I’m running a World Cup competition with my uni maths chums. All you have to do is predict how far each team will get. This means we can get stuck into the thrills of the competition and don’t have to watch any football all.  There are six of us against two AI entries, a completely random entry and one based on how the results would turn out if…[Read more]

FIFA

Promised free water.

No longer.

Free water is dangerous.

What makes water safe?

Charging for it.

At “normal prices”

That will be like the “normal” rail prices then?

But at least it will be safe.

Evil is as evil does.

I think Paula Radcliffe had a moment in the London Marathon, didn’t she. Only live on national television.

Shall we just move on.

Good thing all this stuff works on two levels.

Barely though.

Not sure what the Crafty Cockney is supposed to have done but three years before Mick ‘n’ Keef got busted for various drugs offences in 1967, they were also busted for urinating in a public place, i.e. the wall of a petrol station. The fine? £3 each. Fantastic publicity – John Lennon apparently spent the rest of his life jealous this didn’t ha…[Read more]

Of course I have a list @briann. I’ve done over 600 of  them.

Miss June doing her customary celebratory roll whenever we tick another triangulation pillar off the list.

I think they filmed Tom doing his World War 2 talking head segments from the store room at the BP. Rumour has it that he was wearing a fez for some of the early takes and had crispy pig ears on his rider.

No @briann, despite having top 10 scores in all 48 levels of Ham ’em High and cast iron proof of 47 of them, I never got my Ultra Sharpshooter badge.  I’ve dropped to 11th and 12th in a couple of levels now but that doesn’t matter. To be frank, it’s ruined my life and I will forever be bitter and twisted about it.  Gaaah!

Probably be a virtual SharpShooter badge @atlas-zulay, as I don’t think there’s any one left to give you one. But good luck. You will need to go outside Classics to catch me up though.

I am enjoying Dear England @briann. Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is perfectly cast as Gareth Southgate. Not sure about the casting for Wayne Rooney. Reviews a bit sniffy though.

Usual story these days. Win one, lose one. Well done. it’s on my (ever-growing) list.

Trying to raise the bunny, @briann?

Three terrible birds takes a trophy. read all about it in today’s Challenge. I am in shock.

Don’t panic @catsnbirds, it wasn’t an accident. I had a pacemaker fitted (hence @briann‘s jukebox selection). You have to avoid disconnecting the wires. I’ve explained it all to Twiggy and she is fine. It’s too hot this week for long walks anyway.