The Laundry Basket
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And Charlton for the incontinent;-)Stig said:
They do live further up the A12. I just wish they'd stay there.guinnessaddick said:
The only reason I can think a mini bus was there is that they live further up the A12, which we know is not the case. This bit about them not all going back to Sparrows Lane is BS, they could have had a drop off point on the M25 ( the QE bridge sounds a good place). If it was a VG minibus more reason to withdraw from it.JohnnyH2 said:Should a mini bus that Valley Gold has purchased for the Academy be used for the CEO and Head Coach to be ferried around in?
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Was out yesterday with some friends telling the 2 lads about the going on's at CAFC gave them the best laugh they had all day....what a bloody shambles and laughing stock we have become.0
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I can't imagine they did leave easily through the main entrance otherwise evidence would have been seen via video or photo. There was well over 1000 fans protesting when i left around 6pm, they wouldn't of cleared out that quick unless the police intervened0
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That's true. Sod's law my doppelgänger gets the gig selling Nesspresso machines.soapboxsam said:Redchaser, they Reckon we all have a doppelganger somewhere in the world ?
I found out mine lives in Munich, and supports Bayern,
Has a big Brieftasche and has a beautiful young Fraulein on his arm.
The German word that is being used in relation to CAFC is Schadenfreude;
And that is no laughing matter !
PS. Say hello if you see me at Hull, I will be dressed as a Zebra and standing on a soapbox.
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That shouldn't be too hard to spot you then amongst a handful of us, I'll bring some sugar lumpssoapboxsam said:Redchaser, they Reckon we all have a doppelganger somewhere in the world ?
I found out mine lives in Munich, and supports Bayern,
Has a big Brieftasche and has a beautiful young Fraulein on his arm.
The German word that is being used in relation to CAFC is Schadenfreude;
And that is no laughing matter !
PS. Say hello if you see me at Hull, I will be dressed as a Zebra and standing on a soapbox.
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As truth seems of little importance to them; "You're going home in a laundry basket" seems like a fair chant.
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I can see a fancy dress protest at an upcoming game with a laundry basket theme. That could be another media spinner.4
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Perhaps we could wear pants on our heads :-)1
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I think KF did take the minibus home, that's believable, but hiding in a laundry basket? That's just childish and obviously a story made up0
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Thank you, I've got the royalties on that by the wayBartleyPark said:As truth seems of little importance to them; "You're going home in a laundry basket" seems like a fair chant.
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I can imagine KM and KF making a hurried, and hopefully in their minds, an anonymous exit via a side door onto a minibus, but in a laundry basket? Come off it, it's the stuff of fantasy,and wilful fantasy at that.
People want to believe it because it lends further weight to the hope that KM is rattled, will crumble under the pressure and resign; it's what a lot of us want, but it is wishful thinking at this point and no more.
The same is true of the Varney's emails and a potential buyer in KAH Sports Ltd which we have since discovered was not the case. Varney must take some responsibility here, his opening gambit in his introductory email was creatively ambiguous to say the least and it was not unreasonable to assume that KAH Sports Ltd were the potential investors and RD might be willing to sell.They weren't and he wasn't, no matter how much we wanted it to be the case.
No matter how much we dislike it, at the present time, this is what is:
RD owns the club and has no intention of selling
KM is his CEO and has no intention of quitting
KF is the manager and fuck knows what his intentions might be
We have an understrength squad in the relegation zone
So what to do?
Keep protesting, we cannot allow the momentum to tail off; boycott catering etc, a blessing in disguise; The Trust to keep grinding away at KM's indifference; support the team; in effect, more of the same.
I said some time ago that in an age of entitlement and importunateness, we need patience by the lorry-load.There is no boil-in- the- bag solution to this mess.It will take time.
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Of course the basket stuff was made up. It is called a joke. But Miere or Fraeye were sufficiently vexed by it it seems to get there staff to tweet denials on their Saturday evening off. So the joke will continue. Miere hid in the dirty kit.3
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But still can you imagine it on tuseday night
"back with the laundry! You traveled back with the laundry backkkk withhhhh the laundry" with a follow up of
"lie in a minute! She's gonna lie in a minute"6 -
I never assumed the buyer was KEH, in fact I said on here it was most likely not them. Varney and VOTV never said it was them either.
Doesn't mean there wasn't a real buyer waiting.
The laundry basket is untrue but still funny as a chant.
