Key-rist!

These are possibly some of the worst facts ever.

forward numbers were
8 lock
9 second row
10 second row
11 prop
12 hooker
13 prop

I still usually write teams out that way - it seems sensible.

It's becuase you're upside down.

We invented it, you have to do what we say, even if you're miles better than us at it.

Tbf, that is more logical, numbering from fullback to front row - it just looks weird because it is unfamiliar to me. How did Australian teams come to adopt the modern system - just fashion?

We told them to stop fannying about with stupid numbers.

It's like Leicester is Australia, but with more horrible animals.

16 days to go to my hols whoo whoo

I can't remember the politics of it, but I think it was a 'super league' v ARL thing - one went for Ínternational' numbering to look different to the other.

There's a bloke hoovering the cricket pitch behind Secret Hill Top Lair.

Why would you do that?

Probably because it's quicker than using a broom.

I'm having to blow up balloons with a foot pump because I've ran out of puff. Feeling very light headed, I've had to sit down for 5 mins. Not good.

Works on the really long ones but not the round ones, my heads killing.

An athlete in her prime.

I don't even have an argument, my 5 year old came in after school & blew what was left up.
I'll be puffing & panting when I walk up the stairs at this rate.

Bit nippy today, had to dig my pop socks out.

I like turtles.

Right, in a completely unsubtle attempt to show our massive intellectual superiority over our subtitle-dodging monochrome brethren, it's 5 favourite novels (or series thereof)...

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Journey to the End of the Night, The Flashman Papers, Gormenghast/Titus Groan, The First Circle.

That went well.

I need to think about this a little but will definitely play tomorrow. Expect a Scandinavian socialist bore-a-thon.

I'm rubbish at stuff like this. I'll have a think & get back to you. I'd that bad? Should I have an automatic list? Told you I'm rubbish.

Edit. dum-dum, I don't think you should include your latest read

We need a game of survivor, where's Sean17 (?) when we need him?
Roopy.....
Which reminds me. I'll never forgive you, (MR) for disqualifying me!

Conn Iggulden's novels about both Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan,
All 8 Jason Bourne books (The films are a pale comparison).
All the Jeffery Deaver books about a quadriplegic detective called Lincoln Rhyme (Before the bone collector became a film).
Tolkien end of and again long before it became fasionable to like them.
Dan Brown.

All very easy and such but still good reading none the less.

Well I'm finally back in employment.
Only at Asda Bilton but still I get to work around my kids so jobs a good un.

I've just finished reading all 186 pages of a really really old Agatha Christie novel, "Ten Little Niggers". It's a fantastic read.

That's great news, Just in time for Christmas, again!

Perm this time though


TBH I have been working there covering the extra hours due to the olympics later opening, I didn't mention it as it was only temp work and I kinda got burned mentioning that last christmas.

Kev Keegan or Nora Batty?