Hurra, Foopball, cry Molesworth!

[caddyman]

I can confirm that the blender makes soups as well as alcoholic beverages. I can also confirm that a decent veggie soup contains far more vegetable matter than you might think and takes forever to digest. It sits in the tum for a very long time indeed.

But hey, vitamins.

Being a football spod and a proud Englishman and what with the World Cup just days away, I have been investigating the possibility of spending too much money on a replica England football shirt. Happily a lot of places seem to be selling them at half price or thereabouts, which is good since official merchandise is generally heavily over priced. I may well wander home via Lilywhites in Piccadilly Circus where I am led to believe they have infinite supplies.

Reassuring too, to see that replica kit manufacturers have finally woken up to the fact that Wayne Rooney excepted, the average England supporter is about three times larger than the average England player. This means that they are available in a lardy boy enhancing XXXL. Fantastic.

With a couple of minor alterations, the red “away” shirt for 2006-08 is suspiciously similar in design to the shirt worn in the 1966 final. It is particularly noticeable if you get hold of a shirt without the numbers printed on (This time around they will have the number on the front as well as the back, which rather upsets my purist sensibilities, but there we are. At least the national team doesn’t have a honking great advert across the chest like all club shirts do these days). I have been trying to decide whether or not to get a plain shirt (probably), or one with the number 8 on it. Not because I am a particular fan of Steven Gerrard¹, you understand, but because I could replace the name with “All The Pies” (Geddit?), which would be a laugh.

Well, it appeals to me, anyway.

I am sloping off early this afternoon and will make my decision then.

If I keep up with the soup, come the European Championships in a couple of years’ time I may be able to go for a less lardy size.

See the pigs barrel-roll in formation over the river.


¹I’m guessing he’ll be in the number 8 shirt, like he is at Liverpool. Though it may be the number 4, which screws the joke somewhat – or would, if I was having that name on the shirt.

Comments

[nattydreadi.livejournal.com]

All the pies eight,

you'd have to ask them to print creatively ;-)

Don'y bother to buy an england shirt, you'll never wear it again after they crash out having lost all 3 group stage matches due to an absence of competant strikers.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I revel in the jealousy of furriners.

Silly boy. We will crash out to an unfair goal put in the net with someone's hand, or get thumped in a piss poor penalty shoot out in the quarter finals.

It's traditional and therefore right.

You have to be in it to win it...

[ellefurtle.livejournal.com]

Ah well, now that you've told me what is going to happen I don't need to see it! lalalala

well, apart from really exciting ones maybe, and only then with beer!

yet another post-departure Anglicism

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

"spod"?

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

This may have been a subliminal plant on my part....I used it in a earlier e-mail to Mr L.

Care to account for yourself ???

Spod
n. Chiefly British Slang
One who spends an inordinate amount of time exchanging remarks in computer chatrooms or participating in discussions in newsgroups or on bulletin boards.

Eg This spod has posted over a 1,000 messages in less than a week!

Other meanings can be seen/argued over at the following link.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spod

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[bluesman.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. I thought it looked familiar. It appears the term applies to myself, though, like "blog", it's an ugly little word I'd prefer to avoid using.

Account for myself?

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I think the 'Account for yourself' bit might have been addressed to me, actually, Old Boy.

Since Paul has defined 'spod' so well, I feel no need to add to it. I'm not clear on why it should need accounting for, either, 'tis simple modern slang.

I shall bat him soundly around the melon on both ourt behalves next time I bump into him. He's used to it.

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

I have a headache at present and would be all grumpy should any collision occur with the old noggin. Also seeing as you are 1.2kmn (approx) from me....I'd like to see you try !

It's 'caffine difficiency' related...so watch it buster ....I'm on the edge.....



....although mainly rocking backwards and forwards forlornly wanting....more coffee.

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Fine, fine. No change, there then.

But what's all this 'account for yourself' stuff?

Enquiring minds need to know.

Re: yet another post-departure Anglicism

[fencingsculptor.livejournal.com]

No biggie dude.

I was merely hypothesising whether the use of the term 'spod' might have been inspired by the list of 'interesting' invitees to the forthcoming Grand BBQ chez Fencingsculptor.


....Though I really shouldn't be using long words/thinking while my brain hurts.

[keresaspa.livejournal.com]

Alas it's Frank lampard who is number 8 with Gerrard left with 4. Joke still works but now it involves unwelcome Chelsea connotations.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Perhaps sir might want to consider one of these fine shirts?

Cybermat?

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Quite apart from the possibilities of the shirt, I want to know why he has a big silver sossidge stuck to his head...?

Re: Cybermat?

[binidj.livejournal.com]

I suspect that aforementioned "sossidge" may well be the hilt of a dagger-like object, gripped between the teeth in a manner piratical.