Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,770
    pblakeney said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    If one felt the need to use the term “Sainos” in everyday conversation would one pronounce the ending like Davos or Cheerios?

    I simply wouldn't.
    Actually, there is an instance I could use it in conversation, if discussing language and funny things people say I might say "I heard someone refer to Sainsbury's as Saino's 🤣"
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,036
    I prefer Tescbury's anyway.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    It's all Waitro's round here.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    But is it Wai tr ose with a clear tr?
    Or is it wait rose without the tr sound?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,770
    I'm looking forward to the new Lidlo's opening round the corner.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    Just as well the original shop in question isn't called Dildburys. 😉
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    pblakeney said:

    Just as well the original shop in question isn't called Dildburys. 😉

    Or paedburys.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    I think my continued use of sainos on here is probably the most entertainment I’ve provided in 65,000 posts
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    rick_chasey said:

    I think my continued use of sainos on here is probably the most entertainment I’ve provided in 65,000 posts

    Undoubtably!
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,769
    rick_chasey said:

    I think my continued use of sainos on here is probably the most entertainment I’ve provided in 65,000 posts

    More than Singers?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    BBC asking if Bale is the best ever British player.
    Is he even the best Welsh player?
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  • secretsqirrel
    secretsqirrel Posts: 2,078
    I would say that Bale is in the league of great players. But any other type of comparison is pointless.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,204
    pblakeney said:

    BBC asking if Bale is the best ever British player.
    Is he even the best Welsh player?

    Have a look at Bale's Wiki page. Given the number of top flite appearances, he's only had 2/3rds of a career.
    That's without subtracting the appearances as a sub.
    33 appearances per season average and that includes club and country.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    pinno said:

    pblakeney said:

    BBC asking if Bale is the best ever British player.
    Is he even the best Welsh player?

    Have a look at Bale's Wiki page. Given the number of top flite appearances, he's only had 2/3rds of a career.
    That's without subtracting the appearances as a sub.
    33 appearances per season average and that includes club and country.
    Imo he enjoyed being a big fish in a small pond.
    His attitude seemed to change when thrown in with the big fish.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    He only scored good goals.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tWfTzHsTpQ
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    pblakeney said:

    pinno said:

    pblakeney said:

    BBC asking if Bale is the best ever British player.
    Is he even the best Welsh player?

    Have a look at Bale's Wiki page. Given the number of top flite appearances, he's only had 2/3rds of a career.
    That's without subtracting the appearances as a sub.
    33 appearances per season average and that includes club and country.
    Imo he enjoyed being a big fish in a small pond.
    His attitude seemed to change when thrown in with the big fish.
    Think that's a bit unfair. He smashed it in big matches, and then when the coach decided he wasn't the right player for the system he chose to earn the money over playing - presumably with one eye on prolonging his international career.

    I don't think another team had it in them to pay the wages he was on when he got benched.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    What was it "Wales, golf, Madrid. In that order."?
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    He managed to play in four champions league finals, winning them all.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    kingstongraham said:

    He managed to play in four champions league finals, winning them all.

    I don't doubt that he was a good player who won a lot, but the best ever British player? Come on.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    pblakeney said:

    kingstongraham said:

    He managed to play in four champions league finals, winning them all.

    I don't doubt that he was a good player who won a lot, but the best ever British player? Come on.
    I've no idea why there's the need to do things like that.

    Maybe Best could do the things he could, but I can't think of many more. I don't really see the need to decide whether he was better than Southall.

    I grew up with Dalglish as the ultimate, but he was a different force.
  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,227
    surrey_commuter said:

    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.

    Beckham?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    surrey_commuter said:

    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.

    Gascoigne, Rooney, Foden
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,036
    Oi!

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  • pangolin
    pangolin Posts: 6,632
    briantrumpet said:

    Oi!

    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/13115632/football-stuff#latest

    I believe they prefer them in threes.

    Oi! Oi! Oi!
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 16,984
    kingstongraham said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.

    Gascoigne, Rooney, Foden
    Foden, seriously? How do you know, he's only 12?

    The problem with goat (or goyt) threads is recency bias, it really is.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 27,981
    edited January 2023
    First.Aspect said:

    kingstongraham said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.

    Gascoigne, Rooney, Foden
    Foden, seriously? How do you know, he's only 12?

    The problem with goat (or goyt) threads is recency bias, it really is.
    He's good. Given three eras there with real exciting players in each.
  • briantrumpet
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    pangolin said:

    briantrumpet said:

    Oi!

    https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/13115632/football-stuff#latest

    I believe they prefer them in threes.

    Oi! Oi! Oi!

    OK then.

    Oi, oi, oi, take this football chatter over into the right place, please, as it doesn't intrigue me at all, but I keep on thinking that someone must have posted something intriguing.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,173
    I was intrigued as to why the BBC consider Bale as potentially the greatest ever British football player when it's clearly nonsense.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 16,984
    kingstongraham said:

    First.Aspect said:

    kingstongraham said:

    surrey_commuter said:

    This reminds me of a question "who is the best English player in your time?"

    Everybody struggled to answer it which suggests there has been no stand out player since the '66 side.

    Gascoigne, Rooney, Foden
    Foden, seriously? How do you know, he's only 12?

    The problem with goat (or goyt) threads is recency bias, it really is.
    He's good. Given three eras there with real exciting players in each.
    I know he's good but he's not even the best player in the England team right now. Similarly, Rooney plated alongside Giggs and Scholes. So you can immediately rule him out.

    Bizzaro choices.

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