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Originally posted by Tamerlin
OK, you know better than me on this ground.

I'm just wondering how you would describe them differently. A poussin is a very young spring chicken, no more than four or five weeks old, not much bigger than your hand. So you can imagine what boning it was like! I needed tweezers and a microscope!

Yes, I have seen it! It's a very good cartoon.

It was very well reviewed. I should try to see it.

I have learnt it here, I didn't knew the Stade Toulousain was running after him.

I hope you've got some coal mines in the area to make him feel at home.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar
It was very well reviewed. I should try to see it.

Believe me, it is worth going out of your lair for a while.

I hope you've got some coal mines in the area to make him feel at home.

The last French coal mine closed a few days ago.

[Havak]

You'd give a right arm and any other body part you can spare to have him now the way he's playing.

And Eddie would sacrifice his entire pack to get Jonno the way he is still playing – they are both futile wishes however.

We have young Harry Ellis at Tigers – one of the two England Academy scrummies – and we have to look to the future. Gregan would be great sure – but for a season? Two at the outside?

Of course the reason I justly labelled him a has been is because he is a former world cup winner rather than a current one.

Call it an investment to allow you to rest a couple of gallons on your lap that you couldn't hold in your hands standing up.

I like the way you think!

I wonder if you might find it amusing to hear that the new Tigers away shirt is somewhat All-Black in style (it has just the tri-colour club stripes vertically down the sleeves)?

Presumably they were trying to cash in on Russell's "Gladiator" thing.

Undoubtedly – though he is as famous here for verbally assaulting TV producers. I think the name of that feature possibly killed it’s box office – it’s a real mouthful.

I'm trying to find a version of the laws laid out in such a fashion to allow easy copy and paste.

I’m fairly happy to accept your research as it stands. If you can find them great – as I would like to see how ambiguous they are. I would certainly support them being re-written.

So his charges are on hold until it's determined whether the judiciary does have the right. The man is a serious worry.

My view on this is simple – inside the ground should still be taken as ‘onfield’. Remove this silly premise for getting away with thuggery entirely? It wasn’t Flavell was it? Flavell recently came third in the Planet rugby poll on the world’s dirtiest players behind Corne Krige and Jonno – proving that the readers of that site know nothing about rugby on the whole.

I still have a soft spot for old plank. He has impulse control issues but he is generally a nice enough lad behind that. The Waratahs renaissance for him stalled a bit though didn’t it?

What's this? Tigers' new back four? Recruiting from foreign shores again?

Apparently there is a Kiwi in the frame – but a back not a forward. The club is being as secretive as ever about signings.

Oh and the French clubs are not flavour of the month with us right now.

Still to cheer me up I have a friend who is a Saints fan and he is grievously upset that Krige is joining them.

I noticed that. Still, you've now got Picard at full back.

Andy Goode – the prodigal son – has been playing there. I suspect with Neil Baxter fit again and on the wing Geordan Murphy will reclaim it. Jaco VD Westhuyzen is off to Japan next month – but rumour has it is returning to us 12 months later. He had signed a three year deal and as a ‘devout christian’ intended to keep his word – so something muts have happended to let him renconcile not doing so.

Hmm I didn’t mention the score from last weekend did I?

Leicester Tigers 75 – Rotherham 13

That’s a record score for the top flight. I can also offer you some insight into Rotherham’s plight – whereas most top flight defences are very organised – theirs is not.

I have learnt it here, I didn't knew the Stade Toulousain was running after him.

Big strong lad – Welsh record try scorer – unique try celebration. But not a player I would want at Tigers.

I am sure the serie will become more and more interesting and I am waiting for Wesley Crucher's death and the Borgs with anticipation.

*SPOILER*


Wesley does not die. Think ‘ascends’.

The Borg are briefly seen is one of the season 2 Q episodes – but their proper introduction in the Best of Both Worlds (season 3-4 Bridging story) is probably the best piece of SF TV ever. Have you really never seen it? I bought the video in 1990 (when I was still young)!

The last French coal mine closed a few days ago.

Mrs Thatcher is now living in France?

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A pre-9 am post? Now you've got your priorities right!

Originally posted by Havak

Of course the reason I justly labelled him a has been is because he is a former world cup winner rather than a current one.

And J**** is a former captain of the third best rugby nation in the NH!

I wonder if you might find it amusing to hear that the new Tigers away shirt is somewhat All-Black in style (it has just the tri-colour club stripes vertically down the sleeves)?

So how is it All Black? (Aside from its occupants promising much and delivering little)

I’m fairly happy to accept your research as it stands. If you can find them great – as I would like to see how ambiguous they are. I would certainly support them being re-written.

Unfortunately, the Rugby Planet site, which used to have a relatively accessible version of the laws, seems to have dropped them. Unless they've put them somewhere else on the site.

My view on this is simple – inside the ground should still be taken as ‘onfield’. Remove this silly premise for getting away with thuggery entirely?

I thought anywhere inside the fence was covered. He will be dealt with. It's just a matter of how and when.

