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Metro Beckham and Bunter Banter....
At last, an entry for my first Metro letters of the year (again, partly delayed due to an ongoing busy hiatus).
The first entry of they year (published exactly a fortnight ago) focused on David Beckham's exclusion from England's first international match under new manager Fabio Capello. I don't really like to talk about football in this LJ, so I'll try and keep this to a minimum. The published letter went as follows:
"David Beckham needn't worry about being dropped from tomorrow's match against Switzerland. He should just relax at home and watch the match on his television - ideal practice ahead of Euro 2008."
Ah yes, Euro 2008 - where England (or any other British football team for that matter) will not be featuring in this year's tournament. Interestingly, at a family meet-up last weekend, there was a discussion on who'd people would support instead. Most people have opted for Spain, although I'm inclined to back the Germans for whatever reason....
Moving on to today's published letter, it followed up a celebratory article on a long existant comic character. "Big-Boned" Billy Bunter celebrated 100 years on Friday just gone, and on the day itself Metro contemplated what might have happened if he had actually become thin. Of course, every comic character (be it Dennis The Menace or Desperate Dan) has a certain characteristic about them which will always remain and if someone were to change that, it would almost certainly create a huge outcry of protest. Hence my decision to write in to Metro explaining why Billy Bunter should remain the way he is, and my letter went something a bit like this:
"Billy Bunter may have turned 100 but it would be absolute madness if he were to slim down. I mean, whatever would be next - The Billy Bunter Book Of Dieting followed by The Billy Bunter Body Workout DVD?"
A case for the defence of keeping Billy Bunter as he is now, and a sly dig at the fitness programmes made by minor celebrities into the bargain! Of course, the boy Bunter is known for loving his food, and the subject of food neatly ties in with yesterday's Metro letter from Steve Ainger, who I'm glad to say is still at large. Here then, is his spotlight on the over excessive use of garnish in a certain foodstuff:
"Why do so many pre-packed sandwiches, especially 'gourmat' ones - have such an abundance of leaves in them? I don't mind a slice of lettuce but why half a rainforest?"
Any answers to the above question, feel free to post them here. Or to anything else that may have caught your eye in this entry. For now though it seems, be it Aukett or Ainger, there's still going to be more Metro musings from this Gene/Olympians board duo for a long time to come....
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