Morning all
I'm excited as I'm off on holiday tonight, but I'm putting off packing and leaving my room in a serviceable state. I'm also avoiding tidying up the alcohol bottles in the kitchen. What are you putting off?

Alt: The weather eh? Apparently it's shit at the mo in the south of France. Arse. What country has the ideal climate for you?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:37, 133 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Morning
Holidays are great. Mine's a while off yet though :-(

Right at the moment, the weather's ideal here. It was 25°C yesterday - a very pleasant temperature. But I like it a little bit warmer on holiday, so I can swim outside. I wouldn't attempt that here!
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:39, Reply)

ooh, I'm a cold weather girl
plus I've gone swimming in Ireland in November. The benefits of being a penguin (the word possibly comes from the latin for "lined with fat") it was scorching in London yesterday, I think i burned :(
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:46, Reply)

I must admit
I turned down the shower to 'slightly above cold' this morning to set me up for the oven that is my office. The heating's stuck on, and the window only opens a crack. It's usually about 31°C, so it's a wee bit uncomfortable to work in.

Better that than too cold though.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:52, Reply)

too cold and you can put more layers on
there's alimit to how much you can take off, though, especially at work.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:33, Reply)

Iceland.
And I'll be spending 2 weeks in Kos in the middle of August : /
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:39, Reply)

Good morning!
When are you leaving? I wish I was on holidays myself.

I put off preparing my lunch for today, so now I only have a slim a soup and 3 rivitas. It's going to be a long day.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:42, Reply)

I'm off in the early hours of tomorrow, so will leave my lovely flat in the evening, so I don't miss my flight. Will buy a book or something, or reread the ones I have with me.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:48, Reply)

I hate these flights at anti-social hours.
I always try to fly at a decent time.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:54, Reply)

I don't mind anti-social flights
I can sleep anywhere anytime.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

That's a valuable characteristic to have
I've got to be lying down, preferably in a proper bed, to sleep. I just can't do it when I'm sitting up.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

I'm the same
it's shit.

even when I'm in bed I have to have almost complete quiet and darkness.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:27, Reply)

I've fallen asleep standing on a crowded bus
And talking with someone.

Sometimes it's not so good.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:28, Reply)

The USA

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:44, Reply)

Any part in particular?
The climate in New Mexico is significantly warmer than northern Alaska.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:53, Reply)

DURR.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:54, Reply)

I was just dumbing down your comment
so the proletariat would understand.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:55, Reply)

it'd gone over my head, admittedly

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:57, Reply)

Aren't you a card!

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:53, Reply)

I am positively jiggling in my seat with anticipation of having the afternoon off to watch the football
so I suppose you could say I'm putting off work, but that's hardly news.

I have also put off shaving for several days, as for both the other two games I was clean-shaven. If we win by several today I'm going to look like Tom Hanks in Castaway pretty soon. Sexyyyyyy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:45, Reply)

oh are England playing tonight?
hope I don't get caught up in the celebrations/commiserations...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:50, Reply)

They're playing at 3pm
So by 5pm the nation will either be celebrating or mourning, or for that tiny minority who don't have an interest in football, bumdering. What time are you traveling?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:57, Reply)

635
so 400 check in, leave here about 1 i'd say? I always like to have plenty of time.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 8:59, Reply)

You'll be fine then
According to the football-crazed media, England will "grind to a halt" for the match so hopefully the roads should be relatively clear and the airport reasonably devoid of fucktards. Well played
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:01, Reply)

Can you check in online?
Then you just have to turn up less than an hour before departure, drop off your bags and go straight to the gate.

It avoids a great deal of queuing with smelly people and their screaming kids.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:02, Reply)

ooh, i am checked in online.
still don't want to be late though.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:08, Reply)

I don't do late either
but being there 2 and a half hours before departure is a tad excessive if you've already checked in.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Oh dear, what a ghastly prospect.
I fear I shall be trying to get home immediately after ‘the match’. I’m not sure which would be worse, jubilant simians or elated DEJECTED ones.

