Self-Serving But With A Genuine Message To Close
Oct 10th, 2019 by 'holic
Here is the post I had hoped to run with last night, but was probably best left for a day, as things turn out. It is a bit me, me, me for a while I’m afraid, but it’s an international break so there isn’t much fresh football news to discuss, and eventually it reaches a point I hope will resonate with many of you.
By now most of you will know I have not been at my best of late and it is beholden on me me first and foremost to thank so, so very many of you for your good wishes and uplifting messages which have kept me out of dark places while with your great help I have been dealing with things. That seems particularly fitting on World Mental Health Day. If you know anyone who shows signs of suffering as such be available to talk to them.
Today I have taken a phone call that has changed entirely my perception of where the investigations I have undergone were I thought leading me. However I am a very lucky individual. The diagnosis I expected required that I change my diet and give up alcohol which I did a fortnight ago. By complete good fortune the actual diagnosis requires exactly the same, so I have a head start on the future.
Which leads me in a roundabout way to the world of social media. Stick with me, I think it will be worth it. It will be evident to my followers that my time on Twitter (I really was a rare dipper-in to Facebook anyway) has been massively reduced. The reasons are many and varied. First and foremost I am not suffering fools gladly right now and for all that I have handpicked who I follow, so many lovely people, I do get utter lamebrains retweeted onto my timeline.
I don’t blame those who do this. Some of the nonsense on there is incredulous and I understand astonished folk sharing what they find unbelievable. I also tend to get dragged into political stuff that I try to ignore but cannot if utter tripe’s being tweeted. I get and respect we have different views of the world, possibly better than most as a once one nation Tory who believed in a property owning democracy now utterly appalled by the far right rabble who have assumed power and are so busy abusing it. I digress.
In the early hours of the morning i try to catch up with who is saying what in case it provides a talking point for the blog, footballistically as it were. I see people who share my new hours and wonder what they are going through. On the odd occasion I’ll drop a friend a line to check all is ok, for this is where social media can do great good. So we reach a segway.
Last season when Crystal Palace came to The Arsenal they followed up on a walk they had already made to an away match. At Fulham as it happens. The organiser, Paul, a friendly, energetic young soul wanted to know if I would help to promote the walk and possibly get Arsenal supporters to join their Palace counterparts along the way. The cause was not fund-raising as such, but to raise awareness of mental health issues in young men who tend to bottle things, and often end up paying the ultimate price.
Not only was I happy to help, but I also expressed a desire to join at least a part of the walk and shake his hand. Even then, although I didn’t have a clue why, that proved beyond me. “I’ll join you next season” I said, if it is run again. Little did I know what lay ahead at that point.
It is happening again, and this time Paul has acquired the backing of the Samaritans and CALM, thoroughly deserved endorsements. You’ll see a graphic below which sums the event up better than ever I could. I will add but this. Indeed a number of ours did join last years event, making for a better atmosphere, new friendships, and a different and thoroughly enjoyable pre-match experience.
Perhaps it is something you might consider? (Apologies, I am unable to shrink the graphic to fit the page size but check out @HC15OnTour on Twitter for the whole image. Thank you.)
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Strong support from afar for what the words are worth, but very happy for your relatively mild diagnosis. Giving up the alcohol will be all for the good after a lifetime of tippling. Onward to bigger and better things, hopefully. Thanks for your writing, as ever.
‘Holic. We’ve never met in real life but i’m sorry to hear about your health struggles. We all have them at some time or other. Us Gooners stick together and as one of the most-loved Gooner bloggers I can say that we all wish you the very best. Two things:
1. I love my drink. Last year i took the whole year off alcohol for charity. The clarity & freshness of mind it gave me was amazing. I’ve since gone back to it but you have nothing to fear. And there is no reason why your life need be any worse for it. My tip: lime & soda!
