CtS Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 A reading Champion who doesn't read books? That's a bit like being a striker who doesn't score goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 A reading Champion who doesn't read books? That's a bit like being a striker who doesn't score goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 My favourite book is Lord of the Rings although I haven’t read the book I have watched the films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyBiscuit Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 How the fuck did he get the gig as a Reading Champion? He was the only one who'd seen Lord of the Rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggy89 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have a feeling I may have stepped into a delorean fitted with a flux capacitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_min Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I'm 99% sure he was taking the piss with that interview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The record are having a field day today: Wealthy football fans from Aberdeen have been chartering a plane to follow Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United. (Daily Record) Aberdeen striker Darren Mackie has admitted he doesn not read books - after being chosen as a "reading champion" by his local school. (Daily Record) nice and quick on the uptake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Did they get stuck between "doesn't" and "does not"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrant Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The Record get their stories from Donstalk? I shouldn't be shocked really given their level of "journolism" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 This is getting ridiculous. Radio Scotland's morning phone-in "Call Kaye" had a section on Darren Mackie's lack of reading ability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 This is getting ridiculous. Radio Scotland's morning phone-in "Call Kaye" had a section on Darren Mackie's lack of reading ability Just seen this on mad - its gone international http://www.sofoot.com/mackie-champion-de-lecture-sans-lire-149620.html Mackie, champion de lecture sans lire Décidément, les footeux et et livres, ça fait deux, voire plus. Exception faite pour quelques joueurs comme Joey Barton qui lit depuis deux mois l’autobiographie de son entraîneur version "J’aime lire" - 50 pages, 40 images, du texte en taille 72 - les bouquins n’ont pas trop la cote dans la vie des footballeurs. Même pour Darren Mackie, joueur d’Aberdeen. Et pourtant l’Ecossais a tout de même été nommé « Reading champion » de l’école primaire de Meldrum, prix auquel postulaient aussi quelques professeurs: « Je ne lis pas de livre mais plein de magasines de voitures, de santé et revues d’intérêts généraux. J’adore tout ce qui est nouveau. Si je lisais des livres, ce ne seraient que des autobiographies, car j’aime savoir ce qui se passe dans la vie des gens. » Darren Mackie serait-il un génie ? C’est possible, car son auteur préféré a écrit des romans qu’il n’a jamais lu : « Même si je ne l’ai jamais lu, mon livre préféré reste le Seigneur des Anneaux. Les ouvrages doivent être bons puisque les films sont géniaux. Et J.R.R Tolkien est mon auteur préféré pour les mêmes raisons. » Mais le meilleur reste pour la fin, avec cette question: « Pourquoi êtes-vous un champion de la lecture? », le joueur d’Aberdeen répond : « Parce que j’adore le fait d’apprendre des choses quand je lis. » Vu la quantité de livres qu’il avale, il doit pas avoir appris grand chose... or for us who don't speak French (via google translate) Mackie, a champion of reading without reading Certainly, the soccer players and books, that makes two or more. Except for a few players like Joey Barton for two months that reads the autobiography of his trainer version of "I love to read" - 50 pages, 40 images, text, size 72 - the books are not too out of favor in the lives of footballers. Even Darren Mackie, Aberdeen player. Yet the Scot has still been called "Reading Champion" Meldrum Primary School, postulated as the price at which some teachers: "I ??do not read the book but full of car magazines, health and Journals general interests. I love everything that is new. If I read books, it would only be autobiographies because I know what's going on in people's lives. " Darren Mackie is he a genius? This is possible because his favorite author has written novels that he never read: "Even though I've never read my favorite book is Lord of the Rings. The works must be good since the films are great. And JRR Tolkien is my favorite author for the same reasons. " But the best is yet to finish with this question: "Why are you a champion of reading? "The Aberdeen player said," Because I love the fact learn things when I read. " Given the amount of books he eats, he must not have learned much ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubo72 Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 french cunts That's our intellectual credentials re-established, then... Tres bien. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octavion Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 oui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 This is getting ridiculous. Radio Scotland's morning phone-in "Call Kaye" had a section on Darren Mackie's lack of reading ability That is a dreadful program though. The people who phone in are absolute numpties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Actually, to be fair if he can string a sentance together in intelligble English he's smarter than most of "the boy's came on and did real well, y'know" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 That is a dreadful program though. The people who phone in are absolute numpties. To be fair I was listening to Good Morning Scotland and they were just advertising the programme, which you are correct is like any other phone in - full of fucking idiots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini59dons Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Actually, to be fair if he can string a sentance together in intelligble English he's smarter than most of "the boy's came on and did real well, y'know" Maths teacher right?? Sorry couldn't resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Glad one of you literate buggers actually noticed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_widdows Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Another classic example of peoples desires to be-little others to cover their own insecurities The issue here is not that a professional footballer isnt an intellectual but that the school saw fit to invite him in as a positive role model to encourage children to read more. Had they brought him in to encourage them how to run around alot or show them how to earn between 50-200k a year for the best part of a decade without being very good at their job then fine but when you think of intelligence does anyone here automatically think of a professional footballer? My old school managed to get Michael Morpurgo to visit them. The journos can say what they want (the standard of literacy in the media is getting worse by the way) but put them up against mackie on a football pitch and he would humiliate them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow sheep Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Not sure where to put this, makes you want to cry really: SPLstats QUIZ ANSWER: The most one-sided fixture since the start of the SPL has been Celtic v Aberdeen. Celtic have picked up 125 points v the Dons. SPLstats FOLLOW-UP QUIZ ANSWER: The most one-sided non-OF fixture is Hearts v Aberdeen. Hearts have picked up 90 points v the Dons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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