AJ

Paul Hogan

Shannen Doherty

Phil Collins

Tom Baker

Tony Bennett

7 minutes ago, TheMelvillan said:

Deserved a draw I thought

their second goal shouldn’t have counted

Ref was dreadful

emerys jacket warrants discussion 

I thought Unai's jacket was quite nice.

Such an underrated point. It should be included in the poll.

7 hours ago, TheAuthority said:

I baked some Sea-bass for everyone tonight. (Lemon, Capers, Tarragon, Salt, White Wine, Butter all steamed in foil - a side of Baby Bok-Choy in sesame oil and smashed Yukon Gold taters.)

My mother and sister actually seemed impressed by something I'd done (for the 1st time in my life.)  It's a Christmas miracle VT!

That looks fantastic.

For me, it doesn't really matter where the world cup is played.

Whatever competition FIFA is involved in, it is just a huge shit stain on the sport.

On 23/12/2022 at 06:01, Brumstopdogs said:

 

Famous for one thing, and can't even do that properly.

Salt Bae is pretty f***ing useless too.

8 hours ago, Zatman said:

Infantino in another great idea wants World Cups every 3 years now

This piece of shit needs to be stopped.

To say I didn't watch any of it, I would be lying, but I never went out of my way to watch it, except for the Argentina penalty shootouts (to see Emi in action) a few hours later on youtube.

Whenever I was on night shift, usually somebody would put the games on, and I would watch a couple of minutes here and there. I never watched a full game though, because work, and the game that would happen to be on would be so batshitly boring.

Yet another thing grinding my gears is the gaslighting from FIFA trying to convince everyone that this is the best world cup ever. I call bullshit, and f*** you, FIFA!

1 hour ago, Genie said:

And Infantino wearing crisp white trainers with his suit. Who does he actually think he is? 

Seinfeld?

41 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

We won the fair play trophy. Waistcoast working the magic.

Getting a fair play trophy from FIFA would be like getting a peace prize from Putin.

So glad this shambles is finally over.

7 minutes ago, VillaChris said:

This is what they're saying about DS anyway:

Stop bullying Smith - Main Discussion - Norwich City - The Pinkun Forums

Bunch of clueless cupid stunts.

2 hours ago, theboyangel said:

Look.At.The.State.Of.It!!!!!

he has sunk to unimaginable new depths  

 

Surely, surely this can't be real.

Someone is taking the piss, right?

2 hours ago, Vancvillan said:

Obviously fake. Show me a person who starts a puzzle with anything other than the corners and I'll show you a serial killer.

I prefer a challenge.

I turn the pieces over, and go from there.

The final picture is always the same though. Its London morning sky every time.

23 hours ago, maqroll said:

L.A. city politics is the gift that keeps on giving

 

Why does that guy have baby Bane strapped to his chest?

Doesn't he realise that when he grows up, he is going to cripple Batman?

7 hours ago, stewiek2 said:

John Taylor concedes again. His world cup dreams have come crashing back down to planet earth. Portugal are playing like wild boys.

Bloody hell someone help me out here!?

He might Come Undone after he Reflex on his performance. Sounds like he couldn't Save A Prayer let alone save in goal today.

40 minutes ago, Zatman said:

Lets be honest, we all want to see a Souness vs Infantino punch up at the final

No matter who wins, you're happy.

While his kids are sleeping, Gareth steals back the money he gave them for Christmas.

Then punishes them for losing it.

Gareth Southgate gets drunk and picks fights at petting zoos.

1 minute ago, HanoiVillan said:

He doesn't wear the waistcoat any more! That's one of the big problems! It's all gone downhill since then!

Get rid of Gareth and keep the waistcoat.

Gareth was holding the waistcoat back all along.

Underneath Gareth's waistcoat is another waistcoat.

26 minutes ago, blandy said:

Aus is more expensive, in my experience. The lower cost of living would be a benefit for you. That said, the weather, the less optimistic outlook,the gloom and all the rest of it - Australia is better. On the worse side, culture or cultural life is richer in the UK for now, at least - I guess because it's less geographically isolated.

That said, I was walking through the park the other day, well 2 or 3 days ago, and they were setting up a stage for Crowded House to play 3 nights. Last night, tonight and tomorrow. You couldn't get a better place for that, tbh. They put loads more seats out and beer stalls and stuff. But it's kind of a surprise, an exception, to have this kind of thing. Like, I think 3 years ago, when I was here - on the card for a Paul Kelly concert (making gravy!) was Courtney Barnett. remote outpost perhaps, but striving in a way that the UK doesn't need to, to get  cultural stuff to happen.

 

You are right. Our cost of living is higher. What I was thinking of and should have meant was the exchange rate. When I was over there, we were paying almost double for things there than what we would back home. As for our cost of living, to offset this, we are paid higher wages. I saw a billboard advertising police careers in the tube, and they were offering something like 23000 pound or around abouts. An Australian cop wouldn't even get out of bed for that.

As for the music scene, that is one of the things that England do much much better. Easily at least 90% of my favourite bands are English, and sorry Blandy, but I am with @bickster on Crowded House. They are the South Sea Cold Play.

6 minutes ago, AXD said:

That’s for in the ‘If You Could Live Anywhere in Sweden, Where Would it Be?’ Thread

Malmo.

Its closest to Villa Park.

Gareth Southgate hands out easter eggs at Christmas.

So Watford is not an exciting place? That's cool with me, I wouldn't be looking for excitement there. What I like about Watford is a couple of things. Firstly, the location. It is only about an hour away by train to Birmingham, so going to Villa Park every second weekend won't be much of a hassle. For non Villa related fun, London is only a half hour away. Secondly, it seems to be quite a safe and comfortable place. Apparently, it has one of the lowest crime rates in the country, so I don't have to worry about 15 year old kids kicking in my windows to nick all my stuff while I am doing nudie runs through Hyde Park.

What I consider is this. I like the fun and shiny things that the big cities have to offer, but I don't want to have to deal with the problems that are usually associated with in living in big cities. Location is big factor me. Watford wins!

Disclaimer; Despite having a wonderful time there when i visited, I couldn't live in England. I would find it difficult adapting to the cost of living, the weather, the traffic, and the higher rate of crime, to name a few things. England has many great things going for it too, but what wins out, what do you take for granted first, the good or the bad? Also, if I was going to live somewhere in England, I would probably exercise more due diligence and research than a quick google and a rail map.