Organ-grinding tweets for December
Xmas &c.
Tag: association football
Organ-grinding tweets for March 2018
The latest barrel organ news from Hackney, London.
Celtic fans vs Barça fans
The musical, by Richard Strauss.
Ear, ear
How to get drugs without a prescription on match days.
Brits pronouncing Barça
It’s Barker vs Barser, but you can’t blame the proto-Lebanese.
Why Spain must win tonight
The geopolitical consequences of a German victory don’t bear thinking about.
Some thoughtful football commentary
Solving the crisis in Spain’s public finances, part LXXII: It’s time to ban socks
The Spanish government is determined to retain the 500€ note as a crucial weapon in the fight to reduce tax evasion and money laundering. Getting rid of socks would achieve that same goal effectively without inconvenience to honest citizens and would also provide a stealth-protectionist boost to the economy.
Competing Amazigh and Arabic etymologies of “beur”
And “beurette,” of course, this being the Year of Zahia Dehar, who sounds like she may escape from being shagged up the bum by Pierre Woodman.
The semantic divergence and convergence of “hooligan” and “Tory”
How two bands of bloodthirsty Fenians turned into peaceable middle-aged Englishmen with no known political opinions who smile a lot, are fond of sport and their children, and would probably enjoy a drink with you