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Or France 12-0 Kazakhstan Women. The visions conjured up of Borat’s elderly female relatives gambolling around the football field….
Nearly as funny as the current ad. for the Iron Survival Pack! Will it help prevent relegation this winter?
Surely a spoof?
Yes, it’s well known and they’re trying to keep it quiet.
In one well known vaccine trial, 94% of volunteers began obsessively shopping online for guides to the correct placement of table cutlery, CDs such as ‘Songs from the Shows’, and the book ‘Debretts guide to Royal Protocol’ (includes such items as whether a Marchioness should sit opposite or next to a Baronet at dinner, for example). Volunteers’ voices also rose by several semitones, and expressed an interest in magazines with titles such as “Dreamboys” and “Lesbians on the Loose” (the girls, obvs).
So yes, this is all true. Pass it on to at least ten people.
PS – Les and the Jonnies, am I doing this right? Is this how you spread rumours?
Aye, and I heard it on the radio. So, it’s obviously true. Pass it on – repost to others now!
Only just came across this, and quite unexpected really.
Seriously Alcy, I thought you were more sensible and less prone to idiotic online conspiracies.
It seems to me all these points are addressed periodically by the top profs in all the media coverage. But you hear much less about the government’s epic ineptitude in all this. Where are the prosecutions, resignations and apologies for the worst management in Europe? That’s where you should be suspicious.
BTW, there’s another theory you missed out – that the vaccine makes you gay.
Ha!
If this thread can’t be kept humorous(or attempted) will the mod remove to non football please..In case it still isn’t clear, this gesture by Johnson/Sunak means the government is expecting more criminality in future.
In other words, the government is admitting that we’re all going to be less safe – our houses, cars, families and kids… any one of us is now more likely to be the victim of a crime which attracts a prison sentence.
That is the reality of this government, Bill. You’ve given them your unquestioning support for too long, and now look where it’s got us.
The Chancellor has just announced a big increase for the police force and £4 BILLION to be spent on increasing prison “places” by 80,000 !
We’re in safe hands with this Conservative government.But we aren’t. Think about it Bill, 80,000 more prison places means we are going to have 80,000 more crims! That means the government is predicting we’re all going to be much less safe in future.
The government should be addressing the causes, not the consequences of criminality, and aiming to get the prison population down, not up.
Well, MelK, the elderly can and do isolate if worried. I have neighbours who hardly go out because of this. But some have to go out and mix publicly, because for example, they don’t have the support of others, or they don’t have cars and depend on public transport for shopping, doctors’ appointments etc etc.
As for “looking at the stats” you need to do more than just look at them, you have to dig down and analyse them, and it’s not a pretty picture for anyone. Try actually talking to those in the NHS too, see what they say about working in the front line, the underfunding, and the lack of PPE, the queues for treatment for other illnesses and the personal risk to themselves, not just from Covid, but overwork and mental stress. See for example the setting up of ‘recovery rooms’, not for post-operative patients, but for staff on the verge of cracking up.
And you say they should just ‘give up’!! Where’s the British bulldog spirit that won us two world wars (and one world cup)??
As for the average death being 77, you imply they elderly don’t matter because they hadn’t long left. Well, just wait until you’re 77, Mel! Or until it affects one of your elderly relatives! Sacrifice the elderly to protect Pret a Manger? I don’t think it’s a runner. You have to put health before wealth.
In any case, 77 is an average, and that’s only for deaths. Covid affects people of all ages, and as stated above, hospital care is resource hungry – it’s labour intensive, it blocks beds and treatment for those with other conditions, and it costs a lot of money.
Yes, lockdown measures have a price too. A lot of people will suffer from effectively being put under house arrest, as well as losing their jobs. This government could do more about that, as they have in Germany. With a minimum of 60% of pay, and furlough for 24 months, it’s protecting jobs and skills. It’s a government you can trust, unlike here.
