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Loving them. Or at least James Richardson's bits - how on earth doesn't he have a regular TV gig?

Lousy defending by the Germans. Innnnnteresting...

Oh aye, consider this a Catmag-style reminder, by the way. Parents are having a joint "60th birthday/40 years since we first met" party at a restaurant on Sunday night, and I'm sure my mere presence will suffice as a Father's Day gift.

...can fuck right off. As can anyone unoriginal or idiotic enough to need a High Street chain's marketing department to tell them what their dad likes.

Managed a whole 2½ hours on the sofa in the end. Fuck's sake.

Someone's nicked the biscuit!

Apparently "Czechoslovakia" are doing well today. ITV are such a pack of mongs.

I couldn't agree more.

It's the abortion of a football match you could expect with Rehhagel sending a team out tbh. Oh, I don't know. Turned out enjoyable enough Masochist? Rehhagel makes Allardyce looking like an advocate of attacking football. Really painful watching and even Gunter Netzer looked angry in the post match chat. Isn't that his natural state? I him though.

Embrace - Drawn From Memory An improbably enjoyable romp in the middle of a career of persistent mediocrity.

It failed on the "power" front. And the "nap" part was somewhat lacking, unfortunately. I'm now attempting to zonk myself out with a bottle of Leffe and a 40-page translation of accountants' job descriptions.

Bollix.

Marvellous. Learned a new fact and the day is only an hour old. G'night, by the way!

I have an impostor Is that how you even spell "impostor"? It looks... wrong.

It's not, but damn that's eerie, right down to the pattern of the receding hairline.

Fuck me, is it half-term already?

So he focused on neither? Cockend.

Good on the lad Kubica. The Polish and German anthems played back-to-back in two very different places within a few minutes of each other. Cute...

Canny match too. Portugal look solid.

I only realised last time I was in Hamburg how many Portugese are living there. A couple of very good restaurants though... Great food allround. By the Hafen especially. Couple of years back on NYE me and the Mrs had a great meal and I'd left all me cards at home...They just let us off. One in the Schanzenviertel was really brilliant. La Sepia? Sim. That's the one. Excellent. Love it, right down to the black-bordered photo of the (deceased) head of the family with the accompanying text that rattles on about "ETERNA SAUDADE" and all. So very Portuguese. If you're ever back in that neck of the woods again, the Greek place next door (Olympisches Feuer) is awesome too.

Meanwhile in the wacky world of non-food conversation, goal.

I only realised last time I was in Hamburg how many Portugese are living there. A couple of very good restaurants though... Great food allround. By the Hafen especially. Couple of years back on NYE me and the Mrs had a great meal and I'd left all me cards at home...They just let us off. One in the Schanzenviertel was really brilliant. La Sepia?

I love the way they plugged the DVD release over the end credits. It's like they know their target audience is sad fucks with nothing better to do than stay at home on a Friday night then trade Peep Show quotes with their mates on an Internet messageboard. Hm.

We have a first-round results prediction competition rather than a sweepstake. Bloody Germans...