SQQQIV

this week's quote, actor (actress?) and movie please.


Why are they messing with me? Do they think I'm doing this for fun?

Too many French people

What can I say? If we hadn't allowed that last ditch try from the Italians, if O'Gara had kicked clear and true, if the Scots had held out for one more minute, today would have been so much sunnier. But the fact is France retained the Six Nations trophy, and gutted though I am it was a brilliant tournament this year and came down to the very very last minute. One momentary lapse of concentration a few weeks back lost us our first grand slam in aeons, but at least we can say, we smashed the English.

I hate the french.

rambo NI photoshoot

Despite his Shanghaiese puppyhood, Rambo's sporting loyalties belong exclusively to the green and white of Nothern Ireland, the best little team in the world.

So in anticipation of the upcoming Euro qualifiers, first against our mortal enemies Liechtenstein on the 24th March, and then against mighty Sweden on the 28th, Rambo has kindly donned the colours for a photoshoot. I'll post more pictures as the dates get closer.

messy miki

I know I've gone on in the past about how messy and destructive the White Ball of Fury is, but I feel it is now time to redress the balance. Not to exonerate him, don't get me wrong; he's still the messiest small dog I have ever clapped eyes on. What I aim to do here is give things a little scope, and provide the tyke with some company. This is a picture of our kitchen after Miki 'disaster area' Ren made breakfast one day. I eventually had to ban her completely from making anything, ever. And that includes cups of tea and coffee.

Saturday Quick Quote Quiz III

This weeks SQQQ (on a monday..) is simply:

"This sucks more than anything that has ever sucked before. We must find this butt-hole that took the TV."

Fairly easy to guess I'd say.

Football news

Recently took in some Asian Champions League action and went to watch Shanghai Shenhua take on the might of Sydney FC - the first time an Aussie team has played in the ACL.


The game started off pretty good, with two great goals from Sydney in an exciting first 20 minutes, but the action calmed down dramatically until the half time whistle, with play becoming a little patchy now and again. The second half went the same way with some scrappy periods, but picked up considerably in the last 15, when the crowd finally got behind their team. Shanghai repeatedly put the visitors under pressure and were rewarded with a goal seven minutes from time. Try as they might though, a late equaliser was never going to come. For more info on the game (for anyone who cares) you can read Cam Wilson's report here.


I've seen Sydney FC play once before (taking the New Zealand Knights apart in Auckland during the inaugural Hyundai A-Leauge), but this is the first time I've been to see Shanghai Shenhua in action. Not too shabby, but I hear all is not well in the world of Shanghai football politics of late; it would appear that Shenhua were recently bought out by the owner of local rivals Shanghai United and the two teams were combined as one. That would explain the jeering and cat calls from the Shenhua faithful directed at their own players..... more on that again from Cam here.

most important question OF ALL TIME*

(*not really)

It was a question I thought obsolete way back in 1999 with the release of Mystery Men, but a friend of mine recently reopened that particular can of beefed up worms and asked:

What is the best Superhero Movie of all time?

My money is still with Mystery Men, although as it is concerned with a bunch of people who aren't super but want to be, some might argue that it's really an anti-superhero movie (it does have Disco Tony and Casanova Frankenstein in though).

My friend's vote lies firmly with Spiderman 2, and a damn fine vote it is too. Of course his girlfriend called us both idiots, but she comes from Slovenia so we were happy to ignore her mindless warblings.

So what does anyone else think? What the the best Superhero movie ever? Does Flash Gordon count?

"I... am the Waffler. With my griddle of justice, I BASH the enemy in the head, or I burn them like so! I also have some truth syrup, which is low in fat."

Rambo2 update

Haven't posted any pictures of the White Ball of Fury recently,

so here's a few to show you what he's been up to:

drinkin'

playstation

watching the world go by

hunting for small children

people counting

Came across something interesting at Shanghai Railway Station whilst en route to Suzhou the other day:

It's a people counter! This, ladies and gentlemen, is how many people are alive in China as of Thursday 1st March 2007, 13:34 (Beijing time). Well, according to Shanghai municipal government it is, who I assume commissioned the counter. 1.318 billion people! That's a fair number!

Saturday Quick Quote Quiz II

Due to the internet making it oh so easy for everyone to find quotes in about 3 seconds flat without having a decent background of movie watching (read:wasted youth) I've had to dig a little bit harder. This should stump all for a wee bit (but probably not Reel Monkey Simon).

"At 0-four-hundred hours, Prisoners Boggs, Rains and Golic left on a routine foraging mission into the underground network. At about 0-seven-hundred hours, prisoner Golic re-appeared in a deranged state. Prisoner Boggs and Rains are missing. Unfortunately, there seems to be a good chance that they have met with foul play at the hands of prisoner Golic. We need to organize and send out a search party. Volunteers will be appreciated. "

For an extra point, name the actor that said it....