Quite so. The sights:
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The art:
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Ha, I will say one thing, and that is that Rome was probably the most graffitied city I've ever seen. They tag everything, even the ancient monuments. Bizarre that it's allowed to happen. Even Reading, and quite possibly its ******* twin, Slough, don't have that much graffiti.
I'm just glad we don't have rumblestix anymore.
Common ground, assuming what you call rumble sticks we call clackers.
They were two inflatable sticks that you bashed together. It looked worse than it sounded.
We had "clappers" last year, which was basically concertinaed paper, they made a right racket.
Oh dear
A bit The Wind Beneath My Wings-ish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rp3toJ9cAQ
Still, a good time to post this again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i49-WpW1Ey0
http://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/reading-fc-co-chairwoman-khunying-9853236
It's got a verse, a pre-chorus, a chorus, a rap, another verse, a rap, a chant and finishes on an acapella.
Verse 1
We started when all the odds defied us
Through passion and dreams we reached new heights
We were marching proudly from Elm Park into the stadium
We forced our rivals to make way
pre chorus
Now we’re here and we’re strong, we’re going to bring it on
Can you hear when we shout come on
chorus
We will fight til the end, they call us the Royals
With our might we’ll defend, the glory of Reading
Like the kings of our land, they call us the Royals
Let us sing every man, we stand by the Royals
Verse 2
We rise to the challenge of our rivals
We’re fighting the butterflies tonight
It’s our moment, feel the expectations rising
We smell a victory today
Rap
How we love the thrill of a good game
How we like the smell of the fame
Doesn’t matter if we learn or win
Unstoppably we burn within
Getting ready to shed our sweat
Everybody get ready and set
Let’s celebrate tonight. Our blood is blue our wings are white.
chant
Blue and white, blue and white, blue and white
Give us blue and white, blue and white. Everybody come on.
Acapella
Like the kings of our land. they call us the Royals
Let us sing every man, we stand by the Royals
...presumably to the tune of Sloop John B.
There isn't many things the club have done to make me cringe, and I hate that expression, but putting clackers out for our Play off semi against our biggest rival was right up there.
A forum on which I freely admitted it was a little sad. I was just playing around. I thought my song was quite creative!
Yes, the song and the club are an embarrassment.
I couldn't take more than 19 seconds of that.
Poor Reading supporters.
Hope it back fires. The Royals are looking too good as we stutter, throwing away 4 points in panic.