Big Brother

** Now its not often I comment on tv (other than the lefty BBC news that is) but having caught a few seconds of the new Celeb Big Brother the other night, I had to make a few comments on it.

Aside from the usual list of minor celebs that C4 usually get for this shitfest it seems that they have managed to really scrape the bottom of the barrel this time. First off they have shamed tv comic presenter Michael Barrymore.

After all he has been off tv for a few years, so of course us plebs would have forgotten all about the allegations of drug taking and coke being rubbed into gums, oh and of course the body of Stuart Lubbock who was found in his pool. Mind he was at the inquest, even though he had a top QC ( Michael Mansfield) with him to hold his hand throughout and avoided most of the questions on the grounds that it may incriminate himself or other people.

You have to admit that having one of the top QC's in the country to watch out for you means you are damn near fireproof, and after having his highly paid QC fend off any nasty questions that may have got Barrymore into trouble with the law, he then slunk off to New Zealand after being fired by ITV - link: Barrymore slinks back to the UK

You can bet the ghouls at C4 are already planning a series for Barrymore, and never mind the upset to the dead mans family. Still knowing C4 of late it does make you wonder what sort of tv series they will dream up for him, maybe: Learn to swim with Michael Barrymore or maybe a sitcom called Only Pools & Corpes'.

Finally George Galloway - the well respected MP, known for his oil/blood money deals with Saddam Hussain- is also in the house. Does make me wonder what a serving MP is doing reality tv for, when if they are in the house they can not be in the Commons representing the interests of the voters from Bethnal Green and Bow who voted him into power.














There is a rather good bit on Mr Galloways BB appearance here, under the wonderful title of: Galloway - Once a Tosser, Always a Tosser

Still we can but hope that tomorrows tabloids carry the headline: MP FOUND DEAD IN BB POOL: BARRYMORE QUESTIONED!

** Update on the Galloway piece above, seems he is getting paid £60,000 fee for his participation, plus a share of the voter phonelines, wonder what that works out when converted to barrels of Iraqi oil? Seems that George is not going to trouser the money but is going to donate it to Interpal, a charity which sends money to needy children in Palestine. Thats the same Interpal that is banned in both the US & Israel and is allegedly - most like is - a front for the Hamas terrorist group.

Joke I had mailed to me: Phil had just joined the joke club. He sat at the bar having a beer with a friend who was a member, when someone yelled "22" and there was a small uproar of laughter. A few minutes later someone else yelled "34" and another roar of laughter rose up. Phil was confused about this asked his friend why everyone laughed when the numbers were called out" His friend said, "We've been telling the same jokes for so many years that we just numbered them, so if you want to tell a joke you just call out a number" Phil nodded and asked "Can I try?" His friend nodded and Phil called out "121," at which everyone in the club roared with laughter which continued for at least five minutes.
"Why did everyone laugh so much at that joke?" Phil asked. His friend said with a chuckle "We hadn't heard that one."

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