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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:23:25 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?

Terminus, Terminus, Terminus. Please try to keep the gender-specific slanders to the appropriate gender, dude. He cannot be a t***. By definition. He also cannot be a b**ch or c**t either.

Hope this helps.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:23:55 PM   
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Hey, a totally inappropriate language UNP.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:28:11 PM   
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Well, it give me a fair advice on what i am worth: nothing .
Worth nothing at work, worth nothing at game, worth nothing at sport, worth nothing in friendship (lost a friend for a stupid story),
and probably worth nothing at husband


We'll have none of that, my friend. Theres not a person in here who thinks that youre anything less than a devoted husband and a great friend.

Oh yes there is a person that think that i am worthless : me
Can't get out of this idea

As for the other stuff, dont let it get you down. There are quite a few of us who can tell you what a mess the job market is right now. Employers are super-picky and cheap. I know people who were not hired because (the employers told them outright) that they decided to go with a candidate who was less qualified but was willing to accept a lesser salary offer.

Well, yes, i know that job market is hard....but 3 of the interview were in my own administration. Often, task are offered to people having less time than me, but some are.....sexiest


Hang in there.


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:33:57 PM   
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Well, it give me a fair advice on what i am worth: nothing .
Worth nothing at work, worth nothing at game, worth nothing at sport, worth nothing in friendship (lost a friend for a stupid story),
and probably worth nothing at husband


We'll have none of that, my friend. Theres not a person in here who thinks that youre anything less than a devoted husband and a great friend.

Oh yes there is a person that think that i am worthless : me
Can't get out of this idea

As for the other stuff, dont let it get you down. There are quite a few of us who can tell you what a mess the job market is right now. Employers are super-picky and cheap. I know people who were not hired because (the employers told them outright) that they decided to go with a candidate who was less qualified but was willing to accept a lesser salary offer.

Well, yes, i know that job market is hard....but 3 of the interview were in my own administration. Often, task are offered to people having less time than me, but some are.....sexiest


Hang in there.



C'mon, dude-you're being a bit hard on yourself, don't you think? You're absolutely not worthless. Full stop. You've people that rely on you in life, more than you know. By definition, that makes you valuable.

If some erstwhile employer doesn't recognize your own value as a person, who cares? Because some faceless corporation doesn't elect to add you to their payroll does not mean that you are without worth or value as a person.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:34:38 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?

Terminus, Terminus, Terminus. Please try to keep the gender-specific slanders to the appropriate gender, dude. He cannot be a t***. By definition. He also cannot be a b**ch or c**t either.

Hope this helps.


Shows what you know.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:45:36 PM   
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Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

Lastly, I prefer to consider the total percentage of the world's population under the Empire moniker. In that setting, the UK empire looks rather paltry.

Above it? About a dozen empires in India, China a couple o' Caliphates and some Persians. The Achaemenid Empire contained about 44% of the population in the 5th Century BC. The Mongols also had a greater percentage of the world's populace under their banner than the UK at its peak too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:51:43 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?


According to a recent report I read, after a session with a sports psychologist (why is that even a real job?) the result was that NB had the most self-belief that the doc had ever come across

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:53:17 PM   
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Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

I totally call foul on that website. They calculated the UK empire on a cumulative basis, including Eastern US, Canada and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand in the 1922 figures. They even padded their numbers with a portion of Antarctica!

Canada became largely independent in 1867, Australia and New Zealand were all but independent by 1922 as well. Hardly seems appropriate to include their totals in this 1922 number as these were part of the "Empire" at that point on paper only.

ETA: Don't even get me started on why the Eastern US shouldn't have been in that calculation...



Jealous. Just because you can't have an empire of your own.

So sad

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:55:51 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?


According to a recent report I read, after a session with a sports psychologist (why is that even a real job?) the result was that NB had the most self-belief that the doc had ever come across


Like I said, a twat.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:56:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mynok

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ORIGINAL: warspite1
Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

I totally call foul on that website. They calculated the UK empire on a cumulative basis, including Eastern US, Canada and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand in the 1922 figures. They even padded their numbers with a portion of Antarctica!

Canada became largely independent in 1867, Australia and New Zealand were all but independent by 1922 as well. Hardly seems appropriate to include their totals in this 1922 number as these were part of the "Empire" at that point on paper only.

ETA: Don't even get me started on why the Eastern US shouldn't have been in that calculation...



Jealous. Just because you can't have an empire of your own.

