16-12-2002 19:28									#481
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quote: I'm also dying to see an ample, retired tighthead prop with a receding hairline clutching a couple of pints in each beefy mitt in the crowd.

I’ll have to wear a sign saying “Havak” as there are a few on the terrace matching that description.

quote: The oldest standby in the book when there's no way off the hook.

Actually that’s more accurate of your comeback above don’t you think?

quote: Another bullet unsuccessfully and unsubtly dodged.

Amazing how similar we think, even if it is in opposite directions!

quote: Henry Paul did next to nothing in the match I saw. Mercier almost carried them at times. He looks like a very useful player.

Paul is struggling. It is almost laughable at times when he gets involved in a ruck situation (trying to set normally).

Mercier is indeed key to them. As you would suspect they struggle without him (Paul stands in at fly half from what I have seen and that gets a bit iffy to say the least).

	16-12-2002 20:02									#482
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Sorry for treading on your patch, Caligastia,

No worries. Be my guest!

I haven't had much time to post lately, work has been crazy because of all the preparations for a possible transit strike.

quote: Originally posted by Havak Dang – I was really hoping to get you on the hook I set up there. Well done for avoiding it totally and in good spirit.

So...did we agree on the name of the next thread? It's about that time again...

	16-12-2002 21:30									#483
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In my first foray onto the OT forum, and what do I find? Another Gloucester supporter ... but he's a bl**dy Aussie who's never been anywhere near Kingsholm! (no offence mate).

Glaws have been having a bit of a bad patch recently, and have always been much worse away from home than when playing in front of the shed. I doubt anyone was that surprised that Perpignan beat us in France (respect to Perpignan - there are very few teams who can push the Gloucester pack around).

Henry Paul has moments of looking good, but seems to spend far too much of the time being anonymous or making mistakes. OTOH Glaws have a good defence, and if Paul was playing that badly at fullback opponents would be exploiting it far more than they seem to be, so I guess he is doing better than I'm inclined to give him credit for.

GLAAAAAAWWWWWWWSTER!!!

	16-12-2002 22:19									#484
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quote: Originally posted by vulture In my first foray onto the OT forum, and what do I find? Another Gloucester supporter ... but he's a bl**dy Aussie who's never been anywhere near Kingsholm! (no offence mate).

Welcome Vulture, Finbar has decided to become a supporter of some european clubs, he has picked up one team in France (my dear old Stade Toulousain) and one in England (Gloucester) and is a default supporter of all Italian teams (the country he claims as his spiritual nation). I think he choosed Gloucester because they are somehow the ancestral ennemies of the Leicester Tigers supported by Havak.

	17-12-2002 03:09									#485
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quote: Originally posted by Havak I’ll have to wear a sign saying “Havak” as there are a few on the terrace matching that description.

7,000 ample, retired tighthead props with receding hairlines clutching a couple of pints in each beefy mitt?

*finbar wakes screaming in the night*

	17-12-2002 03:18									#486
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quote: Originally posted by vulture In my first foray onto the OT forum, and what do I find? Another Gloucester supporter ... but he's a bl**dy Aussie who's never been anywhere near Kingsholm! (no offence mate).

Welcome, vulture! Finally! An Old Country alternative to the Leicester-infused propaganda that has flooded these threads! Please be aware that none of us, Havak aside, can bear to type the name J**** - that's the lantern-jawed Leicester lock, England skipper and not only Havak's hero but the object of a shrine in a corner of his bedroom - so we settle for typing J****.

Actually, I picked Gloucester for a couple of reasons. I've been there quite a few times (if not to Kingsholm); I have friends living there; and the team has had its share of Australians in recent times. Oh, and they also seem to be Havak's least favourite club, which, basically, made them pretty irresistible.

quote: GLAAAAAAWWWWWWWSTER!!!

	17-12-2002 03:29									#487
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quote: Originally posted by Caligastia So...did we agree on the name of the next thread? It's about that time again...

