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Yeah, same here. The tsunami was absolutely shocking for the sheer scale of devastation involved, but it was more of a one-off event, while the repercussions of 9/11 are still being felt around the world and, one suspects, won't be stopping any time soon.

Aye, playing Premiership football regularly and on the verge of qualifying for Euro 2008. Just like Emile Heskey! Oh, wait.

They were pretty much all doing the same thing. Apart from mudering their daughter before going out of course Shame your parents didn't have the same idea really. That's a bit harsh on his sister.

Yeah, I know what you mean. It was at a "landmark" kind of time for me anyway - I'd just moved to Germany a few weeks earlier and was on the point of getting my first proper job - so it inevitably serves as a kind of yardstick for everything that followed. I was house-sharing with a fella who worked in security at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, too, which made the whole experience a bit more surreal.

Tempus doesn't half fug on by.

Roachford (best of)

...yeah but that kind of ruining is a loveable clueless rapscallion style ruining...The middle classes on the other hand have done nothing but shit on the country since the 50's. Explain... ....a simple place to start is the 68 layers of unnecessary Govt linked admin in England...The civil service..the council, posh fat cunts working in the local library..devolution..,more layers of meaningless paperwork for the chattering classes...snide holidays in Sri Lanka, tax breaks, 4x4's...Wierd ties and shirts at impromptu gatherings to drink horse piss...Need I go on? The middle classes in league with the BBC have destroyed everything I once loved about England. Not to mention how they suck away all the taxpayers money...dribbling on countless forms and drinking free tea from the canteen.... Mate, you live in Germany and you're complaining about bloated middle-class bureaucracy?

I hope they've used a few of them in 22 years

Wish I could remember more specifically. Some time last week I think.

OK, then I'd say they've got a case to answer. Maybe I'm just special.

Hm... I was asked whether I wanted to make my profile available to search engines (i.e. to non-members) when I logged in recently. Wasn't everyone? Bit strange if not, I agree...

Anyone who winds 50 Cent up something rotten is fine by me.

It costs that much in this country too? The Dusseldorf consulate fleeced me for the best part of 100 euros when I renewed mine a few years back, but I just assumed that was the premium for living in Foreign. Bit cack really - though as Walli says, when you look at it in terms of an annual investment I suppose it's not too bad. Even if it costs more than a cheap flight.

Aye, "Nessun dorma" is still completely evocative of that Italia '90 summer and rarely fails to give me the shivers, even if it was really just a bit of BBC marketing fluff. RIP big fella.

You won't let it go will you? (Turning into Jimbo! ) Now that's just plain uncalled for

Dont talk about our ''hits'' in public. Otis Redding had some great "hits".

Clueless. Pure class

I'll make a point of searching for your name on Google every once in a while, just to make sure you haven't died. As for any other hits that may happen to come up, well, I'll just have to cope with that risk.

The soundtrack was fucking great. Counting Crows - A Long December on the CD player: "If you think you might come to Califonia, I think you should" *Screech* *Swerve* *Beep* "Na na na na, na na na na na na na na na" I knew nothing good would come of sending you that song. I'm so proud. Glad you're alive and all that, mind.

Sittin' on the cock of the gay

Damn right he was. She was the one driving the taxi...

And they still didn't catch him pulling that lad's hair.

Definitely manc-mag.

Aye, definitely. Next two games are Latvia and Iceland away - potential banana skins, but if they could get 4 or even 6 points out of them, they'll be looking really good.