So sad

Hey, we're listed on there too! Guam, Philippines, etc. got us a listing in the early 1900s.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:58:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Mynok

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ORIGINAL: warspite1
Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

I totally call foul on that website. They calculated the UK empire on a cumulative basis, including Eastern US, Canada and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand in the 1922 figures. They even padded their numbers with a portion of Antarctica!

Canada became largely independent in 1867, Australia and New Zealand were all but independent by 1922 as well. Hardly seems appropriate to include their totals in this 1922 number as these were part of the "Empire" at that point on paper only.

ETA: Don't even get me started on why the Eastern US shouldn't have been in that calculation...



Jealous. Just because you can't have an empire of your own.

So sad

Are English upset about the Caliphates, Persians and Mongols beating them to the punch for 'popularity'?

Honestly, if you look at popularity, the UK Empire is about as popular as that poxy Italian kid in a sandlot pick up game of soccer. Kind of an also ran. A top 20 finisher, maybe, nothing more.

< Message edited by Chickenboy -- 2/8/2011 7:59:44 PM >


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 7:59:14 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?

Terminus, Terminus, Terminus. Please try to keep the gender-specific slanders to the appropriate gender, dude. He cannot be a t***. By definition. He also cannot be a b**ch or c**t either.

Hope this helps.


You'd think that, but a twat is different to a twat. By all accounts he can be, and (allegedly) is a twat. So I'm going to have to agree with the Dane on this one.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:04:56 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy


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ORIGINAL: Dixie


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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

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ORIGINAL: warspite1

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mynok

quote:

ORIGINAL: warspite1
Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

I totally call foul on that website. They calculated the UK empire on a cumulative basis, including Eastern US, Canada and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand in the 1922 figures. They even padded their numbers with a portion of Antarctica!

Canada became largely independent in 1867, Australia and New Zealand were all but independent by 1922 as well. Hardly seems appropriate to include their totals in this 1922 number as these were part of the "Empire" at that point on paper only.

ETA: Don't even get me started on why the Eastern US shouldn't have been in that calculation...



Jealous. Just because you can't have an empire of your own.

So sad

Are English upset about the Caliphates, Persians and Mongols beating them to the punch for 'popularity'?


Nope. Makes no difference to me, I didn't build the Empire, I wasn't there when it was at it's height and I wasn't there when it all fell apart like a shoddily built American car.

There's no realistic way to compare the various empires throughout the ages. Is 44% of a smaller world population better than 23% of a massive one? Is a single continuos area worth more or less than one scattered across the globe? Then some fanboy will come along and say that country x was cheated out of their empire by the development of something and the discussion will get locked

Anyway, the best empire in history is the Galactic Empire

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:08:01 PM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:12:41 PM   
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Why?  I found the halftime show to be rather underwhelming.  


i think that's the point...


besides, doesn't anyone get the point that only the chinese can pull of a show of that type?


I knew they were fracked as soon as I saw that girl trying to sing "Sweet Child of Mine". Sounded like a flute trying to be a trumpet.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:18:35 PM   
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it all fell apart like a shoddily built American car.


I thought it was sold to pay for WWI.......

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:20:37 PM   
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it all fell apart like a shoddily built American car.


I thought it was sold to pay for WWI.......

Yeah. I think we took anything that was left to "pawn" (read: Lend / Lease) about the time the second big one went up.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:22:11 PM   
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Anyway, the best empire in history is the Galactic Empire


No. Too many English accents amongst the higher ranking officers. At least an American baritone gets to choke the **** out of most of 'em.



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:56:25 PM   
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Parole - Tithe. 

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:57:35 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?


According to a recent report I read, after a session with a sports psychologist (why is that even a real job?) the result was that NB had the most self-belief that the doc had ever come across


Like I said, a twat.


If he was good it would be okay, but he's not so it isn't.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 8:59:39 PM   
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"The sun never sets on the Union Jack"... because God doesn't trust the British in the dark!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 9:19:33 PM   
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"The sun never sets on the Union Jack"... because God doesn't trust the British in the dark!


Yep, we're bastards. Give us a dark night and a flag and we're all set

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 10:43:39 PM   
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I see things have changed since it was hardtack and grog yall needed.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 10:52:32 PM   
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Iirc a lash and something else was needed . . . .

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 10:59:09 PM   
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It's getting cold in here......must be time for a Hockey Rink - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 10:59:51 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?


According to a recent report I read, after a session with a sports psychologist (why is that even a real job?) the result was that NB had the most self-belief that the doc had ever come across


Like I said, a twat.


If he was good it would be okay, but he's not so it isn't.

