THE BRITISH THREAD II

Just two nutcases slugging it out for the benefit of those who are into that sort of thing. Like kangaroos do.

Seems like I missed all the fun on this one! X

When kangaroos slug it out its for a purpose.

Boxing has no purpose save for satisfying some peoples predilection for violence.

Yeah. Exactly. From a comfy chair too. The armchair gladiators. I don't know why the cops don't arrest them.

Max Mosley, eh, you couldn't make it up.

Head of F1 motor racing gets himself filmed with five prostitutes in kinky S-M sex act (with maybe Nazi undertones, contested) and is son of leading British fascist who was wed in Josef Goebbels' apartment.

And he's going to try to brazen his way out of it.

Say what you like about the British, we can set up a first-class scandal.

Each to their own on opinions, it all depends how you evolve and what you experience in life.

Chicks with dicks amuse me too.

You have no idea about boxing though if you are simply looking at the bouts, and interpreting the same to suit your own purposes.


I see the friendship between the lads, the years of training, (most boxers start as amateurs at eleven years of age).

The levels of fitness attained and the hardest training in the world to reach such levels.

Imagine if you have simply done a bit of jogging and you really know what it is like to run up a steep hill on a hot day at the end of a three or four mile run, your heart is beating, the legs are screaming in pain, breath is short, and you wonder if you are going to make it to the top.

Well a boxer feels like that and he's getting hit on top. It's not like playing for a team where you can pass the ball when your on your last legs!

It's conditioning with strict rules, dedicated training and a personal desire to be a winner.

Who will not quit?

Who has the will to win?

Very rarely do boxers get in trouble, and that might well surprise you.

They are normally sincere in their approach to be a winner in the sport and life in general.

Medical examinations are undertaken, strict rules, diets and the hardest physical training sessions in the world of sports.

That's the basics behind boxing, plus the friendship and respect the lads have for each other, their opponents, senior members of society, the balance of fair play and equality in all aspects of humanity.

Mathos wrote-



What a wonderful philosophy and especially now that most of the major players are armed to the teeth with WMDs.

The philosophy of mass destruction.

Still farting like an old speckled hen I notice.

Mathos wrote-



Rubbish. All sports do those things.

I nearly spilled my cup of tea laughing at that!

What the hell would you know about sport unless it's bending your right arm for a pint and playing with your semi limp pecker at the end of a non existent snooker table, with non existent lady bus drivers! Wearing non existent low cut blouses and fish-net stockings.

My, my, my Delilah.


Dream on Spendi....

Your a hoot!

Actually, I asked around about the lady bus driver.

Her temporary presence in the pub for a month was due to her having been suspended from her work for continually having days off and she was into tribunal time with a union rep.

She got her job back, changed blokes and vanished. She had big legs which I presume are handy for bus driving. She was suspected of being a bit acee-deecy.

Lack of activity here, if you discount Spendy and Mathos' ongoing tiff.

The papers had a field day with the progress of the Olympic Flame through London. The bobbies had to earn their overtime. Does not augur well.

Hows T5 looking? Still a mess?

Daughter is looking to travel in the next week or so.

T5 still a bit of a mess, but improving.
Now the BA pilots have weighed in.

Nobody loves the BA management at the moment.

I've finished my carpentry, and now I'm going out to buy a book..

Spendy, you are no doubt a veteran of many pub quizzes.

Can you tell us why Mr Clements chose the name Mark Twain for his nom-de-plume?

I can tell you that, McT...

No-one else rose to that one.

I like boats, as you probably know. But our lakes, lochs and inland waterways are small by American standards. And many people who go there seek to enjoy the scenery and a bit of calm.

Hence, I am against speedboats, jet skis and the like having unrestricted access in beauty spots. I would even risk the statement that owners of speedboats etc are not primarily interested in scenery.
So they can easily, and better, carry out their pastime at sea, or in gravel pits or docks better fitted to the purpose.
There, they can make as much noise as they like, wash water up the banks, pollute the water and the air, paint stripes on their boats, and generally arse around without disturbing others.

You probably even know what a nom-de-plume is.

Probably is in excess..

Mac wrote-



You forgot cleaning sea-food out of the bowthrusters Mac.

I hate pub quizzes. They connect and disconnect too fast. I prefer worrying a subject.