THE BRITISH THREAD II

Incorrect, Sherlock, I get Sky News with the Freebox in my DVD recorder.

The weather lady appears on that. Her skirt shows wrinkles from sitting down but that just makes it more sexy, and I think she knows that.

They all look a bit silly to me Mac. And what about the one whose ready to drop one. On The Ovarian Trolley.

What, worse than the sorts in the Banker and Hedgefund?

Yeah--they look silly too.

But those fleshy legs marching along the weather wall in a power skirt eh? sweeping a warm front across the north.

Remember Angela Rippon on Come Dancing. She had a mini-bottom at the junction of her arms and shoulders. They made her cover them up eventually due to fans writing in who had Come Watching.

It's all body fascism. They never allow a Margaret Rutherford type do they? Ageist bastards. It's a casting couch job.

Weather girls have to be pretty. It's the law. Else we'd never have got Ulrika.

You want a female version of Michael Fish with your cornflakes in the morning? I don't think so.

Margaret Rutherford would have made my day.

All these others really are trying to look sexy. Kate Burley upstaged the lot of them when she got herself on Come Skating and gave us a lingering lamp at her gusset in a long glide towards the camera across the ice on the shoulder of some nonentity or other with her short skirt flapping gently. When Kate's in a good mood, which is difficult just now, she gets on a high stool next to the idiot who does the sport and plays with her knees in cahoots with the camera team and asks him a few risque questions. You can tell those guys are in awe of her. Kate comes from up north I think.

If you can cast your mind back Mr Blair found her difficult to deal with at the Dome opening ceremony. I think she was pissed mind you.

Did you see that tonight where somebody had pressed the wrong button before submitting and a thousand households in a newly built village had received nasty warnings about making too much noise and then 999 of them had got another letter apologising and promising not to deduct the cost of all these letters from the amenities fund. And then the whole story was gone over again on TV to fill up the spaces between the ads.

One complaint had set off this absurdity. One typo had compounded the effect. And then you wonder why there's a financial crisis.

I don't think I've got the heart to disagree with you. Partly because I am unsure of the exact point you are trying to make, as, I feel, are you.
Ann Widdecombe and Clare Short would have made it further in politics, I feel , if they looked more like Sarah Palin.

Pity there's not more laydeez here, then we could discuss Strictly Come Dancing, which I am fond of following: a fine combination of the athletic and the aesthetic, with some showbiz and some razzamatazz mixed in.

Everyone is talking about "Strictly" The X factor and something to do with famous people that I've never heard of. Why?

Morning morning...

Stevie... haven't seen you in yonks. How's it going? All coco up there?

Good morning Brits! Looks like the sites changed again.... I think i like this better than the last design.
And steve I have no idea why people are talking about such god awful programes. Although I like the fact people seem to be getting a lot of enjoyment out of strictly, it's quite sweet.

Something seems to happen tonight:

Berlin Braces for English Invasion




Did you know, btw, that in 1966 ... > ... =

I think its a football match Walter. Only about 7 English fans arrested so far. No contest if you ask me.

But it will be interesting, I think England might just get hammered...

Well done, congrats! (Capello is really doing a very good job!)

Got hammered in the rugby instead!

I gather that Heidi has lost her handbag on her space walk.

Fabio's fabulous footballers .... I liked Wright-Philips' contribution.

Good, open game for an international.

now thats not very lady like to bring that up at such a time of national rejoicing, with church bells ringing and dancing in the streets.

now its confession time...I bin an gon an dun it

I've been persuaded much against my own inclination and falling victim to the charms of a professional salesman to buy (another) bike. But it is the most beautiful bicycle in the world...and I'm going to frame it and hang it on the wall, that way mrs S might see the sense in it. Or not...we shall see.

Please pray for me.

You could open a showroom and charge admission, giving Mrs, S a lifelong free ticket ...

Thanks Walter, all life saving suggestions gratefully received.