United thread 2013/14

[mad4city]

Re: Rags you work with.

The one I currently work with was wearing rag cuff links so it wasn't too difficult. As he lives in Taunton, I naturally took the piss along the usual lines but it turned out he's a Stockport lad and completely sound. He even knows about Davies & Gibson and doesn't think the club was formed in 1992.

In fact it's a good laugh as the team consists of me, the rag, a Spurs fan, a Cardiff fan and a West Ham fan.

Fascinating... and who do you support?

:-P




(couldn't resist, PB!)<br /><br />-- Wed Nov 27, 2013 3:05 pm --<br /><br />

I once worked with a Welsh plastic rag who was always giving it out large during their period of dominance. I found it strange as I'd originally always thought he was more into rugby. While taking the piss I once asked him how long he'd been a United fan. His reply - and this is really what he said - "For years. Ever since I stopped supporting Leeds."

Sad thing is, I've met so many of the plastic f**kers, over the years, that I'd almost have some respect for that fella.
Almost.

At least, he's honest (&possibly only said it to wind you up?).

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

The one I currently work with was wearing rag cuff links so it wasn't too difficult. As he lives in Taunton, I naturally took the piss along the usual lines but it turned out he's a Stockport lad and completely sound. He even knows about Davies & Gibson and doesn't think the club was formed in 1992.

In fact it's a good laugh as the team consists of me, the rag, a Spurs fan, a Cardiff fan and a West Ham fan.

Fascinating... and who do you support?

Well obviously I used to support Chelsea...

 

[mad4city]

The one I currently work with was wearing rag cuff links so it wasn't too difficult. As he lives in Taunton, I naturally took the piss along the usual lines but it turned out he's a Stockport lad and completely sound. He even knows about Davies & Gibson and doesn't think the club was formed in 1992.

In fact it's a good laugh as the team consists of me, the rag, a Spurs fan, a Cardiff fan and a West Ham fan.

Fascinating... and who do you support?

Well obviously I used to support Chelsea...

Didn't we all?

 

[laserblue]

Re: Rags you work with.

I once worked with a Welsh plastic rag who was always giving it out large during their period of dominance. I found it strange as I'd originally always thought he was more into rugby. While taking the piss I once asked him how long he'd been a United fan. His reply - and this is really what he said - "For years. Ever since I stopped supporting Leeds."

Sad thing is, I've met so many of the plastic f**kers, over the years, that I'd almost have some respect for that fella.
Almost.

At least, he's honest (&possibly only said it to wind you up?).

No, he was deadly serious. He was trying too hard to respond to my baiting and he blurted it out. He never lived it down either as we were in a group and everyone else burst out laughing. He never paid out of his own pocket the very few times he ever saw the rags play and relied on freebies. He was actually our production director and was such a shameless freeloader he even concocted a completely unnecessary business trip to our Spanish company in Valencia to coincide with the rags playing a CL game there. His ticket was on the (Spanish) house.

 

[BlueTG]

Whatever Moyesy and his staff are doing behind the scenes, they're doing it wrong. Someone's not managing Van Pussys injury prone body correctly, and long may it continue.

 

[bgblue]

 

[Blue Hefner]

United 9/4, seems a good bet to me

 

[crazyg]

Yes, but he's a Grand Master at it!

Just looking at the "story" about their plane having to "abort" the landing. It reports that the plane was 400 metres "above the runway". Presumably that means they were at around 1300 feet, which indicates that the plane was about 4 miles out on final approach. At that height, the pilot will have been advised by the tower to go round again.
No problems, no danger, no story. But it's the rags.

Am wondering myself how much will be made of this for PR purposes. Once had a proper aborted landing - were almost at the point of touching down then pressed right back into our seats from what felt like all the afterburners coming on at once.

Pilot explained same thing - something not supposed to be there was in the way, but end of the day it was no real sweat - everything that was supposed to happen in that scenario did, just like when you have to slam on the anchors when some bright spark cuts you up in a car.

There have unfortunately been plenty of tragedies in the past to mourn of each type, life's too short to dwell on something that didn't actually happen.

From what I can tell there is no story here. In fact the most shocking part of the entire piece is the fact that the greatest football club in the world (tm) flies with Monarch.

You mean they didn't fly in their red-painted Aeroflot TU154? Thought I hadn't seen it coming in over my house!

 

[stony]

The doom and gloom on redcafe is heart warming. Most of them have only ever known success. I can see a few meltdowns coming this season.

 

[mac]

The doom and gloom on redcafe is heart warming. Most of them have only ever known success. I can see a few meltdowns coming this season.

I hope there's one tonight the Germans have a fantastic home record of late.please let them get Thursday night footy