Happy Face

Ignoring 90% of the City Centre. If you take the biggest 20 cities in England, I guarantee you now, every single one of them has more monostrosity buildings than Newcastle. My point was nothing to do with Newcastle though it was about South Tyneside and the scruffs that live between the Tyne and the Wear. Aye, because Boldon ASDA covers that whole area.

Anyway, Newcastle city centre is hardly the garden of Eden. Some hideous buildings like the university block opposite Haymarket. The nasty brown bricked Eldon square, the manky hotel on top of the Newgate centre and the filthy high rise next to the brewery. It's only recently that shite like the brewery, Swan House, that shithole on top of the Union rooms and the entire route from Haymarket down to the Co-op have been tore down and started from scratch too. The whole of the North East is trying to regenerate.

I've heard worse ideas. I know for a fact I'm at least a 6th generation geordie, a relative of mine was part of our 1924 FA Cup winning team, and 1927 Championship winning team. My point is South Tyneside has more of a mackem look, feel and culture to it than Newcastle. You just need to look at the housing and central architecture, you can tell Sunderland was a poor place in the 19th century, the same as South Tyneside, while Newcastle clearly had money judging by stunning streets like Grey Street. The shabbyness of Sunderland and South Tyneside has continued right up to the present day, maybe people are victims of their environments and that's why mackems and people from places like Jarrow are the same, but as I said if I was from South Tyneside, I would feel I belong to Sunderland in every way more than Newcastle. I thought your point was women are dogs south of the river. I'm sure the architecture is different. Newcastle is a city after all. The small towns south of the river never had the money Newcastle had to build such structures. Seems to me like comparing Newcastle football team with Gateshead. Nothing to be conceited about. However I think towns on the ouskirts of Newcastle (such as North Shields) are absoloute shit holes compared to South Shields.

Stevie are you a direct descendent of someone like John Dobson, Richard Grainger or John Clayton? Your pride in your roots and disdain for all other areas suggest you must be at least 8th generation Geordie. Perhaps we could get a statue of you erected somewhere in the city.

I'm not a father, but I like Justice. D.A.N.C.E. is a great track.

Just heard a track on this weeks NPR podcast. Very excited for getting my mitts on the whole thing. New albums from The Cool Kids, Shearwater and Los Campesinos were added to my "Unplayed New" smart playlist for today. So far I'v thoroughly enjoyed the Bass heavy, non-gangsta Hippity Hop of The Cool Kids.

"I! Drink! Your! Milkshake!"

@ Gomes

Waving flags, singing their anthem? Shocking. Someone should put a stop to this rally.

And I can't see it happening tonight really either. Tomorrow however. If France and Italy Draw. If Romania get tonked 3 nil off Holland. It's a very possible 3 way tie. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...p_c/default.stm

That's no good. Missing a trick on entertainment value. Should get the managers to play rock, paper, scissors. Or get the keepers to have a thumb war with their gloves on, or have the under 21's ready compete in a playoff immediately after.

Probably better to photoshop out the penalty blower & comedy keeper from that one.

Arrange it for the following evening I'd imagine, would be a strange event though. Empty stadium? That would be class. I wondered if they'd do a stattelite link-up, then I remembered the keepers wouldn't be in the right stadia.

I know they could have ended up even in group A last night, and seem to remember it went to Penalties if so (or did I dream that?) But being in different stadiums, how can they do that here?

What happens if Poland win 2-0 and Austria win 2-1 tonight? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...p_b/default.stm

I was told 10 minutes, but it wasn't that long. I was 10th in the queue, then 9th, then 8th, then I was through.

I reckon I would have been shocked to see the view in Pud's first picture without context. Certainly more shocked than on a bonfire night when tradition says a Guy is burnt, as we're all taught from an early age.

I went in to kick off about this myself today. I was assured: 1. You only need your forms back for the 22nd if you're happy to renew in the section stated on your form. 2. If you want to renew but change seats, you MUST make an appointment to view your proposed seat and alternatives if you still aren't happy. 3. Though the forms say that renewing before the deadline guarantees last years price, this also applies if you hand in your renewal at the appointment you go to on or after the 24th. Double checked this, and it's only if you're moving AND paying for 3 years, just to avoid confusion.

True, apparently. Alex so is it true or is it true that it's bollocks? It's bollocks that it's bollocks. So come on then man, word up on the club's reasoning. Ashley wants the players to wear club suits on match days to look smart but he's asking the players to pay for them with his reasoning being they earn a fortune. I don't buy it. He hates suits doesn't he? Unless he's going to stop wearing a strip himself and make his way back to the directors box.

I think therein lies the point.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/05/...ly_be_good.html Only 6 episodes

The 90 minute giveaway is a bit crap, particularly tired given his Simpsons/Godfather/Album/movie/player etc. giveaways in the past, but otherwise he's as quality as ever. For those that missed it... http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fiveli...080615-2259.mp3

I often wonder if these people think such behaviour will encourage people to think they should be taking care of kids. But then, I guess women convinced us of their ability to think rationally by hoying themselves in front of horses and that.

That you're an awful cunt.

With the best will in the word if Man U play as they played averagely last season and if we played as we played at our best, we'd be lucky to draw. Clearly gutted no-one responded to your normal contrary line and changed it to try and get a bite. Er.... I'd say yours was the contrary line. But i never changed my line.