Entries Tagged as 'Sports and Leisure'
Two Annoying Hollywood Stars Do Top Gear
Well, Cameron Diaz is annoying. Tom Cruise is weird. But mostly he’s weird because he should be so very good. But then he’s weird and that makes him weirder. But when he’s on, he’s very good. Anyway it’s nice to hear this:
The Sunday Times – Jeremy Clarkson talks cars, fighter jets and biscuits with Hollywood [...]
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England v USA World Cup Goals, In Lego
AWESOME.
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The Special Relationship Is Turning… Special
First, there’s this this “anti-British” backlash backlash going on:
And this screaming across the internet:
From: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London To: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC Subject: World Cup Bet Mr. Longden, It has not escaped our attention that a certain sporting event is fast [...]
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Fußball!
Load this in HD and watch it full screen:
Man I’m excited for World Cup.
They have such a good sense of the international distinctions. I love it. The mad Brazilians erecting a statue and the crazed Englanders and the South Africans, etc etc. As Peter says, this is Nike on form.
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And I Ask You, REALLY?
Note first: The sad little hop
Note second: The random brick house they’re in front of, with a little park, and a random little rainbow painted for a backdrop.
Note third: They’re supposed to be evocative of cameras, presumably to remind people that they’re on CCTV at all times while they enjoy their stay in the British [...]
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I Have a Car!
We picked up my car this evening! It’s a WV Jetta Sportwagen TDI and I love it:
This morning Rueful Red and I were joking that I’d get it and suddenly come over all aggressive towards Poland, à la one of Jeremy Clarkson’s punchlines. So I get in the car and drive out of the dealership [...]
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Except I Don’t Think Jesus Looked Like Quite Such an Ass
What Do We Think of a Jetta Sportwagen TDI?
My car agony continues. Anyone?
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Ontario Provincial Police’s “Prick Move”
Ohh. Ehm. Geeee:
Autoblog – Canadian police pull over entire Mini convoy
Every year, the Southern Ontario Mini Club organizes two charity drives – one in the Spring and one in the Fall. Over time, the event has grown from a handful of participating cars to over 30, and as such, this year the organizers [...]
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Baby’s First Roadtrip: Third Open Thread!
Today’s topic: Cricket. How long has it been since I’ve opened the floor for a good Australia vs. England Yorkshire debate?
I’ll start: A very long time.
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The Prii Don’t Deserve This, or: Journalists Might Wanna Learn How To Drive a Motorized Vehickle Before Reporting On Them
I’m no fan of the Prius, but seriously:
Forbes – Toyota Hybrid Horror Hoax, by Michael Fumento
Also, check out the Ken Doll byline headshot on this guy. Yeesh.
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The Committee In Charge of Promoting Sport Values at the Olympics
WaPo – IOC failing in its responsibility to the Olympics, by Sally Jenkins
As the Vancouver Games come to a close, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge will call them a success. But it’s the IOC — so incubated in blue blazers, five-star accommodations, and shellfish buffets — that requires real assessment. Exactly what [...]
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Promoting Sport Values at the Olympics
Telegraph – Canadian women’s ice hockey team apologise for beer and cigars on ice The all-conquering Canadian women’s ice hockey team has apologised after players celebrated winning Olympic gold by quaffing champagne and beer, and smoking cigars, on the ice.
Victorious players emerged from the dressing room, still in their uniforms and with gold medals [...]
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So I Was Just Watching, Slightly Incredulous, “Nordic Combined”…
National Post:
The Winter Games in particular are a hotbed of weirdness. You say that not enough women play hockey internationally to make it legitimate? How about the sport of nordic combined, in which participants both cross-country ski and ski jump? Are there leagues devoted to the pursuit of such an odd combination of [...]
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To Go With My NBC-Induced Gnashing-of-Teeth
A golden (get it?!) oldie from Mark Steyn, from New Criterion, September, 2007:
The same networks which offer drearily parochial coverage of the Olympics to the point where you’d barely know there were any other countries competing except as exotic background extras in a Team USA victory parade insist after the commercial break that [...]
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