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by Happyhooker
Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Zapp Bannigan wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:11 pm Refry, any more trolling on this thread, you'll be on a non paid leave of absence.

Zapp.
Tbf, he's used to not getting paid
by Happyhooker
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00
Replies: 1130
Views: 20279

Re: RWC SF2 England vs Springboks on 21/10 @ 21h00

Not a lot for the neutral to get excited about Competitive matches make for a good spectacle. Wouldn't be surprised to see some empty seats for the semifinals. There were plenty of empty seats at both Marseille games. Interestingly only about half the hospitality boxes were in use Yup, that small m...
by Happyhooker
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:30 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

National thread, Welsh trolls get the fuck out. Trolling? How can you troll the already incensed? They are already dialed to 11. No my point is, i thought I would bring up the troubles in Northern Ireland as a reminder of a conflict within our lifetimes, that the Irish are getting over in a healthy...
by Happyhooker
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: For.....does the NH really bitch this much or is it just RWC
Replies: 39
Views: 1579

Re: For.....does the NH really bitch this much or is it just RWC

Sards wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:14 am Du Pont having a cry.
The Irish about forward passes.
The vokken ref.


Just let it go ffs.
Has anyone put on armbands yet?
by Happyhooker
Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC QF1 Wales vs Pumas @ 17h00 14 Oct 2023
Replies: 273
Views: 5288

Re: RWC QF1 Wales vs Pumas @ 17h00 14 Oct 2023

There were probably 3 times Welsh supporters than Argentinian there and they got properly outsung.

I've never seen that before.

Wonderful atmosphere
by Happyhooker
Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

I have a couple of cat 2 tickets vs Fiji for sale on the resale site from the follow your team pack (my wife is the England fan) but I would let them go for less money to someone from here, especially if I recognise your name! Can't tell you how annoyed I am that RWC are selling a load of extra tic...
by Happyhooker
Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: RWC England v (the whole of) Samoa
Replies: 266
Views: 4583

Re: RWC England v (the whole of) Samoa

Wear your purple England change strip :thumbup: Surely the best bet is to wear white and hope you blend in as a Fiji fan? Confuse everyone by turning up in something properly left field, like a South Syndey Rabbitohs shirt or a t-shirt with Bucco Bruce in proper creamsicle colours. I will take thes...
by Happyhooker
Sat Aug 26, 2023 11:16 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Mad Nads has finally, finally, officially resigned ! :roll: She angry :lol: Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie Parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. What exactly has been done or have you achieved? You hold the office of Prime Minister unelected, without a ...
by Happyhooker
Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Really weird experience tonight
Replies: 7
Views: 687

Re: Really weird experience tonight

Maybe try paying attention in public spaces rather than checking your phone?
by Happyhooker
Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Law question- Farrell tackle
Replies: 913
Views: 28595

Re: Law question- Farrell tackle

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:36 pm This c**t should have his inbox flooded

Well that's a cunt of a post.

No. Whatever you think about something, never try to arrange a pile on. That's just shitty behaviour.
by Happyhooker
Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:56 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 2648
Views: 141257

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

I was walking around Kensington yesterday and was appalled by the ravaged state of some of the tourists.
by Happyhooker
Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

So the game is, who from that squad stand a chance of making the World Cup squad proper. I'd say these lot are certs: Genge Dombrandt Sinckler Stuart Lawrence Smith These are likely: Marler Arundell Walker Care Blamire* Walker* *Depends on LCD's availability. He'll only take 2x flyhalfs and I recko...
by Happyhooker
Sun May 28, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Saturday...
Replies: 20
Views: 885

Re: Saturday...

Ymx wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 9:45 am
Happyhooker wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 9:01 am Philomena's is normally the answer @slick and paddington
No love for the stage door, HH?
Internationals tend to be fine there, but no chance for club games, they get distracted by football. Especially derby city for some reason
by Happyhooker
Sat May 27, 2023 9:01 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Saturday...
Replies: 20
Views: 885

Re: Saturday...