2. I’m not on social media at all. Have weighed it up & obviously read twitter accounts etc but it’s an echo chamber that, as i see it, frustrates people as much as it brings joy. We survived fine without it until recently. There are many Gooners i know who avoid twitter etc like the plague. No one will stop reading your great content on here because you’re off twitter for a bit.
Be strong & remember that it’s a beautiful world. Don’t let the bastards get you down!
Cheers H.
For me, personally, it is posts like this which help elevate your blog above all others. I love your match previews and reports, I love the drinks (and the way you have created a space which encourages dialogue and discussion). But I also love the way that you remind us to put football in context. There are many here who come for a lot more than debate about the team we all love.
Years ago a friend of mine suicided. (I cannot say ‘committed suicide’ as I am not of a religious persuasion which requires me to see this as a crime ‘committed’ and a couple of years ago I was lucky enough to be trained on a suicide prevention course by one of the UK’s leading experts in suicide and its prevention who made a compelling argument that our traditional language in reference to this is outdated and unhelpful.) He was not a truly close friend. But I had known him for years and ten days prior to his death he attended my birthday party. I was just out of my teens and found it hard to comprehend and deal with.
Although we do not always share lots about our personal lives here I will say that, in the years since this incident, I have done a lot of work with men and men’s issues (like suicide, which is far more prevalent in men than women), as well as with the homeless (who are also overwhelmingly male and obviously at a higher risk of suicide than those who have a fixed place to live) and to see these issues highlighted in the context of a football blog warms my soul.
Football means a lot to many of us and, despite all the scoffing talk from those who mean well enough but do not really understand (it’s only a game!) as a wider football community, beyond our club allegiances, we need to look out for each other.
Dave, I offer you my heartfelt gratitude for this post. You are a good man.
I won’t have a ticket for the game. But I’ll be there for the walk. Football is the most important of the unimportant things. But this is important.
Well said Gus.
I’m not on social media either (no weighing up- life is just too short to invite a litany of scumbags into my life for the dubious offset of hearing from people who I would phone or meet up with if they were actually my friends (or exchange messages with here!)) and although I’m back on the booze I did over three years teetotal and thoroughly enjoyed that period of my life. Of course, i love my booze these days but if I had to quit I’d be fine with that.
Than you bt8 and GSD, long term and valued friends and supporters.
Gus, that means an awful lot, thank you. Those bastards will learn not to mess with this fella, hopefully.
Hi Dave, as always positive thoughts sent to you from me here in Ireland.
I enjoy your blogs, and the time you take to e-mail me. I have never met you but one day when I am in the old country it be an honour to do so, you may not be able to share a pint with me but I’d love to swap stories of the Arsenal with you, saw my first match in 1971, we beat Leicester 3 nil, Raddy got 2 and Geordie the other, you never know we may have stood next to each other one time or another at the grand old lady that Highbury was.
Keep up the great word and i am so very grateful for what you do
Mark
I’d like to think so to Mark. I was certainly never an occasional visitor. ?
Hi Dave
A humbling post. As I think I said a couple of weeks ago, my alcohol consumption has dropped right back as I’ve entered my 60s, thanks to Drs orders. I have felt the better for it.
Sadly I am away for the Palace game, and have already given my tickets away to someone on our row, so they can bring their kids. But all credit and I hope it draws a large crowd.
My next away report likely to be Leicester in November. My son’s University town and I have made it clear that although I’m paying, I expect a top notch Ruby after the game.
Cheers and good luck with everything
All the best Dave.
I think that drinkers above have said everything that I would like about this place and your achievement in creating and fostering it – and probably at a much lesser length than I would.
Come on you Goonerholic
Great post, H, and I hope you had better news than you expected. I don’t know how you will keep this going without all the booze to keep you sane, but long may you continue to do so.
And what GSD said about Twitter.
Wonderful post by the Guvna and as these great posts suggest there is a positive and clear way ahead. Only a temporary abstinence should be required.
