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Football Gossip: If In Doubt, Make Something Up 14 Jan 2010 | 08:39 pm
One of my favourite parts of football gossip is what is known as “the transfer rumour”. This is when your local newspaper links your local football club with at least three or four new players in ever...
Newcastle Supporters Trust: A lot to swallow 13 Jan 2010 | 08:04 pm
I’m generally in favour of the aims of the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST). I’m a Newcastle fan, and I think it would be great for fans of the club to own a stake in the club (or even to full...
Alibhai-Brown: A Dangerous Moderate? 13 Jan 2010 | 12:26 am
I read an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in yesterday’s independent. I presume she’d describe herself as a moderate as she states she’s against the burkha. But while I found the article she had writt...
To The Spammer… (SFW) 10 Jan 2010 | 11:25 pm
…who has asked me about 80 times in the last week if I know where to get ‘pussy movies’, so here’s two of my favourites. Cat Man Do Ninja Cat
Bad Ecclesiastical Hurting 9 Jan 2010 | 08:51 pm
I don’t know if any of my readers remember the spoof news show “The Day Today”, which produced a news item (featuring Steve Coogan) as a bullying bishop. It would appear however that this wasn’t quit...
Wootton And Co 8 Jan 2010 | 08:50 pm
Okay, there’s been a lot of things in the media recently about Muslims — it’s just a bit of a shame that the whole “protester” and “terrorist” aspects seem to have been shoved together by some sources...
Emergency Web Updates Are Snow Joke 7 Jan 2010 | 11:00 pm
Right: let’s just get this straight. On Tuesday night, overnight, there was what is known in meteorological circles as a ruddy great lot of snow over North-East England. As this was expected, accordin...
ThePickards Awards: Parliamentary Tache Of The Year 2009 Finalists 7 Jan 2010 | 08:03 pm
Tom Watson MP made a throwaway comment on twitter yesterday which introduced me to the idea of the Parliamentary Tache of the Year. So, at a time of year when politics seems to be even more back-biti...
27 Ways To Spot A Scam Lottery Win 6 Jan 2010 | 08:21 pm
…at least, according to this email I received. See if you can spot the cues that made me suspect that it might not be entirely genuine… I reckon there are three clues in the header alone. From: “UK ...
Orrorscowp 5 Jan 2010 | 08:44 pm
I’m not a great believer in astrology. Well, I say that, but that’s not entirely accurate. I actually think it’s a complete load of utter tosh. I’m prepared to accept that, for various seasonal reason...
