Who has done it now?
Can’t remember what he used to be called to be honest, Fagan.
Whats he called now?
They’ve actually gone ahead and changed the number plate system for the coming year to eliminate “13” cars
Not only that, number plates will have the year as 131 for cars registered in the first 6 months of 2013 and 132 for cars registered in the second 6 months.
It’s not just for 2013 as I understand it though. Every year will be split into two for number plates from now on.
tards getting upset about car number plates
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The new(ish) editor of the Irish Times and his willingless to print absolute twaddle like this in the letter’s page.
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[size=3]Rethinking the scrum in rugby[/size]
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Sir, – The scrum in rugby union remains an infuriatingly unsatisfactory component of the game. Despite the rule change of the referee’s dictum “Crouch, touch, pause and engage” to the revolutionary new command of “Crouch, touch, set”, the main purpose of the scrum – getting the ball rapidly back into play – rarely happens. Collapse of the scum is a frequent outcome. The referee then makes a decision, often based on dubious analysis, that the collapse was either deliberate and caused by one or other team; caused by the ground conditions; or, infrequently, that both sides contributed equally.
Of course the latter ruling might indicate indecision by a referee, a trait that must be avoided at all costs. Moreover, a scum collapse frequently happens when the oval ball is not even in play. Then, we are presented with the somewhat nauseating image of victorious props leering at their opponents as they are congratulated by their team members. Is this wrestling or rugby? Now, so long as injury does not result from a scrum collapse, none of this would matter except that a penalty is awarded to the “victors” in this decision.
If the scrum took place anywhere 50m from the goalposts, converting the penalty results in a three-point reward. Three points based on a frequently arbitrary decision by the official. Is this the best we can do with the rules of rugby?
It was not always so. There was a time when the outcome of the scrum was largely based on the skill of a hooker. – Yours, etc,
CONLETH FEIGHERY,
Park Avenue,
Dublin 4.
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I mean, what in the fuck? Madam would never have allowed this.
madam brought the paper to the verge of insolvency so she cant be credited for much
This 131 and 132 rather than 13 thing is horseshit.
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+1
Lads who bother their holes read such shit.
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In fairness, he did a good job in analysing the shambles that is the scrum. He lost his way when he started talking about how this impacts on the result of the game, missing the obvious conclusion that rugby football is in fact a steaming pile of shite.
Funderland, with its attendant baggage of a garish big wheel, burger vans and tracksuited clientele, making its annual assault on the tranquility of Dublin 4.
Fuck D4s and their tranquility, the childer love it. The rest can go an’ shite.
There’s actually a discussion on the good movies thread about Crystal fucking Skull at the moment.