Everything will be all right tonight. Everything will be all right tonight. Or so I keep telling myself, as Ulster prepare to turn and face the strain of Leinster at the RDS. Let’s hope that Ulster can put Big Brother under pressure. It’s simple, really: all we have to do is win. But hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing: we are the dead.
While Ulster have lost Stockdale to injury, one South Effrican is back for us.
But one of Them has apparently recovered from yet another head injury.
Give me steel, give me steel, give me pulsars unreal
In other news – newsman wept (with joy) as he told me – a familiar face is returning to Cardiff.
Someone’s back in town the chips are down
I just cut and blackout
I’m under Mulvihill’s influence and my honour’s at stake
Today is David Bowie’s birthday, in case anyone was wondering.
Onna telly this week
Friday 8th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 19:35 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Leinster v Ulster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| Bath v Wasps | 19:45 | BT Sport 2 |
| Sale v Worcester | 20:00 | BT Sport Extra |
Saturday 9th January
| Zebre v Treviso | 13:00 | Premier Sports 2 |
| Newcastle v Gloucester | 14:00 | BT Sport 2 |
| Griquas v Cheetahs | 14:30 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Exeter v Bristol | 16:30 | BT Sport 2 |
| Western Province v Sharks | 17:00 | Sky Sports Arena |
| Dragons v Ospreys | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Cardiff v Scarlets | 19:35 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
| Connacht v Munster | 19:35 | TG4 / Premier Sports 2 |
Sunday 10th January
| Harlequins v London Irish | 15:00 | BT Sport 1 |
Saturday 16th January
| Glasgow v Edinburgh | 17:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
Ovally Balls 
“Hard to say. There’s so many to choose from.”
BB listed the candidates. They were Mrs BB, Daughter 2 and, somewhat bizarrely, Chimpie.
It’s not many when you think about it.
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I forgot how to divide fractions today. I only learnt how to do it again on Thursday so this is a little disappointing especially as I fear it may turn out to be a recurring problem.
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Great stuff from India at the cricket as detailed by your roving reporter Deebee.
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@cmw
Invert and multiply.
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How rude
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CMW – these are known candidates.
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There are some candidates we know we know about.
Some candidates we know we don’t know about.
And some candidates we don’t know we don’t know about.
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@OT – Finding out how to divide the fractions isn’t my problem, it’s remembering it the next time.
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Don’t divide, just round them up like a politician counting votes, or down like the taxman with your rebate.
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Glad to hear the ‘pro’s alive and kicking. I wondered what his next cause would be after he managed to stop Brexit.
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Think we can safely rule Chimpie out as one of my killers. Next door neighbour’s cat keeps giving me evil looks though, so may count him in.
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It’s all right BB why would I want to kill you? It’s not like I could eat you or anything
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Legally
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I now have a rather gruesome image of BB toasted on one side, covered with a massive pile of cheese, being slide under a grill.
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*Neighbour’s wires update*
They’ve agreed to move the wires.
*Neighbour’s wires update ends*
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I’d probably go for charbroiled cutlets. Or maybe even a pot roast
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Well I’m in the clear. No motive whatsoever to snuff out the Blog Progmeister.
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Too bad we don’t have the DCI.
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Well Chimpie’s already got me roasted and parboiled so I don’t think we need to look far for a culprit.
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“I’d probably go for charbroiled cutlets. Or maybe even a pot roast.”
Plenty of BB for both, I would have thought.
Glad the Pro is still alive and kicking.
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@tomp
He’s got plenty of irons in the fire. On a Boris article he recently came up with this beauty:
It got 62 votes in true Guardian fashion. I wonder what his working class nanny makes of it all.
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OT – that takes me back. It makes you wander where he got ‘woke poncy student types’ from though.
I’ll admit to finding his insults hard to follow sometimes. Especially when he was talking about tory politicians.
