TTH Walk of Shame

[Jimmy Floyd]

After years of disdain for it, recently I've got quite into baseball. The stigma is strong here, but it feels good to come out of the closet.

I've also started buying all my socks from M&S.

Add your own shameful confessions here.

[SvN]

I've got a bald head (again) after giving up on hair.

[Mazuuurk]

We didn't re-make the confessions thread?

That collectively shameful for us.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've got a bald head (again) after giving up on hair.

This is only shameful if you're Lewis. I rate the pate.

[phonics]

What's his liver got to do with it?

[-james-]

I watch Great British Bake Off and RuPaul's Drag Race with my girlfriend and quite enjoy both.

[SvN]

I enjoy the Bake Off, and I'm definitely happy to admit it. It's great TV. I assumed it would be awful reality shit until I actually watched an episode.

[phonics]

I too have come round to Bake Off. I think it's the lack of 'personal stories', it's just them completing a task and their personalities come through rather than banging on about how hard their life is.

It also helps that that Liam kid might be the most charming 19 year old in existence. Look at me, describing teenagers as charming, I'm so fucking old.

[SvN]

The only bit I ever really cringe at is when they phone their mum at the end to say they won Star Baker. Ugh.

[-james-]

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig are infinitely better than "Mel and Sue", for what it's worth

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bake Off is brilliant and Liam is a don.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig are infinitely better than "Mel and Sue", for what it's worth

So much this.

I was a little dubious but they've been great. I also like Noel so much more when he's not trying to be so random.

[Byron]

I'm on the Yan train myself.

As far as shameful confessions go, my history of second hand watching means I know far more about the Kardashians than any man has a right to admit.

[phonics]

I missed the first couple of weeks and now I've just found out Julia is married to a Crystal Place player...

[Giggles]

Bakeoff is class but it's hardly a confession at this stage, loads watch it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are you sure about that? I've found out that she's married to Matt Laughton. Can't see anything about him being a footballer.

[Giggles]

It sounds so much seedier when Mahow says 'found out'.

[Mazuuurk]

So what, TTH is now some sort of British Bake Off club? :harold:

[SvN]

Her mum:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/24/09/4383387300000578-4818802-image-a-10_1503562284551.jpg

Crazy eyes, but I still would.

[Spikey M]

The Bake Off in an institution you Viking slut.

[Mazuuurk]

I'm actually a complete sucker for cooking shows (incidentally I don't like baking shows much because I don't like baking much).

Does anyone know any good cooking shows?

[phonics]

I'm actually a complete sucker for cooking shows (incidentally I don't like baking shows much because I don't like baking much).

Does anyone know any good cooking shows?

No Reservations was my favourite food show.

[Pepe]

My GF watches that baking show. It's pretty decent actually. To keep with the thread's spirit, 'Mel and Sue' (who I'm assuming are the banterlasses on the show) are the kind of people I usually detest, but I actually find them to be alright.

[SincereTheRebel]

I like really long baths now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm actually a complete sucker for cooking shows (incidentally I don't like baking shows much because I don't like baking much).

Does anyone know any good cooking shows?

I'm a proper fan boy of Top Chef.

[Disco]

Antique Roadtrip. There was a while there when I would watch it as soon as I got home every day.

Saw part of an episode recently and it's been turned into some kind of vehicle for shit celebrities. Ruined.

[phonics]

My GF watches that baking show. It's pretty decent actually. To keep with the thread's spirit, 'Mel and Sue' (who I'm assuming are the banterlasses on the show) are the kind of people I usually detest, but I actually find them to be alright.

That's last years series, it moved channels and changed presenters.

[wullie]

I like Bakeoff and Strictly because even though they are all in competition they seem to be nice to each other. Because of that reason I think I'd hate the Apprentice if it used anything resembling competent people.

[Pepe]

That's last years series, it moved channels and changed presenters.

She watches on Netflix so it is probably a season or two behind.

[Spikey M]

She watches on Netflix so it is probably a season or two behind.

Have you had ‘Custardgate’ yet.

