I’m with you. Powerful people and people adjacent to power joking about using that power in any way is never not anything but the absolute opposite of funny.

You seem to be confusing us with a province whose most famous fan has not just won another major…

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You think this behaviour is the behaviour of someone who is confident about his team’s chances?!

Gonna say it, most enjoyable #MunsterWeek in years!

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Me too...

It must be truly awful living with me.

#MrsPferd, who does not know the book or the characters is being driven to distraction by this. Meanwhile, I’m wondering how long I can keep enjoying this without saying anything before it becomes “a big thing”...

Reading #BabyPferd the Magic Faraway Tree. A character called Saucepan Man wears pots and that and always mishears stuff in a funny rhyming way ‘cos his ears are shot. #BabyPferd is has started copying it. “It’s warm, I don’t want to wear a bat,” that kind of thing.

If it means I don’t have to hear Ferris isn’t on comms, I’m going to endorse this!

Unreal, usually they don't get injured until just before they arrive!

Started out a wee tighthead before a grew a bit taller and narrower and moved to blindside. Checking flights from Berlin to Shannon right now 😂

Jeez, Munster pals, imagine you'd lose to a team this decimated by injuries. Sort of thing a province already in trouble might struggle to come back from. No pressure, eh? No pressure.

Can Lowry play prop?

Fair play, Maz. Even just contemplating going about doing that is giving me heart palpitations.

All that being entirely muscle and muscle is why they call me Das Neilpferd…

Anyone have Callum Black's phone number?

Steve (a Corkman): “You know what, lads, that red, white and blue is a classy auld combination, what?”

Look, ultimately, we all know that the only major difference between the Taytos is that in the south, the crisps become the literal, physical body of Mr Tayto. In the north, the eating of the crisps is more often taken to be more metaphorical.

I'll tell you when the youngest hits 14 😂

Au contraire. Standard error of a sample of two is zero and the experiment was administered by a scientist trained in such tests (me). Participants too young to have cultural biases or past exposure. All done in the same environment (a rental car on our last trip home). You'll never see better data.

My kids on a blind taste test:

#BabyPferd:

Blue: "Get those away form me, I can't tolerate to be near that smell."
Yellow: "I could eat these if I was really hungry."

#WeePferd:

Blue: "*munch munch munch*"
Yellow: "*munch munch munch*"

Yellow the clear victor across the two.

While you're at it, I'd say you should take the chance to revise your opinion on the Taytos.

I can vouch for this. Went to a nice craft beer pub with James in Edinburgh and he was giving off that there was no Harp... 👀

Do you even have Taytos in Munster? Based on other products, I’d honestly assumed you’d just have some knock-off version of the market leader that you’ve all agreed to insist is better despite all obvious evidence to the contrary…

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Anyway, get a load of me being all serious and nice and chatting away all civilised with two Munster fans when it's an interpro game week...

I'd also say that perspective has something to do with it. From where Ulster were last season, this season is in near-miracle territory. Munster, by contrast, look poorer overall. And, let's not forget, you've amassed fully half of your league points so far this season in the first five games.

Also, the basic premise of the OP is just wrong. As a frequent traveller, I can confidently say that the cumulative amount of time I've wasted in airports from missing a risky connection is significantly greater than that wasted from taking more cautious connections or arriving a bit early.

“Youse”

I’ve done this a few times with books, especially in very long series, and I’ve lost track of what I’ve read or not but losing awareness of the whole concept of something existing is definitely a new one for me 😂