The much lauded ‘magic of the FA Cup’ is a euphemism for total mis-matches. We love them. Because it elevates (or perhaps ‘lowers’) the concept of ‘underdog’ to levels not normally encountered. When Chelsea play Watford, (or in fact when they play Liverpool, as they do tonight), the team not Chelsea is the underdog. Because – Read More-
Donald Trump has banned all Syrians, Iranians, Somalians, etc, etc, from entering his country. We only want to ban one person. Him. The petitions have started, the protests and marches will be appearing at a Trafalgar Square near you any time soon, to stop the President of the Unaaarted Stayytes of Aaaameyrica coming to these – Read More-
Men and women have certain differences. Chromosomal. Genetic. You can’t argue with science. Well, you can but then you’d probably be some kind of bible-basher, they argue with science all the time. Though about men and women the bible-bashers would be the last to argue any form of blurred lines. Men are men, they wear – Read More-
How much do you like traffic wardens? Parking charges?? I know, I know, these are emphatically first world problems, or more precisely, they are inner city first world problems. In the countryside you can park on a cow. By the stables. Up a tree. Anywhere. The only yellow lines there are when someone has pissed – Read More-
Do you use ‘waze’? The sat-nav system favoured by Uber and so many others that Google bought the company a few years back. Its not just a ‘shortest distance between two points’ kind’a deal. Nothing like. It ‘knows’ where the traffic is, the roadworks, the speed cameras, and it avoids them. And it is, quite – Read More-
I was watching some football a couple of months ago; I know, its unusual. But I was. And Spurs superstar midfield genius and vunderkind, Dele Alli, appeared to have what I thought was a new tattoo. Nothing new there, footballers and tattoos. Its like love and marriage, horse and carriage, lawyers and divorce. Even though – Read More-
So Cameron’s Folly takes another little turn. The biggest mistake of the ex-PM’s life and career (other than forgetting to take his baby son when leaving a pub and driving off, but we’re all human) has become Theresa May’s gift that keeps on giving. She had Brexit thrust upon her, but that could be her – Read More-
We almost made it through the first weekend of Trump without a problem. Almost. Then the toys started getting thrown out of the Presidential Pram. And we learned a new phrase. That may define the up-coming term of presidency. I hope not, but you kind’a think it will. Coined yesterday by child-of-the-devil Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s – Read More-
When is a penalty not a penalty? When the ref doesn’t give it, that’s when. Similar to ‘when is a handball not a handball’? Unless its perpetrated by ‘our side’ rather than yours. Here’s the rule. Andy’s rule. Ready? At the end of the game you add up all the goals, allocate them numerically to – Read More-
Well, we’ve all survived the first 18 hours of the Trump presidency. In fact its gone rather well, so far. The sun still rose this morning, the tennis court still managed to accumulate sufficient fucking frost to render any play impossible, Tai Chi was still life-changingly awesome and no nukes fell anywhere in the world. – Read More-