Shotgun Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 38 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I liked Frank Rijkaard but Rudi Voeller thought he was a gobby b*****d Reminded me of the wonderful quote from Jackie Charlton. "If he'd a gobbed on me, I'd a chinned 'im." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 14 hours ago, G_Man1985 said: You would still eat them fatty. Back to work on Sunday ffs I’ll be round for any boxes of soiled doughnuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I picked a coupon today but never had my bank card handy so ended up looking at jackets and trainers and forgot all about it. It come in. I would have won £80 but instead I was left with the original £20. I have just went to buy the trainers I posted the other night in the trainers thread saying I was 50/50 over to cheer myself up a bit. Selt oot. Fml. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I can’t remember which album I was going to download after the chat on Unpopular Opinions thread last night. Wasn’t one that was mentioned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Sponsorship in sport. Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account. I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, GordonD said: Sponsorship in sport. Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account. I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots, Are you serious? Were these drinks replaced (presumably with Coca Cola)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Sponsorship in sport. Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account. I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots,Isn't there an official vape partner for one of our premiership teams? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 20 hours ago, tamthebam said: Trying to have a nice Saturday lie in. Doorbell goes. Thinking it's a delivery I rush downstairs. It's a builder touting for quotes. The same builder I told a couple of months ago I wasn't interested. He got told to bugger off this time. Might have been more satisfying for you , if you’d wasted his time by asking him for a quote for several projects like a new extension , knowing that you had absolutely no intention of getting him to do any work for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Jacksgranda said: Are you serious? Were these drinks replaced (presumably with Coca Cola)? TBH I'm not completely sure that's how it worked. Maybe people were warned in advance they wouldn't get in with rival companies' products so not to bring them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 1 minute ago, GordonD said: TBH I'm not completely sure that's how it worked. Maybe people were warned in advance they wouldn't get in with rival companies' products so not to bring them. That's bloody ridiculous. You'd pay a fortune for tickets and then told you can't bring in your drink of choice? I could nearly see through it if they were sitting in complimentary seats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.Hood Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Back to work the day. Sun decides to come out. The word boomer. Shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, GordonD said: I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. McDonald's b is one of the official sponsors of the Olympic Games. It always tickles me when we're shown an ad bragging about that, and then we go back to the coverage showing some Greek God of a sprinter, or a 5 1/2 stone gymnast. And I wonder if they've ever eaten a MacDonald's in their lives. Dow Chemicals is also the "Official Chemical Company" of the Olympic Games so make of that what you will. Edited July 5, 2020 by Shotgun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 MacDonald's is one of the official sponsors of the Olympic Games. It always tickles me when we're shown an ad bragging about that, and then we go back to the coverage showing some Greek God of a sprinter, or a 5 1/2 stone gymnast. And I wonder if they've ever eaten a MacDonald's in their lives. Dow Chemicals is also the "Official Chemistry Company" of the Olympic Games so make of that what you will.Are you seriously doubting the nutritional value of a McDonald's meal? Why else would the world's best athletes have endorsed their products?! Tell me!... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Surprised they’ve not covered cross bars in ads yet tbh. “Greene King: the best bar to hit” etc etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 49 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: Are you seriously doubting the nutritional value of a McDonald's meal? Why else would the world's best athletes have endorsed their products?! Tell me!... I don't remember this but apparently Michael Jordan insisted he "did" eat McDonalds and turned down endorsement deals for products he didn't use, or didn't like. So you're correct and I humbly withdraw my previous snark. Edited July 5, 2020 by Shotgun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Tyson Gay used to regularly eat Big Macs when he was the triple world champion in 2007. He won f**k all after he started doping, so you tell me what the real performance enhancing drug is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 6 hours ago, weirdcal said: 6 hours ago, GordonD said: Sponsorship in sport. Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account. I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots, Isn't there an official vape partner for one of our premiership teams? Hibs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 7 hours ago, GordonD said: Sponsorship in sport. Not all of it, obviously - if a local businessman wants to pay to have his company name on (say) Cowdenbeath's shirts, then that's fine - publicity for him and a nice chunk of change in the club's bank account. I'm talking about big events like the Olympics, where you get things like Mars advertising themselves as "Official Snack Food of the 2012 Olympics". (May not be an actual example, but it was something like that.) I'm sure that earlier this year I saw an advert for a firm which was "The Official Estate Agents of the 2020 GB Olympic Team." Aye, right; I'm sure the athletes were queueing up to sell their houses while they were in training. I also seem to remember that when Coca-Cola was "The Official Soft Drink" of one of the Olympics, people were searched on the way into the stadium and any cans from a rival company were confiscated in case they showed up in crowd shots, It's usually the shit that's not very good for you that sponsor major events - alcohol, fast food chains, Coke/Pepsi, betting companies, credit cards etc. Clearly all of these things in moderation will do you no harm but these companies don't want you to use their products in moderation. I'm boycotting the next World Cup if it's not sponsored by the world's main supplier of kale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Just seen a fridge magnet for “Göteborg, Sweden” Although magnets from non-English speaking places with the place name written in English is a PTTGOYN in its own right, this one cheeses me off even more due to the switch from Swedish to English. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Just seen a fridge magnet for “Göteborg, Sweden” Although magnets from non-English speaking places with the place name written in English is a PTTGOYN in its own right, this one cheeses me off even more due to the switch from Swedish to English. £1.99 for this beauty on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KOLN-GERMANY-FRIDGE-MAGNET-SOUVENIR-IMAN-NEVERA-/121913310301 You could start a collection... Edited July 5, 2020 by The_Kincardine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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