The Hazards of Belief

Bannasidhe

kylith wrote: »

But those jerseys are the only things that make rugby watchable for us non-sport watching girlies.

They are a menace. Can't get a proper grip on the bloody things so the scrums arn't as tightly bound as they should be leading to more chance of a collapse.

kylith

Bannasidhe wrote: »

They are a menace. Can't get a proper grip on the bloody things so the scrums arn't as tightly bound as they should be leading to more chance of a collapse.

Yeah, well, um...




Whoo! I know that not everyone will agree, but sign me up for the rugby thing!

Bannasidhe

kylith wrote: »

Yeah, well, um...




Whoo! I know that not everyone will agree, but sign me up for the rugby thing!

He's a back - or a 'Jessica' as they are known in women's rugby. Sure they are only there to make up the numbers and look pretty for the press.


:pac:

SebBerkovich

Bannasidhe wrote: »

He's a back - or a 'Jessica' as they are known in women's rugby. Sure they are only there to make up the numbers and look pretty for the press.


:pac:

I think this is probably the right time to bring this one up.

kylith

Bannasidhe wrote: »

He's a back - or a 'Jessica' as they are known in women's rugby. Sure they are only there to make up the numbers and look pretty for the press.


:pac:

Are....are they all that pretty? I might just have to start watching rugby.

Of course, for every one of him there's probably five of

Bannasidhe

kylith wrote: »

Are....are they all that pretty? I might just have to start watching rugby.

Of course, for every one of him there's probably five of

He, however, is an absolute gentleman and an all round dotey pet.

kylith

Bannasidhe wrote: »

He, however, is an absolute gentleman and an all round dotey pet.

I wouldn't doubt it for a moment.

Beruthiel

All this rugby talk reminds me of the French rugby calendar. <--- Click at your own risk and probably NSFW.

robindch

The UK Government approves a deal to hand over control of thousands of secular schools to the Church of England.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3807588.ece
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/04/church-control-secular-schools-times_n_3544800.html

The Times wrote:

Thousands of secular state schools could be run by the Church of England after the Government agreed a deal to expand its role in education. Bishops will be given the power to appoint governors at the schools, in a change to academies policy negotiated by church leaders. The Church will be legally obliged to preserve the character of non-faith schools, but the decision still provoked outrage among secular groups.

legspin

kylith wrote: »

Are....are they all that pretty? I might just have to start watching rugby.

Of course, for every one of him there's probably five of

Other way round by some considerable margin. There are thousands of the whiney primadonnas. There will only ever be one Bull.

legspin

Bannasidhe wrote: »

They are a menace. Can't get a proper grip on the bloody things so the scrums arn't as tightly bound as they should be leading to more chance of a collapse.

I would go further and say they are downright fúcking dangerous. Try telling that to the poseurs in the backs or the alickadoos supposedly in charge though.

Nodin

robindch wrote: »

The UK Government approves a deal to hand over control of thousands of secular schools to the Church of England.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3807588.ece
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/04/church-control-secular-schools-times_n_3544800.html

"striding purposefully backwards" is a song title that comes to mind....

SebBerkovich

Nodin wrote: »

"striding purposefully backwards" is a song title that comes to mind....

I'm thinkin' "Highway to Hell" is also quite apt.

Doctor Strange

legspin wrote: »

I still miss it. I see my young lads playing and all I want to do is turn some unfortunate loose-head into a pretzel.

I remember my all too brief days as a forward in Secondary School. Feats included being tackled by three people and just carrying on, and as the coach put it "displaying the finest ball stealing ability he had ever seen", which was in essence, picking up my unfortunate classmate and dropping him back down (safely) till he released.

Then I went to college and got a culture shock of being far too small to be a forward standing among gents who were a good foot taller than me at least :pac:

kylith

Beruthiel wrote: »

All this rugby talk reminds me of the French rugby calendar. <--- Click at your own risk and probably NSFW.

recedite

robindch wrote: »

The UK Government approves a deal to hand over control of thousands of secular schools to the Church of England.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article3807588.ece
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/04/church-control-secular-schools-times_n_3544800.html

Seems its all down to money. A cash strapped public school signs up to be part of an Academy chain to get access to sponsorship money. The sponsor gets to control the ethos of the school. The govt still pays the basic running costs; equivalent to teacher salaries and building maintenance. Pupils can expect better facilities due to the extra sponsorship. Presumably most would try to ignore the indoctrination, as you might try to ignore the adds whenever watching free web content. Not only the C of E, but also rich wacko American creationists are getting in on the act.

