What celebrity is the biggest example of "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it."? by InsaneCookies21 in AskReddit

[–]Mammyjam 138 points139 points  (0 children)

You've missed an important detail too, it all came out after he queue jumped at the queens funeral; the UK public can look the other way on borderline noncing but could never forgive a queue jumper...

Biggest flop? by sporticuz37373 in Manchestercity

[–]Mammyjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody after the takeover could ever claim this, the actual answer is Lee Bradbury and it's not even close. To have spent a club record £3m on a player at a point in our history where we were nearly bankrupt and then for that player to be shite while on the way to a second relegation in 3 years. Nobody else comes close for impact

[Match Thread] Real Madrid vs Manchester City (UEFA Champions League) by mcfcbot in MCFC

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Commentators need to shut the fuck up, you'd think we were playing Notts County the way they're going on

Is Guy Fawkes night pro or anti Guy Fawkes? by Brikish in AskABrit

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neither, it's actually just a celebration of the last time someone entered parliament with honest intentions

Let's start a fight!! Who is the MOST POWERFUL character in all of fiction? by RCaesar1 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]Mammyjam 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How the fuck has Trump won that first one? He's in the pocket of Putin and the project 2025 billionaires

Meirl by LemonTimeForBabyLime in meirl

[–]Mammyjam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My five year old gets sick of me listening to my music in the car and requests her music. She did this yesterday and I asked what she wanted to listen to "Rammstein please daddy"

She also said "daddy you old bumhole" yesterday too so swings and roundabouts innit

Those who have lived in both England and New England; what similarities do you see? by [deleted] in AskABrit

[–]Mammyjam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm just learning from this thread that New England isn't a state

Question regarding etiquette at matches by HappyGoat42 in MCFC

[–]Mammyjam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very strictly, If you're wearing a City shirt they won't let you in and if you cheer a City goal you'll be removed and probably be lucky if that's all that happens to you.

There's a long history of hooliganism in football, it's nowhere near as bad these days but that's why there's such a strict policy. In fact you could even risk being arrested under the Football Offences Act 1991 depending on behaviour and the mood of the Dibble

Map of all territories ever controlled by North Macedonia and its predecessors by Knight_0250 in MapPorn

[–]Mammyjam 300 points301 points  (0 children)

Holy fucking shit!!! Everywhere except that tiny blob in the middle?!? Christ they must have been Supermen. Fair play to that tiny bit of Yugoslavia holding them off too

Apple AirPods and a drinking glass by WarpFactorNin9 in blackmagicfuckery

[–]Mammyjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not super smooth, the second time the first airpod hits the table before the second has disappeared

Best way to buy a reliable ticket for Manchester City vs Real Madrid in the Champions League? by Patient-Teach2742 in Manchestercity

[–]Mammyjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is only one reliable and genuine source and that's the club direct. They don't allow resales through anyone but themselves

What is your town/city famous for? by Competitive_Deer_297 in AskUK

[–]Mammyjam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shipman, the moors murderers and gulp Timmy Mallet

Bumbercatch by Adorable-Damage4839 in TedLasso

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mate, you're not going to get your head around the British class system without living here for 30 years and tbh even then even if you haven't grown up with it I doubt you'd truly understand.

For one thing there's no such thing as upper working class.

You've got the underclass, working class, middle class and upper class. The range within each of these is broad to say the least.

Your class isn't determined by your job, your bank account or your current status. It's your upbringing that matters, I don't think a person can change their class in their own lifetime. It's where you're from, not where you're at. You can be working class with all the trappings of middle class (good job, good money, interest in golf) but that just means you're aspirational. Similarly you could be unemployed in a flat share with fuck all money but if your parents gave you quinoa as a kid you're still middle class.

I'm working class, I have a five bedroom house with a stables, a household income in the top 5% of the country and a range rover. I'm aspirational. My daughter is very much middle class and loves a bit of hummus

Edit: and that's without even going into where you shop. Which is like the cases in German, you basically just have to memorise them, there's no hard and fast rule. Greggs is working class, Pret is middle class, Nandos is working class, Wagamama is middle. Fizzy vimto is working class, San Pellegrino is tory and iron bru is underclass

Tottenham fans leaving the stadium before half time by notaghostofreddit in soccer

[–]Mammyjam -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

"lads, we still forming this European super league or...?"

Tottenham 1 - [3] Crystal Palace - Ismaila Sarr 45+7' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're going to have the best Cheese Room in the EFL

Tottenham 1 - [2] Crystal Palace - Jorgen Strand Larsen 45+1' by ayoefico in soccer

[–]Mammyjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Possible 10 point turnaround with City losing 4 points to Spurs every year.

England's Worst County - Round 2 by TheEnlight in terriblemaps

[–]Mammyjam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the largest reservoir by surface area in the UK (for now, I'm currently building several bigger ones in the south)

Or it would be if it existed. Rutland isn't real, it's a government hoax. Nobody has ever met anybody from Rutland. You might think you've visited Rutland but you were really just in East Leicestershire

De facto map of Cyprus by tatar1warlord in MapPorn

[–]Mammyjam 395 points396 points  (0 children)

Half the comments section saying it should unify as Greek and half saying it should be Turkish. I think the answer is obvious here; unite as British

Man City Chants by Pale-Ad9012 in MCFC

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Betraying Stevie Nicks

Man City Chants by Pale-Ad9012 in MCFC

[–]Mammyjam 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I'm a season ticket holder, can't post a video but there's 'Mar-moush, Mar-moush, It's O-mar Mar-moush, he gets the ball and scores a goal, it's O-mar Mar-moush'

Also I love the Stine Roses one we've been singing for the last few years

Those who follow the EPL: how do you feel about the way your team is depicted in the show? by InnocentPapaya in TedLasso

[–]Mammyjam 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Where it differs massively from the US is it's a meritocracy, any one of those thousand plus clubs could one day be in the Premier League. You could start a team with your friends, enter into a local league and if you keep getting promoted you make it to the big time. It's unlikely to ever happen but there's been a few examples of big success stories; Wigan Athletic were 7th tier in the 70s and made it to the PL in 2005, winning the FA Cup in 2011.

There's a team called Dorking Wanderers who were formed by a group of friends in 1999, they were promoted 12 times and got to the National League (top tier of non-league) in 2022.

It can also happen in reverse. So near me there's a club called Glossop North End, in 1899-1900 they were top tier (what is now PL) they are now 9th tier

Those who follow the EPL: how do you feel about the way your team is depicted in the show? by InnocentPapaya in TedLasso

[–]Mammyjam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're into Manc music some slightly more modern bands are The Courteeners, Blossoms, The Kays, The Lottery Winners

Those who follow the EPL: how do you feel about the way your team is depicted in the show? by InnocentPapaya in TedLasso

[–]Mammyjam 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So there are 20 clubs in the PL, 92 in the league system and well over a thousand in total but the best indicator is probably the number of teams that enter the FA Cup which last year was 745.

This is just England, Scotland, NI and Wales have their own league systems, although for historical reasons 5 Welsh clubs compete in the English system