there aren't many sports/games that I don't like.
Tennis is the biggest shitehawk of a sport to watch though.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Stephen Fry is a national treasure and Mrs Mitchell is wonderful.
However, Only Connect is a rubbish quiz.
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Peter w
Do you feel better for coming out about other sports
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Peter w
Do you feel better for coming out about other sports
I did initially. But the shame felt by my family, especially my children, made the burden to heavy to bear. They refuse to even acknowledge my existence now and I live alone. Yes, you can say I'm being true to myself and it's better than living a lie. But you know what? Its the worst decision I ever made.
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Rugby and cricket me hole. Hurling is where it's at.
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
Even though he is a biased Lancashire bloke, Bumble when he does the county 20/20 is hilarious. The other week the Bears were away at Lancashire and the camera panned to a family in the crowd wearing Hawaian shirts. Bumble said 'Look at this lot here, come all the way from Hawaii to spend two weeks in Manchester.'
Ooh me poor sides, stitch me back up etc 😉
Now that is funny Mart. :-)
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
Even though he is a biased Lancashire bloke, Bumble when he does the county 20/20 is hilarious. The other week the Bears were away at Lancashire and the camera panned to a family in the crowd wearing Hawaian shirts. Bumble said 'Look at this lot here, come all the way from Hawaii to spend two weeks in Manchester.'
Ooh me poor sides, stitch me back up etc 😉
Now that is funny Mart. :-)
Kippax is Eastie and I claim my £5. Lee or David how do I receive the payment?
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University Challenge followed by Only Connect on a Monday night is one of the best hours of telly all week.
La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
QI is well past its use-by date, a smugfest which has gone on at least five years too long. Like Mock The Week.
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Peter w
Brilliant reply
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This is quite some legacy that David Scott has left us with.
By the way I've just noticed my signature and I'm delighted, thanks to (I guess) paulie for bestowing such an honour on me. Got to sort the flush mechanism on the toilet tomorrow.
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I like rugby. There, said it. Union and League but prefer Union.
I like cricket.
I like Formula 1
I like certain golf tournaments
I like athletics
I like darts
I like snooker
In fact there aren't many sports/games that I don't like.
Tennis is the biggest shitehawk of a sport to watch though.
I'll see your tennis and raise you with badminton.
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Tennis and badminton
Only one sport at the moment and that's va va froome dominating le tour
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Stephen Fry is a national treasure and Mrs Mitchell is wonderful.
However, Only Connect is a rubbish quiz.
Yep, Fry is tremendous, quite possibly my favourite ever homosexual, although Mercury would be close. Started reading Fry's autobiography which is predictably full of very large words so not suitable for reading when tired before bed.
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University Challenge followed by Only Connect on a Monday night is one of the best hours of telly all week.
La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
QI is well past its use-by date, a smugfest which has gone on at least five years too long. Like Mock The Week.
Mock The Week is worth watching for the theme tune alone. And I mean alone.
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Tennis and badminton
Only one sport at the moment and that's va va froome dominating le tour
I love badminton.
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University Challenge followed by Only Connect on a Monday night is one of the best hours of telly all week.
La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
QI is well past its use-by date, a smugfest which has gone on at least five years too long. Like Mock The Week.
University Challenge annoys me too much to watch now. I get irritated by the little shits buzzing in while I'm still thinking about it, but at least they have to do that because they want to win. What really pisses me off is Paxman's refusal to reveal the correct answer to the last question of the evening. I always find myself swearing at the telly when it happens. And it happens every episode.
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University Challenge followed by Only Connect on a Monday night is one of the best hours of telly all week.
La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
QI is well past its use-by date, a smugfest which has gone on at least five years too long. Like Mock The Week.
University Challenge annoys me too much to watch now. I get irritated by the little shits buzzing in while I'm still thinking about it, but at least they have to do that because they want to win. What really pisses me off is Paxman's refusal to reveal the correct answer to the last question of the evening. I always find myself swearing at the telly when it happens. And it happens every episode.
