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Topic: The "What I learned today" thread
Posted By: The Count
Subject: The "What I learned today" thread
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 9:35pm
that ponies arent small horses that grown into proper horses, they are actually ponies all their lives  ------------- 
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Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 9:45pm
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Some ponies, not all of them! ------------- 
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Posted By: HateHenry
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 9:51pm
That Count really is as thick as sh*t!! ------------- Polska Bialo Czerwoni |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 05 May 2015 at 9:55pm
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Thick thread for Count ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 10:50am
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Small.....far away...... |
Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 2:18pm
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The actor that plays Lou Carpenter is a Leicester City fan |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 2:36pm
that is absolutely astounding ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Landon Donovan wrote:Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 2:39pm
| Today I learned that pM is absolutely astounded |
Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 3:02pm
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The stuff we played with in primary school is actually called marla, not mala. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 3:16pm
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 3:18pm
GTFO ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: AnCearrbhach
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 3:27pm
------------- Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 3:54pm
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Is it not called play doh? ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 4:08pm
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https://translate.google.com/#en/ga/plasticine" rel="nofollow - https://translate.google.com/#en/ga/plasticine Well there you have it. -------------
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 4:08pm
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Play-doh was a bit softer IIRC. Marla is the Irish word for plasticine apparently. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: dunloybhoy
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 4:25pm
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no matter how good pasticine looks to eat its always stinking ------------- put em under pressure! |
Posted By: SuperDave84
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 4:31pm
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Play-doh is mostly cornflour, water and colourant. It is horrible but at least it's non-toxic. Plasticine is equally non-toxic but made of completely different stuff (petroleum jelly, mostly). I'd imagine vasoline tastes terrible so that's probably why plasticine tastes nasty. -------------
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 06 May 2015 at 4:38pm
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I have never tasted vaseline but it is why I refuse atm. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 4:14pm
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Pele is only 4 years older then Christy Moore ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 4:16pm
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And had no problem getting up on a surfboard ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 4:20pm
------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 4:23pm
Glad you got it CH  ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 5:54pm
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The scumbag-to-the-grand-canal ratio drastically reduces when it's pissing rain. ------------- Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could have been. |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 7:15pm
Would you stop. No it wasnt!!!
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Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 7:37pm
Sure is |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 7:38pm
| I learned today that I will only succeed if I let go of my fear |
Posted By: Zico
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 11:22pm
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The fear should inspire you and not hold you back. Man up ffs. ------------- I want to eat your .... |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 08 May 2015 at 11:35pm
anyone who says 'man up' should be castrated and then told to 'man up' ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Blue Man
Date Posted: 09 May 2015 at 12:11am
Choose your words very carefully ------------- "Everytime Leeds concede a goal, its like being stabbed in the heart" - Billy Bremner Gary Speed 1969-2011 YBIG Blind Date Champion 2010 |
Posted By: Zico
Date Posted: 09 May 2015 at 12:15am
I did. The best way to face fear is to face it and challenge it. That way you can over come it. I am talking from experience on this. ------------- I want to eat your .... |
Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 09 May 2015 at 12:22am
That Samuel Adams is horrible. 
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 May 2015 at 12:41am
have you any redeeming features? ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: lassassinblanc
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 8:35pm
Agree 100% kind of what i meant
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Posted By: ShamtheRam
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 10:52pm
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Dundalk deserves the nickname Craptown! ------------- YBIG NPF founder and CEO |
Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 11:22pm
A lovely beer. The proper imported stuff is an absolute delight but even the gear made under license by Shepard Neame is way above the average fare on offer most places ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 11:25pm
I can't agree Antrimman! I can't, i noticed when I'm home theres a lot of bars in the City with it on tap Hatfield to name just one. I'm a fan of the Bluemoon however
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Posted By: AntrimMan
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 11:35pm
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Blue moon is awful sh*te altogether. Don't get me wrong. I love the Hatfield. It's a big part of the reason I dont have a degree. But it's never had the best pints. ------------- @AntrimMan85 |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 13 May 2015 at 11:40pm
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Blue moon is piss, utter piss. Belgian style wheat beers wouldn't be my favourite style of beer anyway but this 'craft' beer from coors is just awful. And telling us to put fruit in the beer as a 'serving suggestion'? It already tastes like someone f**ked orange juice into a vedett white, you want us to make it flat too? Stick to bottling water from the rocky mountains and selling it as beer and convincing Brits that Carling is an English lager. Leave the real beer to the professionals ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: SByrne24
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:08am
I know the family brave and well for years family friends, its my first stop for a pint when I'm home! I thought people were fans of blue moon! Bluemoon, Bud Light with Lime I'm not a big beer drinker mind you id rather have a class of Jack or Jim Bean. I recently had Jim Bean with honey.. excellent
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:33am
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Posted By: Landon Donovan
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:37am
I love a pint of blue moon but the bottles are not near the same. |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:02am
I learned that if a word begins with Q it is always followed by a u 
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Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:22am
I dont think thats true ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:50am
Really? I googled it and there doesn't seem to be any words in the Englih language that dont follow this rule?
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Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:53am
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Qatar Qatari ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: BigPodge
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:56am
Jaysus  ------------- 
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 10:59am
I remember being told this too. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:22am
Presume she means 'a' or 'u' which means her rule applies to your 2 two words above? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:34am
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Can anyone come up with any other words in the English language (aside from an Arab countries name) where 'q' is followed by a letter other than a 'u'? ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:37am
Yeah, scrabble 101
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Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:40am
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Okay other than a word relating to Qatar? Gimmie a word that you would use day to day that doesnt follow this rule?
