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La Ferté sous Jouarre France
Jan 2001
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The bloodier the better when it comes to overly cute furry little animals! |
Mmmm... Are you speaking of the animal whose photograph lies just below the Italian flag near the word 'finbar'?
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:32
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Dismal holiday news:
Leicester 39 -d- Leeds 11
Still, Havak is now going to have to justify another new Leicester signing - a Welshman! Chinese, Welsh - any import in a storm, as the saying almost goes.
Speaking of which, I happened to watch a very good doco on the Battle of Waterloo on cable last night. I hadn't realised how close Napoleon came to winning the thing. If he'd deployed his Old Guard a lot sooner, he could have turned the oppo around. He didn't, because the Prussians were making inroads on his right. So Havak has the Prussians to thank for saving his arse. Not to mention the Scots - the Scots' Greys and the Gordon Highlanders were major players for his team. The only thing missing was a contingent from China. All in all, Leicester rugby these days is really only Waterloo writ small. The major difference, of course, being that Leicester will win the occasional battle but lose the war, with Deano going the way of Napoleon rather than Wellington.
On an unrelated note, Mike Tindall seems to have escaped major injury on the weekend. He was first reported to have broken a leg scoring a Bath try, ruling him out of the 6 Nations. Now it appears to be an ankle injury.
Speaking of Mike Tindall, on the return flight after the WRC, apparently he made an attempt on David Boon's beer-drinking record for the flight betwen Australia and England. Boon's record stands at 52 cans of beer for the 24 hour flight. Tindall gave up some way short. Weakie.
For Tamerlin's benefit, David Boon was, at the time the record was set, a leading Australian Test cricketer. And a major drinker.
Last edited by finbar on 28-12-2003 at 05:04
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:32
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Oh, and it shouldn't pass without notice that now ex-All Blacks' coach John Mitchell is staying in Kiwi Land, signing on to coach Waikato in the NPC. On top of which, mystifyingly, he has signed a contract to provide the NZRFU with "coaching services" for two years. Coaching services? Mmmm. I wonder whether it was a case of the NZRFU topping up Mitchell's income - in addition to his Waikato wage - to make it worth his fiscal while not to disappear overseas. He would certainly earn a lot more coaching overseas than he would coaching Waikato, and Mitchell's stated preference to stay in New Zealand because of his family, while admirable and wholesome, sounds exactly like the sort of cover story that has been trotted out in these circumstances many times before.
And just to round off the lunacy that has surrounded the All Blacks' coaching merry-go-round, Mitchell received a public send off from the NZRFU that sounds like he won the WRC instead of having just been sacked because he didn't win it:
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Chief executive Chris Moller said: "He delivered an outstanding on-field performance with a young and exciting All Blacks team, impacted only by the disappointing rugby World Cup semifinal loss to Australia. John can take a great deal of satisfaction from his record as All Blacks coach." |
What on earth are they doing over there?
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for Sean Marcelo
Jun 2003
time: 05:32
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`I know who David Boon is.
In my opinion he was a very underrated player, probably the key player other than Border of that eras batting line up.
I try to see Hampshire at the Rose Bowl, whenever I visit my dad.
John Crawley plays for them, and, hopefully, Warne will captain them after his ban.
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for Sean Marcelo
Jun 2003
time: 05:32
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Oh, and btw, all children who are born on December 25th, deserve two presents. At least. Maybe more. I mean, the parents have all year to save and make the day special.
I believe every day should be special though, naive fool that I am.
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for Sean Marcelo
Jun 2003
time: 05:32
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Oh bollocks, go on, you are right, it is only 8kg after all; he only needs to change the hoover bag once.
Last edited by flipside on 28-12-2003 at 08:41
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for Sean Marcelo
Jun 2003
time: 05:32
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Originally posted by finbar
She's down to 6 kilos. Mrs finbar's away and I'm starving the little bastard to death. |
A classic case of short term pleasure being worth more than long term pain?
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27-12-2003 07:45
What did the Fat Red Bastard leave for him? 
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