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Derren Brown and the Big Con – sorry System

AngryOldWoman — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:42 +0000

Last night we watched Derren Brown, sois-disant Mentalist (mental might be the word) or illusionist, who had trailed his Channel 4 show, The System, as a foolproof way of beating the bookmakers. He purported to show a single mother, whom he had e-mailed anonymously with five horse racing winners in a row, then was to [...]

Middlesbrough

badgerclaw — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:53:53 +0000

Recently the good old Middlesbrough has been labelled as the worst place to live in Britain, with Edinburgh top of the poll. I work in Middlesbrough and was most amused to see this rant by good old Jeff Stelling, he backs up our office sentiment entirely!

Dida of AC Milan

Jumbo — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:06:53 +0000

I love football and I’m a keeper, so I generally stick up for the man between the posts. However, what Dida of AC Milan did in their UEFA Champions League match against Celtic yesterday places him firmly in the Shitopedia forever. I’m not putting him in for the mistake that led to Celtic winning the [...]

Adverts During Sport

Jumbo — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:35:15 +0000

This is one thing which irritates me more than any other – advertisements during TV coverage of sport. It is really annoying how the commercial channels which show sport – any sport – decide to maximise their advertising revenue by showing adverts while the game is in progress. The main trouble is not just that [...]