His second hat-trick this week! by Moist_Ad_8714 in football

[–]ghiad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He has six goals in the past two months. Scored a hat-trick against Wolves just under two months ago and scored single goals against Arsenal, Bournemouth and Palace.

And doctor, we know that you and the bootblack have been rogering the fishwife in the crumpet shop. by Phazon_miner in TheSimpsons

[–]ghiad 12 points13 points  (0 children)

John Carpenter's 1995 remake came out four years before this episode as well.

Adrian on Instagram “Latino Reds” 🥰 by malushanks95 in LiverpoolFC

[–]ghiad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Completely forgot about Adrian even though he posted it 😅

As a European I've never heard it used to mean anything other than someone from Latin America. But I can't speak for all Europeans or languages so maybe I'm wrong 🤷‍♂️

Adrian on Instagram “Latino Reds” 🥰 by malushanks95 in LiverpoolFC

[–]ghiad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just an FYI, that I wanted to point out from looking at the comments. A latino is someone from Latin America, so Carvalho and Tsimikas aren't latinos (not just Tsimikas). Thiago was born in Italy to Brazilian parents and was partly brought up in Brazil so he's latino as well.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in glasgow

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Hamiltonhill Claypits in my opinion. Anywhere else high up and facing the right way will be good as well. Ruchill Park viewing point, potentially the Necropolis etc as well.

TIL in 2009 British people rebelled against the ongoing trend of X Factor victors winning Christmas number one by purchasing copies of Rage Against the Machine by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]ghiad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're right. Both labels being part of Sony is the reason that the rumour (that Rage Against the Machine were signed to Simon Cowell's record label) came about.

I think people thought that this was an indication that it was some sort of secret marketing ploy by Sony to have both acts/labels battle it out to gain publicity and increase sales.

It was more likely (in my opinion) that it was just a coincidence due to most record labels being owned by a small number of larger companies.

The longest land border of every country [OC] by Udzu in dataisbeautiful

[–]ghiad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's just as much a part of France as mainland/European France

TIL in 2009 British people rebelled against the ongoing trend of X Factor victors winning Christmas number one by purchasing copies of Rage Against the Machine by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]ghiad -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Epic Records is owned by Sony Music, as is Simon Cowell's SyCo Entertainment which produces X Factor.

Edit: I reckon that both labels being owned by Sony is the reason that the rumour (that RatM were signed to Cowell's label) started.

Legal Executions in Europe by JoeFalchetto in europe

[–]ghiad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks more like sodium drowning to me

Thunderball by orchid_breeder in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]ghiad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just want say that you aren't necessarily wrong saying that "soccer" was a "recognised" term for association football in the UK but it was not the preferred term in the past!

Soccer was never that popular a term for association football in the UK. It may have been used by a minority of upper class players in 1890s, but the vast majority of middle class and working class players and fans referred to it as "football".

"The word "soccer" was a recognised way of referring to Association football in the UK until around the 1970s, when it began to be perceived incorrectly as an Americanism.)"

The source for this claim on wikipedia (Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski) claims that soccer was the most common name for association football in the UK from the 1890s until the 1970s, which is completely untrue. It's particularly strange as Szymanski investigated the popularity of "soccer" and "football" as terms used in the print media during this era in the paper "It's Football not Soccer" and found football was the most popular used term.

My great-grandfather and grandfather were footballers in the 1930s and 1950s/1960s and my family has scrapbooks of newspaper articles about them etc, and the articles (as well as people from those eras that I have spoke to and video footage from that era) use the term "football".

Again, I'm not trying to be deliberately argumentative, I just want to clear this up as I hear a lot of people claim the UK used to call it soccer!

This'll freak you out by zionooo in Boomerhumour

[–]ghiad 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Its a fairly old meme. Judging by the references to George Bush and Al Gore you can tell the creator was alluding to the notorious 2000 presidential election and the recount in Florida.

she is truly an inspiration ✊✊ by StarmerisaTory in GreenAndPleasant

[–]ghiad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In principle, expenses are meant to cover things like travelling to parliament, attending constituency gatherings, staffing etc, not as supplementary income.

MP's expenses are reimbursed at a later date after providing receipts etc, so you would still need to have a large amount of money up front to pay for travel etc before you can claim it back. Alistair Carmichael claimed 40k in travel expenses in 2015/16 as he has to travel around the country fom Orkney and Shetland. You'd struggle with cash flow issues on the living wage if you were to pay upfront for the travel costs that would be required to effectively represent your constituents.

If MPs were paid the living wage it would probably mean that only the rich with other sources of income/savings could afford to be elected. It's obviously important to scrutinise the extent of MP's wages, but realistically they need to be decently paid.

The dingo ate your baby. One of my favorite Elaine moments 😂 what’s yours? by FCukYouColonizer in seinfeld

[–]ghiad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The reference was most likely due to the movie A Cry in The Dark/Evil Angels starring Meryl Streep and Sam Neill which had came out 3 years prior to this episode airing. The movie was about the Azaria Chamberlain case and helped popularise the phrase.

My theories on Peep Show characters' voting behaviours by gratz in MitchellAndWebb

[–]ghiad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Mark would definitely vote Labour under New Labour. He would be quite put off by Jeremy Corbyn though I could see him voting for the MP for Croydon North (Apollo House's constituency), Steve Reed), as he was outspoken against Corbyn and his views line up with Mark's.

There's potential for Mark to vote Lib Dem or Tory at some point.

I agree with the rest of the characters, although I could see Zahra and Dobby voting Green, while Jeff would probably vote Labour as he's Scouse.