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Posted By: GoneToShowgies
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:41am
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I learned that cats shouldn't drink milk. Its not good for them and some of them are lactose intolerant. wtf
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Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:42am
------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Gaz
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:43am
I'm confused. Qatar follows your rule as the 'a' follows the 'Q' no? ------------- I dont email the count anymore, its been 9 months : ( He even sent me a YBIG scarf for my Birthday |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:52am
She meant the Q is followed by a "u" as in quite slow  ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Sono
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:55am
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Qabalahs Qindarka Qis Qats Qoph Qindar |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:58am
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Yeah Gaz is quite slow alright Sono what the hell language are those words even in
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Posted By: Funsize Crouchy
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 11:58am
| Iraq |
Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:00pm
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Qat - is a vegetable or a drug, which was freely available in England until last year ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:00pm
WTF
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:11pm
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Does nobody play scrabble anymore? Qi is always a personal favourite towards the end of a game. Alternative spelling of chi. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_containing_Q_not_followed_by_U" rel="nofollow - full list ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: OnTheOneRoad
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:42pm
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i learned that the more dubious the name of an energy drink, the more brutally effective it is. studying for my last exam this year fired up on the mysterious delights of 'Red Thunder'. probably about 40c a gallon but it does the job... ------------- No thank you Turkish......I'm sweet enough |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 12:57pm
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Q followed by u. You learn that in baby infants. Did any of you go to school? ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:03pm
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They also tell you I before E except after C but that's bollix. Ah our foreign neighbours, their language is decidedly weird.
------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:10pm
they gave us a great language, if only they could learn it themselves ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:10pm
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Qombat ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:14pm
| Now im confused. Am I right or what? |
Posted By: Sligo Hornet
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:18pm
A great bunch of lads  ------------- Wallet ?? What the fcuk is that ? |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:24pm
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------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 1:45pm
Ya you are right SGB. There are almost no exceptions except words used in English that are directly taken from another (usually middle eastern) language and Qwerty which is a very modern invention. ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 2:06pm
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Posted By: reddladd
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 2:15pm
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Well done SGB point proven! ------------- I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong. |
Posted By: Sham157
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 2:27pm
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Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:00pm
I feel like I could take over the world now 
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Posted By: erimus
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:04pm
Sadly there are exceptions, so the old fable that q is followed by u is busted. 20 years ago you would have been correct mind ------------- This is our f**king country we're talking about - Keano ROLL ON 2016 |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:11pm
love to be pedantic here, but every word in English comes from another language, like most modern languages. The reason English is such a great language is it's diversity, taking words from anglo saxon and latin , including using suffixes from bot linguistic backgrounds to create very different words. Think horrid, horrible, horrific for example as well as picking up words from all the countries they have raped and pillaged from sshenanigans to pyjamas. Also, as far as I can recall, many of the questions (I believe originally spelt qwestion) such as whixh and what were written as qhich qhat. They probably evolved to fit that rule of thumb, rather than the other way around ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:21pm
| Why are you begrudging me my moment? |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:26pm
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Because i can't change the habits of a lifetime ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:31pm
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If you deem that a victory it's a shallow one ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:45pm
i fail to understand ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 3:55pm
------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Flanno7hi
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 4:19pm
I understand language evolves, I guess it depends on when one believes a word becomes an "English word". Like the word burqa is obviously a well understood word in English but is it an English word like pineapple? (I know it can also be spelt burka). You might like these maps CB http://imgur.com/a/iVK8a" rel="nofollow - http://imgur.com/a/iVK8a ------------- Our City. Our Community. Our Club IG @flanno_7hi |
Posted By: Borussia
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 5:02pm
Start with Qatar and work your way from there. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 6:02pm
Excellent work Flanno I would also argue about pineapple being a truly 'English ' word. Pineapples first entered European vocabulary from Colombus on return from America. He called them Pina de Indes , or pine cone of the indies. I just Googled, it appears pine cones were referred to as pineapples prior to the fruit, which was originally called ananas in English too. It is quite an interesting word. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 6:05pm
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It has evolved from anglo saxon or old English, to daeg or on this day and would imagine just evolved into a hyphenated word and then one word. There are a few like that, goodnight and goodbye for example. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Madferret
Date Posted: 14 May 2015 at 6:20pm
It's etymology & application would appear almost Universal then, even as Gaeilge "anann" (noun) or "píosa anainn" (a slice of pineapple), originally from "Ananas" and also could be used in reference to Kournikova, the tennis player.
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Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 15 May 2015 at 8:12am
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Eh sorry but im totally lost now. Anyway I was right in the end. You cant have a q without a u after it
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Posted By: Trap junior
Date Posted: 15 May 2015 at 11:28am
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I before E except after C. Nonsense. Weird is one example. ------------- Pied Piper to: Baldrick, Brendan 88, 9Fingers, Borussia and more... 97.6% chance this post will be replied to by Baldrick (source: PWC) |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:06pm
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Jack Nicholson's daughter owns a boozer and lives in Trim,Co Meath ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:25pm
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GTFO ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:34pm
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Nope 100% true my son👍 ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:37pm
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What is it called, the cuckoo's nest? Johnny's? ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:46pm
Batman ------------- YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017 AS YOU WERE McGx |
Posted By: eire32
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:50pm
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Today is not Tuesday! |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 18 May 2015 at 8:56pm
sh*t name for a pub. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 1:38pm
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Richard Nixon really did have a list of enemies and Paul Newman was No.19 on it ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 5:38pm
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Mark Knopfler has a dinosaur called after him. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: DUBLIN DOC
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 6:12pm
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surely you mean the band T-rex ------------- When all is said and done there is nothing left to say or do |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 6:22pm
alas not. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masiakasaurus" rel="nofollow - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masiakasaurus ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: DUBLIN DOC
Date Posted: 19 May 2015 at 6:23pm
------------- When all is said and done there is nothing left to say or do |