we've won a bronze in the egg and spoon

1. isn't this commonwealth games thing a little bit unnecessary? not the games, maybe, but the rabid coverage? i mean, who gives a flying fuck these days?

2. i saw this really old bloke on the telly the other night. he looked like a cleaned-up tramp. turned out it was steve ovett. i had to look three times.

3. when i was surfing the other night i came across a qualifying round for the 12,000 barleycorns. watching people run as fast as they can for ten seconds is beyond sport, quite surreal and idiotic. i like the bit afterwards when a camera has followed a face from the start right to the end, and you get the slomo sloshing about of features. they're usually really blowing, but this one guy could have been walking in the park.

4, as people get taller, the race will have to be made longer. all the races will have to be made longer, in fact. eventually, the 12,000 barleycorns will be "run" in one step. it will be all about lightning reactions. this is one of my pet theories, so i may have mentioned it before.