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It’s come to something
when the corrupt ex-head of FIFA calls out the current head of FIFA for being corrupt. I guess that’s the way the world is these days though. These people make the rules, but they’re for everyone else to follow whilst … Continue reading
The Sunday Times is left wing?
That’s certainly the impression Robert Jenrick MP (moron in parliament) seemed to give yesterday and there have been many comments on social media about it since, in particular pointing out that the paper has almost always supported the Conservatives at … Continue reading
Given all the press coverage
of a certain wedding in New York this weekend, I thought I should offer my own “shorthand” for referring to the happy couple: Traylor You heard it here first.
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The jokes pretty much make themselves up
Lamb kebabs containing little (or no) actual lamb. You’ve got to be kidding! It’s been a few decades since I last ate a kebab from a kebab shop, but I think everyone was always aware that the meat was hardly … Continue reading
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An unfortunate choice of words?
Actually, it’s a very poor choice of words, given that it could mean that either player won.
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Seems bizarre to me…
As Germany and Paraguay go to penalties to decide their World Cup match, it strikes me as very odd that commentators bang on about their history in penalty deciders. How, for example, would the result of a shoot-out sixteen years … Continue reading
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“International rescue teams arrive in Venezuela”
Am I the only one thinking “F.A.B. Virgil” ?
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Unexpected item in the lunch area
We’re close, but don’t quite have tomatoes ready in the polytunnel yet, so we’re still unhappily having to buy them. Whilst assembling my lunch I came across this pair of Siamese tomatoes. Or are we supposed to call them “conjoined … Continue reading
This is a nation-wide event
Coverage in the media, etc. etc. You’d think they could actually get someone to proof-read their listings then, wouldn’t you?