Sheaf Saint

So is there any truth to the story I heard a few years back that 'mush' was derived from 'monsieur' by the Southampton dockers in their interactions with the large number of french sailors passing through the docks?

http://http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/115874/Portsmouth-squad-up-for-sale/ Now I don't want anybody getting the impression that I regularly trawl The Star's website - a mate of mine posted the link on Facebook. If there is even the slightest degree of truth to this then it is very interesting reading.

Yeah that's exactly one of the aspects I'm talking about. >> They leave you guessing as to what his exact relationship to Eli was. It isn't actually implied, but you guess that he, just like Oskar, is her lover who had fallen for her and had chosen to travel with her and protect her. She says that she is twelve, but has been twelve for a long time, and you see flashes of her showing her true age at various points of the film, so it fits that he has been with her since he was Oskar's age, and ultimately was willing to die for her. And also, when she tells Oskar that he should fight back as hard as he can against the bullies at school, it becomes obvious later that this was to manipulate him into toughening up, so that he would be able to protect her better it seems. I can't believe that there is a Hollywood remake on the cards. well, actually I can well believe it, which probably makes it even more depressing. Don't think I'll even bother to watch it when it gets released. Out of interest, and this is aimed at Redbul seeing as you have seemingly read it, was the book originally written in Swedish as well?

Tell you what, why don't you email the organisers of the UAF and ask them why they haven't done anything? Like I said... I don't know, you don't know; none of us knows. Until any of us does know anything, is it fair for anybody to be criticising them based on pure speculation?

No, what I am trying to point out is that the BNP have a large following and now have 2 seats in the european parliament based primarily on false propoganda, whereas Choudary and his followers are just a small band of radical dreamers whose future vision for Britain is about as likely to materialise as Pompey's players' wages, and who do not in any way present a threat because they are just a publicity-seeking laughing stock. I fear this is becoming a pointless discussion. The fact is that none of us knows exactly why the UAF have not publically stood up against Islam4uk. Maybe they only exist in the first place to combat the BNP and everything they stand for, and don't want to enter into a religious argument due to the sensitivities of some of their members. Maybe they are so busy trying to thwart the efforts of the BNP/EDL to gain supoport that they don't have time to concentrate on minority radical groups. Maybe they simply don't understand the meaning of the word fascism. Far too many maybes and not enough facts in the equation.

So? all this proves is that the Met Office has lost its impartiality. Are they the only organisation in the world campaigning about climate change now? No, of course they aren't. The Met Office are just a tiny bit-part player in the grand scheme of things. Just because The Met Office are seemingly using the issue of climate change for their own political agenda doesn't in any way prove it isn't happening.

I'm simply putting forward a possible reason why the UAF haven't come out in opposition to Islam4uk. Some on here seem to be claiming that their silence on the issue is a sign that they support Choudary's little tea party, whereas I am merely suggesting that they probably don't but do not feel the need to state that publically. I could of course be wrong. For the record, I am not a member of the UAF, nor do I plan to become one; I do not support the BNP/EDL, and I do not condone Islam4uk. So I guess you are correct when you say I am against it all.

Come again? :confused:

I really enjoyed the LOTR films upon first watching. I am one of the few people on this forum it seems who has never read the trilogy, so I had no frame of reference when sitting down to watch them. Visually, the films are utterly absorbing; they boast some of the most breathtaking landscapes and battle scenes that you could ever hope to see in a film. You cannot deny that Peter Jackson's vision was huge, and he went a long way towards realising that vision fully, but I do think he fell short in some areas. Some of the dialogue is awful. It is overly mawkish in parts, and one or two of the parts were badly cast IMO. However, the biggest flaw with all of them, and the sole reason I cannot watch them any more, is the fact that Elijah Wood's acting goes from average/poor at first, to just downright crap/annoying towards the end of the third film. He is supposed to be the hero/main protagonist of the story, but I find myself almost wanting Gollum to smash his brains out with a rock so I don't have to see his gormless, single-expression face again. Shame really.

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Indeed. At least we had an academy full of decent/half decent players to fall back on when we fell out of the prem and had all our best 1st team players poached from us. What have they got?

And this is probably why the UAF aren't bothering with Choudary's little publicity stunt, because they recognise that it is just that - a publicity stunt by an irrelevant little group who have received far too much airtime and column inches already. On the other hand, the stand up against the BNP/EDL because they are seen as much more of a threat than this joker and his pathetic little band of mates.

I think you do them a great dis-service by claiming that they do not. Just because they aren't shouting from the rooftops about it doesn't mean it doesn't concern them. And I haven't seen or read anything about the UAF condemning the EDL or BNP for what they proposed to do if the march went ahead either.

Russell Osman?

Very interesting article, and some of the comments left on there are identical to my own views on it: that the bags themselves may be a very small piece of the puzzle, but our lazy reliance on them is indicative of the general ignorance towards the larger issue regarding the amount of unnecessary packaging that the stuff we consume is sold in.

Whether they are made from recyclable material or not is irrelevant IMO. The fact is that billions of them end up in landfill each year because people can't be bothered to recycle them. The same people who can't be bothered to take their own bags to the shops and who don't realise that when you throw stuff away, there is no 'away'. If charging 3p a time for them makes people think twice about using their own bags (seriously, how hard is it?) then I am all for it. Agree with your comment about driving to the shops for a packet of biscuits though.

Briatore's main defence seems to have been 'Moseley had it in for me... it's not fair!' This may or may not be true, but it is irrelevant because the original ruling was correct regardless IMO. He was guilty of cheating and bringing the sport into disrepute, therefore his ban should have stood. Can the FIA now appeal against the appeal ruling? And if they can, will they bother?

Got round to watching Let The Right One In lastnight, after reading some glowing reviews of it. I looved the atmosphere of it. The bleak 1970s Swedish housing estate existence was a perfect backdrop for the film, which is atually a very heartwarming take on the age-old vampire story. But rather than the 'good vs evil' theme you would normally associate with vampire films, you're never really sure who you are supposed to be routing for in this one. The young boy Oskar, who is the main focus of the film, is initially shown to be an innocent 12-year old who is the victim of bullying at school, but as the story unravels it is clear that he has a bit of a dark side to him, which is written and acted supremely well. There are many little quirks to the screenplay, little things that happen later on that make you think back to little things that were alluded to earlier in the film, but were done so subtley that you have to think about it rather than having handed to you on a plate. A wonderfully engaging film that I could happily watch again and again. 8.5/10

How does he smell?

I know your lol on the end means you are just being a bit flippant, so this isn't really aimed at you, but it genuinely amazes me that people can be so lazy as to not bother to take their own bags to the supermarket, and then complain at having to pay 3p for a carrier bag. The culture of convenience that has grown in this country over the last half a century is genuinely astounding.

To be fair, that isn't really to do with climate change - it's more to do with common ****ing sense.

Out of interest, how much is your carbon footprint tax bill for this year DD? I haven't received mine yet.

We had about 20-25cm in sheffield yesterday. I tried to get to work and ended up having to abandon my car after I tried to be clever and take a shortcut to avoid the traffic. Didn't occur to me at first how hilly that route was and I got well and truly stuck. Had to walk 45 mins home in just my work shoes which have zero grip on the soles. All good fun!

Looks more like they are doing the timewarp!

Portsmouth train at eastliegh yeah? And the PFA, whose job it is to reepresent the interestd of professional footballers (like a union) have arrived there this morning. I assume that means they have come to discuss what happens when they don't get paid today.