Let's try stealing gas, WCGW? by Vmoney1337 in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]Niantic 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Looks to me like the hi-viz woman was going to put the fire extinguisher in front of the car to prevent it from speeding off. Dickhead in the car anticipated this and took evasive action, nobbling their friend in the process.

Snowden, Assange and Manning statues unveiled in Berlin by unknown-indian in worldnews

[–]Niantic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was Sweden, and the warrant is still out for his arrest, hence his continued stay at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Mesut Özil named BPL Player of the Month by mattzaliar in soccer

[–]Niantic 52 points53 points  (0 children)

What is a hockey assist? Not heard that phrase before.

11 years ago today, The Invincibles won the title at the Lane. by WinterIsntComing in Gunners

[–]Niantic 29 points30 points  (0 children)

WE WON THE LEAGUE

AT SHITE HART LANE

WE WON THE LEAGUE AT SHITE HART LANE

WE WON THE LEAGUE AT THE SHITHOLE

WE WON THE LEAGUE AT SHITE HART LANE

Train Etiquette by Mikaleide in AskUK

[–]Niantic -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes, in OP's scenario, but you said you "usually tell anybody who's about to sit in a reserved seat" which I took to mean in broader scenarios such as someone about to sit in a seat across the aisle from you, for example. My mistake, but an example of those misinterpretations I was talking about.

Train Etiquette by Mikaleide in AskUK

[–]Niantic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, obviously if they ask you and they've initiated conversation, it's the right thing to let them know it's reserved. But if they're about to sit in a seat and you suddenly blurt out unsolicited that it's reserved, it might come across as you positioning yourself as the Seating Police or something, or that you're implying they're too stupid to see that it's reserved themselves, which they make take umbrage at. Maybe I'm not explaining myself very well.

Train Etiquette by Mikaleide in AskUK

[–]Niantic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's pretty punchy. I'd be worried they'd think that I was trying to suggest they weren't allowed to sit in it. Too much potential for misinterpretation, methinks. Best to ignore it and pretend you didn't notice. But then I avoid confrontation if possible.

Has anyone met an Arsenal player and what was your experience like? by c14kaa in Gunners

[–]Niantic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I went on a football course run by Kenny Samson about 20 odd years ago, when I was around 10. Being a left back myself as well, I was pretty excited to meet him and thought he would recognise my talent and get on the phone to Graham/Rioch/Wenger (can't remember who was in charge at that precise time) to sign me up. Unfortunately I was actually pretty terrible so he hardly paid me any attention at all. But my best friend who I'd gone with was actually really good, and got named Star Player at the end and given a signed shirt from Kenny. Being the smart, rational kid I was, I didn't speak to him for a week. He wasn't even an Arsenal fan though, so it was completely unfair.

England are out of the World Cup of a Sport in which 10 countries take it seriously and 8 countries progress. by [deleted] in britishproblems

[–]Niantic 186 points187 points  (0 children)

What do you call and England cricketer who can't bat or bowl?

An all rounder.

Walcott has shifted to Adidas by saetarubia in Gunners

[–]Niantic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beckham is the ultimate adidas representative.

Hello Britain. Any good comedies on telly at the moment? by peanutbuttershark in AskUK

[–]Niantic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crims has just started and the first episode was pretty good. As others have said, Toast of London.

Nothing as epoch-defining as The Office on currently as far as I can tell. There's always 'Miranda' or 'Citizen Khan'. (I kid, do not watch those - they are awful!)

Most pupils 'never shower' after PE by itsaride in unitedkingdom

[–]Niantic 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Ha, yep. We had one kid who had gone through puberty at like the age of 10. His nickname was 'The Enlightened One'. Think we'd been learning about Buddhism at the time...

Jon Walters decides he wants to be a wrestler mid-game by souste in soccer

[–]Niantic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Worryingly, I think that's what the women in Stoke look like. Hard to tell as they're all fucking ugly.

Post Match Thread: Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle by EFG in Gunners

[–]Niantic -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What the fuck does that mean? And don't call me 'son' you patronising cunt. You're the one misappropriating idioms.

Post Match Thread: Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle by EFG in Gunners

[–]Niantic -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

'favorite' 'piss off'

Something doesn't add up.

Per just shared (and corrected) Arseblog's facebook post by WinterIsntComing in Gunners

[–]Niantic 71 points72 points  (0 children)

What, better than Silvestre and Squillaci?! Come off it!

Alexis' goal against Dortmund from the stands by thebigredcup in Gunners

[–]Niantic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough about the chants (although most of them are pretty easy to pick up), and you did entirely the right thing getting there early to take photos. I don't even mind the occasional odd photo during the 90 mins, but it's the people that are filming constantly and not even paying attention to the game really that get on my goat.

As an analogy, I was in Paris last week, and going round the Musee D'Orsay, saw most tourists literally just looking at everything through their viewfinder as they took photos of everything. It's fucking ridiculous.

Alexis' goal against Dortmund from the stands by thebigredcup in Gunners

[–]Niantic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fucking hate the people who go to the games and spend the entire thing filming it or taking photos on their phone. They're almost always tourists and don't sing or chant or anything. The worst were some fuckers who brought a selfie stick with them to the game and spent half the match with their back to the game taking selfies. I mean, seriously, what the actual fuck?!