In the France/Portugal match tonight there was a whole 2 minutes between John Motson saying “I don’t think there’s been a card yet in this game” and the ref giving a yellow card, which must be some sort of record. When the commentator makes that sort of remark there is normally a booking within 10 […]
Entries from July 5th, 2006
Blink and you will miss it
July 5th, 2006 · Comments Off on Blink and you will miss it · Technology, Work
My workplace was on the BBC London news on Monday evening. Last Thursday some cameras turned up and spent an amount of time filming. Not sure how long as I made sure I was out to lunch at the time, but they were shown around, had everything explained to them and they filmed people at […]
Ian Wright Wright Wright
July 5th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
I saw something truly amazing on TV tonight. After the highlights of the Germany/Italy semi-final there was a small piece of film of Ian Wright looking round the art exhibits in the building where the BBC have their temporary studio. I have a lot of time for Ian Wright, and did even before he moved […]
Nanny State
July 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Give me the nanny state and give it to me now! On Sunday I realised that those laws about not being able to do your own electrical work were not just nannying for the sake of it – they are to protect idiots like me from themselves and should be extended to include the installation […]
Tags: Doh!
Public meeting about antisocial behaviour
July 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Public meeting about antisocial behaviour · Politics
Tonight there was a partially successful public meeting in the Broadfield community centre about antisocial behaviour – it all depends on how you define success. Obviously the wider problems of antisocial behaviour were not solved, and no individual problems were solved, so if anyone had turned up expecting a magic wand to be waved they […]
Tags: Broadfield·Broadfield Forum·BYCC·CAB·Crawley·Crawley Council·Crime/ASB·Police·WSCC
Rooney v Ronaldo
July 3rd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
After the game yesterday, Alan Hansen (or maybe it was Alan Shearer) said that after the part Ronaldo played in Rooney’s sending off he would not be surprised if Rooney “stuck on on him” in the changing rooms back at Old Traford. Even more likely if Rooney has seen the Ronaldo wink which the cameras […]
Tags: Football·World Cup 2006
Happiness of the Katakuris
July 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Happiness of the Katakuris · Life
Tonight I got round to watching the DVD of Happiness of the Katakuris, which I bought in the HMV sale the other day. By the end of it I was really not sure whether I liked it or not. I don’t think I would be in a hurry to watch it again, but there are […]
Goriest goof?
July 3rd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
The Internet Movie Database is a mine of information. For just about any film you can think of it lists the cast, crew, story, promotional tagline and all sort of other stuff including ‘goofs’ and ‘trivia’. Goofs are things like anachronisms (someone wearing a watch in Gladiator), continuity errors (a 4-engine 747 taking off but […]
England: the verdict
July 2nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I don’t like to mindlessly criticise the England team or manager. I try to be logical and think that the manager must know a lot more than me and have access to all sorts of information I don’t. As for the players, how can I criticise them when I can hardly kick a ball straight […]
Tags: Football·West Ham·World Cup 2006
Look on the bright side
July 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Look on the bright side · Life
I tried to cheer myself up by thinking of the positive results of England losing to Portugal, but all I could come up with was: Jayne has now removed all the England crap from the car. Thats a big plus. The flags were naff but harmless but the England sunshields in the rear passenger windows […]
Tags: Driving·Football·World Cup 2006