I’d like to echo the admirable GSD whose posts are one of the reasons I enjoy coming here and continue to do so. I have a faith but I entirely respect those who don’t and GSD makes a very good point about suicide. In one aspect of my voluntary work trying to resettle prisoners I encounter the Samaritans and one friend is just training with them t9 be a counsellor. I’m sensing all of us can speak about mental health as we can speak about our liver disease , our diabetes and most types of physical illness. That’s good and that’s why the march is a great thing. GSD I may have a spare ticket for the match and if it does become spare you’d be welcome to be my guest. I will know in the next couple of days In other news Tottenham are crap. It’s official ?
A wonderful post, ‘Holic. I hope I am reading it right that your diagnosis is benign. All here will wish that to be the case.
Hi H.
Firstly let me say I hope you get 100% better very soon.
For info, I have read your comments both before and after games each season and I don’t know if you fully understand how far and wide your reports reach. and how much we look forward to and appreciate both your comments and drinks. Personally, your comments are a must read each weekend prior to and after each game.
Let me say that I am and have been an Arsenal supporter since 1950 now as an 82 year old I still cannot sleep until I see their results after each game. Bear in mind afternoon games take place in the early hours of the morning her in OZ and for the last two years have not received TV coverage and lucky if we get some short snips of games.
For further info, I played in the Hampstead and District league from the age of 15 to 27 when I then emigrated to Australia in 1965 with
my wife and 2 kids serving in the Australian Air Force in which I served for 25 years.
Again, let me say all your comments are very very much appreciated
Keep up the good work and up the gunners.
A great post Guvnor.
I’m very glad to hear that
you’re a lucky man.
It was good to read about
Paul. I admire what he’s
doing and how he’s going
about it. Reading about
good people trying to do
worthwhile things ?
Holic,
Please add my best wishes to those above. Heineken Zeros still taste like beers but with less sugar than many soft drinks – just saying.
Still the best Arse blog by a long way – long may it continue.
Cheers and UTA.
Pip, ever a delight, and a very welcome one at this potentially difficult time.
Bill, those words mean so much. I wish I could express myself more fully than with a heartfelt thank you.
P, C, TTG, NBN, OM, NG. You are stars. Always there. I hope this season gives you what you have yearned for in recent years. You deserve it.
No, ‘Holic. You’re the star.
I hope this season gives you what you have yearned for in recent years.
Unlikely. Some other gimp won the Euromillions and it won’t be at that level again for a while.
What?
Oh.
And what Ned said.
Cheers TTG. Top man. If the ticket does become available I would love to come. Please ask H for my email address.
Holic,
I’m a bit mystified as to why your very best writing is always accompanied by an apology…. ?
A superbly assembled piece which turns out to also be quite topical.
Stay strong – big change isn’t easy.
You have my number if it ever feels like a chat would help.
This place has been a friend to me more than once over many years. The very least we can do is return the favour.
Take care, mate.
What Trev said, H. All best wishes.
Trev, Comprehension is something I think that can no longer be taught. I thank you so much, my friend.
Bath too, it would appear to be. I’m very lucky to know you both. ??
England have been pathetic tonight .
Defensively they look like Arsenal , their midfield gives the back four no protection
But their attack isn’t as good as ours ?
TTG
Too many Spurs or ex Spurs players.
England are Spursy.
A great deal of diving from the England players are they learning from Spurs? 🙂
England struck by a late goal from Zdenek Ondrazek the Czech Cobra, who plays for the highly esteemed FC Dallas of MLS. How the mighty are falling.
Keep well Guv, you’re a top man and long may you continue to give your thoughts and observations.
‘holic
listen ye not
to a single solitary fucker
who tells you
it’s easy to go off the gargle
IT ISN’T
.
.
.
i miss drinking
but i love herself more
and she deserves bla bla etc
i tried toking but it sent me mad
and made me boke
.
