Tag Archive for 'football'

Claim to fame?

July 9th, 2008 by Dave

Now I know that technically a claim to fame is only really valid if you have done something yourself, but I couldn’t think of another way to start this.
I suppose I do have 2 claims to fame in the truest sense of the term.  When my first long term partner and I got married, the [...]

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Steal the thunder…

June 21st, 2008 by Dave

Writer, director and occasional Silent Bob actor Kevin Smith said it best during his “An evening with Kevin Smith” DVD.  He refers to using “Steal the thunder” humour, where he will put himself down about his weight etc, which leaves nothing for people to hit you with.
I have followed the same mantra for many years [...]

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Uncle Fester??

June 10th, 2008 by Dave

So I thought I would explain about the whole “Uncle Fester” thing..Although it could quite easily be about a shaved panda.
Many moons ago I was the main guy responsible for support of an up and coming software company.  When we started having some serious issues.  To cut a long story short, I ended up averaging [...]

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What is it with parents??

June 3rd, 2008 by Dave

I was talking to Sarah last night and the subject came up of Zak and Brandon about to start doing Karate and Judo respectively.
Nothing particularly strange there, until Sarah mentions that it is ok, until both of them end up in competition on the same day in different places. How will she be in [...]

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Just call me Mr Helpful..

March 11th, 2008 by Dave

Carrying on from the initial part of my last post, I bring you a demonstration in helpfulness…
So, it’s the summer of ‘06 and the World Cup is underway. England are playing Paraguay here in Frankfurt and the local authorities have setup massive screens on…check it….ON the river. Around 20,000 England fans are lining [...]

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