I still haven’t forgiven that old cunt.

[Pepe]

Don't know, so probably not.

[Giggles]

I was an Arsenal supporter once upon a time.

[Kikó]

I once got very upset over Guido not liking me on here. Think I revealed all to Sean who must have thought I was a gimp.

Probably still does.

[niko_cee]

I was an Arsenal supporter once upon a time.

Wait, what?

[McAvennie]

I like the costume cooking show, Remains of the Tray.

Have watched every episode of strictly now for about 5 years, started as something to watch with my wife and girls as family viewing, now I'm can tell my fleckle from a heel lead, although I am still waiting for Winckleman to make a funny joke.

[Spoonsky]

Yes Jimmy. Are you watching the MLB or what?

Baseball is usually shit, not because it's boring, but because they play about 200 games a year so each individual game has almost zero tension or important. In the playoffs and the World Series it can be riveting, especially last year when the Cubs won.

[John]

I was an Arsenal supporter once upon a time.

How old were you when you jumped the fence?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes Jimmy. Are you watching the MLB or what?

Baseball is usually shit, not because it's boring, but because they play about 200 games a year so each individual game has almost zero tension or important. In the playoffs and the World Series it can be riveting, especially last year when the Cubs won.
My immediate thoughts coming into it as an almost newbie this year are:

- Like you say, they need to halve the number of games and fire most of the relief pitchers. 162 games in 6 months? Really? It must be absolutely brutal and even more so in the minor leagues where they don't get paid anything.
- Individual stats seem to be treated as far more important than whether the team wins, probably for the above reason, though I don't know whether the chicken or the egg came first. I found that initially hard to compute but once you get used it, it becomes kind of compelling in its own right.
- It is the most American thing there is, in every respect, good and bad. The thing that strikes me most is that it kind of exists in its own unchanging world which MUST remain constant. Footballers from the 1920s-50s are so impossibly distant to us, but Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio are almost still living and breathing now because they were playing, give or take, exactly the same game and we have all the same stats about them as players are compiling today.
- It is more like cricket than I first realised and than is first apparent, although cricket has evolved around romance and aesthetics, and baseball has evolved purely around stats. Baseball and cricket can and should both learn a massive amount from each other, but I'm not sure either of them really does.

[Raoul Duke]

I enjoy my job

[Ian]

I take it you've read about the rubbing mud, Jim?

[Boydy]

It's like cricket in that they're both really boring.

[phonics]

It's like cricket in that they're both really boring.

And last forever.

[Lewis]

Der. Der. Der. Der.
Der. Der. Der. Der.
Der. Der. Der. Der.
Der. Der. Der. Der.
Der. Der. Der. Der.
Der. Der. Der. Der.
DERDERDERDER-DER-DERRRRRRR... SHITE!

[Giggles]

How old were you when you jumped the fence?

Can't remember now.

[Queenslander]

Ive moved from Beer to Gin and tonic for the summer.

Edit: I keep and breed Australian pythons. I will have 50 + eggs in the incubator by December.

[Pepe]

For money or is that some sort of pervert hobby?

[Queenslander]

Hobby. Sell a couple here and there and also give some to other snake weirdos.

[John]

Can't remember now.

Roughly.

[mugbull]

Baseball makes so much money from having 160 games, the number of insane contracts they give out is mind boggling

[Giggles]

Roughly.

Late teens? Maybe 20ish.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Baseball makes so much money from having 160 games, the number of insane contracts they give out is mind boggling

The 'farm system' is genius. Lewis would love that, United would own Bolton, Oldham, Accrington, Macclesfield and Salford and have all of them packed out with young players from around the world.

But yeah, $34 million a year for Zack Greinke to play about 1/5 of those games? Nice work if you can get it.

[Adamski]

Late teens? Maybe 20ish.

Why did you switch?

[SvN]

That's insane, I thought you were talking about being 11 or something. Switching teams do your direct rival at the age of 20 is unheard of.

[Spikey M]

Good choice though.

[Giggles]

Good choice though.

