Sunday 14 February 2010

I don't do Valentines.
Added to the fact that it is close to my birthday, and I can't get a table in a restaurant that isn't massively overpriced (and if you can eat it is all covered in chocolate because it's "romantic" - yes, including the fish and steak!)... Its just not worth the effort.
Instead, I'm enjoying the Winter Olympics.
There is something great about a sporting event in which the British have no chance of getting a medal in. We haven't even got an "Eddie the Eagle" to amuse us, so we can watch and just enjoy the spectacle. Dutchmen flying on skates as fast as a human can go without a machine or an animal. Scandinavians flying through the air. Central Europeans and Orientals sliding down and over various forms of frozen water - and nowhere is a Brit to threaten to raise the nations hopes, only to have the cup of victory dashed from our lips at the final hurdle while the tabloid hacks sharpen their nibs and begin the recriminations.

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