tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post1626654592558435996..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: Like Blackpool through a stick of rock by ZephirineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-14246536556625686302007-03-28T20:10:00.000+01:002007-03-28T20:10:00.000+01:00BD -there's a steel comb for you in the post and y...BD -<BR/>there's a steel comb for you in the post and you're to be outside the school Sister's door at 8 a.m.<BR/><BR/>GGUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515902316635560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-41029480969354187942007-03-28T19:10:00.000+01:002007-03-28T19:10:00.000+01:00RSN members should carry their weapon at all times...RSN members should carry their weapon at all times:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nittygritty.co.uk/ng/index.jsp?page=/productInfo.jsp&productId=3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-60226500614621502682007-03-28T18:46:00.000+01:002007-03-28T18:46:00.000+01:00Dearest offside,I would love to be able to pick on...Dearest offside,<BR/>I would love to be able to pick on you because of your deficient English <BR/>- give me a chance, and I'll pick. If <BR/>I do well, I might even qualify for membership of BlueDaddy's exclusive Royal Society of Nitpickers.<BR/>You youngsters have such a colourful vocabulary. "To score" is a versatile verb; it appears to be used to describe a variety of different actions.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-70458479980009818272007-03-28T09:34:00.000+01:002007-03-28T09:34:00.000+01:00regarding Wikipedia tuberculosis was the cause for...regarding Wikipedia tuberculosis was the cause for the end of his sport activity (which confirm Marcella's comments) however I think he had stoped playing when he got sick...<BR/>I have to find this book containing his love letters to Maria Casares, the spanish actress, crazy romantic,guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-35535689548237309322007-03-28T09:09:00.000+01:002007-03-28T09:09:00.000+01:00here you go, he spent time in Oran that for sure a...here you go, he spent time in Oran that for sure as far as the mother's name...I think it's Fintes but I am not sure, I will check it out..guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-44168294468127853152007-03-28T09:01:00.000+01:002007-03-28T09:01:00.000+01:00guitou, any idea what her maiden name was? Maybe t...guitou, <BR/><BR/>any idea what her maiden name was? Maybe they were buying their bread from my grandfather's boulangerie in Oran?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-29951498528353484002007-03-28T08:48:00.000+01:002007-03-28T08:48:00.000+01:00offside,this is too funny.....by the way his mothe...offside,this is too funny.....by the way his mother side <BR/>had spanish origin too.Another thing you guys have in common.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-63093601389535289552007-03-28T08:35:00.000+01:002007-03-28T08:35:00.000+01:00guitou,and another claim to fame goes out the wind...guitou,<BR/><BR/>and another claim to fame goes out the window. I was never very good at maths.<BR/><BR/>Maybe my grandmother sold Camus a tramway ticket on the streets of Algiers? Sadly, she won't be able to confirm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-27454190658344158072007-03-28T08:21:00.000+01:002007-03-28T08:21:00.000+01:00ofmysightTahiti,the watchman, forgot his watch, it...ofmysightTahiti,the watchman, forgot his watch, it's late here. About your dad scoring against Camus, I just did the maths, Camus should be 95 if he was still alive .Therefore your dad was 14 years younger and probably 4 or 5 when he scored his first goal against Abert Camus. We all now understand why Camus quit playing football.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-58254548532336049702007-03-28T03:02:00.000+01:002007-03-28T03:02:00.000+01:00And where is the night-watchman? Must have fallen ...And where is the night-watchman? Must have fallen asleep on the job again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-87546903053209845002007-03-28T02:08:00.000+01:002007-03-28T02:08:00.000+01:00your mother with the non-sporting memories of camu...your mother with the non-sporting memories of camus. your father with the footballing memories of his cultural and historical context... can't wait!<BR/><BR/>just to bring this thread (vaguely) back to it's original topic, and to keep zeph well stocked with links, saw this on cif today:<BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2043579,00.html<BR/><BR/>can't quite plough through it Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781453561658986518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-47399063534705478162007-03-28T01:28:00.000+01:002007-03-28T01:28:00.000+01:00By the way, Marcela, your poetry (amongst other th...By the way, Marcela, your poetry (amongst other things) is causing quite a stir on the podcast thread. Tss, you're such a troublemaker. <BR/><BR/>I've downloaded it but haven't listened to it yet (was busy writin'), so I can't judge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-9086551951577321082007-03-28T01:21:00.000+01:002007-03-28T01:21:00.000+01:00I'll have to sit them both down and see what memor...I'll have to sit them both down and see what memories I can get out of them. My mother might actually be the one to come up with a couple of Camus anecdotes but they probably won't be about football. <BR/><BR/>I'll be seeing them this summer, Dog willing, and I'll keep you posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-67132404450954637002007-03-28T00:58:00.000+01:002007-03-28T00:58:00.000+01:00you've reminded me again of that crespo anecdote i...you've reminded me again of that crespo anecdote i mentioned on pipita's thread:<BR/><BR/>another guy there, during the shoot, had played against crespo when they both 13 years old. so crespo said to me: "how come the guy remembers that. i played against hundreds of kids, i don't remember any of them". so i said: "but you're crespo". so he said: "but that didn't mean anything then. so why Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781453561658986518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-86270078395258899462007-03-28T00:50:00.000+01:002007-03-28T00:50:00.000+01:00Hola Marcela, don't worry, I can handle a stalker....Hola Marcela, <BR/><BR/>don't worry, I can handle a stalker...