The Laughing Thread, the gift that keeps on giving.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

My rag co-worker has decided to work from home today.

A fellow rag cab driver who is always to be found whiling his time on a particular rank, suddenly went missing late last night.
But....I found him....He tried to hide under his steering wheel.
Not very good at being shit, these rags...are they?

He actually said that he doesn't like the way City play, it's boring, 'cos City keep the ball and don't let the other teams have it. He was being serious.

On 10th September 1897, a London taxi driver was the first person in Britain to be convicted of drunk driving.

He was probably a SCUM supporter as well John. They're all of that ilk.

[frankswift]

He actually said that he doesn't like the way City play, it's boring, 'cos City keep the ball and don't let the other teams have it. He was being serious.

It must really annoy him the way we constantly waste time by putting the ball into the other teams' net instead of keeping the ball in play.

[Dameerto]

Bog Brushes heat map from last night........

Quality, that made me laugh.

[nottsblue]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42950567

Even better than the gurners last week

[Nigels Tackle]

rooney’s hair!
on mnf now

[mr_nool]

rooney’s hair!
on mnf now

The state of football Twitter ... This day has been all about Rooney's hair and Dele Alli's pubes.

[patrickblue]

Obviously not learning from all the flak when they did it at the 50th, the Munich 60th anniversary match packs are going on eBay in large numbers.
Classy lot, aint they!

[zuricity]

Obviously not learning from all the flak when they did it at the 50th, the Munich 60th anniversary match packs are going on eBay in large numbers.
Classy lot, aint they!

So let me get this right .

The one club that will shamelessly turn a profit from anything that moves out of the swamp, get angry at people that want to turn a profit out of something from the swamp that belongs to them, since they bought tickets for a game?

Are the sellers away fans? were packets handed out to the opposition fans ?

[patrickblue]

Obviously not learning from all the flak when they did it at the 50th, the Munich 60th anniversary match packs are going on eBay in large numbers.
Classy lot, aint they!

So let me get this right .

The one club that will shamelessly turn a profit from anything that moves out of the swamp, get angry at people that want to turn a profit out of something from the swamp that belongs to them, since they bought tickets for a game?

Are the sellers away fans? were packets handed out to the opposition fans ?

Not sure, the packs were free and left on the seats at the swamp for the Huddersfield game. The MEN report says they were given to "reds", which would suggest home fans only.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... r-14250750

But then as I said before, the same thing happened ten years ago when we played them on the 50th anniversary. I seem to recall there were commemorative scarves given out that day, red for United, blue for City.
I'm pretty sure there were no blue ones on Ebay.

And in fairness to the club, they're not the ones making the fuss, it's the fans, which TBH is quite right. Much as I detest the club, I imagine their proper support must get sick and tired of the glory hunters and social inadequates who hang on to the bandwagon.

[frankswift]

I'm pretty sure there were no blue ones on Ebay.

That's just how I remember it.

Much as I detest the club, I imagine their proper support must get sick and tired of the glory hunters and social inadequates who hang on to the bandwagon.

I think you're right - both of them must be completely hacked off by it all.

OK, having got the inevitable ManU have no real fans remark out of the way, interestingly, a search for Manchester and Munich on ebay will also produce Jeff Connor's excellent book "The Lost Babes", where all the "real United fans" can read about the club's treatment of Jackie Berry (family evicted to make way for another player), Jackie Blanchflower (evicted when wife was pregnant) and Albert Scanlon (whom Busby told to be in contact if he fell on hard times, but when he did...).

[charvet_wonderland]

Obviously not learning from all the flak when they did it at the 50th, the Munich 60th anniversary match packs are going on eBay in large numbers.
Classy lot, aint they!

So let me get this right .

The one club that will shamelessly turn a profit from anything that moves out of the swamp, get angry at people that want to turn a profit out of something from the swamp that belongs to them, since they bought tickets for a game?

Are the sellers away fans? were packets handed out to the opposition fans ?

Not sure, the packs were free and left on the seats at the swamp for the Huddersfield game. The MEN report says they were given to "reds", which would suggest home fans only.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... r-14250750

But then as I said before, the same thing happened ten years ago when we played them on the 50th anniversary. I seem to recall there were commemorative scarves given out that day, red for United, blue for City.
I'm pretty sure there were no blue ones on Ebay.

