smorgs mwah mwah
are you on strike today?
Yep, happy Burrrrns night, McT.
Have a wee dram for all of us on the Brit thread.
the prince wrote:smorgs mwah mwah
are you on strike today?
Prince, mwah mwah mwah
Yas I am...
I've cum over all left wing, going to buy a pair of dungarees and have a butch doo!
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Ticomaya wrote:And the food .... ?
I had my usual traditional Scottish breakfast without haggis ... I knew even in those days what was in it!
Well, I tried to act as if I had a little bit. But failed terribly since the dog didn't like it either.
Seems, it was okay - we got German tunes played when we left :wink:
Well, the Pasta al Forno is in and bubbling. My meatballs have been gently teased into the correct shape and consistency, and have been covered with tomato and sweet chilli sauce.
The beer (Baxters Golden Glory) is warming in the kitchen, and I am just about to toss my salad.
Yes, the time has arrived.
Totting Ham v. Harsen Hall in the second leg of the Carling Cup.
Harsen Hall ..........are without Baptista, Van Persie, Lemmann and Henry, to name but a few.
This makes a certain major muscle twitch slightly, but I think we'll still run rings round 'em.
Totting Ham..............are without Ledley King and Berbatov.
Should be a good game.....
FORECAST - Totting Ham 2 - 4 Harsen Hall.
I also forecast that the Carling Cup will be won by a London club this year.
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Meanwhile, Manchester Utd fans will be shivering in their boots tonight, as the mighty Watford travel up there to play them in the Premiership.
Watford skipper, Jordan Stewart, is quoted as saying "I've told the lads to go hell for leather tonight, in an attempt to keep our thrashing down to a goal difference of only five or so..."
Well, Jordan, I think you'll do better than that.
FORECAST - Man Utd 4 - 0 Watford.
You sassenachs are evidently unaware that Burns' Night is on 25th January.
My haggis is not for that purpose. I'm an accredited haggis breeder and I'm introducing new blood into my flock.
I'll forecast Tottenham 2 Arsenal 0.
McTag wrote:You sassenachs are evidently unaware that Burns' Night is on 25th January.
My excuse is I'm a yank. But I was lead to believe a Burns Supper could be held on a night other than Burns Night, but usually around 1/25. Have I been lead astray?
You can have a Burns Nite any night you would like. You don't need anyone's permission or anything like that.
You simply say "I'm having a Burns Nite tonight" and there you are.
It's dead easy. You don't even need to read any of that so called poetry out or eat any horrible haggis or listen to any caterwauling bagpipes. You just get pissed up.
You can have one the next night as well if you want.
Every night in fact.
You should have Edgar Allen Poe Nites.
It would be just the same.
Ticomaya wrote:McTag wrote:You sassenachs are evidently unaware that Burns' Night is on 25th January.
My excuse is I'm a yank. But I was lead to believe a Burns Supper could be held on a night other than Burns Night, but usually around 1/25. Have I been lead astray?
You are correct, Tico. Any night will do, and the closer to 25/1 the better.
I wasn't too far off with the forecast.
3-1 to Arsenal.
Brilliant game, I thought.
Now for Chelsea on the 25th Feb in the Final.
Spot on with the Man U v Watford result, though.
Did you bet on it though Ellpus? That's the test. I think Mrs P Jolly could have got close to your forecasts.
A fingertip here and a linesman's decision there and you are more or less playing pinball.
You could have cleaned up instead of only being able to blow on a cornet had you took the plunge. Having your house on it you would have been in clover with servants and high class prostitutes.
spendius wrote:Did you bet on it though Ellpus? That's the test. I think Mrs P Jolly could have got close to your forecasts.
A fingertip here and a linesman's decision there and you are more or less playing pinball.
You could have cleaned up instead of only being able to blow on a cornet had you took the plunge. Having your house on it you would have been in clover with servants and high class prostitutes.
What's betting about? Aggresion?
I saw a documentary this week about Pamela Harriman who was Pamela Churchill and her first husband Randolph gambled away three years' salary on a troopship from Tilbury to Egypt.
Quite a gal was Pamela.
A Story of Schadenfreude: Due to some unpleasant wills, all my husband's family money ended up with a silly girl who married a wealthy man; to our rather shameful delight, it turns out he's gambled it all away and they are living in Penury (near Beswick, perhaps?)
Hey, Beswick, is that a reference to the proposed site of the casino at Eastlands? Very good. Extremely perspicacious.
Where are the Brits today? Am I the only one who has time to waste online? Not overlooking Clary of course, but I know she does stuff Thursdays.
I'm getting ready for another trip (sorry S) to Edinburgh, tomorrow.
The Clerk of Works did not okay the design for the proposed handrail and so a Version III will have to be developed. I hope nobody falls down the steps meanwhile.
Mornin' everyone.
Sorry I'm a bit late on the thread this morning. I've been dialling around, trying to hire a couple of high class prossies.
Well have a nice time.
(How to give an American heart palpitations...ask him to spell Edinburgh)
ps McT are you sure you're living within your carbon footprint?
The Germans have Burg, the Scots ...burgh, the English ...borough and the Americans ...boro.
And -bury in our part of England.
