Football and forging

Another day that began with me waking up.

The good news today was that the football team I support, Cove Rangers, is top of the Highland league. Now I don’t know much about football, but most people support a team, so I chose Cove Rangers.

According to Wikipedia, Cove Rangers was founded in 1922. It was originally a group of gruff farming men who gathered together to speak gruffly about local, Scottish issues, but by 1932 the group had become devoted to the playing of football. Their original ‘kit’ was tartan with a pattern of sporrans on it, and at ‘half time’ they would feast on the finest haggis.

Nowadays the team play in a blue & yellow kit, but they do still enjoy a haggis at break time. Cove Rangers has 9 players which is standard for a Highland team, and they are called:

Angus McStereotype – Goalkeeper

Coll McManus – Striker

Douglas MacHaggis – Kicker

Duff ‘Duffy’ McDuff – Slider, and the only surviving member of the original 1930’s team.

Ewan McGregor – Forwards

Sean Connery – Right wing

Hamish MacLoch – Left Wing

Carson Beckett – Doctor

Connor MacCleod (Of the clan McCleod) – Substitute

Because they are doing so well at the moment, they only have to get nine more points and then they can play in the world cup. Cove Rangers has only won the world cup twice before, both times in 1945.


In other news, today I saw three lots of identical twins in quick succession. Is the instance of identical twinning rising? Or is their a higher predisposition in Scarborough? Who knows?


Me and Stephen accidentally got to work half an hour early today, and Kaz (it is ‘Kaz’ I checked) got there 15 minutes early. Kaz is a gifted artist, but he only uses his powers for evil. In the 15 minutes he had spare he forged a Mondrian, which he will probably pass off as the real thing. He is a rascal that one, a sneaky devil.

Me and Steve brought some funky tunes which we could listen to at work. G said that the disc was ‘okay’ which is high praise from a chef. G wears a black bandana and looks like a pirate.

Later on I decided that both Stephen and I needed special ‘seduction names’ just in case the need ever arises. Stephen’s is Stevie Slicks, and mine is Richie Licks. We’ll have to see if they ever get put to good use.

Anyways, bye everyone.