Another footballing joke

I've literally just gazed at the BBC sport website to see what's going (well in this case not going) on in the world of sport. Just stumbled across this crappy article: I now know why footballers get paid so much- it's because they are actors too, so they are doing two jobs at once. Check out Robin Van Persie's comments about 'not' diving:

Van Persie - I exaggerate falls

Van Persie does not think exaggerating the impact of fouls is cheating

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie insists he does not dive but that he does exaggerate his reaction to fouls.

When asked by reporters if he overreacted to contact, Van Persie said: "Yes I have done that."

The Dutch international argued that if fouled: "Then you are in the right to show in a way to the referee that you are pushed.

"That's not really diving. It's just saying: 'Come on, he just pushed me, so I can't score now.'

Van Persie's comments come after his team-mate Eduardo recently had a two-game ban for diving overturned.

Eduardo was initially suspended for two Champions League games after his tumble as he went in with Celtic keeper Artur Boruc earned the Gunners a penalty in the second leg of a Champions League qualifier.

The Croatia striker was fiercely criticised for appearing to dive but, after Uefa's retrospective action to ban him, Arsenal won their appeal after proving there had been contact between Boruc and Eduardo.

And Van Persie seems to suggest that if contact is made unfairly then it is justified to overreact to make sure the officials take action.

"You sometimes make a little movement with your arms or with your body," he added. "But I don't think that's really cheating.

"I never have the intention to dive. Just to play honest football. I am against divers. It is just not honest, but it is difficult.

"But sometimes you are knocked off balance a bit and it looks funny.

"For example at Manchester United, after the whole Eduardo thing, I had the ball on the right side and I cut it back.

"(Patrice) Evra gave me a little push - a really little one - but it sort of over-balanced me.

"I just fell down and the whole stadium started to boo me. I was like: 'Come on, can't you see he pushed me?'"

Squash

Well if I want to have a shamless plug on here, might as well be for something I like, check out this ever so slightly cheesy video (due to the American commentary of course) of something to do with Egyptian squash.

p.s. I don't think I can remove this crappy CNN link thing, but hey, corporate America rules (and all that shite).

Boring tennis

Despite tennis being a useless, overpaid, lets hit the ball back to each other type of sport, occasionally it gets interesting. With such epic moments as Serena Williams throwing a wobbly, the recent US open caught my eye. Mr. Roger Federer was going for his 6th consecutive title, however it went slightly tits up in the final. He got beat by only the second person in 20 finals (possibly Grand slam- my facts my be wrong). What was impressive was his semi final performance, leading to match ball. Most may have seen this, but even so, its a nifty shot to pull out of the bag....

All the small things

The question that keeps popping into my head is whether I should bother carrying on with this blog stuff. I'm not actually sure why someone would want to know whats going on, well apart from the fact I rarely email/never phone people. My life is busy busy, totally in a good way of course, so sitting down and thinking about something to write about takes more than you think.

Anyways, as usual, I've missed out loads of things, from Swedish crayfish parties to 5km team running events. Somethings I can't be arsed to go back over, but I'll try not to be so useless in the future at updating this (hmmm).

On that masterpiece of a post- I'm actually running an SDS-PAGE gel now, yes working hard on a friday and in tomorrow, so have nothing in my head apart from what's to come later- beer and sleep.

p.s. I'm forgiven because I played squash at 6.30am this morning- dedication right!!!

Funny advert

It's been more than a while, busy is the word. Hopefully I'll have time to write about something good soon. In the mean time, this advert is always on tv and is particularly amusing!!!

The answer!

In the 5 minutes of rest before this post I've found the answer. Let's do what the yanks do and have a 21 age limit. Oh yeah, that doesn't work either- just turns them in to pot smoking hippies. Cheaper and easier to get hold of!

The answer- live in Sweden. We have an easy source of strong 8% beers, yet 99% less bar fights and 100% less chavs. Sorted.

Strong beer

The problem with British news is that it's always about petty bollocks and social problems, meaning the only way to get involved in a conversation about it is to have a moan. And so it begins.....

Apparently the country (not quite sure who this includes) is outraged at a new, incredibly strong beer. Named Tokyo from the BrewDog company, its ABV is a tipsy encouraging 18.2%. First thoughts are oh my God, how outrageous, this evil company promoting teenagers getting drunk, encouraging more fighting and all the social problems associated with alcohol.

Well guess what? The alcohol problems in the UK are not steming from a strong bottle of beer. It's a disgraceful social thing, which promotes alcohol to the highest stature. We don't all get pissed every night, we don't get completely off our rocker when we do have a few, it's not an excuse to use to randomly start fights, domestic abuse and drive our cars in to each other.

It's a choice. We don't have to eat junk food, smoke, cheat, steal, lie....but the breakdown of everything that is decent leads to these paths. Do stupid people smoke? Well not entirely true of course. What is true though, is when these 'innocent' people have the most painful chemotherapy for their malignant lung cancer, the 'oh I wish I hadn't have smoked' springs to mind. Clever...erm no. Do the unintelligent eat fast food? Well correlations exist, but causality is not the same as an association. Do rich men like the colour red? Well yes, probably because of the ferrari sitting on the drive. It's a nothing connection, but I just want to put my point across.

Now consider this. There is only limited production of this beer. Only 1000 bottles are being sold in the UK. It will not be stocked in pubs, no kegs, very difficult to get hold of. Its 10 quid for a 330ml bottle and has the same alcoholic content as a bottle of wine. So, is it worse you can pick up a 40% bottle of generic vodka for a fiver, or a bottle of wine for 2 quid. Or try and get hold of a very rare brew indeed? Is this independant brewer the pure evil and shit conjurer they are made out to be? Well does the mainstream brewers give a shit about the social effect and pressure they put on British people. They drive the production of beer, to keep the average thug, bold, tatted up chav drinking his 1.30 pint of Carling and keep him happy. Whats worse?! You can pick up cans of beer for 30/40p from supermarkets, allowing pissy little teenagers to have their thrill and this brewer is the downfall of UK society? Erm... figure that one out.

It's just another blame game situation, where the government won't address the problem. Education is the word I'm looking at. I know it's not good, both for my mental and physical state to drink 10 pints. But does Mr. football supporting dumbass know the same?! Erm... questionably. The thought of 'avin' a larf' outweighs the hangover in the morning.

I haven't tried this 'outrageous' beer. I'm sure it actually tastes like shit. The other BrewDog beers (of which some are sold in Sweden- probably easier to get hold of than in Shitland) are pretty good, so kudos for making nice tasting drinks. That's really it for me, it's not about spending my hard earned money to see how drunk I can get and piss it up a wall (sometimes the toilets aren't big enough, right?!).

What do the yanks say? That's my 2 cents or something stupid like that.

While I'm at it, have you seen BSM (British School of Motoring) has ditched Vauxhall (Opel in Europe) for Fiat! Haha, good choice retards. They are now driving those awful Fiat 500's. Let's see how long it takes for these terribly made Italian heaps to break down (ask J's brother!!). Nice one, BSM by definition was supposed to drive only British made cars. Ok, that's stupid considering basically there is no choice now, there are not many British cars to choose from. I'd recommend the Noble M15 (look it up!) or a Mini...oh no, sorry the Germans have got that one.

Ok, one more! Did you see BP's (the petrol giant) profits are down 53% this second quarter compared to last year. Tragedy I hear you cry? Well they've only made 1.9 billion pounds! Ahh, poor oil tycoons, come and have a drink with me in England.