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Is she not bothered about her kid accepting sweeties from strangers like? Not that I imagine he's exactly a paedo's dream catch, but you'd think she might question the morality of it all...

Don't know what's best for the lad, but having his story all over the tabloid news channels is fucking fantastic motivation when you're at the gym.

I don't wanna dye.

She didn't get out in time. (Just for you, Cath. )

Jesus and Mary Chain - I Hate Rock 'n' Roll

Get on really well with my dad and I'm almost unreasonably proud of what he's achieved in life, particularly considering how much it used to wind me up that he was hardly ever at home when I was a young 'un. My mum has major issues with my inability to be a grandchild conveyor belt, but we get on well enough as long as we tiptoe around the subject and talk about gardening or the weather instead.

Helloooooooooooooo.... eese me yo lookeeefooooooooor?

Ryan Giggs - Has Just Scored (EP)

On a top trump card she'd score higher on power and range, but that's the fine thing about taste (the thread), it allows for the oxymoron where better isn't always best. It's called the Celine Dion paradox. Sealion Dying. Now she is shit. Bet there are some here who have a copy or two of her squawking though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZzb_PtXEyE Ahh, those were the days.

..is GENIUS. That's rough like.

I'd say she's worse because she's trying to be (and is being portrayed as) something she's clearly not - for a wannabe big balladeer in the Whitney mould, she has absolutely horrendous technique. (That last bit sounded a mite camp, didn't it? Ah well.)

Good lord, that thread...

Turkey's weird in that respect though, societal attitudes towards homosexuality are often so different to the legislative side of things that you wonder whether they're talking about the same country. Though obviously that doesn't mean you're not absolutely right in terms of the government welcoming what the EU has to say. Aye. Turkish baths, for instance. So I'm told.

Turkey's weird in that respect though, societal attitudes towards homosexuality are often so different to the legislative side of things that you wonder whether they're talking about the same country. Though obviously that doesn't mean you're not absolutely right in terms of the government welcoming what the EU has to say.

Hamburg are out of the relegation zone. 13th now, 24 points, goal difference of zero. Mainz are up to 10th. 27 points, goal difference of -12. It's been a strange old season...

Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York Seasonal.

How mysterious. Curse those evil cake fairies!

Thought this was going to be about yer Tory bloke's latest bizarre webcast. Well, hoped.

Mensch, you really are bored with work.

All of which Iran has! no.. it really doesn't. how many Jews enjoy freedom from oppression in Iran? Iran has the highest proportion of female MPs in the world and education is legally guaranteed to all, regardless of gender. There is no widescale persecution of Jews in Iran as you seem to be implying. It's very easy to lump Iran in with less developed Islamic countries, however I accept there problems. It just annoys me when the media seem so clueless about the Arab World. Is Iran a part of the Arab world? Unbelievable naivety in that comment Dan which shows your age I reckon. Alright Leazes?

I've always assumed (or suspected) that could be due to the influence of Germanic languages among early colonial types, as you'd use an indirect object there, or at least you would in German ("schreib mir"). Could be miles off though.

And I had the sleep. For all of two hours. I want some cake.

Ah! I didn't realise it was on Radio 5. I've got the usual Metro overnight repetitive shite on at the moment... Well, they sort of do. It appears they don't even have the rights to broadcast the sound from the auditorium. Bloody Sky. But they've got a bunch of people sitting around talking about it, and relaying the results as they happen. All the more reason to go and try and let them lull me into a state of snooziness. See you all back on here in a few short hours

Busted! Not much is happening really. Still hungover after a huge night last night, trying to persuade myself to sleep with the Oscars coverage on Radio 5 in the background. Exciting or what?

My bugbear is when people say "as far as..." without finishing the sentence with "...is concerned" or similar. Not specifically an Americanism, but I seem to hear it far more from our brethren over yonder.