*Bob*

Terminally unsuccessful restaurant with unappealing inside space - run by and next door to - very popular but cramped minimart.. Could there be a practical solution??

I believe you can watch it for nowt if you're in Europe but outside of the UK. eg Eire!?

It would pain me greatly to hand over one single shekel to the outfit who stole (what's supposed to be) our national summer sport from terrestrial telly. To get it on the sly somehow would fill me with enormous joy.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Baaa, Test Match Special trumps your visual form. Not when the commentary has to share headphone space with generic tv muzak - I assure you.

Is there no magic internet trickery means by which one may watch this spectacle live? I promise not to spread it around.

I don't think it's as simple as just not being well-informed. The human brain seems wired to notice difference more than it does similarity. I've lost count of the number of visitors from outside London who've declared that Peckham MUST be mostly black.. and then refuse to believe the reality - that the figure is more like 1/3. As others have pointed out already, general percentages - 'facts' take no account of local clustering where changes are felt the most. The school I went to had 6 Asian ethnicity kids in our year of about 100 when I went.. The figure is now closer to 70. And that's a fact.

It's the way you tell 'em, Foxy

Is it a real smile, or a joker-style rictus grimace?

Can I be the first to point out the 99.999999% of people reading this have not the slightly idea what you're talking about. SIR *Bob* Ba Hons DIPtwat HScockTIT

The last time I felt much of anything for a winner was when Ivanisevic won. Still no change. The quality of the tennis has got better and better, but my interest has declined. The level of uberprofessionalism required to reach the top seems to have been at the expense of those indefinable bits and pieces of stuff that seemed to add up to something more. So I guess I agree with Otta. Anyway everybody else in the known universe is cock-a-hoop .. so whatevs.

Getting good at fighting takes practice, unfortunately - and how often those revelling in the 'learning how to looking after yourself' route coincidentally turn-out to be the ones who want smash your face in at 2am because you looked at them a bit funny in the kebab shop. Hopefully I'll never be in such a situation - but if I should, 'disarming an easy opponent' will be near the bottom of my list of best options.

Brokeback Mountain, Cider House Rules... so basically if a film has themes such as abortion or homosexuality - it's possible the Irish film censor might possibly come down a little harder with the certification. Hardly a revelation! As for the advertising aspect: as long as the individuals drinking in the commercials are clearly over 18 and - let's say - sitting in a pub (as opposed to - let's say - clearly 15 and sitting on a swing in the park) then I think that's fine. The film that follows could quite easily feature exploding bodies etc - so one would hope that if younger viewers are determined to be capable of handling that then one would hope they are also capable of handling seeing a man in a pub up on the screen without becoming alcoholic in the making. In any case I suspect most fifteen year-olds don't need to see an advertisement for any encouragement to drink. They're already on the pop.. unless things have changed significantly over the last 25 years.

bien s?r he did

Brings back happy memories of my very first (freelaaaarnce) job. I dutifully notified the DHSS, whereupon everything stopped, immediately. The money from the job was about six weeks worth of money, only it took over three months to get paid, leaving the red-tape nightmare of trying to explain why I should be eligible to sign on again when I was expecting money. Then, some months later, they lost the details of when I'd originally told them about the work - and they tried to take me to court for benefit fraud. Lesson learned - keep schtum.

It's not like they cooked that lamb curry from scratch when you put the phone call in 40 minutes prior.

I make a specific exception for phones which only serve to make calls, have built-in thermometers or possess other essential features.

I think everyone should hand their phones in on the way in and collect them on the way out. You've patiently waited all day and slowly picked your way to the very front row to see Dizzee, your fave act, like, EVER. During 'Bonkers', your fave song, like EVER - he decides upon a spot of crowdsurfing. Do you: a) Enjoy this special moment through the magic of your own eyes where the sacred memory of it will live in your heart forever. b) Stick your phone in the air, watch the whole thing on a two-inch screen and then bore people to death by showing them out of focus images of Dizzee's knee accompanied by heavily distorted music.

Dreadful

TB or not TB .. that is (etc)

I like to drink my raw milk straight from the tap. It makes breakfast a little impratical. Sometimes Rosie knocks the cheerios over and does an eight pint piss over the toast rack. But - trust me - the flavour is worth it.

We all take precautions, DC - but if the glass coffee table should accidentally break if the wrong moment then there is a health risk.

Do they do pizza crunch?

Did anyone who hasn't been knocking around for 25+ years get anyone's vote at this years Glastonbury festival of contemporary performing arts?

I know where Shergar is. Obviously I can't say any more.

Don't forget the addicts, the thieving, the 24/7 ambulance meat-wagon.