TBF, there would probably be some serious competition for a FIFA acting prize.

EhrlichgesagtwaresdiesesJahrziemlichmies. Astonishing that the Germans have an appropriate word for this, as for pretty much everything else.

Too obvious?

A year or so back I popped into a shop opposite Newcastle Central Station to buy a paper for my train journey. Bloke behind the counter looked at me like I was the stupidest twat he'd seen in his life when I expressed surprise that they did not sell newspapers. Can't think what gave me the idea.

C4's broadcast of V, shortly after I'd moved to Leeds as a 13 year old, blew my mind - still not 'into' poetry, but that film is still with me nearly 40 years later. RIP Tony H...

Hard agree. Queuing at the bar is just wrong - possibly the only place this applies.

The guy who couldn't be arsed to deliver my package earlier today, but who just stuck a "sorry we missed you" card through the letter box without even ringing the doorbell, was a Useless Piece of Shite.

Made _exactly_ the same move two or three months back, and not regretting it at all. Only minor beef is sometimes hearing the same programme twice a day or what feels like three or four times a week, but I'm coping with that.

Fathers' Day soon - these will be selling by the bucketload.

youtu.be/JlcvdekJppI?...

Quite like the "bawdy thought about the English Rose" hidden backwards in Candle In The Wind...

I worked in Stoke-on-Trent when they had an independent exec mayor (and "Council Manager" rather than Chief Exec, but we'll leave that); Lab largest group (at least at first), but most of council effectively "opposition" to the mayor. Chaos, most of the time...

I'd settle for them rebuilding/consolidating next year, then winning it in 26-27 which would be a nice centenary...

Hopefully it'll become second nature for him in the coming years.

King of Falafel update - bought a falafel and halloumi wrap on my way to Euston Station today, and very nice it was too.

Yeah, sorry about that.

And _what_ would Windy Miller have thought about it all?

Really the music needs to fade out after about 35 seconds, and Richie Benaud or Tony Lewis come in to bid us good morning from Trent Bridge or wherever. That's still pretty much what happens in my mind when I hear that.