Alex

I’ve seen him in Instagram or something. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. However, there’s a world of difference between knowing how to use a knife and fork and so on and the strict etiquette rules he’s seemingly made a career out of demonstrating. The latter is just about making people feel inferior/superior based purely on class, which school you went to, etc.

Fantastic news, mate. It must be a huge relief

He’s going to win again, isn’t he?

The intimate knowledge of local sheep is the only thing that rings true

The first, elaborate story is made up. But the other two stories with next to no details are true. Honest

You’re the Mark Spitz to Wiki’s Michael Phelps

I’m not sure what’s more mental. Their submitting that copy or their editor going “Aye, nice work, let’s put that in the paper” also, the line: …a highly experienced dabbler…. sounds like me trying to convince myself I didn’t have a problem in the 90s

It’s hilarious how she’s that big a cunt that even this incarnation of the Tory party hates her.

On the coach transfer to the airport coming home we were sat at the front. I felt like I would have only been half surprised if Toad and Yoshi had gone past on go karts closely followed by Donkey Kong hoying bananas at them

I suppose it’s a bit hit and miss depending on how good the guide is etc. Ours was two hours supposedly but lasted a bit longer. Personally I thought the local guide was excellent and you really would have needed to do loads of research or at least have a bought an audio guide to get anything like the insight we got from him and knowing where to go / what you were looking at. We did specifically pick a one that was a small group though (15 people max). You saw some massive groups which I think would be a bit naff as obviously some of the bits are inside / into small areas with limited space. I quite agree that you could have spent a much larger amount of time on a tour / there yourself, as it’s huge. Although we weren’t picked up at our hotel. Ours was one where we met our guide at the train station at Pompeii. Which meant we could look round the site at our leisure after our tour finished, so we had a stroll to the amphitheatre too.

Also amusing to see their visible disgust at the daft tourists walking around in Milan and Juve tops, caps, etc. thinking they’re blending in

They’ve had a lush Indian summer but it fucking pissed down the first day (to the extent the 1 hour ish transfer took 3 and a bit hours) then the second day was quite wet. Last two days were nice. But it’s basically been lush for weeks before and then is the same for the long term forecast. Typical October is generally quite a wet month though I think. But I suppose if you go for a week then there’s a good chance of decent weather sone of the time. We were just there the 3 nights as the grandparents were looking after the kids and dogs. We were in the hills above Sorrento and actually a bit closer to the Amalfi coast with views both of that and also the bay of Naples. We were full board too and the food was lush. You couldn’t walk to Sorrento really but there was a regular shuttle bus. We got the train to Pompeii and had a guided tour, which was excellent. I don’t think Sorrento is ever that quiet but I would say it’s relatively so at this time of year. Plus I don’t know how people can be arsed to sightsee with the sort of Mediterranean summers that seem to be the norm now. A couple of strolls around Sorrento and the Pompeii trip was all we did. But you’ve got Ischia, Capri, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Naples, Vesuvius plus the Amalfi coast with Ravello, Positano etc that are all pretty close to Sorrento. I think the Italians are, in the main, class and a good laugh too. They’re piss-takers too, which I like, often asking ‘You speak Italian?’ At my shite attempts to ask for two coffees or whatever

Just on my way back from Sorrento. A timely reminder of how much I love Italy and the bizarre near omnipresence of Tennent’s Super I had completely forgotten about the latter. I’ve googled it before and I’ve still never really found a proper explanation Anyway, ciao

And how they’ve dictated a set of anti-competitive rules to come in to force to stop us catching them. Even the fucking rule brought in specifically aimed at Tindall because we got in the CL the previous year and the likes of Arteta (who can act like a massive cunt with impunity) couldn’t handle a bit of needle.

There’s a bigger story, not least by virtue of it being an actual story. I .e. the Premier League (due to the process being completely lacking in transparency) approving the deal (after previously delaying it seemingly indefinitely) purely on the say so of Qatar.

#NotNews

Tbh the centre forward situation is ridiculous, has been for quite a while now and is the biggest single issue this season imo.

An arrogant, out of touch, rapidly decaying lettuce of a thread starter. And Gloom isn’t much better

That ship has sailed I think, with his role in the ODI set-up and the money he can make from franchise cricket. Not that I disagree with idea. Tbh, I’d have had him as the test wicketkeeper and not have pandered to Bairstow (who should’ve been a specialist batsman or not in the side imo)

Eh? You either bench him or start him. If you start him you finish him on the bench (probably) then if you bench him you don’t start him. Yes, I am bored

Have RTG confirmed that Wearside Jack was, in fact, a Durham mag yet?

In my case that and I’ll croon ya (crown you) which in practice was an unexpected slap to the top of the head using the left hand due to the added effect of her wedding ring.

I’m similar with the de facto in laws / brother in law. The latter was sending my lass covid conspiracy shit when she was working in both the RVI on an actual covid ward, then later when she was working back on her normal ward during lockdown. He’s similarly pig ignorant about most things yet an expert on stuff like the effects of the vaccine to Brexit. All ‘big truths’ learnt via social media. My parents less so. Although my mam is more susceptible to that stuff than my dad. In the latter case he’s never been into Facebook (never even had an account) and his being exposed to fake news amounts to his sitting watching Sky Sports News when he’s bored. Which leads me to another thing. It’s always the kids who get tarred with brush but that older generation, 70+ are addicted to all that troll-farm driven bollocks on social media.