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You could always count on him to be a pro in the ring whether times were good or bad or happy or sad.

That Guido Fawkes bloke on Twitter now mentioning that Blair has denied having an affair with Wendi - poor Lupert. The only trouble with shagging her is that half an hour later you fancy some more.

Spade wanted an update, so the masses have spoken, and an update we shall have. New "entries" in bold There are no survivor players of the first 3 World Cup's in the 1930's, though French squad member Rene Llense is still alive from the 1934 World Cup

If this is true then Blair is a genius. Of all the people he could have an affair with and thus risk exposure, having one with the wife of the most powerful man in the media and thus making him look a cuckolded gimp to the rest of the World is incredibly shrewd. Mrs Murdoch has to be wary of speeding police vans however...

One to keep an eye on might be this big bloke called Goliath. I heard there's a possible fight brewing between him and this kid called David who's actually great with a slingshot. So I think there might be a bit of an upset on the cards.

Davey you have outdone yourself with the social commentary, explained it well - I would like to echo your points and I have the odd one of my own. I view part of my job is to remain politically neutral. I strive to look at things more in societal terms than in political ones. Australia is a very indecisive place; a lot of the time not knowing what decision to make (which is why we probably won't become a republic or legalize same sex marriage), before packing the whole thing in and heading down the pub for the afternoon. As I'm sure most of our international mates on this site can relate to this in some way. Every little thing is made into a big deal..,case and point; recently our PM appeared on a Perth radio show, hosted by a KNOWN shock jock. He asked an inappropriate question (big surprise there) and boom; instant soundbites and a victimized PM can garner some sympathy. This is a dangerous path to go down for two reasons 1, it takes attention away from the REAL issues that need addressing and 2, it impacts heavily upon the attitudes of children, Last week whilst on yard duty a group of year 8 girls came over to me and complained that the boys on the oval and kicked a ball into them, hitting one on the elbow, there wasn't even a scratch. I asked them what they were doing over there and they replied they were just sitting and talking. When I suggested that it was probably a bad idea to sit so near, that the boys were completely within their rights to play their game on the oval and that they have an entire yard with infinity other places to sit. The attitude of the girls changed from playing victim to being aggressor as it wasn't the response they were looking for. They stormed off in a huff. i thought WOW, if that isn't a reflection of modern Australian society; where everyone wants to be precious and demand justice for the most trivial thing at the expense of common sense. This is by no-means the only example of this kind of thing happening - and I do appreciate the karma of the bully getting bullied and then crying foul because of it (a la Alan Jones). As far as notions of "black and white armbands of history" is concerned I encourage students to observe and consider every aspect of an issue in order to reach an informed and rational conclusion about it. To accept other peoples ideas (no matter how stupid) in a calm, respectful and civilized manner and debate the issue based upon firm evidence, not ideology. For the most part this takes a while to instill this in their thought processes. I usually confuse each class with the question "If all your friends jumped off a bridge at the same time, would you?" answer "Yes" "Why is the answer Yes?" I give them a few moments to think about it - they rarely come up with the answer. "Because my friends are mostly rational people, so there must be a valid reason to jump off the bridge - I don't want to hang around on the bridge to see whats going to happen." or something similar. I have found that when you study and/or teach history certain truths come to the fore; wars and atrocities are inevitable, evil exists and hugs the limelight, good exists but is usually dormant until something drastic happens, often these two entities are blurred and nobody has an idea of whats good and whats evil anyway, as a society becomes more sophisticated people become less self-sufficient and more co-dependent, Ideas and innovations are usually poo-pooed unless money can be made, even the village idiot can be right sometimes, ideology often masks itself as rationality (FOX NEWS) and that people need to harden the F**k up. One final point in relation to this, I was at a personal development meeting of school teachers and a union rep was telling stories about when the union had to get involved with "incidents" that have happened on school campuses over the years. - one story was when an English teacher filled in for a PE class and didn't know what to do, after learning that the class were learning javelin, he took the class onto the oval and divided it into two teams, placing a team at each end of the oval they began throwing javelins at the opposition, this was in full view of parents who had arrived early to pick up their children. everyone in the lecture theater gasped in horror - I burst out laughing, the looks i received from my colleagues were as if I'd been the one to do that...lighten up people nobody died...

I imagine they'll Sweep it under the carpet. Unless of course he decides to Soo.