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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
Ah, but do you have a sheepskin coat Ormy? 
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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
Wasn't he once a footballer?
(I seem to have vague memories of the commentator shouting "Souness".)
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Ormondroyd Posted Feb 17, 2002
'Wasn't he once a footballer?' 
Graeme Souness was most assuredly a footballer! He had a very distinguished career in the 1970s and 1980s, playing for Spurs, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Sampdoria and (Glasgow) Rangers. He also made numerous international appearances for Scotland. He was a famously 'tough-tackling' 
midfield player!
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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
Probably Liverpool then.
Mid to late seventies?
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Ormondroyd Posted Feb 17, 2002
Yeah, that's about right. He did spend a lot of time, and win a lot of trophies, with Liverpool. 
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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
It's all come flooding back. I can see the wing chair and that awful multicoloured carpet... 
and the fibreglass curtains... 
the music of the juggernauts and the sweet smell of lead as it seeps gently into the juvenile braincells...
dadada da dadadadada dadadadadada dadada da dadadadada dadadadadada...
(Could it have been part of the actual run in (or out) to MOTD?)
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Ormondroyd Posted Feb 17, 2002
Very possibly, Tefkat!
You seem like a natural recruit for my h2g2 football club! Have you visited The Virtual Supporters' Club? It's right here: A243677.
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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
Oh I never actually WATCHED the football . Just couldn't avoid hearing it. 
...and so to 
g'nite 
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Ormondroyd Posted Feb 17, 2002
Goodnight, Tefkat!
Apologies for the topic drift, Ben! 
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a girl called Ben Posted Feb 17, 2002
Hey Topic Drift is the essence of hootoo.
Ok; it is now 08.57 GMT - I am going to take what I have at mid-day GMT and weave it into a dazzling garment of scurrilous and pointed verbosity; and then hand the fruits of our joint labours with obeisances and giggles to our wondrous Italics.
So you have three hours to get your word in...
Ben
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Tefkat Posted Feb 17, 2002
It's absolutely brilliant Ben 
With the deadline fast approaching would you like the observations of a really picky proofreader or have you caught them all already?
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Feb 17, 2002
*staggers in with a few minutes left*....
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Feb 17, 2002
Minging definitely means something highly disgusting up here in edinburgh, and is often used in a derogatory manner towards members of either sex.
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alji's Posted Feb 17, 2002
See my post on anal sex. It is not illegal in UK.
Alji 
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shazzPRME Posted Feb 17, 2002
*Proposes a toast to Ben for all the hard work*
Bottoms Up! ... or should that be
Up Yours!
shazz 
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Feb 17, 2002
Being a bit if a minger (to rhyme with singer) means that in no way would anyone want to sleep with you. And I believe it does indeed stem from minge meaning part of female anatomy sad to say....
OH yes, and that reminds me of the word mong...
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shazzPRME Posted Feb 17, 2002
Is 'minging' related to the Northants use of 'plating' or 'muffing' (as in Muffin the Mule (loud guffaws))?
shazz
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Feb 17, 2002
Oh yes, time rather flies
Nice work Ben
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vogonpoet (AViators at A13264670) Posted Feb 17, 2002
Puts me in mind of the classic Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper song "Stuffin' Martha's Muffin'". tsk tsk.
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