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by gremlin
Fri Jul 17, 2026 3:49 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: World Cup
Replies: 370
Views: 8867

Re: World Cup



Blimey

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5yd5kv1e5ko


Well, the French throw a strop as well as any 3 year old!! They don't want to see who comes in 3rd / 4th, they wanted to win !!

England supporters are probably the same ??


I do have to wonder at this. If a British Olympic ...
by gremlin
Fri Jul 17, 2026 12:08 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Online competitions for cars, bikes and tech goodies.
Replies: 2396
Views: 155042

Re: Online competitions for cars, bikes and tech goodies.

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:09 pm Every bloody branch :flame:
Yeah, but it will soon catch fire/rust away/fall into a thousand pieces of its own accord, so don't worry about it.
by gremlin
Fri Jul 17, 2026 11:34 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: What have you done today thread?
Replies: 17748
Views: 1028493

Re: What have you done today thread?

Went for one of them skin checks for cancer yesterday as I have this irritating small lesion on my left temple that sometimes itches, sometimes looks a little flaky and sometimes goes a slightly dark colour.

Got a call early this morning to say its an actinic keratosis (I had to look that up to ...
by gremlin
Fri Jul 17, 2026 9:18 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Friday thread, mid July
Replies: 29
Views: 400

Re: Friday thread, mid July

Get that plate changed, ASAP. It's a pull just waiting to happen. ;)

Mrs. G gets home today, so that'll be nice. Shame I'm out with a bunch of distinguished gentlemen this evening to discuss important world events over a pint or two before going for a Ruby.

Tomorrow will be up with the sparrow and ...
by gremlin
Fri Jul 17, 2026 6:47 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: What's the deal with Magpies?
Replies: 11
Views: 191

Re: What's the deal with Magpies?

They were better than Blue Peter back in the 70s.
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 4:19 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: What have you done today thread?
Replies: 17748
Views: 1028493

Re: What have you done today thread?

Noggin wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 4:00 pm

Soooo, I got a LOT of Excellent Cheddar for a not huge price !!


You can freeze Cheddar. :thumbup:

(Go buy more!)
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 4:00 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: World Cup
Replies: 370
Views: 8867

Re: World Cup




The England team should have kicked the football better than the other team kicked the football. Then they would have won the game of football.


Pah! It's way more complicated than that.

The England team should have kicked the football betterer than the other team kicked the football into ...
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 3:49 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: What have you done today thread?
Replies: 17748
Views: 1028493

Re: What have you done today thread?

Learnt how to pronounce the Vietnamese surname Nguyen.

It's kinda more Ng-wayne.

Apparently the way I'd been pronouncing it was more like the derogatory word for a traitor. :wtf:
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 2:44 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: World Cup
Replies: 370
Views: 8867

Re: World Cup


The England team should have kicked the football better than the other team kicked the football. Then they would have won the game of football.


Pah! It's way more complicated than that.

The England team should have kicked the football betterer than the other team kicked the football into the ...
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 9:43 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: World Cup
Replies: 370
Views: 8867

Re: World Cup

A profession team representing their country bringing a political protest banner onto the pitch. Really? :thumbdown:
by gremlin
Thu Jul 16, 2026 6:32 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: World Cup
Replies: 370
Views: 8867

Re: World Cup

S'only a game.
by gremlin
Wed Jul 15, 2026 11:21 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news
Replies: 1320
Views: 93380

Re: In todays light hearted look at the (non-political) news

Remember: always check your rearview mirror...

Police ring van driver blocking emergency response

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cjwgwv1wznzo


At least they all had a laugh about it.
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 3:11 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: What have you done today thread?
Replies: 17748
Views: 1028493

Re: What have you done today thread?

Got a call from the sister-in-law saying she'd been knocked off her push bike at 4am necessitating a visit to A+E. The other party never stopped or anything. :shock:

Mind you, the other party was a badger that ran across the road in front of her and they had a coming together. She reckons she ...
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 1:31 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Replies: 10828
Views: 612341

Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

Atorvastatin side effects, making my hips feel like that of a 125 year old man. :thumbdown:
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 11:58 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Madamemaladrootstikesagaon
Replies: 3
Views: 112

Re: Madamemaladrootstikesagaon

Set fire to the house and deny everything.
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Replies: 10828
Views: 612341

Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little

Now I know I can have a potty mouth at times, but really?

Me and Mrs. G went out to a pub with friends on Saturday evening. Nice place, sat outside, and I hear two blokes over my right shoulder having a heated discussion along the lines of, 'You're taking the fucking piss, ya cunt...'. I look ...
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 10:50 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Replies: 10828
Views: 612341

Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little


Never being able to lay in on the weekends, but struggle to wake up on weekdays, ffs!


I was thinking the same thing this morning when the alarm went off, having laid awake from 3am 'til about 5.30am trying to get to sleep. Now knackered and having to get up at about 3am to drop the good Mrs. G ...
by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 8:57 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Just Dead Celebrity Express Thread !
Replies: 2185
Views: 163723

Re: Just Dead Celebrity Express Thread !

the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:00 am Sir Sam Neil

The deathly dinosaur finally caught him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crl1gk5 ... tification
One of his later films, which went criminally under the radar, was Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

by gremlin
Mon Jul 13, 2026 8:52 am
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Just Dead Celebrity Express Thread !
Replies: 2185
Views: 163723

Re: Just Dead Celebrity Express Thread !

Bobzilla wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:01 am
ZRX61 wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:22 pm
Bobzilla wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:00 am Senator Lindsey Graham.

And Mitch McConnel is knocking on the door too. Unless he's already gone.
Apparently a heart attack is now a "short sudden illness"
Not exactly an incorrect description...
'Want of breath' gets us all eventually.
by gremlin
Fri Jul 10, 2026 1:00 pm
Forum: GENERAL MAYHEM
Topic: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little
Replies: 10828
Views: 612341

Re: Insignificant/ Significant things that BYP or just wind you up a little



top Dyson one is £600.


Shark are betterer*, was way surprising to see how much extra a shark vacuum pulled out of the carpets after being done with a dyson before hand.

*no idea what their battery stuff is like, we have sockets a plenty so always go for corded.

Battery one we have is ...