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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DiabloTX on April 12, 2006, 01:24:22 AM
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Ok, since I have to work nights and I am off tonight I thought I'd make a pot of coffee and let anyone discuss/post/contribute/flame/ridicule/scoff/poke fun/or whatever you want to contribute. Let's begin.
Here's mine:
D. Beckham wants to finish his soc, errr, football career in the U.S.
Should we care?
Going to make the coffee, will be checking this thread all night.
Cheers.
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Isn't that what Pele' did? I mean you prostitute you heritage and honor for the bling, right? Isn't that what today's society is all about?
{Jumping in the jaccuzzi with a lady friend and some tequila, don't expect a swift reply.;) }
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Now that's an interesting point RPM. Let's say Beck does finish his career here. Will that make him a sell-out to his fellow UKers and earn their scorn and derision? Or would they say, "Go for it mate, take the bling!"
Good luck in the jacuzzi BTW.
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nobody want to address it in the gay marrige thread
SHOULD HERMAPHRODITES BE ALLOWED TO BE BIGAMISTS?
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Sure, why the hell not.
***listening to The Distillers BTW***
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Now that's an interesting point RPM. Let's say Beck does finish his career here. Will that make him a sell-out to his fellow UKers and earn their scorn and derision? Or would they say, "Go for it mate, take the bling!"
Good luck in the jacuzzi BTW.
He plays for Real Madrid in Spain anyway.
He is just wanting to raise his profile over there so he can make even more money.
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Originally posted by Furball
He plays for Real Madrid in Spain anyway.
He is just wanting to raise his profile over there so he can make even more money.
But why would he want to do that? It's not like soccer is all that popular over here. And it would seem he'd make much more money back in the UK. Wouldn't he? Even Pele couldn't get soccer that popular here. He made an impact, sure, but was it a wise move?
The Beatles are on now...
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I dont think its about actual salary from the football club. it is the sponsorships etc. that he can get while over there. I guess he must earn approx $180,000 per week from real madrid, all of his sponsorship deals, image rights, advertising etc. probably makes him earn 4 x that amount a week.
The older he gets, the less he will earn playing football, why not move to USA and get bombarded with offers for sponsorship?
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here is my opinion, and again it differs from the majority of the population :D
Soccer is boring!
There.. now i have made myself un-popular among the euro posters too... Aint life on the internet grand? :)
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Originally posted by Nilsen
There.. now i have made myself un-popular among the euro posters too...
dont flatter yourself, we never liked you in the first place :D
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Like I said, UK football isn't that popular here. How much money does he think he could make? Even the most popular sports stars here don't make $180 grand/week. Eeek, that's alot of dough.
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Does anyone here think Eddie Van Halen still deserves the run he gets? To me the man is freaking nuts. Brilliant guitarist but damn, he's really out there now.
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Irony?
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Originally posted by Furball
dont flatter yourself, we never liked you in the first place :D
Oh just admit it, you are my number one fan.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
Soccer is boring!
Hear hear! I'm number two. I'll go ahead and say that professional soccer players are overpaid whimps degrading the word 'sport' by being a totally negative example to the youth.
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Originally posted by deSelys
Hear hear! I'm number two. I'll go ahead and say that professional soccer players are overpaid whimps degrading the word 'sport' by being a totally negative example to the youth.
:aok
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As long as he divorces his current wife, I'm the next one on her list... hush she doesn't know it.
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D**k Cheney boo'd at the Nationals home opener, because he cant throw a ball from the mound to home plate. lolol we gotta girl for VP
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what if a hermaphrodite is double gay, should they still be allowed bigamy?
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Originally posted by Saintaw
As long as he divorces his current wife, I'm the next one on her list... hush she doesn't know it.
The pop singer trash who takes pride in the fact that she's never read a book in her entire life? C'mon Saw, even you deserve better than that!
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read? i don't want her to 'read' anything to me.... married men, tsss tsss...
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think she can read monosylables?
like maybe "if you can see this you are too close"
lolololololololololololololol olololololololol
pwnd!
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Well, I certainly don't want to be lectured by someone who can't read!
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soccer = gay.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
here is my opinion, and again it differs from the majority of the population :D
Soccer is boring!
There.. now i have made myself un-popular among the euro posters too... Aint life on the internet grand? :)
Wow a European not liking soccer...THE END IS HERE....THE END IS HERE!!!!
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Originally posted by Reschke
Wow a European not liking soccer...THE END IS HERE....THE END IS HERE!!!!
thank cod i married the other one I could find :D
my daughter doesnt like it either, but she doesnt know it yet
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Like I said, UK football isn't that popular here. How much money does he think he could make? Even the most popular sports stars here don't make $180 grand/week. Eeek, that's alot of dough.
you dont get what i mean. i was saying that the salary he is paid by the club he plays for will not matter, it is irrelevant - all of his money will come from endorsements/adverts etc. and by moving to American it will open up a completely new market for him and raise his profile in the one place he is not a household name.
