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And the BIG surprise in their consortium is? There ain't no Consortium Why are we not surprised?

Obviously you support your stance by ensuring that you do not personally support any of those regimes, and of course boycott all products created in any of them, like most IT, mobiles, flowers, Oil based products. Invade Sudan - lol - Yanks tried that game next door in Somalia (which is probably a worse regime than Sudan) and they with all their technology got their asses kicked all the way into Hollywood when their Black Hawk went down For the scum in Jockland? Easy answer, feck off, why the HELL should you have your own Parliament and yet the English cannot. Why the feck should a Jock tell the English what to do as PM? The Poppy is not about the modern era. It is about remembering the MILLIONS who died in all wars simce 1914-18 so that those morons could actually GO AND WATCH football. (Oops sorry that was a bit strong, it is SPL so I was wrong) It ain't real football

With all due respect ah nope. I did post way back on page Gawd knows what that I had checked with friends in Saudi and quoted some press articles down here that nobody, repeat nobody with the name Ali Al Faraj had EVER been heard of by anyone connected to the Saudi FA OR anybody in a business position within Saudi. The ONLY Ali Al Faraj that had been found was a Personal Relationship Banker within a small Saudi bank - ie one step up from Teller. My sources were pretty good - one is the Brother-in Law of a Prince, one is Chairman of the Saudi FA and one is the Chariman of something akin to the Association of Chambers of Commerce. For good measure I checked also with the UAE FA and a few contacts who were "keen to discuss Sultan Bin trump's alleged $80million bonus cheque" he stated was due to him for his work at Hydra Properties" (which in English went - ROFL where the feck is he expecting to get THAT from, it sure is not in his contract of employment) and which then came to light when he was arrested when he came back from his Chess tournament Here is a funneh from the past http://en.news.maktoob.com/20090000418170/Jacob_tells_Pompey_fans_to_layoff_Al-Faraj/Article.htm

No he is really, truly. LLS awaits Oh. and Chanrai is only there because he got conned into lending the money to a Ghost

That's fair, but then you cannot fight fire with a piece of paper. I still believe that the invasion of a Sovereign State using "They are nasty people and do nasty things" excuse is in these days of "supposed" Political Correctness not even worthy of discusssion simply because it could be argued that the Yanks should have invaded the UK during the days of the H-Blocks and depravation in Belfast. There was NO excuse for invading Iraq other than those I gave, Geo-Politically it was an unmitigated disaster, but again IF they had listened to anyone with experience (MI5, MI6 or their friends in the region, it would NOT have happened) Sure Saddam had Chemical Weapons, but then so does the UK at Porton "for research purposes". Go invade yourselves - nope As for the relaibility of information issue - that is not what this is about, it is about playing to the same rules as the nutters. The nutters believe that if they do "something even THEIR God believe is evil, that they will go to heaven and have 70 or whatever Virgins. Using methods that deny those nutters THAT belief OR denies them that supposed passage to their Nirvana is how this war will be won. I do NOT like it, but you will not be able to discuss Human Rights with a nutter in a Vest full of Ball bearings surrounded by shoppers with Kids in West Quay on a bad Saturday afternoon. You HAVE to stop those that preach that hatred AND the outcome.. But wait - those nasty preachers all got kicked out of the Islamic States and went to sign on at your local dole office. YOU guys are paying for a great deal of those nutters. Watch/Read the 7/7 inquest. Those nutters were Brits with supposedly the Brit view on the sanctity of life. Should they be looking forward to a trip to a rendtion flight or to 20 years comfortably holed up playing Chess in Parkhurst with some ex Poopey employees. Which works as a deterrent?

Hmmm you still miss a piece of the jigsaw my friend Perhaps more to the point, If Only Lehmans had never been born, The Rosy one would never had had the place in history he now holds It's late I've had a weird day so my real If Only for today is... If Only we could go through ONE home game without some **** nearby MOANING about a player on our team while we are winning

I have not and I will NEVER argue in anything to do with supporting the moron's intervention into Iraq. This thread is not about Iraq it is about Torture. ANY fool with a few years understanding of the Middle East wil understand that the male of the region is about show and bluster. Remember Comical Ali? Iraq existed as a state and the bluster performed a critical role in balancing the other local idiots - The Iranians. Take the Iraqi state away and bingo the Iranians can do what they want. The Taliban have never been in Iraq, and for anyone who had looked, neither were Al Qaeda BEFORE the invasion. You want to defend the removal of Saddam because he tortured people? hell, better invade Saudi, Indonesia, Russia (you never seen any Spy movies?) where else? Oh yeah, Argentina, most of Africa especially those racists who tortured Black Activists in Jo'Berg. Iraq was invaded because of Pops being embarrased and Dickie boy wanting to carve up the business with his mates. The puppet in #10 went along with it. That was NEVER about "The war on Terror" or about civilised ideals. I've said it before and will say it again. The reason for the spread of nutters is shown perfectly in the Movie Charlie Wilson's War when they failed to support development in Afghanistan after the Soviets were kicked out by - yep the Taliban before their corporate makeover who were supported by - yep the yanks because they killed Russkies. Torture to discover who has sent the latest load of DHL shipments from where is perfectly valid. WHY the whole fecking mess is with us - that is simple - Charlie Wilson knows and teh first three who REALLY should be waterboarded to find the truth are Bush, Blair & Cheney

