NibblyPig

Let's go Red Sox!

(and since I'm moving to Chicago in July... I think I'll start keeping an eye on my new NL team, the Cubs)

Anyone got a link to the game? Ta!

My favourite thread on my favourite website. Thanks, BOF. Crackin' stuff.

Last season, we amassed 27 points away from home from the 19 games.

Now, with only 13 games gone, we've already got 30 points away. That's fantastic.

Scored first in 11 games... won 11. Beautiful!

I thought everyone had seen this already... but I was speaking with someone this evening, and they had no idea about it.

This chap, Alexsey Vayner, an undergrad from Yale, sent a video application to UBS a couple of years ago.

It's a rambling monologue called "Impossible is nothing" that is just downright embarrassing!!

How NOT to apply for a job!

(Also, check out Michael Cera's

Bump again, another league win. Nine wins in a row, and eighteen wins in their last nineteen league games. Messi scored twice tonight, he is on 14 goals from just 16 starts in La Liga. 56 points from a possible 63, 12 points clear of Madrid and a whopping 22 points clear of the first side outside of the champions league places after just 21 games. The 100 point season is still very much on. The 100 goal season is extremely likely.

The 100 goal season is more than extremely likely... it's almost a certainty!

If they continue in their current form, they may get a *goal difference* of over +100

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Married for 36 years

... to each other

I'm tall (1.95cm, 6'5").

It's great for concerts; it's bad when walking around medieval castles.

17 on a tombe stone in walsall cemetry above market

Hmm, what was your pick up line? "Hey baby, have you seen my stiff?"

Get there! Woo-Hoo!

Nice work Jon Lester et al... 1-0.

Dice-K tomorrow!

Red Sox winning 4-1, middle of the 9th

Come on Pap... finish 'em off son!

Jason Bay has played well in his first play-off game... Ellsbury's had a bit of stormer too!

If the Red Sox don't win, I'd love to see the Rays get there. I'm not a fan of the White Sox at all... and the Rays' 2008 story is quite incredible!

Looks purty BOF!

Nice work

The success of the transfer window can only accurately be judged come May (or come what may?).

In previous transfer windows, a lot of posters criticized Martin O'Neill for his lack of activity, or his sloth-like approach, or his poor choices. I, along with some others, defended him claiming that you cannot divorce a transfer window from the performance on the pitch. You can buy very few players, and players who are not deemed "shit" by some supporters, but if you're scoring the goals, winning the games, and finishing up in the UEFA Cup, you're probably doing something right.

Now that we have spent 40m quid and there are claims that the transfer window is a success, I offer the same advice: we should not divorce the transfer window from the performance on the pitch. You cannot judge a transfer window simply by looking at how many players were bought and what the names were. If our higher profile signings turn out to be rubbish in the claret and blue, or disrupt team spirit, and we consequently fall down the table, then the manager's transfers will not have been good. If the players gel and we turn out to be world beaters and we continue to improve, then that would be bloody marvellous!

Viewing a transfer window in isolation and judging a manager's performance based purely on who they buy and sell is not necessarily all that wise. Transfer activity is just part of the package we have got with Martin O'Neill... and by God aren't we damn lucky to have him!!

Crackin' post Mr Bland.

We are indeed very, very lucky!

Look around at how other clubs are being run, both on and off the field, and we should all be thanking the lucky stars for what we have.

You know what really makes me cross?

When they close off the pavement on one side of the road!

^^^

Red.

Hot.

Chili.

Peppers.

So many albums. Just one song. (Or so it seems.)

A close second == Greenday.

So many albums. Just one song.

I might be wrong on this... but the two closest capital cities (excluding the Holy See and Rome) in the world are:

Brazzaville (Congo) and Kinshasa (Dem.Rep.Congo) which are about 7 miles away from each other

When the five boroughs of New York joined (in 1898 I think)... it became the biggest amalgamation of a city ever. It (by far) eclipsed the previous largest amalgamation, which was...

... wait for it...

Buda and Pest joined to form...

... wait for it...

Budapest

Rutland, the smallest county in the UK is only the smallest for half of the year. The other half of the year the smallest county is the Isle of White.

Now, can anyone who doesn't watch QI tell me why?

Something to do with the tides, isn't it?

But isn't the County of Bristol much smaller than both?

Excuse my language, but Ronaldo really is a total f-wit isn't he?!

The gang of four remains in tact. No winner from London. Ah well.

(PS: John Terry )

... and then there's "Nowhere Lamb"

"He's a real nowhere lamb, sitting in his nowhere land..."

Let's not forget that classic off the White Album: "I Wool"

Or the Bleatles?

Sorry Rob, but this is no contest... Beatles all the way!