.
now
take this whatever way ye want
herself has added you to her prayer routine
i set no bla in that
but she does
and she knows you have been kind to me
so i thought i would let you know
that people are thinking about you
(mainly the cows)
moooooooooooooooooooooo
ps
if you get there before me
hide Chris’s tv remote
?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyT9jTW7MHc
though
that being said and sung
i would join hands
with boris cunt so’s i could rip his bastardin arm off
and beat him to fuckin buggery with it
and
wither gove and cummings
by the experience
of life close up
the pair of dismissive arrogant wee daisies
.
it’s always
Oh so easy
to talk the big game
when yer hiding in the disabled toilet
shouting out the back window
i know
i am fucked
bla whatever
everyone’s gotta go
but i hope i’m around long enough
to see the cunts involved in this fiasco
exposed for what they are
wee twats never got over being picked on at school for being wee twats
.
“Shall you lead us into battle King Gove ?”
.
.
“Well battle is a strong word with many ……”
A proud day for the Andorrans.
I remember when they first
joined the Federation
Andorra has roughly 1/5 of the population Iceland has, but nobody thought Iceland was big enough to make it to the WC finals.
osaka M
i sat on the beach today
i had my wee trangia
my wee foldy chair
and comestibles
a leisurely walk there
a leisurely walk back
i listen mostly to 70s electronic music
or 70s dub
cos
i have a wee speaker i put in my pocket
i can hear it
but it doesn’t interfere with the sounds around
if you have the atlantic ocean vying for yer attention
who could deny the big wet fuck
hello 8ball
and
‘holic
can i suggest same
the seaside
the ocean
it’s just wonderful
.
i’ve said it before
but
i sing this song in my mind
everytime i’m zig zagging through the reeds and dunes
“Im going down to the seashore to wash my brain”
60s garage classic
can’t remember who
old age
and
sobriety is fuckin useless
but she watches me like a hawk
she reads this too
after my situation
?
(nosey bint)
what are yer plans for no beer , ‘hol
fortunately and to the well hidden hilarity
yeah
my vomit reflex is on a fuckin hair trigger
so i miss it
but even the thought gives me the dry boke
what you gonna do to distract yerself
.
.
if you were here
id heat you up some stew on the beach
then tell ye to eff off
bloody mooching bastard
I’M NOT A SOUP KITCHEN !
No tv remotes in heaven, cba. All done by telepathy.
Good thing, too. Chris’s was the largest known to man to match the size of his jumbo screen tv
Thierry Henry runs on continuous loop in heaven doncha know
? 8ball
i think i’ll be going downstairs
and
i’ve no doubt Chris will have already set up
a red hot rock n roll club
which he’ll let me into for free once
then bar me for my
BtM endorsed good looks
and their effects on Lusty C.M. Hither behind the bar
I didn’t know what a trangia
was. A Swedish mess tin it
seems for heating up ones
sausage and beans.
Though I’d imagine in these
days of strait-laced social
conformity heating up ones
sausage in a mess tin may
be frowned upon.
Anyhow, that sounds very
contemplative cba.
I was also looking at a large
amount of water this morning
as the edge of a super typhoon
(though there’s nothing super
about it) dumped it on my
stupidly unumbrellaed head.
I should’ve brought a
trangia.
i love my trangia
i take grub and my foldy seat
and have a lovely wee lunch
can’t see it more than a few times more
it’s getting cold and i have the energy levels of a snail
.
.
pre-liver falling out
i’d have several homemades too
so
it was quite the catered affair
i saw the typhoon on the telly
scary stuff big man
hey H
Just wanted to throw my thrupence in from distant NZ
I was regular at THOF through the seventies until I emigrated to the USA.
Your blog fully captures the spirt of those times and I share many of your views re the current team as we are of a similar vintage and so perhaps have a shared culture and therefore a shared view of the changes over the years.
I now reside in Auckland
I have three pet hates:
Foaming at the mouth religious types
Foaming at the mouth right wingers
Tottenham Fans
The first two are unfortunately rather too prevalent in America for my tastes
Numbers two and three rather to prevalent in Blighty
Hence my retreat Down Under ( mostly mercifully free of all three!)
