CanaBull

For any of the hockey fans here, it was a sad one in Canada today when Guy Lafleur, 5 time Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup winner and one of the most celebrated players, passed away aged 70.

Missed it earlier that Jack Higgins, author of The Eagle Has Landed among many others, passed away on the 9th April aged 92.

Marx was right. Socrates was offside.

Could probably moonlight as a marriage guidance counselor too

Conservative?

It got sent to the video ref, decision by next week

I've always found 'slag' when applied to women to be an utterly awful term.

There's a few dialect words that seem to raise a smile. Chelpin', laikin', slahtin'. And there's one my Grandad used that you don't hear often any more, bummerskite.

Thought that the 'ickenham' in this case was prounounced 'att' like that place in Orkney.

Sincerest condolences for your loss, losing pets can be so hard, I'm so sorry.

An excellent point! School lunches, school lunches, concrete chips, concrete chips... just doesn't have the same ring

I'm on the cusp of finally getting my new place sorted out after separating from the ex, so looking forward to getting back into some archaeology volunteering over here, maybe a bit of model kit building. Thinking about some 3D printing projects too.

After networking with the key stakeholders, and taking the view from 50,000 feet without getting too granular, the lowest hanging fruit for the go forward plan would be to de-escalate the use of 'scrum' in the business focused paradigm. Or summat.

Well I'd never heard of Sir Crisp Gascoyne before now and now unlikely to forget either!

Ian Kennedy, 89, comic book artist on some of the comics of my youth, the Commando series, Battle, Warlord, 2000AD, Judge Dredd, Eagle...