Bellowing mongols draped in flags are bad news either way, I suspect. I think on balance I’d prefer ‘Engerland’ to lose, because it will upset a load of peasants. Seeing their sorrowful little downcast badly-painted faces on the tube, with their wholly unrealistic ‘dreams’ of ‘glory’ lying in Foster’s-flavoured tatters around them, would raise a nasty sneering little smile upon my otherwise flawless visage.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:02, Reply)

That was very poetic and well-written, as we have come to expect from you, Mr Boyce
But nonetheless it basically translates as "I am a bumder"

Also, could you differentiate between jubilant and elated simians?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:04, Reply)

jubilant means rejoicing, elated means lifted up, happy.
and even your initials spell Massive Bumder.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:07, Reply)

And thanks to you
I'm a friend of Dorothy.

Also; my initials could equally well spell Monty Boyce...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

oh i diem't realise that...
that excites me more than it should. Though Monty excites me more than he should.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:19, Reply)

Isn't he old enough to be your grandfather?

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:20, Reply)

not quite.
I seem to be growing out of my queen-of-the-paedos phase...
I do remember shouting at the bash "I don't fancy Monty, I just love him" The poor thing.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:26, Reply)

I'm not sure which state of affairs I'd prefer
Actually that's bollocks, I do know, and so does he
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:33, Reply)

The subhuman grunting is slightly higher-pitched
when they are dejected.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:08, Reply)

Ah, but you didn't say dejected
Although dejected would have made a lot more sense. Depending upon results today the football-loving masses will be either very happy or very sad, but you gave us two versions of the former. Tsk.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Boo hoo!
I've only had 2 hours' sleep, forgive me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I might print this out and frame it

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I think DF
was referring to the fact that 'jubilant' and 'elated' are similar emotions, whereas if England were to lose, the mood of the people would be described by neither of these words.

(Except in Scotland, of course)


Edit - ^^ as I thought
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Good work Mr K
I'm going to table this now, pre-emptively - Scotland have no right to crow if England get knocked out, because they at least qualified. The Irish, on the other hand, are perfectly entitled to laugh at France's piss-poor showing on account of the French cheating to qualify at Ireland's expense
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:20, Reply)

Oh, no, you misunderstand
The Scots would not crow about it. It's pure Schadenfreude at seeing England lose, rather than a feeling of superiority.

We all know the Scottish team is pish. Even when we thought we were going to Argentina to win the cup in 1978 under Ally McLeod, then ended up being thumped by Peru. We look back on that and laugh about it now.

But many Scots have a right chip on their shoulder about the English, and are part of the ABE (anyone but England) brigade. I must admit I'm sick and tired of the media hype but I'm not really caring whether the England team do well or badly. I haven't even watched a whole match in the World Cup.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:24, Reply)

Didn't actually realise you were Scottish
otherwise I might have been more personal with the above :-) I have to admit I'm glad I wasn't quite born at the time of the '78 World Cup. To see Scotland heading off to Argentina with what looked like a decent team whilst we missed out for the second time running would have been excruciating. The weird thing is that in such circumstances I think most English people, my Dad for example, cheered for Scotland in England's absence. I don't get that. Sorry.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:27, Reply)

Yeah, I know
Most English cheer on the Scots if they're not playing England. Most Scots cheer on whoever's playing England. A small minority are ambivalent. A negligible number actively support England when they're playing.

I'm one of the ambivalents. I don't see any point in cheering on a team other than one's own, but I don't hate the English team so I don't really care.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Seconded
I'll cheer for Wales as I'm half-Welsh but only as long as they're not playing England. Not much point anyway. They're shit.

I have been taking an interest in New Zealand's fortunes in this World Cup, mostly because I have family out there but partly because seeing them hold the World Champions to a draw was fucking hilarious
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:36, Reply)

after having lived in Wales for 4 years
I got put right off Welsh sporting teams. The Welsh are the worst losers and manage somehow to be even worse winners.