I missed all the success. As it should be :D

[Giggles]

I think I was annoyed by then making a scapegoat of GG so thought it only right to go with him. Has to rank up there as one of my less good decisions.

[Mazuuurk]

On the topic of supporting, I used to be a Djurgården suppoter in Sweden, which I suppose I still identify as if someone asks, but I don't really give a fuck about that team - or Swedish football - at all anymore, and I'm not really very fussed about how our national team does now either now that Zlatan doesn't play for it.

I used to support Pompey but since they went so low in the system now I mainly just support Arsenal, which has sort of become my main team overall that I care about (much to my own frustration, as I'm not sure why I took a liking for them in the first place but I think it had something to do with Ljungberg & Bergkamp back in the day).

[Waffdon]

I had an actual walk of shame to work today. Hanging.

Justin Bieber is great.

[SincereTheRebel]

I used to follow arsenal heavy up until about 5 years ago. But once arsenal started winning trophies and wolves ended up in league one. Wolves needed more of the support.

[Mazuuurk]

"Winning trophies" strictly sounds like something Wenger would say :harold:

[Shindig]

"They needed the support." is the most beta thing you could say.

[Spikey M]

Arsenal fans are comfortably the worst in the league. Even the ones I know are the most unstable fans of any club I’ve met. It’s like they never grew out of their 10 year old football fan stage, you just know they all wear Arsenal pants (which often get in a twist) and have the full bed spreads.

[SincereTheRebel]

"Winning trophies" strictly sounds like something Wenger would say :harold:

Im 99% sure since the first FA cup win in 2014, arsenal have won more trophies in english football than their london and manchester rivals. None of them compare to a league title, but they all count.

[Spikey M]

See, you can swap them for Wolverhampton pants but they’ll still twist at a moments notice.

[mo]

I really quite enjoy listening to Enya.

[Magic]

All my jeans are from NEXT.

[Spikey M]

I iron my jeans after washing them.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Do you wear two at the same time as well?

[Adamski]

I iron my jeans after washing them.

I barely wash them.

[Spikey M]

Do you wear two at the same time as well?

No, I squat fam.

[Spikey M]

I barely wash them.

I don’t think anyone does. Every few weeks I’d say.

[Waffdon]

I don’t think anyone does. Every few weeks I’d say.

Wit, why?

[Ian]

Which manufacturer was it said it's bad for them? Levi?

[Spikey M]

Wit, why?

Why wit?

[Baz]

Wit, why?So they don’t fade.

Mine keep getting baby sick on though so washing them a lot. :thbdn:

[SvN]

I wash my jeans perhaps once every 3 months.

[Magic]

When the bum bit smells ripe only then I wash.

[Waffdon]

So they don’t fade.

Mine keep getting baby sick on though so washing them a lot. :thbdn:

Do you only have one pair? I just buy new ones when they fade. Just like when it happens to trainers. I’d wear jeans three times before getting them washed.

[Spikey M]

Alright princess

[Giggles]

A freshly washed jeans is evil so I try do it as seldom as possible.

[mugbull]

Jeans are a capitalist honey trap, don't fall for it. Kind of like iPhones. Stick with trousers.

[Disco]

I make all my calls with trousers.

[Spikey M]

I use a phone usually.

Served.

[Reg]

You dirty bastards not washing your clothes.

[Adamski]

After years of disdain for it, recently I've got quite into baseball. The stigma is strong here, but it feels good to come out of the closet.

I've also started buying all my socks from M&S.

Add your own shameful confessions here.

Are you still watching baseball? I’ve just started getting into it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep. Flick some on for a bit most nights.

[Boydy]

Can't believe I missed this at the time:


When the bum bit smells ripe only then I wash.
Yeah but what about your jeans?

[Disco]

It's only when to come to read that a second time you realise the full implications of that statement.

[Magic]

Do you still buy your socks from M&S? Might be a bit harder with all the store closures.

[Dan]

I too have vaguely started watching baseball every now & again - I think it’s because it’s the NFL offseason. I’d like to get into the NHL & NBA too, but it’s just too much sport for one life.

