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| 1. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 08:15 A wee teaser. First, some random facts; 1. My son lives and works in Glasgow, 2. During Covid, he grew a beard. 3.Mrs and I went on holiday in early October, 4. Son went on holiday just before we came home. 5. He came through for the game at lunchtime on Saturday. 6. He and I watched the game together. 7. We went home for a pizza and a beer with the whole family. 8. My daughter asked her brother a question and my wife and I almost fell over with astonishment. 😱 What did she ask him? 🤔  Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 2. Author: jake89 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 09:03 When did you get married? Reply |
| 3. Author: Aaron Labonte Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 09:10 When did you grow a beard Reply |
| 4. Author: ipswichpar Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 09:37 Celtic or Rangers? Reply |
| 5. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 10:53 None of the above. For clarity, daughter`s question wasn`t surprising and perfectly sensible. Can`t believe we were caught out by it, especially Mrs Riva as she doesn`t normally miss a trick. 😃 Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 6. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 11:07 Have you seen the Pars win withe the beard.  Reply |
| 7. Author: wee eck Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 12:20 Isn`t this a bit like asking `how long is a piece of string`? There are an infinite number of questions she could have asked. You say you and your wife were `astonished` but then you say the question `wasn`t surprising and perfectly sensible`. I don`t understand how both these statements can be true. Reply |
| 8. Author: PARrot Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 13:54 In the 1968 All England Sheepdog Trials, how many dogs were found guilty.. Reply |
| 9. Author: parsmad68 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 14:14 I asked AI and it says it cannot solve such riddles. 😂 Reply |
| 10. Author: mikeod Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 14:17 When did you shave your beard off? Reply |
| 11. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 16:02 mikeod, Mon 10 Nov 14:17 We have a winner, although Aaron Labonte had a good stab at it, realising the clue was in the OP. Well done, Mike. 👏 👏 👏 Mrs Riva and I were astonished because we never noticed, and our son never let on. It`s maybe more understandable coming from me as my observational skills are not great, but `er indoors never misses a trick.... 😃 Do we have a proper psychologist in the building who can explain in professional terms how it was possible for us to fail to spot such a massive detail? Neither of us can believe it, but it happened, 🤔 Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 12. Author: mikeod Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 16:08 As a bearded gent, I`ve had that experience when returning from a holiday when I removed my beard on a whim. My parents didn`t comment either! Mike Reply |
| 13. Author: parsmad68 Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 16:17 GG Riva, Mon 10 Nov 16:02 Cannot do the links thingy https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo?si=4DsLqnY0v_0woqRi Reply |
| 14. Author: wee eck Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 16:20 I`m confused, GGR. Does that mean your daughter hadn`t seen your son since Covid (which is why she mentioned his lack of beard) but you and your wife had, so were so used to having seen him without a beard that you thought nothing of it and had forgotten that he`d had one during Covid? Reply |
| 15. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 17:41 wee eck, Mon 10 Nov 16:20 My daughter saw her brother the week before he went on holiday, and a week after he got back , approx 4 weeks in total. He shaved his beard off last week after he came home - maybe anticipating a Scottish heatwave? 🤔 He`d had a beard for about 4 years, but my wife and I managed to somehow erase that from our memory banks. Mad, isn`t it? At least his sister spotted it. Not your average Sunday League player. Post Edited (Mon 10 Nov 18:11) Reply |
| 16. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 17:48 parsmad68, Mon 10 Nov 16:17 |
| 17. Author: wee eck Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 17:49 You know how I feel about so-called jokey comments about Alzheimer`s, GGR. They`re not funny at all. I recently lost a cousin to it. Reply |
| 18. Author: GG Riva Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 18:10 wee eck, Mon 10 Nov 17:49 Sorry, I didn`t know either about your cousin or your feelings. Otherwise, I`d never have joked about it. Please accept my sincere apologies. I, too, have lost a couple of aunts to this horrible illness, but I have a different approach to it from you. It works for me, but I understand that different people cope in different ways. Eta. I have removed the offensive remark from my previous post. Not your average Sunday League player. Post Edited (Mon 10 Nov 18:13) Reply |
| 19. Author: wee eck Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 18:44 Thanks for the deletion. I`m sure I`ve raised this before on here and you said you had a friend who had also called you out about such facetious comments. I must say it`s a strange coping mechanism that involves making fun of someone else`s misfortune. Reply |
| 20. Author: ipswichpar Date: Mon 10th Nov 2025. 18:51 I didn`t see the comment wee eck, but the ongoing lecture doesn`t seem entirely helpful to me. What`s wrong with leaving it at "thanks for respecting my views" and leaving it at that? Many have had traumatic things happen to them, and we choose to deal with things in different ways. Dark humour is a well used phrase as it is a common coping mechanism. Reply |
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