I competed in a triathlon yesterday. It was hard but infinitely rewarding. There again I’d been training for ages so my body was primed and ready. The first ‘leg’ of the triathlon was football; Spurs playing Crystal Palace, which I didn’t see all of but enough to qualify. And enough that Spurs won, however shoddily, – Read More-
If Chelsea played Dagenham & Redbridge, what are the chances of the Dags winning? Would Costa get all 11 sent off? What would the bookies say? If a World Chess Grandmaster played Ole Bill from darn the pub, who’d put their money on Bill? If a Ferrari raced a Morris 1000; which would win? Yet – Read More-
Apropos of nothing… my favourite phrase. Everything I have said, do say and will say could probably be preceded by that disclaimer. I like irrelevant. I like disconnected. I like nothing. And I like joining up the dots, however out there those dots may be. So this week they’ve been talking on the news each – Read More-
altogether now: HE SHOOTS; HE SCORES; HE EATS YER LABRADORS; SON HEUNG MIN; SON HEUNG MIN… (repeat and rinse). I’d firstly like to thank Spurs Paul for introducing me to that wonderful little ditty about our new striker, even though its an obviously facile and insulting stereotype of the entire Korean race. Its racist and – Read More-
We had a demonstration in Fleet Street yesterday. A bunch of very wet people marching down the road in the pouring rain, escorted by the police, banging a bloody drum and not doing much else. There was a banner or two but they didn’t actually state what the protest was about, nor who the protesters – Read More-
Britain has never been very good at sit-coms. Ok, there was Fawlty Towers, the best sit-com the world has ever seen, and a few other notables, mainly anything with Leonard Rossiter. And there was Ab Fab. But the rest were and are simply awful. On the Buses. Love thy neighbour. And then Citizen Smith came – Read More-
Busy day yesterday. Jewish New Year. We’re in 5776 now, having evolved before normal people. So I went to synagogue to pray for your sins. (I don’t sin). And pray for the Lord to forgive you (I’ve done nothing to forgive) and to work out how you can be a better person in the forthcoming – Read More-
if the season finished now, Man City would be champions. United runners up. Crystal Palace would be in the Champions League. Spurs would just avoid relegation, by one point and Chelsea would be just one place above that. Ok, so probably not much change at the top, if we’re looking for some kind of prophecy – Read More-
Jeremy Corbyn is the new leader of the labour party. Its official. The hustings are over, the speechifying done, the voting voted and nearly 60% of those eligible to do so put the Corbyn-meister at the head of their parliamentary party. Well done Jeremy. You ridiculous, anachronistic, throw-back, blinkered, single-minded tosser. Though I have a – Read More-
Ever been shown a new ‘game’ by someone. Preferably by someone of a competitive bent. And as you play the game, they kind’a invent rules that have but one purpose; to ensure that they win. Ahh, no, if you hit the ball out on the RIGHT, like I did, you win the point, but on – Read More-