People that post pictures of what they're eating on facebook with some wanky message about how it's the best they've ever had or whatever, when 90%+ of the population are eating the same bloody thing. Case in point Christmas roast dinner.

Having to fart after a nice shower

There are many places where it’s not compulsory.

None of them in my colon :(

And then get stroppy if someone else dares to criticise it.

Efa

That is fighting talk

:)

He gets a lot of cricket where he lives.

:)

I had to Google and in Spain, Cricket is an emerging sport. Hopefully we soon will see them in t20 or one day world cups

Not from what I've seen, what is definitely growing in popularity is Rugby.

It sort of dept where you live, the Bangladeshi and Pakistani immigrant communities play a lot of street cricket and there are a few clubs, but presumably only in Madrid and Barcelona.

I wouldn't know, I have better things to do with my time.

We have this load of sonambulistic bollocks happening 5 minutes from where I am sitting right now, twice a year....I can get free tickets etc...told them that unless they paid me they can keep it.
https://www.ecn.cricket/european-cricket-championship

If you get free tickets, pass it to me, I shall pop over and watch it.

Looking at emails to find one from Palace advertising “highlights” of yesterday’s game.

Nope.

That's just mean.

Grandkids giving me the porcelein bus bug for Christmas.

That's today a complete write-off. I had a few tasks I wanted done.

Sky Sports are running a "Return of the Premier League" type of advert where they feature a load of Top Six/Eight fans showing the sheer tension and anxiety they feel when watching their team. Come on, you win three games out of four on the whole - it's not that bad is it?

Idoits in the cinema who cant leave there phome alone for more than 10 minutes

Init just :)

I’m heartbroken now

:D

You'll get over it.

Cruel to be kind.

Waking up at 4am for no obvious reason and being unable to get back to sleep. Royal pain in the **** tbh. Will feel knackered all day now and we have visitors too. Grinch, grinch, grinch.

Going to a chiringuito for lunch, sitting next to the sea and being served frozen calamari that had the consistency of a tyre. Then chucking it up an hour later.

Look at the Spanish batting lineup: Attachment 56197

Do you have a problem with disabled people? We've just stayed in a hotel with my wife's @HearingDogs dog Rico. My wife is deaf.

Besides my guess is that you'll see more hotels accepting dogs. Hotels have lost a lot of money over the last few years. Alex Polizzi ((Hotel Inspector) did a programme a couple of years back. In the programme she claimed that dog friendly hotels can earn up to 30% more from people staying with dogs because owners tend to spend more in the hotel ie bar and restaurant.

Hotels would be stupid to turn dog owners away in this climate.

Crikey, I think I got a future in Spanish cricket team haha.

Cheers :)

No, but he probably has a problem with inconsiderate dog owners who want their little "fur babies" with them at all times and have no manners.

You have to remember a large proportion of dogs are nowhere near as well trained as guide dogs etx. There is a differential to be made without accusing someone of having a "problem with disabled people".

Well, Peter H has played international cricket for Chile.

Not sure who comes out of that the better.

German bloke I know over here would not belive me when I told him Germany had a cricket team and that they were ranked 79 at the time. Mind when you look at their line up it could be same as Spain, definitly no Schmitts or Mullers in it :D

All too busy doing something better with their time.

Yeah, invading the Sudetenland, ffs, you fascist.

Maidstoned’s comments about cricket are almost as funny as his “beetles” quips.

Hear hear.

In 90% of dog/human relationships it’s the ignorant selfish inconsiderate human that needs the training.

Which is 100% funnier than any thing you have ever "quipped". Hth

Bauhaus architecture more interesting than cricket, you came up.with the fascism thing. I guess that's what happens when you live amongst Francos children.

Yep, that's annoying. It might be karma for not helping Razor out.

1 full cap, and three for the B team. I can't bowl, bat or catch.

If there had been free tickets available, I would certainly have got some for my BBS mates, though.

Last city to fall to Franco - long after Andalucía.

This was before.

And they all moved in.

What particular cricketing duty did you carry out then? Pad buckler? Bat linseed oiler? I have seen some fielders give their lunchbox a good rubbing with the ball before they throw it back to the bowler. Is that an official duty? I guess you could have been a runner for an injured batsman.

Wow, that is brilliant.

To be fair, there is one dedicated player who is the official ball shiner. I think Root was the official shiner for England. With Covid this is almost gone.

I scamper. I was also instrumental in an opposition run out. We won the game.

Played 1, Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 0 - retired.

If you were still smoking, you could find a pipe to put that in.

How does one qualify for such a duty? Is there are particular technique that takes years of practice? Or possibly, does lunchbox size bear any relation to imparting a glossy sheen? If so, is Root a nickname?

I would indeed. An impressive record.

Root was our captain, and a very fine batsman. Shining duties, you get to eat extra jelly beans so you get more saliva. Nowadays post covid this is not happening.

I am not sure how one gets picked, maybe the gobbiest one gets picked

Very impressive and Pete hung his boots when he was on a high so to speak :)

I still play...more so now than in the last few years. Sometimes I just umpire.

The recent South American Champs in Río was a disaster. A mix of young Chileans and Indians living in Chile. Let's just say that several of the Indians were absolute c units and will never be part of the official set up here again.

I have met some them here too whilst umpiring. Crikey, I finally found something annoying.

How do you equate me having a problem with disabled people and seeing an abundance of dogs in a hotel?

I believe I said in a previous post that I love dogs, and I do.

