Engaland, Engaland, Engaland, ENGALAND! A thread where we discuss the misadventures of the mother island's national team playing the national sport under the watchful gaze of McClareng

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Aren't you all glad that Ashton didn't break a metatarsal?

― M White, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Er, the mother island has other football teams as well you know.

― a pedantic scottish person (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, I suppose it has. Perhaps I should have said, "mother tongue's". Please accept my humble apology and see if the Welsh can somehow be mollified as well.

― M White, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

A bitter Scottish post in the second message of a new thread! Congratulations ILXIII - it's a new record!

Dean Ashton is the unluckiest man in the history of football. I had him down to score 20+ goals this season and force his way into the England squad whilst being hailed as the new Teddy Sheringham. And I've been deprived of my Secret Weapon in the fantasy league :(

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:37 (eighteen years ago) link

For some strange reason probably having to do with faulty brane wiring, every time I hear 'metatarsal' I think of some ungodly amalgam of

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9gnMiS9TeJEAoYBzLqjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=1295eeq4k/EXP=1155768125/**http%3a//www.pr.mq.edu.au/macnews/sep02/marsupial.1.jpg

and

http://www.arikah.net/encyclopedia/images/e/e1/Saintpauloftarsus.jpg

― M White, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Aw, the thread was sitting there all alone unanswered in New Answers. And I hate not to live up to my reputation :-)

I couldn't remember if I had him in my fantasy team so I went to check. I didn't, but I *did* have Geoff Horsfield who's now buggered off to Leeds, so that in itself renders this thread useful to me. Cheers, dudes.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link

What, pray tell ailsa, is your reputation?

― M White, Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Person who gets a bit grumpy when people confuse England with Scotland/Britain.

I'm sure I have others as well. I'd rather not know though.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Tuesday, 15 August 2006 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link

'a bit'

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 08:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Ha. I don't even do it in real life at all. It's just this thing.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:35 (eighteen years ago) link

O RLY?

― stet (stet), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:41 (eighteen years ago) link

uh-huh. Honest. Come to think of it, that may be because people I hang around with in real life actually know the difference.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Wednesday, 16 August 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link

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