I got this before he did. SRSLY
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I hope they won so that bloke could buy some shampoo with the winnings.
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I'm going to out myself here and admit I can't watch anything with Victoria Coren in. Her smart arsery gets right up my nose. Steven Fry too, although she is more pleasing on the eye.
Was the answer 'King of the Kippax'?
Her brother is an absolute twat as well.
While I was at court today I had a message from the 'journalist' supposedly in trouble for breaking the injunction.
Superficially he was complaining how unfair it was. But really he is loving it. He thinks he's Nelson Mandela
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Nah, mock the Week is just about still okay.
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La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
I have it on good authority that the Coren-Mitchell house has had to be treated with a special coating to stop it dissolving in the smugness. Not only that but all visitors are required to don full protective clothing to withstand the blistering levels of extreme self-satisfaction inside. If it's a family do and the brother is there, nothing less than a full bio-hazard suit (including boots and helmet) is sufficient, and guests are also expected to be handcuffed to ensure they cannot act on the inevitable temptation to punch the arrogant fucker hard in the face.
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La Coren is unfunny, though. And a bit smug. And as mentioned already, her brother is an absolute fucking cocksocket.
I have it on good authority that the Coren-Mitchell house has had to be treated with a special coating to stop it dissolving in the smugness. Not only that but all visitors are required to don full protective clothing to withstand the blistering levels of extreme self-satisfaction inside. If it's a family do and the brother is there, nothing less than a full bio-hazard suit (including boots and helmet) is sufficient, and guests are also expected to be handcuffed to ensure they cannot act on the inevitable temptation to punch the arrogant fucker hard in the face.
Pure, distilled Giles Coren:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jul/23/mediamonkey
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Is there anyone more punchable than the ever so smug Rev Richard Coles?
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Is there anyone more punchable than the ever so smug Rev Richard Coles?
I found him quite amusing at first, but he's bloody everywhere at the moment. He was (maybe still is) the priest in my sister's local church in Finedon, Northants.
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However, Only Connect is a rubbish quiz.
This is clearly one of those "Two Pints Of Lager/Fawlty Towers" things that you're just empirically wrong about (wink emoticon).
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Well, Class-of-82, the ruggeristas aren't always so tolerant of the anthem. When I was at school I made my debut and swansong against the Ercall Wood XV. I, as you put it, belted it out and I was the only one! I was treated like a pariah afterwards too.
Yes, I may be biased, but in my opinion Ce Ce Peniston 's You Got The Love never sounded so poignant as on that Wednesday afternoon in Shropshire in November 1993.
Shame on you.
Candi Staton did "You Got the Love", Ce Ce Peniston's hit was "Finally", which she seemingly released dozens of times in the 90s.
That's all very well, you can prove anything with facts etc. However, that day the song belonged to Ce Ce Peniston. And to me.
*folds arms*
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I tell you who is everywhere, that bloody Sarah Pascoe woman. Half expect her to be presenting Match of the Day and the ITV news at the same time soon.
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This is a h&v classic!! I love this place!
What are people's thoughts on women's cricket?
I like their bouncers.
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On the subject of cricket I reckon this lot could beat England at the moment...............
Ladies and Gentlemen meet The Maasai Cricket Warriors.
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I do like watching the Ashes on the TV, but all that "Bumble" nonsense and him with his fivefer crap makes me want to put my foot through the telly.
Even though he is a biased Lancashire bloke, Bumble when he does the county 20/20 is hilarious. The other week the Bears were away at Lancashire and the camera panned to a family in the crowd wearing Hawaian shirts. Bumble said 'Look at this lot here, come all the way from Hawaii to spend two weeks in Manchester.'
I like Bumble. During the Ashes a few years back he went from telling people how they could text, tweet or e-mail their views to SKY into a heart felt lament on the demise of the good old fax machine.