Gus Mears

Just now, air_raid said:

He'd probably pay some young peoples' marketing agency to help get him up to speed with what all the kids are into these days, and end up deciding that for maximum "engagements" the matches will all need to be short enough to go on TikTok.

It's Vince, the same man who thought ZZ Top were at the bleeding edge of culture until about 2012. He'd probably end up hosting it all on Bebo.

Always thought All Things Must Pass had one of the greatest discrepancies between album quality and cover quality.  It's the best Beatles solo album and we've got George sat with gnomes. Rubbish.

Mrs Mears passed her driving test today. Very proud, especially as she's in her 30's and from foreign lands without roundabouts.

Deadly Derek Underwood has shuffled off his bowling boots at 78.

One of England's best ever. He'll be taking ten-for's up on that sticky wicket in the sky.

Maybe this ought to be posted in the dull man thread, but I'm enjoying this very long and very boring series of Farming Simulator videos. Perfect fodder for the last 20 minutes before I go to sleep. The person making them isn't particularly interesting and often doesn't have much to say, so there's nice long pauses while he bales hay and plants fields for me to drift off to.

 'Questionable priorities'. Apt.

Continuing the Deathrey trend of vaguely funerial scenes. Banging album. Banging cover.

22 hours ago, Gus Mears said:

Jumping out of an aeroplane tomorrow. Will cheer me up loads if I don't die.

I'm sad to report that I didn't make it. Was great fun until the parachute didn't open. Thoughts are with my family at this difficult time.

1 hour ago, no user name said:

I think statistically you have more chance of dying in a car.

Not planning on using a parachute. Will that impact my odds?

Jumping out of an aeroplane tomorrow. Will cheer me up loads if I don't die.

's are go.

11 hours ago, Joe Blog said:

I feel i’m being whooshed here

What were you buying there? Was it a lovely lumpy lumpy lovely chicken wrap?

Might be the filter but those beans look wrong. No tomatoey ruddiness. They've got the pallor of death.

A&W root beer in a frosted mug at one of their restaurants is a delight. Quart gallon of delicious diabetes.

11 hours ago, gmoney said:

It's sad, but it's not surprising. They don't want you as a fan, they don't even want the team to be in this league. 

I gave up Chelsea for good after the Super League business, a long time coming, but I just can't be arsed to support a team that doesn't want me. I've not managed to pick another club because frankly I've got nothing but contempt for almost every other club in football, and can't be arsed to patronise a non league team. 

Pretty much the same as me on this. It's wild to me how quickly it's gone from watching every game, paying money I didn't have to go to Stamford Bridge and just generally being completely engaged in top level football to not caring in the slightest. It's not just domestic top flight football either, I didn't watch a single match of the last World Cup and while perhaps 20% of that was due to its location the vast majority is because I've fallen out of love with the sport as a whole. The quality is better than it's ever been, there is plenty of brilliant attractive football and I just do not care. The most I have enjoyed it this decade is when I lived in Swindon and went to a few games at the County Ground and I don't think I would even bother with that now. I've turned into Chest Rockwell in the space of four years.

23 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

Is that Lisowski?

Nah, that's Ken Doherty mate.

Delighted to say I'm not watching this shower of shit.

Bigger crowds at the English Open qualifiers in Leicester. Not that it matters of course.

In fairness I still find his age (42) on inexplicably winning the TNA title even more shocking. That entire run he looked like a packed in VHS player, defying the laws of gravity and falling off cages like a twat at half speed.

A hugely underrated Roxy Music track. Flesh and Blood in general is an unappreciated album. A magnificently 80's video too with Big Bryan fucking off from his keyboard while smoking a fag at the end.

1 hour ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said:

That never ending cricket production line that is India will continue to be a powerhouse for ever. Us and the Convicts are going to be playing catch up for ever. 

Considering India's population, the popularity of the sport and the fact that our pool of players consists of about 80 private schools, I don't think we fare too badly honestly.