[SincereTheRebel]

Are the socks disposable?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I too have vaguely started watching baseball every now & again - I think it’s because it’s the NFL offseason. I’d like to get into the NHL & NBA too, but it’s just too much sport for one life.

I'd like to get into NBA but I just can't be arsed bar playing the 2K games.

I gave baseball a bit of a go when I was last in America and it wasn't too bad.

[mugbull]

Baseball's weird, it's a sport in the same way fishing is a sport but I don't hate it or anything.

I'd love basketball if it wasn't filled with so many freaks. Maybe if they put the nets like 6 feet higher there wouldn't be so many giant ogres on the court. Could be worth.

[Foe]

Baseball's weird, it's a sport in the same way fishing is a sport but I don't hate it or anything.

I'd love basketball if it wasn't filled with so many freaks. Maybe if they put the nets like 6 feet higher there wouldn't be so many giant ogres on the court. Could be worth.

See I quite like college basketball but NBA isn't as good. At least in college when you watch the top teams their really good but they make mistakes which makes it pretty competitive. In the NBA the amount of points scored is just ridic.

[phonics]

Basketballs amazing but I'm not staying up till 1am to watch anything.

[bruhnaldo]

I thought not watching the NBA because they don't make as many mistakes as their collegiate counterparts was asinine but not watching basketball because the players are athletic is by far the more riveting excuse.

One point for house Mok.

[Spikey M]

I don’t watch it because all American sports are shit.

[Adamski]

Yep. Flick some on for a bit most nights.

I can’t find the thread where you were talking about the subscription service, what’s it like?

[Magic]

This one? (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/login.php?do=logout&logouthash=1527784124-c46a3924fc4cb5c2da6a50b7526b3ffc7567fca5)

The interactive stats and stuff is a real winner imo.

[ItalAussie]

I never understood the appeal of bake-off. Or any competitive cooking show.

But they're popular enough that the fault is likely with me, rather than the show.

[phonics]

I never understood the appeal of bake-off. Or any competitive cooking show.

While Bake Off is in the format of a competition, it's not competitive. It's just so pure and nice.

[mugbull]

I thought not watching the NBA because they don't make as many mistakes as their collegiate counterparts was asinine but not watching basketball because the players are athletic is by far the more riveting excuse.

One point for house Mok.

It’s the height, you lollipop

[Queenslander]

I still play pokemon go...

[Giggles]

I never understood the appeal of bake-off. Or any competitive cooking show.

But they're popular enough that the fault is likely with me, rather than the show.

I actually can't fathom why I do like them because on the face of it they're the sort of thing I should hate.

[SincereTheRebel]

I still play pokemon go...

https://news.sky.com/story/father-of-spiderman-rescue-child-was-out-playing-pokemon-go-11388845

:face:

[bruhnaldo]

It’s the height, you lollipop

Which would make sense if it was the 90s and there were 100 meandering 7 footers taking up space on NBA rosters.

There's barely anyone even over 7 foot anymore so you'll have to excuse my confusion.

[Pepe]

How would making the baskets taller make the players shorter?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He said making it 6 foot taller or something.

It would basically mean that nobody would be able to dunk so you'd need better skilled players who could make shots from distance.

At least that's what I got from the idea.

[Pepe]

Blocking, rebounding, and the like would still be important though.

[Giggles]

Why does everyone always want to change sports. You get foot games and you get bad games no matter what.

[bruhnaldo]

the NBA is in a period where more people take 3 pointers and long distance shots than ever before but you're telling me you'd like basketball more if they.......... did even more of that and there were even less dunks?

there are no big men that just get the ball in the paint and turn around and dunk on people anymore... it's all pick and roll to the basket and then maybe a dunk or two that way. or dunks from fast breaks sure.

But the NBA you're describing you'd like to watch is seemingly the exact NBA that we have now? I'm so confused.

