Posts by Peter Darlington
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('I'm your doctor/one you need/have some coke/have some weed... I'm your pusherman...')
I miss Curtis, of all the performers in all the stadiums in all the world, why did a lighting rig have to fall on his head?
*glares at Bono*
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I don't follow football (soccer). I find the Premiership to be dull and the Champion's League only just bearable. However, Hull beating Arsenal 2-1 is sweet. Arsène Wenger saying after the match that Arsenal "gave too much room to West Brom" is even sweeter.
This is why the Premiership can be so fab. Unpredictable results and crazy foreign managers. What's not to like?
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Now, take a look at these pictures. Here are the CEOs of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and the Lehman Brothers. I know the first thing that jumps out about these faces is that they all happen to be white...
Brilliant, thanks Stephen!
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I thought McCain letting Obama sniff his arse, before rolling over on his back, would suggest a submissive postion. :)
And certainly make the debates a load more entertaining.
If you really want to parse it to an absurd degree, refusing to make eye contact is submission to a superior -- and even, in many cultural contexts, can be read as a deliberate insult.
Yeh, I don't get it really, but I'm not a visual communications expert like these guys undoubtedly have coaching them on every nuance and advantage they can gain.
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Seriously, he couldn't have made eye contact with Obama and addressed him by name once?
I think it was Tomasky at the Guardian who pointed out this might have been recommended by McCain's advisors as, due to the height difference between the two of them, McCain would have to be looking up to Obama to look him in the eye and this suggests a submissive position.
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That’s so tempting. So very, very tempting.
Is it cos I is black?
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I'm a Spurs fan, it's spelt M-A-S-O-C-H-I-S-T-I-C.
It could be worse. Can you spell Newcastle?
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This one is still the bizzo, though.
Cruijff was a stunning player and probably the coolest man in football in 73-74, guts me that the Netherlands couldn't win the 1974 WC Final. The Germany episode of the BBC documentary series on World Cup winners includes some great footage of him.
1. The Bobby Moore special for some weekend beatboy action.
I really like the away version of that - I did a version of it for one of me indoor football teams...
Yeh, both are excellent I reckon.
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English Football suffers terribly in this. take my team (and Leg Break's), Tottenham. Compare this to this.
Agreed, and that's why there's such a retro shirt market in UK football now, they were so much better. Me likes...
1. The Bobby Moore special for some weekend beatboy action.
2. The scallie's best friend.
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Jean-Pierre Rives and Jean-Michelle Aguirre came to our 4th form French class to help us "parle français" .
I was in France on holiday a couple of months ago staying at my sister's place in Provence. She has an American mate there whose partner is French.
He's a steward for Air France and was telling me one night that he'd managed to get to the 1995 RWC final between the AB's and South Africa. He had flown the French team down to the tournament and Jean Pierre Rives was on board, pissed. Stefan was serving him the drinks and at the end of the flight he basically said you're a good bloke, I'll sort you a couple of tickets to the final, just pick them up from the hotel the day before the match.
Stefan presumed it was just the drink talking but went to the hotel the day before just in case. Sure enough, Rives was as good as his word and there were two tickets waiting for him. He assured me the ABs were sick as dogs on the day as well, but I suspect he was just humouring me.