This could finally be the cure for my ongoing insomnia...
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
"Whose game is affected most under the pressure?" = my new favourite euphemism for "Whose fault is this?"
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i know what you mean, the soothing sound of virgo and the clunk of the balls is kinda hypnotic
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
xposteven the clapping sounds tired
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I actually feel I could go to sleep for an hour or so, and wake up and they'd still be on this frame.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
does anyone think dott can still win this?
― lmbo slice (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
no
― Dastardly & Müttley Crüe (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
When did the Ebdon-Dott nightmare finish? Cos I think that was later than 1985's final, and as such the latest ever. But this will surely go roaring past that...
Latest one was Selby v Higgins in 2007, according to the bloke propping his eyes open with matchsticks on the Beeb's text commentary site.
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Cliff Thorburn's moustache - still got it.
― William Bloody Swygart, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Mistakes galore!
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Cliff look damn sharp, bet he's got some stories to tell?
this will not go on much longer - the extra gear has been found
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
gd is tiring a little?
he's fucked
totally out of this w/no way back in
― bobby vajazzler (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Come on, slow down or this won't even be the latest finish ever!
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
well done sir
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
kinda feel sorry for dott, he looked real sad then :(
― not_goodwin, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
weird trophy presentation there :/
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
well played big fat neil robertson
what an actually garbage final
― bobby vajazzler (cozen), Monday, 3 May 2010 23:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh noes, they have burst out "Down Under" at the Crucible :-/
― ailsa, Monday, 3 May 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
dott 'the pride of scotland' - good higgins zing
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
fucking Men at Work what a soundtrack to realising your dreams
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:00 (fourteen years ago) link
is he gay?
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
oh they've given him his trophy properly now, think the first guy fucked up just handing it to him before the interviews.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
His girlfriend is duty to give birth any day
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:02 (fourteen years ago) link
(Robertson's that is, so probably not gay)
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
how much did he win?
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Quarter of a million. Nice.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
JP pointed out he should use some of it to reimburse his mum's airfare, in case he hadn't thought of it himself, and to make him sound like a right bastard if he didn't do it.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Very nice indeed!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
£700 tops she paid, i'm sure he can manage that!
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
David Icke o_O
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Ted Lowe is 90!!
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wish i'd bet on robertson before the semis :( making a cool tenner from a fiver bet isn't the best.
― Times New Excels At (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Well done, Australia!
Re: me: yes, I'm in and from belgium. I try not to miss the top matches on tv but don't actively follow it much otherwise.
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 06:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Fabrique Belgique!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 14:09 (fourteen years ago) link
(some random wiki-ing later) - Alex Higgins isn't dead? Well blow me down.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
He was in one of the papers the other week, in a sorry state. His teeth all fell out (as a result of his chemo or something iirc) and he can't eat properly and weighs something like 6st. He's living on benefits and is trying to somehow raise £20k to get his mouth fixed.
― mierda defensa ... no impedir ... espectador (onimo), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I have him in my dead pool, which tends to bestow immortality on folk (except last year's lot)
― ailsa, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Wasn't this big investigation into John Higgins and co supposed to be over in "weeks not months" about 3 weeks ago so the whole of Snooker's name could be cleared once and for all? What's the latest news re: that?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
3 weeks = weeks, not months
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:18 (fourteen years ago) link
*impatient*
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.espnstar.com/other-sports/news/detail/item442419/Hearn-assures-urgency-over-Higgins/
― this skit is ba-na-nas (onimo), Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:21 (fourteen years ago) link
:-)
― StanM, Thursday, 20 May 2010 19:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Luca Brecel, 15, is the youngest Belgian national champion ever (not the under-16 championship, the adult thing)
http://img.vandaag.be/tmp/450/350/r/articles/201005241811-1_luca-brecel-15-belgisch-kampioen-snooker.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 24 May 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Always more talent if John Higgins is banned.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 24 May 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
that Brecel guy thrills and scares me. Check out his Youtube videos; dude's legit poised to take the fuck over
― acoleuthic, Monday, 24 May 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Your chance to get in on the ground floor by updating his wikipedia entry. Typically, the one defeat mentioned is to Graeme Dott. Peter Ebdon's probably limbering up to piss on his world championship dreams.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 24 May 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
2010 ILE poetry CONTEST! unleash the narwhals
― acoleuthic, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 03:13 (fourteen years ago) link
15 year old Brecel just won the final of the european championship (the adult competition, he won the -19 championship last year). I don't think any British players competed (no prize money and rivalling organisations like in boxing, I guess).
Another Belgian, Wendy Jans, is the european women's champion again (I believe it's her fifth title) as well.
― StanM, Saturday, 5 June 2010 12:43 (fourteen years ago) link
How DOES this whole snooker world work re: rivalling organisations, btw? Nothing about this on the BBC's news-sport-snooker site.
― StanM, Saturday, 5 June 2010 12:49 (fourteen years ago) link