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Happy Halloween

Woohoo!

Amoebi...

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Kevin Nolan

Go on lad, get a hat trick.  Plenty of time left.  And could you get a more poetic red card than Tightarse Bumble?

Ink Bombs Stinky

Surely, a parcel posted in Yemen, and addressed to a Chicago synagogue , would be liable to draw attention to itself?  Why address it there if it was designed to explode in mid-air, surely somewhere anonymous, a New Jersey pork butchers, for example would be better?  Or were they thinking, "Well, if it doesn't go off in the plane, maybe we'll get a few American Zionists as a consolation prize"?  Reasoning that a Chicago based rabbi would be dopey enough to eagerly open the unexpected package from a Muslim country, where murderous Islamists are known to hang out.  Halibut, forsooth.

The Hughton Rumours

Who started all this bullshit ?  Ms Malignant C must be strongly implicated, of course, as her team (who, we learn, have a   polymath captain ), square up in a match which apart from the colossal derby rivalry, is in any case offering three very valuable mid table points.  Win or lose, I can't wait to see what she manages to write in tomorrow's Guardian, another nuanced approach to the beleaguered Hughton theme, I'll bet. And now, as if in a sports' reporters lager fuelled dream, Maradonna appears on the scene .  Could you imagine him at St James?  Plenty of entertainment for the supporters of every other team, it would be another nightmare for us.  So, Ashley, you fat fuck, put pen to paper on a new contract for our Chris.  Now.

Mick McCarthy

It's worth looking at this report for the photo at the head of it.  Listen to Mick and you will see that Barnsley and Sheffield, where John Shuttleworth comes from, have similar accents.

Desert Gardening

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Given that it's a filthy night in south west Scotland, this topic may seem like wishful thinking, or something, but watch this space, we are TEFL teachers, and some corners of the world seem to be recession- and cuts-proof. Bougainvillea .  I've always liked the name when I've encountered it in novels, but never grown it, or known anything about it.  Nor in my times in hot places have I consciously noticed it. Getting to grips with the manifold varieties looks like a whole wee world, unto itself . I like the idea of growing succulents, too, especially aloe vera, which would grow lovely and big in a hot dry climate.  And cacti, of course, big time.  Also drought resistant culinary herbs - sage for starters.  Man, I'm telling you, I need a hoe in my hands and earth under my nails, this weather.