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RobinOfLoxleyRobinOfLoxley Posts: 27,040
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Or dive theatrically when you bump into a colleague ?

I had hoped that modern football would be different.

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    rupert_pupkinrupert_pupkin Posts: 3,975
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    When you've got that much talent you can basically do what you want

    And if you're watching the World Cup, I think most teams aren't getting paid so it's not technically work
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    barbelerbarbeler Posts: 23,827
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    You can if you're a wine taster.

    The theatrical diving arrives if you forget to spit it out.
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    21stCenturyBoy21stCenturyBoy Posts: 44,506
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    barbeler wrote: »
    You can if you're a wine taster.

    The theatrical diving arrives if you forget to spit it out.

    Or a fussy prostitute.
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    Hollie_LouiseHollie_Louise Posts: 39,990
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    I don't think it's anywhere in the handbook I couldn't dive theatrically if I knocked into someone.
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    NX-74205NX-74205 Posts: 4,691
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    RobinOfLoxley wrote: »
    Or dive theatrically when you bump into a colleague ?

    I had hoped that modern football would be different.

    You do realise that professional athletes don't spit for the same reasons as the chavvy scum who spit in the streets do, don't you? Surely you can't be that naive.
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    kippehkippeh Posts: 6,655
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    I actually fired a lad some months back for his incessant spitting on site. I yellow carded him (topical football related disciplinary measure) which is a warning, and he carried on doing it, to the client's annoyance when one of their lads following him stood in one of his dirty grollies. So the guy got a red card, and was asked to leave site.

    Football? Well, they're exerting due to physical sporting activity so that's different.
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    shackfanshackfan Posts: 15,461
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    NX-74205 wrote: »
    You do realise that professional athletes don't spit for the same reasons as the chavvy scum who spit in the streets do, don't you? Surely you can't be that naive.

    Exactly. Some people will use any feeble excuse to knock football.
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    shmiskshmisk Posts: 7,963
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    I always dive theatrically when bumping into colleagues. It's what makes my day fun
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    Watcher #1Watcher #1 Posts: 9,045
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    I always copy the great Victorian players, and have a large handkerchief tucked into the pocket of my shorts when playing Association Football. Thus, it is always available should I need to blow my nose, or clear my mouth of saliva or phlegm due to my exertions on the field. There is no excuse for the modern player not to do the same.

    In addition, I ensure all my post-tackle performances include at least one reference to an historical play, uttered in the original language. Simply throwing oneself to the ground shows a lack of effort.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 29,701
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    shackfan wrote: »
    Exactly. Some people will use any feeble excuse to knock football.

    Typical of GD, really
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    The FinisherThe Finisher Posts: 10,518
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    Hollie_Louise wrote: »
    I don't think it's anywhere in the handbook I couldn't dive theatrically if I knocked into someone.

    What about if you were a window cleaner?

    Eta: one that worked side by side with another window cleaner... on one of those lift things D
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    Brass Drag0nBrass Drag0n Posts: 5,046
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    I dive theatrically onto my colleagues... well, the attractive female ones.

    and I have the restraining orders to prove it.
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    Hollie_LouiseHollie_Louise Posts: 39,990
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    The Finisher wrote: »
    What about if you were a window cleaner?

    Eta: one that worked side by side with another window cleaner... on one of those lift things D

    I would never be a window cleaner. Especially not if it requires a lift as that means it's up high, outside.
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    dee123dee123 Posts: 46,271
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    maurice45 wrote: »
    Typical of GD, really

    True, it's DS. The place where the Peter Andre thread is up to PART 3!
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    ElyanElyan Posts: 8,781
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    Anyone who has played football or done any sort of athletic sport will know that you have to spit occasionally.
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    rbdcayrbdcay Posts: 12,041
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    shackfan wrote: »
    Exactly. Some people will use any feeble excuse to knock football.
    maurice45 wrote: »
    Typical of GD, really
    dee123 wrote: »
    True, it's DS. The place where the Peter Andre thread is up to PART 3!

    May I introduce you to this little Gem on the DS General Discussion Boards it may ease your pain

    http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=270
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    TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    Spitting is so bloody disgusting, I wish people would stop it. If you have something in your mouth you want to get rid of, use a hanky and throw it in the bin :mad:
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    Spitting is so bloody disgusting, I wish people would stop it. If you have something in your mouth you want to get rid of, use a hanky and throw it in the bin :mad:

    Do you think that might interrupt the flow of the (football) game though?
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    TheTruth1983TheTruth1983 Posts: 13,462
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    d'@ve wrote: »
    Do you think that might interrupt the flow of the (football) game though?

    No more than a bunch of fairies dropping like they've been shot at the slightest big of contact and then rolling around for 30 seconds.
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    No more than a bunch of fairies dropping like they've been shot at the slightest big of contact and then rolling around for 30 seconds.

    So that's a yes. ;)
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    shackfanshackfan Posts: 15,461
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    TheTruth1983 wrote: »
    No more than a bunch of fairies dropping like they've been shot at the slightest big of contact and then rolling around for 30 seconds.

    When you say fairies, do you mean the Tinker bell type, or men of a certain persuasion? If it's not Tinker bell, then naughty naughty.
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    LakieLadyLakieLady Posts: 19,722
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    Elyan wrote: »
    Anyone who has played football or done any sort of athletic sport will know that you have to spit occasionally.

    Do tennis players do it? I can't say that I've ever noticed.

    Ballet and modern dance is very strenuous and athletic, but you never see dancers gobbing.

    Anyway, I've checked the staff handbook and found that we have no policy on either spitting or diving. But that's probably because we're adults, and not overpaid yobboes with our brains in our feet.
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    DaisyBumblerootDaisyBumbleroot Posts: 24,763
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    kippeh wrote: »
    I actually fired a lad some months back for his incessant spitting on site. I yellow carded him (topical football related disciplinary measure) which is a warning, and he carried on doing it, to the client's annoyance when one of their lads following him stood in one of his dirty grollies. So the guy got a red card, and was asked to leave site.

    Do you work on a building site? Our guys get the yellow and red cards on site.

    I get sick of fellas apologising for swearing in front of me because Im female, it doesn't bother me, my standard reply is "Couldn't give a shit about swearing, I draw the line a spitting though".
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    epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    dee123 wrote: »
    True, it's DS. The place where the Peter Andre thread is up to PART 3!

    That's nothing compared to the 2 part deeply strange, and ethically questionable "In the closet gay celebs! Who are they? " thread in Showbiz.
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    kippehkippeh Posts: 6,655
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    DaisyBumbleroot wrote: »
    Do you work on a building site? Our guys get the yellow and red cards on site.

    I get sick of fellas apologising for swearing in front of me because Im female, it doesn't bother me, my standard reply is "Couldn't give a shit about swearing, I draw the line a spitting though".

    Construction / engineering project. The women swear more than the blokes here.
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