The Zidane jokes will run and run no doubt, and while people are producing quality web-pages like this one, it is Sarcasmo’s duty to redirect you there…
Pity if you will poor old Zinadine Zidane: sent off during the World Cup final for a serious infraction of FIFA’s “no headbutting Italians” rule and now reduced to the status of French national hero with enough cash in the bank to enjoy a lifetime of truffles, stuffed songbirds and fine vintage champagne.
Indeed, while the rest of the world was struggling to contain its outrage at Zidane’s unsportsmanlike use of the Glasgow handshake, Jacques Chirac counterattacked with: “I would like to express all the respect that I have for a man who represents at the same time all the most beautiful values of sport, the greatest human qualities one can imagine, and who has honoured French sport and, simply, France.”
Well, therein lies the rub, mon ami. How you view the whole thing depends largely on your national perspective, as nicely demonstrated by a viral email posted on The Register.
The interesting thing about dressing your dog up as a spider is that if you give them six extra legs, they end up with ten legs… But then anyone who would dress up a dog probably isn’t too hot on math to begin with.
Zinedine Zidane… a moment of madness. But the good news is that the next edition of FIFA Football for the PS2 will now have a ‘Streetfighter’ minigame included. This link shows some rough outlines of what it will look like! (It might take a while for the page to load, but it’s worth it!)
Ta, Justin
Everybody wondered whether Wayne would make Christiano apologise. Apparently he gave him a right mouthful…
Do the police really need that new non-emergency 101 number? If this selection of 999 calls is anything to go by, I think they’ll be needing a few more.
Communications operator: “Hello police”
Caller: “My wife’s left me two salmon sandwiches which was left over from last night… and I’m a sat in the chair here and she’s out there decorating. She won’t put any food on or anything for anybody, I don’t know what….”
Communications operator: “I’m sorry but I really can’t take this. It’s not an emergency because your wife won’t give you anything to eat.”