Sergeant Wilson Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 11:24, MixuFruit said: My kid likes Sylvester and Tweety the best, fine by me. Sometimes loyalty switches to Foghorn Leghorn. Funnily enough I had the grand kids watching Foghorn Leghorn at the weekend. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Funnily enough I had the grand kids watching Foghorn Leghorn at the weekend.Probably couldnt hear Leghorn for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Does Bidisha have a surname or she like an editorial version of Madonna or Prince? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 28 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Does Bidisha have a surname or she like an editorial version of Madonna or Prince? All I know is she's got a fucking smug coupon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Funnily enough I had the grand kids watching Foghorn Leghorn at the weekend. The cartoons with Foghorn Leghorn v the wee brainy chicken hawk are some of the finest comedy ever written. Edited August 27, 2020 by jimbaxters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I say I say I have to agree there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Does Bidisha have a surname or she like an editorial version of Madonna or Prince? 3 hours ago, tamthebam said: All I know is she's got a fucking smug coupon I had to look her up, she looks like David Schwimmer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I had to look her up, she looks like David Schwimmer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I had to look her up, she looks like David Schwimmer. Quote Stuck in a creative impasse, she met "Stefania" (not her real name, for reasons which become obvious) while studying for a Masters degree in London. The blonde Venetian was a fish out of water, and the pair became fast friends as Bidisha helped her explore and enjoy the city. Struggling to write a follow-up novel, she eventually succumbed to Stefania's urgings and visited Venice, staying at the family's luxurious palazzo opposite San Eustachio on the Grand Canal. Utterly smitten, and realising Venice would make the perfect, quiet place to live while polishing her third novel, she returned, rented a flat and set to work. But nothing turned out exactly as she expected. For a start, Venetian Masters is not that novel. Also, Stefania's grand and gracious mother and father, initially so welcoming, gradually turned against her in the funniest and most excruciating scenes in the book. "Venetian Masters was absolutely accidental. It was sod's law that it was the diary I wrote effortlessly that turned into the book." It was, she says, "a beautiful lesson to learn". I ask whether any of the Venetians she exposes so forensically in the text knew she was writing it. "Yes, my friends knew I was writing a diary every day because I asked them a few things. I don't think the parental duo knew and I hope they don't find out... I'm hoping their arrogance is such that they wouldn't even deign to read a book by me. And it hasn't come out in Italian." Early on in the book, Bidisha is introduced to an important concept in Venetian manners. Stefania and her mother Lucrezia invite her to supper and encourage her "about six times" to finish off the last spoonfuls of the delicious pasta. Eventually she does, whereupon "Lucrezia looks at me pointedly, blinks once, picks up the bowl that the pasta was in, stares glumly inside it and starts scraping it with one tine of her fork... Irritated and embarrassed, I realise I've done the wrong thing and insist that she takes half of what I've got." Twice Lucrezia refuses but accepts at the third time of asking. This lightly comic scene is repeated with variations throughout the book. Bidisha suddenly realises that the friend who always turns down the offer of coffee is simply waiting to be pressed until she accepts. Eventually, she reaches a state of terrified paralysis, unable to understand these complex, and in any case constantly shifting social conventions. "It was painful – those final days when I was staying with Stefania's parents and Lucrezia would ask a very simple question: would you like some wine? Half an hour later I was still slowly decoding every nuance of her voice. Is it good to have the wine or is it bad? If I have the wine, do I have to pay for it, or is it that they're making a gesture to me to welcome me into the family? Or is it that they don't want me to have the wine? And when I complimented the food, Lucrezia would scowl, because that wasn't my place. It meant I was treating her like the cook." https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-comeback-kid-whatever-happened-to-fiesty-mono-monikered-teenage-author-bidisha-789126.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/the-comeback-kid-whatever-happened-to-fiesty-mono-monikered-teenage-author-bidisha-789126.html Me and her would get along like house on fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) a team of current Scottish internationals born outside Scotland would beat a team made up of players born here - capped players only Edited August 28, 2020 by effeffsee_the2nd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 a team of current Scottish internationals born outside Scotland would beat a team made up of players born here - capped players onlyCan you follow this up with a couple of squads so we can make a proper fist of it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 17 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 26 minutes ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: a team of current Scottish internationals born outside Scotland would beat a team made up of players born here - capped players only Can you follow this up with a couple of squads so we can make a proper fist of it? no, that's not the point of this thread,. throw in a grenade and walk out 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 no, that's not the point of this thread,. throw in a grenade and walk outFair enough. I think I may have agreed with you not too long ago but my current gut feeling is the Jocko 11 would do well now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Scrambled eggs can be made just as well in the microwave as in a pot, and if you cant manage this, it's your fault, not the microwave. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 7 hours ago, effeffsee_the2nd said: a team of current Scottish internationals born outside Scotland would beat a team made up of players born here - capped players only The list of currently active Scotland internationals born outside of Scotland (capped players only) is: Liam Cooper Tom Cairney Oli McBurnie Scott McTominay Liam Palmer Kieran Tierney I would like to think that a team of 11 Scottish born players would be good enough to beat that 6. (list pulled together using players denoted as still active on the wikipedia list of scottish internationals pages). Current Scotland born internationals: Scott Bain Eamonn Brophy Michael Devlin Stuart Findlay John Fleck Declan Gallagher Ryan Jack Jon McLaughlin Marc McNulty Lawrence Shankland Greg Taylor Lewis Morgan John Souttar Stuart Armstrong Oliver Burke Ryan Christie Ryan Fraser John McGinn Callum McGregor Scott McKenna Kenny McLean Stephen O’Donnell Johnny Russell Graeme Shinnie Steven Naismith Charlie Mulgrew James Forrest David Marshall Andy Robertson Grant Hanley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Scrambled eggs can be made just as well in the microwave as in a pot. My first ever red dot to you, sir. Battle lines drawn, do not cross again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr. Alli said: My first ever red dot to you, sir. Battle lines drawn, do not cross again. Its true brother. The microwave is simply applying heat. It's your job to manage it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Its true brother. The microwave is simply applying heat. It's your job to manage it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Scrambled eggs can be made just as well in the microwave as in a pot, and if you cant manage this, it's your fault, not the microwave. Didn't work out that well for Kirk broadfoot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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