keep away from all pubs this coming wednesday

Strangely, our local supermarkets manage to keep their drinks aisle well stocked at all times. Shame I can't say the same about the Milk shelves.

Never made me the beers,have we all got enough Pimms to see us through Wimbledon fortnight? 🎾🍹

Never MIND the beers - duh!

Luckygirl3

I am desperate for England to lose a match! - my DD and her OH have sunk £10,000s in the festival they run - it is their livelihood - and we definitely do NOT want England in the final or they will face a financial disaster.

I think that sentiment is horrible. thousands of fans have gone to watch England play in America, people like me are fans and want them to win.
The dates of the world Cup have been known for some time could your daughter not have plans in place? A good business should have contingency plans.
Your daughters business does not trump the enjoyment and pride of thousands of fans. She knows there is a world Cup every four years.
Desperate for England not to win. Very selfish me me attitude.

Please also note the hospitality trade will make a good profit out if the World Cup good for them as the these businesses have taken a hit lately.

rafichagran- rather unkind. It's perfectly reasonable to be worried about your family's business.
Football is a multimillion pound business making fortunes from hard working fans. Save your opprobrium for the football money making factory.

Reasonable to be worried. Not reasonable to want England to lose just because it affects onetwi members of her family.
Think of people who have saved to go to the World Cup. Think of a industry, hospitality who have had a tough time who will make some profit due to the world Cup.
I think the sentiment of the poster is utterly selfish.
Think of people who are putting flags in there windows and coming together as friends to discuss the world Cup.
You state and I quote "Save your opprobrium for the football money making factory" I don't need to be told how to think, I was answering a poster who I think is wrong. Her daughter knew the dates of the world Cup and should have made contingency plans. Quite frankly the daughter may be one person losing money, but if Englsnd lose as that poster wants, thousands of hospitality establismrnts may lose profit.
Her daughter is one person as opposed to thousands/millions who want England to win, who enjoy football and will boost the hospitality industry.

My post is to * Aveline*

I have always thought it was madness to cross oceans to see a football match you didn’t have tickets for but our son who lives in Vancouver went to the “Fanzone” to watch a match on a big screen.

He said the atmosphere was fabulous, loads of food trucks, bars and no unpleasant rivalry!

rafichagran. We are all entitled to our opinions different though they may be. I understand poor luckygirl's concerns.

Aveline

*rafichagran*. We are all entitled to our opinions different though they may be. I understand poor luckygirl's concerns.

So do I but not at the expense of other people's feelings, enjoyment, and profit in a sector that needs it.

Not everyone is interested in watching sport. My heart sinks every day when I look at what’s on TV. There is nothing but Sport every day, for hours at a time, on most channels throughout the evening . Be it football tennis golf rugby cricket it’s all balls to me snd I can’t wait for it to be over.

There are many channels people can watch, the world Cup is every four years and appeals to millions. I find the attitude that there is nothing else to watch bewildering.
I watch two soaps and both of them are on. There are good programes on the Sky chanel, there are film channels as well.

silverlining48

Not everyone is interested in watching sport. My heart sinks every day when I look at what’s on TV. There is nothing but Sport every day, for hours at a time, on most channels throughout the evening . Be it football tennis golf rugby cricket it’s all balls to me snd I can’t wait for it to be over.

True.

It DOES take all sorts to make a world, but the overwhelmingly rabid fixation/obsession/dedication to sport all over the media leaves me cold.

My pet hatred just has to be Formula 1. Men whizzing eternally around and around and around in circles using up a generous portion of the world's fuel resources, at the very least, plus very much risking their lives - which is the macabrè reason that the crowds turn up.

There's a kink in the human psyche that makes the prospect of possibly witnessing another being acquiring life-changing injuries, or death, at extremely high speeds just too good to resist.

Freud might have been able to explain it?

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Luckygirl3

I am desperate for England to lose a match! - my DD and her OH have sunk £10,000s in the festival they run - it is their livelihood - and we definitely do NOT want England in the final or they will face a financial disaster.

Sadly (for the fans) I think your daughter will get her wish.

Sadly (for the fans) I think your daughter will get her wish.

And, according to reports/studies - sadly for the women who suffer domestic abuse when our crew lose. Or, apparently, sometimes even when they win.

And loo rolls as they'll need them with all the beer and curry!

Luckygirl4 wouldn’t your daughter’s customers have had to pay in advance for their festival tickets ?
That shows commitment, doesn’t it, so wouldn’t they then be unlikely to cancel ?
In the event of England doing well I guess a few could decide they would rather stay at home to watch the football, but I can’t imagine people cancelling in their droves.

Maybe I’m missing out though.

Sago

Just checked my drinks fridge, as it’s just the two of us I think we should be OK for the game.

Thanks for the tip though😉

I have one of those fridges!

Unfortunately, DH and I are not allowed alcohol at the moment! 🤣

Wednesday seems a funny day for a festival?

The final isnt on a Wednesdsy. Its on a Sunday. The 19th.

Not everyone is interested in watching sport. My heart sinks every day when I look at what’s on TV. There is nothing but Sport every day, for hours at a time, on most channels throughout the evening

Is there?

I can only see it on BBC1 and BBC2 this evening.

You’d have to make an effort to watch F1 Padstow, Sky have the rights, a few highlights and the British GP only on Ch4.

tabbie

The final isnt on a Wednesdsy. Its on a Sunday. The 19th.

Oh, duh, sorry!

I’ve looked at the TV schedules for 8pm this evening for non-sport programmes. I stopped counting when I reached 24 alternatives - there’s plenty to see if you don’t want to watch sport.

As for why people, especially men, are so involved with sport, it’s though to be because it’s a safe, non-violent (maybe not boxing!) alternative to the warfare and to-the-death competition of old.

Also, today’s Formula One is so much safer than the sport of years ago. The last fatal incident was in 2014 and thankfully is the only F1 driver death that has occurred in the 21st century. I imagine many of today’s fans grew up in this safer era so don’t have a background of expecting mayhem on the race track, apart from the competitive side.

All the more fun to go to the pubs this afternoon. Come on England!