Fortunately when I was at uni we consistently thrashed the shit out of them at rugby.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

You were a rugby player?
That explains a lot...
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:46, Reply)

by we I meant England
I played rugby for my school for a couple of years when I started secondary school.

by the time I got to uni I was far too stoned all the time to even contemplate playing rugby. and even if I wasn't, I wouldn't have played. Have you seen rugby boys? fucking awful quasi-benders.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:50, Reply)

^this in spades
Never played on a rugby team, but more than once have encountered the braying public school arseholes that make them up, who seem to adore games that involve getting naked and performing debasing acts in the presence of other braying public school arseholes or pissing in your mate Biffo's pint while Belcher cracks one out into his kit-bag. WHIZZO!
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:54, Reply)

so true
that sort of thing is very much not for me

(I was particularly proud of my quasi-benders remark)
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:56, Reply)

I like it
and think you should find more ways to use it in conversation.

(And likewise, I too prefer my biscuits crunchy...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:59, Reply)

Officelol

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:01, Reply)

When I thought you were a rugby man
I was going to accuse you of chronic bumdering and smuggery on account of this hobby. I am pleased that you agree wholesale with my opinion of the sport, and also that I wasn't wrong about the smuggery.

In all fairness "quasi-benders" is an awesome word
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:00, Reply)

sm b
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:00, Reply)

My secondary school was full of itself
And invested heavily in the rugby team (financed tours abroad etc). I was on the fencing team, who were arguably more successful despite being largely self-funded. The rugby team were adamant that fencing, aka hitting people with swords, is totally gay compared to rugby, a game where you roll in the mud with men and grab their nuts, then shower with them.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:58, Reply)

I love you, so much.

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:06, Reply)

If they were actually bellowing Mongols of the Ghengis Khan variety it'd be quite amusing

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

The prose is nothing short of beautiful

(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:46, Reply)

Fuck me, this is a masterpiece.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 25 Jun 2010, 23:46, Reply)

This country is the ideal climate for me
which is convenient.

I'll probably tell you what I'm putting off later.

See what I did there?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:06, Reply)

*puts off answering properly*

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:07, Reply)

To be fair mate, you live in Exeter
I'm not convinceed that MOST of this country is an ideal climate for you

I've just remembered, my cousin's at Uni in exeter. I assume you know him
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:07, Reply)

if your cousin is at uni here
then he is clearly a braying idiot with a popped collar who failed to get into Oxford or Cambridge. He is almost certainly called Rupert.

you are probably right about the climate. The South West is better than the rest of the country.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:11, Reply)

I have a relative called Rupert
He earns more in a month than I do in 6, drives a Porsche and is a bit arrogant.

I've never looked in his bread bin, but I'd be surprised if croissants didn't feature.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:12, Reply)

If that's the key to success
Why don't you all change your names to Rupert and call your sons Rupert as well?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:36, Reply)

You are almost entirely correct
His name is Bryn by virtue of that side of my family's Welshness, but he is a twat. I haven't seen him since 2002 because even then he was a spoiled little shite
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:18, Reply)

The Bahamas
or somewhere mediterranean. When the sun is shining I'm happy. Maybe I have that SAD thing.

I get to finish at 2pm today because of the world cup, joy!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:08, Reply)

I'm putting off a shit ton of paperwork
I'm a couple of months behind on it, not good.

And the ideal climate doesn't really exist for me. I don't like it too hot, or too cold. Sweden was probably the best for it.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:10, Reply)

Sweden is too cold
Have you been there in winter, in Kiruna, at -42degC?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:14, Reply)

Was there in summer
In Gottskär, sunshine til 11pm, was ace!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Yes, summer is good
Brilliant in fact. The problem is that from October to March you only want to kill yourself.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:39, Reply)

You could become migratory

( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

This country, although maybe a spot with slightly less rain than Liverpool
Going to Malmo in Sweden in August and I have no idea yet what their August weather is like :)

I'm putting off getting ready to go to the doctors.

