6 (or so) Nations

Well after this weekend's Rugby what can I really say. The Italians were very sharp on Saturday and after the first 7 minutes or so it never looked like they were going to lose. Congratulations must go to them for their first away win. Remembering that their first ever win was also against the Scots.

England went over to Croke park ....an occasion more mared by the media's constant referral back to the days of Michael Collins ..... 90% of them not even bothering to mention the 14 people murdered by Collins and his men which led to the attack at Croke park. Before anyone starts going at me .... I do realise that the people Murdered at Croke were not (To any ones knowledge) involved with the preceding events. And I do not agree with the Army going in the way they did. Anyway .....enough of the politics ..... Back to the Rugby.
England were well and truly beaten by a far superior Ireland team with Ireland finally finding their true form in this competition ..... The only bright light, on which was a really cloudy day for England, was the debut by David Strettle ...... Seemed the only player on the pitch not to be phased by the occasion. But then he is a Quin so maybe I'm biased.

As for the Welsh ...... They lost to France ....but that really was expected .... at the present time in the competition the old welsh have been "leek"ing points like a sieve and have the dubious honour of probably claiming the wooden spoon.

Add it up

Over on Lens site he has this little tester below ...... try and figure out how much you would be fined .....but unlike the wife when she done it ...... don't leave the list out with the fine in the same order.

See if you can tell which one's she shouldn't have answered.

Smoked pot — $10
Did acid — $5
Ever had sex at church — $25
Woke up in the morning and did not know the person who was next to you — $40
Had sex with someone on MySpace — $25
Had sex for money — $100
Vandalized something — $20
Had sex on your parents’ bed — $10
Beat up someone — $20
Been jumped — $10
Crossed dressed — $10
Given money to stripper — $25
Been in love with a stripper — $20
Kissed some one who’s name you didn’t know — $0.10
Hit on some one of the same sex while at work — $15
Ever drive drunk — $20
Ever got drunk at work, or went to work while still drunk — $50
Used toys while having sex — $30
Got drunk, passed out and don’t remember the night before — $20
Went skinny dipping — $5
Had sex in a pool — $20
Kissed someone of the same sex — $10
Had sex with someone of the same sex — $20
Cheated on your significant other — $10
Masturbated — $10
Cheated on your significant other with their relative or close friend — $20
Done oral — $5
Got oral — $5
Done / got oral in a car while it was moving — $25
Stole something — $10
Had sex with someone in jail — $25
Made a nasty home video — $15
Had a threesome — $50
ad sex in the wild — $20
Been in the same room while someone was having sex — $25
Stole something worth over more than a hundred dollars — $20
Had sex with someone 10 years older — $20
Had sex with someone under 21 and you are over 27 — $25
Been in love with two people or more at the same time — $50
Said you love someone but didn’t mean it — $25
Went streaking — $5
Went streaking in broad daylight — $15
Been arrested — $5
Spent time in jail — $15
Peed in the pool — $0.50
Played spin the bottle — $5
Done something you regret — $20
Had sex with your best friend — $20
Had sex with someone you work with at work — $25
Had anal sex — $80
Lied to your mate — $5
Lied to your mate about the sex being good — $25

Valentines

Heres one just for Munch

Weekend Rugby

Well another weekend of 6 nations Rugby ....not really much to say about it all this week ....... The Italians put up a fine performance against an England team that seemed devoid of ideas ...... After this match we had the Welsh and Scots commentators telling us all how boring the England Italy match was, and how there was going to be a try fest at Murryfield. Well the murryfield match lacked any tries ....With Paterson kicking 7 from 7 .... and Jones kicking 3 it was a penalty fest :)

So to look forward to Sundays match between Ireland and France. Again not that good a match .... but at least as far as running rugby goes it was more exciting ....... my man of the tournement for this week though is Chris paterson of Scotland ....... It must be remember that on a percentage basis this guy is the best kicker in the world

Youth of today

Just recently down in our little neck of the woods there has been a noticable increase in the activities os some of the local youths. last week we had a young 15 year old stabbed in the heart by a 20 year old ........ from the reports from witnesses the 15 year old was stood with some friends when he was initially accosted by a 17 year old girl with a stick. When he finally fought back and pushed her off she was supposed to have said "I will get my boyfriend down here to stab you!"........ Which is apparently exactly what happened....... So at the moment we have one 15 year old dead ...and one 20 year old on remand.

Then a yesterday I hear that 11 youths have been arrested for attacking 3 youths in another area close to us.

Now my first reaction, I suppose the same as some other "older" peoples is what are the youth of today like ...... but then really .... have they ever been anything different?

During the 1950's we had Teddy Boys (Edwardians) Now these were also young people who hung around the stret corners supposedly carrying knives and fighting mostly with each other ..... This developed into the 60's and the Mods and Rockers .....Rockers being the follow on from Teddy boys ....and Mods being the new "Cult" ........ These two sets of youths were supposed to have ruined Bank Holidays up and down the country when they clashed....... Then there were the Skinheads ...punks ....Teddy boys again ....Mods again ..... The list over the decades is continueous .....

So the question that needs answering is

Have the Youth of today got more aggresive ......... or is the media of today more robust in it's reporting of said incedents ........ you decide?

What a weekend

Well the start of the 6 nations was Saturday ...and what a start. After last year I don't think England could have dropped any further away from the Rankings but you never know do you?
England had the sweatys on Saturday (no offence Len) and without all the crap that was shown before the match last year at Murryfield, i.e. the taunting of the England team by lots of men in kilts and blue faces (Fashion in Scotland obviously not progressed much). The match got under way ...... Classic match it wasn't .... Johny was back and proving why he is probably the first choice fly half in an England shirt. Unfortunately as we all know Johny was awarded a try that clearly wasn't .... but on the balance of things the sweatys first try should not have been given ..... as everybody else in the land, apart from the ref, saw that the England lineout jumpers arm had been pulled down allowing the ball to travel to the back. But then that's life. A good start for the England Team ....not so good for the Scots. Other games saw France beat the Italians and Ireland beat the Welsh. ..... Everything then running to expectations.

Been a while

It's been a while since I've posted .....sorry about that ......But my last post regarded young Jack ...who not long after the post unfortunately passed away.

So What's been happening since ....well so much really .... I changed jobs back to working as a Landfill Administrator ....no more working outside in the cold :)

I've also fitted a new kitchen for my beloved wifey ....... Pic above ...... Not bad for someone who wouldn't hammer a nail in the wall a couple of years back. I've been refereeing some adult games, although the fact that my legs have swollen up again have calmed that down for the moment.

That's all for the moment ..... will post again soon ...and not leave it as long between posts.

Final thought of the day

If someone close to you dies .................... Change seats :)