Lord Duckhunter

That’s just not true. Poole is in tier 4 and last week there were 3 Covid patients in ICU. Unless there’s only 4 Covid beds that’s hardly “bursting at the seams”. I bet it’s the same in vast swathes of the country. Maybe they are locking down to stop it happening, but it’s not happening at the moment.

Ian Dury wrote “Spasticus Autisticus“ as a protest against the International year of the disabled, which he felt was patronising. Needless to say the BBC totally missed the point and banned the song. He also wanted to tour as “Spastic and the Autistics", but was talked out of it.

Media favourite Frank Lampard in danger of getting a right stuffing here.

The dog & duck.

Lol. What a load of old pony.

Thats the thin edge of the wedge, it’s horrendous film as this critic shows .I think it may have been Soggy reviewing it. AS I have told people a hundred thousand times, I have no time for hyperbole. And yet recently I stumbled across what must surely be the most sexist, racist, regressive, reprehensible and downright offensive movie ever made. It all began as I was dressing up as Danny Zuko for a morning TV re-enactment of the hit musical Grease, because that’s what real journalists do. As part of my exhaustive research for this role, I had stayed up the previous night to watch the movie for the 57th time and came to a very shocking and sickening realisation. Almost every scene, song, word and deed in the film would today result in a jail term, a law suit, a summary dismissal or, at the very least, a sternly worded change.org petition. Then in opening scene with Danny and Sandy frolicking on the beach we already have an assault in which he throws sand at her not once but twice — both times despite her clear objection. It is also a clear violation of the council by-laws for beach users. (In case you think I am joking, in Los Angeles where Grease was filmed it is genuinely against council laws to dig into a sand embankment or “disturb any rock”. It is also illegal to produce any “boisterous or unusual noise”, so it’s lucky that Sandy didn’t let Danny go all the way.) Then when school goes back and the star-crossed couple meet again, Danny is dismissive of Sandy in an attempt to look cool in front of his friends, which is a clear act of micro-aggression. In response, a confused and angry Sandy tells him he is not the Danny she used to know and she doesn’t like what he’s become. This is another micro-aggression known as “dead-naming”. And all this comes after a lengthy power ballad in which Danny’s friends urge him to share details about their sexual encounters — which is basically pre-internet revenge porn — or get her to hook them up with her friends, which is basically unpaid prostitution. They even ask if she “put up a fight”, which is actually genuinely worrying. Meanwhile Sandy’s friends want to know if he has a car, which suggests that at least the prostitution might be paid for in kind. More likely it is the corrosive social corruption of capitalist materialism. As the movie progresses things get even less progressive. In science class, a male student puts a live mouse in a female student’s handbag, which is a unique combination of both sexual harassment and animal abuse. Meanwhile, Rizzo is teased about her sexual history, which is a textbook example of slut-shaming To complicate matters, Rizzo then virgin-shames Sandra Dee — and, most cruelly of all, does so entirely in song. Meanwhile the boys are frantically using their shop class to build a car solely for the purpose of making a woman climax, which is both sexist and inefficient. And let’s not get started on Beauty School Dropout, which is an entire ballad of mansplaining delivered to a girl called Frenchy, whose name is slang for either a kiss or a condom. The movie’s climactic dance scene is supposedly all about the hand jive but in fact more suited to hand sanitiser. It is a frenzy of groping, girl-tossing and upskirting that would put most modern football teams to shame, culminating in a scene where the sleazy host clearly tries to use his dominant power position to coerce a vulnerable young woman into “trying out” for him. And at the very core of the motion picture, Sandy and Danny’s whole relationship is infused by sexual violence. Not only is there the sand-throwing incident but he tries to go the grope at a drive-in, which is technically sexual assault, and she slams the door on his erect penis, which is technically very painful. Then, in the final scene of all comes the ultimate sociopolitical atrocity. Danny has just traded in his leather jacket to become a varsity jock — the perfect combination of class elitism and toxic masculinity — when Sandy reappears with a Camel cigarette, a camel toe and a sudden desire to horse around. And so, with a wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boo — which is a cultural appropriation of the Italians, the Chinese and Little Richard — everybody lives happily ever after. The moral of the story is that all you have to do to solve life’s problems is take up smoking, dress like a hooker and put out. So there you have it: The most sexist, racist, homophobic, homoerotic, slut-shaming, virgin-shaming, disempowering and discriminatory movie ever made.

She also hammered Sunny Jim & The Welsh Windbag.

