For sale: one pot purple paint...

[darkside lightside]

...one razor; one tube soothing balm, unopened

[Mac]

...one razor; one tube soothing balm, unopened

Can we take it that you arrived down early to DKside

[darkside lightside]

to anybody getting het up about Paddy, Henry & Pedrie - if any of them fail to trot out onto the pitch on Saturday, the purple paint and cut throat razor will be coming out again!

[Snipe Watson]

C’mon chaps, let’s get a few more Pedrie avatars up there

[Big Nose]

C’mon chaps, let’s get a few more Pedrie avatars up there

Done!

[Muddy Bless]

oh fer crying out loud....I give up.... what is this topic all about?

[Duckjnr]

oh fer crying out loud....I give up.... what is this topic all about?

+1

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Everytime [insert name of injured player(s)] is being talked about as doubtful for "the big match", someone will say they will paint their balls purple and hang upside down from a rhubarb tree or something like that if [insert name of player(s)] doesn't play in said big match.

Then when [insert name] does play, the pot of paint is put up for sale, only to be brought out again (metaphorically) next time we have an injury before the next big match.

Last time it was Ferris/Munster, this time ....... well, you get the idea.

However, I suspect there isn't really a pot of purple paint readily available, and it's not really for sale - false advertising really

If DS/LS really does have a pot of purple paint, he could at least draw a little stick man and label it "Pedrie" and put it in his avatar

[Muddy Bless]

I had hoped it was going to be funnier...... nevertheless cheers for the enlightenment

[Cap'n Grumpy]

I had hoped it was going to be funnier...... nevertheless cheers for the enlightenment

Perhaps the truth is actually funnier - what I wrote is a total guess as I couldn't be bothered going looking for evidence of the above

Nevertheless, I suspect it is not far from the truth (apart from the rhubarb tree - everyone knows that rhubarb doesn't grow on trees - it is extracted from rhubarb rock). I might even go so far as to say if I am wildly out on my guess, I would be prepared to paint my ba ........... nah, let's not go there ....... again

And just for DS/LS - see below

[Muddy Bless]

I repeat....Oh fer crying out loud.... what is this topic all about?

and can it please be funny?

[Cap'n Grumpy]

I repeat....Oh fer crying out loud.... what is this topic all about?

and can it please be funny?

no

[big mervyn]

This metaphorical paint - what's the coverage like?

[darkside lightside]

I repeat....Oh fer crying out loud.... what is this topic all about?

and can it please be funny?

afraid not it's just that I didn't completely buy the Ferris injury the week before the Munster game, it was just such a perfect story for the press to obsess about in the run-up to the QF, and the perfect boost for Munster/hope-dasher for Ulster. In the interests of 'putting my money where my mouth was' I pledged to use the above listed items on the old 'two veg' and sit in a plum tree as expected, Stevie trotted out at Thomond, and my nether regions were safe and remain unshaven and their rightful hue to this day

likewise the procession of first half injuries against Leinster was a bit much for me - I'm not saying that McL was masterminding some kind of campaign of simulation and fabrication during the Leinster match, but my guess is that before the match they said to the players that they wouldn't take any risks, so if anyone felt a tweak, even one that they'd usually play on through, not to be shy to call the physio on - and if they decide to leave the pitch, to be sure to accompany it with a grimace or two, a bit of a limp, and then to sit on the touchline looking ostentatiously concerned, with strapping on etc. So I say all the guys who left the pitch against Leinster will start on Saturday - and if not you know what happens

[Cap'n Grumpy]

This metaphorical paint - what's the coverage like?

Probably not great - it's only to be used for a balls-up!

Glad you liked the avatar DS