Oh God I can't stand it.

[Sir C]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

[Burney]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

:-( I read that as 'I spend most of days w@nking and crying'.

Seriously, though, 'contemplating the horizon'? What the fvck is that about?

[Sir C]

:-( I read that as 'I spend most of days w@nking and crying'.

Seriously, though, 'contemplating the horizon'? What the fvck is that about?

I thought he lived in Totteridge? What are your chances of seeing the horizon in Totteridge?

[Burney]

I thought he lived in Totteridge? What are your chances of seeing the horizon in Totteridge?

I don't think he's in Totteridge. I think he's sitting in his car on Beachy Head. :-(

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

Isn't that what retired people do?

[Burney]

Isn't that what retired people do?

My parents are retired and enjoying themselves tremendously. They do not spend hours contemplating the fvcking horizon.

I think AW should get himself an allotment. He'd love it. Although he might get sad when all his incredibly promising young plants die of frost or disease, fail to fulfil their potential or get stolen by hungry birds. It'll make him think of Cesc. :-(

[PSRB]

My parents are retired and enjoying themselves tremendously. They do not spend hours contemplating the fvcking horizon.

I think AW should get himself an allotment. He'd love it. Although he might get sad when all his incredibly promising young plants die of frost or disease, fail to fulfil their potential or get stolen by hungry birds. It'll make him think of Cesc. :-(

Back on the waterslides, imo 982

[Burney]

Back on the waterslides, imo 982

:hehe: That picture makes me think of
983

[Ash]

I thought he lived in Totteridge? What are your chances of seeing the horizon in Totteridge?

High Barnet is close. Some top, top horizon value to be found up there.

[WES]

Back on the waterslides, imo 982

Not many a 60 year old can pull off a Speedo as well as Arsene does :bow:

[redgunamo]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

No, that's His own silly fault for choosing to spend every waking hour with the likes of Jack Wilshere and "Gibbo", rather than that absolute sauce-bottle of a wife He had.

You know, if she really loved Him, then every time He spouted His nonsense about sacrificing everything for His job, although it sounded great to us, to her it must've sounded like another angry twist of the knife.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Not many a 60 year old can pull off a Speedo as well as Arsene does :bow:


Have you seen Arsene pull off his speedos, WES?

[redgunamo]

Isn't that what retired people do?

Absolutely. If you've spent your whole life investing your time in people who don't care about you and to whom you ultimately mean nothing.

[Burney]

Have you seen Arsene pull off his speedos, WES?

:nod: He is leetle beet short feesically :-(

[redgunamo]

I don't think he's in Totteridge. I think he's sitting in his car on Beachy Head. :-(

:nod: He sounds like a lovelorn, callow youth.

[Ash]

No, that's His own silly fault for choosing to spend every waking hour with the likes of Jack Wilshere and "Gibbo", rather than that absolute sauce-bottle of a wife He had.

You know, if she really loved Him, then every time He spouted His nonsense about sacrificing everything for His job, although it sounded great to us, to her it must've sounded like another angry twist of the knife.

I doubt she scoured the media for the latest Wenger quotes every day, tbh. Hopefully she had her piece of fluff and was happy to spend Arsene's money. And still is.

[redgunamo]

I doubt she scoured the media for the latest Wenger quotes every day, tbh. Hopefully she had her piece of fluff and was happy to spend Arsene's money. And still is.

As the Americans say, it's not about your dime; it's about your time.

[Ash]

As the Americans say, it's not about your dime; it's about your time.

Well he's got time now. Time to perfect that thousand-yard stare by the sound of it.

[redgunamo]

Well he's got time now. Time to perfect that thousand-yard stare by the sound of it.

Too late now, innit. The wife has moved on to pastures new, perhaps greener, and He's raised no sons and heirs.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

I don't think he's in Totteridge. I think he's sitting in his car on Beachy Head. :-(

tit.

He'll drive sidewards a few of times, flipping east to west, before retreating back into the field just behind the cliff then he'll head towards the cliff again before veering off to the left because he thinks he sees a better suiciding opportunity only to realise it's been closed off.

[Herbert Augustus Chapman]

Do you think his allotment should include a shed with some curtains b?

[7sisters]

Isn't that what retired people do?

