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John Ryan (not THE John Ryan, ex Luton Town full back), the writer of Captain Pugwash, successfully sued a newspaper for printing the wrong names etc.

Because OTIB only prints facts (allegedly) and that  it has never been proven Captain Pugwash was a Gashead, here is his original team...

Tom the Cabin boy,

Master Mate,

Pirates Barnabas and Willy from Wigan.

All of the above sail on the Black Pig.

There's also Cut-throat Jake who captains the Flying Dustbin.

There is a new film about Captain Horatio Pugwash set for release in 2018 starring Nick Frost.

You see, even on this particular thread you can learn something interesting! 

41 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

I swear it's only a matter of time before this young man is appointed Gas manager (this guy is young, bright, up-and-coming and here for the long haul, like them other river have got sort of a way) AND he is called Ollie.. what could go wrong?

Indeed. Actually, Ollie is an intelligent, articulate young man. He is passionate about the blue quartered team. 

I can understand entirely why Geoff has him on the show once the match has finished. The test for Ollie would be should we ever play his team. 

Should Ollie ever read this thread, you do your team proud....now come over to the red side!

Little Ollie, the Rovers pundit for Geoff Twentyman, just suggested we would be laughing because it took him 6 and a half hours to get to Wigan and the M5 is closed for his journey back. 

Ollie, tell your dad, we understand.  We all started off with a car like yours. Is it an Allegro? 

25 minutes ago, Super said:

No it ended when a north korean missile went awol and hit the Rovers.

Apparently the missile did £10m worth of improvements.

One area that received particular praise has been our new Away Fan Strategy which was recently featured in the Independant.....

another area that hasn't received particular praise is my spelling. There's no 'a' in independent. 

You know how the Rovers twisted our early 80's chant of "The gas, the gas. We've got to get rid of the gas" (Wilfred Owen couldn't have written better)? Well, how about we do something similar which will make the club shop loads of money?

We have a few clever posters here who can photoshop/edit a picture before I can spell Jacki's real name. So please feel free to add a robin/club badge etc to this picture....

On 30/08/2017 at 20:13, Rich said:

That was Edwayne Star LTD along with, 25 miles from home.

Rather apt pun as Edwin's classic Northern Soul track is S.O.S.

Edwin's other famous sixties track was a reworking of the song War. He called it Gas. The first verse went. ..

GAS-Huh.

What are they good for?

Absolutely nothing. Say it again. .....

In my day (when I went to the occasional Rugby match) there was a full size training pitch behind the opposite main stand. I note that it's now a car park plus housing development. I trust the money from the sale of the land was used wisely. When was this land sold? 

1 hour ago, Rich said:

I was referring to how they acquired the ground, Very dodgy!

Make of it what you want.

Thanks Rich for turning my Dumb and Dumber analogy into A Few Good Men!

I got the second part of your brief history more or less right but had either forgotten or didn't know the first part (most likely the latter)!

Judge: For the twentieth time, and don't tell me I can't handle the truth, did you issue a code blue and white?

BRC Chairman: Too damn right I did.

14 hours ago, Rich said:

They tried to rob us of our ground, they robbed Bristol rugby of their ground, I believe there was even an attempt to have Baths ground off of them.

Rich, I thought your post was well written with some great points made (phew I can hear you say!)

Before I go on any rant, are you referring as to how they got to own the ground in the 90s from Bristol Rugby Club or how and why BRC eventually left?

If it was the former, I admire their cheek and tenacity purely from a business perspective as to how their then board achieved the coup of the  century. The stupidity/greed of the Rugby board has to be questioned because of the mess they got themselves in.

In the film Dumb and Dumber, Jim Carrey asks a really beautiful millionairess if he has a chance of her becoming his girlfriend. She replied that he had a million to one chance. His response was "So I've got a chance then!" Rovers asked and got it all, courtesy of it being written down on paper!

Whatever we think of Rovers and that 90s business deal, they didn't learn from it. They should have. If they had, then we wouldn't have had the funniest laugh out loud moment in our history when we signed Matty Taylor....all because it was written down on paper and we asked! 

Let's see what else their new board has had written down on paper..........

Slightly off-topic but ever since Kraft owned Cadbury's (Fry's in our day) from that horrid takeover, I have done my best not to buy Cadbury's chocolate. Mind you Fry's had football pitches so thats back on topic! Trouble is my wife and son like Cadbury chocolate. A deal was made that they could buy Cadbury.

If I buy chocolate for the family, it's either Sainsbury's own brand or a Swiss manufacturer. 

My stance on this important matter certainly has rattled Kraft or whatever they're called now.......maybe!

Cynic,

It's Scarborough as in the McCain Stadium. They had their chips etc.

16 minutes ago, rat23 said:

ffs no words.  apparently they have already been reduced from...$139.90 to 69.95 usd - wonder why ??

They should be called....Dap(py) Darrells

Also here. At last, common sense has broken out on the ECB. Now all we need is for the Beeb to bring back speedway and the golf....

BBC to broadcast live TV coverage of English international and domestic cricket - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40455556

17 years of hurt,

TV screen still gleaming. ....

Having watched both angles it looks as if a steward was indeed punching someone and had to be pulled away.

Are stewards allowed to punch even if provoked or in self-defence? 

Can we save this joke for when we play Leicester City at the Walkers Stadium?