saintbletch

Felt wonderful after the game yesterday, but having slept on it I'm a little more measured in my assessment. I do find that many posters on here seem to forget to consider the opposition when they analyse a match. When we're bad or good, it can be as much about our own performance as how the opposition allowed us to play. Chatting with a mate before the game, I predicted that we'd dominate Fulham if they played Berbatov, Ruiz and Bent upfront as they did against Crystal Palace. And so it came to pass. Jol was interviewed after the Crystal Palace game saying that he agonised whether he could afford to play the laziest forward line-up in Premiership history (my words, not his) against Crystal Palace. In the end he said that he reached the conclusion that good players, and they are all good players, should be able to make any formation work. At Crystal Palace, two world-class strikes and a Holloway-shaped implosion let Fulham back into the game and to ultimately run out easy victors. To pick the same team against a well drilled team like Saints, seemed at best bold, at worst the beginning or an early retirement plan. Fair enough, but having seen us absolutely dominate them in the early stages, I can't believe that he didn't adjust that forward three. There was little to no competing or defending from front to back in their team until you got to Sidwell and Parker. By that time, given our pressing game, they were overrun. So for me the victory yesterday was in some part down to Jol's poor selection, tactics, and reluctance/bloody-mindedness in not changing the formation. Add to that the fact that despite our domination, we still didn't go on to score the number of goals that our possession and dominance suggested we should, and I find myself a little more concerned for when we come up against better organised teams - not necessarily "better" teams, but better disciplined teams. It's churlish to suggest that yesterday was anything other than a stunning team display, but as with boxing, it's the opposition that determines how good you can be on any given day. Hull, Cardiff, Norwich, West Brom and the "new" Crystal Palace, who each lack the arrogance of Jol's formation will give us very tough games this season, but any team that comes to attack will get the same treatment as yesterday.

OK, I've had some of the best minds working on this, and Mrs Bletch and I think she's a fake. Hannah Minx's USP is not her breasts, it is her JWOW. There is no JWOW in this clip. And whilst Hannah Minx is mildly suggestive, it's in a Carry On Kyanpingu sort of way. That lady's a tart. Oh, and her YouTube channel is called MissHannahMinxBoobs. She's an imposter.

Well I've only watched the first minute or so, and all I've seen is a voluptuous female slowly inserting a single finger into herself. I'll confirm her identity once I've watched more of it...

You don't need advice from me Verbal, and I'm sure you don't particularly care about my happiness, but as a huge fan of your posts on this site I just wish you'd remove a little of the personal attack. Oh and upgrade your membership too, I enjoy your jousts with pap and would like more than 3 per day. I should stress that up until this point my contribution to this thread was semantic and focussed solely on the meaning of "abduction". pap appears to have found a document that pre-dates other similar documents and suggests that the police were entering into the review of the case from a perspective of abduction. Abduction here, to my mind, means a living person taken against their will. This therefore appears to discount the possibility of a dead body being disposed of, which in turn seems to close down the possibility that the parents were involved. Pap, to my mind, is right on this point - the only caveat being that we might not have seen all of the terms of reference for the review. I'd like to associate myself with these comments. I have to say that most of the "conspiracy" positions that pap takes I find difficult to understand. But I always see him trying to argue his position based on the evidence as he sees it. I'm not sure I always understand how he reaches the conclusions he does, but we're all wired differently. Twice now pap has made me at least stop and re-think my position. This was over the twin towers and now the Madeleine affair. On the twin towers I still believe it was a terrorist atrocity, but some of the video evidence pap put forward made me stop and think. I really didn't expect that to be the case when I started reading the thread. On the Madeleine affair, I was firmly of the belief that Madeleine had been abducted, but I now find myself more agnostic.

Saint_DB, thanks for taking time out of your role as corporate tax advisor to Starbucks and Google to put our minds at rest.

Sydney, how the devil are you? And how is Emma and the twins? Still playing Bridge? Great to see you posting again.

You can steal a penis?

