For some reason, this BBC comedy clip from last Christmas seems to be getting a lot of hits this week, so it seems perfectly reasonable to share it again:
We did warn you to steer clear of BB.
Maybe next time you’ll listen to the voice of reason.
Category: uk
It’s all kicking off…
Ah. The perils of supporting England in the Rugby World Cup.
Actually, there really aren’t very many of them. It isn’t that important to me: after all, this is just rugby, it’s not football. But there’s always someone that suggests that because I’ve moved to SA, I must support the Boks. Yeah right, because when you guys go over to do your two years of bar work in Wimbledon, you all instantly revert to your colonial roots and cheer on “the Poms”, don’t you?
Of course not.
You might not like to know it,
You may not think it’s right.
But within your sea of green and gold,
There’s some proudly red and white.Please don’t take it personally,
Or refuse to shake me by the hand.
Cos while I live in Cape Town,
I’m born and bred England.And yes, I have a soft spot,
For Johnny Smit and chums.
But I’ll be wearing red and white,
When the final comes.
Just to reiterate my stance here, once and for all:
I will happily support the Boks (or any South African national team)
unless they are playing England.
I happen to think that that’s pretty fair, but if it still remains an issue for you, may Martin Johnson have mercy upon your soul.
History today
While commenting on this post, I was reminded of History Today – a series of sketches by David Baddiel and Rob Newman of Newman & Baddiel in Pieces and The Mary Whitehouse Experience fame. Brilliant early 90’s “alternative” comedy:
TMWE started out on radio in the late 80’s and I can still remember listening to it late on a Friday night, having hit •RECORD on my cassette player in case I should fall asleep halfway through. I never did.
When it moved to TV in 1991, it became more mainstream and was perhaps generally funnier, but a whole lot less edgy. Still, it spawned characters like Ray – always getting into trouble because of his permanently sarcastic tone of voice – and Mr Strange who has an odd obsession with off milk. His catchphrase: “Milky Milky”, became the adjective applied to any social outcast throughout the 1990s.
However, History Today remained a personal favourite and I still recall it when watching or listening to any dull academic debates these days.
Anyway, as with all comedy, it’s never funny if you have to explain it, but you may enjoy clicking through some of the links.
Especially if you happen to be a teenager in the UK 20 years ago.
Needed some laughs
It’s not been the best day ever, at the end of what has not been the best week ever. I need some laughs and I headed to my handily-placed YouTube comedy wardrobe in search of them.
Here’s what I found.
Hopefully, that R2.4 billion will enable the Swazi people to improve their small talk skills.
I hope it brought a smile to your face as well.
Out of the bad
Out of the bad, and it is bad – ridiculously, stupidly, embarrassingly bad – comes some good.
Step forward, photoshoplooter, whereby images of heinous acts committed over the last few days are turned, via the medium of Photoshop, into embarrassing identikits of the guilty parties.
I could do stuff like this. All I need is Photoshop.
As I write, it seems to be spreading: Manchester, Salford, West Midlands, even mention of Milton Keynes and Mansfield. Looking for positives in all this, Wolverhampton may actually be improved by some violent redesigning.