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Rugby 7's weekend here so had woken up with them at 140 odd for 4, headed out to the 7's with about 40,000 other p1ss heads... All during the games the taters kept updating the crowd to huge roars and cheers from us, the Kiwis & the Yarpies. The tater kept up all day... And for those of you who haven't heard Ricky Ponting was out when? FIRST BALL came the hoots from the crowd. Happy Daze and not just from the beer all day! Great start to a game at Adeaide, now Cook & Strauss carry on where you left off boys

Tom Yam Gung. Medium spicey please. Enough to blow anyone's head off Chor Muang sort of Chicken & Onion Dim Sum but C&C colour it with Violet food colouring. Blue Food freaky as hell but absolute HEAVEN to eat http://www.robertochicco.com/international/ann/chormoung_eng.htm

Well that shows you what politics can do. From someone who has spent 19 years in summer heat down here it is an utterly utterly ludicrous idea. For the Arab population wow they are well chuffed at getting the WC. Yeah sure a/c stadiums - but what about the normal 1 hour queues to get into them for the fans through all the security checkpoints. How many fans will attend? all going via one airport? Sorry, total madness stadiums will be full but ain't gonna be many westerners in them

We're just jealous in reality. To see snow we have to go to the local shopping mall which really isn't quite how it should be. Just once a year to have the chance to chuck a snowball at some "breathless, the world is ending" Sky News reporter. That would be a magic moment.

Totally this Steamed Sea Bass with Fresh Lime Chilli & Corriander But if you want the true historic Thai recipes then the best on the planet can be found at Cabbages & Condoms (I joke not) Here is their menu page. They produce a cookbook which is simply exceptional http://www.pda.or.th/restaurant/menu.asp

Affankyou. If only it hadn't been so bleedin obvious how to win

Just thought I'd stop by and ask how the weather is today. Been a pleasant 28C today but getting a bit chilly in the evenings, and it may drop down as low as 18C tonight, but hardly a breath of wind around. Looks like I may have to dig out a light sweater for our late evening outdoor beach party on Friday

Thnak fook, I thought I was seeing things. I am sure he is playing behind Barnard, sort of an advanced "In The Hole" position. Having seen it myself twice, that seemed to me to be a clear tactical decision and would explain why he isn't in the box as much and why NA is happy with what he is doing for the team

There simply wasn't any other choice this evening. Finish dinner, crack open a reasonable bottle of plonk and sit back and re-enjoy Naked Gun. What's that? I can't hear you. stop shooting the gun while you're talking.... I know it's worng to commercialise these things but it would be one fantastic Christmas Present to get a boxed set of "Best of" Leslie Nielsen movies for Christmas.

Yes, but I think he also suffers from delusional tendencies. I mean - selling out the Away allocation at the Withdean? C'mon don't be daft it holds way more than 300

Great talent, king of the deadpan face. Still use many of those great lines from Airplane & Police Squad. There's a problem in the cockpit What is it? It's the bit at the front of the plane where the Pilots sit, but that isn't important right now

Poster on football fans forum in "Making something up" Shocker

Again, another morning and WOW, take that Aussies. That has to have hurt them mentally, they must really have thought they were going to roll us over and then we go and break almost every record going. Never expected that to happen. And never expected Karlsson to win yesterday down here, but he played great golf and that first play-off hole the two approach shots were simply stunning - Poulter fires in to 3 feet and we all go - he's won it, Karlsson's sails over the pin by about 15 feet and spins back to 3ft 1inch.... and off back down the 18th again and Karlsson wins. So tense! A weekend of dreams on the golf course and on the telly with the cricket and then we get (as usual) to blag our way in to the after party where they kept bringing us a (free) bucket of Heineken each every 15 minutes (they were worried we needed to rehydrate) and they had the cricket highlights on the telly. Bliss

Great news. End of.

Well, at least there is now a chance that they will still have the keys to their stadium for when they play us.

Wow that was a shock when I turned on the telly this morning. Now they just need to keep it going. Wish I could watch, but my TV audience needs me to keep the muppet photographers out of the way of the golfers. When you aren't watching the cricket I'll be the sweaty stressed looking bloke in Blue on the tee boxes trying to stop morons ruining Poulters day, or the one trying to find Freddie or Brian Lara to get the latest score from the Gabba. Come on Trotty bore them into submission, you can do it!

Flintoff was in the bar at the Clubhouse at the golf here this evening. (Still limping BTW). His buddies clearly had a sweepstake going on how many times he was asked if he could fly out for the next test.... Standard reply was simply - yeah I wish and a point to the knee, but you could see the hurt on his face

What you don't want to do right now is to get into a battle of cliches

Ok, just how many times has DM mentioned Thomas... They've looked better since More of an attacking threat etc etc etc etc etc etc

Gobern! keep him in the team!

Was a nice day today, high of 28 but a nice breeze kept it from being too hot out at the golf. In fact even W******d gave a weather report on his Twitter this morning. Expecting a low of 21 this evening and back up to 28 tomorrow but with humidity dropping down to 51%

Why does Dave keep saying Charlton.... I was sure we were playing Cheltenham

Lol at DM giving a 3 minute list of the things Saints don't want to do now

Fank fook for that Guly!