And in fairness to the club, they're not the ones making the fuss, it's the fans, which TBH is quite right. Much as I detest the club, I imagine their proper support must get sick and tired of the glory hunters and social inadequates who hang on to the bandwagon.

I was in with the scum fans at that one. Scarf stayed in its packet obviously but I was with a rag mate who said he’d have it for his nephew. It naturally got robbed at half time while we were having a pint. I almost gave myself away jumping up when Darius scored but managed to change my shout to “BASTARD!” at the last second.

[CTID Hants]

It was Johnny Berry (born and died in Aldershot) FS. Got my first pair of footie boots from "Berry Brothers" sports shop which he ran with brother Peter in Victoria road, Farnborough.

[frankswift]

It was Johnny Berry (born and died in Aldershot) FS. Got my first pair of footie boots from "Berry Brothers" sports shop which he ran with brother Peter in Victoria road, Farnborough.

Yes, my mistake - been a while since I read the book. I probably confused him with that other Busby Babe, Jackie Charlton I think his name was.

[john68]

It was Johnny Berry (born and died in Aldershot) FS. Got my first pair of footie boots from "Berry Brothers" sports shop which he ran with brother Peter in Victoria road, Farnborough.

Yes, my mistake - been a while since I read the book. I probably confused him with that other Busby Babe, Jackie Charlton I think his name was.

Jackie Blanchflower; brotherof the famous Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower.
Jackie Charlton Was the Leeds playing brother of Bobby.
Hope that helps.

[frankswift]

Jackie Charlton Was the Leeds playing brother of Bobby.

Thanks j!

Actually, I did know his name was Bobby, I just forgot to add the "I'm taking the piss" emoji

But then you probably were, too, come to think about it.

[BookJunior]

I want to know when they'll let the dead rest in peace by not recalling the accident at every opportunity.

[john68]

I want to know when they'll let the dead rest in peace by not recalling the accident at every opportunity.

I want to know when the media will actually report the behaviour of the rags towards those players who survived the disaster and stop pandering to the rags and their own commercial excesses.

I was eight at the time and lived near the airport. I saw those hearses pass by my house. It was not a rags disaster, at the time it was a disaster and tragedy for the whole of Manchester, blue and rag alike.

The rags treatment of those surviving players and staff disgusts me to the core. The blatant commercialisation of Munich as a marketing tool is actually beyond disgust.

Apologies for being serious in a laughing thread but needed to be sais somewhere.

[patrickblue]

I want to know when they'll let the dead rest in peace by not recalling the accident at every opportunity.

I want to know when the media will actually report the behaviour of the rags towards those players who survived the disaster and stop pandering to the rags and their own commercial excesses.

I was eight at the time and lived near the airport. I saw those hearses pass by my house. It was not a rags disaster, at the time it was a disaster and tragedy for the whole of Manchester, blue and rag alike.

The rags treatment of those surviving players and staff disgusts me to the core. The blatant commercialisation of Munich as a marketing tool is actually beyond disgust.

Apologies for being serious in a laughing thread but needed to be sais somewhere.

TBH, I shouldn't really have posted it in this thread John.

[frankswift]

No, PB, I don’t think we should censor ourselves on this one.
Rags supporters can be relentlessly hypocritical. “We’re a club with history,” “That’s not the Utd way,” “City are only where they are because of the rich owners,” we’ve all heard it before. It’s all either self-delusion or ignorance.
Yes, Munich’s not a joke, and John’s right, it affected all of Manchester, and not just because Frank Swift also lost his life. It was a shock to the whole city. And as mentioned, the treatment of ManU towards the families of the dead and of the survivors was not as honourable as it might have been, to say the least. And we’re not laughing at the Munich plane crash.
But there is certainly grim humour in their “fans” selling Munich stuff on ebay – you can see today 50th anniversary stuff as well as the gear from this week’s game. And when our club made a gesture, after last year’s bombing, wishing them success in the Europa final, it was inevitable that one response would be a sorry bunch of rags singing “Why don’t City fuck off home?” on Youtube.
They have decent fans, I’m sure (and – I have to say – one day I may meet one), but ManU does appear to have a load of absolute braindead tossers following them. You can’t bang sense into them all, so I don’t see owt wrong with just laughing at how ridiculous they are.

[Hazy2]

Devil on the shirt what more do you expect.