[mikem]

My immediate thoughts coming into it as an almost newbie this year are:

- Like you say, they need to halve the number of games and fire most of the relief pitchers. 162 games in 6 months? Really? It must be absolutely brutal and even more so in the minor leagues where they don't get paid anything.
- Individual stats seem to be treated as far more important than whether the team wins, probably for the above reason, though I don't know whether the chicken or the egg came first. I found that initially hard to compute but once you get used it, it becomes kind of compelling in its own right.
- It is the most American thing there is, in every respect, good and bad. The thing that strikes me most is that it kind of exists in its own unchanging world which MUST remain constant. Footballers from the 1920s-50s are so impossibly distant to us, but Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio are almost still living and breathing now because they were playing, give or take, exactly the same game and we have all the same stats about them as players are compiling today.
- It is more like cricket than I first realised and than is first apparent, although cricket has evolved around romance and aesthetics, and baseball has evolved purely around stats. Baseball and cricket can and should both learn a massive amount from each other, but I'm not sure either of them really does.

Baseball is the season. Completely different sport without it. People primarily follow it through the newspaper standings / box scores and “plays of the day” on the nightly tv news. It may still even have a larger radio than tv audience. You are right about the stats but they just developed based on the narrative trends you see throughout a long season. It gives you so many different stories to follow throughout the year, like how long until hitters figure out Ohtani. I’ve never seen anyone so quite so many swinging strikes before.

[Ian]

Does basbeall still only use the magic mud produced by those same people to treat the balls?

[mugbull]

He said making it 6 foot taller or something.

It would basically mean that nobody would be able to dunk so you'd need better skilled players who could make shots from distance.

At least that's what I got from the idea.

Yeah, height would still matter to an extent, but not nearly as much as it does now.

Another option might be to make 3-point shots worth 4 points.

[mugbull]

the NBA is in a period where more people take 3 pointers and long distance shots than ever before but you're telling me you'd like basketball more if they.......... did even more of that and there were even less dunks?

there are no big men that just get the ball in the paint and turn around and dunk on people anymore... it's all pick and roll to the basket and then maybe a dunk or two that way. or dunks from fast breaks sure.

But the NBA you're describing you'd like to watch is seemingly the exact NBA that we have now? I'm so confused.

Everybody is still gigantic. You have one spot on the team allocated to normal people who are very good with the ball, and the other 4 spots split among people who made it to basketball because they were tall and who may or may not actually be good at basketball.

Basketball is also super limited in terms of variety since the court is so small and the people so big. It's cool because it flows like soccer, but it's far more repetitive.

[Baz]

I still play pokemon go...Me too. o/

[bruhnaldo]

the other 4 spots split among people who made it to basketball because they were tall and who may or may not actually be good at basketball.

https://media.tenor.com/images/694769bb48e0d35271d4691aaff1ac52/tenor.gif

[Jimmy Floyd]

Basketball still loses because of the squeaky shoe noises.

[Bob Sacamano]

Basketball is shit, it's just constant scoring.

The whole Lavar Ball thing made it interesting for about 30 seconds.

[John]

Basketball is great fun in thirty second highlights packages but I tried to actually watch a game and lasted a couple of minutes at most.

[bruhnaldo]

Now see those are legitimate gripes.

1. I want points to mean more when I watch sport.
2. The noises of the squeaky shoes annoy me.
3. It just bores me when in reality only the last 5 minutes of the game really matter.

Totally fair criticisms.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I watched some BBL and it occurred to me a lot of it was looking at the score and realising a decent 10 second spell evens most of it up. I had an olive for the first time this week. Not too keen on them. They look like they should be juicy but they're LIES.

[mugbull]

How delusional are you? The majority of players on a basketball squad aren’t particularly talented, they’re just 215 cm tall.

[mugbull]

This is also somewhat of a problem in tennis, which I love. They need to lessen the influence of the serve there, imo. There’s too many ace trolls on the tour.

[John]

No wonder Mert thought he could make it to the NBA.

[Magic]

This is also somewhat of a problem in tennis, which I love. They need to lessen the influence of the serve there, imo. There’s too many ace trolls on the tour.

Do you know how hard it is to serve. You Czech cunt.

