Agreed. Murray has hit a few too high in trying to go for the postage stamp. In % terms those who drill it low and hard (oo-err) give me more confidence.
It's also tied up with ever increasing general anxiety about the way we're all heading (geopolitics, the economy, climate change etc etc) leading to people wanting to join 'clubs' and vent. Remember, social media only 'feeds us' what we feed it. It will only get worse, much worse.
That is a genuinely witty retort, but it's also funny 'cos it's true. I started listening to the audiobook version of The Uninhabitable Earth today on my way into work, which has resulted in me shrugging my way through several car-crash project calls already.
That punch reminded me, in terms of bravery, of when this guy tried to punch me in the head from standing behind his massive mate in Worthing one Saturday night many years ago.
You hear from Scottish people a lot do you? Seems more feasible to me that you have probably heard that once or twice and because it fits in with yours, and a fair few others judging by this thread, prejudice you've decided to focus on that aspect. Regards the last bit, it wasn't just some of...
The difference being the EPL were considering inviting Rangers and Celtic in, therefore it is an argument that has more weight as it could have, and may one day, actually happen (though I doubt it). That last sentence wasn't really necessary, was it?
I love a mutually comfortable "I really don't want to talk to you or anyone else for that matter" silence and I learned at a tender age NEVER to wind a cabbie up.
If you read the rest of the thread you'll see that I am not arguing with any of your assessment there, save maybe for your final sentence which I would take issue with.