Meenzer

Lets get one thing straight Martin, Luca was absolute fucking dog-shit! Nahh, he was dogshit under extenuating circumstances. Crucial difference. ...yeah yeah, OK, but you already know I'm the anti-MattM4/Ameobi when it comes to Luca.

Speaking of which, I hope poor old Luca Badoer is feeling a little better about himself given how utterly rubbish an experienced and active driver in the shape of Fisichella turned out to be in the same car.

Rumours doing the rounds that they've approached Schumacher. If true I may pass out. It'll turn out to be true. But it'll be Ralf.

I wanted something involving the islets of Langerhans at first, but the effort involved was starting to get thoroughly disproportionate.

I'm gland to hear he impressed.

Cheers schnoogins.

Whereas if it isn't drinkable, it'll be a dead ringer for:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364035.stm What would Shackleton's whisky taste like? After a century buried in the Antarctic ice, a rare batch of whisky which belonged to the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is to be recovered. So what might it taste like? It's been on the rocks for the last 100 years, buried under two feet of ice at the South Pole. Now the two cases of "Rare Old" brand Mackinlay and Co whisky are to be retrieved. A team of New Zealand explorers heading out in January have been asked by Whyte & Mackay, the company that now owns Mackinlay and Co, to get a sample of the drink. The crates were left behind by Sir Ernest Shackleton when he abandoned his polar mission in 1909. The cases were discovered again by polar explorers in 2006, but couldn't be removed as they were too deeply embedded in ice. Now the team plans to use special drills to rescue a sample. But what might it taste like? A whisky can survive indefinitely and taste the same if it is stored correctly, says a spokesman for specialist drinks company The Whisky Exchange. It should not be exposed to light or heat, which change the colour of the whisky and make it fade. Most importantly the bottle should be kept upright, unlike wine. "This is because alcohol erodes cork over time," says the spokesman. "Whisky is about four times stronger than wine so if it is in contact with the cork it will damage it quite quickly. "The alcohol vapour in the bottle should be sufficient to keep the cork moist and prevent it from drying out and air getting in. If whisky is being stored for any length of time you may have to wet the cork occasionally, but even then only once or twice a year." Extremely low temperatures, like those in the South Pole, will make the whisky cloudy, but this should fade when it is warmed up, says David Stewart, a master blender at distillers William Grant & Sons Ltd. "If these bottles have been stored upright there is ever chance they will be drinkable," he says. The fact the temperature will have been consistently low with also work in the whisky's favour. Fluctuating temperatures are worse because they cause the cork to contract and expand, which could allow air in. If the whisky is drinkable, experts say it will taste different to what is on sale today. This is because the "Rare Old" brand of Mackinlay is not made anymore. Also, different casks are used to make whisky now and it is blended differently. "Whiskies back then - a harder age - were all quite heavy and peaty as that was the style," says Whyte & Mackay's master blender Richard Paterson. If the team of explorers are unable to retrieve a full bottle, they are hoping to use a syringe to extract some of the contents. "We might get enough to be able to take a stab at recreating it," says Mr Paterson.

Cheers to all you lot too. Even the ones who are fixated on my bedroom habits. Cath, should be up for the Derby match on December 28th if you're around and about (and you can get him indoors to babysit).

Rob W? Oh, wait...

More like it. I've only got two of them on that list and I only like one (and that's only in the 2000s by the skin of its teeth). That list isn't quite right though. Being the NME they've concentrated on shit music. FYP LOLZ ETC.

Cheers all.

Since I find it basically impossible to select a "best" album at any level, the nearest I can get is "album that ultimately had the most impact on the kind of music I listen to". Which would point straight at "Ágætis byrjun", only apparently it came out in Iceland in 1999. UK release was 2000 though, so I think I'll claim it anyway.

They've never bettered City imho, but I do like a bit of Devin in all his many incarnations.

Ermmmmm, yeah, pretty much Now then, I think WD40 is an excellent addition to every household - a real 'must have' for any home. I once knew a fella who got confused between WD40 and KY Jelly

Nor me. I assume it ties in with what Alex says, if you're out with a big group then you'll probably just divvy the bill up equally without looking too closely at what you're paying for. And nobody wants to be the one who rocks the boat by pointing out how shite the service actually may have been.

I like it when you're at a restaurant with a large enough group of people for them to stick an automatic 12.5% service charge on the bill. Thereby, in some people's minds anyway, negating the need for them to actually provide you with any kind of decent service.

Eh? What did you think I was talking about in my post? Jog on. Wasn't aimed at you Meenzer was pointing it out to the lad who said we missed out due to san marino Aye, I'm talking about the bit in bold.

Eh? What did you think I was talking about in my post? Jog on.

Saw this somewhere on the intrawebs:

Nice pants.

Except when you had to beat, erm, Iran. I don't mind a World Cup with 32 teams, the world's a big old place after all. The Europeans with 24 is just ridiculous though. Why bother with qualifying at all? Just send the 16 biggest European teams through automatically and let the minnows fight it out among themselves for the scraps...

Brioche tbh. Souness said he wanted Hovis, a 'proper bread', but FFS got Brioche instead. What a waste of money. Foreign rubbish. Trophy baking.

She's a lovely girl, I interviewed her this week. Been following her trajectory ever since she was on Aussie Idol. Glad things are going well for her...