It wasn’t Flavell was it? Flavell recently came third in the Planet rugby poll on the world’s dirtiest players behind Corne Krige and Jonno – proving that the readers of that site know nothing about rugby on the whole.

A chap called Levi. Hails from, um, the North Auckland region, I think. Troy Flavell is psychotic. I'd rank him the ugliest in very recent times. That Bok lock - Bothe? - isn't far behind him. Still, we've come a long way from the days of the Richard Loes.

I still have a soft spot for old plank. He has impulse control issues but he is generally a nice enough lad behind that. The Waratahs renaissance for him stalled a bit though didn’t it?

It hasn't been his fault they keep commiting suicide. His work in lineouts and around the ground has been top class. I always questioned his work rates, but not this season.

Still to cheer me up I have a friend who is a Saints fan and he is grievously upset that Krige is joining them.

I wonder if Corne has a clause in his contract requiring a certain number of bites and head butts per season?

He had signed a three year deal and as a ‘devout christian’ intended to keep his word – so something muts have happended to let him renconcile not doing so.

Dubya is a devout christian, too.

Hmm I didn’t mention the score from last weekend did I?

Leicester Tigers 75 – Rotherham 13

I ignored that. Dermott could score tries against them. A dog who overbalances every time he cocks his leg.

Mrs Thatcher is now living in France?

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the cow's rise to power? Thankfully she's now a senile, dribbling old bint who doesn't remember. Mmmm. She and Ronald Regan should get together and exchange non-existent memories.

[Havak]

Lucky more than anything – I had five free minutes.

And J**** is a former captain of the third best rugby nation in the NH!

Strictly speaking that is not true – they never finished so low under his captaincy.

So how is it All Black? (Aside from its occupants promising much and delivering little)

Because the shirt is black – with club emblem and sponsors name – the only colour being two thin strips of the colours the eyeties nicked off of us running down the sleeves.

I’ll leave the Kiwi boys to rise to the other bit.

Unless they've put them somewhere else on the site.

The content was trimmed drastically with the last re-design. Money must be tight.

He will be dealt with. It's just a matter of how and when.

The NZ union has an appalling record for keeping a clean house with it’s players unfortunately. If this lad was English he would already know the date of his disciplinary hearing.

Troy Flavell is psychotic. I'd rank him the ugliest in very recent times.

He achieved a unique record after his appearance for the baa-baa’s recently – being cited and banned afterwards I believe. He made a truly lethal tackle it an effective exhibition game. Hard to argue with you. I also think most of the incumbent Bok front row could be accused of being close behind. But as a team the Tongans remain unmatched – they just don’t get the concept of the tackle I suspect?

I wonder if Corne has a clause in his contract requiring a certain number of bites and head butts per season?

He is in for a shock – the RFU is very strict on discipline, certainly stricter than he has been used to.

Dubya is a devout christian, too.

I found the details – it’s a two year deal he signed but he is exercising an opt out clause after one to return to us. No clash with his ideals there then. One does wonder why NEC don’t face facts – he no longer wants to go so why force him?

I ignored that. Dermott could score tries against them. A dog who overbalances every time he cocks his leg.

Not an Einstein then?

No one has done that to Rotherham before – they have had a lot of close games – and many games where they have scored freely. We simply ripped them apart – the bonus point coming in under 20 mins. One has to accept they knew they were relegated when they came to us – but then they have known that for months really!

Twenty-fifth anniversary of the cow's rise to power?

And she still has a hard core of fans!

The current Tory leadership refused to take part in the ‘celebratory’ documentaries, as they would like us all to forget they are her spiritual successors.

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Originally posted by Havak

Strictly speaking that is not true – they never finished so low under his captaincy.

Former captain of the third best team in the NH! It is so true.

I’ll leave the Kiwi boys to rise to the other bit.

ravagon's too far away with the pixies with all that SF claptrap he's going on about and goodness knows where the others have gone. Too ashamed to show their faces. Or off trying to filch even more coastline from the Maoris.

But as a team the Tongans remain unmatched – they just don’t get the concept of the tackle I suspect?

Yes, but you have to love the Tongans. They play some very entertaining rugby in between doling out concussion.

I found the details – it’s a two year deal he signed but he is exercising an opt out clause after one to return to us. No clash with his ideals there then.

Oh well, with the Great Lawyer In The Sky on his side he couldn't go wrong.

Not an Einstein then?

He's possibly the most incompetent creature ever to walk the earth. A total sook, an out-and-out coward who has progressed from fear of the vacuum cleaner to fear of the straw broom, who lives in fear of a 12 year-old Bichon Frisse about a tenth of his size, who would eat till he burst given the chance, who has to resort to squatting to wee because he fears falling over when he cocks his leg. Draw your own conclusions: http://users.bigpond.net.au/finbar/doggies/blob.jpg

The current Tory leadership refused to take part in the ‘celebratory’ documentaries, as they would like us all to forget they are her spiritual successors.

