Category Archives: Football

Kicking A Dead Pig

April 22, 2019Football, Healthcare, Sci-fi, ScienceAnimal Farm, Boris Johnson, MythBusters, sci-fi, The Beatlesricky

Long-suffering readers of the blog may have noticed that I often use these posts to grapple with subjects of which I don’t yet have a grasp.

Things I don't understand, #94: Bochum's 1997 kit — What can I say? I like a broad palette.

VfL Bochum there, using a pretty broad palette for their 1997 kit.

So, when Long-Suffering Reader Of The Blog Paul asked me if the pig thing [was] lighting up my various comms channels, I was thrilled to discover that The Pig Thing was A Thing that needed both grappling and grasping.

Check out the Apoplexy Newsletter for some light relief
and some tunes to accompany the following…

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Tusk

February 11, 2019Brexit, Current Affairs, EU Referendum, Football, Nerd Bait, PoliticsDonald Tusk, Fleetwood Mac, Nerd Bait, Pulp Fiction, Samuel L. Jackson, Tusk, Unicerosaurusricky

I haven’t written much on the blog recently that’s directly about Brexit. Partly, the reason is that I’m continually hearing news stories and vox pops and politicians and business leaders on the radio banging on about it and I’m thinking –

Why do I keep hearing about this? What has this got to do with me? Why does this affect anyone I know?

Then I remember and I’m absolutely furious.

What is process for removing our EU citizenship? Voting yes. #scotdecides
— Better Together (@UK_Together) September 2, 2014

But, hey. Brexit isn’t all bad…

[Read on to find out the good stuff. But first, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter]

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Political Football

October 31, 2018Current Affairs, Football, PoliticsAberdeen FC, BBC, Brazil, Gary Lineker, Sócratesricky

In recent days, I’ve been cutting down on my consumption of BBC Radio. I think that it’s incumbent upon the responsible citizen to keep themselves informed so they can participate in democracy, but I’m increasingly unsure that listening to Today or Good Morning Scotland or The World At One or PM is a good way to do that. Particularly now Eddie Mair has moved on.

BBC asking if fascist Bolsonaro – whose rise, many have commented, was facilitated by frequent & normalising media appearances – is 'a refreshing break from political correctness'. (Tweet now deleted). pic.twitter.com/bxHWH6wU9e

— Edward Anderson (@edanderson101) October 29, 2018

Stick with me – there’s fitba and a bangin choon at the end of this one
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Beautiful Losers

July 5, 2018EU Referendum, Football, Mindfulness, Television, TheatreCritical Legal Studies, Danny Dyer, Russia 2018, The Farnsworth Invention, World Cupricky

Week Three of the World Cup has come to an end. And what a [🚨 CLICHÉ KLAXON!!! 🚨] Feast Of Football it’s been. Notwithstanding that Brazil continue to elicit roughly the same amount of sympathy as their 1994 World Cup-winning edition of vicious bores, rather than 1982’s beautiful losers.

[Feeling bereft as the games begin to dry up? Pass the time with the Apoplexy Newsletter.] Continue reading Beautiful Losers →

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World Cup Fever

June 19, 2018Dr. Who, Football, Television, UncategorizedBBC, Clive James, Donald Trump, Jonathan Meades, World Cupricky

It’s day six of #WorldCup.

So if you’re worried that you might be exhibiting symptoms of World Cup Fever, it might be a good time to ask a friend to check you out.

The Lester Piggott of football — Unfortunately, this victim has no friends.

Are you worried about WCF? Read on for a guide to identifying the symptoms.
But first, get today’s soundtrack from the Apoplexy newsletter. Continue reading World Cup Fever →

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Lingo Frankly

June 12, 2018Books, Football, TelevisionAjax Penumbra, football, Jonathan Meades, linguistics, Pompey, World Cupricky

Hiya! Sorry to miss you last week – it’s been a pretty hectic few weeks. Here in Edinburgh, we’ve been marking Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief‘s Death Awareness Week, and the Hidden Door Festival has been taking place down the road in Leith.

Get yer sambas oot — Aye, there’s a pretty interesting story about this.

[For more about those sorts of things, check out the Apoplexy Newsletter.] Continue reading Lingo Frankly →

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Fergie Time

May 8, 2018Football, Great British Strokes, Rehab, StrokeAberdeen FC, Alex Ferguson, Apocalypse Nowricky

I don’t write about football here very often.

1977? A've got yer punk rock right here, pal. — Long-Suffering Readers celebrate that fact

But, bear with me…

[Or get some alternate whimsy and alternative tunes here.] Continue reading Fergie Time →

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Specimen Daze

April 24, 2018Books, Brexit, Brooklyn, Football, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Poetry, TelevisionDonald Trump, Henry David Thoreau, Louis Theroux, Ossian, Robert Louis Stevenson, Walt Whitmanricky

I can’t say that I’m any less furious about the state of the world this week than I was last week.

LOOK WHAT BEING A ROYAL BROOD MARE DID TO ME!!! — CHEER UP YOU MISERABLE SOD!!!

No. Shan’t. I don’t care what you say, Royal Baby Announcement Town Crier Guy. I’ll thcream and thcream ’till I’m thick.

[Maybe a good tune is what we need – check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter.] Continue reading Specimen Daze →

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A Ray of Sunshine

March 28, 2017EU Referendum, Football, Healthcare, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Referendum, ScienceBrexit, Coldplay, football, Kingsleyricky

It has never been hard to tell the difference between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine, PG Wodehouse once wrote. And today, as the Scottish Parliament debates the merits of approaching Westminster regarding another Independence referendum and just under half of the MSPs grumble about the Scottish Government manufacturing grievances, maybe it’s time to change the stereotype?

"Is it no, aye?" — (A) A Scotsman, (B) a ray of sunshine, (C) the mighty Kingsley, or (D) all of the above?

[For more sugar, spice, and nice things, check out the Apoplexy Tiny Letter]

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The Standard Version

October 24, 2016EU Referendum, Football, Healthcare, Mindfulness, StrokeMechanical thrombectomy, Morecambe & Wise, Naked Videoricky

As readers of last week’s blog post will know, I like to listen to BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland when I’m making breakfast in the morning.

RP? I'll give ye RP!! — “Och awa, ye daft gouk – this isnae yon BBC!”

Mrs Stroke Bloke worries about my blood pressure, I’m sure, as a disconcerting mixture of laughter and swearie words escapes the kitchen. But it keeps me somewhat connected to the larger world, and sometimes, there’s a wee gem of an item to consider. Say, on the subject of #strokes. Continue reading The Standard Version →

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Apoplectic Me

the scribblings of a bloke who had a stroke…

Category Archives: Football

Kicking A Dead Pig

Tusk

Political Football

Beautiful Losers

World Cup Fever

Lingo Frankly

Fergie Time

Specimen Daze

A Ray of Sunshine

The Standard Version