Rocky start, but the second half not sure the Taffs knew what the ball looked like!
Proof if it were needed that the real mans sport lasts 80 minutes.
The Welsh thought theyd won it without touching a ball.
Cant wait to play them.in RWC2015
Great game and England well deserved winners, as much as it pains me to say this. And they were their second string team which doesn't bode well for Wales in the World Cup.
Wasn't a great game to be honest. Wales just didn't show up in the second half Wish the English supporters could pick a different song to sing. Swing low sounds so crap. Well to me anyway
Quote from: Nosher on 06 February 2015, 10:18:50 PM
Proof if it were needed that the real mans sport lasts 80 minutes.
Unfortunately Spurs also have this philosophy.
OK, so for those of us who don't follow sport with much interest, are these men with spherical balls or elliptical ones?
Too much to hope that, whichever it is, is on SKY and therefore not clogging up a channel I might otherwise watch?
Rugby 6 nations BBC
Frankly, I wasn't impressed.
Let's see my teams : Italia and France. ;)
Quote from: Fenton on 06 February 2015, 10:26:58 PM
Wales just didn't show up in the second half
Exactly my point. It ain't over till the fat lady stops singing.... and there were quite a few fat welsh ladies not singing in the second half (less those ladies with beards... :D
As for it not being a decent game, whats not to like about pack domination and seeing the half backs get involved in a good old fashioned arm wrestle? OK so it may be old school rugby, but it proves that you don't have to be a team full of twinkle toes to win a close game of rugby. Hard work never hurt anyone.
I dread to think what the All Blacks, Wobberlies, and Springboks will do to either of the teams playing last night. X_X
Cheers - Phil
Probably minced meat.
In the grand scheme of things it didn't mean a lot to England; they've have been shattered by injuries.
The significance to Wales however...theirs was a settled and experienced squad.
Quote from: Ithoriel on 06 February 2015, 10:35:09 PM
OK, so for those of us who don't follow sport with much interest...
You do know this is the sport board don't you?
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 February 2015, 05:02:28 PM
You do know this is the sport board don't you?
Are those of us with only an idle interest in the subject not allowed in here? ;)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 February 2015, 05:53:51 PM
Are those of us with only an idle interest in the subject not allowed in here? ;)
No :D
That seems fair :P
Watched most of the France vs Scotland game. One of the French subs is 6'4" tall and weighs in at nearly 24 1/2 stone! I think man mountain doesn't really do him justice.
Quote from: Steve J on 07 February 2015, 08:02:36 PM
Watched most of the France vs Scotland game. One of the French subs is 6'4" tall and weighs in at nearly 24 1/2 stone! I think man mountain doesn't really do him justice.
Thrud!
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 February 2015, 05:53:51 PM
Are those of us with only an idle interest in the subject not allowed in here? ;)
Its just you said you don't follow sport with much interest. Same way as when my wife goes clothes shopping I don't hang about the shoe department. Not when there is a lingerie department, anyway.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 February 2015, 08:18:33 PM
Its just you said you don't follow sport with much interest. Same way as when my wife goes clothes shopping I don't hang about the shoe department. Not when there is a lingerie department, anyway.
If I am ordered to go clothes shopping with Ma Subs or when the daughter comes to stay, I always take my kindle and find somewhere out of the way near the entrance to read while they shop. Works for me...especially since the changing rooms in our local Primani are next to the ladies under-bits department and I don't want to be called a perv while I am waiting!
Anyway, back on thread. I can't say I am a rugby man, I much prefer football or Aussie Rules which I still maintain is a cross between football, rugby, high jump and a number of martial art styles! Years ago my mate -who is a big rugby fan- reckoned I would make a good bloke-who-puts-the ball-into-the-scrum. At 5' 7" and -at the time- 10 stone soaking wet, I disagreed with him and still do.
The only reason to watch the American version of football is to work out who has the ball, apart from that, it's far to stop-start for me. No flowing play or nuffin.
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 February 2015, 08:18:33 PM
Its just you said you don't follow sport with much interest. Same way as when my wife goes clothes shopping I don't hang about the shoe department. Not when there is a lingerie department, anyway.
