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shyamz · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:55 pm

Lord Elpus? How chuffed was he when he came up with that little belter of a name?

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:25 pm

moonkatt wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-18490695

The words Birmingham and Balti is really going to bring the "haters" out isn't it.

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34. Pollowick
7 HOURS AGO
Why do we not start by protecting real original British food that has been made here for centuries?

CHEDDAR cheese for example ... from Somerset and close by it is excellent, but Canadian, American, French Cheddar are like plastic or rubber.

Yeah, why don't we? And "real" British, know what you're saying, eh?

http://britishfood.about.com/od/introto ... shfood.htm

Including

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West Country farmhouse Cheddar cheese

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:07 pm

Um, Cheddaring is a process applied to the cheese as it's being made. It may have originated in the west country spawning ground of Richard Herring, but it can be performed anywhere. There is nothing special about Cheddar that means the cheese has to be made there.

Same for Baltis. Yes, to be a proper Balti, it should be cooked in the right sort of pan yadda yadda. I'm a black country guy, I know my curry! But there's no specific ingredient or process, no magic bestowed by being made in Birmingham.

moonkatt · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:44 pm

Andy McDandy wrote:

Um, Cheddaring is a process applied to the cheese as it's being made. It may have originated in the west country spawning ground of Richard Herring, but it can be performed anywhere. There is nothing special about Cheddar that means the cheese has to be made there.

Same for Baltis. Yes, to be a proper Balti, it should be cooked in the right sort of pan yadda yadda. I'm a black country guy, I know my curry! But there's no specific ingredient or process, no magic bestowed by being made in Birmingham.

Indeed, to be honest I don't really care about it having a protected name or anything, however the HYS was bound to be an excuse for a bit of low level intolerance against Indians/Pakistanis/Brummies etc. Of course, people like the comically named Lord Elpus didn't let me down.

oboogie · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:00 pm

Andy McDandy wrote:

Same for Baltis. Yes, to be a proper Balti, it should be cooked in the right sort of pan yadda yadda. I'm a black country guy, I know my curry! But there's no specific ingredient or process, no magic bestowed by being made in Birmingham.

There are two theories about the etymology of the word Balti. The most popular (and most plausible) is that it is named after the pot in which it is cooked. That origin of the word is to do with the Urdu and Hindi word Balty - "Balty, s. Hin. balti, which means "bucket" and is, in turn, derived from the Portuguese word 'balde' (bucket).

Alternatively Balti is the name of a tribe from north Pakistan.

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:04 pm

Moonkatt, yes I'm being pedantic, but I really wanted to sneak the phrase "West country spawning ground" in, and opportunities are few and far between.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:20 pm

Canadian cheddar is actually bloody tasty and very good.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:23 pm

Don't they call it 'sharp' Cheddar in Brum?

Abernathy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:26 pm

Yeah, they do. You can gerra pounda sharp cheddar down the Bull Ring markets.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 8:30 pm

Indeed I have, in the past. And a cheap car radio from the rag market.

sporran · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1608

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19310758

Going to ignore all the tiresome bores going on about cyclists running through red lights, not wearing helmets etc and single out the worst type of facetious cunt on HYS... i.e. the person who appears to have clicked into the "Cycling" section of BBC Sport, read a story where the first two paragraphs say:

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Four-time Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins will return to competitive action in the Tour of Britain next month.
The 32-year-old Olympic time trial and Tour de France champion...

...and then spent time typing out the following comment:

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131. ronnieboy1
2 HOURS AGO
who is bradley wiggins?

Bones McCoy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:08 am **Posts:** 7342

sporran wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19310758

Going to ignore all the tiresome bores going on about cyclists running through red lights, not wearing helmets etc and single out the worst type of facetious cunt on HYS... i.e. the person who appears to have clicked into the "Cycling" section of BBC Sport, read a story where the first two paragraphs say:

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Four-time Olympic gold medallist Bradley Wiggins will return to competitive action in the Tour of Britain next month.
The 32-year-old Olympic time trial and Tour de France champion...

...and then spent time typing out the following comment:

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131. ronnieboy1
2 HOURS AGO
who is bradley wiggins?

That's where the spare lowercase letters missed by the ANGRY WANKERS go.

daveinbrum · **Posted:** Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:36 pm

For some reason this was on the story about Lewis Hamilton leaving McLaren:

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paulmerhaba
43 MINUTES AGO
They don't half earn a lot of money, theses racing drivers, never mind what team they are in.
Bit like politicians really.
It would be nice to have the chance to call Ed a plonker on HYS, we have had the chance for Nick, and I did, and we will have for Dave, and I will.

Um, OK.

sporran · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1608

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99. brooksy
2 MINUTES AGO
What an absolute embarrassment. MP = Moronic Person. I don't see how this makes any sense at all...like other posters have mentioned ticket prices at lower leagues will rise if fans switch clubs. Plus no-one is just gonna switch loyalty if they have supported a club all their lives. Ridiculous to suggest otherwise. Tim Melon, I expect better from a Member of Parlia-won't.

Parlia-wont? What? That just doesn't work on any level.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20078528

Seems to have provoked an angry outrage in the comments for what seems like a fairly sensible idea from Tim Farron. Fury as Lib Dem MP suggests sensible idea.

Football clubs - and everyone else involved at the top level - take the piss because they know fans will still buy the tickets/replica shirts/Sky subscriptions regardless. Why shouldn't people go and watch cheaper clubs. I would, and actually I do know a few people who have started going to watch their local non-league teams.

sporran · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1608

This brave warrior risks everything to bring BBC viewers the truth. On an article about 4G mobiles.

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