<BR/><BR/>Problem is, if he did he probably wouldn't know it since that must have been before Camous was famus.<BR/><BR/>But I'll ask him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-84089785917728254522007-03-28T00:45:00.000+01:002007-03-28T00:45:00.000+01:00OiT - i'm not following you round the threads or a...OiT - i'm not following you round the threads or anything, but IMHO if there is one question you must ask your father pronto it's wether or not he ever scored against Camus.<BR/>Do let us know what he says.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781453561658986518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-9064208436885451062007-03-27T23:56:00.000+01:002007-03-27T23:56:00.000+01:00greengrass, are you picking on me because of my de...greengrass, <BR/><BR/>are you picking on me because of my deficient English? Shame on you. Should I have used the expression "scored against"? <BR/><BR/>Dad was an inside forward, or whatever it was called in those days, and was playing club football in Algeria around the time that Camus was in goal. So, who knows? At 81, he is now a dedicated armchair supporter and his current sporting ambition Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-77680102896497693342007-03-27T22:26:00.000+01:002007-03-27T22:26:00.000+01:00Mills is on TV? Don't these people ever learn? If ...Mills is on TV? Don't these people ever learn? <BR/><BR/>If I had just copped £30 million for having to put up with the insufferable Macca for any amount of time (could Mark Chapman have got it any more wrong?), I'd be cracking cold ones with OiT before the ink dried on the cheque.<BR/><BR/>Nesta - I hope if I ever am foolish enough to become a standup comic, I don't have an audience full of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-72091654752998070892007-03-27T17:36:00.000+01:002007-03-27T17:36:00.000+01:00Zeph - That bet on Heather Mills' leg: what are th...Zeph - That bet on Heather Mills' leg: what are the odds on the other one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-13513000680996861602007-03-27T15:32:00.000+01:002007-03-27T15:32:00.000+01:00offside -what exactly do you mean when you say tha...offside -<BR/>what exactly do you mean when you say that your Dad may have "scored on" Camus?<BR/><BR/>GreengrassUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08515902316635560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-60999935174742350652007-03-27T14:44:00.000+01:002007-03-27T14:44:00.000+01:00Sorry to come back late on in this thread - couldn...Sorry to come back late on in this thread - couldn't keep up last night as all the late ones came home to roost. Just a couple of things: Zeph and Nesta - read all your posts over on the GU blog, and responded - all good stuff.<BR/>Fred: with you all the way re Andy Bull's latest cf the Zim one. Distinct change in voice noticed. <BR/>Finally, can't say much about Camus's skills as goalkeeper - heAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-20590118862784903552007-03-27T14:39:00.000+01:002007-03-27T14:39:00.000+01:00And apparently a number of people, including the l...And apparently a number of people, including the lady herself, have placed bets on whether or not 'celebrity' Heather Mills ex-Macartney's artificial leg will fall off during the US TV version of 'Strictly Come Dancing'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-18705437520835089022007-03-27T13:04:00.000+01:002007-03-27T13:04:00.000+01:00Zeph - prevention of corruption, like most crime, ...Zeph - prevention of corruption, like most crime, is an in-out thing. If the values of right over wrong are inculcated early enough, fewer (not none) will succumb to the temptation.<BR/><BR/>And gambling, like most vices, should be legal but regulated for adults.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-87176629497658557042007-03-27T12:12:00.000+01:002007-03-27T12:12:00.000+01:00In Dan Roebuck's piece yesterdayhttp://sport.guard...In Dan Roebuck's piece yesterday<BR/><BR/>http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricketworldcup2007/story/0,,2042802,00.html<BR/><BR/>the UK bookmakers virtuously claim that they have systems to prevent spot-fixing, but I can't help feeling this is a bit like the banks claiming that they prevent money-laundering - all they do is catch the clumsy ones.<BR/><BR/>Ultimately it all comes down to whether the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-36301169041189736992007-03-27T10:57:00.000+01:002007-03-27T10:57:00.000+01:00Some thoughts.When the Grand National winner arriv...Some thoughts.<BR/><BR/>When the Grand National winner arrives back in the ring, Des Lynam or whoever usually interviews a slightly sqiffy winning owner who usually brags about having a grand on the winner at 12/1 ante-post. Is this right? Surely the knowledge that some owners are betting on their own horses and others are not would ias valuable. Anyway, horse -racing isn't a sport, it's a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com