http://rentarant.com ascerbic musings of a twisted mind Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:30:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en on a lighter note, i see that one of the few discerning members of the italian general public has seen fit to gob his fearless and irreproachable duce in the mouth with a die cast model of milan cathedral. despite reports that the attacker is a nutter i cannot but heartily ... http://rentarant.com/2009/12/14/silvio-hurlesconi/ i'm almost ashamed to be writing about this but last night's semi-final of the bbc's strictly come dancing took the piss a bit too far. or rather it's simpering female audience did. the public's elimination of talented, elegant, leggy bill-actress ali bastion in favour of some cheruplegic sports monkey made my ... http://rentarant.com/2009/12/14/strictly-come-cat-arse/ Barack Hussain Obama -- Nobel peace prize laureate? What's that about then? whilst i trust and believe that Obama is a different, and altogether more palatable kettle-of-fish than his deranged predecessor, this award, apparently the result of a nomination submitted to the committee only nine days into the recipient's presidency seems, ... http://rentarant.com/2009/10/10/obama-peace-prize/ well we all like a laugh, but the report on the demise of mg rover takes the cake on so many levels i barely know where to start. first: this toothless piece of tat has cost the hard-pressed taxpayer £16 million and yet has failed to finger a single wrongdoer. second: the ... http://rentarant.com/2009/09/12/mg-rover-phoenix-consortium-report/ okay, so we qualify for 2010 world cup finals. engerlernd, engerlernd, engerlernd! that's what i say. and we qualified without dropping a single point, 24 from 8, and with two matches to spare. now i grant you we emerged unscathed from a bunch of no-marks who would have struggled against our ... http://rentarant.com/2009/09/10/engerlernd-qualify-for-2010-world-cup-finals/ following the football authorities' entirely reasonable response to the blatant cheating of his player eduardo this week, arsene (i did not see it) wenger warns us that the introduction of tv reviews of play would be opening a dangerous door. where to, froggie. somewhere where you would finally have "to see ... http://rentarant.com/2009/08/29/arsene-i-did-not-see-it-wenger/ so, the all-conquering aussies waltz off back to matilda clutching the coveted ashes trophy. all hail to the mighty ones, for they truly are the kings of the world! what? oh shit, it was all a bad dream. in fact, after a series of lack-lustre test performances, these colonial ne'er-do-wells have ... http://rentarant.com/2009/08/25/dramatic-end-to-ashes-series/ what is it with this poxy england test side? they amass a huge lead and foolishly fail to enforce the follow-on. what the hell's that about? oh but they go on and arse this lack-lustre opposition from down-under. down-and-out more like. bring'em on for the third test! where's your bowlers you bunch ... http://rentarant.com/2009/07/22/england-crush-aussies-2nd-ashes-test/ well, swipe me, that's one out of the blue! could somerrdy point me tooow the bar twenty20 wages? ayythankyoo. ;-) http://rentarant.com/2009/07/16/freddie-flintoff-retirement-shock/ yes, in an extraordinary turnaround our heroic test cricketers defied the pundits' direst prognostications to salvage a magnificent draw in the first ashes test at cardiff. after another series of dismal performances by the top order batsmen who should have dug-in and batted out the final day, defeat seemed only a ... http://rentarant.com/2009/07/13/england-battle-to-a-glorious-draw/