oh dear 20 May 2008
We have lost our superpowers as a nation…the turkey didn’t qualify for the final of Eurovision. I didn’t witness the bowing out as I am in London and it wasn’t shown on UK tv – probably just as well as the sadness might have overwhelmed me. If there is any solace, it is personal: now I can relax my campaign to present as the contest won’t be coming anywhere near Ireland for at least another 2 years. Still, it doesn’t soften the blow. We are now officially rubbish at one of the things we used to be best at. History will judge us harshly. We judge ourselves harshly too, believe me.
We’ll have to get good at something else. There’s football, I guess, now that the national have a top Italian manager. We’ve gone lukewarm in our rugby. Perhaps the Olympics will yield something…although any time we have showered ourselves in glory there, there’s been a subsequent scandal and medals withdrawn (or ought to have been)
Depressed now.
The sooner talking, arguing and all related chat-based activities become Olympic sports the better. Then we’ll be BACK and with a grudge to settle…
Let the games begin…
