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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,429
Location Location
Fair enough. Do you say it to smokers with a smug expression on your face?

Who said I was saying it to smokers ? Its a general turn of phrase, is it not ?

Blimey, the Sensitivity Police are out in full force I see. Hope to christ we get a result on Saturday.
 


Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
32,482
Brighton
Who said I was saying it to smokers ? Its a general turn of phrase, is it not ?

Blimey, the Sensitivity Police are out in full force I see. Hope to christ we get a result on Saturday.

Not sensitive, just lightly amused at the thought. I'm generally a big fan of yours on here.
 














Not Andy Naylor

Well-known member
Dec 12, 2007
8,999
Seven Dials
Don't rise to the bait. Just study football more than them and be prepared to ask them searching questions, such as...
1) How much blame do you lay at the door of Graeme Souness for Liverpool's failure to win the top division since 1990 ( just the 24 years and counting! )
2) Why have Liverpool not made more effort to increase their capacity from 44,000 or build new and increase revenue and ensure that their worldwide supporters get more chance of watching their club. They are operating at 25% less gates than when standing was in force and their capacity is over 40% less than their biggest rival. It is surely hampering their progression to try and be one of Europe's top clubs again.
3) Why do young and talented players like Daniel Sturridge not make more effort to be two-footed? Is it too much to ask of a highly paid international that he works a bit harder to improve his game or is it indicative of the lazy culture amongst current players?
4) Do Arsenal fans honestly believe they are getting value for money? They pay the highest prices in the PL but their trophy cabinet has been remarkably bare for a long time...and don't get fobbed off with last season...one FA Cup win in 9 years is a disgrace for a club of their size and aspiration.
5) Has any Arsenal fan stopped to consider the policy of Mr Wenger in recent years and what the real agenda is at Arsenal? Selling your best players to your rivals and not re-investing hardly smacks of ambition. It smacks of Mr Wenger being incentivised to make Arsenal cash rich first and foremost and success on the pitch as a secondary issue.
6) Why have Arsenal been so poor in Europe? No Champions League win and very few European trophies in their illustrious history.
...there are a few to be getting on with....I'm sure you can think of some more....just get under their skin a bit...rattle their cages...don't give them an easy ride....try and knock them out of their elitist mind-frame.
It'll make you feel a lot better. I do it all the time. If I see a Man.U shirt I ask...." whats that badge then?....and when their surprise has subsided and they have answered, I say...." Oh, I didn't recognise it...I thought it was Stockport County "

And ask the Arsenal fans how they feel about the Champions League rules changing so that sneaking in via fourth place will no longer be good enough for a top seeding in the group stage.
 










Goldstone1976

We Got Calde in!!
Helpful Moderator
NSC Patron
Apr 30, 2013
14,124
Herts
I'm struggling to find a link there

It's certainly a very small sample size from which to draw any meaningful conclusions. I'll try 100 smokers and 100 non-smokers and get back to you. We'll be looking for p<0.05, of course.
 








Moshe Gariani

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2005
12,204
Stick with 'oily rags' in future, it'll make you sound a bit less...
"oily rag" is an affectionate term for a cigarette normally used by a fellow addict...

"lung dart" is a good alternative name to "cancer stick"
 




METALMICKY

Well-known member
Jan 30, 2004
6,847
Pretty lucky in my relatively new office job as I have a proper fan of Oxford United who goes regularly. How I chortled when they signed Hoskins and he is still gobsmacked that JFC gets a regular game for us. All in all pretty good as no plastic fans in sight
 








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