The Fish

Tearing* down that road in my mother's Rover 100 was a hoot. *limping

Used to be the place for illicit meetings of folks practising their infidelity.

Or paying for someone else to do it in the shop.

Like what? Walter Mitty-esque? They fucking do like. I used to work with a bloke whose life, were any of it true, would be Hollywood material ten times over. Or do you mean nobody is so howl-at-the-moon mental when it comes to football they lose all sense of reason whenever their bitter rivals are mentioned? They do too. Just read that messageboard and the fury that pours off the screen from some regular contributors is astonishing. These are (mostly) grown men and women who cannot set aside petty partisan rivalry for a moment. People who somehow conflate supporting Sunderland with hating Newcastle. As Renton mentioned, we may well have a superiority complex when it comes to you, but we've got good fucking reason. Most of us are mid 30s to mid 50s, and for the past 20-40yrs Newcastle United have been superior to Sunderland in almost every season. Better players, better managers, better football, better finishes, better standard of competition, better crowds, just better. Of course some of us think Newcastle are better than Sunderland... we have been by pretty much every measure.

Any non-flat cappers we should be looking at there, Wykiki?

Was it " Try as you might, you'll never be as hot as me!" ? Because that would make sense for you to bring up in this exchange. Ya basic Bitch.

What, when men were men and all that? This is an ugly colour on you Scott. Very unpleasant.

I've got a bluesky account. It's aptly named, looks nice enough but there's very little to actually look at.

A marketing company employed by a billion dollar person/company. Because both of those entities will have a real idea about what football fans need/want.

If you're right about her levels of desperation, perhaps she provided the fluff for him from her... y'know, her "Growler"?

There've been a few divisive issues on this board; sitting vs standing, stats vs gut feel, Adam P vs non-weirdos. But Pie vs No Pie will act as the rallying cry that brings us all together. We have a common enemy now. Get him lads!

Wonder who helped him Prittstick on that armpit fluff?

Yeah, I'd want a pie, but if we were sitting in a pub and a bar maid handed out free pies, they're not going to be sweet pies, they'll be crusty savoury goodness. You'd get yours, take a bite, react like a toddler and I'd get the rest, like a boss.

Jesus man that sounds daunting as all hell. Just want to be clear, my complaint about the neighbour isn't the lad on the spectrum, it's his mother. Who is an unrelenting psychopath. She's fallen out with literally everyone who lives within a few doors of her. Including the family who lived in this house before us. She's got a face like a dropkicked binbag too.

I was brought up properly, so as you're a guest I let your first post go. But this one? Boy, I tell you, that dog won't hunt.

Of course it would. Once the 'legacy' fans are priced out, the atmosphere will dull and eventually fizzle out. Attendances will drop because tourists won't fill the stadiums and the 'product' won't be as interesting without the atmosphere and variety. Local fans won't want to pour any of their money into a league that has no history, no spectacle. If every match is 'special' no match is special. It's the typical top down approach; people like X, lets give them more X.

We've used Groobox, no idea if it's available where you are.

Mate, I reckon you're more my sisters' speed.

And you're welcome to, when I do.