Renton 23584 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Just now, Alex said: So - let’s get this right. The bloke that devised the race - Brendan Foster - was originally going to have the race from Newcastle to Sunderland. That bitter mag bastard, Brendan Foster, got involved and objected. At this point Brendan Foster relented and agreed it should end at South Shields. Was that how it went down or have I missed something? You've missed the bit where the founder of the Great North Run, Brendan Foster, said to the other great NE cross country runner of the time "How Crammy, a knarr yer a mackem cunt but its bad publicity and the shadowy cabal of the Newcastle Development Board don't like it. Here's what you're going to do, you're going to deny being a MLF and be claimed by Newcastle, like the Angel of the North, alright 'Marra'?" To which Steve Cram of course bravely sticks up two fingers and says "Fuck you Brendan, I'm a MLF for life, STID, FTM!". That's how it went apparently. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7308 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 It would actually be fitting if it started in Sunderland. Thousands of people running away from the shit, piss and mouthbreathers. Probably improve race times. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23584 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, trophyshy said: It would actually be fitting if it started in Sunderland. Thousands of people running away from the shit, piss and mouthbreathers. Probably improve race times. Tru, but the starting attendance would be in single figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Is there anything else that happens in or around Newcastle that should actually be happening in Sunderland but corruption, or a shadowy cabal of businessmen stepped in? The hoppings maybe? Maybe even NUFC games? It’s staggering that somehow every event and celebrity with anything to do with Newcastle should in fact be connected with Sunderland . It’s such a fucking weird obsession they have, it’s like a Newcastle fan hearing about Jordon Henderson and going “actually he’s a proper Geordie through and through” who gives a flying fuck? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7524 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Only them. Their irrelevance drives the need to be relevant. Edited September 12, 2023 by Holden McGroin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45063 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 It’s what happens when your granny is your aunty for multiple generations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Howay said: Is there anything else that happens in or around Newcastle that should actually be happening in Sunderland but corruption, or a shadowy cabal of businessmen stepped in? The hoppings maybe? Maybe even NUFC games? It’s staggering that somehow every event and celebrity with anything to do with Newcastle should in fact be connected with Sunderland . It’s such a fucking weird obsession they have, it’s like a Newcastle fan hearing about Jordon Henderson and going “actually he’s a proper Geordie through and through” who gives a flying fuck? This is the thing though their best and brightest; Henderson, Adie, Cram are/were good at what they did and at no point did any Newcastle fan think "Let's have a bit of that". The Airshow, the Penshaw Monument, I'm quite happy for them to be associated with Sunderland. By the by, out of curiosity I had a look at the Wiki page for the Penshaw Monument and this stood out for me. Poorly constructed, lacks purpose, and is mostly empty. Not even obvious who or what it's for. Seems a perfect analogue for Sunderland AFC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMXXVIII 1296 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Alex said: So - let’s get this right. The bloke that devised the race - Brendan Foster - was originally going to have the race from Newcastle to Sunderland. That bitter mag bastard, Brendan Foster, got involved and objected. At this point Brendan Foster relented and agreed it should end at South Shields. Was that how it went down or have I missed something? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23584 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, The Fish said: This is the thing though their best and brightest; Henderson, Adie, Cram are/were good at what they did and at no point did any Newcastle fan think "Let's have a bit of that". The Airshow, the Penshaw Monument, I'm quite happy for them to be associated with Sunderland. By the by, out of curiosity I had a look at the Wiki page for the Penshaw Monument and this stood out for me. Poorly constructed, lacks purpose, and is mostly empty. Not even obvious who or what it's for. Seems a perfect analogue for Sunderland AFC A folly is widely described as a folly? Remarkable stuff. Btw, if we're not allowed Knopfler cos he wasn't born in Newcastle, they're not having Adie who was born in Whitley Bay. So there. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMXXVIII 1296 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 And Cram is from Jarrow, I believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49697 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Wearside Jack and the lad that fucks seagulls are their most famous sons. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMXXVIII 1296 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Think the blonde out of Kenickie might be a mackem. I'd have treated her like a seagull back in the day. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 16399 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 38 minutes ago, The Fish said: This is the thing though their best and brightest; Henderson, Adie, Cram are/were good at what they did and at no point did any Newcastle fan think "Let's have a bit of that". The Airshow, the Penshaw Monument, I'm quite happy for them to be associated with Sunderland. By the by, out of curiosity I had a look at the Wiki page for the Penshaw Monument and this stood out for me. Poorly constructed, lacks purpose, and is mostly empty. Not even obvious who or what it's for. Seems a perfect analogue for Sunderland AFC "Viewed nationally as a symbol of the North East"? [citation very much fucking needed], I'd say 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23584 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 7 minutes ago, MMXXVIII said: Think the blonde out of Kenickie might be a mackem. I'd have treated her like a seagull back in the day. Back in the day? Fussy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMXXVIII 1296 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Renton said: Back in the day? Fussy. I've had several promotions since then, I've no idea of the condition she's in now and with that accent she'd better have used Oil of Ulay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 23584 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Just now, MMXXVIII said: I've had several promotions since then, I've no idea of the condition she's in now and with that accent she'd better have used Oil of Ulay. She does the One Show nowadays man. She wears frumpy dresses like but as I get on I quite like the mumsy vibe. Pretty much the only good thing to come out of that town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49697 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I didn't have time to post "Don't get Renton started on Laverne". He likes them mumsy! (dirty cunt) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMXXVIII 1296 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Renton said: She does the One Show nowadays man. She wears frumpy dresses like but as I get on I quite like the mumsy vibe. Pretty much the only good thing to come out of that town. Ah, I rarely watch telly and assumed she'd just vanished like all of the women I fancied 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7308 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Some braindead moron from Penshaw almost killed me driving clean through a STOP sign at 30 miles an hour. Fucked my neck forever, no joke. His equally braindead daughter (who was sat in the back of his car) launched a legal claim against ME for whiplash injuries. CUNTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 23549 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 56 minutes ago, Renton said: She wears frumpy dresses like but as I get on I quite like the mumsy vibe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Renton said: She does the One Show nowadays man. She wears frumpy dresses like but as I get on I quite like the mumsy vibe. Pretty much the only good thing to come out of that town. She's also on Radio 6 and last I checked she was doing Desert Island Discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45063 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: Vorderman was quite the looker back when she was the food critic for Razzle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3677 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 From wiki After meeting them in New York, Courtney Love said: They're a big bunch of sex, that band Kenickie. They're a big, raw-boned bunch of fucking sex — all three of them and the boy. I hope they get good. I hope we're a good example to them, I hope this record's huge and then the big labels will start sniffing around and then those big fucking raw-boned sexy Newcastle (sic) girls will be huge and have Number Ones and there will be an Amazon planet the way I want it. Fewmin marra. FTM 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45063 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 The other lasses must be managing their own branches of Maccy Ds by now? The lad had a documentary made about him, The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 45063 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 3 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: The other lasses must be managing their own branches of Maccy Ds by now? My curiosity got the better of me- looked them up. They had a fairly recent resurgence of fame unconnected to their musical past. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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