tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post3584373771962279411..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: England v Hungary: the Tebbit testGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-19351432369168419462010-08-10T18:09:20.342+01:002010-08-10T18:09:20.342+01:00Don't use two flags; sitting on the fence is n...Don't use two flags; sitting on the fence is never a popular position...Stephen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120321834330558493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-2949867263306931022010-08-10T14:59:58.659+01:002010-08-10T14:59:58.659+01:00...or seems to have the worst collection of psycho...<i>...or seems to have the worst collection of psychological demons...</i><br /><br />That's not going to be easy. I have a paper Hungarian flag and could easily purchase a quick St George Cross but that would simply add to my problems. Not to mention theirs.<br /><br />And in any case, what if they both concede first?George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-18321516736805461002010-08-10T14:55:18.982+01:002010-08-10T14:55:18.982+01:00One is always more of an underdog than the other, ...One is always more of an underdog than the other, and even if it looks totally level you simply back the one who concedes first, or loses the first set, or seems to have the worst collection of psychological demons...Stephen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120321834330558493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-41636279257680187792010-08-10T14:22:21.424+01:002010-08-10T14:22:21.424+01:00...you surely don't have to take it.
Best to...<i>...you surely don't have to take it.</i> <br /><br />Best to be sure though... And what if they are both underdogs? <br /><br />Martin - I have memories as a child in Budapest of listening to, or at least hearing, the radio commentary on MTK Budapest v. Rapid Vienna. Big derby. Sort of.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-5428264049278668722010-08-10T14:06:08.810+01:002010-08-10T14:06:08.810+01:00* Tones ** Tones *Stephen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120321834330558493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-74161006676903662962010-08-10T14:05:38.175+01:002010-08-10T14:05:38.175+01:00If I remember it right, the name of the colour was...If I remember it right, the name of the colour was 'Donkey' which suggests quite a few shades and tomes : )<br /><br />On the Tebbit Test: isn't it a test for 'foreigners' who were born here? If that's the case, you surely don't have to take it. <br /><br />I'll be supporting Hungary in any event: like all good Englishmen I back the underdogs...Stephen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120321834330558493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-32564214806872834432010-08-10T10:14:50.261+01:002010-08-10T10:14:50.261+01:00I'd forgotten that, Stephen! I remember the co...I'd forgotten that, Stephen! I remember the colour chart but not the catalogue. Wasn't it a bit too greenish? <br /><br />Yellow & green - are we talking Norwich City or Newton Heath (as in LUHG Old Trafford revolutionaries)?George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-86978731110358619802010-08-10T10:14:39.032+01:002010-08-10T10:14:39.032+01:00There's a story of an EU commissioner being as...There's a story of an EU commissioner being asked if he saw the Austria - Hungary game last night and replying 'who were we playing'Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745985880645840208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-183623405414388542010-08-10T09:36:19.261+01:002010-08-10T09:36:19.261+01:00Ah! Soil! Do you remember I used it in the catalog...Ah! Soil! Do you remember I used it in the catalogue that accompanied the BS Colourchart, with a little note to the poet telling him the answer to the colour (BS12B15).<br /><br />There are plenty of fascists in stoke but I'm afraid I still support the team. nothing could ever turn me yellow & green...Stephen Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120321834330558493noreply@blogger.com