Archive for November, 2006

British Olympians

Monday, November 6th, 2006

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has established a new website www.britisholympians.comEbay_012 which will allow companies, event organisers and other organisations to search for Olympians to use at their various events.

Is this a hollow commercial attempt to provide has-beens with an income stream?

I note that my friend Kate Grose, who was at Barcelona 1992 and Seoul 1988 didn’t make their list.  Shame - she has some cracking stories to tell (mostly scurrilous!).

Bonfire Night

Monday, November 6th, 2006

I’ll never
forget one bonfire night when my Dad sent me out to buy us all hot dogs and
specifying "no onions in the hot dog for your Mother".

"Why?" says
me

“Because your
mother will have kittens if you give her onions in her hot
dog”

And I  thought it would be nice to have a
kitten!!!!