Word Association Thread

[Taffvalerowdy]

Romans - Legionnaires

 

[nickyb]

Legionnaires - Foreign

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Foreign - Norwegian

 

[nickyb]

Norwegians - Norsemen

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Norsemen - Gothenburg

 

[nickyb]

Where some of them live

Gothenburg - Frogner **

** a pleasant area in Oslo, home of a fantastic park

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Been to Oslo a few times, but not visited

Frogner - Bangor*

* - been there (December 1976) to play for Cardiff Uni v Bangor Uni. We lost ....

 

[nickyb]

Bang goes the win

Bangor - Bognor **

** never been and barring a nasty accident or streak of bad luck, never will

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Bognor - Northampton

 

[nickyb]

Hmmm, once very much second fiddle to Bedford...the rest as they say, is history

Northampton - Grayson **

** Paul, fly half for England (as well) 2003 World Cup winning squad. A certain Mr Wilkinson kept him out of the XV.

Also an all round good guy

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Seems a ‘tidy’ fellow. Doesn’t his son also play?

Grayson - Corner*

* - to where he would kick the ball?

 

[nickyb]

Yes he does, James, t'other son is a county cricketer

Corner - Raconteur **

** you have met many Taff

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Didn’t know about the cricketer!

Raconteur - Brown*

* - Gordon and Peter (not Gordon’s brother) were very good and nice guys to boot. (Peter Brown - the brother - charged more than Gordon - but wasn’t as accomplished )

 

[nickyb]

One of the true greats


Brown - (frae) Troon

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Troon - Blanchflower*

* - Jackie (Munich survivor) was a great raconteur. Sat next to him at a Neath RFC dinner

 

[nickyb]

Blanchflower - Thorburn **

**one of your own. Not a bad boot on him.

That's me lot Taff
Keep safe & see you tomorrow

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Paul is a nice guy, spoke to him last about 4 years ago - we bumped into each other in a pub restaurant in Bishopston (Swansea).

I organised a benefit dinner for him - that’s when Gordon Brown was the guest speaker.

Thorburn - Conversion*

* - I was there when Paul converted that penalty against Scotland

Have a restful night Nick

 

[Taffvalerowdy]

Morning Nick and PH

All ok here and trust likewise with yourselves

Today’s theme is words that include the random letters DAM

Conversion - Damascene

 

[nickyb]

Paul is a nice guy, spoke to him last about 4 years ago - we bumped into each other in a pub restaurant in Bishopston (Swansea).

I organised a benefit dinner for him - that’s when Gordon Brown was the guest speaker.

Thorburn - Conversion*

* - I was there when Paul converted that penalty against Scotland

Have a restful night Nick

THAT was the one from his own 25

Every year it gets longer

 

[nickyb]

Morning Taff and PH

All well here, good to hear same for you and yours, and hopefully PH

Great link

Damascene - Madonna **

** England fans will never forgive/forget the Hand of God goal back in the day