What does this beauty spot have in common with the England 23 selected to play Ireland on Sunday?
The only other exciting news to report is that Ticht found an old version of AoD still extant.
On the telly this week
Friday 21st February
| Crusaders 33 – 13 Highlanders | 06:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales U20 14 – 11 France U20 | 19:35 | BBC Two Wales / BBC Sport website/ BBC red button |
| Zebre 0 – 28 Munster | 19:35 | FreeSports |
| Edinburgh 41 – 14 Connacht | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Ospreys 13 – 21 Leinster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| England U20 21 – 39 Ireland U20 | 19:45 | RTÉ Two / YouTube / Sky Sports Mix |
| Sale 36 – 3 Leicester | 19:45 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 22nd February
| Rebels 34 – 26 Sharks | 03:45 | Sky Sports Action |
| Chiefs 14 – 26 Brumbies | 06:05 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Reds 64 – 5 Sunwolves | 08:15 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Stormers v Los Jaguares | 13:05 | Sky Sports Action |
| Italy v Scotland | 14:15 | ITV |
| Bulls v Blues | 15:15 | Sky Sports Action |
| Wales v France | 16:45 | BBC One / S4C |
| Glasgow v Dragons | 19:35 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Ulster v Cheetahs | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 23rd February
| Wales v France (women) | 12:00 | BBC Two Wales / S4C |
| England v Ireland (women) | 12:45 | RTÉ Two / BBC Sport website / Sky Sports Action |
| Exeter v Northampton | 13:00 | BT Sport 1 |
| England v Ireland | 15:00 | ITV |
| Italy v Scotland (women) | 16:10 | BBC Alba / website / red button |
| Cardiff v Treviso | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 2 |
| Scarlets v Southern Kings | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
Onna train, missing rugby today
I’m going to start a business selling passport covers with the old EU design on them
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What’s wrong with custard creams?
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Just had a bacon sandwich for a late breakfast. Surely this is non controversial.
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Depends what sauce you used probably.
Eat what you like.
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Most food chat on here is just showing off. Or sneering.
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Most is too much. A lot of is better.
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Custard creams are a culinary delight.
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I had a bacon and egg muffin. MUCH better than chimpie’s goat soup or whatever he had.
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The stuff in the middle is what’s wrong with custard creams i.e. the custard cream. The bacon sandwich is not controversial other than that some people got one and others didn’t.
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I had half a bowl of cornflakes at 5am. When I got back I had one of the fairly shitty chocolate chip ‘brioches’ that I bought last night so the Eldest could have a quick breakfast and have time to slag me off.
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Will have some real food for lunch, hopefully without anyone waving their wrist in my face shouting “Look at the time on my watch!”
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Am enjoying a piquant potato-based snack machine-crafted to high standards in a factory somewhere. Not eating the ones with the green edges.
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“Not eating the ones with the green edges.”
Is that because you’re not Irish or because you’re not a woman?
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I like custard creams. It’s the one thing me and chimpie have.
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Horrible chlorophyll. Stupid photosynthesis.
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Not sure if it was ever posted before, but this is the greatest recioe ever
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1505633/marmite-on-toast
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Please. It’s goat’s head soup.
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Not Irish yet. Once I am will be eating the green ones with gusto.
The gusto I’ll be using is something I picked up in a small Italian village that you won’t have heard of. The maker is the spirit of a 16th Century wise woman. The ghost only appears once every 73 years so we were awfully lucky to be there that day and to snap up 8 litres.
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A bay leaf? With marmite on toast?
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Caught up on embra v connacht now
That penalty try and yellow card combo in the first half is the most hallucinatory decision I’ve seen in ages. Bizarre
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It’s more marmite on toast with a bayleaf.
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@chimpie
Read the “method” tab.
Epic pss taking by whoever wrote it
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A pressed bay leaf would make it much better.
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My dad is staying for the weekend and I’ve been given strict instructions for today’s match snacks: “the good spreadable cheese, not the shit one”
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But this is possibly the greatest product review ever written
https://www.amazon.com/Veet-Hair-Removal-Creme-200ml/product-reviews/B000KKNQBK
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@yosoy
Years ago I was working in my Grandad’s corner shop. This bloke came in and bought a tube of Primula cheese. Before he left he squirted a load onto his hand and proceeded to lick it off.
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Click “read more” on the top review (A Chappell)
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@utna
The one below is a beauty as well
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I’m with Chimpie on the custard creams. A delight. Deniers should be removed from food discussions. Democratically and without prejudice or malice of course. I have decided I’ll have the deciding vote.
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@Honestly could be my dad. He’s travelled the whole island doing that.
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Only problem with the Marmite recipe is, indeed, the Marmite. Bovril is far superior.
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And what did he do with the tube of Primula cheese?
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TomP that is a horrible image. Can’t believe I sniggered.
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Ha ha brilliant utna, that’s made my day.
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Not, of course, the inferior South African version of Bovril (or Marmite for that matter). Has to be proud British Bovril.
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Turns out Bovril was invented by a Scotsman. By buttering them up, Deebee’ll be angling for a contract with either Edinburgh or Glasgow I’d wager.
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Like most South African rugby players.
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Not most, but many.
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I sent the link to the St Mirren lady footballer and her knee to a Paisley-born friend yesterday. His reply:
“FUCKAROO – the girders we’re made from”
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Christ on a bike OT is turning his hand to erotic literature.
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I like custard creams as well. Lemon puffs on the other hand…
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Seems there is an air of mirth and mischief on the blog. Augers well for the matches today.
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If British Bovril is better it’ll be the only bit of the beast that is. Horrible muck you lot dish up as ‘steak’. Your lamb is too fatty and best pork from Denmark. Goose and duck are marvellous, chicken will only improve when you import the chlorinated stuff.
That should end the bloody twee bonhomie going on here on a fucking Six Nations afternoon.
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Got a bad feeling
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Well that settled that. 6N is inferior to Super Rugby too. NH weather is crap. You produce 80% of the world’s greenhouse gases too and that’s without accounting for Bojo and Trump.
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Nice day in Italy.
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Is everyone non-Scottish cheering for Italy? God knows they both need a win!
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Jeez, Herschel Jantjies is a special player! A turgid affair at Newlands,* a spilled ball and he’s gone 70 meters in a flash to score under the sticks.
* thrill a minute by NH standards.
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Chimpie – prolly ‘cos you still feel like a sack o’ jobbies.
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Scotland by 15
Wales by 6
Ireland by 5
Or not. I think the three games could go the other way.
Let’s have fun!
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