Only banana in Ghana?
They won’t be doing the pogo in Togo, and it will still be Coca-Cola in Angola, but I’m willing to bet there will be a lot more than banana being consumed in Ghana tonight after they got through to the...
View ArticleOi – no trainers!
In the paper yesterday there was a small piece about Le Pen launching his 2007 presidential campaign. In a break from tradition he says he is willing to tolerate foreigners, or at least he is willing...
View ArticleThe Nightmare Before Christmas
On saturday afternoon we went up to Camden Lock. I had not been there for years, over 15 years I think. It was great to see Jayne’s reaction to the place with all its interesting clothes shops and...
View ArticleNew dicky dirt
The West Ham club website is pushing the new strip, complete with the new sponsor’s name plastered across it – the holiday company XL.com I might have to get one… its been a long time since I managed...
View ArticleFashion Statement
My brother-in-law also works in computers, but is much more ‘technical’ than me ((that’s a euphemism for ‘geeky’ I think)) – I know: it’s hard to believe from the photo isn’t it? Anyway, despite my...
View ArticleAny colour you like
About five or six years ago televisions were all silver – or at least silver coloured. Likewise all the peripherals were nearly all silver-coloured – the DVD players, video recorders (they were still...
View ArticleI kissed a girl and I liked it
Never really thought much about Katy Perry. Heard a few of her songs and didn’t dislike them, but never really had an opinion about her. Until now. I have now decided that she is brilliant. I...
View ArticleThe perils of the Bruce Willis vest in middle age
Let me say straight off that I enjoy Elmer Food Beat enormously, and was overjoyed to see that they returned to the stage in recent years even if it was just to relive past glories rather then produce...
View ArticleTies that bind
Over the weekend we went back to Essex for some family visiting. Sitting in Mum’s house I was looking at the many family photos that adorn the place and noticed that there were two photos I was in that...
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