The only thing I miss about England is The Arsenal!
And your blog brings that to me every week with a balance and respect for others that is hard to find these days. Thank You!
The fact that cba ( an unapologetic Anglophobe) loves you is testament to your evenhandedness and all round good blokeness.
(cba is amongst the most intelligent of your contributors in my view, and the standard is high for most others IMHO)
I wish you all the luck in your recovery and hope that it is a speedy one and that we can continue to enjoy your lovely blog for many years to come!
Get well soon, and if you fancy a break in NZ , let me know
i should warn you 50
i have no money
no prospect of money
and the life expectancy of an insect
but thank you for your delusions
it’s nice to see bad judgement is rampant in mighty NZ
one of only two countries i ever wanted to visit
Canada being the other
have a tune
an NZ classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjW3MT8D9RY
ya fuckin bollix 50 bill P
that’s me huntin out me oul singles
fuckin nearly 40 some o these other side o the world ones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FT-4sNe-as
herself likes the chills though
and
over the years also
this song has raised its head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uHHVQnd7vM
ps
i take issue with “amongst”
@49
Yes, a scary one so the weather-
girl says. I think it’s a load of
hot air.
Well, it amused me.
And I’m amongst the wittiest
posters today
My dear friend, cba. I did wonder what ailed you. It would appear we are brothers in more ways than one? Are you type one? I’s important.
How ironic you should mention the Atlantic, which has a spiritual pull on me too. A fortnight today I am off for a long weekend in a room in Weston overlooking the most wonderful of oceans.
I wish I could have sausages in my mess tin. From now on I’m brown bread, dairy, fresh fruit, nuts, and fresh veg. I have a wider selection in my kitchen than Covent Garden.
The no-alcohol thing is surprisingly straightforward right now. Three weeks ago I was chucking single malts down my neck and for a few now I’m not. I have discovered I love cranberry and blueberry juice, tea, and, would you believe, water. It’s absurdly delicious.
My love to herself, and those gorgeous cows. Thank you for being there, you daft bastard.
Thank you so much, Bill. Your kind words are much appreciated.
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.
You lot are the mutts! ??
Typhoon seems to have hit Kanto rather than the Kansai, so trust you are unaffected, OM.
Bill Perry
Loved your note. I especially hate fascist Tottenham fans too.
One quibble. CBA might be a handsome bastard but he’s not very bright.But we still like him . Now I sound like Dick Emery , Unai’s English great uncle .
In other Arsenal news….there is none
Yes, wet rather than windswept
it seems Ned.
Though it’s 10 past midnight and
I’ve been quaffing wine safely
indoors with friends since
3pm so not sure I’d notice
anyway 🙂
Hi Holic,
Long time reader but rare poster.
Very much hoping your health improves asap.
To cut a very long story as short as possible, an acquaintance of mine had a rugby injury recently which laid him low and off his feet for a couple of months, after an operation. He and his wife and two young children (10 and 8) were recently back from a holiday in France and he seemed to be on the road to recovery. Then two weeks ago we met his wife in the park and she told us her husband had hung himself only days previously. By all accounts post operative depression is a common occurrence, which I was not aware of. He was in his early 40s.
Needless to say I shall be joining the walk, so thanks for tipping me off about it.
Cheers !
A proud day for the Andorrans.
Have they finally got the better of Captain Kirk?
Oh boo. Note to self, read the entire drink before falling over your own comic genius in your rush to make a joke
🙁
I have discovered I love cranberry and blueberry juice, tea, and, would you believe, water.
Fuck’s sake, someone hand him one of these will ya?
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GE8AAOSwsWVcuJXx/s-l400.jpg
😉
Water delicious? Some more than others, I must say.
Hello Lewis,
Thank you. I’m sure you will enjoy the walk. Everybody last season loved it.
dave, this place is yours. you listen to all of us with our personal stuff, high time we gave you an ear.
