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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-main-concern-getting-tell-BANK-DETAILS.html

Hostage aboard the Egyptair flights says one chap phoned his wife to tell her about a secret bank account and she, ignoring the bit about the hijack, made him repeat his bank details several times Hope she was there when he got back. Another chap slept through it and was worried he'd miss his connecting flight when told they were landing in Cyprus.“

Another quote: A third passenger managed to keep a frozen chicken (baladi as he says) all the way till they found it in his handbag while boarding on our last plane back to Cairo and he was so angry they are taking his [chicken] so the security guard, to end this funny discussion, told him they will put it in the fridge for him, leaving him shouting “you let an explosive vest on board but don’t allow my chicken”.

 

Discovered an excellent beer. Adnams Ghost Ship.

 

Adams do some good stuff.

 

Disney's Pinocchio scared the living bejeezes out of me when I was a kid. Still has uncomfortable bits. It's still a U.

I checked.

 

Think I've mentioned before about seeing sharks, seals and dolphins while sailing. And in the Solent too, although they were smaller there. But the Sunfish was huge and that was in the Solent. That scared the living daylights out of me because it was just under the Albacore dinghy I was sailing in. Good job we were on a broad reach with the centreboard almost entirely up.

I know Adnams Ghost Ship. Had a pint only a fortnight ago after a Ramblers outing. Good beer.

 

Did you see the program? They took a dead humpback whale out to the Celtic Deep (50 miles off South Wales, in the Irish Sea) and used it as bait. They then dived to view the Sharks. In the end they had to get out and use as remote camera as there was 150-200 blue sharks feeding from it. Amazing.

 

BRING ME THE HEAD OF RYAN GIGGS.

Its a book about football by Rodge Glass. Anyone read it? I thoroughly recommend it. Its far and away the best footie related book I've ever read.

I picked it up in the library by chance and I couldn't put it down once I started reading it.

 

Heard on the commute - ringing endorsement for a certain bloke who's been on a date: "If he had a heart I'd actually quite like him."

 

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...re-youre-hot-enough-to-be-chatted-up-at-a-bar

State Department in US warns their ugly countrymen to beware if chatted up in bars abroad. If you're not a 10 in America, you're not a ten abroad.
They are open to ridicule, but actually sound advice....amazing how unattractive men feel they are irresistible to beautiful oriental women. Women aren't so prone to delusion (as we are harder on ourselves), but there have been cases of middle-aged matrons believing that attractive African beach combers are crazy about them. The State Department doesn't give you advice if you truly are a ten....does that mean you are safe from pickpockets and thieves.

 

Alonso pulls out of Bahrain race due to injuries sustained in his recent crash.

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1670139/india-flyover-collapse-14-dead-and-150-trapped

Partially built fly over in India falls onto crowded street below. 14 Dead...150 trapped under rubble.

 

Ronnie Corbett has died.

 

He was great in The Two Ronnies....a funny and decent man.

 

Yes. Bit of a surprise and of course a shame. However that means Stoffel Vandoorne will be making his debut which is exciting - he's a world champion in waiting that kid. Very special.

 

Saw the Two Ronnies live at the Gaumont in the late 70s. I'd always thought Barker was the cleverer and funnier of the 2, but as it turned out not when live. Ronnie Corbett knew how to be the clown using his stature to great comic effect... perfect timing and an ability to interact with his audience.

 

No I didn't but I'll have a butcher's if you tell me where to look.

I did once come across half a dozen or so sharks while trying to learn to surf off Polzeath Beach in Cornwall. It was due to them that I never succeeded. Gives me the eebie-geebies just thinking about it.

Don't go near the water. Ain't it sad. What's happened to the water. Our water's going bad.

That's meant to be about pollution, but I think of sharks too. Need some killer whales to clean up the place.

 

Awww... Always struck me as a decent person. And funny.

 

Died with his family around him....that's the way to go...not in some un-care home.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35935571

Some of Ronnie's best jokes.

 

This week I was asked to do a very important after-dinner speech. I said, 'Do you want me to be funny?' They said, 'No, just be yourself.'

Absolute classic.