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by fishfoodie
Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Even as a former Intel employee, I had some sympathy for this guy; he was always obviously a few sandwiches short of a picnic, but CP'ing the farm out from under him always seemed heavy handed, especially as, at the time, there were no plans to use the land in the near future. A farmer delayed plann...
by fishfoodie
Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: AUSTRALIA v FIJI • 2023 RWC Match Thread • Group C
Replies: 1110
Views: 15981

Re: AUSTRALIA v FIJI • 2023 RWC Match Thread • Group C

I think Brace has been good this match. If it’s an entertaining match, it usually means the ref hasn’t been a factor; and that’s all you can ask
by fishfoodie
Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Wales rugby doping scandal
Replies: 108
Views: 3281

Re: Wales rugby doping scandal

Hawk97 wrote: Sat Aug 26, 2023 3:21 pm He threw the Union under the bus?! :lol:
It's the WRU, you only need a mini-van
by fishfoodie
Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819441

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

Glaston wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 8:14 am
Slim 293 wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 1:43 am Image
Wonder how long he spent in front of a mirror practicing that look?
It was easy, he just remembered what expression he made when Ivana told him she was pregnant
by fishfoodie
Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53176
Views: 2311049

Re: War in Ukraine...

Although Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s name was on the flight list of the crashed Embraer jet that went down in Russia’s Tver region, analysts were cautious about assuming he was killed without firm confirmation from Russian authorities. Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner mercenary group, is known to have numer...
by fishfoodie
Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53176
Views: 2311049

Re: War in Ukraine...

https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1694430797258732024 Talk talk talk. Wagner have proved with their aborted coup that they are all talk but no action. No doubt they are a lot of talk, but at a minimum this is just more internal discontent. Maybe unlikely they try another coup but internal st...
by fishfoodie
Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112282
Views: 7525210

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

mr flaps wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 9:01 pm
DragsterDriver wrote: Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:58 pm 1/4 of our rucks were 6+ seconds apparently??

Because we kick from so many and Youngs is positively glacial.
He's just polite enough to let the defenders get to their places, & give the forwards a chance to come in & lean on the ruck, to get their breath back.
by fishfoodie
Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: How long will Faz get?
Replies: 849
Views: 29701

Re: How long will Faz get?

If that's a mid range offence.. What is a high end offence? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_anS1sRjg This was considered "high end", but he got preferential treatment because he said sorry and brought Jaffa Cakes. Mitigation for Jaffa cakes is legit. Mitigation for bourbon creams is an outrage. ...
by fishfoodie
Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scotland v France match thread
Replies: 115
Views: 2354

Re: Scotland v France match thread

Can we now say that Scots actually have a 50 50 shot at beating either Ireland or SA....? 40-60 Yep, and then with a sprinkling of luck. Best chance is moving the Saffa pack around enough to knacker them, but even then it would need to be a defensive shift that would bugger them. Ireland are our bo...
by fishfoodie
Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Jam Tomorrow Eddie
Replies: 30
Views: 1355

Re: Jam Tomorrow Eddie

I like Aussie rugby, but really want to see Eddie crash and burn in tears. Such an obnoxious shithead. I've never been a huge of Eddie since he coached Wallabies last time. He always seems to rub people the wrong way. He can dish it out but can't take it. I liked Rennie and I could see what he was ...
by fishfoodie
Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Another BBC nonce
Replies: 713
Views: 20333

Re: Another BBC nonce

And according to BBC, they couldn't advance the case because they couldn't communicate with the mother. You can't just suspend someone because someone complains if that person doesn't follow up the complaint with any evidence and isn't contactable. Yeah, & lets say for example the Scum signs a cont...
by fishfoodie
Fri Jul 07, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Titanic tourist sub goes missing
Replies: 579
Views: 18221

Re: Titanic tourist sub goes missing

If that leaked transcript is genuine (it appears to be and the events match the remarks James Cameron made before the sub was found) then they had 20 minutes of sheer terror. Cracking sounds, alarms going off and flashing red, ascending at a snail's pace. The stuff of nightmares. The most absurd pa...
by fishfoodie
Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Titanic tourist sub goes missing
Replies: 579
Views: 18221

Re: Titanic tourist sub goes missing

If this guy was still alive, he would be facing life in jail for this shit. Was a total and utter asshole. To pull from the last page. Rush had confessed that he’d “gotten the carbon fiber used to make the Titan at a big discount from Boeing because it was past its shelf-life for use in airplanes.”...
by fishfoodie
Wed Jul 05, 2023 9:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Of course it'll see a drop off in quality. The BBC have a license fee income of nearly 4bn and a commercial arm earning over 1bn. That's why they can provide quality shows. RTE aren't awful but you get what you pay for. I think I speak on behalf of the vast majority of the population when I say tha...
by fishfoodie
Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

