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9/10 Micronesia ********* As you're om @Eednud was @Arch Stantons 48 the best ever weekly total?

Am I alone in not really caring much about how many stripes the strip (sic) contains or whether it has red, yellow or pink edging? As long as it's B&W I'm not too much bothered, I'd quite like to see us play in a yin-yang outfit which I think could accommodate the logo between the two dots easily.

but Bernie Taupin, the lyricist rhymes no with show in the next line.

As an aside some of the best nonsense lyrics comes from the Cut&Paste approach - you writes your lyrics, cuts them up & rearrange them. This method was used by by Bowie (Moonage Daydream) , Lenin (Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite on Sgt. Pepper - lyrics randomly taken from an old circus poster) & @ZingaliMan amongst others.

Thin Lizzy version. ******************* I'd say Tutti Frutti takes nonsense lyrics to 11 - the Little Richard version, not the Pat Boone one which to grammatically correct LRs lyrics..

9/10 - California Deceiving

What makes you think they'd go for much more? For 6 months or so we (well some of us) kidded ourselves that they'd go for substantially more with quotes like "I'd say if we pulled for example high six figures or low seven for Baccus, that would be realistic and a worthwhile exercise" but I never expected that - we're a diddy club and unless something exceptional happens £275k is bang in the sorta range our players go for

Is that @Div - if so you'd have to reckon it's pretty accurate....

if true

It was just posh rubbernecking.

I note Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are considering a cage fight, surely it could be arranged onboard a submersible near what must now be considered an iconic site. Obviously hoping nothing will go wrong...

That's where I disagree, it's not a sellers market and it's certainly not a market that favours clubs of our size. Players (driven by their agents) want to maximize their income and that means moving on to a bigger club and a better deal - the money the selling club receives is bottom of the list of priorities. Baccus downing tools is probably less of an issue to the club than getting a reputation of being difficult to deal with.

8/10 - Effin Diego.

It was Geezer Butler wot wrote most of Sabbath's lyrics back in the earlies. Having read a number of GBs interviews over the years I'd argue he is the most damaged of the original line up and that includes the drummer, Bill Ward. GB has been in the news a lot recently because he is releasing his autobiography. ********************* Paranoid (lyrics mainly be GB) Finished with my woman 'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think I'm insane Because I am frowning all the time All day long, I think of things But nothing seems to satisfy Think I'll lose my mind If I don't find something to pacify Can you help me Occupy my brain? Oh, yeah I need someone to show me The things in life that I can't find I can't see the things that make true happiness I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh And you will laugh and I will cry Happiness, I cannot feel And love, to me, is so unreal And so, as you hear these words Telling you, now, of my state I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could, but it's too late

Even a billionaire's family can have a Compo Face!

It had to come!

Rats leaving the sinking ship No. 57! Defence Secretary Ben Wallace touting himself for the top NATO job - wonder if his constituency is marginal?

Well, today seems better suited to the P&B cohort!

So nobody got 10 yesterday! 10/10 today though - coupla guesses but I was 110% sure on The Gruffalo as I''ve met the author at a book signing.

No 10s today so far, coupla 9s - @djchapsticks @scottsdad + @Arch Stanton

8/10 - Country & Tree

Their fans with typewriters (or whatever the modern equivalent is) are gonna go nuts about the First Innings declaration and whether Bairstow should be retained as wicketkeeper ahead of Foakes, I've even heard mention if Stokes can't bowl a full stint he should be dropped. It'll be interesting to see how England fare if they can't even up over the second or third Tests - The Ashes are high profile/pressure as a few England captains have found out before.

That has got to be the cleverest post of the day, so sad I could only give you one greenie!

Once the new ball comes the game could be wrapped up by England in 2/3 overs but if the bowlers don't get it right the runs could come quicklly, like I said Oldskool!

Sabbath do that in War Pigs