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Sky Sports Bias

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Thoroughly enjoyed Arsenal’s win over Chelsea. Only tarnished slightly by the total bias of the studio guests.

Andy Gray’s anti Arsenal bias is well known. But Jamie Redknapp was obviously feeling so bad after the game, that he didn’t want to talk about it. Understandable as his dad manages Spurs and his cousin was playing for Chelsea. But Ruud Gullit, didn’t give any credit at all to Arsenal for their comeback. So watching it you thought there was only one team in it, and a great injustice had been done.

Surely they could have balanced the panel with an ex Arsenal player ?

It’s been a terrible season so far. Or has it ? 7 points behind the leaders, and through to the second phase of the Champions League ….

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The referee’s a banker

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

I am about to make my debut as a ref this afternoon. It’s at Under 9’s level. I have a kids whistle, no cards, no stopwatch, and a pair of boots I haven’t worn for more than 10 years.

My lad keeps asking me if I can favour his team over the opposition.

I keep telling him that if he doesn’t behave himself I’m going to send him off.

I didn’t really want to do this, but the other 2 guys we’ve got who can ref are both away.

Will let you know later on how I get on, and whether the mums and dads are singing songs about me !

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Royal Bank of Shafted Tax Payers

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Fcuk me, we now own RBS!

I owe Natwest £20k so how about they knock-off my share of whatever mind-numbing figure UK tax payers have just got saddled with. Dunno about anyone else,  but I’d much rather we bought Woolies instead.

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Indian Commandos post

Friday, November 28th, 2008

In hindsight I’ve decided to delete my earlier post on the Indian Commandos. Having just seen the TV coverage it didn’t seem quite so funny.

Sometimes you don’t quite realise the extent of a situation and you make a bad judgement. Like my mate texting me jokes about buying some hardcore on September 11th, or the New Labour MP trying to bury bad news.

Yeah we can all have a laugh about Indian call centres or Vikas “Thickass” Shah is it a people problem or a process problem. But it didn’t seem quite right under the circumstances.

So while I categorised this post as humour ….. it was really bad humour

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What to do when you want to meet with Australian colleagues

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Well you arrange to meet halfway don’t you. Like a mate of mine did this week. You arrange a meeting in a halfway location. Like Bangkok. What could possibly go wrong

So what happens next….

The meetings go well, and it’s time to head home. This is where things start to head south. They get caught up in a military coup. The airport is blockaded and they can’t leave. He misses his flight and has to wait. People are getting desparate to leave the country and get back home. All trains down to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are booked up. A bunch of Americans he meets are so desparate to get home, they are driving to Cambodia, flying to Vietnam, and then from there to Hong Kong before flying home.

I’d rather be making my excuses at home, arranging a night out at Pussy Galore’s, and getting a boat out to Koh Samui, a few Singha beers, and the sun on your back until it all blows over.  When you are tired of Thailand …..

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X factor betting

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

And just for the entertainment value (yes, I agree with double bubble it is excellent modern day panto), here are the odds for the current X factor series.

Diana 13/8

Eoghan 5/2

Alexandra 9/2

JLS 10/1

Ruth 16/1 (just in case you weren’t paying attention last time, she’s the Spanish bird with the big jugs)

It’s good to see British musical talent breaking through like this. Shows what you can do with some top coaching and music industry support. These guys will be around long after Muse, The Killers, Fratellis etc. are forgotten.

Geek boy, mingey – stop taking life so seriously and start watching this one. You never know, you might enjoy it !!!

My money would be on Alexandra, but sneaky feeling Eoighan will get it on the teen girly vote

Anyone else enjoying this series as much as I am ???????

Posted in TV, Film and Music | 6 Comments »

Jack is Back

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Jack Bauer (aka mingey) is back on screens tomorrow night in a two hour special that bridges the gap between 24 Day 6 and Day 7. A 2 hour prequel to warm us up for Season 7 set in Africa and co starring Roberty Carlyle

Here is the plot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Redemption

And here is the preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6whQylqa5Ko

And a bit of background from Kiefer Sutherland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0nJ-4VwmI&feature=channel

I for one can’t wait, and will be watching it on Monday evening. 

This post is set up for a 24 discussion.

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Question : How Many Women With PMS does it take to change a light bulb ?

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Woman’s Answer :

One

ONLY ONE !!! And do you know WHY ? Because nobody else in this fkn house knows how to change a light bulb ! They don’t even know that the fkn bulb is burned out. They would sit there in the dark for 3 fkn days before they worked it out. And once they worked it out they wouldn’t be able to find the god damned light bulbs despite the fact they’ve been in the same cabinet for the last 17 years ! But if they did by some miracle of God actually find them, 2 days later the fkn chair they dragged to stand on to change the light bulb would still be in that same fkn spot !! And underneath it would be the packaging the freaking light bulb came in because no fkr ever picks up or carries out the rubbish !!! It’s a wonder we haven’t all suffocated from the piles of rubbish around this house !! It would take an army to clean this place. And don’t get me started on who changes the fkn toilet roll !!!

I’m sorry, what was the question ?

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Legislating on the world’s oldest profession

Friday, November 21st, 2008

“Excuse me love, but before I get started, would you just mind just telling me whether you have a pimp, or if you are an immigrant in a sex slave racket ?”

A few days late on this I know, but what do you think of Jacqui Smith’s smart new piece of legislation.

Easier to catch the punter than it is to catch the traficker …..

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What do you do with all that money you are saving on your mortgage

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Found this on the excellent Motley Fool ….. www.fool.co.uk …. and it made me laugh

What are you going to do with all that money you are saving on your mortgage payments ?

Gordon Brown : “Spend it”

Estate Agent : “Trade up”

Cautious Investor : “Stay in Cash for another 20 years”

Banker : “Do you want fries with that ?”

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