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Wasps Rugby Discussion / New species of Wasp!
« on: December 30, 2022, 04:21:15 PM »
From today's Times:
Scientists discovered 85 new kinds of wasp this year, along with 84 new beetles and 6 species of frogs smaller than a 1p coin. There was even a 35 million-year-old insect trapped in Ukrainian amber and 11 new varieties of algae...
This did not surprise Dr Gavin Broad, principal curator in charge of insects at the Natural History Museum, who said that the order Hymenoptera was the most species-rich in nature. “It’s just a surprise that wasps don’t come top every year,” he said. “Watch out for lots more wasps next year!”
I think we can add one more new species to that, can't we?
Scientists discovered 85 new kinds of wasp this year, along with 84 new beetles and 6 species of frogs smaller than a 1p coin. There was even a 35 million-year-old insect trapped in Ukrainian amber and 11 new varieties of algae...
This did not surprise Dr Gavin Broad, principal curator in charge of insects at the Natural History Museum, who said that the order Hymenoptera was the most species-rich in nature. “It’s just a surprise that wasps don’t come top every year,” he said. “Watch out for lots more wasps next year!”
I think we can add one more new species to that, can't we?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Stuart Barnes in The Times - I'm furious
« on: October 14, 2022, 07:30:35 PM »
Here's part of the toxic dwarf's article today:
Saracens are a template for clubs kicked out of the Premiership for irregular off-the-field practices. In their first season back, they were seconds from becoming Gallagher Premiership champions.
I've long disliked his pub bore musings, but this takes the biscuit. "Irregular off field practices"? Factually inaccurate and potentially defamatory.
Saracens are a template for clubs kicked out of the Premiership for irregular off-the-field practices. In their first season back, they were seconds from becoming Gallagher Premiership champions.
I've long disliked his pub bore musings, but this takes the biscuit. "Irregular off field practices"? Factually inaccurate and potentially defamatory.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Someone please bang some heads together
« on: September 26, 2021, 03:22:12 PM »
Last season
Rugby people: "We think that rugby is a great game and needs a wider audience."
Terrestrial telly people: "We agree, and although the matches are on a subscription channel we'll show a highlights package every week and get some good people to front it so it's entertaining."
This season
Rugby people: "We think that rugby is a great game and needs a wider audience. So we propose cutting the number of players to 12, inventing new teams that have no local support, and chucking some money at it until people like it. Because it sort of worked with cricket. If you give lots of tickets away. And stuff up the established domestic season."
Terrestrial telly people: "Hmm, that's an interesting idea, so we'll forget about showing English club rugby and instead we'll show some old tat presented by some vacuous non-entity on their way down and some other nobody who no-one's heard of."
Will someobody please bang some heads together so that we get highlights back on C4/C5?
Rugby people: "We think that rugby is a great game and needs a wider audience."
Terrestrial telly people: "We agree, and although the matches are on a subscription channel we'll show a highlights package every week and get some good people to front it so it's entertaining."
This season
Rugby people: "We think that rugby is a great game and needs a wider audience. So we propose cutting the number of players to 12, inventing new teams that have no local support, and chucking some money at it until people like it. Because it sort of worked with cricket. If you give lots of tickets away. And stuff up the established domestic season."
Terrestrial telly people: "Hmm, that's an interesting idea, so we'll forget about showing English club rugby and instead we'll show some old tat presented by some vacuous non-entity on their way down and some other nobody who no-one's heard of."
Will someobody please bang some heads together so that we get highlights back on C4/C5?
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