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Limiting a presentation to 6 minutes is straight out of the Microsoft/Google "Aren"t we really fucking clever in the way we interview people" school of thought. Did they ask you about fighting one big duck or a hundred little ones as well?

Not sure it's just yanks who seem to not be able to handle drinking. When I worked at the German bank me and my boss used to sit on the same desk as two risk managers for a while who were old school city drinkers and we used to go out of a Friday lunchtime for 2 or 3 pints - not exactly a skinful but anyway. We got called into the general manager's office and as a result of his Friday walk around the office he said our desk stank of beer and could we cut it out. When we mentioned we only had 2 or 3 he was absolutely shocked as he'd assumed we'd had one at the most. We just toned it down for a while with no further action.

Technicality I know but how would bribery have won that game? If anything I don't think they could have complained if we'd got a pen for that tackle on Isak.

These cunts have played well once in 2024 and it robbed us of a place in Europe.

Apart from January when we failed to sign a desperately needed midfielder who might have got us into Europe.

An engineer goes to hell and asks the devil why it's so hot so the devil tells him the AC is knackered. So the engineer fixes it then goes on to fix the escalators, all the electrical including TVs etc and even fixes the Wi-Fi. Soon hell is a very nice place to live. God notices and goes to confront Satan and ask him what's going on. He replies that he was sent an engineer who fixed everything. God replies "Hang on, that's wrong, all engineers go to heaven specifically to prevent this from happening". Satan replies "Well what are you going to do about it?" God says "I'm going to take you to court and sue you". Satan says... "Where the fuck are you going to find a lawyer?"

January was shit as well. We've gone backwards.

And Ivan Toney...

Same here though I did see them a couple of times and thoroughly enjoyed them at the time. I've no interest in the reunion.

Isn't that the club motto of Hamas fc?

She's never hinted at any point that they weren't going to do this. So called black hole or not. Of course she did rule out raising CGT for fear of tarnishing her new position of labour being a friend of business so any tax hikes will be for the plebs. Also appointing Kendall to welfare always meant a brutal clampdown was on its way.

I found out that my Mam was born about 5 months after my grandparents were married. My dad was the youngest of five but I found his eldest brother was also born about 5 months after his parents were married so shotgun weddings on both sides. Both lasted though before usual working class early deaths - I only knew my Mam's Mam.

I did mine just out of curiosity - I pretty much know my Mam's side is all North East!/South Tyneside going back a good 250 years and I also knew on my Dad's side there was an injection of Irishness with my great, great grandparents coming over together after the famine.

I'm a bit concerned about the midfield - we have the three from Saturday plus Willock and Tonali then its the knowingly good but crocked Miley and the unkowingly good or not one plus White then kids. I know I'm paranoid but after lasr season and losing Anderson I wouldn't mind seeing another one in.

I had to do a release on Thursday so struggled through. Logged on for a hour yesterday to check the load then fucked it off.

Like a really extreme cold - all symptoms exaggerated. I haven't really slept since I woke up at about 4am on Thursday shivering like a malaria victim.

I've got fucking Covid again - bastard.

Or Graeme Gooch about 50 years ago.

Louise Taylor thinks we'll finish 4th or 5th according to her prediction article but the average of all the Guardian writers is 9th. Mackem bastard Glendenning no doubt slipped in a 20th, the cunt.

Calls himself an astronomer....

Script for granny porn right there.

I think I've mentioned I've been going to Ayia Napa in October for the last 6 or 7 years and I find especially as you get older 25 degrees makes a much better holiday than the stupid says of 30/35 plus when I was young and daft (and in very early days limited to shipyard/pit fortnight). Last year I went very late (last week in October/first in November) and though generally good there were a couple of cloudy/showery days. This year I'm going at the start of October.

I love a new CT running joke.

That Walz looks like the most genuinely decent bloke in politics for quite a while - I hope it's not a con.

I know it's old but I watched Looper the other night and thought it was excellent but it did benefit from my any film without a happy ending is good anyway rule. (I know it could be argued the outcome is happy as a result of his actions but still...)