There are 2 votes - Tamerlin's and mine - for Rugby - Last Feet!.



Frankly, I'd prefer Rugby - Is The Sentiment Reciprocated? Does J**** Think The Sun Shines Out Of Havak's A*sehole? but it's probably too long to fit into the thread topic line.

	17-12-2002 03:32									#488
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin I think he choosed Gloucester because they are somehow the ancestral ennemies of the Leicester Tigers supported by Havak.

Picked it like a scab! And I bet that colloquialism doesn't feature in your Petit Orphys!

	17-12-2002 04:15									#489
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Picked it like a scab! And I bet that colloquialism doesn't feature in your Petit Orphys!

You have bought it, you own the book, you rascal !

	17-12-2002 04:22									#490
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Vulture, for your first night here, you have the privilege to read posts from a Finbar in very good shape.



Stay here at night, Finbar is at its best when Havak is away from its computer and can't answer. Then, come back tomorrow morning around 9 am and read Havak's answers and Finbar pouncing at him after every post.

	17-12-2002 06:45									#491
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin You have bought it, you own the book, you rascal !

I haven't, but I'd love to see a copy.

*finbar hunts for even more obscure Australian colloquialisms to baffle Tamerlin and his Petit Ophrys*

How about -

1. Re hunger: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider;

2. Re the weather: It was so windy it near blew the dog off the chain;

3. Re thirst: I'm as dry as a dead dingoe's donger.

Get back to me with the French equivalents?

	17-12-2002 07:54									#492
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quote: Originally posted by finbar I haven't, but I'd love to see a copy.

When do you come in Toulouse ?

quote: *finbar hunts for even more obscure Australian colloquialisms to baffle Tamerlin and his Petit Ophrys*

quote: How about - 1. Re hunger: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider;

Mon Royaume pour un cheval ?

Tr: My kingdom for a horse ?

quote: 2. Re the weather: It was so windy it near blew the dog off the chain;

Il y avait un vent ŕ décorner les boeufs.

Tr: There was a wind strong enough to unhook an ox's horns.

quote: 3. Re thirst: I'm as dry as a dead dingoe's donger.

"J'ai trčs, trés soif !"

Tr: "I'am very, very thirsty!"







P.S : the second one is true...

	17-12-2002 08:52									#493
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin When do you come in Toulouse ?

We have a long-ish term plan to get to Italy sometime next year. If it comes off, we would most definitely insert a detour and occupy your spare room! More likely, in fact, we would make it France instead of Italy. Mrs finbar has spent little time in your neck of the woods - aside from her canal barge trip while I was stuck back here working! - and I'd like her to see some more of it. Especially across around the Gorge du Tarn and further up to the beautiful little town of Sarlat.

quote: Mon Royaume pour un cheval ? Tr: My kingdom for a horse ?

Not even close! There must be a French expression for something like - "I'm so hungry I could ... ".

quote: Il y avait un vent ŕ décorner les boeufs. Tr: There was a wind strong enough to unhook an ox's horns.

Exact equivalent. To coin an oxymoron.

quote: "J'ai trčs, trés soif !" Tr: "I'am very, very thirsty!"

Sorry! No! You'll have to do better than that.

	17-12-2002 09:38									#494
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quote: Originally posted by finbar We have a long-ish term plan to get to Italy sometime next year. If it comes off, we would most definitely insert a detour and occupy your spare room!

You are welcome!

quote: More likely, in fact, we would make it France instead of Italy. Mrs finbar has spent little time in your neck of the woods - aside from her canal barge trip while I was stuck back here working!

You should have hoovered your keyboard. No hoover, no trip, women are very strict on some subjects.

quote: Especially across around the Gorge du Tarn and further up to the beautiful little town of Sarlat.

Two beautiful places, you must see them along with the whole area callet the Lot.

quote: Not even close! There must be a French expression for something like - "I'm so hungry I could ... ".

