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Eulogy Spoken in a Country Churchyard

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In a shameless act of self-promotion / repetition, globules, I bid you a Jew with.... I'm here for the rugby, I played it, you know? When tries were 3 points, and the forwards were slow Thank God for that fact, as their number 7 Smacked me, and ran, thus flirting with Heaven A short-arm, the blight...

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A5D5E5 wrote:Without communism, we wouldn't have had Russians by Sting or Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Or Back in the USSR

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The mighty Wycombe Wanderers storming League One atm. 4 wins and a draw (away at Sunderland) in our last 5 matches, and 6 consecutive home wins. Nice little run of fixtures coming up over Christmas too. Dreaming of the Championship

Gareth Ainsworth is a football genius

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God that was a dire game (and I'm a supporter of women's rugby) I scrolled through the match on youtube to see the score, and it did seem boring by the result. Glad I didn't bother to watch. As a supporter of women's rugby, too, I'm disappointed to see so many teams grinding it out like many men's ...

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Sefton wrote:
iarmhiman wrote:Jordan f**king Pickford.

Jammy bastards Liverpool

I think my old man was on the verge of combustion after that. His life has been dominated by decades of torture by Liverpool FC. We should have just paid the rent

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Saint wrote:Absolutely on the centre line politically, a few rows less populist them Obama

Must be almost identical to me then:

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Glaston wrote:Fred Dimbleby, hmmm writing for the Grauniad, no nepotism here, nope none whatsoever.

Didn't realise he was David's son

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/15/steve-bannon-oxford-union How could they sink so low. Tbf, that is basically a Cherwell/OxStu article that has somehow found its way into the Guardian. The journalist actually does write for Cherwell. It has caused a lot of uproar here though. I...

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https://www.englandrugby.com/news/featu ... 01984153=1

This is a brilliantly relevant story as England play the All Blacks on Remembrance Weekend! Would recommend reading and watching the clip in the article

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Interesting that both Wade and Scotland-Williamson went to RGS High Wycombe at around the same time. Wonder if they know each other well?

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I thought it was a definite red when watching on TV, and still think so now. Horrific tackle that could've seriously injured TT. I accept that Spencer is about a foot and a half taller than Taylor, but that doesn't excuse it

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bessantj wrote:
HurricaneWasp wrote:My dad was on the early series of the BBC TV series Airport (and Border Force UK a few years later). Always brags about 15 million viewers or something
Did he manage to get the drugs through?

Haha. Unfortunately not. He was the one rejecting people at the passport desk

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My dad was on the early series of the BBC TV series Airport (and Border Force UK a few years later). Always brags about 15 million viewers or something

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David Bowie -The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Beatles - Revolver Beatles - Abbey Road Queen - Queen II Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Queen - A Night at the Opera Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Mariah Carey - Music Box Jimmy Hendrix - Are...

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Reports suggest the shooting happened during a video game tournament being held at the Jacksonville Landing. It's crazy to me that people think violent video games and TV don't contribute to this. An admittedly anecdotal story: My mum told me about the first time she watched television as a child. ...

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This video of it is quite harrowing

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/ ... 22054?s=21

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While we have some of the more well-read bordies around, which are the best Hemingway books? Have managed to completely avoid him to date, but would like to give his work a go. Another vote for For Whom the Bell Tolls here. Also enjoyed Farewell to Arms and Sun also Rises. Another personal favourit...

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1984 wasn’t much cop It is fantastic, as is pretty much all of Orwell's work I read an homage to catalonia recently as I was living in Barcelona and wanted to get some more info on the Spanish civil war. His experiences were interesting and thestory is well told overall, some of his writing though ...

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Zakar wrote:Catch 22 haters have revealed themselves to be humourless dullards, that probably jack off to Murder She Wrote.

Fahrenheit 451 on the other hand? Utter shite. The fact that it is put alongside Brave New World and 1984 etc is appalling.

Agree with all of this. Fahrenheit 451 is a terrible book

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http://forum.planetrugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=73770&hilit=Most+overrated+books My current list of classic books I gave 1 Star to on Goodreads.. Catch 22 The Alchemist Wuthering Heights Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night The Time Travellers Wife Money 100 Years of Solitude Wind up Bird Chro...

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Winnie wrote:1984 wasn’t much cop

It is fantastic, as is pretty much all of Orwell's work

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Why did you vote for Corbyn then Bimbo? Bear in mind that pre Corbyn , Labour was closer to the centre. Did you vote for Corbyn hoping to help push labour so far left, that the middle ground voters would always vote Tory? It's as if you follow the Tories like a football fan and no other party are w...

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Anyone read "Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman?

It is fantastic 20th century epic set in the Soviet Union, based around the Battle of Stalingrad. So much of it seems relevant today

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Both of Donald Trump's "Marine One" helicopters flew directly over my place in Wycombe this morning. Presumably taking him from Sandhurst to Chequers. I would have filmed it, but wasted too much time trying to find my phone

A highly impressive sight, it must be said

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Germany, Argentina and France. The holy trinity of hate for English fans I don’t think England hate France at football? This is PR. Total bollocks is constantly cited by dimwits on what English fans are supposed to think, feel and like. Plenty of people obsessed with England for some reason. Kinda ...

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Is it possible to hate a team more than Argentina? Plums of the highest order to a man.

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_fatprop wrote:Another hour of Peterson throwing down hate and bile, this time at Oxford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMIbo_DxJk

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I'd imagine Lagos is going wild right now. Unfortunately, they never won a World Cup game whilst I was there

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As I was watching Russia earlier I recalled one of the first ever World Cup goals I remember. A USSR (presumably) player called “Rats” who scored a screamer in the 1986 World Cup. Maybe against France? I vaguely recall watching it at the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAbyO5Jl18o Not going t...

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France are actually playing very well, all things considered

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Just realised that Australia are playing cricket, football, and rugby all at the same time today

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This has been the craziest game I've ever seen

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This has been a very enjoyable game so far. Apart from that knock-on/offside decision, Pearce has had a good game

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Meh. If you are tired of elite sport try following a lower level. Generally it's more fun, you are closer to the players and club and there is a better purity to the game. It sounds cliche but it's true. A few posters here would back that up with their support of Ealing recently for example. You ra...

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There's a vast literature out there on this, and that doesn't touch the particular ailments afflicting the middle classes which tend to be in the mental health space. Your dismissal of Peterson as a 'messiah' figure when he teaches 'self-reliance' is just bizarre. In answer to this and the earlier ...

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Persoanlly, I was highly impressed with Jordan Peterson's speech last week, mainly because of his integration of politics with established psychological theory. I could understand everything he said, and it well justified his views. I'll post the video of it on here when it is released.

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I saw him in Oxford on Wednesday, and I have to say that he was the most impressive speaker I've ever seen. Has an answer for everything, and explained everything clearly and logically. His integration of psychology into his views was highly impressive, and resonated with me especially

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Ramming Speed wrote:
HurricaneWasp wrote:Oxford definitely IMO. I'm biased, but I just think it is the most amazing place. Feels surreal to be living here sometimes.
Oxford
York
Bath
Daylight

Raqqa

Merthyr Tydfil

Cambridge

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Oxford definitely IMO. I'm biased, but I just think it is the most amazing place. Feels surreal to be living here sometimes.

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