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Makes you realise that whatever happens this season it could have been far, far worse....

Makes you realise that whatever happens this season it could have been far, far worse....

Makes you realise that whatever happens this season it could have been far, far worse....

Makes you realise that whatever happens this season it could have been far, far worse....

Makes you realise that whatever happens this season it could have been far, far worse....

And I'm not being facetious. These players actually won something 

And I'm not being facetious. These players actually won something 

And I'm not being facetious. These players actually won something 

18 months. Spent the entire time staring at me and trying to rip my face off. I escaped with bruises and little memory of the match.
 
He's now 22 and claims not to remember the occasion 

18 months. Spent the entire time staring at me and trying to rip my face off. I escaped with bruises and little memory of the match.
 
He's now 22 and claims not to remember the occasion 

It's not quite that simple though is it? We have evidence that is beyond deniable that our climate is changing so the simple question that faces us now (and it is not a question, sadly, that you and I can answer) is "knowing all of this, do we want to do anything about it - recognising it will likely impact significantly the way we all live our lives?"
And this is where I do have some sympathy with Extinction Rebellion - as I see it they are trying to shake us up and give us the shock we need to actually do something about it. If we don't then it does look like we will leave a planet behind for our descendants that will struggle to support us all in the way we live today - with all the consequences that will bring. I could get all aloof and snotty and ask if it really worth the extra HD television, skiing holiday, third car for the weekend and other things that many might consider unnecessary given the likely impact. But, as said earlier, we (nearly) all think what we do is necessary - I travel up to see Derby on the train, I will buy a new car in the next couple of years, I leave the lights on sometimes and forget.
Again, either we (the human race) do something about it or we don't - and every evidence suggests that the collective view of humanity today is that the new television is worth it, our kids can figure out the mess, we don't really need polar bears anyway. Extinction Rebellion are simply trying to force the discussion, given that forty years of trying to do it via conventional routes has had pretty much no impact.

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Being poked in the eye with a dry wooden stick

5 Live described the bar as 'members only'

5 Live described the bar as 'members only'

I definitely need extra strength chaffing lotion - it might feel a bit odd asking for it, but your nipples will thank you for it later

Good question.
It's actually very difficult to define a 'sour' beer beyond 'a beer that tastes acidic'.
Technically, a fruit beer would be classified as sour, especially if the base fruit is cherry or raspberry, and of course 'dry' ciders could at a pinch satisfy that simple criterion.
Belgium (you just knew I'd mention my favourite brewing country, didn't you?) is home to several 'sour' beer styles, notably gueuze, lambic and Flemish red beers. Basically the sourness from those comes from the yeasts used in the fermentation process. Although the Flemish red beers are fermented using a cultured yeast, the lambic beers ferment spontaneously via atmospheric yeasts (I mentioned ciders earlier - they are fermented using the yeasts that live on the outside of the skin of the apples, which is why when they fall off the trees and start to rot, wasps get a bit loopy and drunk from feeding on them). You might hear sour beer enthusiasts refer to 'Brett' - this is short for Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, the 'natural' atmospheric yeast found in the Brussels region in winter and spring.
To me, a really good lambic or gueuze (a mix of several years of lambic beers which are blended together) is every bit as good as a classic Champagne.
I would recommend the following if you want to try some...
Gueuzes: Boon Gueuze Mariage Parfait, 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze, Cantillon Gueuze Lou Pepe (the last two are probably difficult to get in the UK, but Boon Gueuze is sometimes to be found in Waitrose.
Flemish/Flanders Reds: Rodenbach Grand Cru, Bourgogne Des Flandres, Duchesse De Bourgogne
Fruit beers: If you can get them, 3 Fonteinen and Cantillon brew some utterly magnificent fruit beers, again using the 'traditional' spontaneous fermentation process. Boon Kriek (cherries) is on sale at Tesco - 4 x 25cl bottles for £6. They also sell Bacchus Kriek, and Morrisons and Sainsburys sell Bacchus Framboise (raspberries) at about £2.50 for a 37.5 cl bottle.
Some beers which are not normally referred to as 'sour' also use 'Brett' in their brewing process - usually an injection of 'Brett' is made during the secondary fermentation process in the bottle. This is true for Orval, and it is also true for Straffe Hendrik Wild. This starts life as Straffe Hendrik Tripel (ask @sage - he loves that) - then an injection of Brett and 3 months later, you get Straffe Hendrik Wild (and I love that, but @sage hates it). It's the same basic beer, but the 'souring' effect of the Brett is quite striking. 
 
 

Used to play British Bulldog at primary school, for some reason it was called 'kok a rusty'. Anyone have any idea why?
 
 

Accompanied by a stroke of a very long pretend chin. Anyone else do it when they were kids?
Where did it come from? Do kids still do it?

Accompanied by a stroke of a very long pretend chin. Anyone else do it when they were kids?
Where did it come from? Do kids still do it?

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.

Ok. Admission time. This is getting to me now. Not knowing whether I'll have a club to support let alone a ground to watch them in is eating at me.
And may I add that I'm a (fairly) well balanced individual with supportive partner, immediate and larger family, decent job and income etc. Football is not my life.
Others are not in my situation and I know that the rams are pretty much all they have. I have huge concerns that the cloudiness surrounding the club is having a hugely detrimental impact on a large number of people.