England v Germany

[gabi]

I saw an interview with Fat Frank recently where the interviewer was lauding him as having the highest IQ at Chelsea. Funnily enough, they didn't actually say what the IQ was though.

I reckon about 85.

It's in the high 150s. Which puts him easily into the top 1% in the country.

Anyway. Does anyone know who won yesterday? I had to fucking work!

 

[Lord Camomile]

It also fits in with "truth" and all those derivatives. over 800 years the precise usage varies a tad. But, if you are rueing, you are showing a degree of pity, and compassion. A lack of such things makes you ruthless

Huh, I thought rue was more like regret (for your own choices/fate), rather than pity or compassion.

Still, I think we're wandering off-topic a little here...

 

[Idaho]

It's in the high 150s. Which puts him easily into the top 1% in the country.

Anyway. Does anyone know who won yesterday? I had to fucking work!

Turkey beat Angola on penalties.

 

[Diamond]

It's in the high 150s. Which puts him easily into the top 1% in the country.

Anyway. Does anyone know who won yesterday? I had to fucking work!

Yep, Lampard is a remarkably bright character.

 

[belboid]

Huh, I thought rue was more like regret (for your own choices/fate), rather than pity or compassion.

Still, I think we're wandering off-topic a little here...

and i think we'll wander even further before sunday.....

Yes, rue means regret, but also invokes sorrow and repentance, with their concomitant feelings of pity & compassion. that's Olde English for ya

 

[gabi]

Best moment of yesterday's match. Brilliant.

 

[London_Calling]

He looked like he was jumping on Wayne Bridges' bed to me.

 

[gabi]

'A giant flying seal' was how my colleague put it

 

[Lord Camomile]

I gotta say, I do think it's quite impressive how he keeps his hands by his sides to make sure he doesn't handball it (after flailing them to get 'thrus', obviously); instinct would be to put them out to brace against the fall.

 

[Diamond]

Bit disappointing he didn't nut the ground outright.

"GET YER HEAD ON THAT!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[discokermit]

Best moment of yesterday's match. Brilliant.

with funnier sound,

 

[Proper Tidy]

It's in the high 150s. Which puts him easily into the top 1% in the country.

I don't believe that bollocks for a second. 150 my arse, the lad is dim as fuck.

Citation please.

 

[twister]

I know this is on Sunday - but what time?

2pm start on the BBC and a 5:10 finish.

so.. 3pm kick off?

 

[Diamond]

I don't believe that bollocks for a second. 150 my arse, the lad is dim as fuck.

Citation please.

http://www.google.co.uk/

 

[Proper Tidy]

"Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been hailed as a genius after recording an amazing IQ rating – just short of Albert Einstein."

Lol.

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/569498-lampards-iq-score-makes-him-a-genius

This is clearly bollocks.

 

[gabi]

From today's fiver...

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND, AND WE WILL KEEP LOSING PERSPECTIVE TIL THE END

All hail England, world champions 2010, conquerors of Euro 2012, and 9-0 victors over Brazil at the Maracana in the final of the 2014 World Cup. Yes, the sight of Jermain Defoe deftly guiding goals in with his tibia, Wayne Rooney scuffing one-on-one chances straight into the floor, Rooney being hauled off with some spurious ankle excuse, great hope Joe Cole coming on and doing eff-all and England's Brave and Loyal John Terry throwing himself around the penalty area like a roll of carpet being dumped out the back of a van at the council tip, has convinced the Fiver this England team have what it takes to triumph in South Africa. What a glorious team! What a glorious nation!

But how were the mighty Slovenians put to the sword? It seems the answer lies in a more laissez-faire and frankly English approach to management from the manager Fabio Capello. "They were allowed to drink beer before the game," revealed Don Capello, Fabio's brother. "You can ask them. It's true."

Sure enough, England hotshot Frank Lampard confirmed that "the offer was there, but I'm not sure anyone took him up on it. A lot has been made about the boredom in the hotel, but you can't come away for a month and live like a monk. The manager is aware of that. Sometimes those things are on offer and it's up to you if you take them. You might have one or two beers you don't have to have 10." An attitude which, coming from an English footballer, counts as both startling and progressive.

