I have been immensely enjoying the Foxtel cricket coverage of the India Vs Australia Test Series from India. (I love Foxtel!)
The Indian crowds are fanatical, they chant, scream and yell all day long with no let up. Good on them, I can only commend those who love cricket! However, during my hours of watching the cricket I have noticed that Indian fans create the absolute worst home made supporter signs I have ever seen.

In Australia, we are accustomed to seeing sheets attached to the front of a stand with something painted on it like...
"AUSTRALIA IS TAYLOR MADE TO DECLARE WAUGH!"
Ok, not the wittiest of calls, but at least it makes sense!

Watching the coverage from India I have seen the most ridiculous supporter signs. I have reproduced one here that really made me laugh. It was a sign about Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan (pictured below) and keep in mind that it was clearly a man holding this sign up. My commentary is in Italics.

P acey (Ok not bad, he is a fast bowler)
A ccurate (fair enough)
T asty (hang on, that's kind of creepy)
H ero (whatever)
A ttractive (I hope you mean his bowling)
N aughty (you weirdo)

Mr Darcy is women's favourite fictional romantic icon. According to a recent poll by the Orange Prize for Fiction, 1900 women across the generations voted for Mr Darcy as the man they would most like to go on a date with.

We all know women rarely know what they want and Mr Darcy is proof of the fact.


Women are always going on about how they want a man who is sensitive, caring and in touch with his feelings, yet these same women are swooning over a fictional character who is the embodiment of the dominant male. Have these women actually watched Pride and Prejudice? Darcy is an absolute wanker!

The sad thing is, they have watched Pride and Prejudice. I guess it makes sense if you are a women.

Language is a funny thing. Words and sayings come and go.
Here is a list of the words of the year from 1904 to 2004, as quoted by Susie Dent in her new book Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report.


1904 hip

1905 whizzo

1906 teddy bear

1907 egghead

1908 realpolitik

1909 tiddly-om-pom-pom

1910 sacred cow

1911 gene

1912 blues

1913 celeb

1914 cheerio

1915 civvy street

1916 U-boat

1917 tailspin

1918 ceasefire

1919 ad-lib

1920 demob

1921 pop

1922 wizard

1923 hem-line

1924 lumpenproletariat

1925 avant garde

1926 kitsch

1927 sudden death

1928 Big Apple

1929 sex

1930 drive-in

1931 Mickey Mouse

1932 bagel

1933 dumb down

1934 pesticide

1935 racism

1936 spliff

1937 dunk

1938 cheeseburger

1939 Blitzkrieg

1940 Molotov cocktail

1941 snafu

1942 buzz

1943 pissed off

1944 DNA

1945 mobile phone

1946 megabucks

1947 Wonderbra

1948 cool

1949 Big Brother

1950 brainwashing

1951 fast food

1952 Generation X

1953 hippy

1954 non-U

1955 boogie

1956 sexy

1957 psychedelic

1958 beatnik

1959 cruise missile

1960 cyborg

1961 awesome

1962 bossa nova

1963 peacenik

1964 byte

1965 miniskirt

1966 acid

1967 love-in

1968 It-girl

1969 microchip

1970 hypermarket

1971 green

1972 Watergate

1973 F-word

1974 punk

1975 detox

1976 Trekkie

1977 naff all

1978 trainers

1979 karaoke

1980 power dressing

1981 toyboy

1982 hip-hop

1983 beatbox

1984 double-click

1985 OK yah

1986 mobile

1987 virtual reality

1988 gangsta

1989 latte

1990 applet

1991 hot-desking

1992 URL

1993 having it large

1994 Botox

1995 kitten heels

1996 ghetto fabulous

1997 dot-commer

1998 text message

1999 google

2000 bling bling

2001 9/11

2002 axis of evil

2003 sex up

2004 chav