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by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

Under those circumstances the Greeks would be kicked out of the EU, which is probably what they want anyway. There's no legal mechanism for kicking a country out of the EU under those circumstances. Laws would have to be created. There would be no other option. Yes, but there's no legal framework. ...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I think that's right bimbo. That and the construction of bizarrely under-utilised LNG port facilities. Which look suspiciously like a threat , especially when combined with the exercise of power over the petrol dollar. Then again, this all stems from putins refusal to join the 21st century and stop...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Folau signs with Wallabies for another 3 years
Replies: 8
Views: 946

Re: Folau signs with Wallabies for another 3 years

Saint wrote:Another Saints signing rumour bites the dust.....
And Toulon. And Japan.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?
Replies: 92
Views: 6713

Re: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?

Indeedy, but one of the public law concepts that underlie judicial review is the safeguarding of individual rights, and the act specifically includes breaches of natural justice within the scope of that. I just Googled all that btw: http://www.arc.ag.gov.au/Documents/Scope+of+judicial+review+-+edit...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

herb wrote:Under those circumstances the Greeks would be kicked out of the EU, which is probably what they want anyway.
There's no legal mechanism for kicking a country out of the EU under those circumstances. Laws would have to be created.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Charlotte Church
Replies: 220
Views: 19229

Re: Charlotte Church

rule 1 http://msmagazine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pussy-riot.jpg If you're inclined to ask why they have bags on their heads, the first answer that springs into your mind is the right one. Sure about that? http://rt.com/files/news/pussy-riot-trial-depression-050/pussy-punk-band-accused.j...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Captain Hurricane Hurricanes v Brumbies FRED
Replies: 456
Views: 21193

Re: The Official Captain Hurricane Hurricanes v Brumbies FRE

Total dominance by the Canes. Major kudos. A worry for us Crims is that a big chunk of the Wallaby backline had no impact at all.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Charlotte Church
Replies: 220
Views: 19229

Re: Charlotte Church

No wonder I never get much shopping done.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Charlotte Church
Replies: 220
Views: 19229

Re: Charlotte Church

Akkerman wrote:rule 1
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If you're inclined to ask why they have bags on their heads, the first answer that springs into your mind is the right one.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Woman driver, 4X4 and cyclist
Replies: 653
Views: 33840

Re: Woman driver, 4X4 and cyclist

And it has been pointed out to you on here before that if you are in a position where by turning left you risk colliding with a bicycle, you have either recently overtaken that bicycle and should be aware he is approaching, or you are in traffic and according to the highway code, should be aware of...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

Big Nipper wrote:
Slim 293 wrote:
Big Nipper wrote:Swans, the band, lead by 60 year old Michael Gira

Prog Rock

Swans... Prog rock?

Not really...
Experimental rock?

Mental rock?
Endless, droning industrial noise?

I just put on The Seer. I thought it was my washing machine.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

5??? Bloody hell. Dream Theater - Images and Words Rush - Hemispheres The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced? Gary Moore - Still got the Blues Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II Good to know I'm not the only fan of "prog metal nonsense" around here :thumbup: I read that as "post natal nons...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 7:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?
Replies: 92
Views: 6713

Re: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?

The secrecy laws and the laws that allow ministers to revoke someones citizenship without trial are undemocratic and dangerous. Luckily they can be repealed. And no AC, the ALP are no better. They can also be struck down by the courts. How long do they have to start the appeal process. In the UK th...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?
Replies: 76
Views: 4284

Re: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?

Blithe assumption of a RWC final. You disgust me. Come on Fiji!! What game plan do you think Engerland will take into the pool game? Lying. Cheating. Bribing. Thuggery. Buggery. Druggery. Now is not the time to be making drastic changes. England will also make liberal use of the blood bin. They've ...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?
Replies: 92
Views: 6713

Re: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?

The secrecy laws and the laws that allow ministers to revoke someones citizenship without trial are undemocratic and dangerous. Luckily they can be repealed. And no AC, the ALP are no better. They can also be struck down by the courts. How long do they have to start the appeal process. In the UK th...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 6:01 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Captain Hurricane Hurricanes v Brumbies FRED
Replies: 456
Views: 21193

Re: The Official Captain Hurricane Hurricanes v Brumbies FRE

I got $4.10 on the Brumbies early this morning. It's hovering in the high 3.s now. I'd say those are damned good odds for two teams who are probably reasonably close.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all states
Replies: 191
Views: 16637

Re: US Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all states

gtaaf wrote:You can through your normative angle all you like with that out there. Go nuts.
There's no arguing with that!
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?
Replies: 76
Views: 4284

Re: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?

jpwoz wrote:It would look like it , but it would be great to get Kano Douglas back
He's been a shadow of his former self in Yurp.
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?
Replies: 76
Views: 4284

Re: Can Dean Mumm get into the Wallabies squad?

Why the hell is Timani not in the mix? That's the million dollar question. We need to ask Chieka. Not including him even in the preliminary squad is quite poor. Too small for the 2R, and behind Fardy, H-botham, and possibly Pocock* for the 6 jersey. *As in the Hooper 7, Pocock 6, Fardy on the bench...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?
Replies: 92
Views: 6713

Re: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?

