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Actually the law school is only about 200 yards further from that bridge than my flat and about 3/4 of a mile closer than my current place of employment! But thanks. You just like living dangerously, admit it!

Hey now, it's not his fault he isn't well-schooled in the specialist area of legal law.

I love the guy who's obviously reading from his stat sheet... "All the way back to, erm... Preston North End..."

Law school? Always a challenge. On the plus side, it'll probably take you a little further away from any collapsing bridges. Best of luck with it mate

I'd love to go into a bookshop and just start randomly signing their books. "But I'm J.K. Rowling!"

Google Maps does pretty good roadmaps, aerial maps and hybrids of the two. Should be easy enough to take a few snapshots from the site and edit them as you need them, I'd have thought?

Do you mean street map type things, or physical maps (for want of a better term)? Not sure about the latter, but www.streetmap.co.uk is hard to beat for the former.

Why else do you think he chose Gateshead over Milan?

You wouldn't see Mrs. Dia complaining about the lack of designer boutiques in The Bridges, anyway.

Given the right media management and publicity a monkey with diarrhoea could. Just look at the singing frog. And Ali Dia managed to wangle himself a Premier League match with the right approach to self-publicity. Doesn't mean either him or the Crazy Frog got a lasting career out of it. Signed by Souness. (he only actually played in the Prem due to a reserve game being waterlogged - even Souness isn't that daft) Although I'm not sure I'd call 1 game where he came on as a sub and then was subbed and 2 whole weeks at Southampton before his contract was canceled and a few months for Gateshead a lasting career. Yes that was my point (etc.)

Congrats Brock - don't know if any of my texts got through, it kept fucking up for some reason. Oh well. Happy boozing. *tunes into radio to find out about someone else's results... wonder if there'll be a big shout-out to the Toontastic crew*

Now if she could just develop some of the personality and wit, there'd be a point in her existence.

Given the right media management and publicity a monkey with diarrhoea could. Just look at the singing frog. And Ali Dia managed to wangle himself a Premier League match with the right approach to self-publicity. Doesn't mean either him or the Crazy Frog got a lasting career out of it.

Good grief. I think I might actually know a couple of them, too. Still, it could be worse: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5OPu5kfAkY

Rebel MC - Street Tuff

IIRC he wasn't so sure about going there as she wasn't then she went there and liked it and suddenly so did he. She then spend a lot of time in the arsehole of the universe for her "singing" career, but that wasn't because she didn't like Madrid, just she needed to be there to feed her publicity machine. Now the truly scary thing is that I know this when frankly I'm 100% sure the world would be a much better place without Posh spice and I couldn't care less what she did/does, but it shows the power of media osmosis. I'm making the point that in football women are seen as accessories. The fact that she "dares" to have a career is treated with derision. She's more successful than anyone I know to be fair and sold millions of records. Manufactured or not, it's still her that did it. Nah the Spice Girls were successful for several reasons (although mostly because they were precisely built to be), but Posh in and of herself did next to nothing solo (but bomb - she can't even sing... at all), in fact the only thing she's really done is create the WAG tbh, which is an impressive feat of media manipulation I admit, but it's nothing to be proud of or to be respectful of, and push Beckham's image into the stratosphere (which is actually fairly impressive - but again was basically done by doing anything and everything to keep him in the papers). At the end of the day I very much doubt he'd have gone to the USA now (and possibly ever) if it didn't fit her plans. Football is no different to manufactured pop to be fair. Nah in football you do need some talent. In the pop industry you just need to be presented and timed correctly with someone good at whipping up the media behind you (talent is completely optional). Being a pop star DOES takes talent...you have to be able to get a reaction and the Spice Girls did that. However vacuous you may think the profession is, putting together a band is as difficult as putting a successful football team together. We are all football fans, but at the end of the day it's no more worthy a pastime than pop music. Footballers are generally uneducated and athletic and spend their youths practicing non-stop. I assure you that it's no different to the kids who go to dance classes and sing karaoke, hoping for a break. I agree with the main thrust of Keane's point about slappers who just want to be on the TV by shagging a footballer, but Victoria Beckham was independently wealthy and arguably the bigger star when she and Beckham got together. The thing I was objecting to was the sexist tone prevailing. You often hear footballers referring to "the wife" and although not sexist in itself, there is the air of women being second class citizens. Are they not? I think you're confusing the WAGs with the WOGs in your big book o' prejudice.

See, you're wasted on here. A new career awaits...

They must be so pissed off at not being able to continue with the genius "Sticky Vicky" rhyming structure. I can picture the interview panel now: I: So what's your name, love? B: Barbara. I: Barbara? sucks in air through teeth Could be tricky. Y'see, our policy is to add a bit of class to the joint by giving our lasses a smutty rhyming nickname. We've already had to turn down a Brunhilde and a Murgatroyd this month. B: But I can give beered-up teenage lads an erection at 40 paces, and I don't even have to stalk them on an internet forum first. I: Now that's talent money can't buy! I suppose we'll just have to muddle through. So can you think of any sexy rhymes for Barbara? B: ... I: ... B: ... I: ... B: ...Market Harborough?

What?! Not only did I think that was tomorrow, but also thought it was regular evening kick off Was supposed to go to the pub with a mate to watch it... kinda feel unprepared now! Is it a holiday in france today or something because of the early kick of? or a local holiday in Toulouse? Gives the Scouse pricks something to do while they're waiting for their giro </stevie>

FYP?

I'd rather listen to someone singing the front page of the Sun. Although "someone singing" would be a start.

Gol still stands outside Seaman's house at night, floating lazy 35-yard free kicks through his bedroom window. With bricks.

"Heskey backed for recall... by own manager." Truly a glowing endorsement. Still, it's more than Shola gets.

I was a little perturbed to note just now that "I Still Remember" is the second most played track on my last.fm (after some piece of Joni Mitchell schmaltz that would make manc-mag cry). Shurely shome mishtake?