Philomena's is normally the answer @slick and paddington
by Happyhooker
Tue May 23, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Pro cycling thread
Replies: 196
Views: 7623

Re: Pro cycling thread

Evenpoel's TT time was all done on the flat. He wasn't great up the climb. There's plenty of climbing in this Giro. Name drop. My cousin's son is riding in the Giro so I'm paying more attention than usual. It's not a name drop if you don't drop the name! Think I mentioned it previously. Tao. Missed...
by Happyhooker
Tue May 23, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

C69 wrote: Tue May 23, 2023 5:39 pm The Blob picking on Boris agian...
Didn't he put it in his diaries?
by Happyhooker
Tue May 23, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

I think we recognise that there are major problems with the Premiership So it's taken you all week to come up with that crap!! You tedious, pompous knob A week you say? You were counting (you can count?!)? And you think your monosyllabic posts merit my bothering to even look for, let alone attribut...
by Happyhooker
Fri May 12, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Freddie Burns calls NZ rugby fans shit and demands abolition of British Monarchy
Replies: 11
Views: 798

Re: Freddie Burns calls NZ rugby fans shit and demands abolition of British Monarchy

Jim Lahey wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 1:25 pm
Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 1:23 pm Don't see anything wrong with what he's saying.
It'll be raining beer bottles on him the first time he misses touch with a kick.
They'll hardly have time to take the first sip out of them......
by Happyhooker
Thu May 11, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 2648
Views: 141257

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

So if you’re still interested - BG were supposed to come here today at 1:30 to fix a new rad. Nobody here by nearly 2:30 and I see a missed call on our landline at 9:30, no message left. I ring and it’s the engineer who tells me they’ve collected the rad and it’s damaged so they’ll have to get a re...
by Happyhooker
Thu May 11, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 2648
Views: 141257

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

The incompetence of the human race never ceases to amaze me... what amazes me is that we have a functioning society at all.... So if you’re still interested - BG were supposed to come here today at 1:30 to fix a new rad. Nobody here by nearly 2:30 and I see a missed call on our landline at 9:30, no...
by Happyhooker
Thu May 04, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

Anecdotally, it appears a lot of the turned away are pensioners, as a good deal of them lack the ID. That would chime with my experiences truing to get ID from elderly clients, everything has expired as they no longer go abroad or drive. I did say this before, but just about everyone under 35/40 (m...
by Happyhooker
Thu May 04, 2023 9:17 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 2648
Views: 141257

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

The beyond burgers are quite good, mince isn't bad either. Don't think I'd get them full price, but happy to grab them reduced. First tried it with a plant mcdonalds (family dragged me there, thought I may as well try something different). Yep, I don't find them terrible but smother them with ketch...
by Happyhooker
Thu May 04, 2023 9:44 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

laurent wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 7:32 am
Happyhooker wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 7:30 am
fishfoodie wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 6:09 pm

I'm going to go with; because Apple are a shower of gouging wankers, who'll charge whatever the market will tolerate.
It's not just apple.

The price of tools in America is a fraction of over here
Don't forget the charge VAT after...
I'm not
by Happyhooker
Thu May 04, 2023 7:30 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

My near-9 year old iPad Air has died. It won't take a charge anymore and the os is so old that it won't work on some sites (so a replacement battery is a bit of a waste). Why do I say this on this thread? Well having seen that the price is well over double what I paid originally, a google tells me ...
by Happyhooker
Wed May 03, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Coronation day
Replies: 189
Views: 7762

Re: Coronation day

Jim Lahey wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 11:42 am
Happyhooker wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 11:22 am
EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:08 am

Looking at that Harry lad I'd say the royals gor Irished a few years back
Hewitt was born in Derry.......
Where?

Dunno. I'd guess in a hospital;)
by Happyhooker
Wed May 03, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Coronation day
Replies: 189
Views: 7762

Re: Coronation day

EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:08 am
Happyhooker wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:04 am Thread irished
Looking at that Harry lad I'd say the royals gor Irished a few years back
Hewitt was born in Derry.......
by Happyhooker
Wed May 03, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Coronation day
Replies: 189
Views: 7762

Re: Coronation day

Thread irished
by Happyhooker
Tue May 02, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

Margin__Walker wrote: Tue May 02, 2023 7:56 pm Don't worry HH, it's all going to be fine. Never simple with LI, as we do love a bit of drama. This will all blow over.
Hopefully. The mere thought made me feel like i needed to scrub myself with lye.
by Happyhooker
Tue May 02, 2023 11:40 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

I can only apologise. After Wasps folded i started to go to quite a few London Irish games. I'm obviously a Jonah.