The free consumption of booze is a policy that has, of course, worked wonders in the past. Alf Ramsey famously allowed his 1966 squad to have a few glasses of Pressure Lifter during the finals that year, and look what happened there. Meanwhile Brian Clough got his Nottingham Forest side gaddered on Luncheon Drink ahead of their 1978 European Cup tie at Liverpool, and the 1979 League Cup final, matches both won by the Tricky Tanking Dipsomaniacs. And everyone was hammered on brandy and eggnog during the 1920s and 1930s, we think. The celebration of booze also ensures plenty of hilarious after-dinner anecdotes too, like when Tony Adams set off a fire extinguisher, or the time Stan Collymore set off a fire extinguisher. Can't wait for the stories of 2010 already!

 

[discokermit]

"Lampard scored 'well above 150'

Einstein had an IQ rating of 160 – the same as Microsoft founder Bill Gates - while Beethoven had a rating of 165 and Bill Clinton scored 137."

that's bollocks. the score is unmeasurable over two standard deviations above the norm (138ish?).

and how come a doctor is giving out such private information?

 

[Meltingpot]

"Lampard scored 'well above 150'

Einstein had an IQ rating of 160 – the same as Microsoft founder Bill Gates - while Beethoven had a rating of 165 and Bill Clinton scored 137."

that's bollocks. the score is unmeasurable over two standard deviations above the norm (138ish?).

and how come a doctor is giving out such private information?

I disagree. There's an especially hard IQ test which can measure to 4 s.d.s and above. I'll see if I can find it online.

 

[Rollem]

its germany v england on sunday, at 3pm. why the fuck are you discussing lampard's iq? who actually gives a shit?

 

[Lo Siento.]

we all know this is irrelevant right? Beat a couple of ok teams, and take our chances in the semis and final yeah. Win four consecutive games against Germany, Argentina, Spain and Brazil? Errrr... no.

 

[Diamond]

its germany v england on sunday, at 3pm. why the fuck are you discussing lampard's iq? who actually gives a shit?

I'll have you know that I'm passionate about Lampard's IQ.

 

[London_Calling]

I like the Lampard IQ story - as a perfect example of how it becomes true by the frequency of the (media) re-telling and without any reference to fact at any point.

Out of interest, why would Lampard have his IQ measured, and why would anyone care?

 

[gabi]

I like the Lampard IQ story - as a perfect example of how it becomes true by the frequency of the (media) re-telling and without any reference to fact at any point.

Out of interest, why would Lampard have his IQ measured, and why would anyone care?

No reason to doubt the story..

The tests were conducted by Brian English, the Chelsea club doctor, as part of research into how head injuries can affect footballers' neurological development.

"John Terry was in the top three, but Frank Lampard scored one of the highest set of marks ever recorded by the company doing the tests, and higher than me," Dr English said.

He declined to released the England midfielder's precise score, but the newspaper quoted sources claiming it was more than 150 on the IQ scale, putting him in the most intelligent 0.1 per cent of the population.

 

[Proper Tidy]

No reason to doubt the story..

Yes there is

John Terry was in the top three

 

[Meltingpot]

I disagree. There's an especially hard IQ test which can measure to 4 s.d.s and above. I'll see if I can find it online.

Have a look at this one;

http://www.eskimo.com/~miyaguch/ultra.html

It's way harder than any test psychologists use in IQ testing, AFAIK.

 

[Diamond]

Frank Lampard got 6 A's at A-level and was offered a scholarship to study mech eng by MIT.

 

[what]

Back to the game.
Will Emile play

http://www.fanchants.com/football-songs/england-chants/5-1-even-heskey-scored/

 

[Proper Tidy]

Frank Lampard got 6 A's at A-level and was offered a scholarship to study mech eng by MIT.

He must be some sort of genius

Lampard was educated at the fee-paying Brentwood School in Essex

 

[Meltingpot]

If memory serves, George Best had an IQ of about 157 as well.

 

[Rollem]

dear god..........