That’s pretty much what the senile French tit was doing for the last 12 months of his contract.
I heard Mislintat went to visit him at Colney to discuss summer transfers and had to sit it out for over an hour while AW was locked in trap one, pouring over a copy of American Tabloid. Apparently the first team were hanging around on the training pitches playing rock, scissors, paper. :shrug:

[Rich]

:-( I read that as 'I spend most of days w@nking and crying'.

Seriously, though, 'contemplating the horizon'? What the fvck is that about?

My friend is the tennis pro at a club that he's been attending recently. Apparently quite a good player (for a 60 year old).

Anyway, he plays with a few acquaintances whom all go for coffee after playing some doubles. Arsene is the only one that never attends :-(

[AFC East]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

I wouldn't be surprised if M. Wenger is the happiest he's been in at least 5-6 years and now only regrets not leaving Arsenal in 2009.

[Sir C]

I wouldn't be surprised if M. Wenger is the happiest he's been in at least 5-6 years and now only regrets not leaving Arsenal in 2009.

You're probably right, a.

Hopefully he finds our relegation battle this season wortrhy of a chuckle.

[IUFG]

Arsene is the only one that never attends :-(

he'll be too busy watching Nowy Sacz v Lodz , r.

none of that socialising bóllocks.

[Ash]

He's a sad and lonely man. And it's all your fault, you utter, utter *******s.

"Wenger: "You always fear a little emptiness. But I quickly organised myself in this new stage of my life, I do a lot of sport, I eat with my friends. I can sit for hours contemplating the horizon, I read everyday, right now a book by Philip Roth called 'I Married a Communist'."

I saw the whole quote today. The bit posted there plus the bit before it that said "[It’s going] even better than I thought."

A career in journalism is there if you want it. :thumbup:

[AFC East]

You're probably right, a.

Hopefully he finds our relegation battle this season wortrhy of a chuckle.

It's starting to amuse me!

[Sir C]

It's starting to amuse me!

We're clearly going to have a long, hard season learning new tricks, so we can write this season off with a clear conscience and hope for multiple home defeats and a 16th place finish just to enrage the angry people even more than usual.

[Sir C]

I saw the whole quote today. The bit posted there plus the bit before it that said "[It’s going] even better than I thought."

A career in journalism is there if you want it. :thumbup:

It was edited that way when I copied and pasted, a. My only crime is failing to check my sources or, indeed, the veracity of my story.

You're right! A career in journalism is my obvious next step!

[Luis Anaconda]

It was edited that way when I copied and pasted, a. My only crime is failing to check my sources or, indeed, the veracity of my story.

You're right! A career in journalism is my obvious next step!
IAHYK :vsign:

[Sir C]

IAHYK :vsign:

I've got a new dentist, la. He's German. HE RECKONS BERLIN IS THE HOME OF THE CURRYWURST!

What a mentalist.

[7sisters]

I've got a new dentist, la. He's German. HE RECKONS BERLIN IS THE HOME OF THE CURRYWURST!

What a mentalist.

Jesus.. Currywurst.. :puke: That’s probably where the level and interpretation of Indian cuisine would be over here, had we not had an empire.

[Luis Anaconda]

I've got a new dentist, la. He's German. HE RECKONS BERLIN IS THE HOME OF THE CURRYWURST!

What a mentalist.

Berliners are odd people - they do have a Currywurst museum though. Right by Checkpoint Charlie, of course.

How could you turn this down:


Since basically everything in the museum is interactively designed, you can touch, test and participate: virtual Currywurst making, a spice chamber with sniffing stations, a sausage sofa to relax, audio stations in ketchup-bottle shape with iconic songs about the Currywurst or an original snack bar on wheels.

[Sir C]

Jesus.. Currywurst.. :puke: That’s probably where the level and interpretation of Indian cuisine would be over here, had we not had an empire.

You can't beat a currywurst mit pommes, standing at a SchnellImbiss. It's the perfect mid-afternoon snack to tide you over until it's time for your Schweinshaxe!

[AFC East]

We're clearly going to have a long, hard season learning new tricks, so we can write this season off with a clear conscience and hope for multiple home defeats and a 16th place finish just to enrage the angry people even more than usual.

Oh yes please! The misplaced anger is the silver lining.

[Burney]

I've got a new dentist, la. He's German. HE RECKONS BERLIN IS THE HOME OF THE CURRYWURST!