It's indicative of their utter uselessness that they can't dent President Blair despite the suicidal path he's on.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Havak

Oh and the French clubs are not flavour of the month with us right now.

Some English clubs seem in need of an easy scapegoat to explain their own failure. Of course, none of them remembers the money and salary war they started a few years ago. This is called a time bomb and it is now about to explode in their own face. I am convinced that a thorough study of the "side" contracts (rights about the image, commercials... and so on) would reveal the balance is actually rather fair.

Big strong lad – Welsh record try scorer – unique try celebration. But not a player I would want at Tigers.

Wait and see...

The Borg are briefly seen is one of the season 2 Q episodes – but their proper introduction in the Best of Both Worlds (season 3-4 Bridging story) is probably the best piece of SF TV ever. Have you really never seen it? I bought the video in 1990 (when I was still young)!

I have already seen it, a friend of mine lend me the best episodes among which "the best of both worlds", but I have decided to see the full serie in the right order.

Mrs Thatcher is now living in France?

I am about to consider that every politician, whatever his side, is a potential Thatcher, they all need the same flaws to succeed: hyprocrisy and self-delusion.

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Originally posted by Tamerlin
every politician, whatever his side, is a potential Thatcher,

You got the gender right.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by finbar
Or off trying to filch even more coastline from the Maoris.

More like trying to stop it from being filched by the Maoris.

[Havak]

Former captain of the third best team in the NH! It is so true.

One lucky win each for Ireland and France do not a better team make in either case. Still the youngsters are due to wallop the cream of the SH next month anyway.

He's possibly the most incompetent creature ever to walk the earth

Unusual for his breed then? Most have a bit of iron buried somewhere in the psyche. I’d think twice about taking on an angry one!

It's indicative of their utter uselessness that they can't dent President Blair despite the suicidal path he's on.

Howard has made progress against Blair – but the party has not matched it against Labour.

Blair will win another term and be stabbed before the end of it – labour will then win one more election narrowly before the Tories get back in. And the cycle will continue – even to the extent that the Lib-Dems will declare they are ready to form a government before losing 30 seats instead.

Some English clubs seem in need of an easy scapegoat to explain their own failure

What failure? Before last season we had dominated the HC for how many seasons?

Of course, none of them remembers the money and salary war they started a few years ago

*whistles* we had a salary cap just one year after going professional. What salary war? We learnt our lessons early on this one.

Wait and see...

that really has to be my line to you!

but I have decided to see the full serie in the right order.

Fair enough – although there is no real story arc in TNG. Such things were thought unnecessary back then.

they all need the same flaws to succeed: hyprocrisy and self-delusion.

Politician. Celebrity. One caps fits all here.

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Originally posted by Havak
One lucky win each for Ireland and France do not a better team make in either case. Still the youngsters are due to wallop the cream of the SH next month anyway.

I've coined a new verb - "to Tamerlin". It means to utter something completely nonsensical. You have just Tamerlined.

Unusual for his breed then? Most have a bit of iron buried somewhere in the psyche. I’d think twice about taking on an angry one!

Iron? Plasticine, more like. He's a rather extreme example of the soft side of an OES. The only genuinely bad tempered ones are usually the result of in-breeding or severe mistreatment. Most are fairly benign in temperament, but they can be very protective of their family - children, in particular.

Blair will win another term and be stabbed before the end of it –

Presumably he will jump before he's pushed?

*whistles* we had a salary cap just one year after going professional. What salary war? We learnt our lessons early on this one.

Red card for Tamerlin for Tamerlining!

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by finbar


I've coined a new verb - "to Tamerlin". It means to utter something completely nonsensical. You have just Tamerlined.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Havak
What failure? Before last season we had dominated the HC for how many seasons?

*whistles* we had a salary cap just one year after going professional. What salary war? We learnt our lessons early on this one.

A few years ago, the salaries were so high in England that some of the best French players and many from many other parts of the world were flowing to England. The salary war was so deadly many of your clubs complained (read "whined") as they were coming close to bankruptcy.

About your initial salary cap, it was so high it meant nothing at all.

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Originally posted by Tamerlin
About your initial salary cap, it was so high it meant nothing at all.

I've just coined another new verb - "To finbar". It means to utter something utterly profound. Tamerlin has just finbared.

[ravagon]

Originally posted by Havak

I’ll leave the Kiwi boys to rise to the other bit.

I shall not stoop so low.
I reserve the right, however, to do so at a convenient point in the future - after this years 3N perhaps - and point out the error in finbars Tamerlining ways.

'Unsteady Eddie' (you have to have seen the comedian to appreciate this) is spitting the dummy (yet) again over something pretty trivial.
This time it's the Pacific Islands 15, or rather the fact that those Islanders involved in this composite team will still be able to represent the nation of their choosing in the international arena - an aspect very much needed by Island rugby.
Stop dribbling Eddie. It's very little different from the Barb teams we send Northwards every once in a while.

http://www.planetrugby.com/Teams/Australia/story_36004.shtml