EDIT, Hi Aberracion, what's Sweden like in August?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:13, Reply)

It's normally warm and sunny
Around 20 to 25degC, but you might get a bad day and have rain.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:15, Reply)

That'll do nicely

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

I've been to Malmo (airport)
on the way to Denmark for a festival. I think that may have been in August. The weather was alright.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

Coolio!
As you know, I'm not looking to sunbathe, just generally pleasant would be nice.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:16, Reply)

There you have, averages:
www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/SWXX0020?role=
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:32, Reply)

I had a holiday in Sweden, and the weather was just right.
Low 70s most days, and sunny most of the time. This was August, in the middle of the country.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:47, Reply)

My ideal climate would probably be Mediteranean or mainland Greece
I would like to echo Monty's sentiments about the football, I'm actively hoping that England lose in a humiliating fashion just to see the faces of all those supporters who put their hopes and dreams in the hands of some millionaire shitehawks.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:22, Reply)

With you and Monty on the football
If they were less arrogant, and said "Oh we're happy underdogs who haven't won anything since 1966, COME ON ENGLAND!"
I'd be right behind them.
However, they still have the audacity to say "Football's coming home. We're brilliant. We'll show 'em!"

Fuck off.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:25, Reply)

while I'd like England to win
I'd also like to see us get a massive drubbing. It wouldn't be so bad if any competition started from a far more realistic position of "We're a bit shit, but let's see how far we can go"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:26, Reply)

We're allowed to finish early today, if we choose (flexitime)
And they're showing the match in our coffee lounge. I really hope England get reamed, so I can head down there at full time and watch people weep.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:28, Reply)

that would be quite funny

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:30, Reply)

Yup
That kind of attitude would tempt me to support them.
But then, I'm an Evertonian...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:29, Reply)

It's a lose-lose situation either way though, as far as media coverage goes.
If England do well, the media will be in a frenzy, with 1966 getting more than its fair share of mentions.

But if they crash and burn, the media will be in a frenzy, baying for Capello's blood, analysing where it all went wrong etc.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:29, Reply)

and where it went wrong is that most of our players are a bit shit
and the ones that aren't can't play with shit players with any success.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

I'm sick of people's facebook statuses detailing how they would have done everything better

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Everyone's an expert, innit

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I have no idea how it should be done
so I keep my status updates of the "oh for fucks sake" variety
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Over the years I've come to accept that England aren't really that good at football
and agree with you to some extent, but will still be screaming my lungs out this afternoon. I do really wish the media would stop making it seem like anything less than a quarter-final is a disaster. There must be eight better teams at the tournament than us. Our best centre-back and captain is crocked, our second-best centre-back is a cunt, thrid best is a walking disaster area and fourth best is Jamie fucking Carragher. You can't win a World Cup without a quality central defence and goalkeeper, and we have neither.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:30, Reply)

we have very few players who are fast too
which means we can't create any chances other than the usual scraps in the box, or belting it from way outside.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:32, Reply)

True
Only Lennon has any pace, and he has no end product. Out of his depth on this level. We're not getting any decent ball into Rooney and playing that lumbering carthorse Heskey makes it too easy for them to lump it his way and hope. Apparently Defoe might start today, which should at least give us some pace in the box
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:40, Reply)

You need Walcott to sprint down the wing
trouble is he doesn't do anything with it once he's there.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:42, Reply)

No, what you need is Dixon to thunder down the flank
And hoof it over-under to Swanson, as he's got the shine to really jimmy it to them, like back in 82.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

I'm fairly ambivalent about football generally
but the insistence by a string of managers and pundits etc. that Heskey has any place in the national squad makes me furious. He is fucking dreadful.

Without wanting to turn into one of those people who think they know better than the coach. I know better than the couch. Start with Crouch or Defoe, and stick Gerrard in the middle. Get Joe Cole playing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

If almost any other manager in the world was sticking with Heskey and leaving out Cole
I'd be bemused at best and apopleptic at worst. But Fabio Capello is, well, Fabio Capello. He knows whereof he speaks. He must have some idea what he's doing as regards selection and formation
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:45, Reply)

Heskey is so shit though
and he shows it time after time. I'm more confused than anything else.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:46, Reply)

I think the logic behind playing Heskey
is that he sets it up for Rooney, who is undoubtedly our best player and most potent goal threat. The question is whether Rooney can score two strikers' goals, as Heskey clearly won't contribute
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:51, Reply)

it's rare to see Rooney doing other than setting up for other people to score though
so he needs someone who isn't dire to play with.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:53, Reply)