Its a dangerous experiment IMO... not good to be messing with young heads like that. At the same time, its not vastly different to our own system, where private schools also receive State support.

Beruthiel

Beruthiel wrote: »

All this rugby talk reminds me of the French rugby calendar. <--- Click at your own risk and probably NSFW.

helloooooo

Hotblack Desiato

robindch wrote: »

The UK Government approves a deal to hand over control of thousands of secular schools to the Church of England.

Disgraceful. I know we're hardly in a position to criticise, but still.

Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »

I remember my all too brief days as a forward in Secondary School.

The 'christian' 'brothers' didn't allow us play fordinj games

Bannasidhe

ninja900 wrote: »

Disgraceful. I know we're hardly in a position to criticise, but still.



The 'christian' 'brothers' didn't allow us play fordinj games

It's almost compulsory in CBS in Cork - my great uncle still says the only thing of value he learned off 'those terrorists the co-called Christian Brothers was rugger.'

magicbastarder

the best thing i took away from having gone to a catholic boy's school was a complete disdain for the sport of rugby.

Turtwig

magicbastarder wrote: »

the best thing i took away from having gone to a catholic boy's school was a complete disdain for the sport of rugby.

Well it is very homoerotic. :pac:

recedite

This place has become infested with rugger buggers, it must be The Lions tour or something.
Anyway, whose turn is it to pick up the soap?

Bannasidhe

recedite wrote: »

This place has become infested with rugger buggers, it must be The Lions tour or something.
Anyway, whose turn is it to pick up the soap?

BOD's.


:pac:

recedite

He's been shafted this time alright

Hotblack Desiato

From Paddy Power's antipodean tentacle...

Bannasidhe

ninja900 wrote: »

From Paddy Power's antipodean tentacle...

Turns out it was the Wallabies who got buggered.

Brian Shanahan

Bannasidhe wrote: »

A load of 'woman's role is to support her husband and kids with no thought for herself because that is how God made her' wrapped up in lovey dovey sentimental crap and this was put on my page by a fecking single lesbian with no kids who does exactly as she pleases*. WTF???

Maybe you should write some ****e about a lesbian being struck by lightning an dieing of it, and her nephew* asking god why he did it, and god replying "because she sinned against my law, so she must be punished".

And finish off the little homily with, "why do you believe in the christian horse manure? They're obliged to hate and revile you."

* any relative will do.

P.S. That kind of **** really annoys me.

Brian Shanahan

recedite wrote: »

Seems its all down to money. A cash strapped public school signs up to be part of an Academy chain to get access to sponsorship money. The sponsor gets to control the ethos of the school. The govt still pays the basic running costs; equivalent to teacher salaries and building maintenance. Pupils can expect better facilities due to the extra sponsorship. Presumably most would try to ignore the indoctrination, as you might try to ignore the adds whenever watching free web content. Not only the C of E, but also rich wacko American creationists are getting in on the act.

Its a dangerous experiment IMO... not good to be messing with young heads like that. At the same time, its not vastly different to our own system, where private schools also receive State support.

Unfortunately all too often the "sponsors" turn out to be YECcers, who want to spread their poison to everybody.

Oh and the "sponsorship" money is pitiful, under TB it was £2m total for ever, one tenth of the average capital maintenance costs of a school for a year. For that you got full control of a school for 30 years minimum, and the school still had to find 299/300 of its normal spending (never mind building new facilities). According to Private Eye the percentages have not changed under Call me Dave and A Name too Jewish for a Future Prime Minister.

LeinsterDub

Did the magic power of seven kill off the Curse of Cameron? Murray's win came on 7/7, 77 years after Fred Perry (and he broke Djokovic's serve in seventh game of each set)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2358006/Andy-Murrays-Wimbledon-win-came-7-7-77-years-Fred-Perry.html

robindch

Steven Anderson, a 31-year old preacher, is interviewed by an Irish radio station. So much fail ensues, it's hard to know where to start.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/07/06/christian-pastor-i-believe-that-the-government-should-use-the-death-penalty-on-homosexuals/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4kO-rxuSfc