Football

Overhear on Tube coming away from the game last night:

"Lawrenson reckons that Beitez is this season's Steve Kean"

"I wish Lawrenson was this season's Gary Speed "

A tad unkind but I did understand the sentiment.

"were"

Chelsea fans, eh, expensive educations going to waste...

West Ham weather

http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2012/11/driver-on-the-wings-weather-for-west-brom-v-chelsea-3/

Best bits were censored:

"Grey puffy flesh. When you encounter them en masse on the tube, it looks like an outing from the nonce wing at the local gaol. Flabby grey skin and sunken eyes. Gollum on an acid trip.

There was a theory that the criminality of the East End resulted in this pallor becoming a permanent genetic trait of everyone living between Mile End and Dagenham. Evolution conditioned the population to a life of incarceration....."

A common misunderstanding of Darwinian Evolution is that genes can be affected by the environment. With the exception of radiation and some diseases genes cannot be changed by the environment. Only the expression of those genes can change

I am so delighted to have discovered an issue upon which mikec can contribute to in this thread with a modicum of knowledge and understanding. This must be a first,.

But surely if a certain genetic trait in an environment was an advantage, over generations those with those genes would be more likely to survive (and pass on those genes).

So the environment could affect it, in the long term (but not in 1 generation).

Clive - when is the Lucifer-style, vanity-published anthology of weather reports coming out? You'll have missed the Christmas rush now...

If a mutation allows the possessor of the mutated gene to gain an advantage over his peers in the gene pool then those (mutated) genes will become more prevalent through greater reproductive success. But the environment has not directly caused the gene to change

If a mutation allows the possessor of the mutated gene to gain an advantage over his peer in the gene pool then those (mutated) genes will become more prevalent through** greater reproductive success**. But the environment has not directly caused the gene to change

Which explains the sorry state of Liverpool fans these days

Yes, if women no longer mate with Liverpool fans then according to #1 of TEH RULEZ, we will become an endangered species

You have admit though that Clive's theory re: a prevalence of tanning salons in Essex does have a certain plausibility.

Yes, if women no longer mate with Liverpool fans then according to #1 of TEH RULEZ, we will become an endangered species

you can get round this by having a kid in a hospital near the area then let them grow up in oxford..

The trouble is the 'Orangeness' of these Essex types is not an expression of the genes it is purely an environmental factor. Until a random mutation occurs on gene which codes for orange skin colour then the tanning salons will stay in business. But yes, if such a mutation were to occur, then you would expect it to become prevelant very quickly (within a few generations) in certain parts of the world. The Orange man is king among the pallid natives

I am so delighted to have discovered an issue upon which mikec can contribute to in this thread with a modicum of knowledge and understanding. This must be a first,.

Yes it probably is :)

You're missing the point about speciation. If no one else breeds with these pallid East London types, then eventually they will become their own species. Far removed from human kind.

Think: Genetic bottlenecks. Usually in the form of mountains.

So, essentially, being stuck out there, they've become a separate grey, noncey, species.

Because, who would mate with them? Outside of their area?

You're missing the point about speciation. If no one else breeds with these pallid East London types, then eventually they will become their own species. Far removed from human kind.

Think: Genetic bottlenecks. Usually in the form of mountains.

Eventually yes they would. but it would take a fuck of a long time before they became unmateable with humans as we know them.
It's possible that if Neanderthals were alive today, we could successfully mate with them and that's going back hundreds of thousands of years. Though they are in the same genus.
West Ham fans. Hmm it's a different ball game. Similar to those creatures in The Descent. I wouldn't fancy my chances 'hanging out the back of' one of them

Eventually yes they would. but it would take a fuck of a long time before they became unmateable with humans as we know them.
It's possible that if Neanderthals were alive today, we could successfully mate with them and that's going back hundreds of thousands of years. Though they are in the same genus.
West Ham fans. Hmm it's a different ball game. Similar to those creatures in The Descent. I wouldn't fancy my chances 'hanging out the back of' one of them

Gold

Oh sky...

Eventually yes they would. but it would take a fuck of a long time before they became unmateable with humans as we know them.
It's possible that if Neanderthals were alive today, we could successfully mate with them and that's going back hundreds of thousands of years. Though they are in the same genus.
West Ham fans. Hmm it's a different ball game. Similar to those creatures in The Descent. I wouldn't fancy my chances 'hanging out the back of' one of them

Of course. We're missing the trick. They might ACTUALLY be a different species.
Occam's razor and all that.

Perhaps we weren't that bothered with keeping decent records of who lived where, way back when, and well. Those that lived out East are a different species and became WHU fans. NOT that WHU fans became a different species.

Just got sent this:

My little boy is starting to get excited now!

Only 3 more Chelsea managers until its Christmas!!

http://sport.uk.msn.com/football/sexy-football-managers-calendar
The Kinky Kenny/Lord Ferg one is so, so wrong.

West Ham weather

http://www.chelseasupportersgroup.net/2012/11/driver-on-the-wings-weather-for-west-brom-v-chelsea-3/

Best bits were censored:

"Grey puffy flesh. When you encounter them en masse on the tube, it looks like an outing from the nonce wing at the local gaol. Flabby grey skin and sunken eyes. Gollum on an acid trip.

There was a theory that the criminality of the East End resulted in this pallor becoming a permanent genetic trait of everyone living between Mile End and Dagenham. Evolution conditioned the population to a life of incarceration....."

Unfortunately rather accurate.

So, essentially, being stuck out there, they've become a separate grey, noncey, species.

Because, who would mate with them? Outside of their area?

Harsh man, harsh...

http://sport.uk.msn.com/football/sexy-football-managers-calendar
The Kinky Kenny/Lord Ferg one is so, so wrong.

oh and this one is so right is it ?

Unfortunately rather accurate.

Harsh man, harsh...

You escaped. Looking for a tan.

ANNNND HEAVEN KNOWS I'M HAPPIER NOW...................
IN MY LIFE, OH WHY DID I WASTE VALUABLE TIME, WITH CUSTOMERS WHO I'D MUCH RATHER, SPIT IN THEIR EYE???

No need to shout.

sir harry of redknapp in for joe cole.... trying to recreate the halcyon days of mid 90's west ham ? link up with lampard ?

darren bent only needs to play a few more games for villa before he triggers a 5mn payment to sunderland clause in his contract no wonder he isn't playing and trying to be sold