they seek him ere they seek him there

that donny boy gets everywere

 

More than often

he's inside his sister or up his dad. (Well, he's not sure it's his dad but it'll do for this month).

 

are you looking forward to your thrashing tonite then OHH DONNY BOY....cant wayt till tonite

 

already booked me day off 4 the semi.s

 

no point in that was there....you wont reach semi's

 

already booked me day off 4 the semi.s

ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff do you do stand up?.

 

BET YA 50,000 BANJO.S WE DO

 

personally

I hope it goes to extra time and penalties and Donny win so that they have more games to play-it will tell on their rather unfit squad as the season draws to a close

 

RE: personally

unfit their like Gladiators,are say Gladiators.

 

it's they're not their

like these??</p>



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RE: it's they're not their

AYE BEATEN 4 TIMES BY A BUNCH A LASS,S WI FAT ARSE,S.WORLD BEATERS AREN,T YAff

 

try reading this-if you can read that is??

http://www.apostrophe.fsnet.co.uk/</p>

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i dunt play banjo...i play trumpet and im proud..pf

 

come on -it's not that long!

 

wots the D for [D,INGLE]

 

RE: come on -it's not that long!

i know...i mean why do you use comma's instead of apostraphes

 

so you haven't read it then??

and it's(correct use of apostrophe) d not D-try turning the CAPS LOCK off</p>

 

RE: wots the D for [D,INGLE]

and you spell that...DINGLE (no comma)

 

it doesn't(again) half take you a long time to grasp things

there's (again) about 3 minutes between each of your posts!

 

SORRY BUT...

I,VE GOT A QUARTER FINAL TO GET READY 4,AND I EXPECT MOST OF YOU LOT WILL BE DOWN AT THE CAP CLUB TANEET,