Football Worth Watching

Finally, some football that you don't mind seeing on the telly. Where heroes are heroes, villains are villains and nobody's meta-tarsal gets broken.  For father's day number one daughter got me a copy of Shaolin Soccer a completely bonkers film that shows what happens when the martial arts people take up football.

So I shot home to watch it. And it is very silly. Very, very funny. And silly.  And the odd thing is that, even in the midst of the daftness, they end up creating some characters that you genuinely care about. The action shots are in the best Matrix mould. Only better.

I would strongly advise you to get to see it if you haven't already.  At the very least you should check out the film website. My favourite is the "Iron Shirt" move.

I'm going to watch the film again. Very loudly, during the World Cup Final.

Number one son got me season one of "The 4400", which looks very interesting.  More antidotes to football.

Well Groomed Hands

Whilst out for the day yesterday I had occasion to wash my hands in an unfamiliar bathroom. Having applied plenty of soap from a pump action dispenser thing I found that my hands did not get soapy in the expected manner. Further inspection revealed that I had in fact put fructose hair conditioner on my hands, which were now soft, manageable and tangle free.  Wonderful.

Racing Trim

On the way back from visiting number one daughter we went past a farm with a sign outside which said "For Sale: Pet food and accessories".

Unfortunately the place was shut, otherwise I would have dropped in and asked for some spoilers for the hamsters and a couple of go faster stripes for the guinea pigs.

Hull in Good Looking City Shock

Nice eh?

Went up town today. Must admit that the place was looking rather splendid. Took a bunch of pictures with the little camera. There are more on Flickr.

Jabbed

I had my innoculations for the trip to India earlier today. Two injections, one in each arm. Just before she stuck the needles in the nurse asked "Now, which arm do you use the least?".  Talk about confidence building.