What a mentalist.

I'm pretty sure he's right, tbf. I saw a programme about it.

[levancho80]

think AW should get himself an allotment. He'd love it. Although he might get sad when all his incredibly promising young plants die of frost or disease, fail to fulfil their potential or get stolen by hungry birds.

[Burney]

Berliners are odd people - they do have a Currywurst museum though. Right by Checkpoint Charlie, of course.

How could you turn this down:


Since basically everything in the museum is interactively designed, you can touch, test and participate: virtual Currywurst making, a spice chamber with sniffing stations, a sausage sofa to relax, audio stations in ketchup-bottle shape with iconic songs about the Currywurst or an original snack bar on wheels.

Do you get any..y'know...currywurst?

[Sir C]

I'm pretty sure he's right, tbf. I saw a programme about it.

Balls. The home of Currywurst is the Ruhrgebiet. I'm in the fúcking place 10 tyimes a year. I know what I see.

[Burney]

You can't beat a currywurst mit pommes, standing at a SchnellImbiss. It's the perfect mid-afternoon snack to tide you over until it's time for your Schweinshaxe!

One of my favourite things when I'm unfortunate enough to have to go to German trade shows is when I haven't got any appointments, to sneak away to a hall far away from colleagues or people who know me, find an Imbiss outside and sit and sneakily imbibe Pilsner and bratwurst for an hour or so*.










*As long as I think I can get away with.

[Burney]

Balls. The home of Currywurst is the Ruhrgebiet. I'm in the fúcking place 10 tyimes a year. I know what I see.

There was a little old lady in Berlin and she says she invented it. Experts seemed to agree. :shrug:

[Sir C]

One of my favourite things when I'm unfortunate enough to have to go to German trade shows is when I haven't got any appointments, to sneak away to a hall far away from colleagues or people who know me, find an Imbiss outside and sit and sneakily imbibe Pilsner and bratwurst for an hour or so*.










*As long as I think I can get away with.

I once dropped the currysaus down the front of my white shirt, twenty minutes before walking into a meeting with a brigadier-general.

This is not a strong look.

[Burney]

I once dropped the currysaus down the front of my white shirt, twenty minutes before walking into a meeting with a brigadier-general.

This is not a strong look.

:-( I'll bet you struggled to wash that out as well.

[Luis Anaconda]

:-( I'll bet you struggled to wash that out as well.

Probably burned through

[Sir C]

:-( I'll bet you struggled to wash that out as well.

I had to wear it all the way home, as well. It was humiliating.

Anyway, Herr Doktor Zahnartzt is a dude. He wears dirty jeans and a tee shirt and is unshaven and as he leant in towards my face he said, "Just relax and think about The Boys From Brazil." :hehe:

[7sisters]

I've got a new dentist, la. He's German. HE RECKONS BERLIN IS THE HOME OF THE CURRYWURST!

What a mentalist.


One of my favourite things when I'm unfortunate enough to have to go to German trade shows is when I haven't got any appointments, to sneak away to a hall far away from colleagues or people who know me, find an Imbiss outside and sit and sneakily imbibe Pilsner and bratwurst for an hour or so*.










*As long as I think I can get away with.

Quite so b. A fine bratwurst mit zempf and possibly bratkartoffeln. Currywursst is strictly for the locals who can be forgiven for knowing no better.

[Burney]

I had to wear it all the way home, as well. It was humiliating.

Anyway, Herr Doktor Zahnartzt is a dude. He wears dirty jeans and a tee shirt and is unshaven and as he leant in towards my face he said, "Just relax and think about The Boys From Brazil." :hehe:

He meant 'Marathon Man' surely? :rubchin:

[Sir C]

Quite so b. A fine bratwurst mit zempf and possibly bratkartoffeln. Currywursst is strictly for the locals who can be forgiven for knowing no better.

You're not a dirty pervert like la, are you? You don't reject the Kartoffelnsalat?

[Sir C]

He meant 'Marathon Man' surely? :rubchin:

Ha! TRhat's odd. I knew what he meant, though. Daft kraut.

He also told me my aversion to cotton wool was undoubtedly nothing more than an affectation with which he would have no truck.

I fear he might be a bit mental.

