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by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:49 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

One interesting sidenote - deaths amongst 15-24 year olds have dropped a lot in the 3 weeks ending 10th April. You'd have expected c.85 deaths in those weeks, but there were only 55, a fall of 35%. I'm guessing the lockdown is reducing risk taking. Car accidents down? I was going to say, "not drivi...
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Bog Standard Completely Run of the Mill International XV
Replies: 80
Views: 6985

Re: The Bog Standard Completely Run of the Mill Internationa

message #2527204 wrote:
The Man Without Fear wrote:9. Richard Wigglesworth
6 premiership titles, 3 European cup wins, 31 caps, 2 RWCs
And the very definition of military medium at Test level.
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The 2̶0̶2̶0̶ 2022 market meltdown
Replies: 1234
Views: 135726

Re: The 2020 market meltdown

Ffs Solicitor tells me we can inherit dads investment accounts , but that the isas ‘will have to be sold’ After a call to the bank, solicitor is proved wrong and the isa wrapper is just that, a wrapper - no need to sell underlying investments post virus crash. Think my dad used the same solicitor t...
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:13 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

At work, my department has four estates with Covid19 as one of the causes of death now and I don't doubt there will be more to come.
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

NY Times - "In a poll last month, four out of five Sanders supporters said they would vote for Mr. Biden, with 15 percent saying they would cross over to Mr. Trump" As predicted, the sore loser Bernie Bros will turn out again for the tangerine tyrant only this time it's up from the 10% that switche...
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
Replies: 9918
Views: 839912

Re: Boris goooooone or going?

The TV Tropes entry is Department of Redundancy Department.
by The Man Without Fear
Fri Apr 17, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

"Perish"

What is it about the words "die" or "death" that cause everyone to use every euphemism about? "Unfortunate passing" is a favourite of institutions in letters telling you date of death balances.
by The Man Without Fear
Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:27 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!
Replies: 32
Views: 3488

Re: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!

The WWE releases wrestlers all the time, but it's a shitty move to do when they can't find alternative employment because all the indy promotions are shut down, and they can't go abroad to find work. That's the thing, they hang on to these guys so that smaller promotions can't have them, now that t...
by The Man Without Fear
Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!
Replies: 32
Views: 3488

Re: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!

The WWE releases wrestlers all the time, but it's a shitty move to do when they can't find alternative employment because all the indy promotions are shut down, and they can't go abroad to find work.
by The Man Without Fear
Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!
Replies: 32
Views: 3488

Re: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!

iarmhiman wrote:for good promos this one is hard to beat. The match was really shite but one of the best promos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c38oJWt0Y24
Steiner is a Goddamn lunatic! Also used the phrase "title shot" ; Vince won't have been happy.
by The Man Without Fear
Thu Apr 16, 2020 5:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Image

I have no idea what this is about, but it is a brilliantly dystopian image, fake or real.
by The Man Without Fear
Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!
Replies: 32
Views: 3488

Re: It was me Austin, it was me all along!!

My favourite, and the ringtone on my phone https://youtu.be/qzKOYDabr8I Both of Triple H's themes from Motorhead, and the Midnight Express rather obviously, but no less cool for it, using Giogio Moroder's The Chase (the original, rather than the WCW theme which was slightly modified for some reason).
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:33 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Linda McMahon promised to spend $18m Trump's reelection campaign in Florida. Florida gov then declares WWE an "essential business" :lol: Laws being twisted and broken all over the shop. I wonder if Robert Mueller regrets getting bogged down in legal technicalities and not stepping up and recommendi...
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 15, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Cup Fail XV
Replies: 63
Views: 5926

Re: World Cup Fail XV

Coached by brian Ashton 2007. He was a miracle worker to get that shambles to the RWC final He had sod all to do with it. The players told him to piss off and took over i watched the 2007 final again and noted that we didn't have a single forward take the ball off 9 until about 20 mins - it was pic...
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:31 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why don’t people eat crusts anymore?
Replies: 138
Views: 12028

Re: Why don’t people eat crusts anymore?

I have to say that although I am in the "white bread is naughty, relatively speaking" camp, cheap white is the best bread to use for sandwiches containing bacon, fried eggs or similar and nothing beats its ability to soak up the delicious fatty juices left in the pan when doing a fried slice.
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Meanwhile, behind the Lord Mayor's Show the Environmental Destruction Agency quietly wages war against the evils of clean air and science by declining to tighten rules on soot pollution, having lowered vehicle efficiency standards a short while ago.
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 15, 2020 10:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: World Cup Fail XV
Replies: 63
Views: 5926

Re: World Cup Fail XV

Frodder wrote:
happyhooker wrote:Coached by brian Ashton 2007.
He was a miracle worker to get that shambles to the RWC final
By many accounts he had little to do with it.

Lancaster and Robshaw, as much as it pains me to say it, and the England fitness coaches in 2015 are a shoo in, WTF happened to the pack's physicality?!?
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Why don’t people eat crusts anymore?
Replies: 138
Views: 12028

Re: Why don’t people eat crusts anymore?

I make my own bread from gravel, lava and angry scorpions and I cut it before baking to make sure it’s all crust. Anything less is limp wristed I trust that the scorpions are still alive when you consume the bread. Facing a lack of bread caused by the panic buying of the idiots that inhabit this sc...
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 14, 2020 5:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Stealing a paycheck XV
Replies: 121
Views: 10840

Re: Stealing a paycheck XV

Paul Doran-Jones wins this thread. Or he would if he could be bothered to turn up.
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Zico wrote:Is there anything to be said for another mass?
According to the religious loons clamouring for church services to be exempt from lockdown, yes.

