Overheard on the way to work this morning:
"So these poles, yeah, they weigh thirty feet a pole".
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
No-confidence Trickster
Silvio Berlusconi resigned today.
While many people will remember him for the allegations of corruption, the philandering and the general buffoonery, I think I'll always remember the stat I heard this morning, namely, that during his long reign, he survived 50 no-confidence votes! 50! And he only decides to resign now? You almost wonder why. It's obviously a remarkable level of self-confidence to offset all that no-confidence. Or perhaps self-delusion. The man's the very walking definition of hubris!
Glad as most people (not to mention the stock markets) are to see him go, I suspect that Europe will soon seem to be a duller place without him.
While many people will remember him for the allegations of corruption, the philandering and the general buffoonery, I think I'll always remember the stat I heard this morning, namely, that during his long reign, he survived 50 no-confidence votes! 50! And he only decides to resign now? You almost wonder why. It's obviously a remarkable level of self-confidence to offset all that no-confidence. Or perhaps self-delusion. The man's the very walking definition of hubris!
Glad as most people (not to mention the stock markets) are to see him go, I suspect that Europe will soon seem to be a duller place without him.
A Day To Remember...Incorrectly
Did you know that for the rest of the world when people say "9/11", today is actually the day they think of.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
I Wouldn't Bet On It
The leading sports story this morning was the guilty verdict from the trial of the two Pakistani bowlers who had bowled no-balls to-order for betting purposes.
There has subsequently been much talk of the example that this set and how players would now be more reluctant to risk getting involved in the so-called spot-fixing. And great for the game this would be if it were so. What everybody seems to have conveniently forgotten is that it wasn't the ICB's anti-corruption team that exposed this cheating; it was the News Of The World tabloid that set up the sting to expose this racket. Ironically, that paper was axed as a result the telephone-hacking scandal. So, just who is going to keep cricket on the straight-and-narrow? The ICB?
There has subsequently been much talk of the example that this set and how players would now be more reluctant to risk getting involved in the so-called spot-fixing. And great for the game this would be if it were so. What everybody seems to have conveniently forgotten is that it wasn't the ICB's anti-corruption team that exposed this cheating; it was the News Of The World tabloid that set up the sting to expose this racket. Ironically, that paper was axed as a result the telephone-hacking scandal. So, just who is going to keep cricket on the straight-and-narrow? The ICB?
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