This wasn't meant to be a busy week, it was meant to be quite quiet until tomorrow but hell if it didn't suddenly swamp me with stuff ( Read more... )

No beer, no munchies, no winning rugby ( Read more... )

monkey_matt wanted to know why I hadn't blogged about our awesome Calcutta Cup* victory on 8th March.

( well, the fact of the matter is... )

I'm Scottish and I think that was a try for Wales.

C'mon.

ETA Seriously, there are loads of pundits now bitching about that try. But the ball was down before any part of him touched the ground or flag. Yes, I'm shaky on some of the finer points of rugby rules and regs, but to me? That was a try.

Second edit in the comments sorchasilver hasconvinced my bad- ( Read more... )

so close....

Argentina made a lot of mistakes in the second half, but not as many as Scotland did.

We lost.

I will not blame any one player, it's a team, but wenchpixie and D no doubt know exactly who I'm swearing at right now. It was a team game, the boys done good. Just... not quite enough.

eta okay, so that sounds awful. I sound like such a poor loser ( Read more... )

Dude.

I'm not just pacing the room. I'm pacing my damn house!

WOO FUCKING HOOO!!!!!!!!!!

WE'RE THROUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Weel done the boys!

(not a spelling error, it's Scots...)

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I'm a rugby fan, this should not be news to most of you (union, not league, league is a waste of time as far as I'm concerned). The world cup is currently on, (Scotland have a crucial game in just under 4 hours) and I've watched a few games with wenchpixie and her friend D (who I'd really like to call 'my' friend as well 'cause I kinda think of him that way ( Read more... )

Still on hiatus but...

42-0!!!

YAY!

And although I hate monkey_matt for actually being there in person to see it, I have to love him for the random text I got just before half time "I got a photo of Paterson's arse for you"

*grins*

(Rugby World Cup, Scotland vs Romania)