As I’m w*rking this evening, only time for a quick update on the televised matches.
*Or possibly the one who said they preferred the short ones.
On the telly this week
Friday 6th December
| Enisei-STM 12 – 28 Castres | 16:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Agen 3 – 73 Bordeaux Bègles | 19:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Edinburgh 31 – 20 Wasps | 19:35 | epcrugby.com |
| Bath 17 – 34 Clermont | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
Saturday 7th December
| Northampton 16 – 43 Leinster | 13:00 | Channel 4 / BT Sport 2 |
| Lyon 28 – 0 Treviso | 13:00 | BT Sport 3 |
| Toulon 37 – 17 London Irish | 13:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Worcester 34 – 28 Dragons | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Bristol 37 – 11 Stade Français | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Zebre 27 – 24 Brive | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Leicester 59 – 7 Calvisano | 15:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Ulster 25 – 24 Harlequins | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| La Rochelle 24 – 27 Glasgow | 15:15 | BT Sport 3 |
| Munster 10 – 3 Saracens | 17:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Ospreys 19 – 40 Racing | 17:30 | BT Sport 3 |
| Bayonne 11 – 19 Scarlets | 20:00 | epcrugby.com |
| Cardiff 54 – 22 Pau | 20:00 | epcrugby.com / S4C |
Sunday 8th December
| Gloucester 26 – 17 Connacht | 13:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale 20 – 22 Exeter | 15:15 | BT Sport 2 |
| Toulouse 23 – 9 Montpellier | 15:15 | BT Sport Extra |
Ovally Balls 
Cheers, thaum.
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OT, boring centrist magazine Prospect needs your help:
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I’ve always wondered why wethers need spoons. Must be hard to manage with hooves.
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It’s from “wet her spoon”, which is military slang for “{redacted; as not suitable for a family audience}”.
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Thaum – great work – one picture is worth etc etc……………
some cracking line-ups this w/end
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Blues Birthdays (slight return)
Dave Brubeck would have been 99 years old tomorrow, and perhaps his most famous album was released on the 14th of December 1959, so double reason then to post one of the coolest pieces of music ever recorded, imo of course.
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Words Thaum.
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TomP – OMG! Gack.
Ticht – Take Five has the thauma seal of approval.
And there are indeed some cracking matches this weekend, but I’m not if we’re going to be able to watch any of them, as we’re off to Cardiff (again) and there’s no wifi! Do I want to spend a fortune on buying extra data for my phone? Maybe for Ulster….
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They had great artwork on those albums, this is cover of the original mono version. The painting is by S. Neil Fujita, who also did artwork for Miles Davis and Charlie Mingus
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There’s no wifi in Cardiff?
btw thanks for keeping this place afloat, Thaum, it’s much appreciated.
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Not in the mister’s mum’s house….
Considering getting it installed as it’d be cheaper, even though we’re only there a few times a year!
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@tomp
Apostrophes are the most useless of punctuation marks. So I agree with the Prospect viewers.
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Awfy windy out.
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Wouldn’t dream of criticising your posts thaum
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Roll up, roll up!
This is YOUR chance to see YOUR Glasgow/Embra on Saturday 21st December and the Scotstoun Wind Tunnel (Kick off 17.45). Only made better by the chance to sit next to Ovally Balls’ very own Border Collie!
One ticket available to you for the fabulous knockdown price of £36.99! (RRP £37.00), so as you can see, a complete bargain!
Hand warmers will be provided – the rest of your clothing, you’ll need to put on yourself…..
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OT
You are, of course, wrong…………………………
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I’m just watching the pre-match stuff on the Arsenal v Brighton game and they saying the average job life expectancy of a premiership manager is 14 months.
How are you supposed to build anything in that time? It’s ridiculous.
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RE my earlier taking the piss out of anti vaxxers there’s currently a measles outbreak in Samoa that’s reportedly killed 61 people.
This idiocy results in actual large scale death
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I wish I could be there BB.
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That’s highly tempting BB but got family stuff.
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The Arsenal vs Brighton game is now known as the Ticht Derby.
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I didn’t know it was on Amazon Prime, BB, and luckily my daughter has a student account
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Bored of football now.
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I can’t hear Take Five without hearing 5-4=Unity by Pavement.
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Nice pic of Mick Hucknall mid-chorus to kick off the new blog, Thauma.
What is this ‘epcrugby’ you speak of?
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Iks – the site is broadcasting all the Pish Cup matches. It’s video-only, so you’re spared the commentary, but also the ref’s mic.
Yosoy – I was lucky enough to see Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic live a few times.
This remains one of my favourites.
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Seems the Beeb/Neil have decided that Spaffer isn’t going to submit to an interview, so they’ve published their ‘oven-ready’ questions:
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I’m no fan of Andrew Neil, but
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50679252?fbclid=IwAR2BdZ6TOzKTU72WoJ1Cji4_62hcW6cKFmx9br2Tb1bZwCv72vFF7M5Mzu0
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Ah, beaten to it.
Well played, Thaum
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Yosoy – and now I see I’ve completely misread ‘pavement’ as ‘parliament’, but too bad!
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Ticht – ‘simultaneous postings’ can be good. :-)
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Ta Thauma. I’ve registered so let’s see how it works.
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Re the Andrew Neil link above, I’ve just found out (from reading Crace) that this actually went out over the air after Neil’s interview with Farage. Had previously assumed it was a Twatter-only event. Well done, that man.
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Blimey, they must be getting worried, the Telegraph has six, yes SIX separate articles on anti-Semitism in the Labour party on its online front page.
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Well I guess we can still at least hope that their worries are justified.
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In York you can walk into Marks and Spencers on Parliament Street and walk out on to Pavement. Easy to get confused.
No reason not to like both in any case.
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Nice to see that the O’s are safely squirrelled away on BT Sport 3. Sure it will be a thriller.
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Up against a ‘big game’ as well in that time slot. For my part I can only say that not wanting to watch one of them doesn’t mean I want to watch the other one.
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Nice to see that the O’s are safely squirrelled away on BT Sport 3.
Shirley beavered away?
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Ticht, you’re reading the Daily Telegraph? Shame on you.
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Know your enemy, Tam.
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Breitbart?
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Just be careful, big man.
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Could lead to the Daily Mail.
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‘Elon Musk’s lawyer asks cave explorer to apologize for insulting submarine’
Soz, submarine. You’re not shit and useless at all.
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Michael Gove analogising with rugby league.
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The insecurity bursting out of Elon Musk is something to witness.
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It’s not about Elon. Think of the poor submarine’s feelings. APOLOGISE TO THE SUBMARINE!
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Are we sure that the sub doesn’t represent something else, going into a ‘cave’, to save the children?
That might be whats upset him so much.
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Not sure what to read in to it TBH
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