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First day out of work and I'm pissed off and ratty already. (Hope Stevie's Dad has a successful op, by the way).

Talking of shite, there used to be a manager of a place I worked whose nickname was 'The Northumbrian Piper'. When I asked why, it turned out he had a colostamy bag in his stomach and he used to fiddle about with it like Katherine Tyckell or whatever she was called.

Resident Evil

This "fan" was fucking livid when the ball hit the back of the net. We could've beat brighton but he persisted with wasting Jonas and Ben arfa in a 433 and taking a chance that brighton wouldn't get a lucky break. We have the makings of a good side, the two mancs are already out of the cup and this was a good opportunity for us to have a crack at actually winning the cup. Brighton didn't even have to play well to beat us. Not one ounce of me is happy that its another year added to our barren spell. Pardew's done a decent job but he played a big part in us getting knocked out last night.

Pardew can fuck right off after tonight after that. Sorry but they were there for the taking. Hope everyone wanks themselves dry at the 7th place victory parade.

It's all so quiet /Bjork = Anyone with kids.

Wee Kev =

Could be a movie double bill with 'The Fast and the Furious'

"the usual suspects"

For example; "Those were the days my friend" = Noelie, etc, etc

In M*A*S*H, the only US character who decided to stay in Korea after the war was Corporal Klinger, the same character that dressed as a woman throughout the show in a bid to get discharged from service so desperate was he to get out of Korea. (I know this because every single time I ever saw the programme in the presence of my Dad he would tell me this. EVERY TIME!)

I don't think CT realises just how fackin' 'orrible he can be.

Pardew has crept on the radar and being a Londoner and one that put them Geordies right is flavour of the month right now with the boys in fleet street, (only behind 'Arry who is always flavour of the month). Should we falter a bit later in the season then someone else will rise to prominence.

No, I don't think anyone is worried about that. That's a 'no' from me too.

May I enquire if it's had any visiters?

Where has the 'creche' forum appeared from? Whats the story?

This is a potentially tough game as I thought Brighton were doing canny, it's beyond a joke how shit we've done in the cups since I was a bairn, apart from that three year spell when we had two finals and a semi final we've been poor. We really, really need to give this a good go. 57 years is a fucking disgrace for a club of our size to go without winning it. I missed the Trelford Mills game but I was at SJP a couple of years later when they beat us again, pretty sure they were a 2nd div side as well, so I reckon we owe them one. For those saying 'I'd rather have 7th than win the cup', well, there's no reason why you can't do both, and unless we're in danger of relegation which we're obviously not, then the cup should be the priority. What does 7th mean? It means we've made good progress. What would a cup triumph mean? It would make us WINNERS. I want to see a Newcastle Utd Captain lift the trophy at Wembley like our Dads and Grandads did. It would mean more to us than it would to Man U/Chelsea/whoever.

4 por favor.

"Discussions are at a formative stage and would require backing from the league and the government before any progress could be made." And this is the bit that fucks up all this PR stuff by Villa. I very much doubt whether anyone in the government/safety authorities/Police are going to do anything but stand in the way of this. The more control the clubs have on who sits where, the better for the clubs, the more revenue they get, the better, I just can't see this happening as the average fans wishes come way, way below everything else. I'd love to see the choice of standing come back, Those that don't fancy standing, fine, you can sit in peace in a stand, this proposal isn't suggesting the ground becomes all standing does it?

Could he be any more desperate to get a quote in the paper? I'm really proud of where I come from, but sometimes, just sometimes....... Please let nobody outside of the North East read that article. Anybody know if Wraith has an agent?

Gave us all a laugh when he chastised his own clubs fans and wished they were as good as Newcastle's. Cheers for that. RIP.

Fergie calls Rooney into his office, "have you heard of Pele, son?", he asks. "Yes boss.", replies Shrek. Fergie then gives him a Pele DVD and tells him to watch it for tips. Next he calls in Phil Jones. "Have you heard of Beckenbauer, son?". "Yes Boss.", replies the young defender. Fergie then gives him a Beckenbauer DVD and tells him to sit and watch at home and see if he can learn anything from Der Kaiser. Next he shouts out for Patrice Evra. "Pat, son, c'mere! Have you heard'a Rumminegge?" Evra replies, "Boss! I've never heard a thing, honest!"

Well, well, well. I will be informed next week whether I'm to be made redundant or not as I've only been provisionally selected through a matrix on my abilities, skill, attitude, experience time keeping etc. The Manager who scored it has blatantly gave me low scores as he and I don't exactly see eye to eye, (he's a young bluffer who got the job through family ties, tries to cut corners, tries to get you overlook serious contamination issues, falsify documentation in your own name just to to keep the job running as he's that scared of the Managing Director who is a poisonous man in his own right, the same kid has been told by myself, (and others) to go forth and multiply on many occasions but I'm probably his main hate as I was running my own team and couldn't give him any respect and would refuse to do his wishes. Also put an incident report against him where I could've been killed by the idiot touching things he shouldn't have been touching about a month ago. I'm going to appeal as there's no way, shape or form the person described in the matix bares any resemblance to myself. Out of four compulsary redundancies everyone is gobsmacked/totally bemused/think its laughable my name is on it. The appeal will be looked at by a seperate manager who doesn't know anything of me/my job and they'll back up the idiot. Good. I'll be taking them to a tribunal with more than enough evidence backing myself up. He has Jack Shit on me. With a bit of luck I get this new job I've an interview for on the friday with a different company and an extra few quid out of my present company either out of court or in it. Suits me either way. The Bulls knacker has made one big mistake going after me. Also been offered a new role with the company all of a sudden ableit with a pay cut which I've refused after I've told them my intentions, (I've already dropped several thousand pounds in wages this year as it is, and accepting their job would be an admittance on my part that I agree with the joke appraisal.) It's all hassle I'd rather not have but as I've stated, I don't believe in injustice especially in the workplace. They've picked the wrong person this time, I'm afraid. (Just read Stevie's MO on taxi drivers moaning about not getting certain jobs. Hope this post isn't in the same catagory!)

If I get this job then its a result, but my current lot don't know about it and are quite happy for me to lose my job to accomodate someone else from the affected dept who isn't up to the job, knows nothing about the process involved but who'd cost the company more in redundancy pay outs than I would. TOUGH! Any company who makes redundancies does so to save money, it's not like the redundancy package is huge. I've been jotting down a few little notes today in the house. I want to make them squirm and ultimately get a little more money out of the pittance I'll receive. I've already been robbed blind by them, Tom.

Sad to hear that Barney, wish I had the same respect for some of the many managers where I'm at now. I'm in a pumped up mood. I've a practical test for another job and I'd better make sure I do well in it as I got a phone call this morning at home telling me I'm being made redundant at my current job and have to go in early tonight. I'm 100% being shafted in so many ways and there's no criteria they could possibly apply where I should be selected, my job isn't even redundant!!! I'm going to do them for unfair dismissal, don't want the job now as everyone is demoralised but I've no real time in and I'm a firm believer in injustice being fought. The Personnel Manager is in for an uncomfortable time in about an hour.