Same in Sweden, where trust in government means people follow rules and regs. and take sensible precautions. They also have many people living in single occupancy households, unlike here. But there are a lot of myths about what’s going on there. See below, about why it’s not a good comparison, as well as BRI’s post above.
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3765
These countries do better than us because they trust those in charge to behave competently and look after their people. In return they behave themselves and follow the guidelines. Here, it seems people increasingly don’t believe what they’re told, because the government has cried ‘wolf’ far too often.
MelK, you could argue that the older you are the more you should be isolating, but do you really think it’s acceptable to tell the over 70s they shouldn’t go out at all if they aren’t ill and if there’s no lockdown in place?
Even if the government did say this, they probably wouldn’t accept it.
The issue with younger people is that although they might not get very ill they often pick up the disease and transmit it, for example in bars, restaurants, workplaces, on public transport, or at home when friends come to visit, or at college etc. It’s no surprise that people going back to work, school and college, as well as eating out ‘to help out’, led to a sharp increase in infection rates.
And even tho’ younger people are less likely to die when they get Covid, they can still end up in hospital and block the beds of others who need treatment for other conditions like cancer.
That’s why another national lockdown seems likely – it’s the only thing which is likely to bring down the escalating infection rate.
Oh, and as for man having caught diseases for thousands of years… thousands of years ago most people were dead by their mid 30s!
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/07/the-paleo-diet-caveman-cure-all-or-unhealthy-fad/242621/It depends how old you are.
https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid
But even if you don’t die you’ll still pass it on to a lot of other people, who’ll pass it on to even more, and some of them might die, and assuming you’re in your twenties you might be the 1/100 who dies too.
And even if you don’t die you might end up in intensive care for weeks, just like some of those to whom you passed the disease. And time in an ICU takes ages to recover from, and it’s expensive too.
Well, half time and same old story.
We’ve had an exorcism, now we need a miracle.A quick suggestion Matt.
In future podcasts could you and the guys throw a few of jokes into the mix? Or maybe use a couple of sound effects, like a clown horn or swannee whistle?
The last ones I’ve listened to have left me very depressed.
Aye to that – after all, football’s not a matter of life and death…
Their goals will likely outnumber our shot count.
You pay big bucks to young lads who are spoon fed via academies from an early age, and think the word GRAFT is some skin taken from your backside and placed elsewhere on the body. You can’t even give them a rollicking because because mummy or daddy in the family 4 x 4 never did.
Only kids from council estates had parents who taught them the harsh realities of real life.Naah, look, who in last weekend’s line-up do you think was born with a silver spoon?
True, spoilt kids can be lazy, but so can kids from less privileged backgrounds.
If young lads like these look like they aren’t bothered, it’s usually down to the manager. It’s his job to motivate the players and build team spirit, and if it’s not there you have to look at Cox and ultimately at the chairman.Spot on, WG.
Yep, don’t believe what you see, ignore the evidence of your own eyes, and just remember we are strong and stable…..
The main risk with playing a whole team of youth is if they lose a few games and heads drop, confidence saps away and they can end up ruined for a season or more. This could happen to Watson, as keepers are especially vulnerable.
Youngsters need to be brought in gradually and learn their trade around older heads. Anyone having served an apprenticeship knows this.
Young, rooky players plus inexperienced manager = expensive, ugly car crash. And that’s what we’ve got this season.Sack the vicar? Why, what’s he been up to??
No doubt the club will support him as best they can. However, we’ve seen plenty of cases like this before, where wayward young players in need of support just don’t get it from managers who are themselves under pressure, and who don’t have time to get alongside and effectively ‘social work’ footballers, because there’s a ton of other things they have to do and they could themselves be unemployed within a month. And, how many managers has he had while he’s been here?
Course, you could say ‘if others can behave, why not Colclough?’ but that would be missing the point.
“As with football so with life”…
Good point Ferrite.
Immigrants, blacks, teachers, single mothers, social workers, the homeless, the low-paid in general…. Don’t complain or level the playing field, just look after number one and hang on to what you’ve got or you might end up like them – relegated and begging for a handout!