He could do with being more selfish in front of goal
which is the argument for playing him alone up front, he does alright for United in that position.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:58, Reply)

this is where my knowledge falls down
I never watch club football
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:02, Reply)

Probably because you're from Exeter

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:06, Reply)

originally from High Wycombe
Wanderers aren't much to write home about either.

more than that though, none of my family is or ever has been into football or rugby or anything like that really.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Yeah, my Dad started taking me to matches regularly when I was 8
plus Nottingham Forest were one of the best teams in the country then. So I did have several advantages over you in that respect. Never mind eh, at least you've got... your height!
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:10, Reply)

it's ok
I don't feel I've missed out
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:17, Reply)

That's the attitude, stiff upper lip
*awaits strikethrough*
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:19, Reply)

You'd just give them all croissants and then sit there smugly
you would make a crap coach.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:45, Reply)

pah
that wouldn't be crap. you'd want to play for me
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I'm sick and tired hearing about 1966
but I have to say the England team then was superb. Jimmy Greaves couldn't even get in to it!

Today it's full of arseholes, primadonnas, neds and combinations thereof.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I think I'd like football
If it wasn't for the primadonnas. Fucking whinging, diving wankers.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

I want England to win, but I don't think I can take this all again for another 5 games as we just scrape through.
Perhaps best to get it over and done with. Then we can say we are as crap as France.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:34, Reply)

at least France had extenuating circumstances
we are just shit
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:35, Reply)

France's extenuating circumstances were entirely of their own making
Not playing to your potential is shameful, but choosing not to play to your potential because you're too busy throwing strops and acting like children is inexcusable
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

But they are french
and don't have the winning mentality of the english. Even if it is misplaced.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:42, Reply)

The English clearly don't have a winning mentality
Else we would have won some games.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:45, Reply)

As I said, the mentality has been misplaced, for years.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:48, Reply)

We loaned it to Brazil in the late 50's
They keep saying they'll give it back eventually
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:52, Reply)

We'll make up some excuse though
Wayne Rooney had a broken back or something.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

If we lose today
There will be no excuse, unless the referee does something atrocious. If we just get outplayed by Slovenia for fucks sakes, then the media will crucify the team and Capello will walk. However the referee for today's match is German, so a bad decision by him gives them something to blame it on
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:42, Reply)

I have a feeling you are going to be pretty fucked off by the end of the game.
Forget about England winning, shit happens.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Can't help it
Regardless of how much I try to temper my expectations I always end up in the same embarrassing drunken state
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Mornin' Dusty.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Aw man, I had a Dusty Bin
He was a nightdress case
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:34, Reply)

321
had the most complex rules of any television game show ever.

Fact.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:35, Reply)

I watched it in Spain, and it was even stranger.
Geek point: I was there to see Halley's Comet
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:36, Reply)

86?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Must have been, I wasn't about in 1910
Cheeky minx.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Even Ted was clueless. He just read it out.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:37, Reply)

And then did that
3-2-1 thing with his fingers.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:38, Reply)

Good God!

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:35, Reply)

'moming
How's it going? I'm currently putting off getting up. When I tire of this I shall divert my attentions to putting off bottling grog.

As for climate...well, I would normally have said the South of France, but maybe not right at this moment.

EDIT: For those of you who think you've got it bad with the slavering football-obsessed troglodytes shambling out of their caves to clog up your local boozer(s) with their heaving red-and-white-sheathed beer guts and incomprehensible slack-jawed hollering...I've also got to simultaneously put up with the FUCKING TENNIS.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:43, Reply)

i'm also still in bed. Can't really be arsed moving.
Oh exciting! What manner of grog is it? I remember it's somehow elderflower related...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:52, Reply)

'tis indeed elderflower grog.
Well, the recipe calls it "elderflower champagne." Not being anywhere near France, let alone near Champagne, I think that prevents us from legally calling it a form of champagne, so I think we'll have to call it "Elderflower Wimbledon-dog-track."

Bottled one batch yesterday. I'm quite proud of myself, but it's a little hard to describe quite what a feat of dexterity it is to do this by yourself. I think T has graciously emptied another Fanta bottle in support of the cause, so we should now have enough bottles for me to do the second batch today.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 9:57, Reply)