Absent Friends
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- Cap'n Grumpy
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Absent Friends
Forget your cider drinkers thread and any other discussions on the best whiskies/whiskeys etc today ...... there's only one acceptable drink for many today.
You may return to your preferred tipple after you have raised a glass of Famous Grouse to your lips.....
The toast is, "Absent friends"
Still missing you big man.
You may return to your preferred tipple after you have raised a glass of Famous Grouse to your lips.....
The toast is, "Absent friends"
Still missing you big man.
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I'm just explaining why I'm right
I'm just explaining why I'm right
- BaggyTrousers
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Re: Absent Friends
I didn't know that was his tipple. Given my current state of immobility I'll have to toast him at home with a Highland Park, I'm sure he wouldn't object.
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
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Re: Absent Friends
Not at all Baggy - my post is of course prescriptive and slightly tongue in cheek.BaggyTrousers wrote:I didn't know that was his tipple. Given my current state of immobility I'll have to toast him at home with a HIghland Park, I'm sure he wouldn't object.
Cables would have defended the right of anyone to toast (or not to toast) with whatever tipple they preferred .... and quite right he would have been too!
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Re: Absent Friends
It was always a wee Grouse I had with Cables in the Scoop.
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family"
Rory Best
Rory Best
Re: Absent Friends
Sure you're always grousin' about something. Sorry I missed this on Wednesday The irreplaceable has never been replaced. May have to have a late toast this evening to the great man.Rooster wrote:It was always a wee Grouse I had with Cables in the Scoop.
Paul.
C'mon Ulsterrrrrrrrr!
C'mon Ulsterrrrrrrrr!
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Re: Absent Friends
5 years - hard to believe, but sadly it's true.
Last year I temporarily distracted from a cider drinkers thread that was current then.
This year i will attempt to distract momentarily from another thread that is ongoing with this load of tosh ....... and cables would have defended my right to post such tosh into the bargain. He wouldn't have liked it, but he would have defended my right to do it.
There once was a man named cables
On whom no one could turn the tables
He was so great at stats
We all raised our hats
Sadly he’s now joined the angels
A man who reached firm conclusions
He was a great supporter of ‘Unions’
To a couple he swayed
Namely ‘Rugby’ and ‘Trade’
With zeal but no disillusions
The same man was also called Stanley
He drank Scotch, was hirsute and manly.
He was incredibly bright
And liked things done right
So he wouldn’t like how this limerick ends
Miss you mucker!
Last year I temporarily distracted from a cider drinkers thread that was current then.
This year i will attempt to distract momentarily from another thread that is ongoing with this load of tosh ....... and cables would have defended my right to post such tosh into the bargain. He wouldn't have liked it, but he would have defended my right to do it.
There once was a man named cables
On whom no one could turn the tables
He was so great at stats
We all raised our hats
Sadly he’s now joined the angels
A man who reached firm conclusions
He was a great supporter of ‘Unions’
To a couple he swayed
Namely ‘Rugby’ and ‘Trade’
With zeal but no disillusions
The same man was also called Stanley
He drank Scotch, was hirsute and manly.
He was incredibly bright
And liked things done right
So he wouldn’t like how this limerick ends
Miss you mucker!
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I'm just explaining why I'm right
- BaggyTrousers
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Re: Absent Friends
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
Re: Absent Friends
BaggyTrousers wrote:
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family"
Rory Best
Rory Best
Re: Absent Friends
Before my time but he sounds like my type of guy.
RIP sir.
RIP sir.
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Re: Absent Friends
One day late to commemorate the late cables - wasn't able to get to puter yesterday - but was able to raise a wee glass of Grouse to his memory.
10 years awol!
10 years awol!
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Re: Absent Friends
There's a few of us here that like to footer about with stats from time to time but Cables was in a different league
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