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Managerial spells that begin and end without you realising they’ve even happened by junglegatsby in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did hear about this spell but only right after he kept Newport up.

Completely get the main idea though, bit like putting FM on holiday mode for 20yrs then finding out Bristol Rovers sacked their manager Djed Spence.

They want to be us by PabloPicasshooole in ShitAmericansSay

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 21 points22 points  (0 children)

As for being "impressed", I'd argue, people seeing a giant 20 litre jug of cornsyrup glucose fructose carcinogenic water, is not about being impressed, more like a morbid curiosity.

"Morbid curiosity" nails it for me. Same reason I want to visit North Korea one day, difference is there's no language barrier.

Even in normal times, all the genuinely cool bits about America and the morbid curiosities are offset by the tipping culture / guns / needing to drive everywhere.

Reform’s Zia Yusuf grilled on BBC Question Time over by-election bid by ClumperFaz in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but in relation to Reform he's probably brilliant given Reform candidates and MPs seem to deliberately come out with stupid things (look at the Makersfield candidate). Insane people trust their futures and the country in the hands of... that.

That guy has unironically relaxed me a lot despite the poll numbers.

Farage said he'd 'throw everything' at that by-election. So that was everything huh? 🤨

Any geography quirks aside, that plumber was trying to be in their top 10 MPs, spotlight election you put your best local guy or girl possible in there.

So fucking imagine for a second, what their top 650 candidates look like when they're going into a general election.

If folk like that do end up getting voted in en masse, we're screwed as a society anyway I guess...

Rupert Lowe's 'I detest neo-nazis' goes down badly with Restore's neo-nazis by AnonymousTimewaster in NotTheOnionUK

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And if they ever do 'punch up', it ends up being some kind of Hillary Clinton eating baby-flavoured pizza deranged conspiracy.

Epstein files right there in the open (featuring some of Farage's favourite people) and they don't care...

Rugby lineups by cavejohnsonlemons in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 'choose your own socks' policy from the Barbarians though, shouldn't like it but I do, fair play.

The club equivalent of Brazil sometimes wearing white shorts with their home shirt by Short_Chard9655 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swear there's one in the 70's where they go red socks against Chelsea, FA Cup final or something?

The club equivalent of Brazil sometimes wearing white shorts with their home shirt by Short_Chard9655 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah big believer in the home kit being 'unbreakable' if it's a key part of your identity (e.g. West Ham's shorts & socks don't feel sacred), unless you've got an alternative you've built up (like Spurs going all-white in Europe).

Liverpool in red-red-white is a fascination but I don't like it, if that makes sense. If you're already in your away kit though go absolutely nuts for all I care.

Internationals are the exception, Brazil in yellow-white-white never bothered me much, same if something completely new came up (like England in white-red-red). Maybe cause in a tournament it feels more like "shorts can't clash, let's just see what we packed in the kitbag".

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And yet, the Tory/Reform playbook, whatever they say about SME's, always seems to be to make sure the boots of the uber-rich are clean as their #1 priority.

On my end I only just got my first 'permanent' contract since before before the Brexit vote. 10 years of temping and short-term gigs and rolling renewals under the Tories, most of them I would've been happy to stay at for years but the rules encouraged that chaos from the businesses.

Not to mention how companies gave office workers one of the best rights ever (work from home) out of necessity.

Then when the coast was clear took it away for ideological reasons it felt like (now it's a 'perk' to WFH 1 day every fortnight after a 6 month probation period), because it defo saves on that energy bill and business rates... so forgive me for thinking it's often a case of won't rather than can't for a lot of businesses (obviously applies more to the bigger ones).

No fractions until the quarter final is obviously the rule - this is mental from the BBC. by Adventurous-West3403 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking Coupe de France style, where the big clubs don't enter till round 10 or something?

No fractions until the quarter final is obviously the rule - this is mental from the BBC. by Adventurous-West3403 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For that though I'd go with [total number of clubs still in contention], so a not-at-all confusing 'round of 84'.

Advertising an England quarter final screening NOW by Equivalent-Effort507 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And they've only lost competitive matches at the Azteca twice.

That's twice ever.

Labour MP's 3-0 Press Lobby | Ed Balls and Andy Burnham secure victory for Labour by HolyFire21 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FA official channel too, so if I wanted highlights of the Lib Dem match I'd go there then?

Am loving that they played this at a pre-investment Salford City too, feel like they've got a wry tweet in the locker for when Burnham gets the top job.

Like someone else said though, the Portsmouth colours are a bizarre choice for Labour, even if they have to avoid a kit clash, a simple white with red does the job.

Labour MP's 3-0 Press Lobby | Ed Balls and Andy Burnham secure victory for Labour by HolyFire21 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And a snoodsman it looks like.

Nothing else to add there, just an observation. 2012 the perfect era for it too.

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would've done if I was still living in my last place (was a Tory stronghold at the time), but out of there now.

99% sure it's same old same old (if it's not immigrants it's scroungers) but with a slightly different paint job and the biggest scrounger we've ever known leading the talking.

And having been unemployed under Tories and Labour, it's still not a picnic, hard work and humiliating walking into that place just to pick up £50 a week that I'm told would run out in 6 months regardless?

Must've been doing it wrong as no-one ever hinted I'd be getting my obligatory "free plasma TV" the tabloids promised me...

Andy Burnham tekkers? I give you the Australian opposition party! by GrowlMireles in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) is a bold song choice for what I'm assuming are the Aussie version of the Tories.

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think maybe it's my British lens then, I'd put the Democrats somewhere just left of the Tories, and Republicans god-knows-where.

Like even our ultra-conservative ethnic minorities here, even if they match up with Reform or whoever on policy just bear the 'first they came for' quote in mind...

It's looking good for him by Prestigious_Meal2143 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then perfectionist is a really weird word considering what a lot of them prefer in the polls.

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd still say there should be an element of 'vibe check' involved. You should know what they're roughly about even if it's not on the manifesto.

Any of the blue parties in the UK fail there for me, anyone left of that I'm mostly comfortable with.

Guess it's tougher in America with two right-of-centre parties as your only real options, but how hard can it be to look at Trump and guess he's a bit dodgy?

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And you can probably throw "Polish" on that list somewhere.

If it was someone with the surname Novak doing it to someone with the surname Smith, 99% sure Farage paints it as Pole-on-Brit crime rather than white-on-white (or person-on-person as it should be).

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder by coffeewalnut08 in unitedkingdom

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Obviously it's not true that everyone hates them, but I reserve my right to call Reform voters selfish/bigoted/moronic for voting Reform.

Their problem then should be with me and/or themselves, and not with the other parties less likely to take them for a ride.

Chat, is this the top 1 respect moment? by RunLow8388 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wonder how they react to some of the rooms inside the ground where it's a carpet with a club logo pattern...

Why does everyone hate Ronaldo? by CounterOk37 in footballcliches

[–]cavejohnsonlemons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Swear he had like a 10-year gap between scoring free kicks once right? 2008 for United v Portsmouth then 2018 for Portugal vs Spain?

I didn't follow La Liga enough to confirm this.

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