1)Prosecution of the week: a woman faces jury trial for throwing an apple core onto the pavement [sidewalk] from her car window when parked in a town centre.Her vehicle was traced through surveillance cameras and number recognition. She refused the fixed penalty offered of £60 ($120) for littering because she says it was a passenger who threw it, but she's not now sure who, the matter obviously not being drawn to her attention at the time. This is not an offence triable by jury. However, once some local officials get the bit between their teeth all common sense goes out the window, like the apple core
She is now charged with "knowingly causing the deposit of controlled waste , namely an apple core, on land which did not have a waste management licence" [under a law, the Environment Protection Act, intended to control the dumping of potentially hazardous refuse and waste by illegal tipping]. It's punishable with six months jail and a £20,000 fine Nice to know taxpayers' money is being spent on lawyers, though
2)Excuse of the week: A man in Cornwall complained to the bus company because his bus didn't stop for him at a 'request' bus stop. He had waved for the driver to stop but the driver had ignored him. And what did the bus company say? " You were waving but not in the correct way"
3)Plan of the week: Blackpool Town Council has directed that all the dance floors used by pensioners [retirees] at its community centres must be carpeted over.Asked by the complaining old folk why, and what use a carpeted dance floor was to them, the Council's Chief Executive said " We know it is not ideal for dancing, but it's perfect for karate"
Fred the last One About the OAP dancing in Blackpool ...Don't forget we have Our Mole on the Council There Our Karrow !
Moving on And I want our overseas Friends reactions to this Proposal By the English Soccer to play a league match abroad In addition to the regular league schedule Engish fans Don't Have the cash to do a 3-4 day trip plus accomodation ect to say the Florida Japan China And B) Who are Going to Turn up From the Locals? and C) the Ticket prices will be astronomical to cover the Cost As One paper Commented
What would you say if They moved your Local Football/baseball Fixture abroad Say from New York to Germany on a once a year plan? BobLaz! Have you any comment?
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The NFL already plays a regular league game in London, at the national stadium, Wembley.They were blamed for cutting up the pitch last year (Miami Dolphins v New York Giants). There had been a lot of rain and the pitch was nearly waterlogged. The stadium management had arranged the fixture without giving themselves enough time to re-lay the pitch, if necessary, before the England v Croatia international soccer game.The NFL game, of course, was the real reason why England then lost to Croatia, and failed to qualify for the European championships It had nothing at all to do with our manager being incompetent (he was dismissed afterwards) or our defenders playing as though they not been introduced to one another before the kick off.
As to the soccer league's idea: it won't work because it is unfair. There'll be one odd extra game. So a team near relegation might be unlucky and get Manchester United , a top team, for their extra game, lose and be relegated as a result of that. Their rivals for relegation might get some team like Blackburn, a middling side, and get a drawn match and stay in the division .That's patently unjust .
I blame the Americans anyway! Is it three or four of our top teams that are American owned? Bound to be their idea!
Fred Funny you talk about the state of Pitches They were talking about Soccer playing condtitions on Sky Sports today . Wigans is the worst in the League because it doubles up as a Rugby League Pitch Which in the winter Months Cuts up Badly!
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Originally posted by bedstor: Fred Wigans is the worst in the League because it doubles up as a Rugby League Pitch Which in the winter Months Cuts up Badly!
Ah, but only from February, they say (so that's all right then: just in time for end of season relegation battles )
Originally posted by DorianGreyed: Oh, stop complaining. As Ritz will tell you, very few have perfect pitch.
Only in America though.Evidently 'pitch' is a British term. What do the American owners of our clubs call the playing surface? They won't call it 'the pitch'.It's the pitch, though pros sometimes call it 'the park'. They've not distinguished themselves, to date, by their knowledge of the game. They call the club 'a franchise'(No, KFC is a franchise).When dissuaded from that they then call the club 'the team'(it isn't) They call the game 'soccer'(the fans and the players call it 'football').One of them said his two sons had played soccer: one was a "goaltender" and the other a "defenseman" And they don't understand relegation ["You mean that if we finish in the bottom three of twenty we get thrown out of the league?That happens every season? Where's the security of investment in that?" ]
One of these Americans has just bought Derby County. The club is currently bottom and certain to be relegated. How shall we explain that gently?
Foreign owners account for eight of the twenty. Two clubs are Russian, one Icelandic, one Thai,and four American, owned.Another four are 'foreign owned' but only in the sense that the holding companies owning them are not UK registered.
Nice to know taxpayers' money is being spent on lawyers, though 
