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[ME]

You guys are sooooo silly sometimes. Number two is the least attractive. That's why she had to buy giant fun bags.....as a distraction from her face. She looks like a Mcpoyle from It's Always Sunny

 

[Stevo985]

Would

[Shillzz]

You mean this one?

 

 

Edit: Let me just tame that down a little bit.

Edited March 13, 2013 by Shillzz

[Tegis]

I'm fairly certain that's Nicolas Cage in drag.  So much so that now I've typed it, I can't unsee it.

 

[ME]

You mean this one?

 

 

Edit: Let me just tame that down a little bit.

I'll admit she's quite saucy in real life. But the girl with the rack looks like a Mcpoyle. Not like the chick who plays a Mcpoyle. 

[Shillzz]

Yeah she is a little rough, I'll give you that.

 

Sure she's a lovely girl though. 

[ME]

^^^^ Probably a heart of gold

 

 

Out of all of them I thought 3 had the most potential. And then 1.

4....meh. 2...juuuust for motor boating I suppose. I don't understand needing booze though, they aren't trolls.

[BOF]

I can't seriously believe that after pulling all her eyebrows out and drawing them back on, number 2 looked at herself in the mirror and said "nailed it".

[Eames]

When sober only number 3. Beer googles - 1&4 Absolutely rat-arsed "its this or a wank" number 2 - and only then from behind.

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

If only we could get those ladies and ask their opinion on you chaps

[BOF]

Seems like car parks are where it's at in Britain.

Medieval knight's grave discovered beneath Edinburgh city car park

Mar 13 2013

The grave of a medieval knight that has been discovered under an old city car park in Edinburgh

THE grave of a medieval knight and the foundations of a monastery built by a former king of Scotland have been found under an old city car park.

Archaeologists made the discoveries, with dozens of other artefacts, during the excavation of a building site in Edinburgh's Old Town.

Three buildings of historical significance were previously located in the area, the 18th-century Old High School, the 16th-century Royal High School and the 13th-century Blackfriars Monastery.

The latter was founded in 1230 by King Alexander II of Scotland but destroyed during the Protestant Reformation in 1558 and the exact location of the monastery was unknown before this archaeological dig.

Also unearthed was a slab of sandstone, decorated with carvings of the Calvary cross and an ornate sword which signalled that it was the grave of a knight or other nobleman.

The car park had been demolished to make way for the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Centre of Carbon Innovation (ECCI), which will work to create and support a low carbon economy through knowledge and skills.

The green building has been designed to be highly efficient and sustainable by incorporating many low carbon measures including a rainwater harvesting tank which will be placed on the site of the former car park.

Astonished by his medieval discoveries was Ross Murray, from Headland Archaeology, who studied at the University of Edinburgh's archaeology department which used to be housed at High School Yards, a few feet from where the knight's grave was found.

He said: "We obviously knew the history of the High School Yards site while we were studying here but I never imagined I would be back here to make such an incredible discovery. We used to take breaks between classes just a few feet away in the building's doorway and all that time the grave was lying under the car park."

ECCI director Andy Kerr said: "We always knew that the building retrofit might uncover historical artefacts, given the site's history, but this knight is an extraordinary and exciting find.

Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/2013/03/13/100252-32979509/?#ixzz2NQyGL19T

"We want our new building to play a key role in shaping Scotland's future, as these historical buildings on this site did in their time."

The skeleton's bones and teeth are to be further analysed by experts to learn where the person was born, what he ate, where he lived and how he died.

"This find has the potential to be one of the most significant and exciting archaeological discoveries in the city for many years, providing us with yet more clues as to what life was like in medieval Edinburgh," said Richard Lewis, culture convener for the City of Edinburgh Council.

"We want our new building to play a key role in shaping Scotland's future, as these historical buildings on this site did in their time."

The skeleton's bones and teeth are to be further analysed by experts to learn where the person was born, what he ate, where he lived and how he died.

"This find has the potential to be one of the most significant and exciting archaeological discoveries in the city for many years, providing us with yet more clues as to what life was like in medieval Edinburgh," said Richard Lewis, culture convener for the City of Edinburgh Council.

[Stevo985]

If only we could get those ladies and ask their opinion on you chaps

I'd be quietly confident.

