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by Flying Hippo
Wed Oct 11, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Israel
Replies: 2570
Views: 62287

Re: Israel

There's no doubt now. Hamas terrorists did rape women and did decapitate women and children.
by Flying Hippo
Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Israel
Replies: 2570
Views: 62287

Re: Israel

Hamas took the opportunity to showcase themselves with their live stream and an incorrigible Soviet provocateur, some adults who haven't outgrown simplistic, binary student politics and an "old crank who simply hates Jews" reacted with glee. Hamas was proud to show the world its achievemen...
by Flying Hippo
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:06 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Israel
Replies: 2570
Views: 62287

Re: Israel

I'm willing to pitch in but the minute we enter a vortex of never ending circular arguments, I'm out. A (Talking of which, at this juncture, one must try not to imagine greatly experienced orientalists robing themselves in a smoking jacket and collapsing into a chesterfield after a hard day's saliv...
by Flying Hippo
Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:33 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Israel
Replies: 2570
Views: 62287

Re: Israel

We've not found a solution so far. I reckon that if we all put in the effort, we should get there in another 25 pages or so. I'm willing to pitch in but the minute we enter a vortex of never ending circular arguments, I'm out. An entirely understandable opinion. But it is really quite simple. First...
by Flying Hippo
Tue Jul 04, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Essex CCC
Replies: 974
Views: 39363

Re: Essex CCC

Ravi's been released by Sussex.
by Flying Hippo
Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Titan submarine
Replies: 159
Views: 3381

Re: Titan submarine

Just imagine: Two parallel sets of five human beings who are trapped together in ghastly engineered tubes. Each of the tubes were created with the objective of exploring and expanding the boundaries of humanity's knowledge and inquisitiveness but, sadly, both are being commonly used for far more mun...
by Flying Hippo
Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister
Replies: 165
Views: 4513

Re: Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland's first minister

‘I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. Now, for me as a Christian – for me – for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God’s in the mix’. The words of Barak Obama in 2008, immediately prior to his election and subsequent sanctification. How times change. Mrs Forbes ...
by Flying Hippo
Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Replies: 105
Views: 3217

Re: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Oh dear - as is so often the case. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's arrest, conviction, incarceration and subsequent treatment is entirely due to the actions of the Iranian state. Nevertheless, the F&CO and HM's Government appear to be the main target of criticism, ejaculated at Boris, risibly, dementedl...
by Flying Hippo
Sun Mar 06, 2022 8:01 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Peter Kitchen and John Mackie
Replies: 13
Views: 1044

Re: Peter Kitchen and John Mackie

Jason Brissett and Emmanuel Vasseur (joint managers), Peter Mountford and Chad Mansley (first team coaches).
by Flying Hippo
Thu Feb 24, 2022 4:39 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Russia / Ukraine Watch
Replies: 1838
Views: 43871

Re: Russia / Ukraine Watch

Typhoons up over the Channel.
by Flying Hippo
Fri Sep 24, 2021 6:48 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Essex Cricket
Replies: 68
Views: 2922

Re: Essex Cricket

Apparently it's been an extremely fractious season "behind the scenes" focussed around Ronnie Irani's criticism of a prevalent drinking culture. This resulted in a showdown between RI and senior players (A Cook, Harmer, Westley and Lawrence were mentioned, supported by McGrath). The situat...
by Flying Hippo
Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:40 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: What Are You Listening To Today?
Replies: 117
Views: 6892

Re: What Are You Listening To Today?



The subtitles for this beautiful piece contain some block script as well as a literal, and therefore occasionally peculiar, English translation.
by Flying Hippo
Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:22 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Cyprus U21
Replies: 5
Views: 610

Re: Cyprus U21

Apologies, Big Ron, but I noticed Ruel Sotiriou was reported to have scored after 31 minutes.
by Flying Hippo
Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:10 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: BBC and Government
Replies: 63
Views: 1268

Re: BBC and Government

Some video evidence of this board's prominent leftwingers (those heroic, self-appointed champions and mouthpiece of the working man/woman/indeterminate) using a sickle would be very entertaining.
by Flying Hippo
Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:27 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Births Deaths And Marriages
Replies: 1657
Views: 113680

Re: Births Deaths And Marriages

Max B Gold wrote: Wed Jul 07, 2021 11:01 am My 1st grandson was born yesterday. :D
The best news!