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Ffs. Wonder
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There was a bitter sweet item in the news yesterday, scientists at the University of Edinburgh announced a breakthrough into MND and a possible cure, the research was funded in part by Doddie’s foundation. It’s too late for the big man of course, but it just shows what can be done.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55718363
I took up the fiddle in September as a lockdown project and signed up to Bruce MacGregor’s Patreon site, he is a very good teacher. Bruce is the guy behind the Blazin’ Fiddles band and he has many many projects on the go, including running a pub in Inverness which I’m told is THE place to go for music sessions.
Bruce is a former captain of Highland Rugby Club. Yesterday he published a tune he wrote on Hogmanay in Doddie’s honour
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Also… word is that Cam Redpath is to be included in the Scotland squad today, hopefully putting an end to the will-he-won’t he play for Scotland or England.
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Anyone seen Joe Biden today or yesterday? How’s he looking? Just wondering if his health is holding up.
Asking for a friend.
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Splitting your winnings with Ms Harris?
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he’s older than me and fitter……………..and I’m not too lardy
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Slade – same. Apart from the last part.
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Scotland Squad:
Sutherland, Kebble, Dell
Turner, Cherry, Stewart, Ashman
Fagerson, Nel, Berghan
Craig, Cummings, Gilchrist, Gray2,
Ritchie, Watson, Fagerson, Graham, Thomson
Price, Steele,
Russell, JVDW
Harris, Jones (H), Lang, Redpath, Taylor
Hogg, Graham, Kinghorn, Maitland, McGuigan, DVDM
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5 back rows seems a bit light, along with 5 second rows (unless Craig can switch). Bit bare bones at SH too.
Imagine Taylor will break in short order.
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Both older me and younger me are leaner and fitter than present me. Younger me by the accident of youth, older me by the intervention of a couch potato exercise regime I’ve yet to find.
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4 hookers seems excessive too, unless you’re into switching.
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Darge, Mclean & Dobie training with the squad
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4 hookers does seem excessive. Ashman is one for the future but is probably along more for the experience.
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4 hookers does seem excessive
Lord Sewell would like a word.
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Interesting? – no Skinner,no H-Clyne –
hmmph! Cherry-picking from Exeter now – to Exeter’s advantage – ta!
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I’m assuming The Sun called him Lord Sewer during his moment in the, er, sun?
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Great article by Bernie in the Graun today. I still believe that he’d be a better president than Biden but it’s great that he’s got a big role to play.
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I feel great today.
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This is why I never got the chief political correspondent job at the Daily Telegraph:
“Biden’s great, great, great grandfather, Edward Blewitt, left Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland for America during the Irish famine 170 years ago, which could mean he is well disposed towards Great Britain.”
That’s the kind of keen insight that’s well beyond me.
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OT,
He’s still the master of the sweeping statement.
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Welsh Squad:
Hookers: Elliot Dee, Ryan Elias, Ken Owens
Props: Rhys Carré, Wyn Jones, Rhodri Jones, Leon Brown, Tomas Francis, Dillon Lewis
Locks: Jake Ball, Adam Beard, Alun Wyn Jones, Will Rowlands, Cory Hill
Back row: Dan Lydiate, Josh Navidi, Aaron Wainwright, Taulupe Faletau, Josh MacLeod, Justin Tipuric
Scrum-halves: Gareth Davies, Tomos Williams, Kieran Hardy
Out-halves: Dan Biggar, Callum Sheedy, Jarrod Evans
Centres: Johnny Williams, Jonathan Davies, Nick Tompkins, Owen Watkin
Back threes: Liam Williams, Leigh Halfpenny, Louis Rees-Zammit, Hallam Amos, George North, Josh Adams.
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Funnily enough, during the campaign, when asked by a reporter if he would like to comment for the BBC, he replied ” Why ? I’m Irish”.
He never seems to mention the other side of the family, who came from Suffolk.
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If Joe Biden is Irish I’m Daniel O’Bloody Donnell.
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Hi Dan.
One of my librarian colleagues is ‘Murcan. Her parents still believe that Trump won. This might explain why she’s over here.
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Give us an oul’ song there, Danny Boy…..
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Right so my bet didn’t pay off. I now need another asymmetric bet to try and win a load of dosh with very little outlay.
Which country do you think Biden will bomb first?
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