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I'm so working class by Kellnerin (4.00 / 1) #1 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 05:01:12 PM EST

I vividly remember an incident in which someone snuck up behind me and sang, "Mahna Mahna," in response to which I not only went, "Do doo do do-do," but was immediately lifted out of the surly mood I'd been inhabiting all day. Although my reaction would probably be slightly different if it were a total stranger initiating the exchange. Also, I didn't even know there was any version other than the Muppet version.

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If it's any consolation by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #2 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 05:46:17 PM EST

I also consider the muppet version normative, canonical, obligatory, the de facto standard and, almost like you, only became aware of other ~~cheap imitations~~ versions in searching for a link for this very diary. I still chuckled when I saw the clip, which is probably a good sign.

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: I watched, I chuckled, by Kellnerin (4.00 / 1) #6 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 06:48:04 PM EST

I downloaded the MP3 (has a different Statler and Waldorf ending from the video). If anyone's stuck for an MFC9 entry idea they should totally do a Husi-filk based on that.

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I don't eat... by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #3 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 05:55:37 PM EST

fecking sausages at home anymore, cos I'm tired of being lied to by the cookign instructions. 12 minutes? More like 33 with continual turning. And heaven help you if you try and fry them instead...

As for le Cup. I thought failure after a long [sic] trek to Blackburn was what it's all about, romance etc?

Donny's cup run ended with the first Cup game in the new stadium, thoroughly outplayed by Bolton. I'm never that impressed with Bolton, but damn me if that's one side that is mighty hard for a lower league team to turn over. Mr Allardici knows how to muscle sides around.

Am I the only one thoroughly embarassed by the existence of an English cricket team? I'm beginning to feel that any 11 ethnic lads off an estate in Bradford could do a better job.

Aye by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 06:27:53 PM EST

As for le Cup. I thought failure after a long [sic] trek to Blackburn was what it's all about, romance etc?

No, no, no: That's for other teams. Stomping on helpless minnows all the way to the quarters, where you then scrape past Palace and Preston before overturning someone big in a shock upset is what the cup's all about; none of this magic nonsense. Seriously, though, I'd like to have gone at least a few rounds before being knocked out seeing as, without Cahill, it's another mid-table season all the way from here. With a bit of a push, Doncaster could make the play-offs, though: Good Luck.

The only truly great thing about English cricket at the moment is the commentary on Radio 5. It's a breath of fresh air compared with other sports (although a bit less Selvey and more Boycott would always be good). It seems to be a feature of English national sport at the moment that they pick the perceived best player as captain, not the best Captain for the job; it's the Beckham phenomenon. Wrighty or Adams? Terry or Rooney? The prosecution rests. Flintoff isn't captain material, especially in a sport where captaincy means a lot more than pep talks, motivation and looking leader-some. I could go on, but the Radio 5 team nailed every failing in detail already (Preparation, application, the inability to bowl on a length throughout the attack, the inability to bat for five hours regardless of score, over-applauded last year etc.). People have been saying that they simply couldn't have beaten the Aussies on current form and drive. Bollocks. They knew exactly how motivated the Aussies were going into it; they should have prepared accordingly.

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Playoffs? by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #5 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 06:47:30 PM EST

I'm not holding my breath. We've flattered to deceive like this before. We're basically at the natural level of the old team. The hope is that with the new stadium the club can grow a bit into the playoff level after a couple of years. Still, as someone who stood in Belle Vue a few days after that shit Richardson tried to burn it down and gone to away games in the ensuing Conference period (Forest Green? Northwich Victoria? Good God, scary memories) I have nothing to complain about.

It's sort of scary how in the past people had talked up Flintoff's "cricketing intelligence." Well, one more myth junked. It is, as you note, that English disease that places "looking leadersome" over skill. The scary thing is it often extends to the way they pick managers too.

Do you read much football comment? Is it just me or has it really dropped to a depth this year? I can't seem to find any actual analysis at the moment, just even more trolling than usual.

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Commentary by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #7 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 07:22:13 PM EST

is at a very low ebb. I like Sid Lowe's stuff in the Guardian, but it's not really for the analysis, more the wry look at Spanish politics and culture around the football. There seems to be little which manages to fall outside the categories of "Obvious" and "Bollocks". Trolling makes money. People respond to trolling, link to trolling, discuss trolling, follow or reject trolling; there's money in trolling - it's probably the natural end state of free market media in the information age. It's my fundamental problem with free-market economics: If you go chasing the market, the market doesn't have to move from where it is; the products and media will come to them. This is arguably a good thing - cheap commodified goods asymptotically approaching zero cost; it's still sucky product, though.

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I'd sig this comment... by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 05:18:38 AM EST

but it's a bit long.

You'll laugh at this perhaps, but I don't get Sky because I don't want to use my money to show approval of Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

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: That's also by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #20 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:33:26 PM EST

a large component of my thinking on the subject. Plus: the idea of paying through the nose to be advertised-at for longer periods of time seems a bit perverse. Plus: you may end up increasing the number of gems but only at a cost of proportionately increasing the fertiliser - I don't think SKY is any better, on average, than anyone else; they've just got more of it.

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Just roast them by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 1) #12 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 08:41:41 AM EST

They take the same length of time and you don't have to turn them.

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: Thats for fancy people by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #15 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 11:17:24 AM EST

who have a real oven...

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I don't understand by debacle (4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Jan 11, 2007 at 07:27:42 PM EST

Grilled sausage?

What? Why the hell would you do that?

"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

I've given up sausages by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #10 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 06:56:28 AM EST

and am trying to replace them with vegetables. It's not easy.

I've also lost interest in football. Wonder why?

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Because... by Metatone (4.00 / 1) #11 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 07:51:33 AM EST

the good bit isn't when Ken Bates takes over your club, it's when he sells it to some absurdly wealthy foreigner?

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Unfortunately, yes by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #13 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 08:52:14 AM EST

It's a sad state of affairs when the best you can hope for is enough of a devaluation on relegation that some rich bastard sees a business opportunity and snaps the club up. Though to be honest, that sort of makes me think football sucks as well.

Oh well, there's always this.

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Commy by ambrosen (4.00 / 2) #14 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 09:06:01 AM EST

You hate the free market.

Mind you, I'm only saying that because of 'my' team's excellent Sunderland-esque run of Premiership form recently after its takeover by a nice wealthy American.

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I've just had an idea... by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #18 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:00:15 PM EST

Football Idol! Amateur-league football players from two cities slug it out in front of a panel of horrible wankers to form two new professional teams.

Maybe I should delete this comment before someone from Channel 4 sees it...

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: An idea tinged with genius by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #21 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 01:41:28 PM EST

Some friends and I had a similar idea once, except there was no actual prize at the end; it was just a satire to show how people behaved in such a context. Ditto auditions for non-existent roles. Now I'd better stop or, between us, we'll have filled-up ITV's autumn schedules.

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The trouble with playing by Metatone (4.00 / 2) #16 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 11:19:34 AM EST

5-a-side with Zizou is you never know when the odd choke is going to result in a nutting.

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Heh by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #17 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 11:56:54 AM EST

He's a noticeably rougher player than his amateur opponents in that video - arms out to hold them back, using his weight, running in a manner that says get out of my fucking way (which they do). Quite interesting to watch.

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: Yeah, I noticed that... by Metatone (4.00 / 2) #19 Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 12:36:50 PM EST

and found it fascinating, along with the little touches of impossible ball control here and there. It's only when you see these players with mere mortals that you realise how quick and aggressively they play the game. Mind you, he is the best.

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