Larkin is more famous for working at the library in Hull

is also one of only a few books where I have laughed out loud. I don't often do this when I read because it annoys me when others do it

They are caterpillars.

I really liked it. That's all I have to say.

Yes, this is a vain attempt to keep this thread at the top and relegate some of the footie threads.

also worked in the library at Queen's University, Belfast.

Typical, whoring himself around libraries like that. Tsk.

While I'm on the subject of Nick Cave, there's another verse in "There She Goes, My Beautiful World" that annoys me a little. Can anyone guess what's wrong with it? I'll send you a dreamcatcher or something as a prize:

John Wilmot penned his poetry
riddled with the pox
Nabokov wrote on index cards
at a lectern, in his socks
St. John of the Cross did his best stuff
imprisoned in a box
And Johnny Thunders was half alive
when he wrote "Chinese Rocks"

Last night was a great night for football. Not only did Chelsea lose in the Champions League, but AFC Wimbledon lost in the Ryman League Play offs to Bromley.

I hate AFC Wimbledon because they are in effect Hendon 'Rejects' FC. Dave Anderson made the trip across West London in May 2004, taking the coaching staff of Warren Kelly, Jon Turner, John Morris and Mike Raynor with him. In addition, Michael Woolner, Steve Butler, Anthony Howard, Jon-Barrie Bates, Mark Cooper, Danny Naisbitt, Danny Llewellyn and Martin Randall joined him.

So imagine the glee with which Hendon fans greeted their 3-0 win in November 2004 in the FA Trophy. AFC, heavily influenced by ex-Hendon 'talent' won promotion to the Ryman League Premier Division that season too, meaning that the 2 sides would meet in the League.

AFC further bolstered their squad throughout the 2005/6 season with more former 'Greens'. Dean Brennan, Dave Sargent, Dwayne Plummer and Ricci Crace all made appearances as they completed the league double over Hendon. Sadly, they lose to Fisher in the Play Off Semi Finals.

Then, at the start of this season - Dave Anderson signs Hendon player Byron Bubb. AFC comfortably beat Hendon 3-0 at home in September and Hendon return the favour beating AFC 3-1 in the return match in March. Captain Lee O'Leary scores Hendon's 3rd.

Dave Anderson, showing admirable grace in defeat, immediately slaps in a 7 day request for O'Leary. He's a key man in our relegation battle. The timing is awful, any admiration Hendon have for Dave and AFC is slowly evaporating. O'Leary leaves and is sent off on his debut. "Hahaha!" said everyone at Hendon upon hearing that news.

Anderson has another former Hendon man in his side this season - Jermaine Darlington. Only his registration is a bit wrong, so the league deduct AFC the 18 points they won with Darlington in the side. AFC have loads of money so appeal to the FA with the services of a leading QC gratis. The FA uphold the League ruling. 'They were absolutely right to deduct 18 points, but as it's you we'll reduce the penalty to 3' they say.

So 15 former Hendon players, a couple of coaches, a physio and a manager later AFC are still at the same level as Hendon. And I fucking love it. Am I bitter? Fucking right I am, particularly over the O'Leary affair and the points deduction. Karma has come and bitten Anderson on the bum. Today is a great day to be me.

Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

After Forrest Mars, Sr. witnessed soldiers eating bite-sized chocolates covered in a sugar coating during the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s, he brought the idea back to the United States and started manufacturing his own version, called M&M's. In 1941, M&M's were included in U.S. soldiers' rations during World War II because they "melt in your mouth, not in your hands" (the tagline didn't actually appear until 1954). Good in nearly any environment, including hot summers, M&M's became very popular. The little chocolates were sold in tubes until 1948, when the packaging changed to the brown bag that we still see today. The imprint of an "M" on the candies first occurred in 1950.

THE MOST BORING MAGAZINE EVER.

Cathie Jung's waist is about the same size as a regular jar of mayonnaise. She's been wearing a corset every day for the past 12 years, and she now wears one 24 hours a day. "I probably have around 100 of them," says the corset queen.

Cheetahs are the only members of the cat family who can't fully retract their claws.

West Auckland FC won the first European football trophy in 1909. They won the trophy again two ytears later beating Juventus 6-1. Rumour has it that they were choosen by mistake as organisers had meant to pick another WA.