poor looser

"Bwayla is a stupid man and a hopeless player. He has a huge nose and is cross-eyed. Girls hate him. He beat me because my jockstrap was too tight and because when he serves he farts, and that made me lose my concentration, for which I am famous throughout Zambia.""

brilliant, quote of the day

funny

Julian Cook, professor of football at Reading University, said: "I'm not sure how this affects the title run-in but what we can say is that from now on when people think of Man United and a quivering, purple arsehole, it won't necessarily be Sir Alex Ferguson."

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/neville-and-scholes-to-spend-summer-camping-in-the-mountains-201004192652/

brilliant

BBC Sport: Chris Charles: Quotes of the week‏

Quote of the year:
"31. At 3:19pm on 10 Feb 2010, Frederick_S_Kitty wrote:
"...time running out quickly for Utrecht"
Australian commentator during PSV v Utrecht, near the end of the match. As far as I know time runs out at the same rate.
(Dhaval Jogia, UK)

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Great blog as always Chris!

The above quote got me thinking. As we all know clocks run at different speeds at different altitudes according to general relativity. Clocks tick faster at lower altitudes.

http://www.physicsforums.com/archive/index.php/t-105308.html

purvect describes this well (3rd post down)

Eindhoven and Utrecht are at different elevations so the clock will run at different rates at their respective grounds.

http://population.mongabay.com/population/netherlands/2756253/eindhoven

The average elevation of Eindhoven, Netherlands is 19 meters.

http://population.mongabay.com/population/netherlands/2745912/utrecht

The average elevation of Utrecht, Netherlands is 1 meters.

So according to general relativity a game at Eindhoven last longer than at Utrecht so the Utrecht players will have more urgency as they play more games at the higher rate.

But conversely if they play at Eindhoven with greater urgency they have more time (at least hypothetically) so time would run out slower...

But it does depend where the game was played which isn't mentioned.

I think I've got that right.

"Christmas is like a puppy, but worse coz you can't put christmas in a sack and drown it."
The grumpy guide to christmas, glad i'm not the only one who hates it

Quote of the day

Has to be:
"I like being married. The last thing I want is to be "rewarded" for it by the bloody Tories.
It makes the whole thing feel slightly unclean"
from this very good article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/03/is-feminism-destroying-the-family

Quantitive Easing

"The more money they create, the more the Bank of England's policy makers must wish they had better things to spend it on than government debt"

I was thinking about this the other day, as you do.
I was wondering what would happen if the bank put the same amount of money into the bank accounts of British citizens rather than into the high-up financial markets. The financiers wouldn't make so much money, but the money would make it to the front line where it's needed. Not all of it would be spent, but the money that wasn't could be stuck in the bank and it would still help those most in need.
Having experienced unemployment (i'm still on the dole) i would much prefer the money was put into the pockets of those people whose jobs are ended or hanging by a thread rather than being handled by the rich and powerful.
It may be radical, but it may be a good idea.

Quote of the day

"On tonite's show with Griffin why in God's name did we have some American who happens to be a director of the British Museum on this program?

She had no sense of what England and the UK is about!!

A UKIP member would ahve been better.

Absolute nonsense.

Paul K. Smith, Queenlans, Nova Scotia"


How much more does someone in Canada know about Britain?




Little worries how much support and sympethy they get, but online is very different to polling booth

Quote of the day

Top stuff:
"Wenger has an £80 Million war chest to squander?
A FV 4034 Challenger 2 Battle tank is a snip at £4,217,000. Paint Number 1 on it, park it in the 6 yard box behind the shaky back 4 and then you can play as many attacking midfielders as he likes, "

Quote of the day

Perhaps i'm not feeling well, but I find myself agreeing with (that twat) Guido Fawkes on two counts today.
Firstly, his quote of the day:
"Alan Johnson says…
“The connection between The Wire and Chris Grayling’s grasp on the problems of modern Britain is that they’re both fictional.”"

Second,
on legalising drugs and the futility of trying to fight them. "The biggest beneficiaries of drug prohibition are the crime bosses."

Now i'm off to lie down

Quote of the day

"I think Bearded Socialist has already said all there is to say on this matter"
Ha!

From a cracking debate on taxation, starting with a discussion of the Tories alledged VAT plans on moved onto flat taxation. Bearded Socialist supports a progressive taxation system, opposes a flat tax and supports the removal of almost all direct taxation to be rebalanced by increasing income tax instead in a fiscally neutral measure. mmmmm, higher direct tax *drools*

Quote of the day

"We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population"
Brilliant

Quote of the day

"I'm a woman: we're not designed to shut up" - Michelle Larcher de Brito

Quote of the day

"Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun? "
Fry from Futurama.
Honey, lead me to Futurama quotes