NJS

I don't think its as simple as gun availability - though it doesn't help - I've read arguments that Canada has similar levels of gun ownership and a similar-ish culture but a far lesser gun crime rate. That may of course be due to less inequality/poverty which doesn't affect this paricular scenario of the lone shooting spree. I think you have to look deepr at the culture and the country's history to try and understand why they are so obviously in love with guns. Of course a greater abundance of people who think its a good idea to go on such a spree is another question that's hard to answer.

Billy Bragg is by far my favourite - especially his underrated love songs.

Not sure about fainiting but I caught a bit of one of those Sexectera things once where a female porn star described how Ron Jeremy's wasn't ever really hard and described it as a bit "spongy" - I think there must be issues with big ones - especially as they get older.

Maybe an autoerotic asphyxiation scandal would be prefereble - then again anything that costs the people who've profited the most some money would be ideal.

It's a horroble capitalist whorefest. I don't really like any of the sports but think as a spectacle/ocassion its a good premise and thought it was a good thing when London got it. The way the Tory Cunt (Coe) has sold it out though sickens me. I find the idea of "VIP lanes" and people being told what they can and can't wear and eat to be beyond nausea. Add in the way a poxy little cafe isn't even allowed to use "2012" in any way shape or form and its gone way too far. I've got to the stage where I hope theres a major fuckup involving the bigwigs - maybes not as far as death but anything short of that.

Irish bars might be shite on the whole but when you don't like lager (apart from in moderation) the fact that some serve cider can be an absolute godsend.

Only really get these threads when it's someone who means something to me. First band I ever got into were Deep Purple. I've always preferred guitar based music but some stuff does prove keyboards can have a place in rock - and this bloke was the epitome of that. RIP

If we can get a good deal then its well worth it as he's a good player - don't forget as it stands we have two good strikers (leaving doubts about Ba aside) and Shola.

One band I would never describe as "a load of noise" would be The Stone Roses - a lot of their songs are very "clean" and a few other quite whimsical. I suppose some of the second album is more dense. They were one of those bands for me that more define a time rather than liking them categoricallay for the music - a bit like Oasis in that sense. I never got the dance crossover thing either as I never went clubbing with that in mind. Basically if you've heard I wanna be adored, Made of stone and Sally Cinnamon (all just songs not albums )then you've just about covered them imo.

Not enough proof - judge.

Not guilty - SSN

Now will come the "timely" reorganisation of the whole league that will have them back at the top in two years at the most.

I've never known how football fits in with employment law tbh - how they can get away with "transfer fees" legally is beyond me. I'm sure the key is the registrations rather than the contracts. I'm also not sure that the old club/company is 100% gone.

More to do with the gentrification of football via all-seaters than any society wide anti-racist zeitgest. I think the latter has happened but if you go to an away game where the fanset is more "concentrated" old school fans than that racism is nearer the surface than at home games.

That argument is completely true and I accept it but it shouldn't be seen as a 100%, always get out of jail free, no foul coverall. I think you can call anybody for being racist - though I think Stevie's whatabouttery in this case is wrong.

I always assumed Havalange was a corrupt fucker and I've never had any reason to think any other members of FIFA and the IOC aren't too. You can just imagine the bribers saying "Well Mr Blatter we were bunging your predecssor for years and you mean to say you're a different kind of bloke and you won't take our money?" - yeah right.

That Fernandes talks as if he's commited to them but I get a sense of the dodgy fuckers who bought Pompey and Shiniwatra or whetver the fuck his name was as well.

Been to Utrecht a few times after we met a lad from there when we played PSV in 97 who was supporting us. Used it as a base for a couple of the pre-seasons + Feyenoord 03 and also once just for a few days on the piss. Nice fuck off church. Eindhoven looked ok but was too nervous to enjoy it as we'd gone without tickets and spent most of the time trying to get sorted.

Just reading that the administrators reckon that 2.75m of the 5.5m was to pay for the players contracts and registrations. That may be okay in the sense that a clubs assets is its players but that does mean that everything else including Ibrox was valued at 2.75m - and that is beyond dodgy as fuck.

The company I used to work for in Newcastle had a customer (Financial advisers) who Carol Decker out of T'Pau worked for - we used to do support but I never got to speak to her.

I know its semantics but I could maybe just about accept "I'll smack your arse" from a mother but as you say "up me arse" crosses some kind of line.

The strongest swear word I ever heard my Mam use was probaly sod - she definitely wouldn't have used arse - obviously a generational thing but despite being a serial swearer myself I still find the thought of parents swearing to be a bit "common" to use an old-fashioned word.

The only thing I know Moyles from was that first appearance he did on Buzzcocks years ago when Lammar was still host and he came of as an utter cock-end - never been interested in him since and I presume he's fucking off somewhere to die. I've never listened to Radio one since Mark and Lard did the breakfast years ago and now only listen to XFM.

I was on Allupurinol for years after my first attack in 89 but when I moved South and needed a new prescription they wouldn't give me one without a blood test whch showed the problem was clear so I stopped taking it. Since then I had one mildish attack 4 years ago but this has been a bastard. At her suggestion, I've told the doc today I'm going back on it once this ends.

Pissed off - again - went back to the docs as this gout atack I have hasn't abated and I thought they only lasted 4 or 5 days as thats what the previous two I've had did only to be told a "standard" attack as bad as the one I have now usually lasts 3 fucking weeks. Then I mentioned I hadn't been sleeping well due to a wheezy chest and cough and mentioned I thought iit might be hay fever only to be told its fucking asthma and now I'm one of those spacas who have to carry inhalers. I think I'm not going to like geting old(er) at this rate.