I don't think our defense force would know what to do with 2% of gdp We could spoil them with a few rifles that were younger than the guys firing them ? Maybe boost their wages a bit so retention was better, & that money wasn't continually being spent on training recruits who only lasted a few mont...
by fishfoodie
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Titanic tourist sub goes missing
Replies: 579
Views: 18221

Re: Titanic tourist sub goes missing

Good Lord, this sounds properly grim. Hopefully they're miraculously alive. If not hopefully it was instant. This 100%. Given the passenger's wealth, I assume that everything is being chucked at this. at the depths involved, it was instant ! I imagine there are guys in the Navy going back over the ...
by fishfoodie
Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819441

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

we saw in 2016 none of his rivals were willing to walk out onto the field and criticise Trump for fear of offending the base, and it's repeating now despite the fact they all need someone to do it. indeed these geniuses aren't even selling the idea this proves we need to move on from Trump argument...
by fishfoodie
Sat Jun 10, 2023 1:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819441

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

What I'm particularly enjoying is certain GOPers going balls deep for Trump, Hutchinson, Christie aside. Others are looking like idiots and partisan hacks. Tim Scott...jesus on a freaken bike. Can the guy not read? With the price of eggs, I'm not sure we can afford enough to go round. They’ve all t...
by fishfoodie
Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

I have an apartment in Kilmainham right beside new children's hospital. I want to buy down the country back in Mullingar in the next 2-3 years. Should i sell and get the house for low price or would i be mad to sell that apartment given how high in demand Kilmainham is these days and continue to re...
by fishfoodie
Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53176
Views: 2311049

Re: War in Ukraine...

Hellraiser wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 7:33 pm Russia launched $1.7bn worth of missiles and drones at Ukraine in May. Almost 90% were shot down.
With that kind of ROI they must have Elon Musk doing their strategy
by fishfoodie
Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:11 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

No, none Fw's comments are emblematic really of the problems in Ireland. All these issues like lack of access to credit are there because of the crash. Well nobody under 40ish had sweet FA to do with the crash but they are paying the bills in the form of high rents, lack of housing options, poor pu...
by fishfoodie
Sat May 13, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Replies: 1934
Views: 68125

Re: United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Harry to Connacht would be brilliant for them. Would be a good move for both parties but I don't think he'll leave Leinster. Be good for Ireland as well, give Prendergast space to play. Nah, it'd be a shame to break up the box set. Leinster can have the Byrnes, we'll take the Prendergasts
by fishfoodie
Sat May 13, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: United Rugby Championship 2022/23
Replies: 1934
Views: 68125

Re: United Rugby Championship 2022/23

Charger21 wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 3:16 pm Great try by JPR!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
by fishfoodie
Wed May 10, 2023 12:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Trump the sexual abuser
Replies: 224
Views: 10272

Re: Trump the sexual abuser

No defendant is required to present evidence. The presumption is that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. It is up to the plaintiff to present evidence to corroborate their accusation. I just think that hearsay only evidence should not be the basis for a case alleging what is a very seriou...
by fishfoodie
Tue May 09, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Trump the sexual abuser
Replies: 224
Views: 10272

Re: Trump the sexual abuser

It seems that this trial was solely based on her word against his word. No forensic evidence, little or no corroborating evidence. No record of her reporting what happened to the police. Remove the personalities in this case - is it acceptable that hearsay only can be allowed to determine any case?...
by fishfoodie
Tue May 09, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Replies: 2238
Views: 110540

Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231

You lads likely don't get the months of freeze/thaw that fcuks up the roads. Admittedly, the below is worst case scenario but not atypical. https://imgur.com/a/RcPAsrO And chains, never forget chains !! I remember the first time I went to Oregon; you could take your hands off the wheel driving on t...
by fishfoodie
Tue May 09, 2023 10:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231
Replies: 2238
Views: 110540

Re: US shopping mall shooting #11123944231

Initially, I laughed at all the yahoo's driving around in over-sized trucks with those stupid lift-kits... now, having nearly wrecked my car in potholes and poorly-maintained roads, I totally get it. The trucks are what fcuks the roads up. Road damage is proportional to the 4th power of vehicle wei...
by fishfoodie
Mon May 08, 2023 8:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819441