Warmest congratulations to the parents, you and your family.
by Flying Hippo
Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:56 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: It is madness to open up today
Replies: 45
Views: 1695

Re: It is madness to open up today

Nairn in Darkness and Light by David Thomson is a fine wee book Alerted by this post I bought the book and you are right it is a guid read as they say down the Fishertown chippie. Interestingly Newton House that the authors grand parents lived in and that he writes about in the book is now a hotel ...
by Flying Hippo
Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:32 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Boardin Mentors
Replies: 26
Views: 660

Re: Boardin Mentors

Dunners wrote: Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:34 pm DM sent. Lately my boardin seems to be attracting the appreciation of gammons, so some guidance is probably overdue.
Actually it's been very good for quite some time.
by Flying Hippo
Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:46 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Essex vs Worcestershire
Replies: 13
Views: 741

Re: Essex vs Worcestershire

Ructions in the commentary box. Sounds like Davis is brawling with Big Kev (on loan from Radio 5 Live) while Newman's unleashed a massive soliloquy on his covid vaccination. Meanwhile a cuckoo is in fine voice somewhere nearby and Toppers has played already more big shots than the openers combined.
by Flying Hippo
Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:12 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Essex vs Worcestershire
Replies: 13
Views: 741

Re: Essex vs Worcestershire

Brilliant!

It's also on Youtube (300 watching). Browne's in a short sleeved jumper, Cook's in layers. Toppers is commentating and is in good form already.
by Flying Hippo
Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Only 22 countries in the world that have never been invaded by Britain
Replies: 33
Views: 878

Re: Only 22 countries in the world that have never been invaded by Britain

We have never invaded Israel, when we were mandated the land, after WW1, it was called Palestine. It was the European Jews ( mainly), that invaded Palestine in 1948, and they are still occupying the country, 'till this day Just cleared that up for you bro Just under half the Jewish population in Is...
by Flying Hippo
Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:12 pm
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: FAO Scottish Members
Replies: 93
Views: 1930

Re: FAO Scottish Members

Imagine a chronicle of the multitude of conversations, discussions, disagreements, arguments, flounces and rebounds on here: It could serve usefully as a befitting record of just how utterly depressing, tawdry, insipid and terminally dysfunctional everything has become. Everything in the remarkably ...
by Flying Hippo
Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:51 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Cheltenham Festival
Replies: 38
Views: 847

Re: Cheltenham Festival

Some woman on Today Radio 4, spouting platitudes about the Cheltenham " Festival " . Quickly glossing over the amount of horses that have been slaughtered in the last few years. I wonder who is prepared to come on here and justify the amount of money they throw at this butchery of these n...
by Flying Hippo
Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:51 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Internationals who ended up at Orient
Replies: 20
Views: 698

Re: Internationals who ended up at Orient

Thanks again, that's helpful. Here're the candidates so far: Bowles, Brabrook, Coates, Dossena, Garner, Jonny Gorman, Hodge, Andy Jones, Liam Kelly, Lisbie, McAnuff, Alvin Martin, His Reverence Mulryne, Shilton, Simba, Peter Taylor, Thompson, Toner, Walley, Wilkins, and Zoricich. (21) Applying the t...
by Flying Hippo
Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:07 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Internationals who ended up at Orient
Replies: 20
Views: 698

Internationals who ended up at Orient

Which full international footballers have ended up at Orient in the last 50-ish years? This is a subjective exercise. Category E Very good/good players for the O's, like Ralph Coates and Simba, or sensational, like Bowles. Category G Disappointing: for example, Hodge and Alvin Martin perhaps? Any su...
by Flying Hippo
Fri Mar 12, 2021 6:54 am
Forum: General Chat (League One Boardin')
Topic: Players who went on to better things
Replies: 59
Views: 2783

Re: Players who went on to better things

Thanks again.

It looks like Mervyn played for Villa and Leeds in Division One.

The gun has been jumped with Gerry Queen (a fine player, particularly good in 73/4, and a decent bloke too - like most of the squad that year), He's a category F player.