I hear now that nobody has won the Euromillions lottery for a few weeks and after multiple rollovers the jackpot now looks to be a massive £66,000,000, you simply cannot imagine winning that amount.
If you won this amount and decided you wished to invest it in a high interest account, after taxes you would receive approximately £63,500 every week if you chose to put it all away.
So, if you were lucky enough to be the sole lottery winner and win one of the largest prizes ever to be given out in Europe, you would still be receiving less per week than Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand is commanding on his new contract.
The greedy bugger is demanding £120,000 on his new contract and if not offered looks to go elsewhere to some other club stupid enough to meet his gluttonous wages.
It’s a sad fact but money is killing football. Most of the fans spend their hard earned money on these players who earn more in a week than they do across 10 whole years.
To stop it getting truly out of hand and killing off the beautiful game, Fifa must take a leaf from out of The National Hockey League’s book and cap all players wages, I suggest £50k a week, which is still more than enough for anybody but not a ridiculous and sickening amount.
Leeds typical bad luck doesn’t seem to have left, for the pre-season at least, star striker Rob Hulse was injured yesterday in a friendly in Norway. Thankfully the injury does not seem to be too bad and he should only be out for two weeks. Still, this is two weeks he could be getting fit for the start of the season. Shame.
Sicknote for Hulse!
The club have also been it with another striker blow. They apparently agreed to sing Robbie Blake from Birmingham at the start of the week. Great news I thought, Robbie Blake is a superb striker for The Championship and will be a great asset in a promotion campaign.
All footballers are greedy money pigs!
This deal looks in doubt now though as he is stalling over something…. not too sure what but it sounds a bit like he is holding out for more money. Typical greedy footballer then. Like the rest of them, overpaid and puts his bank balance before his club and performance. It’s sad football has come to this.
Aaaarrrrgggghhhh! It’s too hot to blog, Thermometer reading 32.9C in my room, the heat is great but when it’s this hot at 10.30pm it gets a little annoying.
Anyway, Leeds United today unveiled their new club mascot. I’ve never really got the idea of mascots. I fail to see how they are able to help the team or get a football crowd going. The fans are perfectly able to motivate the players and get a rally of chants going.
The new mascot is still unnamed and the Official Leeds United website is encouraging fans to suggest names for the new mascot. The name which is suggested the most will be given to the mascot.
I just home I’m not sitting behind him when I go to Elland Road
This got me thinking, what if thousands of fans submitted something stupid like ‘Turd Sandwich’ or ‘Giant Douche’ (like on a South Park episode). Would this name be awarded to new mascot? I doubt it.
Still, if you wish to name the new mascot ‘Turd Sandwich’, ‘Giant Douche’ or whatever other immature idea you can think of, the online form is here. Have fun!
Good day yesterday, firstly the weather was excellent. It’s been a good few weeks since Bath has seen a hot weekend. This alongside going out to town for a couple of drinks and something to eat before heading off to the cinema made it all the more better.
At the cinema I saw Madagascar. This isn’t officially out in The UK until next week but they had advance screenings this weekend.
The film is the latest release from Dreamworks and is about a group of animals who escape from a zoo and end up in Madagascar and that really is the jest of it. The storyline is poor but that isn’t what the film is about.
Madagascar is effectively a kids movie, but like Shrek, Shark Tale and The Incredibles gives more than enough to keep adults amused. The script is full of gags, jokes and film references for the adults while the cute furry animals and slapstick comedy will keep the children and simpleton adults amused.
It is very well cast and boasts big names like Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Sacha Baron Cohen…. yes, that is the bloke who played Ali G! These actors seem to fit their character and animals they portray brilliantly, so top marks to the casting director there.
After the cinema I went out to a riverside pub and sat out with a pint as the evening drew to a close. It was a great end to a great day and was a taster of what I cane expect when I go on holiday on the canal boat next month which I am very much looking forward to.
So the inevitable attack that has been upon us for years took place today. Even though we all expected it to take place in the capital and in an area like The Underground we were taken by surprise, certainly so the World Leaders who in a twisted piece of irony were in Scotland discussing how to make the World a better, safer place.
It was a very chilling day for me, listening to the radio during work, the news coming in every 15 minutes reporting worse events with every bulletin. It was like September 11th all over again. The BBC Website even crashed and then had to resort to a ‘Lite Version’ due to demand.
Although many people were tragically killed and the public transport brought to a stand still for a few hours we are still living our lives and with total respect to the dead and wounded, tomorrow is another day in which the people of Britain will go to work and carry on as normal.
This is certainly the right way to behave after such an event, if we change our routine due to fear and intimidation the terrorist bastards have won. We will not let this happen.
The only worry I have now is that Tony Blair and Bush will start playing ‘Real Life Duke Nukem’ again and order the soldiers in Iraq to start bombing towns unnecessarily. This will create more hate towards The Western World and inevitably further attacks like today. The terrorists must be brought to justice, but in the correct way.
Two final thoughts on the matter, firstly the telephone number in which friends and relatives can trace missing loved ones. It’s a 0870 number – national/premium rate. I know costs have to be covered but surely the money for a freephone number could be found? With the state of the mobile phone networks many people will be forced to use pay phones, 0870 numbers are very expensive to ring and if you have no change how could one find out how their loved ones are?
Secondly, I wonder if Big Brother will inform the housemates of today’s tragedy? While unnecessary panic should not be installed into the house, the housemates have a right to know, especially as many of them are Londoners. I know the rules state “No contact with the outside world” but at the end of the day Big Brother is only a game.
That’s the lot for today; my thoughts of course go out to the family, friends and victims of today’s events.
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