Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

LOL hils, your sarcasm kills me at times. What do you reckon Messi at the Bridge? Suarez would probably be happy If Chelsea signed him, listening to comments on Talksport.

hilary - i thought ermintrude as a(nother) sobriquet fitted you well :-)

I hope there's no truth in the story, Chris. As much as I respect Messi, I don't think he's the answer.

I think you're far more likely to see Luis Enrique go before Messi.

He says he is quite happy at Barcelona.

My son rented a villa in Barcelona in the summer and he went to see a Barcelona match with ten of his friends. They were all very pleased to watch Messi. They bought the match tickets online before they went to Spain. It is a pity that it is so difficult and expensive to get tickets for major clubs in UK.

Looking like one or the other hils.

Hilary : read my menu new year's eve.....(no joke and I'm not in the mood...)....I dream ahead of terrible events that occur later....(I'm not joking)....sometimes the events are clear sometimes not.....sometimes my thoughts become reality....(I'm not joking)....

You want me to scroll back through umpteen pages of drivel on this thread to try and solve a cryptic clue about what you may or may not have eaten on New Year's Eve???

Nah. I'm not joking, but I'm not in the mood. :o)

Try and work it out....have to go now.....

Magic mushrooms?

hils - it wasn't far back ..... try 54542 ..... i rather though this thread resembled the magic roundabout in its antics

Apparently these two psycho's heading back to Paris , stole from service station seen with rocket launchers and Kalasnikovs . It ain't over yet.

Will the war against terrorism ever be over VICTIM?

If you ever watched The Magic Roundabout, it was pretty obvious that Spliff i.e. high on or maybe some other chemically induced substance was prevalent on every occasion! :o)

unfortunately many people are becoming religious and it won't help.
Internet is a must for Middle East to promote education.

Ahoj.

Religion could be considered the totem poles the crowds which gather behind.

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Are the French murdering ISIS (????) assassins trying to come over to the UK?

I see they may have now robbed a service station in the north of France, firing shots as they did so.

Hmmm? What has the armed robbery of a service stations got to do with defending the 'cartoon damaged' name of Islam?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30721677

Here's a Richard Dawkin YouTube clip to help balance the books:

What is the difference,( other than the severity), of the attacks in France and the withdrawl of the contract for the rapist footballer. The board of Oldham FC are quoted as saying the pressure from sponsors, and death threats against staff have been made so they have withdrawn contract which was expected today or tomorrow.

I have no views re the footballer being given a contract but bending under threats will lead to more threats and more governing by fear

It's an interesting debate concerning the rapist footballer.

He was found guilty and served his sentence.

Now he is back in circulation but insists he was actually innocent as he now communicates to the world at large.

Certain members of the public, particularly female ones, can't seem to accept his lack of remorse.

IMHO, this lack of remorse sensibly and automatically goes with his own denial of his guilt (despite his sentencing).

These certain members of the public seem to feel the lack of remorse is of utterly vital importance for his total acceptance back into society. Consequently, they will not let the matter go.

Other people are joining in negatively towards him on the band wagon of it all. They include football sponsors, team mates, player's WAGs, etc, etc.

The only way this guy is going to beat the potential bigotry off it all, is to go to appeal - AND WIN.

The longer this takes, the highly emotive subject matter of 'Rape is Wrong' is going to win the day and lose him support.

He may never win. If he actually is truly innocent, then he has my sympathy. But how would I know I am right in the giving of it? I won't.

He was found guilty. I guess he has to suffer the consequences or fight the battle.

Football also has commercial considerations to make. Simply put, 'this guy has too much baggage'. It is surely not a good idea to take him onto the books.

stable - is your info actually correct - ie fully up to date? ..... i was certainly under the impression that oldham were proceeding having been assured that their main sponsor would stand by them

whether or not the guy should be taken on by oldham at all is a different argument


EL - it is exactly this lack or remorse that sticks in the throat ..... he's welcome to maintain his innocence (whether true or not), but at the very least he should be apologising for what was at best a "misunderstanding of wish"