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Speaking of darts, Ted 'The Count' Hankey is a fellow Stoke City fan, Polk.
I love the fact that you guys have a sport that revolves around people who spend too much time in pubs .
Another connection for you, Polkie!
Perfect!
(what the hell are those "polka" things by the way? Some sort of candy served by grandmothers?)
Perfect!
(what the hell are those "polka" things by the way? Some sort of candy served by grandmothers?)
Yeah, I think that should settle it! Polkagrisar are sort of like Brighton rock candy....Gert had some of those "polkapigs" when he was in Swededen maybe he can fill you in....
Polka wrote:Perfect!
(what the hell are those "polka" things by the way? Some sort of candy served by grandmothers?)
Yeah, I think that should settle it! Polkagrisar are sort of like Brighton rock candy....Gert had some of those "polkapigs" when he was in Swededen maybe he can fill you in....
I think we call it ribbon candy. Old ladies put 'em out in little bowls on living room coffee tables and it just sits there forever, collecting dust.
swede wrote:Polka wrote:Perfect!
(what the hell are those "polka" things by the way? Some sort of candy served by grandmothers?)
Yeah, I think that should settle it! Polkagrisar are sort of like Brighton rock candy....Gert had some of those "polkapigs" when he was in Swededen maybe he can fill you in....
I think we call it ribbon candy. Old ladies put 'em out in little bowls on living room coffee tables and it just sits there forever, collecting dust.
Is it like "rock hard"??
I think what we call rock candy round here looks like a piece of quartz crystal and is basically pure, crystallized sugar:
Googled ribbon candy and it seems to be pretty much the same thing. At least the recipe....Swedish polka is "manlier" than ribbon candy though.
Googled ribbon candy and it seems to be pretty much the same thing. At least the recipe....Swedish polka is "manlier" than ribbon candy though.
Everything's about cocks with you Scandies, isn't it?
Nope! Candy.
Jimmer wrote:Polka wrote:Stoke--as in "Stoke on Trent"? That would seem to mesh well with my Malkmus fandom. What colors do they where? I'm really partial to dark greens.
That's the very Stoke. Where does he reference Stoke? My mind is drawing a blank.
Red and white I'm afraid. Unfortunately we don't have much green, in fact none in the Premiership (?). Plymouth are green, Yeovil play in Celtic-like green hoops, and after that i am drawing a bit of a blank. Someone with better knowledge could probably come up with a few teams in green away, or even third kits.
Stoke-on-Trent--"Pink India" off the first solo effort. One of my favorite loopy Malk jams/progressions at the end of that tune, so it seems I'm destined to be a Stokian from here forward. Anything in particular I need to know/teams I need to hate? (besides ManU). Particular lagers I'm supposed to drink?
Before he turns up to point it out himself:
"One of his rooks came from Stoke-On-Trent, Mortimer was his name!"
Stoke are quite a good definition of a well run club- achieving success through hard work which reaps financial reward, the money is now being pumped back into the team and they are spending it on a better class of player. Noisy fans, although they don't play a beautiful game.
Polka wrote:Jimmer wrote:That's the very Stoke. Where does he reference Stoke? My mind is drawing a blank.
Red and white I'm afraid. Unfortunately we don't have much green, in fact none in the Premiership (?). Plymouth are green, Yeovil play in Celtic-like green hoops, and after that i am drawing a bit of a blank. Someone with better knowledge could probably come up with a few teams in green away, or even third kits.
Stoke-on-Trent--"Pink India" off the first solo effort. One of my favorite loopy Malk jams/progressions at the end of that tune, so it seems I'm destined to be a Stokian from here forward. Anything in particular I need to know/teams I need to hate? (besides ManU). Particular lagers I'm supposed to drink?
Before he turns up to point it out himself:
"One of his rooks came from Stoke-On-Trent, Mortimer was his name!"
Stoke are quite a good definition of a well run club- achieving success through hard work which reaps financial reward, the money is now being pumped back into the team and they are spending it on a better class of player. Noisy fans, although they don't play a beautiful game.
True that. Your boys, Polk, are a dirty bunch of bruisers. But I bet you flippin love that don't you?
Paul J wrote:Polka wrote:Stoke-on-Trent--"Pink India" off the first solo effort. One of my favorite loopy Malk jams/progressions at the end of that tune, so it seems I'm destined to be a Stokian from here forward. Anything in particular I need to know/teams I need to hate? (besides ManU). Particular lagers I'm supposed to drink?