[mugbull]

W0t!!

[Jimmy Floyd]

How do you reduce the power of the serve? Get rid of lets? Make the box smaller? Life ban for John Isner?

[Magic]

How do you reduce the power of the serve? Get rid of lets? Make the box smaller? Life ban for John Isner?

Any over 100 or even 90mph are illegal.

[Disco]

Make them serve from further back, maybe from the carpark.

[Giggles]

The weak servers need to get better rather than punish the strong ones.

[Shindig]

Ivo Karlovic now has to serve whilst on his knees.

[mugbull]

Any over 100 or even 90mph are illegal.


Make them serve from further back, maybe from the carpark.


Ivo Karlovic now has to serve whilst on his knees.

All great ideas chaps, glad we've got a queue of people willing to put their thoughts out there.

One I heard would be to just get rid of the second serve. It makes sense - why do you need 2 chances to hit that big box? - but it would be an enormous rule change and I don't even know how they'd go about getting that going.

They've tried making surfaces slower in the past for this very reason but the changes in play have been modest.

[Kikó]

Get rid of let. Make them play in the dark. Use golf balls instead of tennis balls.

[mugbull]

bit late there mate

[Kikó]

ok sorry

[mugbull]

You've got to chill out

[Disco]

We're nothing if not a helpful community.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Use smaller rackets.

Raise the net by a foot.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Make the net lower, but only have one serve. That would sort them out. You'd end up with loads of dynamic rallies and they'd all take even more drugs than they already do.

Would also reduce the length of the match by a lot, which sports authorities love to do these days because they all hate their own sports.

[mugbull]

Nope, if there was one serve matches would be far longer since there wouldnt be nearly as many service winners as there would be with two serves.

You’ll be able to find downsides to any change, but you have to take the bad with the good there.

[Queenslander]

https://news.sky.com/story/father-of-spiderman-rescue-child-was-out-playing-pokemon-go-11388845

:face:

I consider myself a hero in waiting.

[Queenslander]

Me too. o/

\o

[bruhnaldo]

How delusional are you? The majority of players on a basketball squad aren’t particularly talented

You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about in the slightest.

[mugbull]

Ur wrong lol

[Dark Soldier]

You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about in the slightest.

"Is he seven foot tall?"

"Yes"

"Can he hold a ball?"

"Yes"

"Give him $14mil a year"

[bruhnaldo]

Teehee no u r

[Spikey M]

I can bounce a ball hurrrr

[Spikey M]

But it’s still better than baseball. Fuck sake Jimmy.

The US really should stay away from sport. Music, film and tv, crack on, but fuck their sport.

[bruhnaldo]

What even are "your" sports? Footy, fair enough, the world thanks you for your service.

Otherwise... what are we doing here? Rugby? Cricket? We already have better versions of those games, silly.

[Spikey M]

We invented every sport worth playing.

[Lewis]

And cricket.

[bruhnaldo]

Baseball > Cricket

For a myriad of reasons but mostly that the manager wears the uniform the players do inexplicably.

http://lasordaslair.com/files/2013/06/7081726.jpg :drool:

[Spikey M]

There’s nothing like a pensioner dressed like a 7year old to prove a point.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Baseball is cricket designed by committee, much like most American things are a good British thing designed by committee.

Lewis is a disgrace to Yorkshire.

[Shindig]

Rounders is much better because it never goes beyond school walls. Once you're past 14, you never play it again.

[SincereTheRebel]

American handegg is the worst sport ever. You cant spear your opponent. You cant clothesline a man. You cant clip someone with your helmet. It's a pussy game.

[bruhnaldo]

We used to play this game called "Smeer the queer" which of course is an awful title in 2018 but anyways... the object of the game was to take the 'handegg' as it were, run by or passed everyone else playing, and get to the "endzone" whatever that may be ("passed the mailbox but before the concrete!")

If you were tackled, you basically gave the ball up and there was a "scrum", as it were, to see who got it next. There was no real point to it except to try not to get tackled.

