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Discussion in 'Horse Racing' started by OddDog, Jun 23, 2013.

  1. OddDog

    OddDog Mild mannered janitor
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    I could never describe a modern footballer as a "loyal servant to his club"

    Overpaid prima donna who wouldn't know a hard day's graft if it came up to him in the street and shat on him. Just like the rest of them.
     
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    I haven't seen or heard what Shearer
    said so can't comment whatsoever on them, I was merely adding my own tuppence worth on the subject.

    Oddy they are all overpaid twats as you say but the ones to blame for that are the idiotic club owners who don't seem to apply common sense in the running of their business operations. If someone was to pay me stupid money I'd hardly say no either, nor would anyone else. He's a loyal servant in that he never left Chelsea and I'm sure some of the biggest clubs in Europe have shown an interest at some point in his career to sign him.
     
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  3. Cyclonic

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    Christ, when is it ever going to stop? The Ariana Grande tragedy is awful. <rose> <rose> <rose>
     
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    Awful news to wake up to. The ****ing cowards who do this sort of thing there's no defending against.
     
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    Roger Moore has passed. R.I.P. mate.

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    Donald J. Trump

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    The new Pope is a humble man, very much like me, which probably explains why I like him so much!

    4:37 PM - 25 Dec 2013

    This really takes the biscuit!

    (Click dateline above for more, ahem, descriptive comments. My favourite: "Is Viagra a hallucinogenic now?").
     
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  7. Ron

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    I'm not clicking Dateline Swanny. No telling what will come up
     
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    Not so bad, Ron, you can take it :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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    The title of the clip is utter bullshit. Going into this race Farah who trains with the Olympic 1500m champion, would have known that at this stage of his career he wouldn't have the change of gears needed to win this event. At the beginning you can see Mo asking Ezekiel Kemboi to roll it along at a decent clip. He'd have known his only chance to beat his training partner was to sap his legs. It was never going to happen. Centrowith is too quick at the mile for Farah now. Wait until they get to 5000m and then we'll see the real Mo. It was a wonderful seeing these top athletes compete.

     
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  10. Ste D

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    Anyone on Netflix should watch Belgian police drama called the break-best thing I've watched in a while
     
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    We watch SUITS Ste. And Nashville
     
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  12. Ste D

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    My missus loves Suits Ron but not my cup of tea, must give Nashville a look.Flicking between Better Call Saul and the Walking Dead at the moment.Found a really good site to stream any series/films called socksshare.net.Can watch Sky Atlantic series for free now as well.Cancelled my Netflix because of it!! Link below.
    http://sockshare.net/watch/pxwk6jxz-this-beautiful-fantastic.html
     
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    Jeremy Joseph Christian. A dyed in the wool prick.

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  15. SwanHills

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    To queue-jump successfully one should have the services of at least two bodyguards. What a bleeding cheapskate, just for a packet of white socks on special from JD Sports!

    http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...-by-two-bodyguards/ar-BBBBkcU?ocid=spartanntp

    I cannot believe no one waiting in line told him where to get off; I am sure someone did, regardless of the bodyguards? After all, we invented the queue, and the Schickimicki must form a line like everyone else!

    Do recall several years ago when I at the eye section of a big hospital down here, at least a dozen or more of us lining-up for some pre-OP formality or other, when suddenly this Schickimicki woman-toff calmly walked in front of us all waving a piece of paper and asking for attention, in spite of loud protests from several of us in the queue. This was a patient section of the hospital itself, and not the main appointments area down on the ground floor where appointment things are a bit more organised in this respect. Thankfully, before this character got very far down the corridor a duty nurse appeared and, in no uncertain terms, ordered this woman to get in line like everyone else. A ripple of applause. Woman last seen muttering she would report the nurse to the professor in charge of the hospital's eye section. Boo!
     
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  16. QuarterMoonII

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    I remember the first time I went to the USA and I was at a concert with some American friends. Afterwards, the artist was doing a ‘meet and greet’ session with the fans; and a couple of my friends were “standing in line” (as the Americans say). I went to speak to one of them (i.e. not join the line) and the person directly behind them immediately accused me of “jumping the line”, which caused my American friend to apologise to them because I was British and did not know anything about “standing in line”. I said nothing – not wishing to enflame the situation – and went back to the other friends (who were waiting on the other side of the theatre) and then explained to them later that we British call is queuing and we have been doing it a lot longer than them.
     
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    That is for damn sure, QMII, good story that. Remember too was at the Duindigt (Den Haag) racecourse in Holland once, and was lining-up for a simple potato croquette at a kiosk there, when this arrogant old bugger with a white silk scarf (posh gents in Holland always seem to have a white silk scarf on) queue-jumped us all big time. Guess the loudest yell was mine, because he came back down the line, faced me, glared at me, and said "ENGLISH!". I nearly busted my gut laughing. "Sod it", I said to the others, "let him have his croquette, otherwise he might miss the next race."
     
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  18. OddDog

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    The Germans have no concept of queuing - you should see the chaos at bus stops in Berlin, pandemonium.
     
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    Agree, as for the Dutch, one would wonder if the word 'queue' translates into their language? Of course it does, but I guess the word is ignored most of the time?
     
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    I see the England cricketers are serving up a bank holiday treat at Lords <doh> <laugh>
     
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