ITEM! i wonder if somewhere a farmer has named one of his cows cj de mooi* after the youngest & most obnoxious egghead...? - i do hope so ( Read more... )

ITEM! against my better judgement i went walking ( mostly stumbling ) in the new forest over the bank holiday weekend - NEVER AGAIN...! - it was all very picturesque etc but no one told me we were expected to walk when the pubs were open ( Read more... )

- it's a "special" all BB post today, i'm afraid ( Read more... )

ITEM! two great quotes from jay rayner in yesterday's eating with the enemy - "have this woman washed & bring her to my tent - that's a fantastic biscuit" & "joyce's chicken was as tough & brutal as a martin scorcese gangster movie - but nowhere near as entertaining ( Read more... )

" do not fret - it only leads to evil doings " - cameron stout, eventual winner of big brother 4*, 18/06/2003 ( Read more... )

ITEM! sandwich of the week: "tesco's finest" tuna nicoise - tuna, free range hard boiled egg, tomato, mayonnaise, endive* & olives on oatmeal brown bread - v.tasty & reasonably goob value at "only" £2.50 ( Read more... )

ITEM! sincere w.o.agwu apologies to linda robson & her friends, family & admirers - she came across as fun & goob gompany on sunday's repeat of come dine with me - not "an awful person" as i said on friday - it's just that she's NEVER been in a telly programme that wasn't gomplete sh*t before ( - celeb masterchef is the other exception, obv ) - to ( Read more... )

ITEM! now THAT'S what i call entertainment: an american albino drinking a can of lager on the toilet ( - i thort the trousers round his ankles were a particularly nice touch ) - therefore DARNELL TO WIN ( - or maybe kat ( Read more... )

ITEM! rest in peace clive hornby aka jack sudgen of emmerdale farm fame ( - i just heard on the radio that he died ) - he was the second jack sugden but i don't think the first one was in it for very long ( - he left the farm to become to become a novelist in the mid 1970s ) ( - i doubt if that's much of a soap "aspiration" these days ) - i used to ( Read more... )

ITEM! like most everybody else i've been enjoying the euro 2008 footy - but every time i watch it on itv1 my heart sinks - do we really need david pleat's e.l.wisty style "analysis" sucking the life out of anything interesting happening on the pitch? - obv i'm biased against anyone with a t*tt*nh*m gonnection but his dull monotone whine makes him ( Read more... )