http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007&page=2#post-129090 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:24:37 +0000 Duff 129090@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Have done Sinnick.</p> <p><a href="http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45094" rel="nofollow">http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45094</a> </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007&page=2#post-129071 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:50:50 +0000 Sinnick 129071@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I suppose the Scottish version of The Joke is with the nationalities vice versa ?<br /> But is there a Welsh version ?</p> <p>Jeez, Duff, just say it and suffer the consequences. I just can't bear the suspense any longer. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007&page=2#post-129065 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:34:32 +0000 SpankyMonkey 129065@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Wears the soap.</p> <p>Or is that the wrong Joke, at the wrong time? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129051 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:49:33 +0000 dvo4fun 129051@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>... that... may ... just ... be ... the ... sound ... of ... tumbleweed ... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129045 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:14:37 +0000 The All New Jeni B 129045@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I will hunt down and stab, with said sharpened pencil, the first person to post "The Joke". </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129044 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:01:37 +0000 Ironduke 129044@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hold your nerve till Federer's held his serve... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129043 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:59:05 +0000 MADJEZ 129043@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I think it might be time ... fourth set, serve broken.... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129006 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 11:00:34 +0000 Duff 129006@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It's a terrifying prospect Jez. But maybe we could go heavy on Cliff Richard singing to the crowd just as a sort of diversionary tactic to see the tournament out for us all for another year (now look I know it's really old - but desperate measures for desperate times). </p> <p>Then who knows what Murray might do in the intervening 11 months. This time next year we could all be looking back at these terrible last three days and laughing. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129002 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:43:56 +0000 MADJEZ 129002@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>My worry is if he wins and we suddenly discover he's not dour, he was just being focused.<br /> Imagine if he suddenly becomes all emotional and chatty after the match, what will we have to work with then ? Maybe a repeat of the Pat Cash climb up the stand stunt... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-129001 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:30:35 +0000 Duff 129001@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>You haven't hijacked my webcam, have you dvo? Or perhaps you're high up in MI5 or something.</p> <p>*Looks over shoulder - sees nothing then shakes head* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128988 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:30:10 +0000 dvo4fun 128988@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>OK duff, this is The Day. Suggest a relaxing walk this morning, home for a light lunch, fire up the internet connection in good time,vacuum the keyboard, take some deep breathing exercises, crack the knuckles, pour the coffee/lager as required, remind yourself not to shout 'Come on Tim'. </p> <p>You're ready to Go!</p> <p>Let me know how it goes - I'll be watching motor bikes and motor cars going round in circles. On water. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128977 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:44:58 +0000 Scroat 128977@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>NO. PLEASE. ANYTHING BUT THE JOKE. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128975 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 22:40:18 +0000 Iscariot 128975@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>@Duff: boorish or bleak alliterate with Brit.</p> <p>If he does win, expect all papers to run with "Minted!" as the headline. You read it here first, folks, Thankyaw. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128957 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:04:34 +0000 dvo4fun 128957@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"There may come a day when the strength of men fails and the memory of elves disappears from this land; but it is not this day! [continues]..." </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128947 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:31:07 +0000 Ironduke 128947@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Cometh the hour, cometh the dour. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128936 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:10:30 +0000 Duff 128936@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>All of this conjecture is very relevant and there will be no-one more upset that yours truly should 'The Joke' be denied to us. But what about '<em>Dour</em>'? Whatever happens they can't take that away from us. </p> <p>So if the unthinkable does happen tomorrow and Murray makes history and becomes the first Scot to have an irreversible Brit-change, let not us look upon this as the end...No Biscuiteers! I say unto each and every one of you, leave no depths unplumbed and work on the 'dour' angle. There has to be hope - for without hope of 'The Joke' then what are we all doing here? What's the bloody point!? </p> <p>*Collapses in a dishevelled and exhausted heap* </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128931 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:39:33 +0000 Ironduke 128931@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Thats the whole point Bonjo...if he wins The Scottish Joke is over and The British Hero begins... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128929 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 14:23:04 +0000 Gerontius 128929@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Murray Minted (a whole new genre of Murray jokes is born) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128919 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 12:18:05 +0000 rickwestwell 128919@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>We just add the word "doesn't". </p> <p>Can't miss out on The Joke. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128898 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:53:11 +0000 bonjonelson 128898@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>What the hell happens to The Scottish Joke if he wins? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128880 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 06:45:25 +0000 MADJEZ 128880@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Should we biscuiteers not refer to it as <strong>'The Scottish Joke'</strong> for fear of invoking the curse. Any member who makes the joke too early should turn around three times, spit over their left shoulder, swear and recite lines from William Shakesbiscuit. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128865 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:29:35 +0000 Duff 128865@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I saw that dvo, but I'm older and wiser now and wild horses won't draw me in until the time is ripe. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128861 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:14:15 +0000 dvo4fun 128861@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Hold your nerve Duff - scronny's broken cover already with an early run. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128849 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:28:49 +0000 Iscariot 128849@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>He's actually a quarter English. Sorry, cancel that. A quarter Geordie, one of his grandparents came from Newcastle. So the Joke should become "British tennis player endorsed by Heineken" when he loses. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128846 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:19:45 +0000 Sinnick 128846@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Look, I know it's an outside chance, but well what if ... no, sorry, I forgot my tablets this morning</p> <p>Looking forward to The Joke, though </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128840 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:42:28 +0000 simonjmr 128840@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>It may even have to be postponed until the Olympics if he wins on Sunday </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128838 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:29:40 +0000 dvo4fun 128838@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The tension is almost unbearable. Hold it together now Duff; you've come this far don't blow it now... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128836 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:51:14 +0000 grumblechops 128836@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Duff's pencil getting "dangerously sharp" </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128835 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:41:54 +0000 Duff 128835@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>And now as if it wasn't bad enough looks like we have to wait until Sunday. Bloody inconsiderate of him this afternoon too. After his wobble in the 3rd I was about to draft my new copy and then he rallies (ho-ho). Cah!!!! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=45007#post-128796 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:58:35 +0000 Yikes 128796@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>editor didn't leave a clue - counting them all up manually could be quite a chore but then what else is there to do with all this "Scottish" weather about ... </p>