What’s the deal with…? Week 2
This week I comment of Vinnie Jones, and his new
affiliation, how bad I think blogs are, and why I think Buddhists should never
be involved in peace talks. I also have some really comic material in this
week, so make sure you read right to the end.
Vinnie Jones was born and raised in Watford in England, played for a few
London teams, and then a few Yorkshire teams. So how did he end up playing for
Wales?
For my American readers, you might know him from such films as Gone in
Sixty Seconds (I think he’s called snake or python or something like that in
it) and as the voice of Rommel in Garfield 2, oh, and as Juggernaut in X-Men 3.
What I ask is this, if he was born and raised in England, has constantly
affirmed his English Heritage, and has made it known he is English, why did he
try to play for the Republic of Ireland, and then when they rejected him he
proved that his ancient ancestry was from Wales and he then played for them. I
don’t know, the lengths people will go to to play international football eh,
Ryan Giggs.
I did have a laugh this week at the expense of Vinnie Jones. He has become
an ambassador of greyhound racing with DVD’s like “Gone to the dogs” which I
own a copy of. I was not then shocked to find out that he has done a load of
advertising with Ladbrokes to raise the profile of the sport.
What gave me my joke was that Mr Jones comes over the speaker system and
tells you how to bet on a dog race, and he then goes on to say that when you
speak to one of the guys behind the counter, tell them that Vinnie sent you,
pay for your bet and enjoy the race. I already had a bet placed at this point,
so, when I one £25 exactly, I walked up to the counter and said
“Vinnie sent me, he said you owe me £25 and that if you didn’t give it to
me or he’ll break your b****d legs.”
What’s the deal with Blogs?
No, please could someone email me
the answer to this as I just don’t get it.
Before you ask this isn’t a blog, it’s a personal webpage. I don’t need to
visit some blog site to tell people how amazing and interesting my life is.
What’s the deal with Buddhism?
Well, I have chat’s with friends about this sort of thing. I don’t consider
Buddhism to be a valid theology/religion because it doesn’t have a god.
I saw without a doubt the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life on The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart on M4 (The TV Channel, not the Motorway) who leaves
people with a Zen each day. Americans can be quite funny when they try. I have
been getting into The Daily Show and Jay Leno recently.
There is a conflict happening in Sri Lanka that not many people know about
because it doesn’t get much air time. The Tamil tigers, are terrorist group
trying to claim independence for North East Sri Lanka have started a civil war
again after four years of peace. This is extremely tragic when considering,
that while it rebuilds itself after the Tsunami it has been plunged into war
and does not experience the same success as neighbouring India, or the ability
to instigate an economy boom as has been seen in many Asian countries.
A peace protest was held in Colombo for people of different faiths to
express their views. Suddenly half way through, what appeared to be a Buddhist
(or possibly a Krishna) for no reason whatsoever just lunged out and started
smacking the granny out of a fellow protestor. Don’t believe me? I wouldn’t
either, but as usual with the things that most find hard to believe I submit
the evidence for your approval…
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml
The Daily show is on Comedy Central Mon-Thurs 11pm/10c and in the
UK is available on More4 (Sky 142 also on Freeview/Cable) at 8:30p.m.
Final Word for the week
My final word this
week goes to Dr Phil Gee of Plymouth University. I discovered this week that he
discovered that Goldfish only having a memory of three seconds is a myth. How
did he discover it you ask? He was very intelligent, and he noticed that
Goldfish only appear stupid in lab environments, and that their brains are in
fact extremely complex. He pretended that he was studying the fish, and then at
10:30am he stopped, he made two cups of tea, and poured one in the goldfish
bowl. He then lit two cigarettes and put one in the goldfish bowl for the
goldfish. The goldfish drank the tea and smoked the cigarette and they had a
chat about what happened in eastenders the night before.
Only joking, Fish Study to
read the full study.
Expect to see my
review on the Daily Show and the Jay Leno show very soon