(he says before talking about himself, be warned). i’ve suffered from melonchalia most of my life, and have had both suicidal thoughts and depression (both more than 30 years ago). i have two friends attempt suicide, and one of my best friends ever succeeded. if i could be at the palace walk i’d be there.
there is nothing worse for people than the overt and covert messages that flood the world with some supposed “normal” mental health path. as we see with physical health, and indeed, people, it’s all shapes and sizes. thank you for your post, and i expect we’ll see the “‘holic book of arsenal and brown bread cookery” before long. as always, be well.
Thanks scruz,
You’ve been to the well and come back. Big hugs. We’re stronger for having been there. Now I want to live more than anything.
Always here for anyone who needs.
living is wonderful. it’s a sad state of affairs when anyone feels otherwise (never to say it isnt shit at times); even sadder when they keep it bottled up for fear of disapprobation.
your value to this assembled crew, past and present, is the purest gold. (always: virtual bar, real friends!). i can imagine your family feel that way, too.
as an aside, and to make no comparison, jet lag sucks!
mid-lull drink
@63
Never mind Cynic, an ale on
the bar for you.
??????? vs ?? is on in the rugby, which
is nice. Off to the bar to watch
with some friends.
It’ll be little consolation to some
devastated by the typhoon but I
hope Japan win (no Scot bashing
intended, well no this time anyway)
Glad you missed the typhoon, OM. Pictures from Tokyo show some pretty bad destruction.
Big win for Japan. Wind in their backs, so to speak.
Has Scottish sport imploded?
Tributes, richly deserved, from around the globe, Holic.
Lovely stuff from the two Bills and others.
It was an inspiring and enjoyable read right up to the point where we were presented with the un-unseeable vision of cba sitting on a beach with his beans and sausage in a mess tin.
Ahem.
Women are on BT Sport if anyone is missing Arsenal. Beating Chelsea 1-0 at the mo
ahhh
would ye ever all pull yerselves the gether
ya big bunch o misty eyed lumps
?
#moooooooooooooooooooooo
#when yer heart is breaking
#moooooooooooooooooooooo
#when yer arse is chafing
and
Trevor
i had STEW in my trangia
report correctly
don’t come around here
and put your beans and sausages
in my mouth
i’m very particular about that
ya english bastard !
(special request for bill P)
?
.
so
?
and fuck off
the lotta ye
m’lud not you – I’ve taken a personal interest in you
oh yes
YOU !
ya cheeky wee fucker
yeah
YOU !
.
.
.
dave
i hate to add to the diabetic coma inducing
SPLURGE
of love for you
but
not just you
but
this place too
has been a real haven
we don’t agree on everything
that would be boring
but there’s one thing
we all agree on
UP THE ARSENAL*
.
.
.
.
.
.
*and thunder T is long overdue a boot up his
and
don’t get me started on cynic
ps dave
i’ll message you
oh and in case i forget ‘hol
herself says hello
she really is called herself
i’m sure it sounds odd
but
that’s how she’s known
she’s a lovely woman
and
she has promised to police glasgow
and indeed herself herself
so
when i climb atop ‘holic mountain
and
blow into the conch
(easy trevor)
it will be me
calling you all cunts
not an interloper
?
spoiler alert dave
now where did it all begin
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6OrxQ5cKaOQ
?
CBA
You’re quite right I am due a boot up the arse but I’m still way too quick for you. Speed merchant me ?
I’m afraid the Queen didn’t mention you during my weekly audience ?
really gonna struggle
to find
the next few tunes
in my attempt at
a musical accompaniment
to cover the rest
83
you adorable old tart
and right on your age too
.
.
.
.
last year
nah
i can’t pull it off
(OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH MATRON)
the MIGHTY tabs is the only one can do camp
PROPERLY !
here
have a tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_RqPun2WIE
88 a tune about my speed for
sittin here by the wood smoke
8ball
?
the only version
played chez arsed
just love it
‘holic , ned and thunder T
were barely out of their teens
when that was recorded
clive was the shoeshine
.
.
(boy did he get his revenge)
.
