Martin Gillingham column Evening Post 29/4/10

Now, in the past I may have said a nasty thing about this lovely journalist. Something along the lines of "Don't ever read his column if you are in Nottingham" may have been written. For that I apologise mainly because I have had to agree with soem of the stuff he has written lately.
And today he has written an absolute blinder of an article! For 2 reasons:
1. It had a go at Liverpool FC
2. It had a go at overpaid, celebraties that we call Premiership footballers!
I to was wound up with news reports of "Liverpool's epic journey" to Sapin last week. Get a life! Anyone would think they had to hitch a ride there or go in some sort of battered coach from some company in Merthyr!
It was great publicity for the club, and wouldn't have bothered them. Just get on with it!
Please read the article here:
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/sport/Gillingham-Spare-thought-Liverpool-s-epic-journey/article-2083211-detail/article.html

Thanks Martin for taking the time to point this out to the world!! Well Nottinghamshire anyway!

Sharif

Loser Ferrari driver!

Saw the funniest thing yesterday. Nice Ferrari convertable pulls up at the traffic lights and is revving his engine. Little Mini Cooper is behind it. Lights change and he pulls off then as he readies to shoot off.....crunches the gears!! hahahahaha!! So funny. The Mini nearly went into the back of it! Then, obviously massively embarrased, puts his foot down and speeds to the next set of lights!
Poor man. Probably has small dick syndrome and then trys to show off and just proves that he can handle his car!!
Brilliant. Had me laughing all down the street!

Bloody polls!!!

No, I don't mean those hard working Europeans, I mean those damn political polls that are being done every fucking minute of the day!!! Apparently all three major parties are going to get a third of the vote. NOT GOING TO MATTER! If I say that I'll vote for Labour my vote does not matter as the Tory MP is going to win my seat. My vote for Labour is wasted.

Now if these polls are more complicated than that and take into account your area and calculate how many seats they will win then that would be better. But do you really think so? The Sun being that in depth? Online polls calculating where your IP address is from?

Bullshit comes to mind. I've started watching Fox News to avoid all this political news over here. Sky News keep going on about how good the "Sky News" debate was. The "Sky News" Debate got some great poll results. "The Sky News" debate.....blah blah blah.....Advertising and product placement are now King. Bladerunner here we come. These polls only matter because it gives the news channels and papers something to talk about as they have nothing else to manufacture and really aren't that good at getting stories.

It's the damn media!!!!

St George's Day

Some of you may be aware that it is St George's Day today, 23rd April. St. George is the patron saint of England. And Georgia. And Catalonia. And Ethiopia. And Greece. And Lithuania......and several other countries and cities.
Now the reason I'm writing about this is because I'm Welsh. The patron saint of my country is St David. Every year for as long as I can remember I have celebrated St David's Day on 1st March. While at school this normally involved some form of eisteddfod and art/cultural type competition thing. I'm sure it's a bit more boozey now back home on 1st March but we do still seem to respect the fact that St David was a scholar and teacher.
So it seemed apt/ironic that, while walking through Nottingham City Centre on the way home today, there were dozens and dozens of people dressed up as St George as a knight all getting drunk. Or just pissed up and wearing the cross of St George wrapped round them (most of the flags with a alcoholic drink logo on it). You see St George was effectively a soldier for the Christian faith who went round killing pagans and converting people. I'm not criticising him for this but it annoys me that if you ask any one of these people getting drunk who he was they'll come out with something about him killing a dragon! This of course refers to the legend of George and the Dragon. But these people have no idea about what it means or what else he did. And what's worse they have no intention of ever learning! Now I'm not saying that all the Welsh are St David experts but at least we've been celebrating it since children (well most of us).
These people think that wearing a flag and getting drunk on St George's Day means that you're a true Englishmen and patriotic through and through.
I'm going to stop now because I can feel my anger rising with regard to these louts who pretty much embarass true Englishmen and bring a bad name to the country that I live in.

Anyway, click the links and educate yourself!

NFL Draft Day

You've gotta love it. Bunch of freshly graduated students all lined up against the imaginary schoolyard wall waiting to be picked for a team! Only difference being is that they get multi-million dollar contracts and the last man picked isn't the worst but the luckiest as even he gets a massive contract!
Thing is most of them will hardly play in their rookie year, so you'll hardly see them. I'm of the opinion that you should trade your draft picks for more experienced players. Look at the Jets......just watch them next season!
Only question now is do I stay up until gone midnight to watch the 1st pick......

We are pathetic!

HAve you seen these people on TV at the moment? It's a bloody debate between our party leaders.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY SAY IN THE DEBATE!

It's like a circus and that's how people are commenting on it. A bunch of women on BBC News who would be more suited to Loose Women. Dear God!
What a waste of time and money. Our system doesn't support this sort of PR. It's great for the USA but not here. It's irrelevant what they say as you have to vote for YOUR MP. Not the Prime Minister. Your MP.

I think I'll go watch something more factual. The football

Happy UEFA

My God, I bet Platini, Blata and Co. are happy after the Quarter Finals of the European Champions League! No English teams in the semi-finals, Special one (Mouriniho) vs the Magic One (Messi) playing each other and probably some Germans in the Final!
No if only they could re-instate Real Madrid......

Coach Crash in Scotland

Not sure if any of you are aware but there was a tragic accident in Scotland on Thursday 1st April 2010. A coach with a load of teenage kids skidded off the road in Scotland on their way to Alton Towers. One of the teenagers was killed and many more were critically injured. There is no punchline to this.
I was just annoyed by the reaction. I want to state, right now, that I am aware of the enormity of something like this impacting people. However to start turning round and blaming the school for allowing this trip to take place because of the weather conditions is just wrong. The only person who can make this argument is the parent who refused to let their child onto the bus. I imagine that if the school had cancelled the trip then all the parents would have complained about it and saying that they then had to look after their children and that there wouldn't have been any problems.
If you don't feel safe about something then don't do it. If you are responsible for someone and don't feel safe about something going ahead involving them, then don't let them do it.
I hope to God that this tragic lesson causes all parents to take responsibility in situations like this. I know that I would not have stopped my children going on that trip. I now know that in future, even if it upsets my children, I have to take a stand.
My condolenses to the family who lost a daughter.
My praises to the family who didn't allow their child on the bus.
Sharif