Ask yourelf only what would any Taliban or Islamic Militant do to you if you were unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sorry BTF, I understand why you say what you do, but you like so many others truly do not understand that there are people who's only interest in life is to destroy every single part of what you call life. Your culture, your technology, your utter existance reduced to medieval servitude in the name of the Lord. If they prevail, your descendants wouldn't even have the benefit of an education to understand the morals of your civilisation that you were trying to protect. You wish to stand by your morals - they laugh at your weakness. In ANY other "Geneva Convention" type "disagreement" then I would be on your side with your opinions. But having been to Yemen, the Swat Valley, refugee camps in Beirut, we are at war like no other in history and to tie one hand behind your back would be like taking on the Daleks with a Paintball Gun (and no Doctor or Rose around to help)

So the stench seems to hang around Pakistani cricket. The actions of Haider the wicketkeeper in the past days serve as a horrific notice that there is still something very corrupt at the heart of cricket. All credit to the guy for planning and then making his escape from the team hotel. He must have been terrified AND horrified that his efforts to win a game for his country led to his family being threatened. Also fair play to the ICC for their response to events. Let us hope some moron at Immigration doesn't try and kick him back out to allow some freeloading terrorist wannabe take his place and draw his social. Haider showed real courage and commitment with the bat & gloves in last summers' tests & I hope he gets a good county contract as he builds a new life here Shocking story in all reality for any cricket lover http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/pakistan/8119327/Pakistan-wicketkeeper-Zulqarnain-Haider-retires-from-international-cricket.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/pakistan/8117122/Pakistan-wicketkeeper-Zulqarnain-Haider-goes-missing-after-fixing-threats.html

ORLY? Let's score another "Told You So" for D_P then. Thanks, I feel better after that. Back to mundaneness now though

Ryanair to Istanbul Air Arabia to Sharjah Air Arabia to India Air Asia or someone to Singapore/Thailand Jet Blue or Virgin down to Aus. Can be done low cost all the way the record from here to UK on low costs was 29 quid one way inc taxes Mind you on that length of flight your Sarnies would get damned stale & prob need visas for India transit

Yep, and jumping up & down like a loon when we finally managed to get the radio working at the right time to hear the immortal words..... And now over to (was it?) Stamford Bridge, where Southampton have gone further ahead. Did a remembrance trip up to the top about 5 years ago. It's still a fecking long walk

Memory serves - There's a TGI Friday's on the ring road. You could drive there and have one cocktail

Being on a business trip in Damascus. Driving across the City to The Sheraton to find the English Pub shut. Getting the Bar staff to change the tv's in reception to show the Saints v Man Ure Cup game so the whole place knew I was a Saints fan. And getting walloped 4-1 at home

107) The Albion Band

Seeing the great thread by GWC got me thinking - I'm sure someone will do the 125 reasons to hate being a Saints fan one day - but thought I'd see what the "If Only moments" were. What silly snippet or big moment did you miss for what in hindsight are all the wrong reasons. For me - 1) The Palarce Semi-Final of '76 - had to go on a Geography Field Trip to North Wales as part of our A-level...... If only I'd told the teacher to sod it. 2) If only I hadn't been holding a cup of coffee when I heard about Keegan signing - took weeks to get the stain out the carpet so we could get our Student Digs deposit back Any other regrets?

WHAT?!!! like Uriah Heap or that muppet we had the other week D'Urso? Send them back to the PL or France or something, don't inflict them on us

Golf Courses. Malt Whisky The Fish restaurant in Oban Harbour The Kyle of Lochalsh (sp?) train ride Skye and hysterically The Chinese/Scottish Fusion Cuisine Restaurant in Dumfries. (Sweet & Sour Haggis amongst other ROFL classics) But really Golf

85) Having arguably one of English Football's best strikers on our books while in League 1. If only he could stay out of the treatment room

They could have been the richest club in football after Man City if only some idiot hadn't issued a Press Release saying they were going to be bought by Dubai PLC. But in hindsight, probably a lucky escape.... The issue with SLH was that it couldn't be separated from the footballing side (If ONLY we'd kept the Radio Station eh) In Charlton's case (as in WHU) the Holding company did actually function as a business

76) Marseilles Away

73) The Policeman at the Dell & the Police Dog sketch

5000 men were surveyed last week and asked why they liked blow jobs. 1% liked the warmth 2% liked the sensation 3% liked the eroticism & the other 94% just liked the peace and quiet

French Ban Fireworks at Euro Disney (AP), Paris , March 5, 2003 The French Government announced today that it is imposing a ban on the use of fireworks at Euro Disney. The decision comes the day after a nightly fireworks display at the park, located just 30 miles outside of Paris , caused the soldiers at a nearby French Army garrison to surrender to a group of Czech tourists.