I want patience... AND I WANT IT NOW!!!!

And I love the video below from a comedy show from a while ago called Green Wing.

Anyway, time to post on the family.  Today is Wednesday, which is becoming one of my favourite days.  I go to work early, and them come home.  I get to take my daughter to school, and then take my son to pre-school.  I then go to work, do more paper work.  Come home for lunch, after picking my son up.  Go back to work, and then come back to collect my daughter from school.  Of course, I am not meant to do things like forget my daughters PE kit which I did today, nor her book bag, or her water bottle.  Bad father.  But despite making her cry in the playground when I took her sweets from her (she wanted to take them into school which was not allowed), she forgave me when I had come to pick her up.  Hopefully next week I will a) not make her cry and b) not forget her things.

Anyway, time to go to bed in a moment.  I am watching the highlights from the cricket world cup.  Not my favourite sport, but the match is meant to be a memorable one.  


And then onto football.  Poor Alex Ferguson has been moaning that the referee was not strong enough in the game where Chelski beat ManUre.  Makes a change considering that Rooney should not have even been playing as well as the way that referees seem to favour his team over others.  Arsenal have won against Leyton Orient, and I will tape the highlights to watch at a later date.  It is nice to win, especially against a team that was hoping to take advantage of our recent defeat.  Hopefully, we will not sustain any more injuries in the run up to the game against Barcelona.  Anyway, good night all.  Enjoy the video.



Not One, but Two Blondes
Two blondes were walking through the woods and came upon a set of tracks. One blonde said that they were deer tracks. The other blonde said that they were moose tracks.
They were still arguing when the train hit 'em.

My dog does a somersault everytime Man Ure score a goal. Sometimes he does two somersaults, it depends how hard I kick him.

At least ManUre lost.

What do Arsenal and a werewolf have in common? Both are allergic to silver.

Apart from the football result, it was a good weekend. I worked as usual on Saturday, and on Sunday I took the kids down to London and we had lunch with my Mum and two brothers. The kids loved it as they lap up the attention and also met Dougal, the dog. And afterwards my Mum came up to baby sit while my wife and I got a chance to go out. We stayed out late and I may have drunk a bit too much!

But the kids loved having my Mum up. They know that Gran is there to charm, to love and to love them. We are lucky in that the kids have two great Grandmothers. My Father-in-law is great with them as well. A shame I guess about my own Dad, but three out of four ain't bad!

First France lose to England in the rugby, then they lose to Birmingham in the final! Granddad will be happy!

Right, first of all, well done Birmingham City. They deserved to have scored more that one goal by half time, Arsenal getting lucky with an offside/penalty decision.

We did not miss Fabregas, we missed Theo. And hopefully he will be back in time for the match against Barcelona. Before the match I was not too optimistic knowing that we have a poor record in the League Cup especially against 'weaker' teams winning it only twice (against Liverpool & Sheffield Wednesday) while getting beaten in the final against teams like Swindon Town and Luton. Of course Chelski beat us as well a few years ago, but that was against what was effectively a youth team.

Anyway, time to go and I will post about the kids later. (Sob.)

Pre-Season: The time of year when Arsenal win a trophy

As an Arsenal fan I was asked what my ideal outcome would be in a Manure-Chelski game. Apparently a terrorist attack is not a valid response...

British ex pats - Avoid paying tax on your UK income by working in a politically unstable and potentially dangerous country and then complain when the bombs start going off and the British Government don't lay on enough planes to get you home.

How can I not post about the changes that have been happening recently.  

God willing, democracy will come to the Middle East, and not through liberation with bombs, but due to the people of the Middle East rising up against the tyrants who oppress them.  And hopefully, not too many will die.  As I noted earlier, such a change will be interesting for Israel, but then, I want a fair and just peace for all in the Middle East.  Many people think that it is just about Jews and Muslims, but they forget the huge number of Christians who live there as well as those who follow what is considered to be the worlds oldest religion, Zoroastrianism.  Hopefully, any democracy that exists will flourish on respecting all, rather than the majority oppressing those considered to be the minority.  I understand why many in the Middle East doubt the commitment of the west to democracy, not just because of the way democracy in Iran was toppled in favour of a dictator because of oil, but the way the west worked to bring about democracy to Palestine, and then worked to overthrow it when a government that the US did not like was elected.

Henleys Estate Agent

Evening all.  

I was listening to the radio today and heard a comedy about estate agents.  Well, lets face it, they get a bad rap.  But I have to say, when we moved houses, we sold our house with a great estate agent.  I doubt many people will get the time to read this, or even care about a great estate agent, but if you are interested in one, Henleys in Colchester are brilliant.  They do not just serve Colchester, but the area in between Colchester and Ipswich as well.  When I look back at the time we spent trying to sell our house, part of me wishes that we had used them first of all as we used two other agents beforehand, neither of whom I would recommend.  Whereas Henleys were great, honest and they addressed people as individuals, not just treating them as a commission.

Anyway, if you are interested in some jokes about the crap estate agents...

What's the difference between Sperm and an Estate Agent ?

At least a sperm has a one in a million chance of becoming a Human Being. 

Two Estate Agents were on holiday in Africa, they were enjoying themselves and decided to take a closer look at the wildlife and maybe take some pictures.

All of a sudden a lion starts running towards them, the older EA starts running for his life but looks over his shoulder and amazingly the other younger EA is opening his bag and putting on a pair of Reboks.

He say's "What are you doing, you can't out-run a lion"

The other EA say's "Sod out-running the Lion, just as long as I out run you!!