It’s a GAME OF FOOTBALL FFS!

[mistyoptic]

Of COURSE we shouldn’t have a Bank Holiday for it!

Is the world going mad?!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgewg2yj5zo

 

[Drago]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

Is the proper one the French pronunciation, the German pronunciation, or the Swiss-German pronunciation?

 

[Drago]

Is the proper one the French pronunciation, the German pronunciation, or the Swiss-German pronunciation?

Anything other than the British media version that sounds like an attempt at erotic auto asphyxiation while having a sneezing fit.

 

[Sharky]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

Not much hope for Trottiscliffe, should the tour ever go through this Kentish village.

 

[Ian H]

No bank holidays until newsreaders and sports pundits learn to pronounce Basel properly.

Is their current pronunciation fawlty?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Anything other than the British media version that sounds like an attempt at erotic auto asphyxiation while having a sneezing fit.

Yeah, unfortunately the standard media crib sheet was Romansch based.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Not much hope for Trottiscliffe, should the tour ever go through this Kentish village.

Penistone is what should be worrying people.

It worries me.

 

[Ian H]

Penistone is what should be worrying people.

It worries me.

Worse than kidney stones?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Worse than kidney stones?

If my stones were shaped like kidneys, that would definitely worry me.

 

[gbb]

It's another sad sign of how shallow people are becoming. Everyone's just looking for something, anything for nothing.
It's kinda annoyed me, wtf is wrong with people ?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Presumably the people annoyed at the (very unlikely) prospect of an extra holiday are retired?

 

[Ian H]

Penistone is what should be worrying people.

It worries me.

A resident of an eponymous road* whom I met once pronounced it 'Penny- stun' so deliberately and with such a direct stare (as if to dare me to smirk) that I had difficulty keeping a straight face.
*Nowhere near the actual town.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

A resident of an eponymous road* whom I met once pronounced it 'Penny- stun' so deliberately and with such a direct stare (as if to dare me to smirk) that I had difficulty keeping a straight face.
*Nowhere near the actual town.

I will refrain from speculating as to how they might deal with living on Clitheroe Street.

 

[mistyoptic]

Presumably the people annoyed at the (very unlikely) prospect of an extra holiday are retired?

I’d be just as annoyed if I was still running a business but, you are right, I’m retired now. It’s more the trivialisation of bank holidays