The crap Bandidos

Had to laugh at the biker war that broke out in Canada. Apparently the Canadian branch of the Bandidos has been essentially wiped out after an internal power struggle left eight wasted, denuding the group to an unviable rump. They didn’t have enough money to buy the gasoline to burn the bodies. Then I read that most of them were living at home with their mums. And, er, half of them didn’t have motorbikes. Don’t suppose the Hell’s Angels are quaking in their colours.

Just for the record, the victims were:

John ‘Boxer’ Muscedere, 48
Luis ‘Porkchop’ Raposo, 41
George ‘Pony’ Jessome, 52
George ‘Crash’ Kriarakis, 28
Frank ‘Bam Bam’ Salerno, 43
Paul ‘Big Paulie’ Sinopoli, 30
Jamie ‘Goldberg’ Flanz, 37
Michael ‘Little Mikey’ Trotta, 31

Caught a bit of Bill Bailey earlier. Mike and myself once saw him perform in a pub. Brilliant.

He described footballers thus: “Borderline rapists whose job it is to shepherd a leather pouch into an outdoor cupboard.”

And he thought the Belarus flag was two bears fighting over a pineapple.

Have a good weekend.

Apps bore

Been and gone and done it. Invested in an iPod touch and now waste more of my precious leisure time looking at applications I never knew I needed. Who spends 59p online to download a host of annoying noises? (I kid you not – there really is an application for that. They should just live in my street for a bit and then they can enjoy the sound of scaffolders putting up posts for two hours on a Sunday morning. Cheers for that). I can, however, see the sense of Chippy Finder (as in fish, not carpenters).

Amateur hour

Thought the Today programme unleashed a bit of a cheap shot at Beth Tweddle this morning. She fell off the uneven bars and can now only compete for a World Championship medal in the floor exercises. Gary Richardson said that was “appropriate”. Ha-ha. Ripper.

She remains the best female gymnast we have ever produced by some distance, represented the country for more than a decade and came within a whisker of a podium finish in Beijing despite taking on the Chinese, Russians and Americans. The BBC sports reporter admitted live to the nation that he didn’t know what the uneven bars were – to more guffaws from the presenters.

I notice Ms Tweddle was stoic in her disappointment. “I’ve just got to go back and work harder for next season,” she said.

Gymnastics is not really my bag but I can recognise a dedicated professional when I hear one.

OOooOooo er

It kinda looks like fun but they are either fearless or have very low self-esteem. Check it out.

Air 2 Air – Wing suit flying, BASE jumping and Skydiving footage from James Boole on Vimeo.

By the way Al – what’s the track that goes with this video? Like it – fits the mood.