Frank Poole

Rugby player, runner, (soft) leaver, proud Cornishman, Francophile, lawyer

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@rosieICM Umm, they're both basically old enough to know what they're doing?

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@WhittakerHelen @GiveBloodNHS Yes just shows it's not quite as urgent as they are suggesting doesn't it. I got turned away for having iron levels of 134 rather than 135, then banned from donating for 3 months even though my iron levels might have been 135 one day later. It's a bit silly.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@HRWales1 @WhittakerHelen @GiveBloodNHS They test for iron before each donation though, so that's not an issue.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@GiveBloodNHS @NHS I tried to donate a couple of months ago and was turned away because my blood iron levels were 134 rather than 135. And I was then banned from donating for 3 months afterwards! Maybe look at how you could relax some of your own rules?

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@deathofbuckley @BraveSirRobin42 @portraitinflesh Come off it.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@implausibleblog Because it's mental?

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@MFTH61 @Dimonator That's why Murray checked first as to whether she would drop out even if she made the 2nd week. She said she wouldn't drop out (she even said so to the press!), then changed her mind. It was poor form.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@FI_IPOSCOUT @chrism_turner49 @Dimonator That's no big deal at all.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@MFTH61 @Dimonator Erm, because it's his swansong? Why shouldn't he?
Also - no, it's not "the most obvious caveat". She even said a couple of days ago that if she made the second round, she'd still do it. So you've made that caveat up.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@MattenisR @chrism_turner49 @Dimonator She isn't actually injured though. She just decided to let him down.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@FI_IPOSCOUT @chrism_turner49 @Dimonator Doesn't affect any other player though does it.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@chrism_turner49 @Dimonator Oh, OK, right if you believe that...

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@MFTH61 @Dimonator Yeah, with his $56m career winnings I am sure he is desperate.
If there had been such a caveat she would have said so now instead of pretending her wrist hurts.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@hoy_ian @Dimonator Wow fair enough! That's a lot of surgery to have between the time she said she'd do it, and the time she let him down.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@chrism_turner49 @Dimonator Don't sign up to do it in the first place then.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@MFTH61 @Dimonator Not every player would do this, because not every player would have signed up for it in the first place. She didn't have to sign up for it.
Putting yourself first, and letting others down, used not to be seen as a virtue, it used to be called selfishness.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@Corvid189592286 @nogoodgodss @_harrymcbeth @Houhot Bad take.

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@RonnieM9999 @Remainingareal1 @hughosmond @mcrtrader74 @IsabelOakeshott Let's see your numbers then?

[Frank Poole @plloover]

@RonnieM9999 @hughosmond @mcrtrader74 @IsabelOakeshott It's obviously both. Why don't you want to accept that immigraiton has a role?