Born To Win Not Run In Circles

What sort of tomfoolery is this? Kids rugby reduced to soft play status by banning winning? The better players change sides if they are giving their opponents a thrashing, just so that nobody leaves the field feeling sad.

Diddums! Two of my kids played rugby as infants and they loved it. Brilliant when they won, but good fun the rest of the time too. The point was that they were always striving to win and when they did -  YES !!!

These were kids whose progressive school in Brighton made them run in circles on sports day, so that nobody came last. "Did I win?" was always the first thing they asked and my reply, as always, was: " No idea!"

It was like something out of Alice in Wonderland. This new idea for mini rugby is the same. Even babies like to win. Try making a fool of yourself in front of them and see how much they enjoy laughing at you and being top dog.

It's wired into the system. Only losers would try to change it. 

Michelle and the French First, Second, Whatever Lady

Michelle Obama meets ValerieTrierweiler - wouldn't you love to be there? Seems the wronged woman is prepared to forgive all if she can just get to the US as First Lady. Desperately seeking status. So sad. Michelle will be busting a gut laughing.

Why? Because Mrs Obama is a strong, feisty, forthright woman who would never put up with Barack having an affair. Not in a million years. He knows his place, despite being the hottest man on the planet - bar none!

Not so Francois Hollande. Women seem to fancy him. Valerie had a long affair with him before he left his wife and four kids. She can hardly complain now, though I bet she's giving the hospital staff a hard time. Taken to her bed big time, that one.

Can you imagine Michelle doing the same? Valerie should boot the man out. Michelle would have a lot more respect for her if she did. Clinging on just to get a free trip to the White House is humiliation on high heels. Tripled.

Nigella And A Broken Man

Is Charles Saachi mental? Or just mad with love for Nigella ? Only ask because he is behaving like a total head case. Anybody else seen grabbing his wife in a neck lock might choose to keep his head down right now. 

Not Charlie boy. He's decided he was lying when he told a court that he never saw Nigella take drugs. He also wants to make it clear she was having sex with him before her husband John Diamond died.

To which we say - so what? Anybody who read John's columns knew what a terrible time his whole family was having. If Nigella took comfort in a bit of weed and a cuddle I'm sure John would have known and approved. Nobody else is judging her.

Saachi needs to sort himself out. His own actions put him in the spotlight. The least he can do is act with dignity, even if he is only pretending.

Trust Gone in Scam At Tesco

Feel safe when shopping? Not me. A scam has me checking out other shoppers, wondering if they are the ones who stole my purse. 

It happened so fast - no more than ten seconds. That's the time I was away from my trolley, Tesco bags holding my purse hanging on the hook. Stupid yes -  but as the whole shebang usually stays with me all the way to the tills I reckoned all was fine.

Then I reached out to get a swede, worth about a quid. In the time it took  to return to the trolley ten feet away, someone snatched some of my stuff, put it in another trolley and taken off with mine along with my bags and purse.

At first I stood there like an idiot, wondering why my shopping did not look right. There was stuff in there that I didn't want. Then I knew. They had followed me, seen me move away, grabbed some of my stuff and shoved it into their trolley to make it look like mine. Then they were off, dumping the rest of the things  before heading out of the store, all in two minutes, at most. Doubtless they got the £1 coin back at the reclaim. But that's all they got.

The trolley I was left with had a worthless token in it - and no bags. I had no cash in the purse and the cards were stopped within the hour. No great loss then. I also thought Tesco's would be able to catch them, since I knew exactly when and where they did it.

Yet it seems out of 50 or so cameras, only 16 are operational at one time. This bunch will do this again and maybe get away with a lot more. That's why I don't trust my fellow shoppers and why I keep my purse firmly in my hand. Lesson learned.

Nigella, Chocolate And A Naked Aussie

Nigella Lawson has been stuffing her pretty face with chocolate and who can blame her? A gruelling court case and a bullying husband can do that to a girl. Roll out the Dairy Milk. 

What got me was the waste. The obscene amounts of money they got through without noticing. Now Nigella is doing a cookery show where she tastes just one spoonful of total delight or disaster. Chefs will be lifted dizzyingly high or thrown to the depths of despair by that one tiny morsel.

Probably good telly - but whole joints will have been roasted and vegetables prepared. Just to be chucked away. Maybe the crew will tuck in. Doesn't it make you think though that this is how the super rich live? No scrimping with left-overs for them.

On a lighter note - pity the poor naked Aussie bloke who climbed into the washing machine to surprise his girlfriend. Had to be greased up with olive oil and prised free by firemen. Romantic? She will have been livid. Mess with my life all you like - but leave the washer alone. It is inviolable!

Let's Not Be Nice To Amazon

Anybody else fed up of being nice? Not to people, but to Amazon? Story is,  I bought a whole load of stuff over Christmas, it all worked brilliantly, arrived on time, exactly right, no returns. 

They got my money,that  should be the end of the matter, but no. Rate your purchases comes next. So, I do. Pretty generous praise, because I think I'm a nice person and they did a good job, so why not?

Then they tell me I must have a headline. Done. Next thing I'm 14 words short. What? I've said all I want to, but no, more praise needed. Enough, I'm not bothering again.

Amazon is good, but not that good. This company starts paying more tax, I'll pay more compliments. That's the deal from now on.