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Title: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Karabiner on December 15, 2009, 12:05:45 AM I noticed yesterday in the "latest news" section of the DTD website that they are having an appeal for people to donate their old footie shirts for under-privileged kids in the Townships in South Africa which is in conjunction with the upcoming World Cup this summer. All you have to do is turn up and hand then in at reception when arriving at DTD.
Well by coincidence, (and there are a few here) I have a couple of my old Arsenal shirts that weren't doing much other than loafing idly in a drawer somewhere and I sensed an opportunity to make a sacrifice to the footie gods and possibly invest in a little good karma as by coincidence(I told you) Arsenal were playing Liverpoo away yesterday, and were in need of any help going as we currently have a team comprised mainly of chimney-sweeps and cat-burglar's apprentices. Not only that but coincidentally(!) I was about to play a satellite for the Monte Carlo and considered that possibly the Poker gods might take kindly to this selfless act of sacrifice too being as how it was at Europe's finest poker venue. Things were not looking good when Almunia flapped and presented the poo with a half-time lead and nor was it looking good when I went down to about 10k in chips with around 30 left in the satty but fortunately both sets of gods smiled, Arshavin got the winner, I never had to show a hand down, and managed to garner a seat for The Monte Carlo. Let's hope that there's a little more karma left in the tank for both Arsenal and me, and that The Gods continue to smile. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Girgy85 on December 15, 2009, 12:13:03 AM Nice story!
Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Colchester Kev on December 15, 2009, 12:15:53 AM Nice story! Yeah ... great story unless you are an under privileged kid in S Africa! when they are handing out those shirts, 2 poor fuckers are gonna want to top themselves ffs !! Only joking Ralphy baby, nice touch Sir xxx Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Girgy85 on December 15, 2009, 12:19:01 AM Il donate a Bradford City shirt if somebody can ship me a naff crimbo jumper in xxl!
Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: thetank on December 15, 2009, 12:24:21 AM Where's the sacrifice?
Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: lazaroonie on December 15, 2009, 09:52:11 AM Nice story! Yeah ... great story unless you are an under privileged kid in S Africa! when they are handing out those shirts, 2 poor fuckers are gonna want to top themselves ffs !! Only joking Ralphy baby, nice touch Sir xxx when the guy who gets the shirt with "eduardo" on the back starts throwing him self to the ground for no apparant reason.... Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: kinboshi on December 15, 2009, 09:54:06 AM Nice touch Ralph.
Shame Wenger didn't see it. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: tikay on December 15, 2009, 10:01:58 AM Write more tales Ralph, you have a gift for story-telling, & write so beautifully. To be fair, any written piece "reads" 100% better if it's properly presented, with paras, punctuation, & them oldey-fashioned things like full stops & commas. The internet & text messaging is destroying - has destroyed - written Engllish in so short a time - less than 20 years? Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Rookie (Rodney) on December 15, 2009, 10:02:42 AM Where's the sacrifice? Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: bolt pp on December 15, 2009, 10:07:26 AM Where's the sacrifice? deciding to support Arsenal obv Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Dingdell on December 15, 2009, 10:19:30 AM Where's the sacrifice? You've obv never tried to persuade a man to part with any piece of clothing in his wardrobe then?! It can be 20 years out of date, tatty and the wrong size but a man will never throw it out. Mens attitudes towards women is slightly different, if she's 20 years out of date, tatty and the wrong size she's out quicker than he can say 'hello darling' to the next one!! :-) ::) Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: RED-DOG on December 15, 2009, 10:49:40 AM Where's the sacrifice? You've obv never tried to persuade a man to part with any piece of clothing in his wardrobe then?! It can be 20 years out of date, tatty and the wrong size but a man will never throw it out. According to who? Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: RED-DOG on December 15, 2009, 10:50:09 AM Nice piece BTW Ralph.
Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: booder on December 15, 2009, 11:40:24 AM Write more tales Ralph, you have a gift for story-telling, & write so beautifully. To be fair, any written piece "reads" 100% better if it's properly presented, with paras, punctuation, & them oldey-fashioned things like full stops & commas. The internet & text messaging is destroying - has destroyed - written Engllish in so short a time - less than 20 years? So true. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: tikay on December 15, 2009, 11:45:59 AM Write more tales Ralph, you have a gift for story-telling, & write so beautifully. To be fair, any written piece "reads" 100% better if it's properly presented, with paras, punctuation, & them oldey-fashioned things like full stops & commas. The internet & text messaging is destroying - has destroyed - written Engllish in so short a time - less than 20 years? So true. Owned. By a Fenlander. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: Dingdell on December 15, 2009, 01:14:23 PM Where's the sacrifice? You've obv never tried to persuade a man to part with any piece of clothing in his wardrobe then?! It can be 20 years out of date, tatty and the wrong size but a man will never throw it out. According to who? Good point - a man will never accept he's grown out of something! And women really believe they are still a size 12 when in fact the manufacturers are making the clothes larger. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: lazaroonie on December 15, 2009, 02:16:47 PM Write more tales Ralph, you have a gift for story-telling, & write so beautifully. To be fair, any written piece "reads" 100% better if it's properly presented, with paras, punctuation, & them oldey-fashioned things like full stops & commas. The internet & text messaging is destroying - has destroyed - written Engllish in so short a time - less than 20 years? So true. Owned. By a Fenlander. Title: Re: Sometimes It Is Necessary To Make Sacrifices Post by: tikay on December 15, 2009, 02:30:46 PM Write more tales Ralph, you have a gift for story-telling, & write so beautifully. To be fair, any written piece "reads" 100% better if it's properly presented, with paras, punctuation, & them oldey-fashioned things like full stops & commas. The internet & text messaging is destroying - has destroyed - written Engllish in so short a time - less than 20 years? So true. Owned. By a Fenlander. Lol. He PM'd me huffily to point out that Fenlanders & Norfolk-ers are not quite the same thing, sent me links to Wiki Pages & all sorts. Sensitive subject, apparently, & his 127 cousins all agreed. |