LEAVE IT TO my abstinence from work and football on Saturday to miss what was arguably the best game of the tournament as Roland Gift of the Fine Young Cannibals accomplished two feats of modern scientific marvel, first by evidently fashioning a time machine to travel back to 1982 when he was 21 where he...
Read more →Day 5 sees cans of worms opened and a rare surgical procedure to remove a foot from the mouth of a Polish mayor. Antonio Cassano’s statement that he hoped there were no gay players on the Italian national team opened the sport’s proverbial worm can Tuesday night. To Italy’s credit, coach Cesare Prandelli, openly...
Read more →REMEMBER THE TIME WAY BACK in September, 1939, when the Russians and the Nazis partitioned Poland like it was the last sausage on the pre-war BBQ? Poland sure does. It has a long memory of Russian forays onto its soil, though it has also dealt with Swedes and Ottomans in its long and colourfully...
Read more →THE EUROPEAN MONKEY, or White Ape, part of the subfamily Coccerpithecinae, are found throughout Europe. Five species of Euro-primates are commonly recognized, although there is some disagreement about whether they are really full species or subspecies. They are Major. Arsus (southern Europe), F.Uchingdeebags (found in the far eastern regions), H. Amardalways (found in Northern...
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