Jaggernaut

Hear Hear.

Who'll be first to sponsor Chris Erskine's left sock?

Actually, that's no' funny.

I was also trigger happy during a short spell with a very powerful air rifle when I was a wean. You name it, whatever wildlife I happened to stumble on in the early morning was potentially about to become dead or wounded wildlife. But I actually do feel ashamed and regretful for those acts of random violence against defenceless creatures; that might be one reason that I am now veggie, and like to dream of things like song thrushes having happy times and kittens playing on rainbows. Oh, I cannae remember that particular version of that song ever getting sung either.

There's a combination of words you don't get to see very often.

What a tragedy there's no video of that game.

Thanks for that. Totally devoid of any information other than (1) you chatted with him, (2) what he said surprised you, and (3) you wish him well.

I seem to remember that Gary Harkins was listed as a creditor owed £90K. Like other creditors, did he simply accept 10% of that? Or did he tear up his playing contract with them in lieu of money owed (as agreed), to sign for the tractor drivers?

No. No. No. But to focus on the 2nd one, there has been a blatant lie by the BOC about a "historic" agreement being reached with the Associations involved. A more blatant lie you couldn't imagine, and just another example of how what England wants England gets (or thinks it can get) by lying to anybody and everybody about the other parts of the UK. Edited to add: I do hope that team "GB" in whatever form it takes gets humped from start to finish.

Yes, but it won't.

Too true. It has become a kind of disease. And when they're not trying to capture the moment they're looking in desperation for somebody, anybody, to have texted them or to send a text to, or somebody to talk to.... It amuses me if I'm in a bar or somewhere and somebody receives a call and they respond and run outside for a better reception, as if it's the most important thing they've ever heard in their life. Of course it's probably "I'm on the train," or "Egg and chips tonight."

Although the subsequent Rentokil and decontamination costs will be substantial.

Dykstra!

It's a tough, tough problem. Got family members seriously hooked on various drugs (I guess you could even include alcohol in that), so know the kinds of problems it causes. The problem is how proportionate are the resources you want to put into helping those who need help because of their established drug habits. The numbers are so big, and the resources required so great, that fully functioning members of society could be bled totally dry just trying to pick up their pieces. Not only that, but once (some) people get addicted to this stuff, all they are interested in their next fix, and anything that can be done to make things "easier" for them too often gets seen as some kind of reward for what they're doing. I'm not trying to belittle the scale of the problem, and do think that "society" (whatever that is) should be doing some more. But precisely what, especially in view of the problem which is already huge and will almost inevitably become much, much worse, isn't clear at all.

What a brilliant clip!

Not fussy about when this should be played, but played it should be, ritually, at every match: Followed by this after each victory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyxlZAuwos0

Love it, always have done. Especially the original German version: Surprised that nobody has suggested Teenage Kicks:

Same here, but in fact there will be 100,000 tims at the match.

Got it! Edited to add: Sorry, it gets a bit shouty near the end. This one is better:

Wow, that's a nice sum! Annual event material?

If only for the burning guitar solo:

Excellent Jags support at that last game.