En Passant

Trouble is, I actually like playing pool. Partly because there's something to do when my dire conversational skills dry up. So the former of those two places is the kind of place I'll always end up in. The latter, not so much. Though don't knock it til you tried it I suppose. Pretty much, and the basis for my original comment that it's unavoidable. But you guys have at least convinced me it's possible even if I have to change some of the things I do like in order to do so.

Sure but suppose you actually like your friends aside from their predilection for tedious ball games? And anyway, I've moved several times, found local friends and it's always been the same. Of course if one found friends from the local Operatic or Poetry society or something rather than the pub....

That doesn't work. Or you've been in some very different pubs and clubs than I have. One place I've been its on 15 screens around the place and they've laid out reserved tables for the big projector screens and provide chips....You probably even know it, or at least where it is ' Basildon Q-ball'. (don't go anymore as it happens the competition changed venue) Ofc I dont watch it on tv, you actually have to pay to get it and I don't watch much anyway and nothing 'broadcast live'. Interesting you say will divert my friends conversation eh? If only I were interesting :).... and they didn't behave like neanderthals when 22 guys chasing a pigskin is on. Yes yes, get better friends I know.

He got in once somehow, so did Boris. A second term for either and I'm left utterly mystified at people. Populism I sort of understand, up to a point but this is turkeys voting for xmas territory.

There's this crap in the Guardian (of all places). where the chief football bod is saying the whole football world is going to be in financial meltdown if they can't fill the stadia. Words fail me. Oh puhlease. hundreds of thousands a week per player? More money than 99% of people will see in a lifetime? You can't manage that? Fuck right off.

Assume the expletive was an edit? Why in gods name are you betting on this stuff? Semi seriously.... IDGAF either, but you cannot avoid the bloody game in this country. I derive what pleasure I can from putting on a semi pretence of supporting Arsenal just to annoy most of my friends who are Spurs mad. The odd thing has been I actually end up wanting Arsenal to win...even though I really don't care, still can't figure that one out. Don't ask me to watch a whole match though, that's a step too far.

For somewhat variable degrees of 'nice'. You generally know what you are likely to get however, that's less variable, more of a Narfalk Broad constant. Not boring though and that's the biggest sin.

It's the frothing at the mouth over immigration, too hard to get the tubes through it, particularly for said immigrant doctors.

@The Quim Reaper Your carriage has arrived sir.

You? Playing with words? I thought that was reserved for flirting with LFN. I'm flattered. FWIW. All babies matter was exactly the point. ETA: In the cold light of a new day I see it now. Duh. . No idea how I didn't make the connection, sorry lardy.

Oh, daft as I am, i figured that bit out. It's the details I'm curious about. (the fact that you and Mary may have met at a DLcon and so forth, the parts that your average bear misses. something occurs here that is obscure to the masses)

I'm fairly certain that's at least part of what i said.

Prick teaser.

I own every window they've ever made. Do I get a star?

The part I'm unsure about is a guy from Brighton threatening death on a guy from the lake district over Birmingham accents. I've been a member here for (looks at profile) apparently 6 or 7 odd years and I'm missing something. Clearly despite being a self confessed 'drive by poster' I need to turn up at any future dlcon to get a handle on what's going on here.

Fuck me, who cares? Having babies happens all the time. Apologies to Gooseberry Crumble and his thread. Maybe it's just me, however sleb anything other than them carking it, I just don't give a shit. I could try to justify that by saying all peoples children are important, why should we highlight slebs kids? But really? This just gets on my tits, IDGAF. Sorry.

I've not actually been to a 'pub' so I wouldn't know, and further, I've not seen this part explicitly anywhere, though I've not been looking for it specifically due to...not having actually been to a pub. The pool part is in fact true, I do belong to a team, and for about the last month or so (or w/e it is) we have been allowed in a club (not a pub) where we practice sensibly keeping a distance, it is after all a game where only one needs to be at the table at any one time. One team member has actually arranged a 'friendly' against local opposition, this has caused enough friction already, and that's due to take place tomorrow so wouldn't fall foul of new laws on Monday. And even then, is it exempt as either, two separate groups of six or not as one group of twelve, and if that latter not exempt anyway as 'an organised sport''? Who was going to be curtain twitching and dobbing a neighbour in for taking two walks in a day? And what prevents that being one neighbours word against another's anyway? Timed video evidence? The whole legal issue is a joke, an unenforceable law is by definition a bad law (somebody far smarter than me once said...) Why are people still flying around in tin cans with re-circulated air for hours at a time which would be far far easier to proscribe and enforce? To go on holiday? You can't go without a foreign holiday for one year? It's laughable.

Or... Six friends go to their local hostelry perfectly legally. Another friend they all know pops in....let's call him Iain for a laugh, this guy now has to sit at the bar all alone? And shout across the room? Or maybe one of the original six goes and sits at the next table to make room for Iain to sit with the other five. If so how far away does that table have to be to be considered not part of the same group? Or, Pubs being pubs, you make new friends (or acquaintances) whilst there, your intention was <6 but has become >6 by accident. Does the landlord ring 999 and dob you all in now? Cutting his profits at the same time? (ofc i say profits, it's probably more cutting his losses but w/e) Or, Actually, that's enough examples (ed). Ok boss, but it's still fucking nonsense.

Have I even got this right? You can't have 7 people in your house or garden as of Monday. However pubs are still open? So if you wanted 23 mates around, go to the pub, split into four groups of 6 and pretend you don't know each other? I happen to play in a pool team, it might consist of 6 players sometimes (not that there have been any matches at all, but in theory...), if we play another team of 6 is that two groups of 6 and legal? Or one group of 12 and we all get fined? It's fucking nonsense.

This. And don't start me on that woman calling out people on her plane as covidiots for not wearing masks, that may well be so, but what was she doing on it in the first place? Now even I am prepared to accept that some air travel might just be necessary, a scientific meeting with samples for a vaccine or something like that. But where was this plane coming from? Yes, Zante that Greek holiday island which afaik is not renowned for it's scientific conferences. Look, if you really have to do it, do it, it's selfish and unnecessary but hey others doing daft things too. But for fucks sake don't then put your name in the national media calling others out for their even worse idiocy, your hypocrisy is staggering.

Yes. Funnily enough quite well explained exactly how in todays Graun. (Actually given the time of posting, yesterdays, but w/e) We have a broken system too in my view, i.e. any system where the most votes don't necessarily elect the ruling party/leader is by definition borked. Ah well.

Wouldn't anyone?

Is that a list of people or Greek sweet desserts?

Phil the Greek Dick Van Dyke Emperor Akhito Pierre Cardin Bob Dole Murray Walker Lazy? Who me? Never.

Graham Fellows. Genius. *There's a couple of ToTP versions out there, but the sound quality sucks and one of them has a certain Mr Savile the presence of whom detracts from the wonderful Fellows (he's not a legend though :P)