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Post by Wembley_Gas on Nov 4, 2021 4:54:47 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years!
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Post by mftc on Nov 4, 2021 7:51:43 GMT
Get used to it.
We ridicule ourselves most Saturday nights/ Sunday mornings on the Quest highlights well.
Haven't we lost half our games since JB has been in control (or lack of).
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Post by rememberhalifax on Nov 4, 2021 8:18:09 GMT
The ability to laugh at yourself or not take yourself to seriously can save protect you from much stress and angst and is surely a prerequisite of being a Rovers fan!
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Post by simonj on Nov 4, 2021 8:20:42 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! I like that we are picked, whether in jest or not. Like Hot Fuzz.
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Post by Charlton Hayes Gas on Nov 4, 2021 8:22:14 GMT
I’m sure they only chose to mention Rovers because we’re massive 😏
They could have said City and have meant any old man and his dog’s team.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Nov 4, 2021 8:41:35 GMT
It’s nothing worse than we serve up to ourselves in self deprecation and gallows humour on the terraces and stands and in these pages every week but didn’t want any forumers to be blindsided by it when the episode is broadcast.
In truth if anyone setting a show in our fair city wanted to make a remark about a poor standard football club they are always going to pick us, we’ve come a long way from the seventies when in an episode of the Sweeney, where they had to reluctantly enter into a joint operation with the Bristol Constabulary, Haskins tries to motivate Regan and Carter to work with their Bristol colleagues by declaring “They’ve got a good team down there” to which he gets the reply “City or Rovers?”…At that time we were in our second spell in the second tier and they were either one of the better teams in our division or were enjoying their brief stay at the top table. These days the crack he would get back is “Yes, Bristol Bears!”
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Post by titchthephot on Nov 4, 2021 8:48:13 GMT
We have the ability to turn a negative into a positive. Look at the reason we are called 'The Gas'. The teds thought they were taking the mickey out of us but we turned it around and boy does that p1ss them off. Funny that they never adopted our name for them!!
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Post by seanclevedongas on Nov 4, 2021 8:59:10 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Have you watched any of the Monday night drama "Outlaws" also set in Bristol (written and starring Stephen Merchant)? No mention of either club so far after 3 episodes
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Post by Gasshole on Nov 4, 2021 9:42:01 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Same. Most parts of our great City are Instantly recognisable to me. Saw Little Stoke once on a rerun of Location Location it made my day - how fkd up is that.
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Post by spiess1 on Nov 4, 2021 9:54:23 GMT
WTF is Brizzle?
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Nov 4, 2021 10:08:55 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Showtrial is a prime time BBC programme - back in the day, didn't somebody say that in a few years time nobody would be talking about Bristol Rovers? He got that wrong! I always think that one of our strengths is the ability to laugh at ourselves.
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Post by SleepyGas on Nov 4, 2021 10:16:25 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Showtrial is a prime time BBC programme - back in the day, didn't somebody say that in a few years time nobody would be talking about Bristol Rovers? He got that wrong! I always think that one of our strengths is the ability to laugh at ourselves. I would definitely prefer hearing references to Rovers than City on a fictional drama/comedy type programme, even if it is taking the water
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Nov 4, 2021 10:38:19 GMT
It’s a compound word. When we first moved up to London my uncle bought us the Krek Waiters Peak Bristle book. (Correct way to speak Bristol). So we wouldn’t forget how to speak proper. We also got sent a load of evening posts/Green ‘uns every now and again to keep up with what was going on…one of those mentioned it was “typical Bristol Rovers weather” for a Tuesday night win at Eastville…my old man explained it was drizzle …where you didn’t think it was raining hard but you were still soaked by the end of the game … Brizzle is just Bristle incorporating the drizzle. Although must admit I have seen plenty of people refer to Brizzle who probably didn’t derive it the way we did.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Nov 4, 2021 10:39:44 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Have you watched any of the Monday night drama "Outlaws" also set in Bristol (written and starring Stephen Merchant)? No mention of either club so far after 3 episodes No not watched that yet … I’ll have a look on catchup cheers Sean.
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Post by badengas on Nov 4, 2021 10:46:28 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Have you watched any of the Monday night drama "Outlaws" also set in Bristol (written and starring Stephen Merchant)? No mention of either club so far after 3 episodes I think there is a Sh!t connection coming........ the big bag of cash is Lansdown's tax reserve. Nice to here a Bristolian accent that doesn't sound like Vicky Pollard or a farmer from Devon too.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Nov 4, 2021 10:51:51 GMT
Just streamed the Sunday night drama showtrial, mainly because as a Brizzle exile I like catching glimpses of my home city on national tv. However, we are the butt of a courtroom joke in episode 4 where the instance of a Rovers home win is considered as likely as rain falling upwards! Since our near neighbours have only just put to bed one of their worst winless home spells it’s a bit ironic that they chose to highlight our own home ineptitude…but I guess our continual mediocrity is more nationally well known than the more cyclical lapses of the dark side and so would continue to bear scrutiny on repeated showings over the years! Same. Most parts of our great City are Instantly recognisable to me. Saw Little Stoke once on a rerun of Location Location it made my day - how fkd up is that. There was a Bristol set crime drama called Before We Die that was filmed in various locations around Bristol…was stupidly pleased when in a tailing section of the plot they went past the indoor market that I’d taken my mate to a few months earlier. Also the Bristol series of a House through time picked a property on Guinea Street…I’d had the Charcuterie board and several ales in the pub on that street during a crawl the previous year!
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Post by darkbluegas on Nov 4, 2021 10:58:35 GMT
On another note where do TV Producers go to listen to Bristol accents prior to filming as I’m fairly sure it’s not Bristol
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Post by spiess1 on Nov 4, 2021 14:46:57 GMT
It’s a compound word. When we first moved up to London my uncle bought us the Krek Waiters Peak Bristle book. (Correct way to speak Bristol). So we wouldn’t forget how to speak proper. We also got sent a load of evening posts/Green ‘uns every now and again to keep up with what was going on…one of those mentioned it was “typical Bristol Rovers weather” for a Tuesday night win at Eastville…my old man explained it was drizzle …where you didn’t think it was raining hard but you were still soaked by the end of the game … Brizzle is just Bristle incorporating the drizzle. Although must admit I have seen plenty of people refer to Brizzle who probably didn’t derive it the way we did. Thanks for the explanation. makes sense. BUT..... Non-Bristolians (as you refer to) using that word do my head in; a la Dick van Dyke Cockney! Ugh.
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Post by Squiffy on Nov 4, 2021 15:08:51 GMT
It’s a compound word. When we first moved up to London my uncle bought us the Krek Waiters Peak Bristle book. (Correct way to speak Bristol). So we wouldn’t forget how to speak proper. We also got sent a load of evening posts/Green ‘uns every now and again to keep up with what was going on…one of those mentioned it was “typical Bristol Rovers weather” for a Tuesday night win at Eastville…my old man explained it was drizzle …where you didn’t think it was raining hard but you were still soaked by the end of the game … Brizzle is just Bristle incorporating the drizzle. Although must admit I have seen plenty of people refer to Brizzle who probably didn’t derive it the way we did. Thanks for the explanation. makes sense. BUT..... Non-Bristolians (as you refer to) using that word do my head in; a la Dick van Dyke Cockney! Ugh. …see also: theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/17-words-and-phrases-that-only-make-sense-to-bristolians/I think that they missed out s**t h**d, but at least we get a mention! 👍
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Post by seanclevedongas on Nov 4, 2021 15:15:36 GMT
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