As an aside suspect people are pinning the tag of a Service Dog to the detriment of those that are genuine dogs trained and certified to perform functions in support their masters disabilities. I personally had never heard of a dog to assist deaf people, and I'm glad to read that there is such a thing and they can help your wife. I did see a very small dog there that was wearing a vest with "Service Dog" written on it. It seemed to be owned by two very healthy and butch looking gay guys (not that there's anything wrong with that). The mind boggles at what "service" the poor dog performed!

I suspect very few of the people I saw this weekend had any disability or the need for a service dog. In fact the way people carried the dogs around under their arms or in little baskets, it would seem it was the dogs that needed a "service master"!

You say in your post, Alex Polizzi ((Hotel Inspector) did a programme a couple of years back. In the programme she claimed that dog friendly hotels can earn up to 30% more from people staying with dogs because owners tend to spend more in the hotel ie bar and restaurant . Are you saying (or Alex Polizzi inferred) the people spent more money in the bars and restaurants while being accompanied by their dog... that's the bit I'm struggling with. And I'm not pointing the finger at genuine service dogs at the side of a person with a disability.

I missed this post ME... probably says what I was trying to say far better than I could.

My last comment on the subject (not mine)... From Trip Advisor:

It’s Xmas time, thinking short of help, but the last straw was doggy doo-doo in our closet. The manager came up, apologized, said he was going to talk to his staff, and took a picture of the dog feces. They offered free parking. Which they ended up charging. I’m never staying here again.

Anyone whoever thought Crazy Frog was funny is a ****.

The New Years honours list. Already privileged folk being further rewarded.

Beckham’s ongoing omission is great, though.

The shite talkover during the London fireworks.
And utterly crap music.
Outstanding

Ditto.
When did fireworks get so preachy?

Do we have to dig up the old hag everytime there’s a major event in this country?

Let her decompose already.

The last few posts have been in the right spirit.

Dithering shoppers in shopping centres and supermarkets

It might only be me, in which case I probably need to see someone; but in those situations when you’re in a rush in a supermarket and someone is loitering where you want to get something, or just standing in your way and you can’t get past…do you momentarily visualise smashing them over the head?

Happy new year everybody :)

You are probably just being antagonistic but this is the year she died and whether you like it or not she was important to the country. Look out for a mentioned on the anniversary of her death and also King Charles coronation. Only after that do I think you begin to have any sort of point, but even then she was a symbolic figure for the country who promoted unity for the inhabitants. Who does anything near that now, no one.

Agreed:lux:. It must be driving him and his equally thick missus mad.

I wish that I was thick enough to be worth £400m

Yes, she's a financial genius.

Andy Robertson has picked up an MBE for his charity work. Out of interest I had a quick look at the most recent published accounts for his 'AR26' charity, total expenditure in the year of £70k which would have included admin expenses, insurances etc.

Reminds me a bit of the Juan Mata 1% thing which received a blaze of publicity and then broadly flopped.

It does seem that players for the high profile clubs get to the front of the queue for this sort of stuff.

Going to bed, tired, at 9pm and laying here still awake at 4am.

Totally ****ed my week. C.U.N.T.

Feel your pain mate feel your pain.

C¥nts!

Anybody sitting in a coffee shop looking out the window at the world... you really have **** all to do?

Getting touched up every time I go through the turnstiles at Palace..

20 mph zones

Cheese on my burger that I asked not to have .... why is the default option shit cheese on my burger ... listen you kebab shop **** .... I said burger NOT cheese burger!
Every ******* time!

Police cars .... casually disobeying every law of the road .... I'm not talking about when on blue lights.

That little gulp of trepidation you get when you see someone's quoted you on here. "Oh no, some clever sod's going to pull me apart...."

Not many people enjoy being pulled off by a stranger from the internet

Knowing the alarm will be going off at stupid o'clock tomorrow

Holiday ads that show fabulous hotels which appear to be deserted so the invariably young and good-looking couple appear to have the luxury resort to themselves.


Yeah, it's just like that!

As opposed to sitting in a coffee shop texting on the BBS?

I suspect the world-watcher is being more productive. They are probably busy drinking coffee, just guessing like.

Did'nt he say in another thread that he does'nt drink coffee ? Wonder where he does his staring ?

Out the window of his Nissan Bluebird, wondering how his life led to him sleeping in his taxi.

Saw a cruise ship ad yesterday that was just like that - just one family and the crew!

Were the rest in their cabins with Covid ?

Apparently it is 'Hee-Unn-Dee'

Available in most larger Ik-Ee-Aaah stores?

Just like 'A Place in the Sun' . . . . give them all a free day out. We'll call the driver once the TV crew are winding down.

Didn't Jules and Fanny used to play for them?

Drivers' inability to stick to the limit in 20mph zones.

And cyclists'....

I did my driving awareness course in December for being done doing 38 in a 30 - no complaints at all - totally my fault. Gave me a bit of advice that I hadn't heard before - 2nd gear in a 20mph, 3rd in a 30mph. I've been using that and it makes total sense and really easy to follow. I also pay far more attention to street lighting (30mph unless told otherwise) and ignore the speed limits that my sat nav dreams up.

The perennial surprise at checkout: after the goods have gone through, yes yes you do now have to find your wallet and pay...

Yup, I literaly have nothing to do and enjoyable it is too. Thanks for the pleasure bonus

Posters who set themselves up as thread policemen. Long live tangents, strange turns and inconsequential oddities

Any chance you could stick to the actual topic?

Waiting and waiting for the bus. Big queue builds. Bus arrives and first person in the queue steps on.... and starts rummaging through their bags for a purse :wallbash:

This must have been mentioned before - wobbly tables, restaurants, cafes, pubs ….

People that can't get on a plane in time resulting in 40 minute depature delays.

People that put their seat back on a plane.

People that need 3+ trips to the toilet on a 5 hour flight.