Colonel Irrelevant

The Gimp is on his way to Vegas and San Diego for a couple of weeks. If anyone meets The Gimp in either place, please try to protect him from large gambling debts or diseases. Many thanks.

Earlier this week I mentioned the fact that anything preceeded with ‘In America’ is instantly believable. Well, today I saw a news report from Las Vegas (in America) about a front yard that is full of crap and derision and stuff. And the reporter’s first words were related to ‘code violations’ rather than the more [...]

One strange thing about 2007 has been the success of Andy Murray as a tennis playing Brit. Apart from Virginia Wade tennis hasn’t exactly been a successful field of endevour for the Brits over the years, and now we’ve been lulled into a false sense of achievement by a young Scotsman who appears to be [...]

As I’m sure you all know, simply prefacing any comment with ‘In America …’ makes it instantly believable. So, for example, In America it is legal to keep an alligator in a bath tub, or in America a man has been charged with keeping 77 sheep in his house. See, it works. And as it [...]

The World Cup came alive last night when ‘Slinger’ Malinga missed getting 5 wickets in 5 balls by half a coat of varnish. He was devestating in the closing stages of the game and deserved his four in four spell. As it was, South Africa crept home with a win by one wicket. Which isn’t [...]

… do we have to endure watching Engerland. The Andorra game was by and large soporific as the game was played with little pace and less sense than was imaginable even under the guidance of SGE. The goals from Stevie G MBE were nicely taken and the steal by Nugent from Defoe made me smile [...]

Not that it makes any difference to you lot, but it’s something I like to contemplate. Wadworth 6X – draft is best but bottles work well. Marstons Pedigree Greene King Abbot Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Bitburger Pils Grolsch Stella Artois Badger Golden Champion Stones Arrogant Bastard Ale Hmm – I’ll need to get this list [...]

What a beautiful day it was today. Perfect for getting a big, noisy, fast and bonkers bike out and thrashing it to the annoyance of the neighbours. Shame I don’t live near Clarkson!

According to the Beeb, there are discrete discussions taking place between Iran and the UK over the sailors. So, now the world knows what is happening, even if the details are still hidden, so presumably we wait until the parties emerge from the room, adjusting their clothes and looking sheepish.