Anyway, this guy has the marketing potential to make clubs fortunes. he pretty much single handedly made Real Madrid overtake Manchester United (his former club) as the richest football team in the world (richest sports team in the world maybe?)
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=407050&in_page_id=2
Beckham, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Raul, Luis Figo, Roberto Carlos and Michael Owen have not won a trophy in the past two seasons but sales of merchandise have soared from £45.8m prior to Beckham's arrival to £83.7m. (~$150m)
Now, 60% of Real shirts are sold outside Spain. Five years ago, that figure was about 10%. Since Beckham's arrival Real have extended their shirt deal with adidas to 2012 and claim 50% of profits from shirt sales - of which Beckham sells more than the rest of the team combined.
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Well you just need to move to the Southeastern United States and learn to love American Football then you would fit right in with almost everyone down here. 99% of us can't stand that commie sport called SOCCER!
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Originally posted by Debonair
Dick Cheney boo'd at the Nationals home opener, because he cant throw a ball from the mound to home plate. lolol we gotta girl for VP
Cheney has never worked a day in his life. I'm sure his hands are as soft and smooth as a baby's butt. But to be honest, I'm not sure the boo'ing had anything to do with baseball.
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Their lucky that Cheney didnt see a quail and try to throw the ball at it. He would of ended up hitting an innocent bystander
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Sure, why the hell not.
***listening to The Distillers BTW***
Awesome, awesome band. What a damned shame. Josh Homme is like, Yoko as far as I'm concerned.
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So what the heck is with this 'Order of the Serpentine' stuff?
Some of the most baffling commercials I've ever seen.
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Well, after reading up on The Distillers and seeing all the conflict with past members it doesn't surprise me at all that that happened. I always get a huge kick out of the apparent dychotomy of how these feel-good lefty musicians that seem to protest war/hatred/venom/anger and they can't even get along with 2 or 3 other people in their own band, usually ending up in a bitter fight ala Roger Waters vs. Pink Floyd et. al. But, that is what happens when you are driven by emotions solely, and what good artist isn't? Love the music, ignore the the off-stage antics. But yes, as you said, a very good band.
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lol, WHAT?
The Distillers a "feel good leftist band." Holy smokes, man. Wtf? :rofl
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Are hot lipstick lesbians really gay..or just a tougher nut to crack?
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Originally posted by Nash
lol, WHAT?
The Distillers a "feel good leftist band." Holy smokes, man. Wtf? :rofl
No dude, I didn't say The Distillers specifically now did I? I was speaking IN GENERAL. How many righty/conservative bands you know? Just a handful.
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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
Are hot lipstick lesbians really gay..or just a tougher nut to crack?
Yes.
And no.
Well, maybe.
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Originally posted by APDrone
So what the heck is with this 'Order of the Serpentine' stuff?
Some of the most baffling commercials I've ever seen.
Haven't seen it. Please elaborate.
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I think he's talking about new AXE "Snake Peel" body wash. It's suppossed to wash away the shame of having sex with a skank.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
No dude, I didn't say The Distillers specifically now did I? I was speaking IN GENERAL.
Okay, then that was one of the most muddled non sequiturs that I've ever seen:
"Well, after reading up on The Distillers and seeing all the conflict with past members it doesn't surprise me at all that that happened. I always get a huge kick out of the apparent dychotomy of how these feel-good lefty musicians that seem to protest war/hatred/venom/anger and they can't even get along ...."
I'm not sure what compelled you to bring left/right politics into the mix when talking about the Distillers... certainly they don't go there. They don't even touch politics. But hey, whatever.
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Originally posted by DiabloTX
Haven't seen it. Please elaborate.
Just saw it again.. I guess they have a website..
http://www.orderoftheserpentine.com
RPM seems to have a good angle on it.
I've been seeing them on Adult Swim a bit.
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Ok, first, Nash if I hit a nerve, I am so very...nah nevermind.
It was directed at bands in general who are more often than not are liberal in the political views. All I was trying to illustrate is that after reading the history of The Distillers I noticed that there were a handful of members that are no longer associtated with the band and are no longer talking to them. That got me thinking about how many bands have been in this situation and of THOSE bands how many aspoused "Peace, love, and an extra hit of smack, yo!" but couldn't even get along with the singer/drummer/keyboardists/cowbell player due to whatever lame reason. If my grammar was such that you didn't understand it and you interpret it as a non-sequitur (Jim Morrison would be turning in his grave to call it that) I'd suggest re-reading an entry before posting a reply.
Now, about the Axe thing. It's actually good stuff. The Snakepeel is a good, cheap exfoliant that works. If I don't use exfoliant ingrown hairs on my face appear. Hate the fact that I HAVE to use it but it's cheap and it works.
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Originally posted by Nilsen
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:rofl
To quote Chevy Chase................... "I LIKE IT". :D
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