Category: Chips on Shoulders

I’m with the French, for once

Advancing against the Haka - £2,500 fine from the IRB

Who are these boofheads running the IRB?

As all you Rugby types will already know, Les Bleus have been fined for linking arms and walking towards the Kiwis while they were doing their nuts – sorry, doing the Haka.   Makes a change from the French running for cover and eating cheese.   I wouldn’t have known about this, had not the Brisbane Times article caught my eye (click on the piccie to read it).   You’ll find that 98% of the Aussies reading it – some 8,300 – think that they shouldn’t have been fined, and the comments indicate that it’s time New Zealand grew up and stopped enforcing unfair rules on other teams.

Ban the Haka!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Ooh it makes my blood boil.

Manchester yet again I notice. Two lawless scumbags enter a home without the permission/knowledge of the owner with a view to picking up a few choice items for ‘recycling’. According to the news this morning they were both carrying knives.

Linky thing.

Chances of reoffending, Zero. Result!

Naturally the owner took issue with their choice of boutique and remonstrated to such a degree that one of the sub human, oxygen thieves received a knife wound which proved fatal. To quote the Sgt Major (It Ain’t ‘Alf Hot Mum), “Oh dear, what a shame, never mind!”.

The homeowner is now bailed before a hearing in mid October and faces possible charges of murder. Hopefully a similar verdict will be given to the recent cases and he will be cleared of any wrongdoing. Personally I think he should be awarded the keys to the city, a big, bugger off medal and an open top bus tour in his honour. That isn’t what is gripping my exhaust.

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One in the eye for the politically correct tossers

Radike Samo is a Fijian-born Rugby Union player; a bloody good one, too.

He plays for the Wallabies and was one of the try-scorers on Saturday when Australia won the Tri-Nations competition.

Two enthusiastic fans won airfares and tickets to the match from Qantas, a ‘condition’ of which was that they would dress up as their favourite team member.

So they did.   Qantas published a photo of them and were immediately attacked by the pc brigade for being racist.   Qantas apologised and removed the photo.

But hey, hang on a minute.   The tossers were well out of order, it seems, because Samo was tickled pink at what his fans had done; he was genuinely flattered.   Here’s what he said –

I don’t know what all the fuss is about. These guys were actually paying me a tribute.  It was a bit of fun and I think it was great they regard me as their favourite Wallaby.

I didn’t have an issue with it at all. I was glad to be in a photo with them, so I don’t know why anyone is getting worked up – that sort of reaction is just silly.

Students

Well said, Christina. He made a mistake. He’s young and did something foolish. It is a shame his life has been ruined.

Interestingly, Girton has let him sit his second year exams.

PS. Oscar Wilde’s poem was an indictment of the Victorian penal system; ironic really.

For goodness sake, he didn’t kill anyone, and I doubt he would do so. I wouldn’t dispute he needs a lesson but….

It’s an age thing

Over on what has become ‘the dark snide’, the omnipresent anti-Islamic element continue to propagate their tedium. I have to support their right to do so and am not obliged to read any of it. However, there is an occasional post that raises some ‘real issues’ and, in this case, some amusing responses. In all honesty I have to say that I find it necessary to curtail my emotional reactions, which are engaged by such posts, before I can engage in a rational reaction. The post in question is 67% of Britons want the burqa banned by riteway. Continue reading “It’s an age thing”