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Entries from July 8th, 2006

Foreign accent syndrome

July 8th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics

Although it has featured everywhere as the light-hearted news item, it can't be much fun for Linda Walker, the 60-year-old geordie woman who woke up from a stroke with a Jamaican accent. However, the condition may be more widespread than we thought, with an epidemic inside the Labour party.  The government benches are full of […]

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World Cup Stars

July 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on World Cup Stars · Life

FIFA have named their ‘squad of the tournament‘ and there is actually an English player in it – John Terry. I think Rio actually did better than him, but never mind. The whole squad is: Buffon (Italy), Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal); Ayala (Argentina), Terry (England), Thuram (France), Lahm (Germany), Cannavaro (Italy), Zambrotta (Italy), Carvalho (Portugal); […]

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Synchronicity

July 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Synchronicity · Life

The other day I bought a pain aux raisin from the Whistlestop in Waterloo station.  The girl at the till had a name badge which said Sultana.

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