Before he turns up to point it out himself:
"One of his rooks came from Stoke-On-Trent, Mortimer was his name!"
Stoke are quite a good definition of a well run club- achieving success through hard work which reaps financial reward, the money is now being pumped back into the team and they are spending it on a better class of player. Noisy fans, although they don't play a beautiful game.
True that. Your boys, Polk, are a dirty bunch of bruisers. But I bet you flippin love that don't you?
That's perfect and just the type of skill and effort I really appreciate--I had a (less than) stellar basketball career here (that's the game we play here where you bounce the ball around a wooden court while trying to throw it through a circular "hoop") and I was known in particular for my sharp, flailing elbows and my willingness to utilize each and every one of my five allotted fouls--and to make them count.
"GO IN HIGH BOYS! CLEATS UP!"
Jimmer wrote:Paul J wrote:Before he turns up to point it out himself:
"One of his rooks came from Stoke-On-Trent, Mortimer was his name!"
Stoke are quite a good definition of a well run club- achieving success through hard work which reaps financial reward, the money is now being pumped back into the team and they are spending it on a better class of player. Noisy fans, although they don't play a beautiful game.
True that. Your boys, Polk, are a dirty bunch of bruisers. But I bet you flippin love that don't you?
That's perfect and just the type of skill and effort I really appreciate--I had a (less than) stellar basketball career here (that's the game we play here where you bounce the ball around a wooden court while trying to throw it through a circular "hoop") and I was known in particular for my sharp, flailing elbows and my willingness to utilize each and every one of my five allotted fouls--and to make them count.
"GO IN HIGH BOYS! CLEATS UP!"
You are going to need to start using the word "studs"....
Tonight: Carling Cup R3:
Stoke v Tottenham
How do you fancy your chances Polk? Whilst we'll be riding high off of Saturdays demolition of Liverpool, Stoke will be trying to pick themselves back up after a crushing defeat at the hands of Sunderland.
No doubt it will be 3-0 to you lot and a hat-trick for Crouchy then!
Polk v Gert................................FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
(mortimer to the right)
Tonight: Carling Cup R3:
Stoke v Tottenham
How do you fancy your chances Polk? Whilst we'll be riding high off of Saturdays demolition of Liverpool, Stoke will be trying to pick themselves back up after a crushing defeat at the hands of Sunderland.
No doubt it will be 3-0 to you lot and a hat-trick for Crouchy then!
You think we, The Mighty Potters, are just going to lie down for you like the Lilly-Livered-Liverpoolians? 3-0 Stoke, Walters with the hat trick. I'm directing the lads to hack away at Adebayor's knee--glad you got one good game out of him.
Last edited by Polka (2011-09-20 11:57:01)
Polk is never going to let us hear the end of this one. Nice result.
When it went to pens with us taking second I knew it was all over. Took a while though!
Well done Stoke, go on and win it now!
WOOT! In your face, GERT!
Two-Four-Six-Eight!
Who do we appreciate?
Stoke! Stoke!
Goooooo Potters!
(is this annoying yet?)
BTW, I find the whole tournament/cup deal terribly confusing. Carling Cup? FA Cup? League Championship? How many of these little competitions within a season are there? Are some more important than others? Our professional leagues generally just have one season filtering toward one champion. How am I supposed to know when something really matters when there isn't one penultimate winner?
The simple answer is:
League is most important.
FA Cup, which is a knockout between all football clubs including most of the non-league ones is second most important. Winning a knockout is a different discipline to winning a league. It also gets you into the Champions League, which is not a league, but a knockout between the best clubs in Europe.
League Cup - Basically bollocks. A knockout between all the clubs in the top four divisions. Again, winning gets you into the Champ League.
However, the answer does somewhat differ dependng on who you support. If, as you do, you support Stoke, you know you aren't ever going to win the league (sorry) but you could go on a long and money spinning cup run, and could even fluke a win, getting you into the mega-bucks Champ League for the next season.
That's probably not that clear.
I love American football!!
And Quidditch is just SO horribly British.
The only real question when it comes to Soccer in my mind remains.....
Fifa or Pro-Evolution?
FIFA!
(not that I have played Pro-Evo)
But - FIFA!
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