I think in this context the use of the word abduction only relates to the first two or the three examples you give. Abduction to me suggests an act against someone else's will. i.e. they must be alive to be abducted. I think pap's point is that they therefore were not investigating the possibility of your third example - a murder followed by the disposal of a body.

Midshipman fish mating calls apparently: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/midshipman-fish-droning-mating-call-2486013 Some interesting facts about the midshipman fish from Wikipedia (I've highlighted the relevant parts for those of you that find reading lots of words a chore): Speaking as a smug type II male, I've long thought that most of the angry posters in the lounge must be type I males. What type are you muppets? (Note to Toke. There is no Type zero - that's a female)

And here is the beaver claw from another angle:

Three of the males in that picture are naked from the waist down, and are holding their percy, affecting a dramatic, mock-urinal pose.

We do it for ideology papster, not for the cash. #blownmycover

After these many years, are we about to have a serious exchange of views Toke? I guess so. Well assuming that you get to the end of this post, that is. I am in a similar boat, although I moved from Apple two years ago and am now looking for my next Android phone; I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 at the moment. I will probably get the Nexus 5. The specs that have been leaked (assuming they are accurate), make it a pretty high-end device. It will probably be well priced, will come with the newest version of Android (4.4 Kit Kat) and will obviously be unlocked. I am determined not to enter in to another long contract with a smug mobile service provider that only gives me a tiny data allowance. So I probably use the opportunity to try a few different service providers on a SIM-only basis until I find the one that I want to stay with longer term. I bought my wife the Nexus 4 a month or so ago when the 16GB model went down to £199, and I'm very impressed. As hypochondriac says, the battery and memory are the drawbacks with the Nexus range, but I have read a rumour that the high-end Nexus 5 may come with a very large capacity battery. On the memory front, I now use Google Play Music and Google Play TV and Movies so I only pin the media to the device that I use most frequently. This means that I have lots of spare storage now. If you have a lot or large media files that you continually need access to, look for a phone that allows an external SD card. What I find refreshing about Google devices is that they are pretty much the pure Android without any of the bloatware that manufacturers add to differentiate their phones. I spend most of my time with a new phone turning off all the things that drain battery and inform the man in the sky about my position on the planet. That said, many phones come with superb software that is unique and very useful - the Galaxy S4 being one of them. One thing to check that you don't have to consider in the Apple world is that all of your applications run on the platform you have. Sky, for example, is notoriously bad at ensuring that Sky Go runs across all Android devices. For content protection reasons they have to ensure that the streamed video is not able to be sent to an external display. This requires a different technical approach for different devices, so they choose to only support a subset of the most popular phones/tablets. I don't know of any other apps that don't run across all devices, but it's worth checking. My business partner has the HTC One and he loves it. I note however that HTC is in all sorts of difficulty and have scaled back production significantly, so I'm guessing that says something about the wider appeal of the HTC One and perhaps the viability of the company. Not that it really changes your decision as it is still an excellent phone, but it may limit their commitment to continually updating the version of Android on the device. My other choice is actually the LG G2. As you probably know, LG made the Nexus 4 and will make the Nexus 5, so their pedigree is good. It's got an amazing screen - 5.2" and a massive battery - 3000 mAh which to be honest is one of the most important things to me if I'm going to be away from my desk for the day. The Nexus 5 is rumoured to be a cut-down LG G2, so if that's true, I will compare the prices and the functional differences and then decide. Another reason to consider changing from Apple is that it keeps you "technically young". By making yourself learn a new environment, I find it keeps you mentally fresh. By challenging yourself to learn new ways to do the same, mundane tasks it takes away a little of the boredom that can creep in. But, as I hope I've shown above, there are reasons to stay with Apple too. Especially if technical things don't interest you, or you're too busy to learn those new things. In that case you should stay with Apple you methor-fickung cucksocker.

"Angel Delight" is a gism euphemism. "Back of Mum's Cupboard" is urban slang; a euphemism for your mother's fufu. Finding a Angel Delight in the back of your mum's cupboard is therefore something lighthouse should have kept to himself.

