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.

Only difference to our lads is that they got caught and admitted it, unlike what our chaps would do. Our government, institutions and charities cheat the public most of the time but few are willing to change anything. As for other sports persons, how many have doubts hanging over them concerning the use of drugs?

They couldn't have denied it could they? Plausible deniability is one thing, being caught red-handed is another, even if in this case it was yellow-handed. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of braggarts.

They could have said it was a sweetie wrapping,that he never knew was there and just happened to pull out of his pocket by accident, which I guess British Lads would have.

Still the more important things like Kim Jong-un vist to China, the pr-runner to the Trump meeting looks like it is moving in the right direction - What a feather in Trumps Cap that will be - see what a great deal making he is by using pressure, the same goes for his trade war actions - stopping the Chinese milking the Yanks and rest of the world. :-)

Yes. This up coming Trump - Kim Jong-un meet will be very interesting.

I wonder what sort of deals will be done?

eg. 'No nukes anymore' and 'We will then let you go to Disneyworld and Las Vegas'. :-)

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You'll be targeted by tickling stick sellers.

Exec , i have been buying a few Charles Tyrwhitt shirts for a while now ,they give you different arm lengths etc almost made to measure , very good for the price.

Have you noticed how "white van driver" has become a term of derision worse than "Audi driver"? I may be lucky but the vast majority of delivery men to my house are cheerful and hardworking. Never had a female, maybe they feel intimidated by the scorn led by fatty Thornberry. Perhaps they should all start driving black vans. That should fix it.

Perhaps they are avoiding your house!

oooo you are so nasty Fred ,typical Left Winger .

Poor chap. Pass him a sandpaper. Sorry! Tissue paper, tissue paper.

I'm sad because I've been caught. Hug me and call me George.

I think I would look like that if I had just lost $5M. He messed up badly but a fine batsman nevertheless. He won't do that again.

my view is that a 1 year ban is insufficient given the high profile of both australia as a cricketing nation and smith (and warner) as leading players in that team

Bring back hanging in the colonies.

Iturama,

I thought all hard working white van delivery drivers in the UK nowadays were eastern Europeans on zero-hours contracts. You might miss them after Brexit.

:o)

Nothing against any hard working van drivers, Hilary, white, black, east or west. Only champagne labour leaders like to diminish their contribution.
Somehow I think they will still be around long after Brexit. One year to go I believe, but I will have to consult with the official time keeper from Cardiff.

Not when the pound drops.

I thought the Skripals were almost clinically dead but apparently not.

The daughter of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal may lead police to her would-be assassins after it was reported she had regained consciousness for the first time since she was struck down in a suspected nerve agent attack in Salisbury.

The BBC reported Yulia Skripal was "conscious and talking".

Salisbury Hospital said her condition is “improving rapidly” and she is now no longer critical, raising hopes that she may recover enough to be able to give the police valuable information about the attack.