[BOF]

We all would. Difference is they care, we don't really

[Eames]

 

If only we could get those ladies and ask their opinion on you chaps

I'd be quietly confident.

I'd be gutted it number 2 knocked me back. Properly distraught.

 

If only we could get those ladies and ask their opinion on you chaps

I'd be quietly confident.

I'd be gutted it number 2 knocked me back. Properly distraught.

[Ingram85]

I'm fairly certain that's Nicolas Cage in drag.  So much so that now I've typed it, I can't unsee it.

 

I was coming in to post the exact same thing, glad I read the responses first.

[Meath_Villan]

200 quid up on the racing ....I shall retire from gambling now

[Meath_Villan]

Lads & ladies.................~Vote for john corbett as best chef plz in obriens gastropub co meath ...hes just great 

 

http://submit.independent.ie/irish-restaurant-awards-2013.html

[snowychap]

Any tips for Cheltenham today chaps?

Not a tip but just to point out that it looks like Coral are going evens about Sprinter Sacre (generally a 30/100 or 1/4 shot) in the Champion Chase (up to £20 single online and 'phone) until midday today - here.

 

Edit: Looks like it wasn't just till midday. May well be a guaranteed price.

Seems as though this has turned in to a right old cock up.

 

Website crashed shortly after Sprinter coasted home and they weren't able to take any bets on the last three races (inluding the one they sponsor at the festival) where outsiders won and they'd have been expecting to make a killing.

I think they said that they were due to pay out over a million pounds on the offer itself, it's anybody's guess how much the subsequent crash cost them.

[mjmooney]

200 quid up on the racing ....I shall retire from gambling now

 

I worked my days on a Galway Farm

In the sun and rain and wind and storm

But once a year I'll chance my arm

And cross the sea to England

I'll scrimp and save 2000 pounds

Spend the week in Cheltenham town

But the racing over always down

I come back poor from England

I dreamed one night before I left

A coal black mare with a white star chest

Crossed the line and beat the rest

I came back rich to Galway

I rose at dawn and drove all day

Thinking, wondering all the way

Lady luck have you come to stay

Or steal away in the morning

When I got to Cheltenham town

Irish faces all around 

No bed or mattress to be found

I slept out on the hillside

I spent three days at the viewing ring

Saw the horses they led in

And just as I was giving in

I stood and stared in wonder

With stamping hooves and steaming breath

A coal black mare with a white star chest

I ran my finger down the list

I matched the name and number

Well Lady Luck had come half way

The horses name was Galway Bay

20-1 were the odds that day

I went to make my wager

I counted out 2000 pounds

Held it high, slapped it down

The bookie smiled but made no sound

I knew what he was thinking

The biggest loser in all the land

With pounding heart and shaking hands

I made my way up to the stand

The horses came to order

But at the first she nearly fell

I cursed my farmers luck to hell

The second and third she took quite well

Way behind the leaders

Then moving swiftly from the back

Found the rails and caught the pack

Ten to go and from the back

Her hooves were drumming thunder

She’s catching horses one by one

Bridle flashing in the sun

Eight to go and a mile to run

Two are left before her

Down the straight and on they sped

Left one at the last for dead

Caught the next and by a head

She came home a winner

So I came back to my Galway farm

A wiser and a richer man

But never again I'll chance my arm

Or cross the sea to England

'Cos Lady Luck was mine that day

I held her close and she went my way

I raised a glass to the Galway Bay

And the dream of the Galway farmer

[packoman]

 

Any tips for Cheltenham today chaps?

Not a tip but just to point out that it looks like Coral are going evens about Sprinter Sacre (generally a 30/100 or 1/4 shot) in the Champion Chase (up to £20 single online and 'phone) until midday today - here.

 

Edit: Looks like it wasn't just till midday. May well be a guaranteed price.

Seems as though this has turned in to a right old cock up.

 

Website crashed shortly after Sprinter coasted home and they weren't able to take any bets on the last three races (inluding the one they sponsor at the festival) where outsiders won and they'd have been expecting to make a killing.

I think they said that they were due to pay out over a million pounds on the offer itself, it's anybody's guess how much the subsequent crash cost them.

 

Paddy Power made the same offer but was by text only. They also refunded €4.3 million on the money back special because Hurricane fly won.