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I didn't say you, VOTV or Varney assumed that KEH was the buyer. What I did say was that Varney was creatively ambiguous in his initial email and it was understandable why it could be construed that KAH were the potential investors.Henry Irving said:I never assumed the buyer was KEH, in fact I said on here it was most likely not them. Varney and VOTV never said it was them either.
Doesn't mean there wasn't a real buyer waiting.
The laundry basket is untrue but still funny as a chant.
Neither did I say that there wasn't a real buyer waiting, just that it wasn't KAH.
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I think the point of that is to show that Varney was and is a credible person - contrary to the advice they receive from Richard Murray.Redskin said:
I didn't say you, VOTV or Varney assumed that KEH was the buyer. What I did say was that Varney was creatively ambiguous in his initial email and it was understandable why it could be construed that KAH were the potential investors.Henry Irving said:I never assumed the buyer was KEH, in fact I said on here it was most likely not them. Varney and VOTV never said it was them either.
Doesn't mean there wasn't a real buyer waiting.
The laundry basket is untrue but still funny as a chant.
Neither did I say that there wasn't a real buyer waiting, just that it wasn't KAH.2 -
She definitely didn't leave in a laundry basket as I managed to get a photo of her leaving the stadium.
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Haha! Of course. I'm confident the money you raise will go towards future protests.RedChaser said:
Thank you, I've got the royalties on that by the wayBartleyPark said:As truth seems of little importance to them; "You're going home in a laundry basket" seems like a fair chant.
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That's nonsense. It's normal business practice not to put all your cards on the table at the first opportunity.Redskin said:
Varney must take some responsibility here, his opening gambit in his introductory email was creatively ambiguous to say the least ...2 -
I'm hoping one of them is doing the "get Karel to unwittingly sign a resignation letter" trick.Chunes said:As has been pointed out on other threads, there's a video of KF signing autographs outside the ground after the game, not appearing in any rush to dive into a laundry basket.
Why our fans were asking for his autograph, I'll never understand.2 -
Perhaps KM and KF travelled back in the minibus alone so KM can tell him he has lost his job and packup over the weekend, without anyone except the driver being around. You can but hope, if so, let us hope RD and KM travel somewhere in a minibus0
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It is the last days of a tinpot dictatorship.mogodon said:Seems to be conflicting accounts of what happened post match with some saying it was an orderly retreat by Fraeye and the fragrant Ms Meire, others that they completed an evacuation via the kit van more befitting the last days of a tin-pot dictatorship. Clubs employees have gone onto social media to call the BBC reporter who first published the claim a "liar" (rather apt given Meire's reputation) so does anyone actually know what did happen? Suspect the laundry basket will feature in future protests regardless ...
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The laundry basket story is true in the way poetry is true. Sometimes poetry provides a more meaningful insight into life than dry explanations, and poetry is a very enduring art form. This year is the 400'th anniversary of the death of Shakespeare, and his work is remembered and revered and respected even to this day.
The laundry basket is all kinds of metaphors for the state of our club, the characters involved, and indeed the particularities of yesterdays abject showing at Colchester United. Indeed the seed of the laundry basket story was planted not even by one of our own, but an Essex and Colchester BBC man, and that seed has borne fruit.
Poetically truthful fruit.
The next protest should definitely include a large laundry basket passed over the heads of the crowd, with images of Katrien, Karel, Roland and Richard that appear when the lid is opened. even more than one laundry basket, it will make good visuals, and certainly attract the attention of the media, and stick in the minds of many.11 -
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story!2
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I suspect Fraeye jumped in the laundry basket after the game - there are of course a couple of holes in the base for his legs & he ran, Scooby Doo style round the corridors - stopping still if anyone came near & then very slowly raising his head with basket lid style hat to peep around before scuttling on again.0
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Brilliant idea.seth plum said:
The next protest should definitely include a large laundry basket passed over the heads of the crowd, with images of Katrien, Karel, Roland and Richard that appear when the lid is opened. even more than one laundry basket, it will make good visuals, and certainly attract the attention of the media, and stick in the minds of many.
And I agree, it's a fantastic metaphor for our ownership.
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One big basket with rolly polly holding strings of Pinocchio, dick head Murray and the clown.Mackle said:
Brilliant idea.seth plum said:
The next protest should definitely include a large laundry basket passed over the heads of the crowd, with images of Katrien, Karel, Roland and Richard that appear when the lid is opened. even more than one laundry basket, it will make good visuals, and certainly attract the attention of the media, and stick in the minds of many.
And I agree, it's a fantastic metaphor for our ownership.0
