Bob The Badger

I know it will be superseded by the next three games if we win, but I feel like this is the biggest game since Frank said 'II know what would be hysterical, let's leave out the guy who scored two goals coming off the bench in the last game'

I'm coming up for Saturday's game, so please win, lads, and set it up nicely.

6 hours ago, Anag Ram said:

But are you disgruntled? 😊

I'm disgruntled with a small d but I'm not Disgruntled with a capital D. 

I'm a bit disgruntled with Ripley after an episode and a half. I hope someone can drag it out of its own a******* sooner rather than later. 

26 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Just watched the last ever episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I am grieving the loss already!

Off the wall humour which reminds us of our very worst foibles is a great  skill.

 I hope LD starts a new project soon.

I said to Mrs Badger. Don't you think I'm like Larry David?

She replied. Yes <pause> you're a bald bad tempered t*** too.

How we laughed. 

24 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Just watched the last ever episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I am grieving the loss already!

Off the wall humour which reminds us of our very worst foibles is a great  skill.

 I hope LD starts a new project soon.

Yep, we watched it tonight too. Fabulous scriptwriting and you always get the impression they're having a blast. 

Just finished This Town.

It grew on me a lot, and I'd be surprised if they didn't make another season. I hope they do, as there are some intriguing options to take storylines.

I was very much into the whole Two Tone thing, and the attention to detail was really impressive.

I think it would look confusing or even unrealistic for some people who didn't go to gigs around then. But it really was a strange mix of mods, skinheads, rude boys, punks and the like. Almost every gig I went to at the time ended up in fighting between mods and skinheads, especially at gigs by The Jam.

As a couple of side notes, am I the only one who thinks Dante looks a lot like a young Cassius Clay? And that both Robbie and Gregory were trying to be Tommy Shelby?

After a pondering start, a solid 8/10 for episodes 4,5 and 6 and it left me wanting more - which is what a good series should do.

 

3 hours ago, ariotofmyown said:

I still believe it's bad for you if you swallow it. Is that true?

Yeh, I thought that too.

I grew up thinking that if I swallowed an apple seed, a ducking tree would take root and disembowel me.

Now I have found out the sees are really good for you containing high concentrations of polyphenols.

And apparently, less than 50 people per year are disembowelled by a tree growing inside them.

What nonsense were you told other than the obvious stuff about Santa, tooth fairies, and Sally James always found it cold in the Tiswas studio? 
 

5 hours ago, Stive Pesley said:

Gave up on Ted Lasso part way through Season 2. It just got really, really awful.

Started watching Loudermilk on Netflix last night instead. A comedy about a misanthropic ex-alcoholic trying to counsel others. Looks OK so far, but we shall see

The scene in the coffee shop where they're arguing about ball-tickling was brilliant. 

I only watched episode one and then moved on to CYE as our comedy, so I will go back to that once CYE ends

Agree about Ted Lasso. We made it into season 3, but it had gone off a cliff way before we got out. The first season was good, but you just cannot maintain the idea. Him getting the lingo wrong 3 years into the job was preposterous. 

35 minutes ago, BaaLocks said:

Two episodes in and it's starting to warm up gently. The lead characters accent is truly awful and it's easy to just let the whole thing become a nostalgia ride but there's a lot of plot in there to work through and I do hope it keeps developing.

We're almost at the same place and a bit disappointed at this stage.

Largely because the music isn't the kind of stuff I was listening to I was hugely into the Two Tone thing, but that was coming to an end by 1981.

Not at all given up because there's promise, but the whole Over the Rainbow segment was flat-out weird.

 

Anybody dived into This Town yet? 

Toying with giving it a go tonight or going back and giving The Gone another go based on @Premier ram bigging it up.

Anatomy of a Fall on Amazon Prime for £4.49.

We ended up watching this in two halves after starting it a bit late on Sunday.

At half-time, I was pretty stoked.

It had fabulous acting and a well-written script, and I felt it was bubbling up nicely.

The second half started with a clever court scene with more really excellent acting.

Then nothing happened much.

Rather than building to a crescendo, it just disappeared up its own arse.

I thought I was getting Stimac/10, and ended up with Steve Mac/10

2 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

I don’t care if we go up ?

OR 

I don’t care, if we go up ?

(Commas save lives - let’s eat, Grandma)

 

My 3 favourite things are eating my family and not using commas. 

We finished the second season of The Traitors, Australia, last night

The best of all of the seasons we have seen, which is both UK, both Australian and the first US (easily the worst).

It works for me because there is such a strong psychological element, and seeing how cognitive biases and heuristics kick into full effect is fascinating. 

15 hours ago, Premier ram said:

Stick with it mate , just finished it , good series

Did you think it was awful to begin with, as I did?

Normally I can see some promise, but I saw nothing in this.

On 30/03/2024 at 11:52, Carlin said:

From a Pompey perspective, we acknowledge Derby are an outstanding team

I think you have us mixed up with someone else mate.

We are marginally better than most teams in an awful division, but I'd not go any further than that.

But I don't care if we go up. I can worry about next season, next season.

Got this from a Forest supporting mate on WhatsApp yesterday:

Down today
Poor game and poor atmosphere

Music to my ears. 

On 28/03/2024 at 20:30, Anag Ram said:

Just hoping we’ll have a fit squad. We might then give your boys a decent game.

Congrats on your recent form.

May the best team win!

I'd rather we win

Watched the first episode of The Gone last night on iPlayer.

It's stereotypical, cliched bollox with soap opera-level acting and a similar level of scriptwriting.

It's painful to watch on every level, and I really don't think I can go back to it even though it's only one episode.

We couldn't have kids either because I'm a total jaffa.

But I would imagine knowing that from the get-go is much easier to manage than what you have had to deal with.

All I can say is you have my best wishes, and you are lucky to have one another.

5 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

Good interview with Adams on Radio Derby. Nice touch coach Sam Burrows fasting with him through Ramadan

I totally misread that.

Just now, LincsRam said:

would be nice now to build on the lead and not protect it, we are doing well 🙂

Cue Warne going to a flat back 9.

Oh yes, get in there.

!

1 hour ago, Chellaston Ram said:

They should do what Leeds do, they randomly select members who have to collect the ticket at the away ground and provide ID when they collect it.

I'd say that was a good idea. But ya know, it's Leeds, so it's not.

@NottsRam @Anag Ram @Comrade 86 have you all seen the Canadian gangster series Bad Blood? That was fantastic but they only made two seasons. 

I'm going to guess you have.