Full disclosure - I’m a lifelong Newcastle United fan.
Yeah, it’s quite the cross to bear. But this is not partisan. Football is about two things that are not mutually exclusive. It is of course a sport, a game, a pastime… That is my eperience from “jumpers for goal-posts” kick abouts in parks (I was [...]
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Horror Footie
The World is Mad!
I just heard Cherie Blair is to be made a CBE for “Services to Charity” and “Women’s Issues”. Now to be fair to Ms Booth she has advanced the position dramatically of at least one woman. Or perhaps she ought to have got it for “Services to Drama” for she (a) owns the world’s largest [...]
Tomorrow belongs to Boris
Who let’s be fair he is hardly an Adonis. But then neither is Lord Adonis. He sounds like a wrestler or porn star. He looks like this. The only six pack he ever got was from the offie.
But moves are afoot to expand school sports after the storming successes of Team GB*. Sorry I [...]
Pic of the Day.
No wonder he ran so fast! Isn’t that Tony Blair coming up behind him?
Men’s Rings.
I might have a puerile Viz educated sense of humour but…
The current Google Doodle is in honour of “London 2012 Men’s Rings”.
Jus’ sayin’.
Beach Volleyball
I used to play volleyball at school and was noted for having a JDAM of a serve.
I liked it because it was mixed PE and that meant there were girls. Obviously this was preferable to always being second-row in the Rugby scrum. I watched some of the beach volleyball last night - GB v the [...]
Hell’s Bells!
RING IN THE OLYMPICS! Aunique bell-ringing event will soon be taking place nationwide.
Martin Reed, the Turner-prize-winning artist and musician was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad to create a piece to welcome the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games.
“Work No.1197. All the bells in the country rung as quickly and loudly as possible” by Martin, a [...]
ZIL lanes in London.
Here’s an interesting point. The Soviet ZIL lanes allowed emergency services such as the fire brigade and ambulances and such to use them. This is not the case for London. Oh, no… There was a bloke on the BBC News who runs a medical products delivery business. He reckons his van drivers won’t be able [...]
Push-me Pull-me justice
If you’ve been paying attention over the last few years, it is clear how the elite see the rest of us. We are little more than farm yard animals to be cajoled and compelled and banned from doing things, lectured and hectored at will, and above all taxed. We maybe shot if it suits the government [...]
Two World Wars and One World Cup (and the Americans).
This is a gem of idocy from Walter Ellis of the Telegraph…
Most of the world, China now included, views football as the number one team game. You had only to turn on your television or pick up a newspaper in England’s final days in Euro 2012 to realise that, for the English, beating the Germans [...]
UEFA 2012
I am watching the whatever that is the Czech Republic against Russia. I missed the Polish-Greek 1-1 draw. I shall never forgive myself.
The Czechs are 2-0 down at half time and Roy (stick it up his bollocks) Keane recently opined that the Czechs just need to “hoof it up to the six-yard area and hope [...]
Jessica Ennis is fat.
This is Jessica Ennis…
Obviously, I think you will all agree she is a right bloater. Unlike this kid, obviously, for whom a trip to hospital required structural engineering…
My personal take is, well, personal. Last night, after my wife had gone to sleep I watched Springer and he had two lasses fighting over a bloke [...]
Manchester 10km
On Sunday my wife completed the Manchester 10km run. I saw her off at the start and mooched around town carrying her bag of stuff. Alas the finish line wasn’t really an option for me because we were already utterly confused by the maps (despite knowing Manchester well) and we wisely decided to meet in [...]
Sunday Night Blues…
Last night I watched “Match of the Day”. Of course I did because this has been a great football season. Am I the only person who believes Alan “Woeful” Hansen is a self parody? Is there some prophecy on Merseyside that if he ever smiles the Liver Building collapses or something? Alan Shearer* looked like [...]
Fails.
Every morning I have a shower and a tea and watch the BBC News Channel (I probably would watch Sky News except the editorial is identical and they have adverts and all I want is to discover the basics. It is currently on about the Olympics because they are lighting the torch. According to the [...]
