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this did make me chuckle:

Somehow seems that football has never been away, particularly up here in Scotland. But at least we have a World Cup in the real men's game, Rugby Union, to which to look forward.

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Great opening episode last evening.

The Santry area of Dublin - could only happen in Ireland. An escapee from a fairground:

Thought I would join in this interesting discussion and use this quote as a starting point. It is that point about LOTSW and 'As Time Goes By' not being mentioned in the same breath. Let's start with a definition of comedy: A dramaticworkthatislightandoftenhumorousorsatiricalintoneandthat...

This will set the cat amongst the pigeons: After WWII the US navy surpassed the Royal Navy to become the world's largest. A US warship encountered a British one the same day this was announced and sent the following signal:..... "What's it like to be in the world's 2nd biggest Navy ?" To...

Sorry to be a bit controversial, but when folk come out with statements like this I am just prompted to ask them to propose an alternative. I am much minded to quote another wise man (though admittedly not always so), Churchill: "“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in...

Tower: "Delta 351, you have traffic at 10 o'clock, 6 miles!" Delta 351: "Give us another hint! We have digital watches!" Center: "TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees." TWA 2341: "Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?" Center: "Sir, have you ever...

Allegedly, while taxiing at London's Gatwick Airport, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming: "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going?! I...

Forgive concluding bad language but reminds me of one I posted before: Allegedly the German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They, it is alleged, not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from...

Two little old ladies, Connie & Evelyn, were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a flower show was in progress. The short one, Connie, leaned over and said, 'Life is so boring. We never have any fun anymore. For £10.00 I'd take my clothes off and streakthrough that...

Thanks for bringing this book to my attention. Just ordered a second-hand copy from Amazon though note it is specifically The Old Testament. Was there a New Testament?

Will look forward to your reports. No sign of it yet for me.

Presume that for 2013 you are referring to three series, 35 episodes. According to this from BBC there will be a fourth series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/faqs/father_brown