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by mabunch78
Fri Jun 13, 2025 7:41 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread
Replies: 15536
Views: 703823

Re: Israel Gaza war and protests and Ireland and etc All inclusive Thread

Have a number of Iranian colleagues....they're devastated and I wouldn't class them as particularly patriotic (to clarify, they love the country, hate the regime) so I'd have to assume it may be partly because of what they see coming down the pipe....
by mabunch78
Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: June 4th... Tiananmen Square
Replies: 69
Views: 9427

Re: June 4th... Tiananmen Square

Just goes to show you that China is proof that as long as you make the people rich(er), they are happy to live with an oppressive government. I am convinced that the “brainwashing / indoctrination” thing plays a great part as well.... Yes, you posted 4 years ago but as I never read at the time: thi...
by mabunch78
Tue Jun 10, 2025 8:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 46264
Views: 2273601

Re: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents

Anyone else excited about the prospect of seeing the ultimate fruits of the constitutional right to bear arms in case the government start getting a little heavy handed? My interpretation of what you said there was that those constitutional originalists of the right, often referred to as MAGAtards,...
by mabunch78
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Congratulations to Portugal, winners on pens v Spain. Love him or hate him, another appearance and 2 more goals for Portugal for CR. Only watched the second half and extra time but that was a great performance by a Portugal who had been dominated in the 1st half. Well done Martinez who made key cha...
by mabunch78
Fri Jun 06, 2025 7:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

spain teaching france a football lesson tonight best team in the world LE: i may have jinxed them, 5-3 after 5-1 finished 5-4 Even though there were spectacular goals I thought both midfields allowed their opponents to move through the middle too easily - not as impressive as the UCL final. A hint ...
by mabunch78
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The transgender catch-all mega-thread
Replies: 2127
Views: 141632

Re: The transgender catch-all mega-thread

World boxing requiring PCR tests now and the Algerian is banned until a test is passed. "These new eligibility rules were developed with the express purpose of safeguarding athletes in combat sports, particularly given the physical risks associated with Olympic-style boxing," the letter read. World...
by mabunch78
Mon Jun 02, 2025 5:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Winkgate is adding more fuel to the Irish SA rivalry
Replies: 20
Views: 3478

Re: Winkgate is adding more fuel to the Irish SA rivalry

Add this incident to the ways SA teams have been manipulating rules around on-pitch/pitch-side health & safety provisions since before the 2019 RWC...standards set by Rassie 'the water boy' Erasmus from the top, if the rules have a point of weakness, they'll find them and milk them for every possibl...
by mabunch78
Mon Jun 02, 2025 5:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 46264
Views: 2273601

Re: U.S. politics thread and Donald Trump - Putin's Cock-holster of U.S. Presidents

So Musk had left DOGE and admitted he didn't achieve much. Of course, there are claims of big savings and there is the undocumented claim of massive fraud. But really, what Musk's cut cost the country is still unknown, and the savings made short term were rather modest. Another com operation. But h...
by mabunch78
Mon May 26, 2025 11:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Have seen the Villa incident now. Ref's a tw@t. You could see from the coverage camera distance that the keeper didn't DEFINITIVELY have control. Tw@t was closer. Plenty of margin for doubt so don't blow. Isn't that their hallowed directive? W@nker!
by mabunch78
Sat May 24, 2025 8:06 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

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by mabunch78
Thu May 22, 2025 12:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

DOB wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 11:34 pm I’m not going to apologize for fluking a win against that ManYoo team.

