Josco

Do you recall at school when a footy (or in my case Rugby or Cricket) match was to be arranged; and there were two captains who took it in turns to select players? I was always the penultimate* player to be picked, just before the spotty oik with bottle bottom glasses. Well I think that my team must have consisted of all of those, and not knowing the name of a single footballer (apart from some spud faced nipper called Mooney or Rooney or somesuch) I really was never in the running. Did win £40 on Spain in the sweep though. *(So much classier than Second To Last)

Hodgson, every time. As for cancer.... Lung or bowel?

I deactivated my account about a month ago... I hope you turned off the "send private message notifications to my inbox" feature, because if someone mass mails a group or event that you were in, you can still receive it... I chose to delete my account. Facebook deactivates it for two weeks and then they delete it. I guess they hope you'll come crawling back. I was led to understand that they never actually delete it, it is just deactivated but any information can still be accessed by savvy persons in the know. I'm not sure who said it first, but it was remarked that trying to remove data from the internet is like trying to take piss out of a swimming pool. I agree with our antipodean correspondent in that I too have nothing to hide but the computers that increasingly control our lives are prone to errors. How many talentless twats, usually in government organisations, have said "It must be right, it's on the computer!" Garbage in - garbage out.

I can save you the bother of those early starts and annoying noises. GERMANY will win. You can relax now.

I'd like there to be a ban on mobiles at my work. Damn these illimited SMS bundles. I was helping out one of the students who needs a kick up the arse as far as productivity is concerned. He was texting merrily away without a second thought. I asked him to stop more than once before he focused on the work. Even then one of our group had phoned him on several occasions; we were in another building, so he was castrated from our other workshy compatriots. 26 and he can't work autonomously or think for himself or indeed respect us by listening to the warnings we give him that the boss isn't impressed. I knew this would turn into a rant. Can't we just ban unlimited SMS bundles, whether used at work or elsewhere? Why is it that whenever I receive a text message and reply to it, the originator wants to have a conversation via SMS? Why not bloody phone me if you want a conversation! My colleague who sits behind me has unlimited texts and has downloaded an app on his Android that allows upto 100 messages to be be sent concurrently to one number. When I received "Don't you find all this repetition annoying?" for the 30th time in 1 minute I nearly hit him.

Five words, four mistakes and misspelled your own moniker (or you like standing on doors). A definite, dyed-in-the-wool England fan. Five mistakes, England won't win. Not sure about the misspelled moniker, He could be known as Strange Ron - the Door.

Now I am confused. Added a MASSIVE 10 points and have moved through the rankings to....... LAST! WTF!

I never realised that Benelux is an acronym/abbreviation. So on that basis the United Kingdom could be known as Enscwair (England - Scotland - Wales and Ireland) or N2 for short (Incidentally why is abbreviation so long? And also why is palindrome not one?)

Nature of the beast. I hate that.

Another point added.... we're cooking! And dropping down the rankings? Pour quoi?

Well, at least it's not January. Actually CarolAnn, we ARE planning in going in December to January Well, I guess if I read things it would go a long way toward comprehension and reasonable posting. Suppose? I don't even have the excuse that it was late/early. *sigh* OK - I don't recommend winding up in Alaska in January. Really. For sure. It's very dark, very cold, and you could trip over Sarah Palin without knowing it and have to be disinfected. I heard that Sarah Palin had had a boob job but I didn't think they were big enough to trip over.

Me too. I didn't realise it was so complex. I have just gained two more points overnight so I've done something right, I think, maybe.... I never thought that after the first round some of (or ALL) my players would be ineligible to play. Bugger, I'll have almost renew my entire team. What would Fergie do? (The manager, not the Ginger Pig)

I understand that Mr Crouch, in reply to the question "What would be if you were not a professional footballer?" answered "A virgin."

12 points and 172834th position overall.... Brilliant. Can't hear a thing because of all those bloody vuvuzelas though.

China. Yorkshire or Texas? You have to ask? Mind you I like Texas. Incidentally today (09/06) in 1848 Mexico gave Texas to the US bring the two year war to an end.

I'm sure MPFC was going to add: Big tip for for a horse - Cumbrian Cabbie, a 12 to 1 shot If you go to Cumbria today wear a coat, it's minus 12. Thank you, I'm here all week.

En dash, it's not the length that counts but how you use it, as Bill Giles used to say. Wincey Willis or Carol Kirkwood? Both please..... iPhone or Android ?

Plays for Plymouth Argyle apparently! Daily Mail story Plymouth Argyle.. wow! (who they?)

I too made a couple of adjustments upon reviewing my team. I noticed that I had TWO players from the Cameroons, and as I wanted a random sample of one player from each country, one of them had to go. Replaced with NZ player (Rory Fallon - who he?)

Josco has jumped in (pending approval) I have never done this before, and apart from Rooney and Gerrard and ...er...um gosh...... I do not know a single player so I simply clicked the mouse around the selections and hoped for the best. Josco's Jumpers for the cup!

The DL, to which Eddie confesses to be "strangely drawn", gets a paragraph in a page-long meditation on the ups and downs of celebrity death. He's a bit concerned at 2010's current poor performance, but I'd say that, on the whole, he's a fan. I wonder if he's an active member or just a lurking guest. And no, I don't (and didn't) buy the Radio Times. Thanks, WH Smith. I shall make the effort to go to WH Smiths today to read (not buy) the RT. I like Eddie, he's a breath of fresh air on PM on Radio4 in the evening, and I enjoy my drive home with his news programme. For those who are unfamiliar with said personage:

Well it's all over bar the shouting. I suspect there will be a lot of shouting over the next few months. First from the politicians when they discover the mess..... Second from the civil (sic) servants when they are told that things have to change. Third from the populace as they have hefty tax rises. Oh to be in Greece..........

I don't have a full social diary either. In fact my diary is a yawning void of emptiness. Signed Billy No Mates.

The budget yesterday did little to help the economy, the downward spiral continues..... A quote from this mornings DT.