Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#1
today in the papers a unknown scot claming to be "british/English" won a game of out door ping pong at Wimbledon.8 to 10 pages of a non story.
no such luck about the british grand prix and the diabolacle tyre problem that 4 drivers sufferd,got half a page in the sports section in the papers.
the british lions sufferd the same fate.
so whats with this game of ping pong being more important than any thing else.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#2
Could just be the fact that a 77year old record was broken, anyway it must make a change from the usual almost blanket football coverage.
I will now retreat to my dark corner
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#3
Lacklustre's Lament
When column inches stretch o'er long
and photo-ops expand
we sense aright there's something wrong
No longer cheer we for the bland
We have reached an sorry pass
that we're at success, agog
time was we rallied round en-masse
and hooted for the under-dog
Sad, sporting failure's in our past
all spur to prowess is gone
our scope for improvement, once vast
now perished at Wimbledon
Britishness has had its chips
we've got our Champion
crests we ride, that once were dips
Ho-hum; "Keep calm and carry on!"
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
#4
Jan
again your right !!!!!!!!
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#5
strange really,plenty of tennis and football and much else.wimblebore should be relegated to channel 997 on your tv.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#6
17 million people were tuned in to the match despite the glorious weather outside.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#7
couch potatoes howard,whats the betting they had bottles of chabbly and caviar sarnies on the coffee table and a couple of large bottles of champers in the fridge just in case.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#8
couldn't say brian i only got in and turned on the box when it was 5 - 4 in the third set, about 20 minutes later it was 6 - 4.
talk of a knighthood for him now.