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Star Trek answer Thanks to concepts like linear time, it is possible to sing at grounds and sing at Karaoke, provided such things are done at different points in the linear timeline. Saints angle Many Karaoke DJ's will have "Oh When The Saints" at their disposal (maybe not the slow version). Popular songs can both be sung at Karaoke and be re-purposed as terrace chants, the same songs sung all over the league, the names changed to protect the unoriginal. There's crossover. Unfortunately, no-one wants to handle the all time classic "My old man said be a Pompey fan". Not commercially viable. Yet another reason to say fúck off to capitalism, imo. Market forces keeping this disco stormer off the decks (arf). It can be, depending on what people are going for. There was a quiet chant I heard in Itchen North during QPR suggesting that Harry Redknapp should have died in a car crash. It didn't take off, and I'm glad it didn't. It'd be a poor reflection on our fans and the club if that rang from all corners of the stadium. No problem with a couple of blokes trying to start it off and failing though. That tells its own tale.

Clarkson fan? Think we should kill two birds with one stone here. Swarfega?

I moved there in 1980. I was back on the Flower Roads in September 1983. Got some fond memories of the place, and was delighted to make contact with one of my mates from the area. Haven't spoken to him or seen him for 30 years, same with most of the Aldermoor lot really. Still remember some great times. We lived at the Myrtle Road end of Outer Circle. It was a really ephemeral time. Saw things that only really existed there and then, and never saw again. "Film shows" are a great example. Some bloke with a projector coming around at birthday parties and showing the best bits of Star Wars and Superman. The adventure playground is sadly another example. It really was ace. Big area of gated woodland, interspersed with loads of (then) new-fangled obstacle courses. Spent whole summers there, swinging, climbing and occasionally falling. The other advantage of going to CAP (Coxford Adventure Playground) was that it put you on neutral ground with the Shirley Warren nippers. A lot of mates were made there. Two very funny memories involving a family living at the end of the cul-de-sac in our bit of Outer Circle. Won't name or shame them. Kid #1 says to his mother "Mum, I like school dinners better than your dinners". *thwack* Kid #2 has a habit of running about in the cul-de-sac, semi-naked & commando style. We have a new and excitable dog. New and excitable dog ends up attached to Kid #2's exposed parts.

I go to America about once per year on average. In general, I'm a fan. I love the people over there, and am always infected by their optimism, intelligence and cynicism in relatively equal measure. If I had to give an answer to the OP, I'd say it's a lack of unity leading to a great deal of distrust. It has arguably been like that from the start. Jumping on the right to bear arms for a bit. What conceivable reason would you need to bear arms? The constitutional amendment is framed so that it protects Americans' rights to rise up against a tyrannical government. I don't really buy that as a modern day justification. Opposition toward the government is too fractured to ever get itself into a position where it forms a legitimate, organised militia aimed at overthrowing the establishment. If peaceful movements like Occupy are suppressed, harassed and moved on, I really don't fancy the chances of anyone who wants to go toe to toe with the US Government, especially since Homeland Security was setup. I think we can safely say that gun ownership isn't about the eternal vigilance of citizens, ever ready to overthrow that pesky government if things get out of hand. It's more about a basic distrust of your fellow man or perhaps more accurately, a reflection of what you think you'll need if your fellow man decides not to be so friendly. Former boss of mine had a basement full of weapons. Taught his son to shoot before the lad hit his teens, along with the principles of responsible weapon ownership. Setting my stall out, I'm not a fan of the proliferation of firearms at all. I've been on enough dodgy nights out to know that if guns were as accessible in this country as they are in the US, the headlines would be more about the strain that Friday nights out were placing on morgues than A&E. It's the sort of thing that turns a fisticuffs incident into a murder, and a curious toddler into an unwitting committer of matricide. The famous line that the gun nuts trot out whenever guns are involved in a tragedy is "Guns don't kill people. People do.". That statement sits on very shaky ground in light of this incident.

He'll probably make his name on this video. "Oh hey, you're that Russell Brand bloke". I agree with one of the four replies to his general tweet of this video; "Utter genius".

I don't hate the skates, or anyone for that matter. Far too much effort, so you can bung your selective regional racism suppository back up your arse. Same underlying principles are at play. You're treating the Scots as if they're some sponging hive mind, like some pre-warp scrounging Borg collective. Or perhaps we English claw some of the social benefits back that our Scottish friends hold sacred. Unrelated, but how do your UKIP chums feel about your history of employing Eastern Europeans?

Thought it might be fun to revisit this, almost one year on. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/11316680/Number-of-Romanians-and-Bulgarians-not-in-work-increases-15-fold-in-eight-years.html

Lived on Outer Circle for three years during the 80s. The adventure playground rocked.

The closest you're getting to Coxford Lou is Palm Road, mate

Lord D in regional racism shocker.

Excellent first effort. You are on the right lines.

