cd.thomson
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 02:25 PM |
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i like talking to new people but there is one question they can ask (or variations on a theme) that is a complete conversation killer:
"Did you watch the game?"
Has anyone seen the IT crowd bit where the lads get mixed up with some unfavourables after being drawn into a really awkward conversation about
football?
Craig
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Mr G
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 02:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bi22le
Unfortunatly I dont have Sky though so miss most of the interesting stuff!!
No sky required 
Loads of sites on the internet that have links to free streams of all the sporting events you could shake a stick at...for free! 
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 02:28 PM |
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I'll probably watch the England games with the boys and a beer but I have a feeling I won't be watching too many games
Still, "come on England" and all that. I know I should be more patriotic but hey ho.....
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Jasper
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 02:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
I've got my jobs done, i'm sat with a pint by my side, Sky in HD mode, the dog asleep at my feet......
Bring on the footy!!!!
(ok, i lie about the jobs done, i've done only done the washing and hung it out - i'll get a bollocking when the g/f gets home).
Saw Mexico play England the other week - suspect they'll take South Africa but hope SA edge it in a 4-3 thriller.
Just you and me then Mike !!
If you're not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room.
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Charlie_Zetec
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 02:39 PM |
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Professional football is like a pack of Andrew toilet paper; long and drawn out, full of softness, and generally overpriced (wages and entrance fees
etc.)
Give me a jolly good game of rugby any day! The international stars take a beating, go off for stitches to proper war wounds, then carry on playing.
No "magic sponge/water" and sure as hell no backchat - all in all a much more disciplined game.
As was once quoted "football is a gentlemans game played by hooligans, and rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen". Very much the
truth.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 03:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by TimC
Wow - its like Grumpy Old Men in here!
Vivre et laisser vivre!
And me too
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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Ivan
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 03:21 PM |
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Not at all interested in rugby or football normally - but there is such a fantastic vibe in South Africa that you can't help but be swept up by
it. Vuvuzellas are going throughout the country - every truck, LDV and taxi passing gives you a blast plus many of one's more staid neighbours
as well - this is one of the few occasions I have ever felt a country so united to one cause so all power to the world cup.
So have the TV on but not the sound and am checking progress.
Even I have a SA flag on my car - and that's not me at all - anyway it's the best flag in the world
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splitrivet
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 03:36 PM |
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Miserable bunch of buggers, Im not into football by any stretch but do enjoy the buzz of the world cup. If England do well the entire country feels
lifted, shame it normally ends in us being blown away.
Cheers,
Bob
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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FFTS
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 03:45 PM |
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Its played on grass!!!
They cheat!
They are more interested in celeb image.
they fake being hurt!
They marry gold digging orange slappers!
Maybe if they cut out the running up and down and the passing when they get scared someone will take their rubber ball off them, then just do the
kicky bits into the net then I may watch for 5 mins.
YES!! I am a grumpy old man... so what hahaha
[Edited on 11/6/10 by FFTS]
Chris.
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The Knobs
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 03:59 PM |
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Cant wait to cheer on england, anything that involves england against johny foreigner is good by me. Will be watching the next game in Anglesey and
the following one in france, all while trackdaying, does it get any better ?
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Madinventions
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 04:33 PM |
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Nope - the 'buzz' of the world cup just gives me a headache, and the more I get told I should like it - the more I hate it. I got told I
was 'being unpatriotic' earlier because someone suggested I put a silly plastic flag on my kit and I suggested some alternative uses for
it that they might like to contemplate. 
Football - pah.
Ed.
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40inches
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 05:02 PM |
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Football? Yuk! My 15 year old son is fanatical, even has a season ticket Where did I go wrong?
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Humbug
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 05:07 PM |
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No (interest)
Yes ("children" - 18 and 20)
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fazerruss
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 06:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blue2cv
No engine, not interested
totally agree
"if assholes could fly this place would be an airport"
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 06:45 PM |
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Hopefully the drunken scum...sorry, excited football fans..we had four years ago kick the sides of cars all the way down the street won't be
making an appearance this year. Not holding my breath though.
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Benzine
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 06:50 PM |
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I don't like football at all really except the world cup. I'm excited ^___^
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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NigeEss
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| posted on 11/6/10 at 07:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Its like watching a wall after youv painted it.
[Edited on 11/6/10 by Danozeman]
I'd actually prefer doing that
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 04:52 PM |
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I was previously so not a football fan, but as Ivan said above here you can't help but be swept up in the current excitement. It's doing
great things for SA. Previously rugby was white and soccer was black. Now all are united. The two biggest rugby teams in SA played the super forteen
final in the heart of Soweto a week ago, and now this. I'm converted.
Going to a pub now to watch England/USA.
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 12/6/10 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 12/6/10 at 10:25 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gordy
Yeh, but how many times will 1966 be mentioned in commentry
Oh just wait until the Sun realises Argentina is in it too. Not too fussed about the "Hand of God" gubbins seeing as we can't shut
up about 1966 (was over 40 years ago ffs!) but it's referring to them as "Argies" that does my head in.
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