Long story short, your country's treasured pastime is an off-brand, non-sanctioned child's game that has no real strategy whatsoever and how dare you compare it to the chess that is AMERICAN FOOTBALL.

[mugbull]

American handegg is the worst sport ever. You cant spear your opponent. You cant clothesline a man. You cant clip someone with your helmet. It's a pussy game.

American football requires even less technique than basketball. It's just the most American sport ever invented.

[niko_cee]

Isn't baseball one of ours as well?

[Reg]

This is also somewhat of a problem in tennis, which I love. They need to lessen the influence of the serve there, imo. There’s too many ace trolls on the tour.
There are hardly any.

[mugbull]

I count about 6 or 7 in the top 20.

It's become such a huge part of the game recently and it makes watching certain players so boring.

[Giggles]

American football requires even less technique than basketball. It's just the most American sport ever invented.

Lol, nothing even comes close to the tripe that is basketball. An absolutely pointless game that requires zero skill or thought.

[John]

Well that's just obvious horseshit.

[bruhnaldo]

This weird campaign against basketball is hilarious.

[phonics]

The only problem with basketball is that the first half doesn't matter.

[Disco]

That's the problem with all of their motor racing too, the first 3/4 is totally meaningless, to the point where in oval racing they'll practice overtaking each other. In fact nearly all of their sports could be improved by cutting them in half at the very least.

[bruhnaldo]

To get this back on track:

Just spent a good part of the morning listening to old Girls Aloud/Cheryl records because why not.

allou-ette-ette-ette! allou-ette-ette-ette!

[Spikey M]

Why do?

[bruhnaldo]

I love pop music.

[Spikey M]

*shit

[Spikey M]

Is this what that annoying middle aged woman at your work has done to you?

[bruhnaldo]

Oh no I've always loved pop music. In fairness, I like all kinds of music. Hip-hop is probably at the top of the pops but I've always had a fondness for pop, never really grew out of it for whatever reason.

Girls Aloud/Cheryl in general probably the more cheesy side of that coin but you can't act like there's not some great pop records out there. Abba and Gaga come to mind off the top of my head.

[bruhnaldo]

Doooooon't gooooo wasting your emoooootiioooonnn.. laaaay all your looove ooon meeeee:wub:

[phonics]

Nice to see you back Bruh but there's no need to post like a nonce.

By chance I was listening to Cheryl Cole today. This specifically, hadn't thought about it in years:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA23b4Dptas

[Pleb]

I'm still a huge Steps fan.

[SincereTheRebel]

I'm embarrassed to say, I like this song a lot. Its been on repeat for about two weeks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeiKbqa02g

[wullie]

I'm with Bruh on Girls Aloud. Biology in particular is top flight pop.

[Baz]

I make a spotify playlist every month. I add and delete stuff as the month goes on and then start again fresh on the first of the month, usually leaving behind about a 30-track finished playlist for the previous month. It's usually the latest rap songs but a few anomalies often make the cut. Currently on this months is this bad boy:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zcVnNwAHys

[bruhnaldo]

Nice to see you back Bruh but there's no need to post like a nonce.

I was singing, asshole. :(

[bruhnaldo]

I make a spotify playlist every month. I add and delete stuff as the month goes on and then start again fresh on the first of the month, usually leaving behind about a 30-track finished playlist for the previous month.

This seems like a fun idea

[Dan]

I too have vaguely started watching baseball every now & again - I think it’s because it’s the NFL offseason. I’d like to get into the NHL & NBA too, but it’s just too much sport for one life.

Been watching a few games a week as they roll around on BT Sport, as well as condensed games on YouTube, and I think I'm becoming a Yankees fan - mostly because they're the first team where I saw five guys whose names I remembered, but also for this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1FxLyRpmn4). Just murdering the ball :drool:

I still have no idea what some of the stats are/why anyone gives a fuck about them (wins/saves, for example), and it's weird how every game is commentated by the home team's guys, but otherwise it's solid. The real test will be whether I still give a shit in August though.

[Queenslander]

I didnt think Id end the day holding deep racist feelings towards the philippines.