Warspite1

I have just read the posts re Nicklas Bendtner and I think most of you are getting there although are still failing to grasp the fundamental point. Allow me to explain:

- Bendtner has a hugely inflated opinion of himself; true
- He's actually not very good; true

Ergo and thertofore - yes, he may be considered a t**t. However, he is not alone in exhibiting the above characteristics; think Emanuel Adebayor, Francis Jeffers etc

However the defining feature that ensures his t**tiness, is simply this: The man is a Gooner. Nuff said .

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 11:02:56 PM   
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it all fell apart like a shoddily built American car.


I thought it was sold to pay for WWI.......

Yeah. I think we took anything that was left to "pawn" (read: Lend / Lease) about the time the second big one went up.

Warspite1

B****y typical. We get rid of Philip II, Napoleon, the Kaiser and Hitler for the rest of the world and what do we get in return? Bankruptcy.....charming

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 11:05:30 PM   
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Mynok - please see post 12726. Please substitute Mynok for Chickenboy, Mongol for Roman and martian for colonial what .

Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what




Mongols should have you beat in land mass.

Warspite1

Interesting - could be close. The stat I recall reading is that ours was the biggest in land area.

I suspect that if you put Oz and the Kiwis and then Canada together, then lump in what was a very large part of Africa, I suspect ours comes out top, but having said that, I do not know the exact boundaries of the Mongol empire so I may be wrong.....


http://www.worldsbiggests.com/2010/06/top-10-largest-empires-in-world-history.html

Interesting. 250,000 sq miles....you beat them with the Victoria Desert.

I totally call foul on that website. They calculated the UK empire on a cumulative basis, including Eastern US, Canada and the aforementioned Australia and New Zealand in the 1922 figures. They even padded their numbers with a portion of Antarctica!

Canada became largely independent in 1867, Australia and New Zealand were all but independent by 1922 as well. Hardly seems appropriate to include their totals in this 1922 number as these were part of the "Empire" at that point on paper only.

ETA: Don't even get me started on why the Eastern US shouldn't have been in that calculation...



Jealous. Just because you can't have an empire of your own.

So sad

Warspite1



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 11:09:37 PM   
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Wise words from history ... (?)

"An officer should be comely and above all else confident in his own dress and bearing. He should, where possible, eat a small piece of meat each morning with molasses and beans. He should air himself gracefully when under fire and never place himself in a position of difficulty when being shot at. He should eat his meals comfortably and ahead of his soldiers, for it is he whom is more important tactically on the battlefield and therefore he who should be well nourished. His hair should be well groomed and if possible he should adorn a moustache or similar facial adornment. When speaking to his soldiers he should appear unnerved and aloof and give direction without in any way involving himself personally in the execution of arduous or unofficer like duties. He should smoke thin panatellas except when in the company of ladies where he should take only a small gin mixed with lemon tea. He should be an ardent and erudite gentleman and woo the ladies both in the formal environment and in the bedroom where he should excel himself beyond the ordinary soldier with his virulent love making prowess.

Lieutenant General Hubert Worthington
Commander in Chief
5th Royal Indian Mountain Division
12th December 1907"

Warspite1

that's why we had the largest empire the world has ever known


warspite1-are you Roman?



Mongol.

Warspite1
Anyway, done with the bedroom department - time to get comely in my new dress while I comb my moustache what



What, in 45 minutes? Done with the bedroom bit? Apparently your approach to virulent lovemaking is rather (note: medical humor follows) peracute.

Warspite1

Yeah 45 minutes. That includes the shower pre - and another post - oh and a couple of pints and some chips beforehand (nothing like a bit of foreplay - well I am a gent you know) .


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England expects that every man will do his duty. Horatio Nelson October 1805



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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 2/8/2011 11:12:19 PM   
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Good grief, if Nicklas Bendtner is even half as good as he thinks he is then Denmark should be world champions soon 


Good at what? Being a twat?


According to a recent report I read, after a session with a sports psychologist (why is that even a real job?) the result was that NB had the most self-belief that the doc had ever come across


Like I said, a twat.


If he was good it would be okay, but he's not so it isn't.

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I have just read the posts re Nicklas Bendtner and I think most of you are getting there although are still failing to grasp the fundamental point. Allow me to explain:

- Bendtner has a hugely inflated opinion of himself; true
- He's actually not very good; true

Ergo and thertofore - yes, he may be considered a t**t. However, he is not alone in exhibiting the above characteristics; think Emanuel Adebayor, Francis Jeffers etc

However the defining feature that ensures his t**tiness, is simply this: The man is a Gooner. Nuff said .


Gooner usually means upstandng individual w/ high moral character and exceptional talent.

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