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Guess which flag Qatar refused to show on TV while hosting the Swimming World Cup? If I were the Israeli FA I'd be ploughing every penny into youth development to make sure they qualify for 2022, just to force the bastards' hand.

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Next up in this thread: why Brown Ale is called "Dog"

As for black lager, we were talking about it on the very last page, as it happens (Köstritzer). Lovely stuff, not a session beer though, you probably wouldn't want more than a couple.

Folks, we may have made an important breakthrough here!

We're basically the same as the Germans and not basically the same as the Japanese. I wonder if I could get a thesis out of this.

Just been reminded of this.

Only since quite recently and it rarely seems to be enforced, but yeah, it is.

MOTD will be available on iPlayer from midnight tonight - the Beeb tweaked the rights deal a bit this season to get that concession.

Thank you; you've eloquently rephrased the "FUCKGRHRFHHFHCFFREDDYMERCURYCUNT!" which was the best I could come up with at the time.

Still going strong(ish), he's enjoying a bit of a resurgence in the Belgian league though he doesn't always get a start for Iceland.

His career has indeed Finnished.

Portugal - Sweden Ukraine - France Greece - Romania Iceland - Croatia

Yeah, we finally watched it a few weeks ago, very much the same reaction here. Would probably have been fuming at the ending if I'd been watching it "live". The Mogwai soundtrack is on Spotify and is awesome, though the best track used in the series - "We're No Here" - is from a different album of theirs. Rawk and roll.

Draw for the European World Cup play-offs is imminent. (We should probably have a dedicated World Cup 2014 thread at some point, but I refuse to let it begin with a load of balls.) Pot 1: Portugal, Greece, Croatia, Ukraine. Pot 2: France, Sweden, Romania, Iceland.

That's no way to talk about his houseboy.

And it'd involve crap on toast, which is close enough.

I personally rank this alongside Parky's "I'd bang a lad if I was drunk enough" on the TT confession scale.

Calorie-count. Meanwhile, Rafael Honigstein is on the telly, so my mood can only be good.

Peri-peri chicken, balsamic/garlic/thyme roast new potatoes, green beans with spring onions and sesame seeds... oh and a dollop of roast fennel for good measure.

Might try whipping up one of these beauties: http://www.mommyish.com/2013/10/14/vagina-cakes/

I had a beetroot, bacon and blue cheese pizza tonight. It nearly worked.

Fuck off

I'm out with the Fish tonight. I'll give him relentless.

Was it at least a sandwich?