[Burney]

You're not a dirty pervert like la, are you? You don't reject the Kartoffelnsalat?

Who chooses potato salad over fried potatoes? :shrug:

That, my friend, is the acme of perversion.

[Sir C]

Who chooses potato salad over fried potatoes? :shrug:

That, my friend, is the acme of perversion.

It depends. You wouldn't want fried potatoes with your Schweinshaxe or your Schnitz, would you?

[Burney]

Ha! TRhat's odd. I knew what he meant, though. Daft kraut.

He also told me my aversion to cotton wool was undoubtedly nothing more than an affectation with which he would have no truck.

I fear he might be a bit mental.

Of course, he might have meant Boys From Brazil and, while you weren't looking, he impregnated you with the cloned foetus of Adolf Hitler.

That's be quite the turn-up wouldn't it? You being Adolf Hitler's mum.

[Ash]

Ha! TRhat's odd. I knew what he meant, though. Daft kraut.

He also told me my aversion to cotton wool was undoubtedly nothing more than an affectation with which he would have no truck.

I fear he might be a bit mental.

Is it the squeak?

[WES]

Because of the endless references to currywurst on here I bought one from Waitrose once. IN a pack. A sausage and some gloopy sauce.

I cooked the sausage on my Barbie and warmed the sauce and put it on the sausage in a bun

It was sh1t. Coleman's mustard would have been far superior to the sauce. Mind you, Coleman's is genius.

[Sir C]

Of course, he might have meant Boys From Brazil and, while you weren't looking, he impregnated you with the cloned foetus of Adolf Hitler.

That's be quite the turn-up wouldn't it? You being Adolf Hitler's mum.

I think I'd rather like that. I've become very maternal with my cats. I think I'm having feelings for children (stop it) late in life.

Maybe it's time I became a mum before it's too late. If Little Adolph is the result, well, so be it.

[Sir C]

Is it the squeak?

It is the squeak, a, but it's not the sound of the squeak, it's the feel of the squeak.

I'm the same with fresh snow.

[Sir C]

Because of the endless references to currywurst on here I bought one from Waitrose once. IN a pack. A sausage and some gloopy sauce.

I cooked the sausage on my Barbie and warmed the sauce and put it on the sausage in a bun

It was sh1t. Coleman's mustard would have been far superior to the sauce. Mind you, Coleman's is genius.

:clap: Amazing that a German speciality wasn't that great when you bought it pre-packaged from Waitrose. I find that baffling.

After all, the best Italian food in the world comes out of a microwave in a Travelodge in Abu Dhabi...

[Burney]

It depends. You wouldn't want fried potatoes with your Schweinshaxe or your Schnitz, would you?

Yes. Where there is a choice of potatoes, my potato preferences in descending order are:

1/ Fried
2/ Roasted
3/ Dauphinoised
4/ Baked
5/ Lyonnaised
6/ Saladed
7/ Mashed
8/ Croquetted
9/ Boulanger
10/ Boiled

Obviously, there are many other fine examples of potato, but we'd be here all day if I had to rank them.

[Sir C]

Yes. Where there is a choice of potatoes, my potato preferences in descending order are:

1/ Fried
2/ Roasted
3/ Dauphinoised
4/ Baked
5/ Lyonnaised
6/ Saladed
7/ Mashed
8/ Croquetted
9/ Boulanger
10/ Boiled

Obviously, there are many other fine examples of potato, but we'd be here all day if I had to rank them.

Hmm. I'm interested that you do not differentiate between fried, sautéed, and chipped.

Animal.

[Ash]

It is the squeak, a, but it's not the sound of the squeak, it's the feel of the squeak.

I'm the same with fresh snow.

Ah, I see. The micro-judder. The step. The serration. I think this means that in a previous life you had your leg sawn off.

Here, have a pint of HTFU. :thumbup:

[Burney]

I think I'd rather like that. I've become very maternal with my cats. I think I'm having feelings for children (stop it) late in life.

Maybe it's time I became a mum before it's too late. If Little Adolph is the result, well, so be it.

Just think. You could dandle the little fella on your knee, buy him a brownshirt romper suit and help him trim his moustache.

[Sir C]

Ah, I see. The micro-judder. The step. The serration. I think this means that in a previous life you had your leg sawn off.

