He (hasn't) fallen in the water

Long walks in the woods, with the dogs...

...on my own are just that.

With BLISS and DLL they become photo opportunities or even £250 You've Been Framed cha'ching nice little earners as they eagerly await any trip, slip, slide or fall. They would, obviously, prefer a large amount of water, mud, and, apparently, air ambulance (how exciting: helicopter / doctors / medical stuff / more medical stuff) involvement.

I have (albeit on BLISS' phone) video and audio evidence: hanging onto a tree and D-the-Dog's lead and getting across a flood:

“Get ready”

Then:

“Never mind, he's made it”.

It's a football thing

You've either (so they say) got it, or you 'aint. I think that sort of refers to a good thing. It applies to the football thing, too, though.

“Raise a glass, a perfect pass

and dribble around my socks

Check my shirt and drink my shots

And squeeze me in the box”

The football thing is more like this: “I've still got it”. “Yeah. Can't get rid of it.”

More from England's Irie (the intro):

“Okay, now some of this may sound stupid to some of you guys but I want you to hear me out. Now look, you know different people think about life in different ways. Lawyers think life is a big courtroom, Doctors probably think life is like a big operation, Bus driver think life is...er...a big bus I guess. Who knows what the hell those guys think. Anyway, I've always thought of life as a big football game...”

Heh!

Anyway, yesterday, I woke before the busiest day of the month, and the first thought, in true Fever Pitch fashion, was how're we going to do against the Kings Road Chavs tonight. We needed a win to top the table over Christmas.

Eagerly anticipated, it ended 0 – 0, they somehow managed to both park the bus and, probably, produce the best chances of the game, while we did a lot of huffing and puffing and overall deserved at least a draw.

Nice to see some spite in the team's reactions to some awful Chav tackles, too, and Ozil more than ready to defend himself. Fantastic. I know nether team looked after the ball particularly well, and it was hardly the beautiful game being played out there, but it was a tough, full-blooded game, compelling and cpmpetitive.