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Do you sculpt them at lunchtime? "thousand and one, thousand and two, thousand and three nnnnggg......" UuUuuuUuuUuuUUUuuuurrrghhh It's a deep burn!

"trendy mainstream"?!

No...that was Glasgow Mag and JJ.

Totally agree. Theres all sorts at my place with disabled badges who get priviliged parking right next to the building whereas others are forced to use on street/pay and display parking. All very well but you want to see how far they walk to the pub or into town for their lunches mind!!! I have nothing against genuinely disabled people having priviliged parking (obviously-thats who it should be for), but the abuse of the system is just shocking. I watched a lass with a disabled badge alight a 4x4 from her elevated perch about four feet up and then totter off into town in her stiletto heels the other day. Absolutely disgusting, the perfectly ambulant bitch.

Definitely done nowt wrong and unfortunately should still be dropped tbh. Not really. There should be no automatic choices in the team if we want to be successful. I only dread that should Harper be in goal for the West Ham game and we're drawing 0-0 with 20 minutes to go there might be a chorus of "there's only one Shay Given" bellowing out from SJH L7. I don't speak for level 7 and obviously wouldnt advocate any anti-Harper nonsesnse during a match. Given is not an 'automatic choice' if you consider that his selection is judged against his hundreds of starts for the team. He is just a very obvious choice. When he becomes the second best keeper at the club then that would become apparent and considerations should of course change.

When I wear my leather cock sock the ladies complain that I'm over dressed. You can't win tbh.

Definitely done nowt wrong and unfortunately should still be dropped tbh.

You not tempted to slap her arse and ride that wave then? Hang ten tbh.

and no, he wasnt in the dinosaur one either (at least not according to IMDB) I checked there too and was also surprised to find him conspicuous by his absence. I was always led to believe that one of the two lads was a young Schofield!

Nope, Schofield did not appear in "One of our Lesbians is missing" at least not in the version I have...gawd that would put you right off the vinegar strokes. Are you quite sure? Did you check the list of child actors on the end credits?

Given is the better keeper though so it can hardly be irrelevant. Harsh but true, if the better player is available then he should be back in the team. He is the better keeper. But football isn't played on paper. No, it's played on the pitch, where Harper is more liable to make an error than Given is. Your initial post bore the caveat he should keep his place if he continues to do well, meaning he should replaced when he does not. I simply take the view that you don't wait for that error to occur. Top keepers (ie Schmeichel) always came straight back in when they were properly fit and weren't made to wait simply because their replacement had deputised well in the meantime. Ferguson was always ruthless with this. Harsh choices but great management imho.

Given is the better keeper though so it can hardly be irrelevant. Harsh but true, if the better player is available then he should be back in the team.

demobilised.......as in soldiers returning from active duties.

If he hasn't had time to talk to BSA then he would do well to not talk to the papers in the meantime, even if it was a leading question; he should know full well they are liable to weave whatever sensationalist shit they want into any answer he gives.

Settle an argument for me. Was Phillip Schofield in that film as a child actor?

He sounds like a scream *camp, hammer horror sound effect*

I'm not saying it shouldnt have been written. If he goes on nights out like that then it's clearly out of the ordinary behaviour for a club chairman and is therefore 'newsworthy' in a sense. At the same time though I don't need any convincing that Taylor has an agenda about NUFC and I think that is evident in the language she uses. I think Parky's assessment is forensic rather than hysterical and he calls it spot on.

I think that's bollocks and everyone's being paranoid tbh. She may be biased against Newcastle but it doesn't come across in that piece. It's not a complete non-story either, it dispells the myth of Ashley being a recluse which I think is quite positive. I think her language is pushing as much toward the negative (regularly drunk, football shirted, free spending [lager lout?] chairman in bikini bar) as she can get away with without being blatantly called biased, especially to a 3rd party reader. And it is a non-story for a national newspaper, not perhaps for a local one (which I agree on the positive for the fans, not only in his willingness to be at Newcastle, but that he seems to be enjoying owning the club too). Where does it say he was drunk, let alone regularly drunk? He was wearing a football shirt was he not? Is free spending a bad thing when you're a billionaire? More importantly, it's true isn't it? Was he not in a bikini bar? At the end of the day he's a high profile buissnessman and owner of one of the biggest clubs in the EPL. If he's going to go out on the piss, especially in places like Blu Bamboo and Buffalo Joes, it's going to raise eyebrows. But I could see nowt wrong with that report personally, it was factually correct and if you don't like it I suggest it's you that has the problem with Ashley and Mort's actions. I suggest you get Alex to explain subtext to you. I understand subtext, I just believe if it hadn't been Taylor who penned that piece you wouldn't be criticising it. There is a faintly critical sub-text at work here, but it isn't of the smash and grab ouevre. It is playing on two levels. Renton is right in the sense that it is factually correct and not particularly devisive, however for me it is a piece that is setting up various caveats in the sense of..'Look at this guy what is he upto'?! For us as Toon supporters we aren't really bothered that he is developing a dialogue with the locals in this manner infact it is on the whole welcomed. What she (Louise) is doing is setting Ashley up for inspection by the broader general public by not using netural or positive wordage ie.. ..'rubbing elbows, showing enthusiasm, jolly, (free spending could be replaced by generous) etc... As someone mentioned earlier, they are playing in the realms of caricature and are looking to start a narrative or settle a narrative with regard to Ashley one which may lay in wait for his first big mistake....On one of these nights out. So I'd settle on faintly critical, but factually correct...But you get the feeling she is waiting in the bushes for big Mike. That's actually the first of your conspracy theories I have subscribed to. Excellent analysis tbh.

Right Mike, you've bonded now. Have a few nights in please.

caveat emptor tbh.

He looks like a gay Polish barman. Quality signature. Usefully adapted after a night on the piss to: "My guts are writing cheques my ringpiece can't cash"

No offence Meenzer but I doubt most men watching any of that would care what she cooked or what she said. That doesn't mean you're wrong and she might not be someone I'd like to actually go out with but my God is she shaggable. Sorry, I just know the image of her Dad would force its way into my head at a critical moment and that spells disaster. She did feature in a list in Viz which covered that exact situation and I agreed at the time - the list also included Angelina Jolie which I also agreed with but I've managed to overcome the problem in her case and I reckon probably in Nigella's case as well. Can't remember who else was on the list. Aye but John Voigt would get it anyway. Midnight Cowboy, you love it Funnily enough I always imagine SMO as a sort of Ratzo Rizzo character.

No offence Meenzer but I doubt most men watching any of that would care what she cooked or what she said. That doesn't mean you're wrong and she might not be someone I'd like to actually go out with but my God is she shaggable. Sorry, I just know the image of her Dad would force its way into my head at a critical moment and that spells disaster. She did feature in a list in Viz which covered that exact situation and I agreed at the time - the list also included Angelina Jolie which I also agreed with but I've managed to overcome the problem in her case and I reckon probably in Nigella's case as well. Can't remember who else was on the list. Aye but John Voigt would get it anyway.

What, all the time? I'm flattered. Not all the time. Just at the vinegar strokes I reckon. You know me too well Aye, I'm a regular Elaine Paige me, like.