Against any ManYoo team really, but that one in particular.
:thumbup: In words that should be echoing across social media right now, "Lads, it's Utd..."
by mabunch78
Wed May 21, 2025 11:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

To all the troll masters out there, are we suddenly good because we won something? No, we were dogsh#t in this match and we seem to be getting worse with every game. But we've been genuinely good in the recent past and won nothing so I'll take this and accept that soccerball is often unfair. Well pl...
by mabunch78
Sat May 17, 2025 2:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Spurs are without Maddison, Kulusevski & Bergvall for the Europa final. The rest couldn't create an omelette from a box of broken eggs so they'll be playing for penalties from minute 1. Another classic beckons... Sarr headed down the tunnel with medical staff tonight. F#cked. What an absolute abort...
by mabunch78
Wed May 14, 2025 11:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Spurs are without Maddison, Kulusevski & Bergvall for the Europa final. The rest couldn't create an omelette from a box of broken eggs so they'll be playing for penalties from minute 1. Another classic beckons...
by mabunch78
Fri May 09, 2025 8:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

LandOTurk wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 5:05 am
LandOTurk wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:00 pm
mabunch78 wrote: Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:46 am

Huge now. Can't see Spurs getting through to the semis. ManUre could.
Well, well, well.
Well, well, well.
:lol: Proof that I'm a real Spurs fan. Have you not met one of us before?!
by mabunch78
Fri May 09, 2025 8:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

The Arsenal troll final lineup is complete. One of those two dogsh#t sides will be in the UCL next year and, more poignantly, will take on either Inter or PSG in the UEFA Supercup (to be renamed the Cup of Public R#pe)... :lol: Arsenal?? Who the fu c k is Arsenal? Best team in the Champions League ...
by mabunch78
Fri May 09, 2025 2:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

The Arsenal troll final lineup is complete. One of those two dogsh#t sides will be in the UCL next year and, more poignantly, will take on either Inter or PSG in the UEFA Supercup (to be renamed the Cup of Public R#pe)... :lol:
by mabunch78
Tue May 06, 2025 8:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Irish rugby going down the shit pan / World Snooker Championship Thread
Replies: 11
Views: 1372

Re: Irish rugby going down the shit pan / World Snooker Championship Thread

No post yet on the final result?! This outcome is going to send snooker stratospheric. Chinese players already the 2nd most populous in the world's top 32...

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by mabunch78
Sun May 04, 2025 12:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

He's 100% chav, an utter scum bag.
by mabunch78
Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Finally the myth of Odegaard has been exposed. It's taken a good long while for people to see it. Have never understood the attraction myself...lots of fiddly superfluous touches for limited overall damage. One of those kids who when at school 'looked really busy so must have been good'. Basically S...
by mabunch78
Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Politics from a country nobody cares about: CANADA!!!
Replies: 158
Views: 73361

Re: Politics from a country nobody cares about: CANADA!!!

Ali's Choice wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 3:58 am Hopefully a swing to the centre left is replicated here in Australia this Saturday. Well done Canada!
:thumbup: to the hope of a result against dollar shop Trump's Temu MAGA
by mabunch78
Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Donald for Pope
Replies: 4
Views: 986

Re: Donald for Pope

He is a totally normal human
by mabunch78
Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

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by mabunch78
Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

England are guaranteed a minimum of five teams in the Champions League next season after Arsenal's victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarter-finals. One win, in any of the three European competitions, would have secured the fifth place for England. Two extra spots are awarded to coun...
by mabunch78
Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Another hot teacher doing the wrong thing + idiotic gender wars
Replies: 642
Views: 75090

Re: Another hot teacher doing the wrong thing + idiotic gender wars

More to the point, why are they called 'dinner ladies' when they only serve lunch? Soft southerner with his posh 'luncheon' Breakfast, dinner and tea. .. Maybe supper too if you're loaded. The three daily meals at home as I knew 'em when a lad. Lunch was something sandwich-like eaten at school. htt...
by mabunch78
Wed Apr 09, 2025 5:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

JiffyJnr wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:36 pm
Akkerman wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 9:32 pm curious how arsenal will screw up qualifying from here
Sako and Rice have been outstanding.
3 nil now
Fair play to Arsenal, that is a statement result and performance. They are right in the conversation for the tournament, no doubt.
by mabunch78
Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Musk gooooooonnnnnnneeeeee
Replies: 40
Views: 5320

