this officially gets weirder!

[shrimperman]

In 1981...

Prince Charles got married.
Coronation Street's Ken and Deirdre got married.
There was a new Doctor Who.
Liverpool won 17 league games and finished 5th in the table.
Norwich and Crystal Palace were relegated.
Liverpool won the European Cup.
Southend got promoted
Lincoln were runners up
West Ham United were promoted to Division 1.

In 2005...

Prince Charles got married.
Coronation Street's Ken and Deirdre got married.
There was a new Doctor Who.
Liverpool won 17 league games and finished 5th in the table.
Norwich and Crystal Palace were relegated.
Liverpool won the European Cup.
Southend got promoted
Lincoln were runners up
West Ham United Promoted to the top flight.


Conclusive proof life is scripted and fake.

 

[palexander]

Didnt the Pope die in '81 too?

 

[grayhound]

Southend got promoted

 

[shrimperman]

im assuming southend didnt get promoted greyhound?!? i wasnt too sure and couldnt be bothered to check the stats - it was posted on the orient board, probably explains why!! sorry lads

 

[Uncle_Rons_Teapot]

Quote[/b] (pboreham @ May 31 2005,13:05)]Didnt the Pope die in '81 too?

the pope died in 79

 

[HUMBLEPIE]

Yeah but nobody told him until 1981

 

[overseas shrimper]

The Pope was shot in '81... and died in this promotion year... so sort of a link there.

 

[Shrimp in a Kilt]

Quote[/b] (shrimperman @ May 31 2005,13:08)]im assuming southend didnt get promoted greyhound?!? i wasnt too sure and couldnt be bothered to check the stats - it was posted on the orient board, probably explains why!! sorry lads

Season 1980-81
Football League Division 4
Champions
Manager: Dave Smith
Chairman: Frank Walton
Finished: 1st - Cups: FAC R1 - LC R1
Player of the season: Derek Spence
Leading goalscorer: Derek Spence(21)

 

[shrimperman]

Many thanks Siak, so afterall there is significance with the 81 hoodoo season. very, very weird

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Yep they were making all those comparisons before the Champions League final too, weird

 

[GoochDogHighFives]

Sorry if this has already been posted

Subject: Scary History - 100 years of separation !


Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.


Lincoln's Secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln,was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.


Lincolnwas shot at the theatre named 'Ford.'

Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a
warehouse.

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a
theatre.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.


A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was "in" Marilyn Monroe..!

 

[Thenewblue]

 

[GoochDogHighFives]

I did say sorry in advance:(

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

I started secondary school in 1981 and am about to start working in a new secondary school. Weird?