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| The First 6 Months of 2007 Reviewed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bollywood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The year started under a cloud (I'm not going to say what colour cloud) what with the bullying/racist bullying (delete where applicable) of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty by Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd in the Celebrity Big Brother House. After witnessing this event I decided to take a stance. I stopped buying Jade's perfume, I edited Jo's voice out of all S Club 7's hits and I stopped w*nking over Danielle Lloyd. We all have to make sacrifices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Early in the year David Beckham announced he would be moving to Hollywood to play for L.A. Galaxy in a deal worth �128m over 5 yrs. He said he didn't want to go to America when he's 34 and be accused of going for the money, which is fair enough. Instead he's 32 and going for the money. |
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| I'm not convinced that even David Beckham can change America's attitude to the game, there's no way Americans are going to put down their burgers and guns and go to 'soccer' games. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In other football news: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Ham got fined �5.5m because two Argentinian players they had (Mascherano and Tevez) were actually owned by a third party. This news was a bit worrying as I often buy goods off my mate Baz from the pub which are 'technically' owned by third parties. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Match of the Day caused a storm when they employed a ... female commentator. There was a lot of sexist nonsense spoken by some men in the game who should have known better. I say well done to her, if she's good enough it shouldn't be an issue. As long as she's able to get home in time to cook her fella's dinner and maybe some bedroom action, what's the problem? |
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| The Cricket World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Cricket World Cup took place through March and April a lot has been written about it good and mainly bad (see my review) but the most notable thing that happened was the 'murder' or non-murder of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. It was initially felt by the pathologist that he was strangled and then there were rumours he'd been poisoned, the poison in question had appeared in a Harry Potter book (I don?t know which one cos I'm not a child). Not that anyone was accusing Harry Potter, which was just as well as he had an alibi, he was pleasuring a horse at the time. In the end it turned out Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, which although I'm only a lay person does appear to be significantly different to strangulation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The only other thing to mention about the tournament, Freddie Flintoff got drunk and fell off a pedalo. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iran captured 15 British Navy and one was shock horror a .... woman. And she was also a mother. Eventually they all got released safely and once all the fuss had died down it was left to the politicians and journalists to concentrate on the big issues, like the state of the suits the sailors were given by the Iranians. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wills and Kate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sad news round at the Windsor's as Wills and Kate split up, some experts pinned the blame on Kate's mum cos she's only middle class (heaven forbid) and she once used the word 'toilet' in front of the Queen as opposed to 'lavatory'. I had a similar faux pas when I first met the Queen, something around the words 'cock' and 'penis'. How we laugh about it now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Hilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paris Hilton went to prison then she was allowed out and then she was sent back to prison. Sometimes I can't keep up with the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Her incarceration gave a lot of joy to many people, not me though I'm a humanitarian. I realise Paris is a waste of space whose sole purpose in life is to go from one celebrity party to the next but I have some sympathy for her. I can't help thinking that if I was the heiress to billions of pounds I'd probably be just like her, except I'd like to think I'd wear knickers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony and the Cathedral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sony brought out a violent computer game that involved killing 100s of people all to the backdrop of Manchester Cathedral. As a concerned citizen this kind of thing worries me, it's acts like this that could encourage 'dem yoots' to join an organised religion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical News | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back in February a premature baby was struggling to survive until a doctor decided to give the baby Viagra (see here), this enabled the blood vessels to open up so the blood could flow freely. The good news was that this process saved the baby's life, the bad news he impregnated one of the nurses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Spice Girls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Spice Girls announced they were reforming after nine years away. I can't help but wonder why have they returned, is it: a) to give something back to their fans, Or B) FOR THE MONEY For those unsure as to which way I'm leaning click here |
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| AND FINALLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Blair stepped down as Prime Minister in June. There was a lot of talk of what his legacy would be, I'm not a political analyst or a clairvoyant but I can see the letters I.R.A.Q. Who knows what that can mean??? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nb. John Prescott also left his post. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Written by Julian Daniel For more of his wisdom www.juliandaniel.co.uk |
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| 2nd Half of 2007 Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
