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    #4022
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Prince Charles?

    Don Jr.


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    #4023
    DGRulz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭DGRulz


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    They completely nailed the Toy Show, got the sentiment totally right and given the last year.

    And the Tubridy fcuk meme is going to get plenty of use.

    Also agree on the Mandalorian - best episode of the show to date by a margin. As a big heir to the empire fan
    was great to hear Thrawn coming into it.

    Also suspect we may see a younger actor cast as Luke Skywalker later this season or early next.
    As a massive fan of The Clone Wars and Rebels I really really enjoyed this episode. Dave Filoni just knows this world so well.
    As for Thrawn, they need to get Lars Mikklesen and paint him blue. Can't wait.


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    #4024
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Waterford with one of the greatest second-half comebacks in hurling. Incredible.


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    #4025
    dregin
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 6,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭dregin


    Synode wrote: »
    Very few toys on last night's show which made it odd. Think they did a good job considering, and raised a wad load of cash for good causes too. Hope they keep that bit when we're back to normal

    Theory is that they deliberately avoided pushing tous that a lot of people will find it much harder to finance this year to focus on the feelgood.


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    #4026
    OldRio
    Registered Users Posts: 5,916 ✭✭✭OldRio


    NASA trending on Twitter. It's about Adam. It's all too much for me. I'm in bits,............ again.


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    #4027
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Waterford with one of the greatest second-half comebacks in hurling. Incredible.

    I don't have a lot of skin in the game when it comes to Hurling beyond the wife being a *very* proud Tipp supporter, but that was an unreal display. One of the best games of anything I've watched this year.


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    #4028
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't have a lot of skin in the game when it comes to Hurling beyond the wife being a *very* proud Tipp supporter, but that was an unreal display. One of the best games of anything I've watched this year.

    Tomorrow should be fun as well. Limerick are favourites but Galway are no slouches.
    I don't think any team sports comes close to hurling at its best.


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    #4029
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Tomorrow should be fun as well. Limerick are favourites but Galway are no slouches.
    I don't think any team sports comes close to hurling at its best.

    Totally agree, tbh; I'd watch the championship matches, but would still be a pretty casual supporter, but hurling seems to churn out more crackers at the top tier than most other sports, for whatever reason.

    Some comeback from Waterford in fairness, didn't see it happening at half time. You occasionalyl see a team get to parity or close, but not quite able to eek out a lead beyond that with all the effort it's taken. Credit to Waterford, they kept pushing on. Fingers crossed for another belter 2moro.


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    #4030
    Darkie Hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Darkie Hughes


    awec wrote: »
    I fully concur that rock is the best medicine.

    I wonder what you mean by this? For someone who has banned all talk of schools rugby this is a flagrant abuse of position. If it’s the Rock with 69 trophies and almost 100 years in political power I doubt you are very in touch with reality. If it’s the ROCK written by Paul Howard then I excuse you for this gaffe. If it’s a reference to Tubridy then I ask you - how can someone who earns 450,000 a year be a genuine socialist and in touch with reality? In essence they are hypocrites who things both ways and to rule over people from their affluent ivory towers.


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    #4031
    swiwi_
    Registered Users Posts: 4,474 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    ^^ Some people are plain weird.

    As an aside RIP Darth Vader.


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    #4032
    Dog Botherer
    Registered Users Posts: 1,641 ✭✭✭Dog Botherer


    pretty sure he meant crack


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    #4033
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    I knew what you meant, awec. :)


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    #4034
    Darkie Hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Darkie Hughes


    What he meant and what he said are two entirely different things. That is the epitaph of hypocrites. He spoke subconsciously and spellcheck doesn’t bring up rock in the place of craic. In short there are no mistakes


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    #4035
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    6baee11272the-rock.jpg

    Obviously.


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    #4036
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Darkie Hughes wrote: »
    I wonder what you mean by this? For someone who has banned all talk of schools rugby this is a flagrant abuse of position. If it’s the Rock with 69 trophies and almost 100 years in political power I doubt you are very in touch with reality.

