A-Z "Topic Of The Day"

[Sslip]

Ieuan Evans

[notsmokinjo]

Alex Jesaulenko ... made it to the Ukraininan sporting hall of fame before Gretski did.

 

[Sslip]

N'Golo Kanté

 

Fantastic player, currently to be found playing for France at the world cup.

 

[notsmokinjo]

Oh... a fainting goat... still waiting for the French team to say "we surrender"

 

There's only 1 Tony Locket..... the fat, slow full forward who was so good he won the Brownlow (association Best and Fairest)... Pluga himself.... Premiership player and still holds the record of the most goals in a carrer.... once a pig was let onto the field with pluga number 4 on its side...

 

 

[Sslip]

^^^ Then you have never watched N'Golo Kante play.

 

An honourable mention to Mal Meninga, but it has to be our World Cup winning skipper Bobby Moore

 

[WeegieWoman]

Switcherooo to sunday slang fest?

 

Nanty - means nothing. Wit you upto this weekend? Aw nanty, im skint. 

[notsmokinjo]

Onya  (on-yah rhymes with baa) .... abreviation of Good On Ya .... which is Good On You or ... Oh, jolly well done! .... but you can also say to someone "Onya bike" ... so 'Get on your bike" ... so "Piss Off"

[WeegieWoman]

Patch same as dingy, meaning ignore or not bother with. Are you going to helens party? Naw, im gona patch it, i canny be arsed. 

[Sslip]

Quids in - In profit,  done well financially.

[notsmokinjo]

SWITCHEROO ... Historic Mistakes & Accidents

 

Decca Records  - turned down the Beatles as "they were not sellable".

[notsmokinjo]

SWITCHEROO .... SWITCHEROO .... Patriotic Songs & Movies...

 

Sands of Iwo Jima

[Wee fluffy me]

Could be here a while ... I'm workin on a T.... 

 

Anybody else out there feel free to jump in..

[WeegieWoman]

Three lions - the lightening seeds 

[notsmokinjo]

Under The Southern Cross I Stand - the Australian Cricket Team's victory song.

 

Under the Southern Cross I Stand

A sprig of wattle in my hand,

A native of my native land,

Australia you Fvckin beauty

[Sslip]

Let's head to a Shakespeare work. 

 

Henry V

[notsmokinjo]

^^ The best of all the Shakes... frickin love the St Crispin's Day Speech...

 

The Wind That Shakes The Barley (song)

[Sslip]

X = 1776 

 

And in this case the film is 1776.

 

I haven't seen it, but I think we Brits were playing away and got soundly beaten by the home team. 

[notsmokinjo]

who can pass up James Cagney....

 

Yankee Doodle Dandy

[Sslip]

Zulu

[notsmokinjo]

OH wait I got a big fizchick entry from @Wee fluffy me  for the A...

 

Ally's Tartan Army... from when Scotland made the world cup finals in 1978.

 

 

OH wow... how bizzare, that fizchick give me B....  this was hard, because there are soooo many good Irish B's and English B's even... hmmm, decisions, decisions, decisions... ok so with Honorable mentions going to both Braveheart, Bridge Over the River Kwai and The Boys of the Old Brigade..... I give you....

 

Breaker Morant ... for the line, that every Aussie believes is true:  "Shoot straight you bastards, don't make a mess of it." as he stands before the firing squad.

[Sslip]

We're on the march with Ally's army, we're going to the Argentine and we'll really shake them up when we win the world cu ...

 

Is nobody else joining in?

 

Chariots of Fire - not bad both the film and the music score are moving. A great story, with pride in the medals and the principles that certain people show.

[Wee fluffy me]

Du Gamla Du Fria....

 

 

[notsmokinjo]

^^ You barracking for Sweden too when they play with England??? .... Sslip doesn't want me to barrack for England, something about the kiss of death or whatnot... dunno why.

 

Erin Go Bragh

 

@WeegieWoman & @Wee fluffy me   one of you two better post the right scottish song for F or I will be very sad.... it is one of the best patriotic songs in the whole frickin world and they only "anthem" with a reply section...

Edited July 7, 2018 by notsmokinjo

[WeegieWoman]

[Wee fluffy me]

Hell yeah @notsmokinjo  any nice one weegie you bet me to it..