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This is The Pub. We do what we like. Bartender, show this outsider the door!

It surely encourages you? I'll have you know we're leaving you Europeans to treat yourselves! http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2011/11/06/overseas-sri-lankan-doctors/

I should never have told you that. Damn my grandad for persisting to give his Catholic children Sanskrit names. Why couldn't you have given my dad a name that didn't say to the world "DOCTOR"? For those who don't get it, Tamil naming customs dictate that your surname is your fathers first name. I.e. I am Eric, son of XXXXX. If I were to persist with the tradition my children would be called XXXX Eric.

There are Muslims in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as well as Pakistan. Hindus are also spread throughout the subcontinent, though they aren't as geographically widespread- perhaps 1 in 100 Bangla's/Pakistani's are Hindu and 1 in 20 Sri Lankans, while the Muslim populations of India and Sri Lanka are roughly 10% and well above 90% in Bangladesh and Pakistan. So if you see a Hindu name odds on the person is Indian but there's a slight chance of them not being Indian. And if it's a Muslim name you've got a 1 in 4 chance of correctly calling the nationality. In a stupid twist of fate there are more Muslims in India than there are in Pakistan.

You can't tell, a Pakistani looks much the same as a Sri Lankan/Southern Indian except they typically have lighter skin. Names don't give away that much, either.

Eh? India is the largest country in South Asia...

WHS was playing on a stereotype that the majority of doctors in a lot of Western countries (including the UK, I'd imagine) are Indian/South Asian. It's really no fun. A couple of years ago I went to see my family in India and Sri Lanka. Both sides of the family asked me this question at least 3 or 4 times: 'So, Eric, when are you becoming a doctor?' Me: Never. 'Oh, you want to become an engineer? Great.' Me: ....

A cocktail of cocaine, EPO and diuretics (used to mask the presence of EPO from anti-doping agencies) is lethal. To save his image, the coroner would have pronounced the cause of death to be cocaine only. No one wants to hear that a legend like Il Pirata was doped to the eyeballs, even though everyone knows it.

Funny thing about that, is my surname, when translated to English, actually means 'the king of medicine'. It was written in the stars

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What if the EPO kills me? Like it nearly killed Fabrice Muamba and like how it killed Antonio Puerta, Marc-Vivien Foe and Dani Jarque?

Do you know who that is? Marco Pantani (13 January 1970 – 14 February 2004) was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers in professionalroad bicycle racing.[1][2] He won both the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 1998, being the first Italian since Felice Gimondi in 1965 to win the Tour de France. He is the last cyclist to win the Giro and the Tour in the same year. His attacking style and aggressive riding turned him into a fan favorite in the late 1990s. He was known as 'Il Pirata' because of his shaved head and the bandana and earrings he always wore.[3] At 1.72 m and 57 kg, Marco Pantani had the classic build for a mountain climber.[4] His style contrasted with that of time-trialling experts such as the five-times Tour winner Miguel Indurain.[5] Although he never tested positive, his career was beset by doping allegations. In the 1999 Giro d'Italia, he was expelled due to his irregular blood values. Although he was disqualified for "health reasons", it was implied that Pantani's high haematocrit was the product of EPO use. Following later accusations, Pantani went into a depression from which he never fully recovered. He died of acute cocaine poisoning in 2004. edit: WHOA MINDFUCK, HE SHARES MY BIRTHDAY. I'm paranoid I'll die at 34 as well now.

At least I keep my spamming in this thread!

See this is why I'm nervous. You're so eager There aren't any, I don't have a facebook anymore.

I can't believe the racist wankers at Cricket Australia have turned down Waqar Younis' application to be Australia's new bowling coach. He would have been perfect for honing the skills of the multitude of young Australian quicks. But no, because he's Pakistani and got the ball to reverse swing, he automatically was ball tampering

Saw this just then: Time to call back the loans from "Mes que un Business" and "LOS GALACTICLOLS".

10:32 pm, I'll probably sleep in another half an hour or so. I can't guarantee when I'll come on this forum after I wake up but its probably 12 or so hours away.

Fine, I'll take a webcam photo in the morning (my eyes are bloodshot and I'm pretty tired atm). In the mean time, a description can be enough for your imagination. Tall, thin, dark skin, black curly hair.

You scare me because of the monkey. I posted my face at the top of the page.

@Kojo, @manpe, Okay, I shall. This is what I look like. I swear.

I've got to learn to post like BlueLion/Alex (Spike, bail me out with a clever portmanteau). He's one of the most prolific posters on here but to the naked eye there appear to be far more frequent posters than him. That's his greatest skill.

Yes to the first, and no to the second. You scare me a little

I broke my own record today. Earlier it was about 130. It's only been some 26 hours since I was on ~4970

Fantasy Premier League points?

No, he won't. If we keep 20 clean sheets with Mikel on the pitch and he starts all 38 games (unlikely), then his score will be 96. DM's just don't pay.