When my wife went shopping for shoes I went too. It pays to know what's new and needs favorably commented on and it provides the opportunity to damn with faint praise the things that would leave you bankrupt if purchased :)
Similarly with sport - I now know that when sporting friends turn up on Saturday or Sunday afternoons over the next few weeks I need to complain about the problems with my TV feed and how irritating it is that I can't get BBC1 at the moment :d
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 February 2015, 10:23:37 PM
When my wife went shopping for shoes I went too. It pays to know what's new and needs favorably commented on and it provides the opportunity to damn with faint praise the things that would leave you bankrupt if purchased :)
I only went shoe shopping with my daughter once. We got off the bus in the centre of Brum and there was a shoe shop opposite. There was a pair in there that she liked but said we could come back as it was near the bus stop. In my naiveté I agreed. TWO AND A HLAF HOURS LATER
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 February 2015, 10:23:37 PM
Try again to get it all in this time!
When my wife went shopping for shoes I went too. It pays to know what's new and needs favorably commented on and it provides the opportunity to damn with faint praise the things that would leave you bankrupt if purchased :)
I only went shoe shopping with my daughter once. We got off the bus in the centre of Brum and there was a shoe shop opposite. There was a pair in there that she liked but said we could come back as it was near the bus stop. In my naiveté I agreed.
TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER and after going in every single shop in the city centre and trying on every pair of shoes in each shop twice, we were back at the first shoe shop where she paid for the first pair she had tried on.
NEVER AGAIN.
Later she said that she would never go shoe shopping with her friend because she is a nightmare!!!!!
Quote from: Subedai on 08 February 2015, 03:18:03 PM
I only went shoe shopping with my daughter once. We got off the bus in the centre of Brum and there was a shoe shop opposite. There was a pair in there that she liked but said we could come back as it was near the bus stop. In my naiveté I agreed. TWO AND A HLAF HOURS LATER
Had the same with my younger son. In his case it was down to having size 13 feet and therefore limited choices. We eventually got a pair of the first shoes he'd looked at but in the interval we'd had a great afternoon daundering around, chatting, getting coffee and in my case getting some much needed exercise! I had a good afternoon but then I enjoy shopping.
Quote from: Subedai on 08 February 2015, 03:22:29 PM
I only went shoe shopping with my daughter once. We got off the bus in the centre of Brum and there was a shoe shop opposite. There was a pair in there that she liked but said we could come back as it was near the bus stop. In my naiveté I agreed.
TWO AND A HALF HOURS LATER and after going in every single shop in the city centre and trying on every pair of shoes in each shop twice, we were back at the first shoe shop where she paid for the first pair she had tried on.
NEVER AGAIN.
Later she said that she would never go shoe shopping with her friend because she is a nightmare!!!!!
Ditto with my Sister - when I was about 12 - after 2 hrs disappeared to Central Station, and got a bus home from Woodside.
IanS :( :( :(
Quote from: Ithoriel on 08 February 2015, 03:28:22 PM
I had a good afternoon but then I enjoy shopping.
That's just plain unnatural in a bloke, Ithoriel. :o
Quote from: Hertsblue on 09 February 2015, 10:44:35 AM
That's just plain unnatural in a bloke, Ithoriel. :o
It really is...unless it's for lead!
Never understood the fuss people make about shopping with SO or one's children. Time spent with someone you (supposedly) want to spend time with, a wonderful chance to people watch, an excuse to strike up conversations with random strangers, a chance to go "while we're passing I thought I'd just pick up ...." (hard for them to say no when they're still looking and already have fifty quids worth of stuff in bags), so many advantages :)
I'm very good at shopping with women. I'm a regular Gok Wan.
Quote from: fsn on 09 February 2015, 05:49:00 PM
I'm a regular Gok Wan.
Has anyone else ever jiggled the letters in "Gok Wan?" :D
Ok Gwan!
Gwan, gwan, gwan, gwan, gwan
(http://static.bips.channel4.com/bips/520x390/father-ted/characters/4b91fe7d-5cb4-4403-b918-a99b3798ccdc.jpg)
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 09 February 2015, 03:05:44 PM
Never understood the fuss people make about shopping with SO or one's children. Time spent with someone you (supposedly) want to spend time with, a wonderful chance to people watch, an excuse to strike up conversations with random strangers, a chance to go "while we're passing I thought I'd just pick up ...." (hard for them to say no when they're still looking and already have fifty quids worth of stuff in bags), so many advantages :)
I am afraid I have to dissagree.
