Where have the years gone?
30 years ago today Paul John Gascoigne sent Colin Hendry for an ice cream.
What a day. What a tournament. What a summer.
Memories to last a lifetime
I’d seen some chat about there not being a way to wake up and watch the World Cup highlights without seeing the score. Well the BBC has created a link so you can do that without spoilers.
bbc.co.uk/nospoilers
Watched most of Blackadder, and I’m confused why it’s so respected. Was just cringe and of no substance. Maybe it was better relative to the time it was released? Huge disappointment, basically was just horrible histories for slightly older early teen children.
Maybe it doesn’t feel like World Cup fever because we haven’t heard 3 lions on repeat. I don’t mind it myself. Enough with the Sweet Caroline tho please
The fatal flaw with democracy is that the skills required to convince people to vote for you are completely unrelated to the skills required to successfully run a country.
It's 31 years ago to the day that this was broadcast - for my money one of the most joyous bits of TV ever committed to celluloid.
It is, of course, Mr Sting's appearence on The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.
Chitter chatter chit