Re: Musk gooooooonnnnnnneeeeee

Actually it is $140bn, must have misread https://doge.gov/savings Did Elon's son X put that spreadsheet together, Donnie tells us hes very very smart. Yeah, Donnie thinks he's top notch, he only gets the presidential desk decontaminated after X leaves the Oval Office for other unrelated reasons....
by mabunch78
Thu Apr 03, 2025 4:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Musk gooooooonnnnnnneeeeee
Replies: 40
Views: 5320

Re: Musk gooooooonnnnnnneeeeee

ManInTheBar wrote: Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:15 pm There is a rule that an appointment such as Musk's can only be for 130 days.
:lol: That makes sense, Trump abiding by a rulebook if he doesn't want to...
by mabunch78
Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 47889
Views: 3642204

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

LandOTurk wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:14 pm I think nearly everyone would love a Villa v Forest FA Cup Final. I'd even watch that. Last one I saw was Owen scoring that wonder goal v Arsenal.
Sealed his Ballon d'Or, I reckon
by mabunch78
Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....
Replies: 2512
Views: 238158

Re: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....

This must be posted here as well: So Trump implemented these new tariffs over automotive. This morning I read an economy research where it was pointed out that the US carmaker to benefit most from these tariffs is…. Tesla, being the one fabricating most of its components in USA (between 60 and 75% ...
by mabunch78
Sun Mar 23, 2025 2:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Big George Foreman gone !
Replies: 70
Views: 8395

Re: Big George Foreman gone !

Jay Cee Gee wrote: Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:43 am He had 5 sons, all of them called George.

7 daughters too, only one of them is called George(tta).
:lol:
by mabunch78
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Generation reframe
Replies: 9
Views: 870

Generation reframe

Molly Caudery has just choked again following a trail of build-up hype (again). She 'protected herself' by withdrawing from the Euro Indoors two weeks ago to focus on the Worlds. When you do that you put pressure on, you don't take it off. This is a girl who can't deal with it. Her interviews are fu...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:48 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Athletics general thread
Replies: 350
Views: 139417

Re: Athletics general thread

Just watched a Kiwi 15 year-old, by the name of Sam Ruthe, become the youngest ever sub-four miler with a 3:58.5. Did it nearly a year younger than Ingebrigtsen managed. I've cued this up at the beginning of the race for anyone who's interested. He's the blond kid who starts out running in third. h...
by mabunch78
Wed Mar 19, 2025 2:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....
Replies: 2512
Views: 238158

Re: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....

Hellraiser wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:03 pm Cybercuck deliveries have been stopped by Tesla because the cantrail trim is detaching at high speeds.

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My thought: define 'high'
by mabunch78
Tue Mar 18, 2025 4:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....
Replies: 2512
Views: 238158

Re: I say Elon Musk is a stupid "wit kant" ... but ....

Tesla was responsible for more than 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e)3 emissions in the year 2023. That’s roughly equivalent to the combined emissions of Ghana and Sudan, home to 85 million people. https://maxwilbert.substack.com/p/your-tesla-is-killing-the-planet So about ...
by mabunch78
Mon Mar 17, 2025 6:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Henson mania was 20 years ago
Replies: 20
Views: 1159

Re: Henson mania was 20 years ago

He loved Church on a Sunday morning...

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...but was eventually sent off for illegal entry...
by mabunch78
Sun Mar 16, 2025 1:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Pendergast 6 Nations Rising Player award 2025
Replies: 41
Views: 7772

Re: Pendergast 6 Nations Rising Player award 2025

Influence per minute played, I'd give it to Pollock
by mabunch78
Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Another hot teacher doing the wrong thing + idiotic gender wars
Replies: 642
Views: 75090

Re: Another hot teacher doing the wrong thing + idiotic gender wars

Northern Irish teacher this time. We need more photos to determine if she’s a hottie. Anyway, the poor young lad. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13801793/amp/female-teacher-charged-sexually-abusing-schoolboy-Northern-Ireland.html Jailed for two years. In answer to the above, definitely no...