Here, have a pint of HTFU. :thumbup:

It makes me go all funny, a :-(

[Burney]

Hmm. I'm interested that you do not differentiate between fried, sautéed, and chipped.

Animal.

Of course I do, but in this context, if given the choice between any fried potato and any other kind of potato, nine times out of ten I'm going with it. The best type of fried potato is a sub-category among the potato elite.

[Sir C]

Of course I do, but in this context, if given the choice between any fried potato and any other kind of potato, nine times out of ten I'm going with it. The best type of fried potato is a sub-category among the potato elite.

So you'd put the Lyonnaise below the sauté? As if the sweetness of the onion somehow detracts from the dish?

You need to take a long, hard look at yourself, son.

[Burney]

:clap: Amazing that a German speciality wasn't that great when you bought it pre-packaged from Waitrose. I find that baffling.

After all, the best Italian food in the world comes out of a microwave in a Travelodge in Abu Dhabi...

As far as I'm aware, it's just bratwurst, ketchup and curry powder. Why would you need it ready-made?

[Burney]

So you'd put the Lyonnaise below the sauté? As if the sweetness of the onion somehow detracts from the dish?

You need to take a long, hard look at yourself, son.

The Lyonnaise isn't strictly a fried potato, though, is it? It lacks the crispyness. It's more sort of braised, isn't it?

[Sir C]

The Lyonnaise isn't strictly a fried potato, though, is it? It lacks the crispyness. It's more sort of braised, isn't it?

Not in muy experience, I confess. One fries the onions until caramelised, then sautées the parboiled potato slices and, when crispy, one adds the onion back in. Parsley should be ubersprinkled prior to serving. This is how I grew up eating the dish and how I cook the dish. Indeed, I have eaten it in this form in Lyon. Perhaps there is a different version of which I know not?

[Sir C]

As far as I'm aware, it's just bratwurst, ketchup and curry powder. Why would you need it ready-made?

I make it sometimes. I found a German recipe which includes paprika, but yes, it is the work of moments.

The bloke thinks haute cuisine means 'a buffet with heat lamps', so it's not surprising he expects Waitrose ready meals to be the height of sophistication.

[WES]

:clap: Amazing that a German speciality wasn't that great when you bought it pre-packaged from Waitrose. I find that baffling.

After all, the best Italian food in the world comes out of a microwave in a Travelodge in Abu Dhabi...

Well, I thought it might be better than it was. I've had pizza from Waitrose that was better than wot I was served in Verona. :shrug:

And I'm not flying over to Germany just to eat a f*cking sausage, am I?

[Burney]

Not in muy experience, I confess. One fries the onions until caramelised, then sautées the parboiled potato slices and, when crispy, one adds the onion back in. Parsley should be ubersprinkled prior to serving. This is how I grew up eating the dish and how I cook the dish. Indeed, I have eaten it in this form in Lyon. Perhaps there is a different version of which I know not?

I've always known it to be lots of butter and oil, caramelised onions as you say, then a frying to brown the potatoes, but then things are returned to the pan, covered and popped into the oven to sort of coalesce. This renders them beautifully soft and unctuous with - as you say - the sweetness of the onion and lots of seasoning, of course. However, I would not call them 'fried' in a strict sense.

https://www.cuisineaz.com/recettes/pommes-de-terre-lyonnaise-28631.aspx

[Sir C]

Well, I thought it might be better than it was. I've had pizza from Waitrose that was better than wot I was served in Verona. :shrug:

And I'm not flying over to Germany just to eat a f*cking sausage, am I?

It's a Bratwurst with a sauce made of ketchup and curry powder, what the fúck did you think you were getting, something created by Alain Ducasse?

[Burney]

Well, I thought it might be better than it was. I've had pizza from Waitrose that was better than wot I was served in Verona. :shrug:

And I'm not flying over to Germany just to eat a f*cking sausage, am I?


Your mum would.

[WES]

It's a Bratwurst with a sauce made of ketchup and curry powder, what the fúck did you think you were getting, something created by Alain Ducasse?

Yeah, which is sort of the point. It just isn't really that good whether from Waitrose or not.

So why on earth do you endlessly rattle on about something that really isn't that good? Philistine Dutchie that you are. :nod:

[WES]

Your mum would.

Ooooh well in. :thumbup: