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Piccadilly Pilot wrote:

John of Aix wrote:
"David Splett" a écrit dans le message de news:
...

Why do we have to have any stations named after Arsenal? Some of us
don't care in the slightest about football.


You're some sort of bleedin' alien ain't ya?


There are a great many people to whom football is of no interest at all.
In fact there are some people who positively detest it. Still others think
it is a pastime for those of low intellect sine it requires no
intelligence to follow. Your team scores, you shout "Hooray" (or
whatever). The opposing team scores you shout "Boo" (or whatever).

However, each to his own, If that is how some people choose to spend their
time then good for them. Just don't inflict it on me.


A lack of interest in football is a clear sign that someone is so lacking
the basic social skills that they simply cannot comprehend the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. Made worse when that someone else is
practically the entire world. Why, even the Yanks love our football, and
with Brandi Chastain getting her kit off, who can blame them?

Anyway, knowing about football is like the tubs of KY ladies carry around
perchance they meet John Rowland -- vital lubricant for intercourse. No
lubricant, no intercourse, you graceless fiends!
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 at 22:28:04, Richard J.
wrote:

Do you feel the same way about cricket? If so, what alternative but
distinctive name would you therefore propose for Oval?

North Brixton? Or South Kennington? Or possibly "Cylindrical", as a
counter-balance to the automatic voice which keeps informing me that the
next station will be oval, when I know quite well it is cylindrical,
just like all the others!
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"John of Aix" wrote in message
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Of course and while personally I like football I think there is far too
much sport on TV and far too much importance given to sport. But one
could say that about a lot of things; politics, pop music, journalism,
99% of TV shows, but who decides? Only the public in the end, they take
it or leave it.


I don't know. Sky only offer about 20 sports channels out of the 450-plus
channels on offer. You get what you pay for.
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In article , Al wrote:

A lack of interest in football is a clear sign that someone is so lacking
the basic social skills that they simply cannot comprehend the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. Made worse when that someone else is
practically the entire world. Why, even the Yanks love our football, and
with Brandi Chastain getting her kit off, who can blame them?

Anyway, knowing about football is like the tubs of KY ladies carry around
perchance they meet John Rowland -- vital lubricant for intercourse. No
lubricant, no intercourse, you graceless fiends!


Oh, many of us are perfectly capable of comprehending the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. We might simply not be interested
in incessantly flapping our jaws at each and every person for the sole
purpose of chasing the (often rather pleasant) silence away - preferring
instead to concentrate on talking about our actual interests, with those
who share them.

If this implies a lack of social skills to you, then fine. You're
entitled to your opinion. The rest of us will happily continue leading
our lives the way we like.

Niklas
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"Al" wrote in message
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Anyway, knowing about football is like the tubs of KY
ladies carry around perchance they meet John Rowland --
vital lubricant for intercourse. No lubricant,
no intercourse, you graceless fiends!


I've just realised that I am the Ahmed of ULL.

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On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:43:15 +0100, "John Rowland"
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"Al" wrote in message
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Anyway, knowing about football is like the tubs of KY
ladies carry around perchance they meet John Rowland --
vital lubricant for intercourse. No lubricant,
no intercourse, you graceless fiends!


I've just realised that I am the Ahmed of ULL.



Who would be our Marco?
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Niklas Karlsson wrote:

In article , Al wrote:

A lack of interest in football is a clear sign that someone is so lacking
the basic social skills that they simply cannot comprehend the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. Made worse when that someone else
is practically the entire world. Why, even the Yanks love our football,
and with Brandi Chastain getting her kit off, who can blame them?

Anyway, knowing about football is like the tubs of KY ladies carry around
perchance they meet John Rowland -- vital lubricant for intercourse. No
lubricant, no intercourse, you graceless fiends!


Oh, many of us are perfectly capable of comprehending the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. We might simply not be interested
in incessantly flapping our jaws at each and every person for the sole
purpose of chasing the (often rather pleasant) silence away - preferring
instead to concentrate on talking about our actual interests, with those
who share them.


There could be no more more gormless a requiem for the art of conversation
than the above.
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In article , Al wrote:
Niklas Karlsson wrote:

Oh, many of us are perfectly capable of comprehending the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. We might simply not be interested
in incessantly flapping our jaws at each and every person for the sole
purpose of chasing the (often rather pleasant) silence away - preferring
instead to concentrate on talking about our actual interests, with those
who share them.


There could be no more more gormless a requiem for the art of conversation
than the above.


*yawn*

If that's your idea of conversation, then good riddance to said "art".

All the best, sir, and enjoy your jaw-flapping.

Niklas
London, UK
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Niklas Karlsson wrote:

In article , Al wrote:
Niklas Karlsson wrote:

Oh, many of us are perfectly capable of comprehending the value of
knowing about someone else's interest. We might simply not be interested
in incessantly flapping our jaws at each and every person for the sole
purpose of chasing the (often rather pleasant) silence away - preferring
instead to concentrate on talking about our actual interests, with those
who share them.


There could be no more more gormless a requiem for the art of
conversation than the above.


*yawn*

If that's your idea of conversation, then good riddance to said "art".


Not conversation but a jest at your gormlessness. Unsuprisingly, you
couldn't tell.

All the best, sir, and enjoy your jaw-flapping.


I shall. Enjoy your identikit friends, their identikit views and I trust you
are no more detained by people impudently different than your good self.
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In article , Al wrote:
Niklas Karlsson wrote:

In article , Al wrote:

There could be no more more gormless a requiem for the art of
conversation than the above.


*yawn*

If that's your idea of conversation, then good riddance to said "art".


Not conversation but a jest at your gormlessness. Unsuprisingly, you
couldn't tell.


I was referring not to your response above, which was abundantly clear
in meaning, but to your earlier description and its implications. I
admit my phrasing was not the clearest.

All the best, sir, and enjoy your jaw-flapping.


I shall. Enjoy your identikit friends, their identikit views and I trust you
are no more detained by people impudently different than your good self.


I shall, although I have no objections to such "detainment", nor to
people different than myself. In fact, the words 'pot', 'kettle' and
'black' spring to mind upon reading the latter part of your sentence.

Niklas
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and train fares at the same time! You may now consider yourself qualified for
the job of transport minister."
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