.
.
the night of the long buffs
Thank you cba and herself. ?
GSD,
The Palace ticket is yours.
I will be in touch via email .
dave
can’t believe ye still associate with us
well
me in particular
though
i’m totally wonderful
are you aspiring to something ?
my looks are achieved by centuries
of lookers
it’s a blessing and a curse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtScxMtncw
Video killed the radio star
But must not have been a
Looker like cba
cba – I think you have mentioned living in the Finsbury Park area in the early 80’s. Did you drink in the George Robey by any chance?
I recall meeting a friend there for a quick pint before walking down to Highbury before a game. A couple of your countrymen were playing pool and discussing the next shot; one said, in an accent I can’t recall and would never have been able to identify “You don’t like Orangemen; hit the orange ball”… I just wondered.
(I’m not sure that we caught a glimpse of the pool players, so I cannot attest to whether either of them was devastatingly handsome.)
I hope the weather continues to be kind for your beach-sitting activities.
COYG
pan G
i did
but it wasn’t me
if you saw me
you’d remember
that sinking feeling
you went home with
of
why was I born to mooses
and
contrary to popular belief
i am NOT a sectarian person
despite those orange bastards provocation
(another one for bill P whoever the hell he is)
(it’s a joke bill – it’s a joke)
(you english bastards don’t get it)
i didn’t have a local
money was tight
but at the time you are on about
i mostly drank around
the top of holloway
junction road
i was sending money home
and
to be honest
i preferred a carry out and going to see a band
and
to be honest pan G
though i make fun of my accent
if it had been me you’d heard
you’d still be living in the corral
i keep my hypnotized devotees in
i am* an enigma
.
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*was – am dribbling and dying recently
i let them all go
the ungrateful cunts
disrespectful screaming
So, between Papa and Sideshow who is the whipping boy of the week? Clearly not Mustafi as he has mercifully been taken out of the firing line. But for how long? (To add another superfluous question)
Otherwise known as bill P
Damn! I revealed my true identity – the ravages of age…getting sloppy
cba – you were never a sectarian in my mind – octogenarian maybe?
TTG – always enjoy your posts – we will have to agree to disagree re cba’s IQ – no doubting his Hollywood looks of course (isn’t Hollywood in Norn Iron?)
His only failing seems to be his musical taste but every one of us has a failing of some description or other. Mine is a low tolerance level for twats, one of the reasons I like this particular bar is the complete absence of same.
cba – thanks for reminding me of the poor musical standard here in NZ and sad to hear of your financial woes – I come from a long line of paupers myself. But I’m still kicking and reasonably free of disease (occasional bout of scurvy aside) so its swings and roundabouts eh?
Maybe the farmers of the North Of Ireland will get a subsidy after Brexit.
A chap can dream….
Life expectancy of an insect?
I hope you mean the rare but exceedingly long lived Irish Weta.
Gosh
Isn’t the interlude over yet?
the MIGHTY MIGHTY imp fail
you cunt
fuckin champion
.
see 109
time for a tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRAhebMb5Q
i wish i was ruder to bill P
?
and no imp fail
i have been told im checking out
buying the farm
goodnight Irene
but sure
it is gonna happen to all of you
but you all
didn’t go through life
with beautiful women following you about
so
smug is what done for me
?
herself promised not to read here
any more
so i can say it
but
she really is unbelievably gorgeous
Audrey Hepburn type but with AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
.
.
though
she never saw Ramones
or Buzzcocks
or any other terrific band without ‘the’
.
.
.
she might have called christy moore
a talentless sweaty karaoke cunt
which to be fair
there was a queue for
.
.
so
i’m still supremo
just
.
.
just skinned up
doesn’t agree wi me much any more
but fuck it
cheers Chris
cheers gooner T
song for Chris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXMHp2NSw8
you’d wonder how a black man on the opposite side of the world to england would be called Geoffrey
.
