Archives for 2006
Frank Ribery? Gary Neville? Frank Ribery? Gary Neville?
FGW Alert: Tue 20/6/2006Full advertised serviceNat Rail: 08457484950 On arrival at the station I’m advised that my train is cancelled due to ‘technical difficulties’. WTF does that mean? How hard is it to send a text message advising your customers (I pay ?157.50 pcm) for this ‘service’ (the train not the text) of the actual, [...]
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Public manager | Leading questions: What are the main challenges to employing disabled people? Deep-rooted assumptions that disabled people are unemployable. Yet we have four government ministers who have a disability: David Blunkett, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw and John Prescott. As usually happens, I found this while looking for something else.Now, I think [...]
Dudek Surprised to Be Off Polish Squad – New York Times: (also http://sports.bostonherald.com/soccer/view.bg?articleid=141199) Jerzy Dudek was the man in front of the net who helped Liverpool win last year’s Champions League final, saving two penalty kicks against AC Milan in the shootout to complete the comeback win.Robert Pires was a key player in Arsenal’s run [...]
vorderman, originally uploaded by welovepandas. Carol Vorderman Please Stop Doing Secured Loan Ads Appeal I don’t think I really need to add anything else. Just click on the link and sign the petition. Sign up for MoneySavingExpert, too – do yourself a favour!
Big Phil Scolari? Big Ron Hoddle? Reading Big Phil’s words of wisdom I think we got off lightly. Surely Scolari was an accident waiting to happen – an unfortunate cross between Glenn Hoddle and Ron Atkinson? But congratulations to the English media for bullying this guy out of the job before he even accepted it. [...]
“Is an all-foreign Arsenal bad for English football?“ But if all our top teams are made up of non-Englishmen….
At least this morning I didn’t have to deal with the jobsworth ticket inspector who once tried to fine me £20 for sitting in First Class when it was standing room only. But there’s something quaintly old-fashioned about commuting to work everyday while modern technology means that I could do most of the work I [...]
A false smile can be hazardous to your health, leading to depression and other ailments, according to psychologists at Frankfurt University.
While some may consider Paul Merson’s later football career to be a joke, perhaps this is where he gets his sense of humour from? Not only does he look like Norman Lovett (aka Holly in Red Dwarf), they sound alike, too!
Am I missing the blindingly obvious? Or is Pete Burns trying to look like Dolly Parton Kenny Everett Cupid Stunt? I’m not the first person to notice the likeness between Pete and Dolly, but hasn’t anyone else?
United’s FA Cup tie with Wolves last weekend and Auntie’s “flashback” (Rio Ferdinand?), reminded me to finally get around to posting a few of my own memories, originally prompted by George Best’s sad demise in November. The only George Be… I got to see was the “Welsh Wolf” George Berry who could pass back [...]