Meenzer

Can't find a YouTube link for it yet/now, but Hertha Berlin-Hamburg on ESPN today was utterly spectacular. Hertha, bottom of the table and generally hopeless this season, went ahead in the ninth minute with a well-worked move from a corner. They then preceded to level things out with a comedy own goal, as a result of which (and an alleged injury, but he didn't seem to be limping much) the 'keeper was taken off in the 30th minute. A few minutes later, the Hertha substitute 'keeper raced out of his area to head away a speculative ball forward, only for it to be returned into the back of the net by Hamburg. 2-1. 86 seconds later, another speculative ball forward by Hamburg. Substitute 'keeper dashes out of his area again, heads the ball clear again - Hamburg return the ball into the back of the net again. 3-1. Which is how it finished. Sadly, there is no easy German linguistic equivalent to ROFLHAM LOLSPURZ.

Pol Pot

My bastard parents actually took me there when I was eight. Parents of a friend of mine had a holiday cottage over there so we used to head across en masse every summer. Annual pilgrimage to the Pencil Museum and the Sellafield Visitors' Centre then onward to the nearest local pub for local people. All good fun.

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Obviously we don't even get the concept of "reps" after all. It's been an admirable effort, but it's time for you to retire gracefully, I think.

Any more and I'd just say you've made a note of the date and time of the call and you've let the polis know. Or just put the phone down. This.

There were countless rumours about PE teachers and Year 9/10/11 lasses at our place (and at least one that was more than a rumour IIRC). In all seriousness, I do wonder just how many paedophiles/pederasts/hebephiles there are trolling the school changing rooms of Grate Brittun (whether active or dormant). And, indeed, I sometimes feel sorry for those who aren't, since everyone seems to assume they are anyway.

Yeah, but who cares about fair when someone else is already doing your job for you?

Brooker's games show should consist solely of redirecting people to http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation then sitting back on his sofa for half an hour and wanking himself silly.

I've sort of grown tired of Coupland after jPod and The Gum Thief were so underwhelming, to be honest. Will surely check it out sooner or later though.

Nah, I'd say that makes you human. Something that sadly can't be said about them.

Got through a bunch of library stuff on holiday last week, mostly fairly lightweight - Pies and Prejudice (canny), Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (likewise but slightly less so), Millions Of Women Are Waiting To Meet You (self-indulgent but diverting), The Tesseract (surprisingly satisfactory), Becoming A Man ( and fascinating), Burden of Ashes ( and impenetrable, which some would say is a contradiction in terms), How To Have A No. 1 Hit Single (grossly self-indulgent, but bonus points for Eurovision-related content), and - unfortunately - The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (I know it's a children's book, but what a load of insulting, ill-informed, patronising, implausible old twaddle). I suppose I ought to shoot for something a bit higher-end next time, but hey, it's poolside reading.

Come on then, on tenterhooks here. I bet you it's Partick Thistle.

Anyone remember Mr Rhaman's zips (might be a different name actually) that used to be advertised on Metro radio? Still can hear his voice now. Proof that it doesn't matter how shit the advert is, the important thing is getting it lodged in your brain. Replace the zip in trouser, shirt and jeans!

Just lining up this week's new purchases for initial investigation. Richmond Fontaine - We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming

Maybe if you stopped consistently calling them things like that, they'd actually bother to listen to what you're saying. Have you ever been to toontastic before? Is this where I get to answer a question with another question rather than addressing it directly?

I just want your gaydar. Is that too much to ask?

Grabbed this too. Nice.

Maybe if you stopped consistently calling them things like that, they'd actually bother to listen to what you're saying.

Still 1. FSV Mainz 05. Back in the top flight and currently sitting comfortably in mid-table after a remarkably decent start to the season.

Or, erm, since John Major. How old are you?

The problem is that there was never any opportunity for those who knew it was wrong all along to make a difference. The ability to say "I told you so" is a pretty small reward when the future of your country has been fucked up by other people.

Things would have gone to shit. Just like they have anyway, but ever so slightly differently.

I 2nd that!! As long as she didn't talk, aye. Thats it, get them named and shamed the controversial arseholes But wait, if anyone who wouldn't do Lily Allen would technically be a forum gayer then technically I'd have to do them in order to prove their pinkitude. And I have a terribly busy social diary for October. There must be another way, surely?!

They're only the Russian champions. OK, I realise I might be betraying my Guardian-reading roots by saying that I've read several articles about them in The Fiver, but come on, they can't be that obscure?