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A fair point, but look at it this way. As a white, middle aged dad, the stereotype which gets a few laughs is that of an overweight, bumbling, clumsy buffoon with no culture and who can't be trusted around fragile objects or alcohol. It doesn't help that I fit that stereotype rather neatly, but...

It is. I suspect every culture has its 'Irish' jokes. That doesn't make it right though. I don't think Irish jokes hold as much power now as they did over here because it's widely known that those of Irish descent are obviously better educated and better looking than most of the locals. :)...

Interesting point this. I'm not saying you're wrong, but there are kind of two aspects to this joke... The first is it's a reversal of an old saying, "The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach". We're back on women cooking with that one, and there's no equivalent saying for...

Which brings to mind a great retort from Jo Brand... "The quickest way to a man's heart is straight through his chest with a carving knife."

It just doesn't fit in with Boris's boosterism, Torchy. It's a simple as that imho. He can't bear a bad news story unless it's something he can blame on someone else. There's never been a PM (or cabinet) less fit for office. We may or may not have to learn to live with Covid, but there's no...

Can't entirely blame him, at his peak he was some player. Niggly, but skilful, and certainly good at his job. He'd be worth a few bob in today's game.

Kind of a pity, I wonder if it's a drinking/bravado thing. I'm sure I've heard him on the radio before and he's come across quite well (in a "professional northerner" sort of way). Ho hum, he's at least been man enough to apologise, which he deserves some credit for...

What are you actually grumbling about mate? Can you write in actual sentences, because it's really hard to understand what you're on about. You might have a point, but it's rather lost in your incoherence I'm afraid to say. Save the emojis for the eight year olds, and make your point - if...

This thread's worth it just for the HH centre-parting. :) And I'd agree, I've always had a good time in Liverpool, (and Newcastle, and Bristol, Sheffield, etc etc.). Personal opinion: Take people as you find them, make a few jokes at your own and your own team's expense, and you tend to...

I'm not quite with you. Are you upset that Speedie (whom I loved as a player, still do), is challenged on a pretty daft statement? That doesn't upset me, it reassures me. This sort of claptrap, much like racism, deserves to be called out. If it isn't challenged it just keeps going and then even...

Sounds like hell. 🙂

I'd get a tenner on it mate, though I think in 1987 that was about my week's wages. 🙂

At least they'll be able to stay warm by wrapping themselves in flags...

Ah, this did make me laugh. I'm also relieved that it wasn't something that I'd just made up! Cheers mate, hope you and your cousin (edit, not brother, sorry!) are both well, pity he went to the dark side, but then you had the last laugh in 87. :)

I hate diving, so I've got no problem with this, as long as it's applied to every single player that dives. And if it's going be applied retrospectively, let's start going through Fulham's and everybody else's videos from last week, and dig out all of their diving too. In fact, let's start...

He's better as a keeper, mate... "Christ Saves!" "But Keegan gets the rebound!" Am I the only one who remembers the seventies? :)

That's absolutely fair enough, but if our total energy imports are more than a third of what we use, then I think we could justifiably be regarded as 'heavily reliant' on them. That's the point I was trying to clarify... There's no argument from me about the need to increase renewable energy...

I'm not saying you're wrong, but the stats I've read put our dependency on energy imports at around 35%... https://www.statista.com/statistics/267591/dependency-on-energy-imports-in-the-united-kingdom/ Are you using a different source, perhaps?

I never met his dad, but I don't know many people who'd try to punch Aggie. I can imagine his father was probably cut from similarly 'direct' cloth. I think the biggest disturbance I've seen at the BPA was when a drunken eejit rugby tackled the mascot. That and some outrageous tutting when the...

Sorry mate, but where's the evidence for this? I did a bit of digging, but other than a Welsh BTP officer complaining about their rugby fans, there was nothing to back up this 'fact'. I found an old newspaper article about arrests at Twickenham, 50 in five years. How many arrestable offences...