― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 12 January 2004 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
Andy supports Rangers and Millwall. Must restrain own prejudices here...
Have to say, this stuff about a fitness trainer I find hard to believe...from the BBC:
But the burly thrower, whose bulky forearms provided an early television highlight of 2004, boasts his own fitness trainer. While Fordham walks along, his trainer offers encouragement from a bicycle...He may not be the archetypal sportsman, but he does at least wear trainers on stage... "My trainers aren't for show - I'm an athlete". The popular Londoner even claims to have been a track and field athlete in his youth, when he allegedly had the nickname 'Whippet.'
I suspect someone might be 'aving a larf...
― Dave B (daveb), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:23 (twenty years ago) link
Co Stompé (who was in the studio) mentioned that Andy had said he was going to do something about his weightproblem & beer intake this year.
― willem (willem), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:33 (twenty years ago) link
http://hem.passagen.se/pluver/viking.gifCOOOME OOON!!!
― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Monday, 12 January 2004 12:46 (twenty years ago) link
Luvverly. He deserved it too - definitely better than King was, and his performance after Barney went 2-0 up in the eighth set of their match... magic.
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 12 January 2004 13:29 (twenty years ago) link
The Showdown! Tonight! Taylor vs Fordham! I've only just found out about it, my sister's fiancee texted to remind me, and now I'm WELL EXCITED!
Except, ARGH! It's only on sky box office! And I don't have that. So I've got two hugely important and urgent questions:
A) Where can I find a pub in central london that's going to be showing it?
and
B) Anyone want to come with me?
― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 21 November 2004 17:26 (nineteen years ago) link
My brother has been out for a curry with Andy Fordham, so I want him to win.
― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 November 2004 17:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 21 November 2004 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Thought of getting mum and dad to video it for me, then post me the tape while I studously avoided the result...but I rang, and their sky box is broken! BOO!
― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 21 November 2004 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Sunday, 21 November 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
YAY! Mum was wrong, Sky is actually working at the folks' house. So they're taping it for me. Which leaves me free to go to a pub quiz of my own.
Course it also means that, having revived this thread, I now need to avoid reading it for the rest of the week. Humm.
― JimD (JimD), Sunday, 21 November 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Jeez. I'm very suspicious. It suddenly feels too much like, I dunno, WWF or something. I'm unconvinced, and disappointed.
― JimD (JimD), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― JimD (JimD), Monday, 22 November 2004 00:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 22 November 2004 01:39 (nineteen years ago) link
(tomorrow it's Barney vs. the Power!!)
― willem (willem), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― willem (willem), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/7096290.stm
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 15 November 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
He looks like he has AIDS
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 15 November 2007 14:09 (sixteen years ago) link
his face lost disproportionally more weight than his arms and legs!
― ken c, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
PHIL TAYLOR WITH A LATE AND ENTIRELY WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR QUOTE OF THE YEAR
I mean, even the Bishop of Southwark is under threat from this moment of wonder. Apart from the fact that he thinks a nuclear scientist will also be a ballistics expert, the sheer outrageous bombast of the man is astounding.
― Just got offed, Sunday, 30 December 2007 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
link doesn't work for me, but seeing as it's to the Sun website I'm glad as it saved me a moments revulsion as the wankers masthead appeared on my computer.
Mardle was .....tremendous last night, from throwing junk dart after junk dart and beating himself up about it to holding his nerve on a fair few single chance doubles.
Taylor was pretty garbage in places too. I think Painter will win now, unfortunately, I can't stand him.
― Porkpie, Sunday, 30 December 2007 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Painter has the kind of face that I can't even look at for too long. I would like Mardle to win, he was great last night once he turned it on, and he's not Painter.
― ailsa, Sunday, 30 December 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
John Part WINS
― djmartian, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Classic Sidism tonight was "he's turning the screw, this is Henry James darts". Crap final, mind.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i just cried watching ted hankey hit the bull
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 7 January 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone watching this year? I'm sort of taking to this weirdly-haired Australian! Power's quarter and semi got boring from mad dominance, and although I suspect Whitlock may fare similarly, I have somewhat higher hopes for him than for Lewis or Webster (mainly based on facial expression).
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 3 January 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I want chisnall to win; tuned in last night for his match and turned over dejected when he went 4-1 down, channel surfing 45 mins later and he was throwing for the match! great stuff
― another dude (cozwn), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
he is a man of refreshingly few words and yeah i am supporting him too. down with old ppl
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Friday, 8 January 2010 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
astounding that he won - unbelievable stuff
i felt bad for hankey the hutt though; he is and will probably remain my all-time favorite darts thrower
as a relative neophyte, can someone explain to me why you have to hit a double in order to check out? somebody's got 18 to go, hits the single 9 instead of the double with their second dart - i always wonder why they don't just throw another 9.
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 8 January 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
because it's the rules! i can't expand any more than that. makes it more skillful and fair as well
― Electric Universe (wherever that is) (acoleuthic), Friday, 8 January 2010 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
27 darts and 155 left, reckon I could beat that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/darts/8440534.stm
― () |\| | |\/| () (onimo), Friday, 8 January 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
highlight of the tournament so far (other than the chisnall and wagner matches) was bobby george laughing at poor tony fleet after his collapse against adams: "came for a showcase, left with his suitcase."
― another dude (cozwn), Friday, 8 January 2010 18:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I did feel sorry for the guy but he was talking himself up something rotten prior to the match
I thought the poor guy was going to fall over.
― () |\| | |\/| () (onimo), Friday, 8 January 2010 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Chizzy likes his half time cuppa eh? Unbelievable second half once again. I think he won something like 12 out of 13 legs there.
― () |\| | |\/| () (onimo), Saturday, 9 January 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
oooh Taylor with a 107 checkout to go 2-0 up
― soma dude (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 December 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
cdn't face the pub tonight, thank fuck for streams
Barney pulls a set back, here we go
― soma dude (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 December 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
Fuckin' hell.
― useless chamber, Sunday, 30 December 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
5-3 now.
― useless chamber, Sunday, 30 December 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
quality match that, only hope the final can live up to it
― soma dude (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 December 2012 10:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n601/gamalielratsey/C07F0EF6-8464-4BA9-BBC4-CA2A7F7FFB16-8851-0000066941468F47.jpg
― Fizzles, Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
Hi Fizzles,
Thank you for your enquiry.
Unfortunately MSC do not release their schedule of entertainment whilst on board prior to sailing. The ship do a daily programme of events the day prior and put this in your cabin the night before but I was aboard for a couple of nights in October and there were a variety of things going on in different areas of the ship to suit a variety of tastes.
The single supplement is 80% of the cabin price component, so depending on which grade of cabin you were interested in, it would vary and I can confirm once I know which grade you would be interested in.
I am currently offering a small discount for a group booking, but please be aware that we have priced this initial cruise very low as this is the first of what we hope to become an annual event.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 10 January 2013 20:40 (eleven years ago) link
Really not fond of the score announcers voice.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Sunday, 4 January 2015 22:27 (nine years ago) link