Today's Star

[SteveBlade]

The Star is awful and Danny04 is a liar and a phoney. A big fat phoney.

Sorry, I just wanted to join in.

Opinions aren't my own.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I'll be the one to bite. I am at a disadvantage, as my copy of the Star does not have the offending front page. Either the guy in the shop knew I would be offended, or they have exercised a bit of quality control. The 2 pages of articles seem fine to me. Something is going on, very limited information is public at the moment, here are some possible explanations, McCabe and Wilder are treated with respect, the Prince is more of an unknown. There clearly is huge interest in this story - why else would there be a 42 page thread about it on here, plus many comments on other threads? I felt at the end of the items, which include the club statement, that I understood the issues better; on the forum, it is difficult to sift through the very different posts. They cannot ignore the goings-on, there are few hard facts available, and in my view, the 2 pages are a useful guide to the background of a defining moment in the club's recent history.

You should wait till after 5 o’clock Hodgy and get the “City Late” edition in future. More news in that. Me Dad told me.

 

[stringer]

The Star is awful and Danny04 is a liar and a phoney. A big fat phoney.

At least one part of that is true.

 

[derfblade.3]

https://gph.is/2duySJE

 

[derfblade.3]

 

[Cerberus Blade]

Itchy scalp?

Get the Vosene out!

 

[Hackblade]

Thanks for coming on Danny and trying to reason with idiots who have made a seven-page thread based on nothing.

 

[vorpal blade]

Project FEAR

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

I think they meant to say “in meltdown” but someone has nicked off with their John Bull printing kit.

'Melting pot' has been niggling me all day. 'Meltdown' makes sense as an over-dramatic headline.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Thanks for coming on Danny and trying to reason with idiots who have made a seven-page thread based on nothing.

Alright Biggsy...

 

[vorpal blade]

My favourite "local news story" anecdote was told by Frank Skinner about a local newspaper called the Smethwick Telephone

"Smethwick Telephone" the name of that paper just doesn't ring true.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture or vice versa, for a homogeneous society becoming more heterogeneous through the influx of foreign elements with different cultural background with a potential creation of disharmony with the previous culture.

Lazy commenting.

If you’re having to give a definition for a term used in the headline to try and justify its use, it’s probably a sign that it wasn’t the clearest term to use in the first place. And even after reading it, I’m not even convinced it’s been used correctly at any rate. That might have been accurate as a headline when the Prince came on board, but it’s fairly clear it is not a “harmonious whole” currently.

 

[stringer]

If you’re having to give a definition for a term used in the headline to try and justify its use, it’s probably a sign that it wasn’t the clearest term to use in the first place. And even after reading it, I’m not even convinced it’s been used correctly at any rate. That might have been accurate as a headline when the Prince came on board, but it’s fairly clear it is not a “harmonious whole” currently.

I wasn’t justifying anything, your man asked what melting point meant

 

[Angef1Blade]

Many on here will be to young to remember this one.....

I'm not

 

[Billyblade]

"Smethwick Telephone" the name of that paper just doesn't ring true.

Frank Skinner told this anecdote at a gig in Brum and said he didn't understand why the paper was called that.
An audience member shouted "It's because it's from Smethwick"

 

[vorpal blade]

I'm amazed, you know I thought predictable text had got the first 4 letters and mangled it. Predictive text reminds me of the way the poor readers did it at junior school, they would recognise the start of the word, guess the ending and say something daft.

So much for artificial intelligence!

 

[Blade&Snuff]

 

[Grappler]

I wasn’t justifying anything, your man asked what melting point meant

No I didn't ask what melting pot meant, read it again, I was stunned that anyone would think it was the right term to use.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

I wasn’t justifying anything, your man asked what melting point meant

Here you go:
The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid at atmospheric pressure. At the melting point the solid and liquid phase exist in equilibrium. The melting point of a substance depends on pressure and is usually specified at standard pressure.

Not sure what this has got to do with the thread though.

 

[stringer]

Here you go:
The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a solid is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid at atmospheric pressure. At the melting point the solid and liquid phase exist in equilibrium. The melting point of a substance depends on pressure and is usually specified at standard pressure.

Not sure what this has got to do with the thread though.

Copy and paste? Cheating.
Gracias, Eddie.

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Copy and paste? Cheating.
Gracias, Eddie.

Anytime. Cheers.