Good lad. Was just about to send a pipe-hittin' tray of cress to sort your muthafúckin' arse out, yo.

Vin Diesel is apparently in Guardians of the Galaxy. He plays Groot, a tree-like character that looks nothing like him, is rendered using CGI and has precisely two distinct lines of dialog to say. One of them is "I am Groot". I won't spoil the other line, except to say it isn't very long and it definitely isn't a "Silent Bob starts talking" moment. Apparently Vin did his lines in all the other language dubs; they never used local resources for translation, but still, can anyone think of an easier gig which pays more? Anyone got any better celebrity scroungers?

I find this all a bit odd, Unbelievable Jeff. Having met you in person, you did not strike me as the sort of "tasty" geezer that would be in the business of offering people out on Internet forums. I didn't want to shoot from the hip with this one, so I consulted other sources of data. This is an excerpt from the government's EXHAUSTIVE list of threats to the nation. We only really hear about the top ten or so on the news, but these government types are thorough and think of everything. Here's you in the "lethal threats" list. You're quite far down and I've skipped loads of other stuff in the chart, but have included the entries around you so people have the proper context with which to treat your post. .... 19800012) Lettuce and walnut sandwich (sliced white bread) thrown at head 19800013) Large scale dodo attack 19800014) Cress 19800015) Unbelievable Jeff 19800016) Lettuce sandwich (sliced white bread) thrown at head .... Could sir explain the chasm between his stated claims and how he is externally perceived in the evidence above?

I've heard in a couple of podcasts that although Pardew's Newcastle contract was long, the remuneration was not great and that much of it is tied up in bonuses. Given that Mike Ashley only seems to give half a f**k about Newcastle, not caring about much bar Premier League survival, Newcastle aren't exactly structured for success. Unless Pard's bonuses are very granular (individual win bonuses,etc), might not be on much of an earner up there.

Someone should do a weekly digest on YouTube entitled "Cheats of the Week". All incidents of cheating would be covered. Lead in with the deliberate handballers, follow it with a mix of professional foulers and hatchet men, then finish it all up with the budding Tom Daly's of this world.

I find this statement highly confusing. I didn't realise there was any other kind. /ducks incoming forum missiles

Block 1 is a great laugh. Some Chelsea pensioner proper giving it this week. The only way his ranting could have been remotely credible is if he was Brick Top from Snatch (he had the same glasses). I doubt he knew what nemesis meant though.

They weren't confused. The excuse they offered was that they couldn't get tickets in their end. My answer to that is three Saints fans couldn't get tickets in theirs either, and have more right.

Thought it was decent yesterday. Nervy game, and I had expected a lot more from the Chelsea lot from reports of the game last season. One thing that I mention a lot. Away fans in the home end. On my way out, saw three girls in Itchen North singing "top of the league". I said "It's a good job you are, love. You appear to be f##king lost otherwise". "What?" "Next time, go in the bit that says AWAY". She probably won't, and will probably end up getting lamped at another fixture with less tolerant neighbours.

Button it, Phil! [video=youtube;YWNWi-ZWL3c] Mad Mel is too busy doing Mad Mel to do Mad Max. He's not a full duplex poster.

No stereotype will ever be too fanciful for you to present as cast iron fact. I live in the city and speak to loads of Reds fans. They're pretty realistic most of the time, but got a bit excited last season and are proper miffed this season. Understandable enough. They had the title in their hands last year and imploded. They should have expected a decent replacement for Suarez this year. They've regressed and have not bought well. There isn't a great deal of faith in Rodgers' abilities, the players he bought or the way he's using them. To me, such concerns would put them bang smack in the present.

They need to take a couple of years off and start from scratch. Release data updates for free while they build a new game.

I've been ploughing through the Marvel Unlimited app, specifically the Ultimate universe. For those not in the know, the main Marvel stuff all takes place on what fans call Earth 616. It's the main Marvel continuity, stretching back decades. The Ultimate universe was launched in the early 2000s, and at the time, I thought it was Marvel simply re-booting itself to reach those who could not be arsed with the ins and outs of 616 continuity. Ten years in, it'd probably be more accurate to label it Marvel's Game of Thrones universe, where anything can, and often does happen. Now, I'm torn between revealing the sort of massive spoilers that'd ruin it for anyone that fancies it and giving it enough hype so that the indifferent may take a look. I'll try not to do either. Instead, a valid criticism of the main comic book continuity is that nothing really matters. There will be big stories depicting the death of a comic book icon such as Superman or Batman, but in the end the companies bow to market pressure and contrive some way to get them back. That doesn't really happen in Marvel's Ulitmate universe. If an iconic character is killed, they stay dead. Reset buttons stay unpushed and the stories plough on regardless with focus on new characters. Certainly doesn't hurt that some of the best writers in the business are building this world either; Brian Michael Bendis' work on Ultimate Spider-Man is particularly smart - feeling like a very well put together season of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.