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"Eight groups of six teams and one group of five will contest the European qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The nine group-winners will qualify directly, while the highest ranked eight of the nine second-placed teams will contest home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places. In determining the rank of second-placed teams, only results against those finishing 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th will be counted." So one second-placed team won't even make it into a play-off? That seems... harsh

Not me not I... http://www.toontastic.net/board/index.php?showtopic=16241

I'd dare someone to turn up wearing one of these: http://www.shotdeadinthehead.com/products/...=763&wy=445 ...but I imagine Doherty would be too monged to notice and his fans can't read anyway.

Henrik Larsson's cultured, attractive football was a total flop up there IIRC.

Need to work hard until 6, but after that it's a mercifully event-free weekend for once. Might risk a trip to IKEA.

Nowt wrong with the idea of giving the kids a "different experience", since they'll be bombarded with the usual Christmas stuff in every other part of their lives between now and New Year, but people have to realise that any deviation from the norm is immediately going to be seized upon by the "What will they ban next, casual racism?" mob so there's really no point.

Real decorations go up on the first Sunday of Advent in wor house, don't know how anyone else does it. Fake avatar ones, of course, can start now as far as I'm concerned.

Pssht. Mine was salmon.

Cheers.

"Do you happen to know of any Humanitarian (etc.) organizations that do volunteers/internships where you go off someplace for weeks or a year and aren't paid anything (other than food and a place to stay, of course)?" I thought a few of you might have experience of that kind of thing, as I certainly don't. Any bright ideas?

Victoria Hart - Whatever Happened To Romance Schmooooth.

It'd get you out of London, too, which can be a spectacularly depressing place in November when things aren't going well.

The 2007 OGAE Song Contest

This is why I try to buy CDs and books for people. Dead easy to wrap.

"Gannin along the Scotswood road" every other line, verse and chorus. It's proper spastic like.

It mightn't be too hard finding somewhere to grab a bite on the evening of the 23rd, since office Christmas party season should be well and truly over by then, but I suggest we just play it by ear and see if there's anyone left standing by the evening.

Derby game on the 23rd is a 2pm kick-off, I suppose we could go out on the lash after that.

I'll be crap for £2m I'll do it for two sacks of spuds a week. I could use a bit of media presence in my life. I'll buy you a DVD for Christmas. Alright, job's yours.

I'll be crap for £2m I'll do it for two sacks of spuds a week. I could use a bit of media presence in my life.

True, but that would require rewriting two words of his last song instead of just one. I'm thinking of the good of his tortured artist's soul here.

They were all shite, including Lampard. However, Gerrard escapes criticism for some reason, whereas Lampard gets slated. Apart from Bridge, Gerrard was the worst player on the pitch tonight. He must have made 1 pass which got to another England player. Fair play for admitting that, I fully expected you to be defending him! By the way what is it with rugby fans (like my housemate) wanting England to lose at football? I'm not a rugby fan but I still cheered England on in the world cup. Fucking scum the lot of them. Because rugby is a game for twats. Any truth in the rumour you were supposed to be doing the England song for Euro 2008 btw? "Get out!"

Well we're living here in Adamstown And they're closing all the factories down

Serves us right (and the media in particular) for taking the piss out of them when we played them. If I were Andorra right now I'd start kicking the ball into my own net for fun.

Mind you, it's Andorra 0-0 Russia after 14 minutes, so there's hope yet!

That is all.