Did I mention this when Giroud did one?
No, I did not
Bring on Real Madrid
My word of the day today is ‘skittle’.
#TodayILearned that BRB is ‘Be Right Back’
#TodayILearned that the name of the drink Ribena comes from ‘Ribes nigrum’, the botanical name of the blackcurrant
And it was invented in Bristol
My word of the day today is ‘chaff’.
I can exclusively reveal that Jo Davidson is related to……… Hissing Sid
#LineOfDuty
There’s a bit in Hear My Song when Adrian Dunbar says to his girlfriend “stick with me darling and you’ll be farting though silk”
It strikes me as a very Ted Hastings turn of phrase, but not a very Ted Hastings sentiment
#LineOfDuty
Good bit on Boris and the nature of clowning
Reminds me of “Can you dance faster than the White Clown, shout louder than Mr. Gimmick & the parlour ‘families’?
If you can, you’ll win your way, Montag.
In any event, you’re a fool. People are having fun.”
An old chum on Facebook posted this bootleg from a gig a few if us went to.
The Sisters of Mercy supporting the Virgin Prunes
£3.50 - you got your money’s worth in them days
The Sisters Of Mercy London Electric Ballroom 11 08 83 Aud1 Adrenochrome m.youtube.com/watch
Every time a representative of the hospitality industry appears in the telly or radio I feel a bit less keen to go to a pub or restaurant
“Bewildered detectives reported… that a police station in the north-west was included in the fire sale and an organised crime group bought it.
The gang run it as a pizza restaurant and a front for the distribution of drugs – “extra toppings”.”
It’s 3 degrees outside t.co/N6GuvAv7r…
Pun of the day 🏅
It’s 3 degrees outside
“Matty Cash is worth every penny”
There’s a joke in there somewhere…but I’ve probably heard it before
BBC Sport @BBCSport “Matty Cash is worth every penny… you’re looking at the best full-back today, for Gareth Southgate.”
Munich by @Robert___Harris scratched a personal historical itch very satisfactorily
Could or should Neville Chamberlain have done things differently? Were both Churchill and Chamberlain the right men at the right times? Did doing the right thing lead to the wrong outcome?
I don’t have a clue, to be honest
But ‘Munich’ gives you a whisker of an idea of a time when nobody knew how things were going to turn out, but everybody was conscious of the horror of 1914-18
I really like Michael Dibden’s books and I really like Sherlock Homes
The two didn’t work together as well as I’d hoped…and the story also involves Jack the Ripper, which I’m not keen on
Anatomy of a Scandal - @SVaughanAuthor
The thing I’d want to say about this book would be a spoiler so I won’t!
Anyway, it’s very good.
I remember thinking that it would make a great film though, so very much looking forward to the Netflix series :)
