Yes, gallows humour has to be funny

just singing "we're s**t" isn't funny.

The "let's pretend we've scored a goal" was OK.
"Ipswich Town, we're coming for you", good
Even the oles were clearly ironic and therefore quite funny

Posted By: jamesward on January 10th 2022 at 10:59:22

Message Thread

We can all bring something to the game....... (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 10:50:31
- I wasn't there yesterday, thankfully by the sounds of it, but sounds like a wannabe firm (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 10, 14:28:38
  - oldskool kicking lol. From whom? (n/m) (General Chat) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jan 10, 17:41:32
  - They're Norwich/Norfolk based (General Chat) - s10 yellow, Jan 10, 14:44:39
    - You can enjoy the drum on the Norwich Central "Pryo in the away end" video on Yootub (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 15:17:58
      - Actually just watching that again, I see they're trying to adopt the Allez song with (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 15:27:28
  - I have seen them at Palace and Charlton. (General Chat) - munter, Jan 10, 14:43:09
- I know everyone has an opinion but whenever I see something on the Norwich FB pages (General Chat) - lurd, Jan 10, 14:08:57
  - Honestly, don't go on those pages. Chock full of morons. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 10, 14:32:58
- We've not made a lot of friends this season. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 10, 13:08:37
  - No they are youngsters primarily, and in terms of their aim to improve the atmosphere then (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 10, 13:28:24
    - Singing "How shit must you be" etc isn't improving the atmosphere (General Chat) - APB, Jan 10, 15:05:41
    - I think it also reflects the social media age. (General Chat) - Boyer, Jan 10, 13:48:45
    - Maybe the old school support can bring back inflatable canaries and just bonk them on the (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 13:32:33
  - There's a big chunk of the fanbase (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 10, 13:18:45
    - Won’t they just piss off then anyway? And support a premier league team maybe (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 13:29:11
- I don't mind it in spells when the crowd is quiet but the trouble is it (General Chat) - Jim, Jan 10, 12:52:25
  - Loved the Brentford atmosphere, until a few hours later and Farke was sacked 😥 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:53:27
- Where do people stand on the Sargent songs? (n/m) (General Chat) - WalksietheReturn, Jan 10, 12:24:46
  - What were the Sargent songs? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Jan 10, 13:32:20
  - unhelpful to anyone and anything. (General Chat) - munter, Jan 10, 12:42:32
  - The blokes got a yellow shirt on, whatever I think or say after, but during the game I try (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 12:30:19
    - He might be limited (don't pile in on this choice of word) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Jan 10, 13:20:02
- How big was the group? (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Jan 10, 12:24:25
  - About 30 in the core of it. All between the ages of 16-25 from what I could tell. (n/m) (General Chat) - WalksietheReturn, Jan 10, 12:25:22
    - I "assume" the same lot who enjoy throwing £5 a pint beer over themselves in the concourse (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 12:33:10
    - Encountered some of them near London Bridge pre-match (General Chat) - s10 yellow, Jan 10, 12:29:23
      - I was bemused by the "Delia Sell the club" chanting...But who to? (General Chat) - Ruttles, Jan 10, 15:09:45
      - Well they sound awful (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Jan 10, 12:35:12
        
        ...are they at most away games now? I've not been to one for ages (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Jan 10, 12:35:58
        
        Yes. Certainly the London one anyway. (General Chat) - munter, Jan 10, 12:41:08
        
        Probably think they're getting a rep (General Chat) - APB, Jan 10, 12:54:21
        
        #ILTFY (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 10, 13:01:27
        
        Lol emoji (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 10, 13:10:27
        
        Is this something Webber could do something about maybe? (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:52:24
        
        I'd imagine they will get sorted out at Wolves, hopefully (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Jan 10, 14:55:54
        
        The Yam Yam Army (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 17:06:51
- Whoever the drummers are/is, they need to be politely told to stop (n/m) (General Chat) - DH Yellow, Jan 10, 11:11:37
  - I tried to discourage it on the pre match facebook post.... of course (General Chat) - promethian1, Jan 10, 12:39:59
    - Well done. If they’re at West Ham I will make my point to them. (n/m) (General Chat) - DH Yellow, Jan 10, 12:45:27
      - I'm sure if they are at West Ham by the time the game starts the drum would have been (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 12:53:16
        
        Danny Dyer (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:54:46
- Morph suits. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 10, 11:06:53
  - Werthers for me! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 11:09:39
- Glad it's not just me (General Chat) - Azteca, Jan 10, 11:03:57
  - I agree (General Chat) - BungysPie, Jan 10, 11:43:05
  - Yep agree, just cringeworthy. God knows how these lot would have reacted during the (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 11:08:46
- This ^^^ definitely ... it's a no to drums from me, Clive (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 10, 11:01:56
- Yes, gallows humour has to be funny (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 10, 10:59:22
  - The pretending we scored at Palace (General Chat) - Thorpey_C, Jan 10, 11:12:55
- It was embarrassing (General Chat) - Thorpey_C, Jan 10, 10:58:05
- There's some pretty depressing stuff on Twitter about sexist abuse too. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 10, 10:57:22
  - Saw some on here yesterday too about women can’t win FA Cups etc (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 11:35:32
    - Well, to be fair, they had a point. (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 10, 12:14:32
      - The trophies look similar and both called the FA Cup though (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:27:21
        
        Serious answer from my pov (General Chat) - camcan, Jan 10, 12:55:45
        
        Interesting. Thanks (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:56:42
        
        'You've won the FA Cup' would have been fine. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jan 10, 12:48:21
        
        👍🏼 (n/m) (General Chat) - NorskyNormann, Jan 10, 12:56:58
    - Women can win Women's FA Cups (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 10, 12:04:12
      - They could rename the FA Cup to the Men's FA Cup I suppose, but that's probably no (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, Jan 10, 12:06:44
        
        I made the initial glib comment yesterday, (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jan 10, 14:37:28
  - I saw them trying to kick off after the game but the Charlton guys were not interested. (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Jan 10, 11:11:56
- and the ole's against a league one side that had bettered us most of the game (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 10, 10:57:22

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.