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http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/ http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-jobs-apple-ceo-dies/story?id=14383813 :'(

Had a day of whimsical-cum-philosophical conversation with my lovely lady, in between crossword, jigsaw, wordsearch, trashy tv and the most imitation-spag-bol I've ever seen. Turkey mince, rice spaghetti. Madness. Then went to see one of my favourite plays (i.e. 'a play I have read') - Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead. Read the play, watched the movie, stole the questions game, so this had to be done. So intrinsically full of questions, and leaves me pondering more great whimsical-cum-philosophical things. The other day I found some leftover passes for free travel on first capital connect trains, so I'm going from one end of the line to the other to visit my cousin I've not seen for about 18 months (he's the black sheep of the family -- if you've met me then you know that's a surprise!) because of a recent facebook status he made that suggested he has no family. Pragmatic dogmatism, that's the key! And lots of exclamation marks help, I've found!

I will do better than agreeing to disagree - I will back down gracefully :P I'd make an awful referee. I'd just say "oh get on with it" and book everyone who falls over.

Yeap. Not posting his role got me worried, and peeps mentioning alignments in the PM followed by a wink or something... Gah! I do love being one of the 'neighbours' role. Interest is maintained and effectively I can use the shared forum as a multiplayer notepad.

Hobos be busy earnin' their time and dirt, bro. YOU'RE JUST A FAUXBO!

mr-paul cast your mind back; how early did I call out Tales as a traitor? DAY ONE! We hadn't even had our first night yet and I already smelt something fishy. BAM. Awesome.

Sing me up, please

The main point is - do not talk about mafia games outside of the game thread until it is finished! Mafia tactics in game are enough, I don't need my mind meta-fucked by seeing tactics spilled over into this thread.

Vote: Go to the abandoned warehouse Fuck me I saw that days ago and just forgot to get round to PMing R_A about it. JUST CLICKED. Dazz; game = awesome again :P I highly recommend more like that!

Excellent! I always want to catch stuff up but never wanted to sacrifice surfing the internet at the same time :P Although admittedly I've rather underused the skyplayer - but we have a basic package so I never watch anything anyway.

I have two sides to my wardrobe. The clothes I acquired when I was 17 and the clothes my girlfriend's given me/chosen for me since then. I have a t-shirt that was made in 1996.

Jon; I think we're both looking at different black-and-whites :P If a player's arm is out and the ball hits it, but the end result is to their advantage, then does that mean it's a foul merely due to the advantage? Actual instances of handball are always subjective, but the rules try to be very specific - or at least cover all bases. I think the best compromise is to increase the role of technology in teh game and allow for there to be an external referee to views incidences and advises the man on the ground. Best suggestion I heard was to do something similar to what you see in tennis - allow both teams a certain number of "check it more closely!" shouts per half or game. Rather than surround the ref when they think he made a bad decision (whether right or wrong - the ref, as we know, never changes his mind) they can get a review/replay/second opinion. There should be more consideration/flexibility for adjusting the game, given the technological advances in recent years. Considering there is tech that exists that can give the correct judgement on out-of-play/over-the-goal-line incidents, why not allow it at the top level? (I understand that part of FIFA's old-fashioned approach is to do with how they couldn't roll out such tech to all teams at all levels, but I think it's far more sensible to at least start... blahbalhlalblalhalbla)

Currently this thread is a precautionary measure. It may be too early to tell to what extent the boards will be 'purged' -- I know that Ashley's been deleting the wastelands (where some threads were moved to, rather than deleted). Gen Chit-Chat does take up the majority of the posts on these boards, which is why there's a post in here rather than globally, for now. But you can feel free to suggest any thread from anywhere that you think should be kept, for whatever reason you wish to give.

You got a draw from me because i forgot tactics. I WILL OWN YOU NEXT TIME, BABY!

But you are mental, crazy, weird.

Simply because it is another sci-fi idea being brought to life, I give this my thumbs up.

Then request to see the landlord's copy, ol' buddy ol' pal. If you think they've altered the copy after y'all signed it then that's fraud or whate'er, 'ey? '''''poop

? Yeah ok so that's not really 'little'...

Happy birthday platty!

In response to the above; yes.

I CAME HERE FOR GIFS GIVE ME THE GIFS

Does anyone in the house have a copy of the contract? Need the contract!

Links? 10char

The idea of 'intentional' and 'accidental' hand-ball. We get super-slow-mo replays and think decisions are obvious but in real-time often it's impossible for a defender to move their arm out of the way of a shot. The difference between ball-to-arm and arm-to-ball, the accounting for a player to realistically get their arm out fo the way... The VDV situation is admittedly not the sort of hand-ball I'm thinking of, but I really do think that the shoulder area that was used... well frankly who gives a shit. It's not a maradonna-esque cheat so I'm all for it.

I thought the VDV goal was perfectly fine. It's certainly more shoulder than arm, and frankly the hand-ball rule needs a good hard look anyway. Newcastle sitting pretty up north -- two seasons ago they were in the championship. It won't last for them, but still it's nice to see. Man C and Chelsea both showed strong form this weekend - Man U once again showed a dodgy defense and perhaps an over-reliance on endurance. I like to think that Man U vs. Man C later this month will show us where this season will be going. I still love the fact that every week, city's performed fantastic but Man U seem to do one better in order to stay top.