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THE BRITISH THREAD II

 
 
McTag
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 01:10 am
spendius wrote:
Does that cost £200 Mac?


Was I close?

Well done the boys in Paris, hope they didn't leave too much litter.

A few sore heads this morning I'll be bound, along with their coffee and croissants.
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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 03:32 am
spendius wrote:
Mathos wrote-

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Called in the Mitre Hotel had a really nice steak and onion baguette apiece with salad, a few chips and a large pot of tea for two. £14..10. Not bad as prices go nowadays.


At price levels of that nature, given the cost of the pantomimes of flattery in such posh places, the steak had obviously been sliced off a beast which had been tethered in an industrial unit, force fed for the minimum possible number of weeks and pumped up with the wonders of modern pharmceuticals{sic}. Perhaps, at £14. 10 for the package you might give us a rundown on what the other £13.50 was for.

Obviously a large pot of tea only requires another pint of water and an extra tea-bag. (about 4 pee I think plus washing up).



The only outlet I can see is the hole in your pocket.




Don't be silly and ignorant Spendipus, every body is aware that The Mitre
have their own organically reared cattle in the field at the back.

Then there is the tea of course 'Assan' specially blended with a young lady brewing various different types for one to sample before one makes a choice.

Served in the best china tea pot, matching cups real napkins, and live entertainment through the windows.

It must be a bugger of an existence not knowing how the other half live.

How is Lil's caravan on the A1 doing nowadays?
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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 05:24 am
The Mitre is not posh, not by a long chalk.

Seems a tad pricey though, reluctant as I am to agree with Spendy about anything.

Smile
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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 10:26 am
No Brits writing today. Must be suffering from the after-effects of too much celebrating.

I might as well go for a bike ride. Hey Steve, still want to see a picture of my bike? I'll take one.

My b-i-l sheared his derailleur, ooh nasty.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 11:01 am
sorry to hear about b i l accident, they do grow back though.

Went out with local nutters today (the Cyclists Touring Club...actually very nice people if a bit eccentric). This 73 year old bloke on his fixed gear no free wheel Claude Butler circa 1950 went past me up hills like I was going backwards.

83 year old also zoomed past, but he was on his hybrid pedal/electric power. Complete with walking stick strapped to cross bar. Lovely chap, kept enthusing about the rugby.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 11:24 am
Steve wrote-

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kept enthusing about the rugby.


What was there to enthuse about?

Kick-rush-maul-scrum-kick-rush-throw-in-maul-ruck-kick etc for 80 sodding minutes. Hardly one moment of skill on show. Just steroid meat pounding.

He's English--England won- he's enthusing. That's all there is to that sort of enthusing. Vicarious triumphalism. Fascist basically.

The testosterone was being talked up in the build up by that little squirt of a linkman, who even looks henpecked, that I thought it might start misting up the cameras.

There were a good few neanderthals in the crowd shots I must say.
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Steve 41oo
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 11:58 am
spendius wrote:
Steve wrote-

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kept enthusing about the rugby.


What was there to enthuse about?
England won you jerk.
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:14 pm
Bikes...

Rugby...

Yawn...

De Flatertits...

I'm off to watch Ray Mears.

Check in later.

x
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:16 pm
And you had better come up with something interesting to read!

Or else!

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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:24 pm
spendaholic,

Please answer the following questions, for my entertainment:

1. What did you have for your tea?

2. What colour are your trousers?

3. Is your hair passed your ears?

4. When was the last time you had coitus?

5. Are you rich?

6. Did you go to University?

7. Did you read the interview with Bob in the Radio Times?

8. Is the song of Bob's (can't remember the title, but it's the one with him in the basement cooking the medicine) related to a party at Ken Kesey's house - like the Ginsberg poem?

xi
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:26 pm
Asked the woman in Tesco for an "unlucky Dip"...

...she sold me one.


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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:43 pm
Steve wrote-

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England won you jerk.


Well wave your little Union Jack then if that helps you feel good.

It's actually incoherent from a Darwinian perpective which says that the nearer a male is to you the better it is to see him nose down in the **** and hopefully humiliated as well.

And I thought you were a Darwinian Steve. You obviously have a deep-seated spiritual nature. Religion means togetherness. It is of little consequence what the outward form of the belief is. That's why beliefs are moulded by economic and geographical data. Which is why Richmond votes Tory and Sheffield votes labour and the Liberals are strong on the Celtic fringes.

Rugby Union is like patio furniture. It's posh. Accountants and solicitors and corporate hospitality creeps and media wassocks (Tristrams AA Gill calls them) and City-slicks love it. It provides them with a semblence of the machismo they lack. Compared to bullfighting and a last fence four in a liner in any big race at Cheltenham it's pathetic.

There's no referee in those.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 12:57 pm
Answer to No 8-

If you mean-

Quote:
Johnnys in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
Im on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says hes got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
Its somethin you did
God knows when
But youre doin it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phones tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D.A.
Look out kid
Dont matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Dont try no doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You dont need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
Youre gonna get hit
But losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin for a new fool
Dont follow leaders
Watch the parkin meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Dont steal, dont lift
Twenty years of schoolin
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Dont wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Dont wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump dont work
cause the vandals took the handles


I shouldn't think so. It's just a warning to others from somebody who has his eyes and ears open.

No 7- No. Is it any good. Anything like "Look out kid-they keep it all hid" ?
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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 01:41 pm
Get away from that old has been Zimmerman and feast your eyes on South Africa and Argentina, either of these teams are going to be worthy opponenets in the final next week!


How come you don't like sport for men Spendi?


You only appear to show interest in cricket, don't like Rugby, don't like boxing, speedway, or leth wei.

Do you wear frocks?
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 01:59 pm
I don't actually my dear but it isn't the first time you have mentioned it. Are you obsessed with the idea of men wearing frocks. The subject never appears in any posts of mine. Only your's.

I would investigate with your medical advisers if I was you.
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Mathos
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 02:43 pm
Well we can look forward to a GREAT final, South Africa, and don't we owe them! :wink:


As for you Spendi, you can watch Mary Poppins at The Odeon!
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 02:52 pm
I've never seen Mary Poppins mate. Is it any good?

I'm planning on winning a few quid next Sat. France were hopeless. Could you not see that?

How many subs are allowed?
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McTag
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 04:11 pm
Don't see too many weaknesses in the SA team so England will do well to keep within 15 points of them. You read it here first.

I think it is a shame that negative, defensive, forward-dominated rugby can be so effective against more creative sides.
I hope we can have at least 30 minutes of open rugby next week, but I'm not holding my breath. They're too tired and bashed-about, for one thing.
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spendius
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 05:10 pm
I think anybody who has managed to escape the surveillance of a wife and finding himself in Paris would be duty bound as a good Darwinian, as rugby players obviously are, to be tired and bashed about after a week of waiting for the final and with a pocket full of cash.

At their age I would have been turning out with bags under my eyes under such circumstances. Playing for one's country is all very well but there are other matters to consider. Especially when you've been boo-ed by the armchair brigade.
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smorgs
 
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Reply Sun 14 Oct, 2007 11:49 pm
I wear frocks.

What's wrong with that?

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