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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    when you get pedantic about commas and apostrophes 
    Capital W
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    when you get pedantic about commas and apostrophes 
    Capital W
    Which stands for...............only joking TMA 😉
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    cblock said:
    posters spelling shite, its shit. 
    Shite is the proper English word, derived from the Anglo-Saxon scītan around 1300. It's only Johnny come latelys in the Tudor period that shortened it to shit.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,207
    Stig said:
    cblock said:
    posters spelling shite, its shit. 
    Shite is the proper English word, derived from the Anglo-Saxon scītan around 1300. It's only Johnny come latelys in the Tudor period that shortened it to shit.
    That’s shyte! 😉
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 1,959
    Pleased I started this, made sure the commas are in the right place this time :-)
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    When @Redmidland seems to be talking sense! 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 7,898
    when your 3 most recently taken up hobbies are bowls, painting and long walks in the country - my other 2 main hobbies are snooker and playing football - i will never pack in playing football - mainly coz i love it but also if i do, with that portfolio of hobbies, i will have to admit, i'm getting old   
  • Gasman
    Gasman Posts: 92
    When you consider pants over boxers because you sat on your nuts, to much info i know....    
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Your the first person to either get the Pfizer or the Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Your Granddaughter has a face lift.
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Long John silver had two decent legs.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    You had a car made by Datsun.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited January 2021
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him as a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.
    The mind goes first.😉
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    You go upstairs because you forgot you live in a bungalow, and find yourself on the roof.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.

    True or false Red ?

    When you remember seeing Stanley Matthews play tennis at Wimbledon.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.

    True or false Red ?

    When you remember seeing Stanley Matthews play tennis at Wimbledon.
    They play tennis at Wimbledon now? At one time it was just World cups and FA cup finals. 😉
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.

    True or false Red ?

    When you remember seeing Stanley Matthews play tennis at Wimbledon.
    You cheeky chappy, that was his son, had to Google it mind 😉
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.
    Me too.
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  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    And to think we had a bid accepted for Sir Stanley.
  • NapaAddick
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    ...when you remember David Whitehurst was QB for the Packers the same season as Tampa Bay went 0-14 as an expansion team. All before Aaron Rodgers was even born.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    limeygent said:
    RedChaser said:
    You saw Stanley Matthews play for England schoolboys.
    Crikey you'd be 106 !, I saw him when I was a kid at the Valley when he was nearly fifty.
    Me too.

    And me.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    You are completely incredulous that sea shanties are becoming popular amongst the younger folk.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,906
    Stig said:
    You are completely incredulous that sea shanties are becoming popular amongst the younger folk.
    Especially when they think they invented them !!!! Lol 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    But it is the same sea shanty all the time 
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,104
    When you’re called for your Covid jab 👨‍🦳
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,998
    _MrDick said:
    When you’re called for your Covid jab 👨‍🦳
    Worth it though  :)
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Ian Wright has a grandson that’s a pro footballer 
  • We're watching 'the masked singer ' which I'm struggling with tbh, especially when the only person who I really recognize is Jonathan Woss.