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Telly Time

Now, you lot, I need you to think, so tell the kids to shut it for a second and ponder me this: what’s the one job you’d hate to do more than any other? Chicken-plucking? Widget-spaffing? Giving the Pope a … Continue reading

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SeXism

Oh for fuck’s sake. There I was sitting down for a quiet Saturday night in the hope that my fury filter had been switched off for the day when I stumbled upon the X Factor. And whaddaya know? I was … Continue reading

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Bird Brains

No. Just no. I declare here and now that if one more Olympic commentator refers to the female competitors as ‘ladies’ rather than ‘women’ I will not be responsible for my distinctly unsporting javelin-based actions. This isn’t 195-fucking-4. It’s 20-fucking-12 … Continue reading

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Fishy Business

Bugger me if this last weekend didn’t present me with the most freakish sight. Perusing the TV listings for the weekend I discovered that Sky Sports 2 was broadcasting Fish O Mania, five and a half hours of live – … Continue reading

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It’s a Mystery

You know, one of things I’ll never understand about the festering human race is how popular Monty Python was and, fuck knows, still seems to be. I mean, it’s like trying to comprehend the actions of Sadam Hussein or why … Continue reading

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