You want to spend quality time with them not walking up and down the shopping centre looking in endless shops at stuff that has no interest to you. Unless you have a liking for womens clothes :-\ or Teenage fashion ;D
Striking up conversations with random strangers can be problematic as if :-
1 Significantly younger - You could be mistaken as a weirdo or worse
2 Significantly older - You either get a rant about the "Good Old Days" or you look condescending
3 If its an attractive female you incur wrath or SO
4 If its a plain female (non Pc word is Fugly) you incure Wrath of SO as she thinks that you find Fugly woman
attractive, and by womens logic that makes SO think she is less attractive than said Fugly woman, so even
more wrath is incurred. (Note:- Womens logic is probably an Oxymoron)
5 While theu might have bought £50 of clothes they do not need you will have a job justifying picking up a few
paints or some wargame stuff, as they will be deemeed non-essential. Its far better to pop in somewhere on
your own whilst out getting Legitamate stuff for home
EXTREME NOTE OF CAUTIONIn the case of 3 you might find out that random attractive lady finds you attractive. This can open up a world of dangerous but very enjoyable possibilities. Should SO find out it will make shopping for a Ferrari look cheap. _ I know I have first hand experience in this :d
You have been warned!!! :D
I'd sooner be walking around a nice warm, safe shopping centre than a wet windy hillside or standing on cold drafty terraces expected to cheer for a team I don't care about playing a game I have no interest in.
A pleasant potter about while chatting about fashion, music, where to grab "coffee and a bun" later, plans for the coming days/ weeks/ months, etc, etc counts as quality time for me.
I want my SO to look good, but be reasonably frugal, so I'm happy to have input into what they buy.
As to my kids, I trained them well, we have similar tastes in casual clothes. Picked up a couple of nice t-shirts and a very comfy hoodie last time I was out shopping with one of them.
Significantly younger people can be engaged in conversation quite safely when it is obvious you are somebody's father. Unless of course you actually are a weirdo :)
Significantly older people are increasingly harder to find but I can do "in my day policemen were older, prices were reasonable and politicians were honest" with the best of them.
Never found conversations with the opposite sex caused much problem providing I made a point of dragging SO into the conversation at some point.
The whole point was that I agreed they needed the clothes, just as I needed some paints or a unit of High Elf Spearmen. Problems came if I bought stuff when on my own, where I was accused of "sneaking off" to buy ....
As to the extreme note of caution, I'm the type of guy that women chat to, confide in and occasionally cry on the shoulder of; I am a best friend/ the brother they never had/ such a comfort. Alas, I am not the type anyone is going to sneak off to a cheap motel with in the middle of a weekday afternoon :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 10 February 2015, 02:02:03 PM
As to the extreme note of caution, I'm the type of guy that women chat to, confide in and occasionally cry on the shoulder of; I am a best friend/ the brother they never had/ such a comfort. Alas, I am not the type anyone is going to sneak off to a cheap motel with in the middle of a weekday afternoon :D
That is not necessarilly a bad thing, and I don't think you have anything to need to feel "alas" about. Not being tempted is far easier to deal with.
So we were discussing the REAL Beautiful Game and the conversation has become 'All W.I' and attempting to solve the impossible conundrum that is female logic... Mark my words: It will lead to madness/sobriety :D
We will be discussing Victoria Sponges and Jam making next :P
Pectin
Quote from: mad lemmey on 10 February 2015, 06:58:48 PM
Pectin
And a jam thermometer; otherwise you won't get a good set ;)
Without good jam, how can a Victoria sponge be perfect!
Here's Victoria, and I think her sponge looks rather spiffing. No jam, either.
(http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x4314585/naked_young_woman_holding_a_wet_bath_sponge_KY188060.jpg)
If she's the one who runs on the pitch with the sponge, I'm taking up rugby! @-)
I want to cover her in jam... :o
Don't let 'Orcs' back in this thread ! ;)
Cheers - Phil
Quote from: getagrip on 10 February 2015, 10:22:41 PM
I want to cover her in jam... :o
And cream and lick it all off :P :P
Its a hard life but someones got to - and it might as well be me :D
Too late Techno I sneaked back in via the back door (no euphamism intended)
Whoever was on the door is fired ! ;)
Cheers - Phil