    Surely this is a clear endorsement of how successful they are and therefore are indeed the best medicine?

    I can see why awec feels as he does based on that.


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    #4037
    Darkie Hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Darkie Hughes


    Buer wrote: »
    Surely this is a clear endorsement of how successful they are and therefore are indeed the best medicine?

    I can see why awec feels as he does based on that.

    Ever heard of monopolies? In essence they are thought to be bad for the consumer in this instance the rugby fan or the electorate. All sorts of distortions, abuses and corruption can occur. In this case Awec is in a position of power and endorsing his alma mater while neutering opinion of other posters from competitors endorsing theirs. It’s an abuse of a dominant position in the market and under antitrust law in the States or Competition law in the EU it would be punished. No such luck for us poor saps in Ireland. We get steamrolled and no repercussions.


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    #4038
    irishbucsfan
    Registered Users Posts: 37,978 ✭✭✭✭irishbucsfan


    I actually think awec is good for the consumer under current market conditions


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    #4039
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Awec, the ultimate Rock student. Found regularly wearing dubes and chinos drinking pints of 'ken


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    #4040
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 53,365 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    I am often confused for a Dublin private schoolboy by all who meet me.


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    #4041
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    awec wrote: »
    I am often confused for a Dublin private schoolboy by all who meet me.

    Maybe if you stopped going to Blackrock SCT games it wouldn't happen so much.


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    #4042
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    The awec horseplay stories must be legendary.


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    #4043
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Awec only started supporting Ulster during a rebellious phase after not making the JCT


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    #4044
    Paul Weller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Paul Weller


    Seb Grosjean is the luckiest man in motorsport today


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    #4045
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Paul Weller wrote: »
    Seb Grosjean is the luckiest man in motorsport today

    Should've stuck to the tennis


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    #4046
    Paul Weller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Paul Weller


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Should've stuck to the tennis

    Romain! :D
    FFS


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    #4047
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users Posts: 21,605 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    Paul Weller wrote: »
    Seb Grosjean is the luckiest man in motorsport today

    Yeah was pretty terrifying, soon as I saw it was convinced he was gone.


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    #4048
    Paul Weller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Paul Weller


    Squidgy Black wrote: »
    Romain

    Too late.. I'd already been chastised


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    #4049
    Clegg
    Registered Users Posts: 16,674 ✭✭✭✭Clegg


    Soccer is at least a decade behind other contact sports when it comes to head injury protocol. 15 minutes ago David Luiz and Raul Jiminez clashed heads at a corner kick. Jiminez went out like a light and it took 10 minutes to safely remove him from the pitch. Yet David Luiz, who also seemed pretty badly hurt, has been allowed play on. Seems negligent from Arsenal's medics and coaching staff.

    Edit: He definitely hasn't recovered from the head knock. Not challenging for anything with conviction. And is now actually bleeding through the bandages the Arsenal doctor applied earlier. It's a disgrace he's been allowed stay on.


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    #4050
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Clegg wrote: »
    Soccer is at least a decade behind other contact sports when it comes to head injury protocol. 15 minutes ago David Luiz and Raul Jiminez clashed heads at a corner kick. Jiminez went out like a light and it took 10 minutes to safely remove him from the pitch. Yet David Luiz, who also seemed pretty badly hurt, has been allowed play on. Seems negligent from Arsenal's medics and coaching staff.

    Edit: He definitely hasn't recovered from the head knock. Not challenging for anything with conviction. And is now actually bleeding through the bandages the Arsenal doctor applied earlier. It's a disgrace he's been allowed stay on.

    It just highlights how often the head comes into contact in rugby over other sports.


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    #4051
    Paul Weller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Paul Weller


    Papa Bouba Diop died this evening.. only 42... Was part of the Senegal team that beat France in the opening world cup game all those years ago.. played for Fulham in the PL


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