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Rovers have a thread on GasChat headed Jordan, referring to their Asian Cup Final against Qatar. One amusing poster said he thought she had died when he saw this.

Many years ago, I saw an old friend of mine, a chef in a local restaurant, take a huge chunk out of his hand whilst opening oysters. Unfortunately, he wasn’t wearing gloves, but he was experienced. I am just so nervous doing it, and, even in the fishmonger, it takes about 10 minutes to open a dozen oysters.

Ah Yes, quite obvious now you menton it . A propos oysters, I am always amazed how expensive they are in restaurants, especially in the UK. I am fortunate to have an excellent wet fishmonger close to me, and can often buy a dozen for about €5, opened in front of me (I don't know if you have ever tried, but opening oysters is a real bugger, even with a proper knife). I prepare a simple Mignonette with a fresh eschalot (ludicrously cheap over here) and Voila, an excellent lunch for two - actually, I eat them all, as my wife cannot stand oysters, although she will help me with the accompanying bottle of chilled Sancerre.

It looks very nice, especially the fish. I don’t recall ever eating Isle of Islay scallops before (I probably drank too much of their whisky) but they look remarkably like mussels to me.

What, three goals for the away side?

I have never heard of them, so you can rule me out of your list.

Wonderful. No doubt lost on many here, but very amusing nonetheless.

Like many on here and elsewhere, I do not much care for the Indian attitude on the pitch, especially when Kohli is around, but I must say that their journalists, especially on CricInfo, are pretty impressive and generally a very interesting read.

Indeed. Beautifully cooked, a wonderful rich Source, but. The Dumpling! It would have been a meal in itself. I should have had it with fried potatoes and red cabbage.

I have been there once, for a few hours, but only passed through to be honest. I probably go to Bavaria two or three times a year - we have family in Munich - and, as you say, the food and beer are nice (and copious!). If you don’t know it, and feel you have an appetite, try a typical Bavarian dish. Schweinshaxe. Very nice. I tried it a few months ago and struggled to finish it.

Certainly a nice place to spend some time, but I should imagine any sports bars are watching and hoping Dortmund lose - there is certainly no love lost there . Where are you?

Good Luck with that . Even in Bavaria you would probably have have problems.

Gerry Gow and a few others of Alan Dicks promotion team were part of the youth squad that reached the 1969/70 semifinals against Spurs. Gary Collier was a little bit later.

I went to Andalusia a few years ago and popped in to a nice little bar/restaurant in Malaga for some tapas. I forget what we ate, although I remember one was black pudding and another was Iberian ham, goats cheese with honey. They were all very enjoyable (and reasonably priced), but I just couldn’t tear my eyes away from the hams standing behind the bar, all slowly dripping their fat in to a little tray. I have been in numerous Spanish bars and restaurants over the years, but this was the first time I ever noticed it. And just to think, when I first started going there, in the mid 1980s, people would be smoking at the bar adjacent!

Sort of falling down, then.

More BS than artistic licence. See my post above.

Indeed. She 'fled' to the Ivory Coast to fulfil a longstanding commitment to provide pundit duties on AFCON. She is of Nigerian descent.

Nine down, and Hartley has SIX! Well played that young man, but also credit to Stokes for persevering.

Well, you appear to have answered my question . I was going to ask, with McCrorie on the right of a back four, where does that leave the ever improving George Tanner?

Hmm. Eight down now.

Almost eight years ago, actually. But, anyway….

Have you ever seen SC in fishnets?

It was a nice finish, but Goodness, what a fantastic ball from Brooks.

I really don't want to drag this out, but he looks and sounds a lot better in the clip. Perhaps it was just the photo angle. Or, perhaps, it was just me.