Typical phony philogyny from the Bear. The Laydeez just don't fall for your "pro-female stance" Bear. BTW, Ell Gee Bee Tee Bear. LGBT! Where is the transgender equivalent of this thread? I, ahem, I've got this friend who is a post-op transexual and I, ahem, he would like somewhere to discuss my, ahem, his issues. Like the unavailability of tena lady pants in a 38" waist. Like the confusion he now experiences watching Susanna Reid on Strictly Come Dancing. Like the mild feeling of regret he gets when dressing each morning from the subconscious, but pointless attempt to cajole his "gentleman" to dress to the left. Think Bear. Think!

Toke, Spudders, I spotted the Bear this weekend. I was sitting in the park whilst trawling "bearsyinvestigates" on my phone, looking for his Manchester Utd scouting report. I had just discovered that his 'Blog hadn't been updated since Swansea, when I noticed that a crowd of small children had gathered and was staring askance at something a few metres away. When I walked over, I saw this. It was quite sad really. He was sat there with that a look of resigned ennui, drooling and staring at the young children whilst rhythmically attempting to "zip-up the invisible cardigan". A large crowd gathered after a while, and the police eventually came, as, I'm sorry to report, did the Bear. He was so determined, nothing was going to stop him reaching the vinegar stroke. As the Bear was taken away by the police, I noticed that he took his, by now, flaccid member and dunked it into a plastic, Ikea beaker. A really odd thing to do. I guess this goes some way to explain his disappearance from TMS as well as the lack of a Manchester Utd scouting report.

I was at my accountants yesterday and the two receptionists were chatting to each other as they watched the BBC news channel on the reception TV. One of them looked at the banner going across the bottom of the screen which read "Muslim free school criticised... " and said: "Muslim-free school? I didn't think they'd be allowed to do that in this day and age. They'll probably complain and be allowed back in." (my hyphen)

Yeah Toke, the Bear is definitely banned again. There's no way he would have been able to resist spoiling Breaking Bad for me. He'd have posted straight away if he was still around. Shame, because when he was using the material that you wrote for him, he was quite funny. #cbfryistuco

I actually remind myself of Walter White, bearing in mind that I'm only on episode 5 of season 2. I'm pretty straight-laced, love my family very much, talk about things passionately only to be ignored by most people, I've got a terminal affliction (Tediousness), and I've got 50 plants of Blunt Brothers' Head Cheese growing hydroponically in my loft. Oh, and I also killed Dune (AKA Krazy One Eight). #thinkaboutittoke Yeah, Bear is either banned again or his account has been hacked. Like you, he just can't resist laughing at people's funerals. So if he's ignoring Obit-posts, he's not logging in. It's as simple as that. You are badger BTW. #nobreakingbadspoilersplease

#didntyougetthememo? Bear has sold out and is taking The Man's shilling. One of my spies told me that he created a blog where he investigates stuff or whatever. I've read it, and it's as funny as eye cancer. The problem I have is that the "... Investigates" brand was partially created by us here on TMS. Now, I don't have a problem as long as the cheque really is in the post, but he's lied to me before about "coming" and "mouths", so I suspect he's simply turned his back on us. I mean not many people realise that you came up with the 50 Shades idea, you co-wrote Bear's lines and edited it to make it look like the ramblings of a misogynist mentalist going through puberty. Did you get any recognition for that? I don't think so. It's like X-Factor (probably) where they try to spilt up a double act because one has talent and the other is called Toke. #rememberwhereyoucomefrombear

By the way Toke, who is this poster call Bearsy? I haven't seen him here before. I think there is a poster called Bearsy on the main board and in the lounge, he is quite the celebrity over there; writing humour-free platitudes for the type of poster that inhabits that part of TMS. I have a distant memory that he used to post in TMS a lot, but it's been so long I'm not sure. #bearonapermabanleash

Apparently the mystery had been solved. Heuristics, psychoanalysis, psychoaccoustics and Web-trawling spiders have identified that there was a tight correlation between the audible "Drones" and Toke's final pun-laden TSW post of the evening. #groansnotdrones