On a scale of 1 to 7.5, rate each of these things for stupidity, with ‘1’ being ‘actually quite sensible really’ and 7.5 being ‘ARE YOU FUCKING MENTAL????’ Goddit? Playing tennis with a dodgy shoulder when everyone’s told you not to. Losing 2-1 to Manchester City after being a goal to the good. Having a – Read More-
Read a very interesting yet odd article the other day by the Vatican’s Chief Astronomer. Can’t remember his name but it sounded a bit like a pasta dish. Who knew that the Vatican had astronomers? Yet they do. They’re into science. Apparently. And this dude was trying to find an explanation for the Star of – Read More-
So Mezud Ozil and Alexis Sanchez are in deep talks with Arsenal about their new contracts. Which they don’t give a shit about. And the money on offer, which they really, really do. They earn 140k a week (a fucking WEEK!!!!) but want 250k. Like Pogba. Fine. Then Oscar, Brazilian not-quite-superstar-enough to play regularly for – Read More-
Thursday. We’re off. India. Land a million curries. A billion people. 42,000 known forms of stomach upset. 1200 Hindu Gods. With 92000 limbs between them. And lots of curries. Did I mention those already? Good. I love curry. But that always supposes we take off from Heathrow. The weather’s nothing special, no ice, no snow, – Read More-
They’ve finally ‘liberated’ Aleppo. Hooray. The good guys marched in and outed the bad guys and they’ll all live happily ever after. That can only be good news. But for whom? Well its good news for Assad, because he gets his country back. What’s left of it. And its good news for Russia, because they’ve – Read More-
Its a funny ole game, is football. Jimmy Greaves words, set in stone, the foundation block of the apparently random and capricious nature of football. Any team can beat any team; on the day. Anything can happen. As they often do. Shitty teams beat high flyers, top teams fail to finish things off, last minute, – Read More-
Don’t know if you realise but Christmas is fast approaching. If the endless ads on tv didn’t alert you to this, nor the lights on every street, nor the 7 miles queues for every shopping centre in the land, then that’s just because you’re either stupid or, like me, in denial. But you can only – Read More-
Someone kindly sent me an amazing set of photos. Yesterday, the day Theresa May announced a formal definition of antisemitism for the UK, in case people don’t know what the term means, a set of quite incredible old photos arrived in my in-box which certainly relate to the term. This one is my favourite because – Read More-
Look at this ‘table’: 1. Chelsea 2. Manchester United 3. Liverpool 4. Manchester City 5. Arsenal 6. Spurs Now look at the league table: 1. Chelsea 2. Arsenal 3. Liverpool 4. Man City 5. Spurs 6. Man United. The first table is the ‘most hated football team’ as voted by groups of fans representing all – Read More-
My mate Rob, with whom I’ve worked for 12 years, never willingly moves. He doesn’t gym, he doesn’t play anything more taxing than an a cd and he won’t walk if a bus can take him there in just twice as long. He’s a bit overweight. Yet he never has an ache, a pain, a – Read More-