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16/08/2010, 5:13 PM
Dunny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd4j1Ms1VYE

Stuck in me head because of that ad with the cow running along the beach!
16/08/2010, 6:22 PM
Ciaran W

The New lottery add with ''pocket full of rainbows'' is a brilliant add :D
17/08/2010, 1:06 PM
Wolfie

Quote:

Originally Posted by osarusan

"Breakfast is announced. Mr. Pickwick leads the old lady (who has been very eloquent on the subject of Lady Tollimglower) to the top of a long table; Wardle takes the bottom; the friends arrange themselves on either side; Sam takes his station behind his master’s chair; the laughter and talking cease; Mr. Pickwick, having said grace, pauses for an instant and looks round him. As he does so, the tears roll down his cheeks, in the fullness of his joy.

Let us leave our old friend in one of those moments of unmixed happiness, of which, if we seek them, there are ever some, to cheer our transitory existence here. There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Some men, like bats or owls, have better eyes for the darkness than for the light. We, who have no such optical powers, are better pleased to take our last parting look at the visionary companions of many solitary hours, when the brief sunshine of the world is blazing full upon them."

Very good, Osarusan. I think these choice excerpts will be a pleasant recurring feature to raise the tone.

The above is, of course, culled from "Jordan - My Life", n'est pas????
17/08/2010, 4:45 PM
Magicme

feel sick. bleuh. cant handle the pressure of such a "big" night. yikes.
17/08/2010, 8:23 PM
thischarmingman

"Have I told you my theory of life, by the way? Life is like invading Russia. A blitz start, massed shakos, plumes dancing like a flustered henhouse; a period of svelte progress recorded in ebullient dispatches as the enemy falls back; then the beginning of a long, morale-sapping trudge with rations getting shorter and the first snowflakes upon your face. The enemy burns Moscow and you yield to General January, whose fingernails are very icicles. Bitter retreat. Harrying Cossacks. Eventually you fall beneath a boy-gunner’s grapeshot while crossing some Polish river not even marked on your general’s map. "
17/08/2010, 8:53 PM
stann

Brilliant observation like that can only be from John Barnes, The Autobiography.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...L500_SS75_.jpg
And who could forget "...after 90 minutes of sheer hell, you're going to get thirsty..."
17/08/2010, 9:00 PM
stann

Oh, and while I like the new sig TCM, I must just ahem...
17/08/2010, 9:06 PM
osarusan

Quote:

Originally Posted by thischarmingman

"Have I told you my theory of life, by the way? Life is like invading Russia. A blitz start, massed shakos, plumes dancing like a flustered henhouse; a period of svelte progress recorded in ebullient dispatches as the enemy falls back; then the beginning of a long, morale-sapping trudge with rations getting shorter and the first snowflakes upon your face. The enemy burns Moscow and you yield to General January, whose fingernails are very icicles. Bitter retreat. Harrying Cossacks. Eventually you fall beneath a boy-gunner’s grapeshot while crossing some Polish river not even marked on your general’s map. "

Is this correct? (no idea where the quote comes from)
17/08/2010, 9:53 PM
thischarmingman

Quote:

Originally Posted by stann

Oh, and while I like the new sig TCM, I must just ahem...

Very clever saintly one!

Quote:

Originally Posted by osarusan

Is this correct? (no idea where the quote comes from)

It's from Julian Barnes' Talking It Over. I've never read it (although I have just finished his excellent Arthur and George), but it was quoted in The Guardian today and a search for the full quote turned up the above so I can only assume it's the correct one. It's a brilliant quote though, especially the last line.
18/08/2010, 3:19 AM
Magicme

will probably feel sicker tomorrow than I did in the lead up to the game tonight. oops.
18/08/2010, 9:45 AM
Ciaran W

Weather is lovely
19/08/2010, 10:19 AM
Ciaran W

Payday ;)
19/08/2010, 5:26 PM
Magicme

Opening night of Oliver! So nervous for Jake! Break a leg son!
22/08/2010, 12:24 AM
Dunny

Had a cheeseburger and chips with a bottle of Miller in Eddie Rockets today, delish.

Havent had it in years.
22/08/2010, 12:31 AM
Mr A

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunny

Had a cheeseburger and chips with a bottle of Miller in Eddie Rockets today, delish.

Havent had it in years.

Aye, and you won't have it for another few years until you've paid off the mortgage you took out to pay for it!
22/08/2010, 12:43 AM
Dunny

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr A

Aye, and you won't have it for another few years until you've paid off the mortgage you took out to pay for it!

Ah it was actually cheaper than I anticipated!
22/08/2010, 3:42 AM
Acornvilla

sometimes i get the feeling kieran burke is stalking me
22/08/2010, 10:33 AM
thischarmingman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dunny

Had a cheeseburger and chips with a bottle of Miller in Eddie Rockets today, delish.

Havent had it in years.

Their burgers have gone downhill recently in the last few years, I could swear they were bigger in 2005.
22/08/2010, 2:07 PM
stann

Everything was bigger in 2005.
22/08/2010, 6:38 PM
Ciaran W

Like Waterford united ? :)

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