Saw this sentence with both the Irish English "give out" and a standardized-English "give out":
"The banks often give out¹ that the rules are too tight and they can’t give out² the money people need."
¹ complain
² issue, distribute
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a game of one half, three eighths and one eighth at Eamonn Deacy Park
Dundalk shutting up the wheelie bins at the Galway end
We've been deprived of cold winter sunsets, ie the best kind
Maybe I've missed some, but this certainly feels like the first proper sunset I've seen in months
Oddly mixed feelings after that. We won the game, and advanced in the title race ... but we didn't do it in a way that pleased Fabian Hürzeler. I keep asking myself if it was worth it.
Donning his new canine decoder, Professor Schwartzman becomes the first human being on Earth to hear what barking dogs are actually saying.
Donning his new canine decoder, Professor Schwartzman becomes the first human being on Earth to hear what barking dogs are actually saying.
A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded
I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames
Imagine you work your fingers to the bone as a ballboy and some idiot comes along and undoes all your hard work. Fuming.
Tuesday, June 16 • Group G: Iran vs New Zealand, kick-off 2am - Los Angeles, USA
I’m sure everything will be sorted out by then.
I repeat:
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me watching Match of the Day, 22 February 2026:
hehehehehehehahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOOOOOOOOOOHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
If you ever find yourself wondering how things like the Epstein story happened, consider the mid-level newspaper editor who admitted in a public judicial inquiry that he destroyed a woman’s life and drove her to suicide to try and impress Piers Morgan.
Drogheda's owners want Joanna Byrne gone as chair for not respecting the neutrality provisions of the FIFA Code of Ethics
One final shout for this, trying to make the case that terrible football pitches are something we'll regret losing at leisure. Now, you can agree or disagree with me on this, but at least this piece does feature a compilation of some dreadful pitches.
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Sinn Féin TD Joanna Byrne says the board of Drogheda United has asked her to resign as chair of the club, after she said Ireland should not fulfil its Nations League fixtures with Israel
#ARSWIG aka rear merkin
The people of Free Derry continuing to influence those standing up in the face of authoritarian state brutality.
If you want a little distraction to help you move on here's a beautiful account of the "greatest 15 minutes" of Kim Källstrom's life, during Arsenal v Wigan in the FA Cup. I really love this.
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JIm Ratcliffe is a scumbag. More than that he's a hypocrite. And dangerous. Words.
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Brad Pitt shooting One For All a thriller about a man racing against time to spend vouchers as they're losing value but hardly any shop he likes will take them.
Marvel at the array of names on the scoresheet in this Brazilian league game.
Dear sweet Jesus god, I’ve strayed for many years since all that Catholic school, but if you could do one favor for me …
Liverpool’s next league match is at Forest. Could you have Marinakis name himself interim manager and be on the sideline for Forest that day? I’ll say a rosary for you.
someone finally sent Tottenham the video
Droch-Choinín
defences very much on top in this, the tenth Super Bowll
with a positive goal difference!*
* well, a >1 goal average
Can miracles happen twice? A visit to Castel di Sangro, 30 years since the achievement made globally famous by Joe McGinniss. Everything has changed but, meeting some of the book's old characters, it's as if nothing has at all. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
