Sly Ronnie

I remember the old pound notes before they made way for coins. And the 20p when it came out and the 1/2 pence when it was being phased out.

Shat on by Tories, shovelled up by Labour, as Uncle Monty astutely put it.

Curious Streisandesque thing going on there: Wikipedia with an entry on something Wikipedia doesn't want as an entry!

You know, when I read that line and clicked I was intrigued and thought that he was a Guardian columnist who then went on to murder two people. Can't say I'm not disappointed.

Unrelated to the game but worth mentioning: Troy Deeney was sacked by Forest Green Rovers this week after 29 days!

To think, someone, somewhere has had their finger up the King's arse.

Time to leave this classic "review"

Baba Vanga is as accurate in predicting world events as Nathan Rao is in predicting the weather.

John Peel died aged 65 in 2004.

As he would say himself: "the first half of the year, good. The second half, not so good."

2023: Am I a joke to you?

It's an enema alright, only this time the Grim Reaper is using a garden hose.

And there was me thinking that the DDP was getting off to an ambling start!

And older. Much older. One to keep an eye on I think.

Kaiser Slaughtered!

These polls are coming by in fucking blur! A random tap on the tablet gave me Gene Hackman, so Gene Hackman it is!

Winner of the World Cup as a player in 1974 and as a manager in 1990. Runner up in 1966 and to the Greek Philosophers in 1972. Legend. RiP.

Widow of that great character actor Colin Blakely who died in 1987.

Yup, in a few posts it turned into Pedant's Palace. Richard Hell - The Heartbreakers

Yes he was Hutch in Starskey and Hutch and had those big hit singles in the UK but he was great in Jerry Springer: The Musical and as a rather nasty piece of work in that great Dirty Harry sequel Magnum Force. RIP.

Chomsky the Chimp.

Make that 35 hits in 493 days!

Well I was right and I was wrong!