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song for gooner T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztq7-kkygZk
how’s that for ye imp fail ?
reverting to type ?
politely calling a spade a shovel
i recall the scottish regiment here in the seventies
big girl’s blouse of a ribbon on their headgear
i will say this though
whatever opinions they had about catholics
whatever dog in the race
they might have been perceived to have had
about us
can i just say
they treated us
with only a smidgen more disgust
than you english bastards
which
to their credit
was decent
given their
“Im fick innit gotta gun wooooh”
bill P
where can i collect my performing monkey money ?
The usual channels cba
I take you are an Equity member?
wi my back an these feet ?
get tha fuck outta here !
i used to have a press card
which was entertaining
when the “murder machine”* searched me
it went two of two ways
“oh right”
cos i would answer my name
age
and
where i was coming from
which i always said ‘over there’
and
where i was going to
yeah
pre empt that answer ya bastard
.
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.
*double points ?
and
the other way
.
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.
total nightmare with these dumdums
why do you people set such store in yer ARMED forces when you turn face about if you go into a pub and its full of squaddies ?
I’m no doctor cba, but have you considered sleeping at night?
Colour me old fashioned, call me what you will, but I understand that in medical circles its considered rather a good idea.
Of course
You might be saving all your sleep up for when you’re dead.
Which is a good deal more rock n roll
imp
i have chronic insomnia
and currently
level AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH pain
but
i’ll take yer polite hint
though 125
i stand by
who ever heard someone on the phone say
“Bring all the kids out , the place is full of squaddies , it’s a lovely atmosphere”
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imagine those bananas with guns
@73,74
Thanks Ned.
My son lives in Kanagawa
right in the path and things
were pretty hairy with
flooding and mudslides.
Luckily, he came through
ok though he rang the local
evacuation centre at one
point. The centre was full
and they suggested he walk
to the next centre a mile
away. In a typhoon?
We told him to stay put as
his apartments on the 2nd
floor. Walking a mile
seemed an odd suggestion
but to be fair your options
narrow very quickly in a
typhoon. Stay or move, both
are risky.
The Scottish RFU fully
deserved to lose after
threatening legal action
– insensitive and
disproportionate. It was just
a game. A cracking one as
it turned out. Scotland
fought hard but Japan were
the better team over the
game.
TTG @96.
Brilliant!
Maybe an international special tomorrow night? Maybe not, since I forgot about it all and Scotland yesterday was the first match I watched. ?
Half time.
Racist scum 0 England 4
We should sign that Kraev bloke. Just based on his hairstyle.
Aiming at completely recreating the hair bear bunch.
https://tenor.com/view/hair-bear-bunch-hair-bear-gif-6128258
Exactly Countryman. They play with an intensity lacking in the Arsenal team, especially midfield. The psychedelic backdrop helps (can we get that installed at Colney?) but I also think hair may be more of a factor than I had previously considered. If we shot enough electricity into Xhaka to make his hair look like Guendouzi’s then I bet he’d sprint a bit quicker.
Must be the second half of the lull. Better be.
Thanks for the typhoon news, OM, and glad that you and your son are alright.
hello bt8, thanks.
6-0 away win is not to be
sniffed at. When these fans
are called Ultras does it
mean Ultra Stupid?
5 more days of drought
Still, Game of Thrones just
came on the free to watch
TV (well, a tenner a month)
instead of PPV which I refuse
to watch. Or I’m too stingey
– one of the two.
CBA@114,
That’s the best description of Christy Moore that I’ve ever heard!
I live the thick end of 20 miles from the coast, so go mushroom hunting in the New Forest instead for my sanity and health. There are tonnes of the blighters at the moment.
Stay well all.
The New Forest is full of mushrooms singing Queen songs – “We are the Champignons ..”
My mushrooms have grown so tall I can’t reach to pick them.
I have very high morels.
And a coat, somewhere ?
Trev,
What a “fun guy” you are!
@141
LIBERTY.
A cryptic reference for the psychonauts.
Food for thought? I hope so. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>