The only upside is that JMK has offered to buy me a Saracens season ticket for next year.
by Happyhooker
Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Women's Rugby Thread
Replies: 1081
Views: 42626

Re: Women's Rugby Thread

Twickenham was excellent yesterday. Really good crowd, much more interested in the rugby than the usual braying Twickenham arseholes. Decent game as well, the french comeback was excellent. The historical aspect of the game also seemed to mean a lot to people. Although if you were an academic resear...
by Happyhooker
Fri Apr 28, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official English Rugby Thread
Replies: 18279
Views: 552016

Re: The Official English Rugby Thread

I know ealing own a few houses that junior squad players share for not really market rent.

I can only presume LI do the same, but rent isn't that steep near their training ground (comparatively)
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Mathieu Lartot
Replies: 4
Views: 398

Re: Mathieu Lartot

A pleasant change from the normally one eyed French commentators.

Sorry, couldn't help it. That does sound grim
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:20 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

https://twitter.com/SaulStaniforth/status/1651481791683874822?t=jOgERH23pwP7dmYMRteY_Q&s=19 It's a shame they didn't force Starmer to answer what countries don't have those values. British values .. what a load of boloney. Why saying does britain having those values (whatever they are) preclude...
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 10:00 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: International drug trafficking
Replies: 84
Views: 6781

Re: International drug trafficking

SaintK wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:50 am
Line6 HXFX wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:29 am Oh great, this passive aggressive shit head is stalking me again.

:|
Maybe he's laughing at you due to the absolute horseshit drivel you post.
I must remember that laughing at an asinine post on a thread I'm engaging with is stalking. When will i ever learn?
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:26 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: International drug trafficking
Replies: 84
Views: 6781

Re: International drug trafficking

Worked on the front line of substance misuse for years. All I can say is drugs are illegal, mainly because the entertainment industry cannot compete. Society wants you to spend 600 quid on a holiday...not feel just as much joy and relaxation on a 6 quid pill. The west relies in a protestant work et...
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:24 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: International drug trafficking
Replies: 84
Views: 6781

Re: International drug trafficking

The ONS most recent survey (June 22) on drug use showed that approx 880k adults in the uk used class A drugs fyi. Also, re Hugo's point re access. Use was down 40% from the previous survey, with 80% of people reporting that reduced usage was due to the lack of social situations in which to take the...
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: International drug trafficking
Replies: 84
Views: 6781

Re: International drug trafficking

The ONS most recent survey (June 22) on drug use showed that approx 880k adults in the uk used class A drugs fyi. Also, re Hugo's point re access. Use was down 40% from the previous survey, with 80% of people reporting that reduced usage was due to the lack of social situations in which to take the...
by Happyhooker
Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:42 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: International drug trafficking
Replies: 84
Views: 6781

Re: International drug trafficking

The ONS most recent survey (June 22) on drug use showed that approx 880k adults in the uk used class A drugs fyi. Also, re Hugo's point re access. Use was down 40% from the previous survey, with 80% of people reporting that reduced usage was due to the lack of social situations in which to take them...
by Happyhooker
Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

I'm sure that she's been a great MP for her constituency, having been re-elected, what 6+ times (even if it's a shoe-in for Labour)? No. No she hasn't at all. It's just that they only have to weigh the vote around here, not count it. When compared to the work done by creasy and hillier, two of her ...
by Happyhooker
Sun Apr 23, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Replies: 20562
Views: 722294

Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories

In other news, Labour have withdrawn the whip from Diane Abbott Diane Abbott has been suspended as a Labour MP pending an investigation into a letter she wrote about racism for the Observer, the party has said. The politician said "many types of white people with points of difference" can...