Dustin The Turkey Eurovision 2008 Winner

"europe where did it all go wrong"?

Performer: Dustin the Turkey
Song title: Irelande Douze Pointe
Song writer(s): Darren Smith, Simon Fine & Dustin The Turkey
Song composer(s): Darren Smith, Simon Fine & Dustin The Turkey

Oh I come from a nation what knows how to write a song
Oh Europe where oh where did it all go wrong
C’mon, Irelande douze pointe

Drag acts and bad acts and Terry Wogan’s wig
Mad acts and sad acts, it was Johnny Logan’s gig

Shake your feathers and bop your beak
Shake ‘em to the west and to the east
Wave Euro hands and Euro feet
Wave ‘em in the air to the turkey beat
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
Irelande douze pointe! To the funky beat

G-o-b gobble b-l-e yeah
Hello Abba, hello Bono, hello Helsinki,
Hola Prague, hello sailor, c’est la vie,
Auf wiedersehen, mamma mia and God save the Queen
G’day Austria, bonjour Serbia, you know what I mean

Shake your feathers and bop your beak
Shake ‘em to the west and to the east
Wave Euro hands and Euro feet
Wave ‘em in the air to the funky beat
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
To the funky beat

Give us another chance, we’re sorry for Riverdance
Sure Flatley he’s a Yank and the Danube flows through France
Block votes! Shock votes! Give us your 12 today
You’re all invited to Dublin, Ireland
And we’ll party the shamrock way

Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe! I
relande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!
Irelande douze pointe! Do the funky beat c’mon
Irelande douze pointe! Irelande douze pointe!

Eastern Europe we love you do you like Irish stew?
Or goulash as it is to you, Irelande douze pointe
Yes it’s Bulgaria we love you Belarus, Georgia,
Montenegro, Moldova, Albania, Croatia, Poland,
Russia, Ukraine, Macedonia, don’t forget Turkey,
Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina
and don’t forget the Swiss….. Cheese

I'm stunned.
can a nation take the Mickey (apt for the irish, eh?)
Did they realise that because of all the block voting they stood no chance anyway?

Your thoughts please, on a postcard to the usual address

New family member

Just arrived!
Mr. Stork (ok, Mr.Nightline actually) just delivered a brand new 19kg bouncing baby to The Howells:-

Johnny Hurt?

We watched Walk the line last night, en famille, and agreed with the IMDB's user rating of 8/10.
Praise indeed. So, here for your delight is J.R.'s epitaph, Hurt.




"Hurt"

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way


Moving, eh?

Been Dick Rolled yet?

The rickrolling saga continues, with webcomics now taking up the torch. Read the full strip here

(the cartoon character's name is Dick, in case you didn't know ;-) )

If you still don't know what I'm talking about, find out more here

Hat tip Hari

Greetings!

After watching this weeks shambles on The Apprentice, teams Alpha and Renaissance couldn't have done much worse by to producing cards for Teacher's Day.

some ideas?

India

It is the birthday of the second President of India, academic philosopher Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan. It is considered a "celebration" day, where teachers and students report to school as usual but the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. At some schools on this day, the responsibility of teaching is taken up by the senior students as an appreciation for their teachers.

Philippines

By Presidential Proclamation No. 479 [5] to honor more than 500,000 teachers nationwide. However, (Tagalog:Araw ng mga Guro) in the Philippines (Teacher's Day) is actually celebrated in schools between the months of September and October (mainly elementary and secondary levels). Teachers are presented with orchid corsages by students. Groups of students representing various grade levels perform short skits or song and dance numbers, or read poetry for their teachers in front of fellow schoolmates in school-wide activities. These activities are planned by senior students in the Student Council who coordinate the activities well in advance. For Filipino-Chinese schools, a program is usually organized by students for teachers on September 27, while September 28, considered as the actual Teacher's Day, is a school holiday where both teachers and students are allowed to rest. September 28 was chosen because it is known as the birthday of famous Chinese philosopher Confucius [6]. At the De La Salle, one of the biggest school system in the Philippines, Catholic Teachers' Day is celebrated on January 26, 2008. A web page was created where students and graduates can send their teachers notes of thanks. [7].

Funnily enough, none of my little angels mentioned it :-(

Perhaps it's just as well, as I'm not sure how I'd look with an orchid corsage.

Maybe that's the equivalent of when AS asks the team "was he a good project manager?" and the room goes quiet.