The secrecy laws and the laws that allow ministers to revoke someones citizenship without trial are undemocratic and dangerous. Luckily they can be repealed. And no AC, the ALP are no better. They can also be struck down by the courts. This Government has made a habit of late (particularly dealing ...
by 6roucho
Sat Jun 27, 2015 5:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?
Replies: 92
Views: 6713

Re: Unbelievable new law in Australia - honestly wtf ?

Farva wrote:The secrecy laws and the laws that allow ministers to revoke someones citizenship without trial are undemocratic and dangerous.
Luckily they can be repealed.
And no AC, the ALP are no better.
They can also be struck down by the courts.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I think that's right bimbo. That and the construction of bizarrely under-utilised LNG port facilities. Which look suspiciously like a threat , especially when combined with the exercise of power over the petrol dollar. Then again, this all stems from putins refusal to join the 21st century and stop...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

Sandstorm wrote: Vorsprung Durch Technik - Paul van Dyk
Includes the most banging dancefloor tune of all time: Binary Finary's 1998.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I think that's right bimbo. That and the construction of bizarrely under-utilised LNG port facilities.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: US Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all states
Replies: 191
Views: 16637

Re: US Supreme Court makes gay marriage legal in all states

Sefton wrote:
JM2K6 wrote:That's pretty awesome. Fuck anyone who argues with that.
Poor Mullet is turning in his bed of beef dripping.
An apt metaphor, considering the subject matter. Thousands if gay American men will soon be turning happily in their beds of beef dripping.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:34 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

guy smiley wrote:I had to google that :lol:
If there was a list for five best films!
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I reckon the EU could take them They've just done "pretend" invasions of the Scandie countries. We couldn't take them if they were drunk. That's a shame. They're often drunk. Many years ago I had to deal with a Russian financier, whom my gf called 'the ugliest man in the world'. At breakfast he got...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I think that if you are going to make war on them, you need to choose a battlefield where they have a dis advantage. Genuine question: are there any of those? Yes, the foreign assets of its rulers. But it would be a game of extreme brinkmanship. They would turn off the taps. Then it becomes a game ...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

You got all that from me mentioning that a certain band's music covers all emotional bases? You must be a very negative person... Not at all... but I live in a house of many mansions and each one of them has a fireproof door. As long as the roots are not severed, all will be well in the garden. :th...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

I think that if you are going to make war on them, you need to choose a battlefield where they have a dis advantage. Genuine question: are there any of those? Yes, the foreign assets of its rulers. But it would be a game of extreme brinkmanship. They would turn off the taps. Then it becomes a game ...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

So you'd make war on Russia by cunningly luring them into attacking your allies in response to getting cold? No wonder they call you Herb-Tzu. How is letting them rot in their own country luring them into war? What does 'letting them rot' actually entail? What would you do to bring about this outco...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:03 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

The problem with a trade war with Russia is that they hold all the cards. At least four European countries would hit the buffers within a few months of it starting, if Russia turned off the taps. Russia could go for quite a long time. They have the advantage of a ruling kleptocracy that simply doesn...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:59 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life
Replies: 200
Views: 11814

Re: Choose 5 albums to listen to for the rest of your life

Whoa now, Let England Shake is dreadful x( You can pick pretty much any one of her other albums though. So many great songs in there. Ah I like it. It introduced me into her music so it has that going for it. I remember when Sheila-na-Gig first came out on the radio. I was living in Devon! I am old...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

So you'd make war on Russia by cunningly luring them into attacking your allies in response to getting cold? No wonder they call you Herb-Tzu. How is letting them rot in their own country luring them into war? What does 'letting them rot' actually entail? What would you do to bring about this outco...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

So you'd make war on Russia by cunningly luring them into attacking your allies in response to getting cold? No wonder they call you Herb-Tzu.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

Not sure why the Paddies and Crims are saying "we" in this context. You join up there Rambo? :lol: We (the UK) would barely register as a speedbump if the Russkies decided to sweep west. They have an economy the size of Italy's. They have a population the size of the UK and Germany combined. Their ...
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: True Detective
Replies: 484
Views: 34737

Re: True Detective

Outstanding.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Globus Went Into Hip Op - 16th July
Replies: 107
Views: 5202

Re: Globus Is Into Hip Op - Any Sufferers Here?

Torquemada 1420 wrote:
globus wrote:If you've had it done, do post. I'm truly not worried a lot as this will be operation no. 11 under the gas.
I thought the typical gender change only required 8 procedures? :D
Plus a recursive function.
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 2:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

A5D5E5 wrote:
iarmhiman wrote:Anyone who doesn't want to go to war with Russia is gay
Surely they would be the first to enlist?
:lol:
by 6roucho
Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?
Replies: 99
Views: 6331

Re: Why do we appear to be inching towards war with Russia?

Mick Mannock wrote:
6roucho wrote:It's true. I'm wearing a particularly dorky Zegna suit right now.
I am wearing a rather garish Melka shirt.
A striped one? :thumbup:

The checked ones look a bit dorky.