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This is the concern, and our opponents will be fully aware of it too. I can see him getting knacked early on and us reverting to a de facto 4-6-0, Rob Lee vs. Monaco style.

The trouble is you can't ask whether Alan Carr is a good representative of the gay community without also asking if he's a good representative of the ugly annoying unfunny twat community.

you dorty little bugger! She got off lightly... He was going to take her up the Back O Skiddaw. Tis a rough passage.

I'm totally the opp. I find after the 7th pint I begin to wonder if I could get away with banging one. I'd forgotten about this.

Well and truly.

Looks more like Spock...

My liver is seriously dead after Eurovision week. Three days of detox and gym before heading to the States to clog up the arteries further. In summary, satisfied with a chance of heart failure.

"Holier than thou" stance during the campaign was bound to end in tears. Silly people.

They are, and the song's not actually bad in a Rihanna kind of way, but they've stuck a ridiculous dance routine on it and they've been drawn first. On the other hand, they've burnt millions of oil dollars in promotion and publicity, so that might be enough. </neighbourlyvotingcynicism>

Makes it about the third most modern thing in it. A friend of mine co-wrote the Irish entry but even he'd admit it's deliberately the most generic, tin whistle-playing, Titanic-evoking piece of lowest common denominator balladry. Well, he might not quite put it like that. Anyway, these are my two quiet little tips for tonight, if the people want a bit of guitar with their cheese: Which probably means we'll end up in Tbilisi next year or something.

This didn't make the final.

We'd gathered that, yes.

I bloody love that bitchslap smiley.

Most of the above.

Awesome. http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundia...calendario.html

I miss him talking about himself in third person! Did he ever resurface after the thread about body building? I'm pretty sure he had some sort of breakdown or episode iirc? No, that - of all things! - was the thread that finally broke him. Hey baybeh.

OK, I resisted starting a thread the other night when the first semi-final was on, but if you've nowt better to do tonight, tune into BBC THREE at 8pm and enjoy the sheer pain that is Eurovision before they get rid of the rubbish stuff. We can even vote in it and everything! Saturday night is the real deal. Get the obscure Lithuanian beers in early before there's a run on Wetherspoons.

What tan? I'm torn between "The one we get in Nashville, silly" and "Meee-ow! ". Besides, sunburnt baaldy heeds are all the rage this summer.

Not a summer holiday per se, but we're off to the States late next week (argh!). Four nights in New York then the best part of a week in Nashville for a country music festival. Yee-haw! Will probably do a last-minute break in Lanzarote or similar later in the year to properly top up the tan.

Completely a propos of nothing, but as period pieces go, this is pretty excellent. http://archives.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/clips/13478/

Imagine a whole U2 tour being cancelled. Tens of thousands of zombies wandering the streets of every major city looking for something dull to watch.

Would love it in theory as I adore the city and it'd be a hell of a story, but yeah, quotes pls? EDIT: Oh, and they've just appointed Armin Veh anyway.

Congrats