This country has become a world leader in reality denial.
When racists start sounding off, decent people get angry because they see it as a violation of respect for others, an injustice against other members of society. They get angry because they don’t want their community sullied by racism, disrespect and intolerance.
It’s important that people speak out against racism, because when good folk say nothing, the more the racists think it’s ok to diss people of other countries and cultures. It creates an atmosphere in which it becomes ok for others to do this, because it appears that nobody minds.
UKIP exploited this, and the Tories did too, when they saw how popular UKIP were becoming. Both thought they could win some easy votes by blaming the financial crisis and austerity on immigration, rather than failing Tory policies.
They ran campaigns based on fear, bigotry and fury, rather than rational evidence or thought, which effectively gave license to disgusting people to be racist and follow their own dark hearts.
So when lying leaders in politics, together with their supporters on here, all create a climate which implies it’s ok to be racist (you know who you are, Jonnies, Or-not, doppelgangers and dad), it’s not surprising that specimens like IITB feel comfortable being disgusting from behind a keyboard, because nobody knows who they are. You reap what you sow, and people like this are your Frankenstein’s monsters.
The things this country fought against in two world wars – fascism, intolerance, racism, prohibition of the truth, the abuse of minorities, and campaigns of lies organized by liars, spread among those who were unlikely or unable to seek out reliable information, have now become the ‘leitmotiv’ of those who have the brass neck to call themselves patriotic. That is the lamentable state of affairs of the UK in 2020.
If you listen quietly, you might hear your forbears turning in their grave at how those with tawdry, bilious, racist opinions which carry the weight of an empty crisp bag, have come to form national policy. It’s as bad as Covid. It’s the disease within.
Opera at the Albert Hall, Melky??? Surely some mistake……
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/
Not a soprano in sight…
Try the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, tho’ sadly tonight’s Madama Butterfly is download only!
https://www.roh.org.uk/tickets-and-events?event-type=opera-and-music
But back to the OP, an radio important doc today on football finance, dodgy ownership of lower league teams, etc.
Not looking good at all. Cox has descended into madness even at this early stage….he appears to be one of most safety first, conservative managers we’ve had.
Agreed.
In the past this would have led to speculation about Swann’s role. Cox said in the Humberside interview today ‘this is how the chairman wants the team to play’ or something very close to it, but in these cash-strapped times, who dares bite the hand that feeds?A teenage black lad from inner-city London trying to find his way in north Lincs. needs consistency from someone with the talent to manage his.
Unfortunately, he didn’t get it here, and from age 16 he’s had about 9 managers in 8 years, most of whom were struggling themselves. Plus, some ‘fans’ were quick to get on his back when he did make a mistake.
Not good, especially in the early years – as any teacher knows.
Just turned 24, he still has great potential which McCann has evidently seen and can bring out at Hull.
He’s had too many managers – about 7 at GP alone before he was 22! Not good for a talented young player.
Certainly did.
He’d just turned 22 when he left. Nobbut a lad, and that was after a season of 49 appearances and the club in league 1 playoffs.
He needs a manager with the talent to handle talent.
Fantastic graphic of our passes from the weekend’s game.
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Is that tongue in cheek, SST?
The main stat from this weeks game was Crawley 1 Scunthorpe 0. And the qualitative assessment is that it was yet another crap performance.most posters on here hate the royal family and probably the country itself.
LK, being patriotic – i.e. loving your country – means loving the people within it, not blindly cheering your leaders, no matter how incompetent they are.
Brainwashed, euphoric followership is what they used to have in China, for example. Or Nazi Germany…..
… most posters on here hate the royal family and probably the country itself.
#leftisthaters
Most people on here hate the way the country has gone in the last ten years, yourself included. And just look who’s been in charge. It’s not complicated, in fact it’s staring you in the face.
I’m actually looking for a new kitchen so will give these guys a call.
This is the sort of thing said by little people with big mouths when they’re in deep financial do-do. What a shame, BI actually filleted by the Tories themselves!
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