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People go on holiday in football apparel ?

I had a middle aged couple at the humble craft fair yesterday in matching 'his and hers' Reading FC anoraks. I politely asked them if they were wearing them for a bet and how had they got through our island quality control procedures ? On finding who I supported, he said he wondered why I had grazed knuckles (the significance of this went well over my head at the time) especially as I didn't ! It turned out they used to go when at Elm Park so we accepted we both had a problem but they were deluded ! Funnily enough they did not buy anything  :doh:

Do you & why - discuss  ;)

...birds suddenly appear?

It's probably the only time i wear my town top! Wore one in Australia a few years back, I loved people recognising it and others asking who i supported. My mate was lucky enough to go last years Champions League final and in a bar in Rome, some lads came up to him and said hello, because they too were town supporters and recognised the top, although i suppose football based events don't count!

... only fools and horses work?

When you get to a certain age football shirts should be reserved for the house, gardening, football (playing or watching) and at a push the local but only when there’s football on.

Not one for stereotyping anyone but aside from wearing dungarees and engraving a swastika on my forehead or cracking one off under my burgh-a (so named after the noise I make)  I can’t think of another garment when worn outside of the above that draws judgement from others.  Albeit less severe and quite a good range of judgements.

Burgh-aaaaaaaaahhh

I've not once yet met a Reading fan who wasn't there during the Elm Park days - allegedly.  In pretty much the same way you'll never meet a French octogenarian who wasn't a member of the Resistance.

I have a banker and he'd never heard of Andy Gurney.  After that I spat at him and then had a burgh-ahhh on his jacket while he was at the bar.

cant count

hmmmmm, just checking.

OK, so why does c ant (without a space) change to cunt?  :D

What other words change?

it's changed back now

It was me to de-censor those who choose to not swear. The trouble is people write c**t, but in the filters section it sees * as a wildcard so matches any 2 letters! That's my fun ruined. :( My other portion of fun is a filter for the football club stolen from Wimbledon.

fools fall in love ?

Or a Franchise fan who wasn't a Wimbledon supporter, or a Man U fan who hasn't "always supported them like the rest of my family."

And just to name drop in regard to the resistance, my Great Grandad was one of the reasons France was the way it was, because he supported the Nazis, or something like that. At least that's what my late Grandad often told me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Etienne_Bonnet

Franchise, Franchise (testing, testing)

EDIT: Ha, nice one Barry. Although it should replace them with "Liars, cheats and thieves" or "Despicable club-stealing shitehawks"

...n't you carry on with what you doing..." :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWhLp2Zpn1w


Oh and eurgh modern Reading fans.

OMFG Rich I just actually did a bit too much wee watching that!! That show was my TOTAL fav when I was younger!!

what with that AND New moon trailers I need a lie down!  ;D

Weirdly i was thinking about Maid Marian the other day.I thought for some reason that Keith Allen was in it,but i don't think he was  :hmmm:

Spencer White wore his town shirt when we were on holiday on St Agnes [a Scilly Isle] one day.Two children were shocked and appalled by it  :)

i take my town top when i go on holiday, dont see a problem with it

Danny Baker doesn't like it :)

Beach holidays fair enough i suppose.

But i did see a whole family wearing West Ham shirts in Paris.They looked like numpties.

As a rotund 38 year old, I would dream of wearing 'sportswear' outside of going to a match.  I wouldnt be kidding anyone.

shirts are for kids and nerds

amen

 I only wear my shirt when playing 5 a side and on holiday. I am 26 years old. Am I a nerd?

same here. however i am a nerd, so i presume you must be as well

i wear my shirt running and in bed, proper cunts wear them out.

Being a closet Franchise fan I don't wear a shirt when on holiday. A string vest always suffices, since I can't wear my heart on my sleeve and real football fans can pick holes in me.

  Why on earth do you run in bed ?  Hang on...since you live in Brighton it's quite understandable.

dont see a problem with wearing your shirt any time, uneless you are an old man and that just looks odd. What I do have a problem with, is familys who all go out wearing it at the same time. Saw a family when we were on holiday and the dad and two kids were all wearing the current home West Ham shirt. Its almost as pathetic as a grown man wearing the full kit!

Larwood - I think I saw Spencer White at the music festival (of sorts) on the Garrison on St Mary's in his shirt ?
I was too embarrased to say - Hi I am a town fan too  :-[

I buy Home and Away every time a new shirt comes out - they sit in my wardrobe until the end of the season and then are hung on my wall in my office - along with the last 4-5 years worth of shirts....

In fact I felt the need to attach a photo of said shirts.....Is that sad ???

Is that a painting of Posh Spice on your wall?

Honestly - I am not too sure I have EVER been more offended on the forum !

Of COURSE it's not Posh Spice !!!

You need to do a little bit of music history......

Come on then - someone tell Bob who it is ?????

ha ha!! Its Louise Werner from Sleeper isn't it?

nope.....

Older - much older......

is it suppossed to be debbie harry because of it is you should ask for your money back.

Is it Kim Wilde?

Looks like Twiggy.

The man from Brighton gets it - but then he would .....

I have had to take another photo of it now as I think it is a great image of Debbie.....

Do you really think it's bad - I was pretty pleased with it !

Thats what I thought

wow this is like a quiz.. I like quizzes

OK - so the rest are fairly easy - but you have me going now.....

Lets see how well you do.....

Who is this ?

And These ???

the 2nd one of fat boy slim?

Its better from that angle to be fair. I actually thought it was Blondie but from the other angle it didn't look like her!

Jeff Beck or a Rolling Stone?

Johnny Rotten?

Is the 2nd one Sid Vicious?

whoops - not Johnny - the other one....

The Ging is correct - Sidney Vicious !!

OK ....Next....

Jim Morrison

yep that is an easy one.

is the first one Jeff Beck then? put me out of my misery!

Surely it's Paul Weller isn't it?

Pete townsend

Ah, yeah, so it is....

it's Weller.......

Bah, I knew it, damn you nasher for putting doubt in my mind :)

But this surely has to be the best one......