Although the loons are more likely to be be of "The Pope is the Antichrist" persuasion than in favour of an actual mass.
by The Man Without Fear
Sun Apr 12, 2020 6:47 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Poach XV
Replies: 63
Views: 5627

Re: Poach XV

Burke. I knew I was missing some bald 10. :thumbup: I wonder how that team would fare? Competitive Pro14 level? You'd enjoy the regular sight of Burke presenting flat palms to a pass to intentionally knock on so he could boot over another three points when you had a penalty advantage. It was his tr...
by The Man Without Fear
Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tim Brooke-Taylor also goonnee
Replies: 35
Views: 4080

Re: Tim Brooke-Taylor also goonnee

Gone to team up with Willie Rushton in The Great Antidote to Panel Games In the Sky, as Humphrey Littleton looks on aghast.
by The Man Without Fear
Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coach XV
Replies: 38
Views: 3734

Re: Coach XV

I think Dean Richards has a better shout at 8 than Cheika given their respective playing careers.
by The Man Without Fear
Sat Apr 11, 2020 5:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Best "Why are they a Lion?" XV
Replies: 51
Views: 5231

Re: The Best "Why are they are Lion?" XV

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:Ben Youngs is shoe in for the test 9 unless there's other options
Harry Ellis.
by The Man Without Fear
Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Holy shit, Radio 2's lead story isn't "1,000 people died yesterday" it's Hancock being quoted saying "I don't want to impute blame" on people using more PPE than is necessary.

What in f.uck's name is wrong with him and them?
by The Man Without Fear
Fri Apr 10, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Best (worst) threw away their talent/waster 15.
Replies: 187
Views: 14424

Re: Best (worst) threw away their talent/waster 15.

Is Marler in there as bait, because he's a bloody stupid inclusion. Quins fan I presume? Yes, and I am assuming that you think there is some other Joe Marler that isn't a Lion, Grand Slam winner, part of the unbeaten 2016 team, won over 50 caps, World Cup finalist, domestic league winner, club capt...
by The Man Without Fear
Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:40 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans
Replies: 61014
Views: 3371642

Re: Coronavirus Thread. Virus v humans

Both my kids had BCGs as babies because their mother has Goan ancestry. The fact that she was born in this country, has visited India once, nigh on a decade before my daughter was born and both her parents have lived in that hotbed of subcontinental immigration, Hertfordshire since before she was bo...
by The Man Without Fear
Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:27 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Best (worst) threw away their talent/waster 15.
Replies: 187
Views: 14424

Re: Best (worst) threw away their talent/waster 15.

Is Marler in there as bait, because he's a bloody stupid inclusion.
by The Man Without Fear
Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW content)
Replies: 55703
Views: 9448132

Re: The Entertaining Pics Thread (definitely with NSFW conte

That wool might actually be meant as chain mail, that's what they used for all of the characters in Holy Grail barring King Arthur.
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Walking Wounded XV
Replies: 44
Views: 4413

Re: Walking Wounded XV

Two who never should have came back on after terrible head clashes ... George Smith vs Wales, Florian Fritz vs Racing. I think any number of players who've had their clocks cleaned and should have retreated from the fray before the concussion protocols, but Smith leapt to mind. Tom Williams? How he...
by The Man Without Fear
Wed Apr 08, 2020 8:38 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

BillW wrote:It's called self awareness.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to solving it, and we applaud you for this brave start to your journey.
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

Well, with Trump's business acumen 2 trillion will be 2 billion in no time.
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ex-POTUS DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all
Replies: 126890
Views: 9056075

Re: POTUS-DONALD TRUMP-and U.S. Politics catch-all

I see the impoverished representatives of the fossil fuel industry paid homage to the Grand Poobah the other day. Unsupervised “bailouts“ ahoy!
by The Man Without Fear
Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Raw Tonnage XV
Replies: 61
Views: 5885

Re: Raw Tonnage XV

An England XV. 1. Andrew Sheridan (128kgs) 2. Steve Thompson (120kgs) 3. Kieran Brookes (125kgs) 4. Simon Shaw (126kgs) 5. George Kruis (123kgs) 6. Jon Hall (119kgs) - guess 7. Ben Clarke (113kgs) - guess 8. Billy Vunipola (130kgs) 9. Steve Smith (100kgs) - guess 10. Andy Goode (100+kgs) 11. Leslie...
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 06, 2020 10:02 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Scummings going by Xmas..... Boris next year.
Replies: 9918
Views: 839912

Re: Boris goooooone or going?

Who holds the debt? Whoever buys the bonds. So, China? So if everyone is in debt to China And China caused this thing Could everyone not tell China to get fûcked? I didn’t study economics lol That was my angle. Beat China or whoever up. If they don't get the message, take it further I saw a funny (...
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 06, 2020 7:55 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Coronavirus Work Status Poll
Replies: 46
Views: 4138

Re: Coronavirus Work Status Poll

Working from home, wife is furloughed. My firm is drawing up a list of candidates for the extended holidays, I doubt I will be on it.
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 06, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Eldanielbore and Unseenbrain Quarantine Zone
Replies: 8736
Views: 411967

Re: Official Eldanielbore and Unseenbrain Quarantine Zone

Well, we've got chaos, and finally got Ed Milliband involved as well.
by The Man Without Fear
Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:38 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ATTN PR Admins: Forum is broken for browsers,mobile devices
Replies: 133
Views: 10643

Re: ATTN PR Admins: Forum is broken for browsers,mobile devi

Back now, dear God, what a nightmare. I had to talk to my family.