David Beckham, former England captain, announced today the acquisition of the English national team. “There’ll be some changes,” Mr. Beckham said at the press conference.
The terms of the contract were not disclosed, but according to our sources, Beckham is said to have paid 200 billion pounds for exclusive control of the national team for three years.
FADE IN:
INT. AIRPORT – DAY
A middle aged man, BERTIL, sits on one of the airport seats and reads a newspaper. Another man, RISTO, walks towards the gates, slows down and looks for BERTIL. He sees him, they greet.
BERTIL
Oh, no, not long, not long at all, just got here.
PA
Ladies and gentlemen, the flight to Kiruna is ready for boarding in five minutes. Please have your boarding pass and an ID card available at the gate. We wish you a pleasant flight.
INT. AIRPORT, LINE – DAY
RISTO
Bertil, what’s your seat?
BERTIL
1A.
How do you spot a farm boy in the city? His every seventh step is longer (to avoid the ditches). That’s an old Finnish urban joke – not that Finns really can boast with an all too urban state of mind.
I did it. I was totally off email (and IM and regular surfing) all day last Friday. I thought it might be more difficult, but by lunch time I was actually thriving on the idea of not checking my email that day.
Instead, I built a snowman and went on an expedition with my son.
Try it. On Saturday, for example.
What do you know … I went to the store today, to get some ketchup and mustard for my sausages that I would then cook on the stove in the sauna and who did I see there if not Miss Ellie.
It was quite a surprise. But I guess that this is a great place to hide if you want to fake your own death.
Just read in Fast Company that the demand for biofuel makes the price of corn go up. That, in turn, makes the price of tortillas go up, and the poor in Mexico ain’t happy about it.
You can’t please everybody.
Helsingin Sanomat, March 9, 2007:
“ADHD Support Concert Cancelled
The charity concert to support people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been cancelled.
According to the organizers, the reason was that an inexperienced organizer was overwhelmed with too many things to deal with simultaneously.
The organizers will give full refund of the tickets that have been purchased.”
“The Finnish journalist names his favorites, but says Wayne Gretzky stands alone.“
The whole piece from the above link or after the jump.
Our cable TV provider was acquired by another company a few months ago. For us, that meant picking up a new digital box for our TV. According to the instructions that came with the new box, we should now throw the old one in the garbage.
