Phil Makepeace

All the Swiss curlers seem to have good vibes. Has there been any Milkshake Ducking of curling in Switzerland that I’m unaware of?

Skeleton, a sport practised by a few thousand people (probably far fewer) in this country, has received £5,765,123 from UK Sport for the 2022-26 period.

That's more than what was awarded to basketball, handball, lacrosse, fencing, squash and volleyball taken together over the same period.

Every day is Pancake Day, ya cowards.

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Presuming you’ve seen this:

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Best thing about Rapper’s Delight for me is that it shares a songwriting credit with the music from Countdown

Fair. I forgot all my people trust my words. :)

It’s about nameability as much as anything

I would love it if that were the case. But to the point of naming the track?… Like, people know it’s from Trainspotting, but…

Love this but there’s zero chance Sinnerman isn’t more universally recognisable

Beethoven’s 5th?

I don’t think that many people would recognise that song (biased because I’m in a noisy pub and can’t look it up to confirm I don’t know it).

My shout -

“I would do anything for love” has a 10 minute and a 12 minute version knocking around, so I think that a better bet.

The End by The Doors (11:34)

Tubular Bells Part 1 (26:01)

Disco Inferno is really long too (10:57)

two men are sitting at a table in front of a norm macdonald tv ALT: two men are sitting at a table in front of a norm macdonald tv

How many of those people are dead?

Okay, fair enough. I was thinking pop rather than classical. 20% feels thin too, mind, Cambridge man.

I would dispute 20% - you’re very Simpsons-coded - but a good shout

Thought.

Is Nina Simone’s Sinnerman (10m 21s) the longest song that more than, say, 20% of people would recognise?

Famously there are only five colours

Randomly watching Wellington Phoenix - Melbourne Victory and if you think VAR in the Prem is a joke, my god…

Pen given, arguing, keeper timewasting, the usuals. Let’s go.

Only THEN does VAR say “er yes mate you might wanna take another look”

63:25 - awarded
64:50 - “hello mate”
66:40 - rescinded

Having one-legged semis at (in this instance) Elland Road and The London Stadium would revitalise a poor competition.

Why stop there?

➡️ Have children (they have good vibes)
➡️ Have children (help)
➡️ Don’t have children (help)
➡️ Don’t have children (I like my Saturdays)
➡️ Don’t want children (But I would enjoy the company of yours)
➡️ Don’t want children (No.)
➡️ What’s a child

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

Nobody has ever looked this good at 5:30am, absolutely disgusting

Can you IMAGINE how bad the railways would be

The Trump tariff stuff is just blatant stock market manipulation. I'd like to see reports frame it alongside the crypto maneuvers, because it's obvious that officials in the administration are making market plays based on predictable swings.

Denmark qualifying for the World Cup would be pretty high stakes stuff, huh.

Pawvert or Asshole

it me

(trapped by my own choice to watch traitors three times a week)