OT. The futures Bright, the Futures Brexit!!!

[mistaram]

Worry about that Andy "I've got no love for football " What the suck are you doing on football forum apart from winding Swales up

[swaledale]

Winding me up? making me laugh more like!

[Andy_Faber]

Worry about that Andy "I've got no love for football " What the suck are you doing on football forum apart from winding Swales up

I mean I'm not an obsessive. I don't watch footy on tv unless Derby or Rangers are playing or if its on at a friends house, I don't keep up with other teams apart from those around us in the table or those my friends support so we can have a bit of footy banter when I see them (oh and Forest just for lols), and I therefore don't have a lot to say about the suitablity of potential signings. I can't imagine life without The Rams though. We all have our relationship with football, that's mine.

I don't set out to wind Swale up, he's just a bit of a slam-dunk on that score

[ramAnag]

I mean I'm not an obsessive. I don't watch footy on tv unless Derby or Rangers are playing or if its on at a friends house, I don't keep up with other teams apart from those around us in the table or those my friends support so we can have a bit of footy banter when I see them (oh and Forest just for lols), and I therefore don't have a lot to say about the suitablity of potential signings. I can't imagine life without The Rams though. We all have our relationship with football, that's mine.

I don't set out to wind Swale up, he's just a bit of a slam-dunk on that score

Rangers!!!!!! Why?

[Andy_Faber]

Rangers!!!!!! Why?

Mrs Faber is a Bluenose.

[ramAnag]

Mrs Faber is a Bluenose.

Oh dear...my condolences.

[Andy_Faber]

Oh dear...my condolences.

Mrs Faber's passion for Rangers (and Scotland) knows no bounds and I can't avoid getting dragged along by it.

[ramAnag]

Mrs Faber's passion for Rangers (and Scotland) knows no bounds and I can't avoid getting dragged along by it.

Each to their own. Please don't tell me she likes the bagpipes as well. One of my least favourite sounds going...indefensible on all levels even by the most partisan of Scots.

[Andy_Faber]

Each to their own. Please don't tell me she likes the bagpipes as well. One of my least favourite sounds going...indefensible on all levels even by the most partisan of Scots.

Yes bagpipes, anything tartan, anything with Mc, Mac or O' at the start of the name, CONSTANT discussion about the referendum, William of Orange, the injustice of historic battles from Flodden to Colluden, why the 'Scottish Empire' only reached Swarkestone (this discussion often started by me) and intense unrest when I suggest setting up a Just Giving account to rebuild Hadrian's Wall. Despite my 'observations' and piss taking here and elsewhere, I think they are a great bunch of folk, the most welcoming of strangers of any race/nation I've known. Y'see, I do see the value of immigrants....

[roger_ramjet]

Have you discussed the Scottish attempted conquest of Panama with her? A fine example of how to bankrupt a country

[Andy_Faber]

Have you discussed the Scottish attempted conquest of Panama with her? A fine example of how to bankrupt a country

Yes the Darien scheme comes up regularly. Mrs Faber has a habit, maybe you know of folk with the same such habit, of having a deep rooted desire to buy at least one totally un-needed item when out shopping, an activity I refer to as 'Doing a Darien'

Edit: The Scots (who said Scotch?) have a inbred desire to revisit the trials and tribulations of the past, which ironically IMO has given them a much stronger sense of national identity than English folk.

[ramAnag]

Yes bagpipes, anything tartan, anything with Mc, Mac or O' at the start of the name, CONSTANT discussion about the referendum, William of Orange, the injustice of historic battles from Flodden to Colluden, why the 'Scottish Empire' only reached Swarkestone (this discussion often started by me) and intense unrest when I suggest setting up a Just Giving account to rebuild Hadrian's Wall. Despite my 'observations' and piss taking here and elsewhere, I think they are a great bunch of folk, the most welcoming of strangers of any race/nation I've known. Y'see, I do see the value of immigrants....

It's a strange thing. On the rare occasions I've ventured north of the border I've always found them welcoming...except when as a teenager I was chased across a camp site in Inverness by a bunch of Rangers hooligans.
On the other hand, whenever they get together in large numbers...Murrayfield or away football matches...they always appear to be the most pathological, partisan and anti-English of races. Much prefer the Welsh.
Anyway, I'm afraid that bagpipes, along with Farage, R4J, Millwall fans and Billy Davies would be amongst my leading contenders for Room 101.

[Andy_Faber]

Mrs Faber suggested that we and our then pre-ten-year-old daughters should sit with the Rangers fans at King Kev's testimonial, and even she had to admit it was one of my better ideas to disuade her as we watched from the Derby end as numerous fights broke out - between Rangers fans - during the game.

[ramAnag]

Mrs Faber suggested that we and our then pre-ten-year-old daughters should sit with the Rangers fans at King Kev's testimonial, and even she had to admit it was one of my better ideas to disuade her as we watched from the Derby end as numerous fights broke out - between Rangers fans - during the game.

I thought it was the 'Tinman's' testimonial...although I seem to remember them visiting twice. The most numerous and worst behaved fans I've come across. Thank God there aren't as many Millwall fans as there are of Rangers.

[Andy_Faber]

yes you are right, it was ted's.