Thanks Chris
But as a newcomer and learner-poster, I'm still feeling my way (as the actress said to the Bishop)

Pompey have won the FA Cup, little point in wasting time and playing the match.
Well done, Harry!

Zap all you like: saying 'Fowler score on Saturday' is NOT contravening any rules and regs!

Ha Ha Ha
As if Fowler is any kind of threat!
He's practically an OAP!
And we want none of this "Land of my Fathers" nonsense before the game.
Thank you very much.

Fowler was taught at the true home of footie, my ignorant friend. Are you the buffoon who rings that bell throughout matches at Fratton Park? What other bunch of people would wish to experience the condition of tinnitus every match day? Madness!

...which he left, sharpish, after squabbling with the manager.
And I think he may have gone to Leeds, Leeds, I ask you - they're a national football joke!!
That fan with the bell is held in very high regard by us all at Fratton Park.

Pardon? The bloke with the bell deserves to be a geordie.

Ma'am,
Humbly I beg, a Knighthood for Harry in your gracious next Honours List.
Your Humbliest servant
Dixion.

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Originally posted by Dixion:
Thank you Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Occasional Visitor (that is a very clever user name if you post only occasionally) for your kind indulgence during my novitiature.

Ha ha ha, just seen this thread - priceless. Yes, it's definitely Rothgar, I'd stake my fags on it.
How are you, dear Occy? And M and Amanda, too.

quote:

Originally posted by Dixion:
Ma'am,
Humbly I beg, a Knighthood for Harry in your gracious next Honours List.
Your Humbliest servant
Dixion.

Yes, Ma'am - there's a bung in it for you!

...better still, Lord Redknapp of Sandbanks.
Lady Sandra and the Honourable Jamie would like that.....

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Originally posted by Sweet Marie:

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Originally posted by Dixion:
Thank you Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Occasional Visitor (that is a very clever user name if you post only occasionally) for your kind indulgence during my novitiature.

Ha ha ha, just seen this thread - priceless. Yes, it's definitely Rothgar, I'd stake my fags on it.

No doubt now is there? I'm fine thanks Sweet Marie, great to see you in print again!
How are you, dear Occy? And M and Amanda, too.

Good grief, don't know what happened to that post, but I'm sure you get my drift?

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Originally posted by Sweet Marie:

How are you, dear Occy? And M and Amanda, too.

Hi Sweet Marie, good to see you back

I'm very well thank you, how are you ?

Life is pretty much the same, can't believe we're over halfway through May already.

Have you (or anyone else for that matter) seen any of "The Apprentice"?

The more I see of it this year, the more I'm convinced that the producer decides who gets fired rather than Sir Ageing Sugar.

Soon be time for Big Brother

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Originally posted by amanda5653:
Good grief, don't know what happened to that post, but I'm sure you get my drift?

Did it get zapped ?

No it appeared in the middle of the post by Sweet Marie that I was replying to!

Hi Occy
I'm okay, thanks.
Yes, I've been watching The Apprentice - what do you think of them all?
Silly people, the other week - not thinking that you should go find the Jewish quarter to buy a kosher chicken. Any old fowl will do as long as someone muttered over it. Ridiculous. I'm amazed that he didn't sack the Sophocles fellow, nor this week.

I know, distinct whiff of barrel bottom scrapings this year I think!

I thought last week's was a matter of pure fluke.
How would you know whether to pick top of the range wedding dresses or middle of the range?
I wouldn't, and had a certain sympathy for the losing team.
But they are a pretty clueless, dreary lot, - the 24 hour Hotline for your laundry was probably the daftest idea to date.
Lucinda - is she peculiar?

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Originally posted by Sweet Marie:
Hi Occy
I'm okay, thanks.
Yes, I've been watching The Apprentice - what do you think of them all?
Silly people, the other week - not thinking that you should go find the Jewish quarter to buy a kosher chicken. Any old fowl will do as long as someone muttered over it. Ridiculous. I'm amazed that he didn't sack the Sophocles fellow, nor this week.

I was staggered by their ignorance over the halal/kosher chicken situation. It shouldn't take a religious expert to know the difference between the two.

I don't get why Michael wasn't sacked along with Jenny as he didn't object too much to the bribing.

I liked Sara and didn't think she deserved to go last week. There did seem to be some ganging up on her by the rest.

I think Raef and Lucinda have a rather charming "bonkers" quality about them, Alex needs a shave, Claire needs to stop talking and Helene should stop the fake "Elene" business and be called "Helen" like her mum and dad probably do.

I wouldn't say any outstanding talent is there and agree with Amanda that the bottom of the barrell has been reached.

Well, the differences between halal and kosher are many, if you're being pedantic, so it wasn't quite as easy as suggested, but they were still hopeless. Trying to bribe people was even worse. I find them the least likeable bunch ever - most of them don't even try to concentrate on winning a task, they just aim to get someone sacked. Mind you, the winning team's "treats" (including an air balloon trip and a Myleen Klass recital) have been rubbish this year, and Siralan's decisions have been all over the place (it's always a sign he's lost it when, instead of specifying what someone did wrong in a task, he just blusters about them 'not being right for my organisation').

Sid, increasingly, becomes inconsistent and spouts a load of rubbish. But there is no one to challenge him effectively.
I would like to see him on the BBC2 follow up programme being grilled by the lovely Vanessa and that highly intelligent bloke from "Heat" magazine.
Like someone else, Sid has become too big for his boots.
Come to believe in his own hype
I don't know anyone with an Amstrad product.

If that Scottish woman (ultimo) says 'fire in your belly' one more time I think I'll scream.But as for the contestants, my goodness they are so thick - I'll never forget one of them getting half price for something and then boasting 'I got 100% off!' Sophocles is the worst of all - I loathe the man!

Yes he is instantly dislikeable, a total idiot who tries all the time to blame others for his mess-ups and is clearly living in some dream world. I am assuming this year that when the likes of him and that frightful Claire are inexplicably left in, it is to amuse us and give us something to poke with a stick through the bars?

If they're the best of 20,000 applicants, God knows what the remaining 19,992 were like!
seriously frightening that they're at large, among us.
And that ridiculous Lucinda - regards turning on a computer as something "technical" and admits to not being capable of taking a photo on her mobile 'phone.
I think Sophocles "works" in a call centre.

Hi All,

Hey Dixion, I now know for def you are Rothie. As....wait for it.....only Rothgar referred to SAS as Sid (which I still find rather funny, gravel face and all that)

Anyway, I have to say I agree with all of my fellow posters about this years bunch of wannabe apprentices. I can't remember who said it was dangerous these people are amongst us?

These type of people have always been around. When I worked for a large Telecoms company (any guesses which?) these were the type of people I had to suffer. Grabbing, thick, power dressing, sly and vile beyond belief. I did not fit in whatsoever!!! Which is why I now have my own business. I did see one of these individuals recently in the supermarket, I hid behind the bread and took great pleasure in how scruffy they looked.

I hope Raeff wins.......he's funny and not too much of a back stabber (I hope)