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

The jury is expected to decide on Trump's Civil 'rape case' tomorrow. He hasn't given evidence, other than a video statement, or called any witnesses. TBF, it's hard to see how the Jury can find against him, given there were no witnesses or any other evidence except from the Accuser - decades later...
by fishfoodie
Sun May 07, 2023 11:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Replies: 18094
Views: 819441

Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents

I'm still waiting for all the evidence of election fraud to come to light. And to find out what the very interesting thing Trump heard about Obama's Birth Certificate. So I'm not hopefully that this claim that 1, there is actually a whistleblower at all, and 2, that they have lots of juicy evidence...
by fishfoodie
Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

A prime example of how stupid and inefficient our planning system has become. https://www.thejournal.ie/kildare-man-blocks-diageo-plan-brewery-kildare-6054894-Apr2023/ No doubt, after a delay of a year or so, when ABP find against him, it'll be off to the courts for a JR. There should have to be a ...
by fishfoodie
Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525357
Views: 28514727

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Kanbei wrote: Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:40 pm https://m.independent.ie/sport/rugby/ul ... 40097.html

Can anyone provide the full article? Thanks.
The answer is always:
https://archive.ph/

Which gives you this link, in this case:
https://archive.is/Vdy1u
by fishfoodie
Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:37 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 525357
Views: 28514727

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Great day in saffa land, great win by Munster thought crowley was mixed, some nice runs, some poor missed tackles and intercept. Think Nash their most improved player this season Great to see scrums not get mangled in both games. In Leinster game think gus McCarthy will bypass Barron quickly, hope ...
by fishfoodie
Thu Apr 13, 2023 12:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Sure they can. Doesn't mean it'll work but it's at least worth a shot. Taking ten hours a year from religion or singing or whatever to teach some road safety is hardly going to hurt anyone. They've been doing Drivers Ed in the US for decades, & if it's made any difference in the teens doing incredi...
by fishfoodie
Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

Ok Boomer. For once I agree with Doctor Wife. The education system can’t teach kids not to take a car in the middle of the night at 13 years old and go joy riding. It’s a tragic tragic accident Sure they can. Doesn't mean it'll work but it's at least worth a shot. Taking ten hours a year from relig...
by fishfoodie
Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Fox settles defamation claim lawsuit
Replies: 72
Views: 3300

Re: Fox settles defamation claim lawsuit

Hopefully Dominion and Smartmatic don't settle, and take them to the cleaners. It would be great to see Murdoch and Fox bankrupted, put out of business completely, and their lying hosts sent to jail, Carlson and Hannity particularly. Its only in Foxs' interest to settle. If Fox make a good enough o...
by fishfoodie
Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby
Replies: 145600
Views: 7844099

Re: Rugby NAMA thread Revisited Rugby

As tragic as it is, what the hell were four kids doing in a car on their own at 5:45am? Three fourteen year old's and one thirteen year old - the fcuk were the parents at? Just read that there. Teenagers, all 14 or younger, joyriding before 6am, in a single vehicle collision? That's not a tragic in...
by fishfoodie
Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Trump in his cell.
Replies: 133
Views: 10990

Re: Trump in his cell.

Apparently the DA is saying that this case will run until at least December 2023. This DA is trying to hide in plain sight. Wot? CNN reporting that Trumps next in person appearance in court will be 4th December 2023. :lol: Welllllll, his next court appearance in this case might be in December, but ...
by fishfoodie
Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Trump in his cell.
Replies: 133
Views: 10990

Re: Trump in his cell.

I stand corrected , I had no idea when she banged him Wasn't really a banging, as he only has a very, very small hammer .... a light tapping at most Did she say that ? :lol: Ffs if I had to pay some pro 130k to spaff my beans I’d want her to say I was packing big time I thought he was good at deals...
by fishfoodie
Tue Apr 04, 2023 3:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Trump in his cell.
Replies: 133
Views: 10990

Re: Trump in his cell.

Power is attractive to some women, let’s face it potus is pretty high ranking and she was a milfy cumbucket willing to get made airtight for $2000 a scene and thus fairly mercenary already in her affections. He was not POTUS at the time, more of an American version of Alan Sugar, hosting the Appren...
by fishfoodie
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2023 European Champions Cup knockout rugby this weekend
Replies: 829
Views: 33604

Re: 2023 European Champions Cup knockout rugby this weekend

I'll throw you a bone Jens since you're new to the comp. While EPCR run the semis and can, of course, play the semi anywhere they want, every single home semi for an Irish side has been in Lansdowne other than the 2009 semi when Lansdowne was being redeveloped . Edit: in its infancy Ulster played t...