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Say what you like about the Grauniad, but this is a cracking read, and the YouTube links dotted throughout aren't half bad either: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/20...y-denmark-1980s

Argentina through then, the sods. Slovakia, North Korea, one of Bahrain/New Zealand... it's going to be a funny old tournament. And conceivably the likes of Bosnia, Honduras and Gabon too!

A few days after moving into an ethnically diverse neighbourhood of Birmingham in my second year of uni, an old Irish woman came up to us in the local park and, out of nowhere, proclaimed "You've got to watch out for them Pik-Paks!".

Glad it wasn't just me.

I love the way it's worded. "He hasn't scored this season, so there's every chance Spurs will be after him."

Damn you and your big city perks They have trains that come down here now and everything, you know? But aye, gigs and other artsy bollocks are one of the few things actually keeping me here. Plus the Decemberists evening in question is only just up the road from me so I don't even have to go into the centre for once. And they're playing two sets, one with the entire Hazards of Love album then one regular set. Not that I mean to rub it in or anything.

I love the one review of it. "The best restaurant-style curry book out there. If you are lardy, you will just love this book."

Gazza is dying. It's just a question of how long it takes and how horrible it is to watch while it happens.

What was his best joke? Eh? Let's try again and see if it clicks...

Tickets for Decemberists, Dar Williams and Watson Twins gigs in the near future.

Disappointingly, only 206 Google hits for "shitney poostain".

I thought you were referring to our recent outing on here. Which has resulted in an inning, seemingly. There's another gay on the forum and he plays cricket?

Aye, all seems to be stemming from a News Of The World story at the minute. Their entertainment bod's been interviewed on Sky News though so I presume it's legit and all.

Particularly when a number of those are Ronan Keating solo efforts anyway. I really shouldn't know that.

Puts a nail in the "the more you pay, the gayer you are" argument. Or does it? There's a reason we reclaimed the skinhead from the skinheads. Leaves us more money for extravagant cocktails.

I haven't paid for a haircut since I was 16. Had ridiculous long hair for the best part of a decade and a home-composed Bronski Beat close shave ever since.

No different to every translation of the Bible in existence, I suppose.

Another reason why kebab shops in this country are shit.

It's themed on the Middle Ages. Suits the clientele down to the ground. Aye there's a lot from Durham and Sunderland get straight off the train and in to there on a Friday neet.

Me too ...I think You seemed in your element.

"It's fun to stay at the... wait, fucked it up again."

And here's the proof: Maybe you could ask in the YouTube comments if anyone knows who recorded the original....

Don't recognise the singer, and the only Google hits I can find for the lyrics are Happy Hardcore versions: http://www.happyhardcore.com/records/recor...rdtracksid=5462 http://www.rave.hu/dalnez.php?id=42 So I assume this is the original version of a song that got raved up at some point, but I have no idea beyond that. Curiouser and curiouser.

It's a fine album indeed. I've been giving it to people for birthdays etc. since discovering it. Anything to help their taste along a bit. (Dark Was The Night, this is.)