Tomorrow, now I'am going to bed.

quote: Sorry! No! You'll have to do better than that.

Yes, tomorrow, it's late... even for me.

	17-12-2002 12:53									#495
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quote: Originally posted by Tamerlin You are welcome!

You'll be sorry!

quote: You should have hoovered your keyboard. No hoover, no trip, women are very strict on some subjects.

I had work commitments and couldn't go! I organised the trip for her and even paid for her airfare!

quote: Two beautiful places, you must see them along with the whole area callet the Lot.

I've seen them, she hasn't.

quote: Tomorrow, now I'am going to bed. Yes, tomorrow, it's late... even for me.

I wore him out!

	17-12-2002 14:07									#496
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quote: OTOH Glaws have a good defence, and if Paul was playing that badly at fullback opponents would be exploiting it far more than they seem to be, so I guess he is doing better than I'm inclined to give him credit for.

You are the form team of the year there’s no doubt – but there are worrying signs there for you even so. Being comprehensively outplayed up front by a second string Tigers side must have rung alarm bells. Only a late interception try from Fanolua even made the score respectable there.

The utter reliance on the French fly half is also very dangerous don’t you think?

Beyond that all I can say is two Gloucester fans in the thread – it’s like a waking nightmare!!!

quote: I think he choosed Gloucester because they are somehow the ancestral ennemies of the Leicester Tigers supported by Havak.

Actually my needle with Gloucester stems purely from the time I spent working down there – Tigers fans are still primarily concerned with Saints and Bath. For the latter Glaws share our point of view I think?

quote: *finbar wakes screaming in the night*

Finbar my own dear mother has proudly shown me photos of myself in the crowd that were not in fact me at all. Talk about attack of the clones.

quote: Oh, and they also seem to be Havak's least favourite club, which, basically, made them pretty irresistible.

With apologies to vulture it is actually least favourite fans. Kingsholm is the closest to a Welsh ground you can get in England (i.e an uncomfortable place for visitors) and the fans they bring to Welford Road have a small element who should be at a soccer ground quite frankly.

quote: Then, come back tomorrow morning around 9 am and read Havak's answers and Finbar pouncing at him after every post.

Well someone has to try and tear the blinkers off the old boy.

And there’s nothing wrong with typing Jonno. If Vulture is also an England fan he should know the worth of that gentleman.

	17-12-2002 14:56									#497
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quote: Originally posted by Havak Beyond that all I can say is two Gloucester fans in the thread – it’s like a waking nightmare!!!

*finbar contemplates creating yet another DL*

quote: Finbar my own dear mother has proudly shown me photos of myself in the crowd that were not in fact me at all. Talk about attack of the clones.

We can only hope Mrs Havak - of the spouse rather than maternal variety - doesn't make the same mistake.

quote: Well someone has to try and tear the blinkers off the old boy.

Let he who is without cataracts cast the first aspersion!

quote: And there’s nothing wrong with typing Jonno. If Vulture is also an England fan he should know the worth of that gentleman.

There's nothing wrong with typing J**** unless one has reconnected one's "o" and "n" keyboard keys to the * symbol. Okay, it makes for confusion outside this thread, but I'm famous for my eccentricity.

	17-12-2002 15:20									#498
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quote: Originally posted by Havak The utter reliance on the French fly half is also very dangerous don?t you think?

Yeah players like Vickery, Woodman, Simpson-Daniel, Forrester etc. are just there to make up the numbers...
Ludo is a quality player though - what the hell was he doing lurking in the second division in France when we stumbled across him?

quote: Beyond that all I can say is two Gloucester fans in the thread - it?s like a waking nightmare!!!

It's worse than you imagine - I'm also Welsh

quote: Actually my needle with Gloucester stems purely from the time I spent working down there - Tigers fans are still primarily concerned with Saints and Bath. For the latter Glaws share our point of view I think?