Which is probably why her first election as sitting PM she secured 144 majority as opposed to Boris’ 80 odd

Andrew Neils reputation was clearly damaged by not kidnapping the PM & subjecting him to a hostile interview. By taking no as an answer to his repeated requests to interview Boris, he showed all his bias for all to see. I remember when Robin Day’s heavies bundled Mrs T into a car and took her to a remote farmhouse for Robin to interview her. That’s what you call unbiased journalism, not Neil’s hard right pussy footing around.

Decisions are made year in year out that result in innocent people dying and a trade off is made between the economy & deaths. If the speed limit was reduced to 10mph on every road, less people would die in road traffic accidents. I presume you’d be against that measure, if so you, must think the lives of those killed on the road are an acceptable sacrifice to keep the country moving. Im not saying it’s right or wrong to close schools as I don’t have enough data in front of me, but making out people who think they should remain open are callous or willing to sacrifice peoples lives, is way off the mark.

My mum could manage PSG to the title. Whats the bad luck he’s had that stopped him winning trophies?

This is the biggest misinterpretation people use when discussing VAR. Football does use “umpires call”, it’s the “clear & obvious “ guideline, which in effect is referees call. Like Cricket line decisions are judged solely by technology. No balls, run outs, stumpings aren’t “umpires call” and neither are offsides or goal line decisions. If a bloke is 00000.1mm out of his crease, he’s given run out, no matter how long the decision takes and it doesn’t make a blind bit of difference what the on field umpire thinks.

I always find it a bit strange that people think changing the rules will eliminate borderline offsides. If it’s your foot, they’ll still be occasions when your foot will be offside by a minuscule distance. Wherever you draw the line, whatever body part you use, they’ll always be tight distances. Even if you said being 1 meter offside should be considered onside (benefit of doubt with attacker) it won’t be too long before var are judging whether a bloke was 1 meter or 1 meter 000.1mm offside.

None of them speak as poorly as Clinton Morrison, how has the gibbering idiot got a job talking for a living, it’s like getting Stevie Wonder to comment on a painting competition.

Do you think the time is now right for a permanent reset of the exam system. I’ve never really understood why GCSE’s are still sat when kids have to stay in education till 18. I know they’re a measure of whether kids are capable of A levels, but does it need to be a full on exam? I’d imagine teachers are just as capable of weighing that up as a written exam. As an employer, GCSE’s are now a meaningless measure.

Fuck me, I reckon Mrs Hoddle will be wearing a Leeds top in bed tonight. Glen will get well excited.

That’s a bit ott, but they should know the basics. They should also listen to the referee in the studio, not act puzzled and say they’re confused.

Why have they got halfwits discussing the VAR decision today. Everyone knows that it’s not where the foul starts, if it continues onto the line it’s a pen (as the ex professional ref explained to them). They must be deliberately trying to create controversy, because it’s fucking obvious. Why do they never ever say “ok fair enough I didn’t know that”, it’s always “it’s so confusing” when they’re wrong. Planks.

Not on all decisions it’s not. And remember it’s not about the VAR’s opinion of the incident , but his opinion of whether it’s a “clear & obvious error”. A decision the VAR thinks “I probably would have given a penalty, but I can see why he didn’t “, should, if the guidelines are followed, go with the on field referee.

Talking about it on sky now. Andy Cole saying that if you move to another country you have to embrace that culture & not your own. Funny that, because quite rightly Caribbean & Indian immigrants assimilated into our society by the white brits adopting aspects of their culture. Had they taken the Andy Cole advice music & food would be totally different now. I don’t believe Andy Cole would say the same about a Muslim moving to this country, no chance . Both the black pundits said he’s not racist, so a 3 game ban seems rather excessive.

Yep. The only highlight is the blonde sort at half time.

On his day Tadic was sublime, probably the best touch, & weight of pass, since Bally. Like Bally, he caressed the ball & played little angled passes perfectly weighted. But as i said, on his day. Unfortunately, his day didn’t come round as much as it should of done, and he was inconsistent and poor on too many days. At his best, he’d have had a field day in Ralph’s set up, at his worst he wouldn’t get a game. The Tadic discussion is relevant to this thread because that’s what we lack, whether it’s a traditional 10 or a Tadic or Lallana coming in from wide, we lack a bit of creativity in the final third. We’re ok when we win the ball back quickly, but when the opposition are set, lack a bit of guile in central positions.

Ched Evans was the victim of a gross miscarriage of justice. I just hope Soggys new year resolution is to stfu about the case.

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