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Wahey! Eurovision Preview Party tonight. Bucks Fizz have been added to the line-up at the last minute.

Always happy for an excuse to roll out this beautiful link again: http://badgas.co.uk/chicken/

I don't I was there, 10,003 if I wasn't there, the people who didn't go had a legitimate reason, namely a boycott to get rid of Gordon McKeag, we won and the rest is history. We had been raped and pillaged for two decades, but people who jumped on the SKY bandwagon from various parts of the country obviously wouldn't know this. Aye, I know that man. I just meant that people can spin statistics however they want to.

To be fair, we always play the other side of the "average vs. individual gates" argument when people have a go at us about 10,000 against Oxford in 1990/91 and all that.

If he does sign he'll probably break his leg at Euro 2008.

Never been there, but I assume you'd have to go via one of the usual hubs (Heathrow, Amsterdam, Paris...) with the big airlines. There are a few low-fare airlines that fly there, though - Germanwings do Berlin-Vnukovo, for example - so if you can get there... could be a right fanny about though.

You'll be wanting to put that in your sig to save having to type it every other post.

He was class like. Does some pretty decent work for the Beeb too, though I suppose it's easy to come across as erudite when your competition is Brendan Foster and Steve Cram.

I've really never liked BBQ sauce. Though I confess I might have been nibbling the wrong bones thus far.

What match is that btw? I know it's SJP with Leazes Terrace in the background before anyone points that out. Dunno but I think it's John Anderson just in shot on the left. Strikers in leaden boots - READY! Goalkeepers in full-body catsuits - READY! 3.... 2.... 1.... *pheep*

I don't think I'd seen that Hillsborough pic before, btw. It's pretty disturbing, even if we're all intimately aware of the facts and figures of what happened that day.

It's worth adding that we'd had a footballing rivalry going back to the 1966 World Cup at the very least. But obviously it was the Falklands War that was at the forefront of everyone's minds. And you've got several matches since 1986 to talk about if you want to focus on the "what happened next?" aspect.

I did! Good point

I doubt he'd stay for more than a season or two, but I don't mind us being his stepping stone to greater things in exchange for the possibility that he might just help us to a high enough level that he'd want to stay.

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Smoggeordieagain! Happy b'day.

An Eskimo is out for a drive one afternoon when his car breaks down and he's forced to call out the Nunavut branch of the AA. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, he decides to wait patiently for the mechanic to arrive rather than seeking shelter at the nearest branch of McBlubber. When he finally shows up, the mechanic opens the bonnet and quickly locates the problem. Looking up at the Eskimo triumphantly, he proclaims "Looks like you've blown a seal, mate!" To which the Eskimo hastily replies, "No I haven't! That's just frost on my moustache."

What interests me is that the Scots, say, would presumably be forced to have extremely strong ties with the EU if they were to survive as an independent nation, even up to and including adopting the euro. Are they really that bothered about the English that they'd reject the devil they know for another union over which they have far less control and involving people they have far less in common with?

Got any hedgehog? Interestingly, a barbecued hedgehog would provide tougher opposition than 95% of the teams in the Oceania confederation. Best way is to put the hedgehog in clay, bake it and then (when it's done) crack open the clay surround. The spines will come away with the clay overcoat. Since when was baking part of the barbecue chefs remit. If I wanted my hedgehog baked i'd fucking well bake it. I suppose people do baked potatoes on barbecues sometimes. For values of "people" including "pasty-faced non-meat-eaters". ??? wtf sort of gay barbecues do you go to? Don't answer that btw. I don't think I've ever been to a gay barbecue. In fact I'm not sure I knew they even existed. An open-air spit-roast, now that's a different matter...

Got any hedgehog? Interestingly, a barbecued hedgehog would provide tougher opposition than 95% of the teams in the Oceania confederation. Best way is to put the hedgehog in clay, bake it and then (when it's done) crack open the clay surround. The spines will come away with the clay overcoat. Since when was baking part of the barbecue chefs remit. If I wanted my hedgehog baked i'd fucking well bake it. I suppose people do baked potatoes on barbecues sometimes. For values of "people" including "pasty-faced non-meat-eaters".

Got any hedgehog? Interestingly, a barbecued hedgehog would provide tougher opposition than 95% of the teams in the Oceania confederation.

Canny.

There's that photo of Maradona handling the ball past Shilton that would give you plenty of material re the Falklands and so on, I suppose.