Yup, Bath are the hated enemy, and nothing that could happen to them is as bad as they deserve. Leciester we just dislike 'cause they've been winning a lot recently. Saints and Bristol are teams we actually quite like (and have a strong rivalry with). No doubt other Glaws fans might see things differently, but everyone is united in loathing Bath.

quote: With apologies to vulture it is actually least favourite fans. Kingsholm is the closest to a Welsh ground you can get in England (i.e an uncomfortable place for visitors) and the fans they bring to Welford Road have a small element who should be at a soccer ground quite frankly.

Unfortunately it only takes a few idiots to get everyone a bad reputation. There are a few soccer-style fans around, but they are disliked as much by most Gloucester fans as by anyone else. I wouldn't have thought of Kingsholm as being visitor-unfriendly though - but then I've never been a visiting fan there. Most visitors hide up in the stands. The few that make it into the shed seem to enjoy it. If you are feeling under siege (or from Leicester) then the good-natured banter might not put you at ease completely, but it is harmless.

quote: And there?s nothing wrong with typing Jonno. If Vulture is also an England fan he should know the worth of that gentleman.

I am aware of his work. A great all-in fighter. Why are we mentioning him in a rugby thread?

	17-12-2002 16:08									#499
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quote: Originally posted by vulture It's worse than you imagine - I'm also Welsh

Havak's worst nightmare!

quote: Yup, Bath are the hated enemy, and nothing that could happen to them is as bad as they deserve.

Are they the Fez boys?

quote: I am aware of his work. A great all-in fighter. Why are we mentioning him in a rugby thread?

	17-12-2002 16:50									#500
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Are they the Fez boys?

The Fez boys are Saracens, although that seems to be a fairly recent thing (any Sarries fans correct me if I'm wrong, but the whole Fez thing only appeared in a big way about 4 or 5 years ago IIRC).

	17-12-2002 17:12									#501
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quote: Originally posted by vulture but everyone is united in loathing Bath.

Havak has referred to this before. Why is this? Age-old rivalry? Some specific thing? They're just a bunch of bastards?

	17-12-2002 17:49									#502
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Why does eveyone hate Bath? Dunno - i'd guess that it was due to them having been one of the strongest clubs in the country for a long time (not at the moment - an absolute tragedy), and being insufferably smug about it to boot. Much like the reason why all the Celtic nations hate the English.

	17-12-2002 18:21									#503
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quote: Originally posted by finbar I had work commitments and couldn't go! I organised the trip for her and even paid for her airfare!

Don't you think the price is high for a quiet week ? You had a big fiesta scheduled and didn't want your wife to hang around teasing you each time you ordered a drink ?

quote: I've seen them, she hasn't.

But she has seen Toulouse, the beacon of southern France.

quote: I wore him out!

Aaaaaah, you got me !

quote: 1. Re hunger: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse and chase the rider;

When we are really hungry we say : "J'ai l'estomac dans les talons" or J'ai tellement faim que je mangerais n'importe quoi."

Tr : "I have the stomach in the heels" or "I'am so hungry I would eat anything."

quote: Re thirst: I'm as dry as a dead dingoe's donger.

I don't remember any equivalent sentence in France.
We usually say our throat is dry, if metropolitan France had a hot desert area I guess we would have something like your popular sentence.

	17-12-2002 18:37									#504
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quote: Originally posted by vulture Why does eveyone hate Bath? Dunno - i'd guess that it was due to them having been one of the strongest clubs in the country for a long time (not at the moment - an absolute tragedy), and being insufferably smug about it to boot. Much like the reason why all the Celtic nations hate the English.

Isn't Bath the most titled club of England ? This situation reminds me of the Stade Toulousain, in the last 10 years the Stade has won something like seven titles out of ten among which four in a row. I think many people get tired of this and have a kind of grudge against the Stade.

People are mean !

	17-12-2002 19:20									#505
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New thread guys...

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