Rudeboy

So, Liverpool it was. I dare say, had me mum’s family been Coventry City supporters, I may have been a Sky Blues fan.

Maybe. Or maybe you’d still have been a Liverpool “fan”.

Bling – I think times have changed. The only violence I’ve seen at a football match was lunatic Middlesbrough police attacking away fans that gave them lip. Oh – and my Dad spilling Bovril on me after jumping up when Sheff Wed scored.

Bling – playing football and being a football fan are two different things. Obviously the majority of fans are crap at football. But what they know about is the experience of being a football fan, the feeling of looking forward to Saturday, going to the game, etc etc. You may not share that passion – that’s your choice. But it’s completely different from watching a team on Sky once in a while with your pals in the wine bar.

Why would you get a Leica other than snob value?

Well, I’d get a Leica rangefinder for a whole host of reasons, both practical and aesthetic.

If I could begin to afford it.

You ask the ‘real’ fans of any smaller or struggling clubs, what they think the club needs, to make them more successful, and the answer is always ‘money’

That’s sort of the point. You armchair “fans” always seem to be fans of a big rich club. They remember that their granny once went on the Mersey ferry, so they develop a firm allegiance for Liverpool, never Tranmere. Funny, that. I don’t see many coaches of “fans” leaving the Islington wine bars for an afternoon at Bury, or Preston North End – just Old Trafford and Anfield.

tinribz – a tripod is your friend, then.

I don’t much like “HDR”, meself :-(

The little Leica digitals are the same as the (cheaper) Panasonic (I think …)

Perfect people camera but can’t do HDR so put me off for the landscapes.

Whaddya mean “can’t do HDR” ?? It has manual exposure so you can do HDR all you want.

A little Leica with different software for less money

Err .. well … that’s stretching a point. No-one with any sense will buy the Leica-badge Panasonic clones, and no-one will mistake an LX3 for an M8.

I have the LX2 which I like a lot .. except for the usual problem of – no optical viewfinder.

So I would personally favour the Canon G10, or even the Panasonic G1 micro-4/3 “pseudo-DSLR”, which has an excellent electronic viewfinder.

DrJ; for you, and all the others who are now sounding like a stuck record:

Sorry, amigo, I’m just having a glass of sangria and a plate of paella to celebrate my team’s magnificent win over Lyons.

Adios. Hasta la vista. Piso mojado. Etc etc etc.

Calling Liverpool fans ‘Murderers’ is just insulting, and imbecilic

Maybe – but what’s it got to do with you, Mr “Seen ’em on the telly” ??

S’been a bloody good season so far, I think. Still a few twists and turns, mark my words. And some exciting players coming up.

Who cares? Football is just a matter of seeing which club is successful at a certain moment, deciding to “support” them, and then mouthing off when you spot on Final Score that they won a game, right?

As for ‘support’- why does Rooney play for Manure, when, surely, ‘Once a Blue, always a Blue’?

Aah – we’re talking about playing for teams? What team do you play for?

“Support” what team you like. Funny how when people “support” a team other than their home-town team it is generally a big and successful club.

Think I’ll support Barcelona – why not? I once thought about going on holiday there.

So why is a Londoner wetting his pants about a North-West derby?

Loads of fantastic riding from forest trails to more mountainous routes. Bruneep will see you right.

City is fine – quite a bit to do, pubs, restaurants etc. Seemed fairly safe to me when we lived there.

Quote from “My Beautiful Launderette” – hot buttered toast next to an open fire, and cunty fingers”

An international group of women have been to a feminist meeting and are discussing the progress they are making. (have to imagine the accents)

French woman: I got ‘ome to my ‘usband and I tell ‘im – from now on, I am not doing the cooking. First day, was nozzing, second day, was nozzing, third day, ‘e ‘as cooked me a gourmet meal.

Italian woman: I ‘ave tell my ‘asband that I am not a doing a the cleaning. First day, is niente, second day, is niente, third day, I come to the ‘ouse and is all cleaned from top to bottom

Scottish woman: Aah tel’t ma man that ahm nae doin mair laundry (good accent, eh?) an e can dae it hisself. First day, naething. Second day, naething. Third day ,aah can jest aboots see outa ma left eye.

I assumed it was Munque-Chick posting her mugshot here, and not to the “Mugshots” thread ??

If it’s not Nutella, it’s not worth a f***

Nice hair cut. Weird glasses :-)

This thread is useless without pictures. Of burnley’s bum.

Bike saddle + prostate massage in one handy accessory

Well, if Barnes can do that without divine retribution, any bugger can :-)

Seems to me that most of our light bulb failures are due to current fluxtuations and not just them wearing out , so I am reluctant to start using more expensive bulbs that will have to be replaced frequently.

I’ve never understood why people go to a gym to run or ride.

To run – because it’s a lot kinder on my knees. To ride – I agree!!

Being old and having no pension and being ill :-(

BubbleWrap

Anchovies. With anchovies a pizza ain’t a pizza.

Had a supermarket “Toscana” last night – broccoli, aubergine, courgette, gorgonzola – was nice, but my god – the stink of my farts!!! The area was declared a no-go zone and neighbours had to be rescued by emergency teams wearing breathing apparatus.

Hmmm … I recall just phoning the registry office in Liverpool and they sent it out very quickly. That doesn’t seem right (surely they needed some ID??) but I remember being impressed at the time how efficient they were. They also arranged for me to have that stupid Hague Treaty apostille thing attached for the benefit of the Nazis in Holland.

Chapaking – I know everyone has his own taste, but fergodssake man – can’t you see? that ginger boiler is HIDEOUS, I think it’s the lack of a chin that really puts the cherry on the cake.

Alizee, now – that is a different story – what an arse!! I’d eat a mile of … etc etc etc

I’m still haunted by my offshore survival test at RGIT 15 years down the line !!

I flew before that was compulsory (a bit stupid, maybe) and it’s why I’m NEVER flying again :-( (scaredy-cat? yes, I am)

The only downside with the iPhone is that nearly everyone has one. Do you want to be a sheep like everyone else?

The logic of this escapes me. Person 1 evaluates his requirements, finds that they are best met by and iPhone, and buys . Person 2 evaluates his requirements, finds that they are best met by an iPhone, and buys something else. Which one is the loser, compromising his decision by considering what other people think?

“Outwith” – great Scottish word!! Also “uplift” – like “we will uplift the rubbish on Thursday”.

Also – “playpiece”. Whe we moved to Scotland my daughter came home from her first day of school and asked if she could take a “playpiece” to school. Mrs DrJ, being a bloody foreigner, had no clue what she was talking about.

If it goes away in 6 weeks – or even 6 months – then great. Mine was nearly a year till I had an op to make it go away, and Dutch doctors don’t like prescribing pain killers, so I was on ibuprofen only. Thank god that’s finished.

Depends on your interests – go to the Van Gogh Museum, the Richard Avedon exhibition at the Fotografiemuseum, walk by the canals in the Jordaan area, buy pottery clogs, smoke a lot of dope, go to prostitutes and fall down drunk.

I have a massive nose

You do now, anyway :-(

Prodigy – Hotride. Someone on here recommended it to me and it is perfect to get you through a workout when you feel like quitting!

The one with Jack Black?

There was the clue that it was going to be crap.