Blogging Sueblimely

I am sure it must be still Sunday somewhere in the world.

One of the reasons I am late with this is that I went to an ‘Idea of North‘ concert last night. They are a very talented Australian A Cappella group. I really enjoy watching them perform live, it makes me appreciate evn more how they can create such wonderful sounds with no backing music. I am unable to embed their video clips but here are a couple of urls to their work:

• Isn’t She Lovely music clip – The Idea of North This one is a special feature on their recent DVD “Live at the Powerhouse”. See if you can guess what happens at the end of the clip!
• Rachel

That does not really count as silly so back to being more jocular. I thought this post from Colin on his ‘Life’ site was really funny Proof (If Any Were Needed) That Footballers Are Thick. I read this on the heels of an email my brother sent me. I am not sure where he found the quotes. If anyone knows if they are online, please let me know and I will link to them.

Quotes made by TV Sports Commentators and their interviewees.

• “I’ve told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones”
  Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LCQF, 1992
  
• “I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered”
  George Best.
  
• “We’ll still be happy if we lose. It’s on at the same time as the Beer Festival.”
  Niall O’Mahoney, Cork City manager before UEFA Cup game v Bayern Munich.
  
• “I would not say he (David Ginola) is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better.”
  TERRY VENABLES, Capital Gold
  
• “It’s now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday.”
  Radio 5 Live
  
• Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.”
  Kevin Keegan, Radio 5 Live
  
• “I never make predictions and I never will.”
  Paul Gascoigne
  
• “He’s one of those footballers whose brains are in his head”
  Derek Johnstone – BBC TV Scotland (1994)
  
• “For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip”
  John Motson – BBC TV
  
• Jimmy Hill: “Don’t sit on the fence Terry, what chance do you think Germany has got of getting through?” Jimmy Hill
  Terry Venables: “I think it’s fifty – fifty”
• “I’m going to make a prediction – it could go either way.”
  Ron Atkinson
  
• “Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.”
  David Acefield
  
• “I love England, especially the food. There’s nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.”
  NaomiCampbell – Even Australians can get things wrong sometimes.
• “I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat”
  Ron Atkinson (1979)

My congratulations to these people for the excellence of their mixed metaphors.

• “Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve.”
  John Greig
• “If you can’t stand the heat in the dressing-room, get out of the kitchen.
  Ron Atkinson in a TV interview
• “Tottenham have impressed me. They haven’t thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.”
  Bobby Charlton
• “I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel”
  Stuart Pearce
• “Celtic were at one time nine points ahead, but somewhere along the road, their ship went off the rails.”
  Richard Park
• “We threw our dice into the ring and turned up trumps.”
  Bruce Rioch, ITV

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