Sheaf Saint

Do you?

I want some of what this guy is on!

Or not, seeing as this 'announcement' was supposed to take place on monday afternoon.

Well, you see here's the thing, and some might say this is the reason why it was so much better than the other two... TESB was the only one of the original three that wasn't directed by George Lucas.

But his point being that The Empire Strikes Back was in virtually an identical situation as The Two Towers. It was the middle film of a trilogy, with no discernible beginning or end, yet it was by far the best film of the original three.

Well if you count up all of them going back to when the Paul Allen rumour was first posted, I would guess we got close to a thousand pages in total.

Yeah that would appear to be the case. There was an interview with Storrie-teller in the Independent this morning, and he says that he no longer has any involvement in the clubs finances, and that he is no longer actively seeking new investment either, leaving it all up to the arabs. His only responsibility now is the day-to-day running of the club.

Or even wait until the players have served their 14-day termination notice after not being paid, and get him on a free.

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.

Please elaborate...

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?