Spit it out, Alex, When are you retiring?

What the devil is this? Fergie appearing on a decent, respectable, Liverpool loving blog site that likes all things nice? Well reports this week have been rife regarding Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.

Just tying up the loose ends.....

I wanted to share with you my thoughts for the day. Its been an interesting day, what with the second live prime minister debate being slogged out last night. Plus, it is St Georges Day. Anyway, ive tried to bullet point my thoughts in a chronological order......

Scene it, Scene it, Scene it!

Movie remakes are everywhere. I do find it increasingly difficult to admire many of the new releases these days due to them being movies that i have already seen 20 years ago.

Just one more thing.........

A bit of useless info for you, unless you hit upon a quiz night that has this question, in which case, i'll go halves with you. Thomas Mitchell, the uncle from Its A Wonderful Life, played the role of Colombo before Peter Falk in the early 60's, with the title Prescription:Murder, the same as the '68 pilot.

The Delicious Grimace Dahl

Watching The Delicious Miss Dahl at the moment. Hmm. As a Cookery programme, i actually prefer this to any other right now. After all, following Heston's far fetched creations on 'Feasts' are out of my cullinary reach.

P.Diddy this, P. Diddy.

I think it started as a serious discussion. The music played, probably Bowie early 70's. My work mate and I listened to it yet again, like a ubiquitous drone of a washing machine climaxing to its final cycle. I like Bowie. No. I love Bowie. But where we work, it seems to play every 10 minutes. As a fan, i said to my suffering colleague, "This is Bowie,this. Bowie!"
So, every time a song came on that wasnt Bowie, my mate would respond, "Bowie this is, Bowie!" It was probably something totally different, like Blur or Take That. It was a piss take of course, but a very funny one, that has carried on now for many months. Me and my wife, Mrs At the drive in, often play this game at home. I'll put a Nirvana CD on and she will come running into the living room, interupting her washing up and shout "LL Cool J this. LL Cool J!"
I need to ask people to do this to strangers that you meet. Whether its in a cafe, a pub, or in the street. If you hear some music, shout out to the nearest person a name of a band so ridiculously opposite. Watch their reaction and laugh! Me and my mate have become really popular in our workplace. Honest.

A great performance comes far too late

Went to the pub tonight. I live close to Newcastle so the geordie fans were cheering at the big screen as they were watching their team beat Plymouth to win promotion as champions to the Premiership. I, sat next to another solitary figure, watched the portable sized screen at the back of the pub, by the exit and the gents loo. Liverpool were entertaining West Ham. No commentary of course. That was saved for the 'big' match at the front of the pub. Theres no reason why the Premiership match should have been shown on the big screen. Newcastle, after all, are well supported in these parts, but an even bigger reason dawned on me during the match. Liverpool, my team, are not the big attraction any more. Maybe a pub not connected to the North East were doing exactly the same, showing a match with something to play for. A game with passion. Proper footy. I have seen worse Liverpool sides in the past than this season with a more worrying future, such as the early 90's Souness era, but still, with an injured Torres, a Juve bound manager and a depressed captain the forecast aint good. If Liverpool want to be on the big screen again, they'll have to do to the rest of the Premiership teams what they did to West Ham tonight, show some passion and play them off the park!

Go to bed or another glass of wine?

Ok. So it should be bed time. The wife has retired. Even the cat has waved the white flag. I am ctually a little bit tired, but, i have a glass of wine to finish. 'Aha!' the wine snobs might say, 'You can save it until tomorrow and let the wine breath'. Yeah right, i'm watching Justin Lee Collins Good Times with a large measure of the red and i'll, erm, let it breath? Look, I'll make a deal. I wont let the the little bugger breath, I'll drink it, watch the rest of Lee Collins (tho its nothing as good as Friday Night Project) and snuggle into my cot.

He-man cartoon introduction

Way To Blue - Time Has Told Me - Krystle Warren - Glasgow (Nick Drake)

Columbo lezúg a hegyoldalról (Hungarian)

Nick gets a Clegg up!

Like a true outsider, Nick Clegg recieves the plaudits in the first television debate between the three main leaders. I dont know about you, but im sooooo looking forward to the next. Its like a Champions League Final, a Britains Got Talent installment or a comeback tee off by Tiger Woods. Look, I have no idea who i'll be voting for next month, but thats the whole point, right? We watch, Supernoodles at the ready (or is that just me?!) and we decide as Gordon 'Hulk Hogan' Brown and David 'The Ultimate Warrior' Cameron battle over Number 10, with Nick 'The Undertaker' Klegg looking to bury them both.

A Royal Rumble

Thats not the only debate being aired at the Nags Head, of course. We are also talking about the race for the Premiership title, or in my case, The challenge for fourth. Im a Liverpool supporter, so im obviously doomed, but, just like the race for Prime Minister, theres alot of life in this debate yet! Spurs are great under 'Arry. Mancini looks like a 'Special One' at City. Benitez looks to Europe, namely Turin, Italy. But football is a funny ol' game, as is politics. Gordon Brown might have got a spanking in the first debate, but how will he respond in the second Clegg?!